C.D. Feirense

Feirense

Full name	Clube Desportivo Feirense
Nickname(s)	Azuis da Feira (Blues from the Feira) Fogaceiros Billas
Founded	18 March 1918; 106 years ago (1918-03-18)
Ground	Estádio Marcolino de Castro
Capacity	5,600
Chairman	Kunle Soname
Manager	Ricardo Sousa
League	Liga Portugal 2
2021–22	Liga Portugal 2, 4th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Clube Desportivo Feirense, commonly known as CD Feirense or just Feirense, is a Portuguese football club based in Santa Maria da Feira. Founded on 18 March 1918, Feirense play in the LigaPro, the second tier of Portuguese football. Their chairman is Kunle Soname and their manager is Filipe Martins. The club plays its home matches at the Estádio Marcolino de Castro, with a capacity of 5,500 spectators.

History

Founded in 1918, Feirense played only three Primeira Liga seasons in the 20th century – 1962–63, 1977–78 and 1989–90 – being relegated in each one. In 2009–10, the club came close to ending a two-decade exile but missed out on the last day, as local rivals S.C. Beira-Mar went up with Portimonense SC.^[1]

The following year, Feirense went one better by coming second, missing out on the title on goal difference to Gil Vicente F.C. and winning promotion under Quim Machado in May 2011.^[2] However, a year later they were relegated.^[3] A four-season spell in the second tier ended with promotion in third place in May 2016, under manager José Mota.^[4]

Mota left in December 2016 and was succeeded by his assistant Nuno Manta Santos, who took the team to a best-ever eighth place.^[5] After just staying up in 2018, Feirense went down in April 2019 with four games to play.^[6]

Stadium

The Estádio Marcolino de Castro is a multi-use stadium in the town of Santa Maria da Feira. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Feirense, who play in the Portuguese Liga. The stadium is capable of holding other sporting events. Its capacity for a football match is 5,500 spectators. Estádio Marcolino de Castro was built in 1962 when Feirense was promoted for the very first time to the top-flight Portuguese Liga.

Players

Current squad

As of 10 February 2024^[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BRA Diego Callai (on loan from Sporting CP) 3 DF  POR Cláudio Silva 4 DF  NGA Tony Shimaga 5 DF  BRA Bruno Silva 6 MF  BRA Washington 7 DF  POR Diogo Brás 9 FW  POR João Paredes 10 FW  NGA Oche Ochowechi 11 MF  GNB Zidane Banjaqui 12 GK  BRA Cássio Meneses 13 DF  NGA Isah Ali 14 FW  SWE Marokhy Ndione (on loan from Viborg) 19 FW  HAI Carnejy Antoine 20 MF  POR Jorge Pereira

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW  POR Grave 24 GK  POR João Costa 25 FW  IRL Olamide Shodipo 27 MF  POR Henrique Jocú 35 DF  POR Sérgio Conceição 37 FW  ANG Picas (on loan from Chaves) 70 MF  POR João Castro 71 MF  GNB Malam Camará 72 DF  BRA Guilherme Ferreira (on loan from Chaves) 76 DF  POR Filipe Almeida 77 FW  BRA Dudu Hatamoto 88 MF  POR Rúben Alves 99 GK  STP Pedro Mateus — FW  NGA Isaac James

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  USA Jordan Saint-Louis (at Mirandela until 30 June 2024)

Managerial history

Honours

• Segunda Liga
  • Runners-up (1): 2010–11
• Portuguese Second Division
  • Winners (1): 2002–03
  • Runners-up (3): 1961–62, 1976–77, 1993–94
• AF Aveiro First Division
  • Winners (3): 1959–60, 1965–66, 1967–68

References

External links

• CD Feirense Official Site
• ZeroZero Profile & Squad
• ForaDeJogo Profile & Squad