F.C. Paços de Ferreira

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Paços de Ferreira
F.C. Paços de Ferreira.svg
Full nameFutebol Clube Paços de Ferreira
Nickname(s)Pacenses (Those from Paços) Castores (Beavers)
Founded5 April 1950; 71 years ago (1950-04-05)
GroundEstádio da Mata Real
Capacity9,077[1]
ChairmanPaulo Meneses
ManagerCésar Peixoto
LeaguePrimeira Liga
2020–21Primeira Liga, 5th of 18
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Futebol Clube Paços de Ferreira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpasuʒ ðɨ fɨˈʁɐjɾɐ]) is a Portuguese football club based in Paços de Ferreira, Porto district. Founded in 1950, the club competes in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at the 9,077-seater Estádio da Mata Real, a municipal stadium where the team has been based since 1973. The club's colours are yellow and green.

Paços de Ferreira is one of the most historic teams in Portuguese football, having been in the Portuguese Primeira Liga for 20 seasons. They have won four Segunda Liga titles (now LigaPro), and in 2007 they qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time, by default. In the 2012–13 Primeira Liga, the team finished third and qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League play-offs for the first time in their history. They were also runners-up of the 2008–09 Portuguese Cup, the 2009 Portuguese Supercup and the 2010–11 Portuguese League Cup.

History[]

Early history[]

The origin of the club dates back to the 1930s, when it was named Sport Club Pacense. They played for two decades without any official recognition until they entered the lower divisions in 1950, under the name Futebol Clube Vasco da Gama. The club then changed their kit colours to the current ones and renamed themselves Futebol Clube Paços de Ferreira.

Their first match under the current name came on 19 November 1950, beating Lousada 2–1. Agostinho Alves was the first goal scorer in the history of the Pacenses. The club then played in Portugal's third regional division until the 1956–57 season, where they were crowned champions. The club crest was created in 1961–62, and was used ever since.

The club was relegated and then promoted again and supporters hit the streets of the city on 17 June 1973 when they defeated Perosinho 3–0. One year later, they won the Terceira Divisão on 14 June 1974, after defeating Estrela de Portalegre. The hero of the match was the goalscorer Mascarenhas.

Recent history[]

After establishing themselves in the first division during the 1990s, and suffering a relegation in 2003–04, the club finished sixth in the first division in 2006–07, thus qualifying for the UEFA Cup, their first ever European competition, under manager José Mota. They lost 1–0 on aggregate to AZ of the Netherlands in the first round.[2]

Paulo Fonseca managed Paços de Ferreira to a best-ever 3rd place in 2013

Having finished last in the league in 2007–08, Paços would have normally been relegated to the second level, but was readmitted after Boavista's confirmed irregularities.[3] In the following year, already without manager Mota, the team had a reasonably successful season: a comfortable tenth place in the league and a second Europa League qualification spot after losing the Taça de Portugal final 1–0 to eventual league champions Porto on 31 May.[4] The two clubs met again on 9 August in the Super Cup, which Porto won 2–0.[5]

Paços entered the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League in the second qualifying round, where they defeated Zimbru Chișinău of Moldova before being eliminated by Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv of Israel in the third.[6] The club reached the 2011 Taça da Liga Final under Rui Vitória, losing 2–1 to S.L. Benfica at the Estádio Cidade de Coimbra.[7]

In the 2012–13 season, Paços surprisingly qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League play-offs for the first time in their history after achieving third place in the league by passing favourites Braga and Sporting CP, making it their highest finish ever. The club were managed that season by Paulo Fonseca, who left at the end to join Porto, and was replaced by Costinha, who lost the Champions League playoff to Russians Zenit Saint Petersburg.[8]

Paços' 13-year spell in the Primeira Liga ended in 2018, though they immediately returned as champions of the 2018–19 LigaPro under promotion specialist Vítor Oliveira.[9] His successor Pepa took them to the Europa Conference League with a fifth-place finish in 2020–21, then left for Vitória de Guimarães.[10]

League and cup history[]

Recent seasons[]

Season League Cup League Cup Europe Notes
Div. Pos. Pl W D L GS GA Pts Result Result Competition Result
2001–02 1st 8th 34 12 10 12 41 44 46 Last 16 n/a  –  –  –
2002–03 1st 6th 34 12 9 13 40 47 45 SF n/a  –  –  –
2003–04 1st 17th 34 8 4 22 27 53 28 Last 32 n/a  –  – [A]
2004–05 2nd 1st 34 20 9 5 61 43 69 Last 64 n/a  –  – [B]
2005–06 1st 11th 34 11 9 14 38 49 42 Last 64 n/a  –  –  –
2006–07 1st 6th 30 10 12 8 31 36 42 Last 64 n/a  –  –  –
2007–08 1st 15th 30 6 7 17 31 49 25 Last 16 R3 UEFA Cup R1 [C]
2008–09 1st 10th 30 9 7 14 37 42 34 RU R3  –  –  –
2009–10 1st 10th 30 8 11 11 32 37 35 QF R2 UEFA Europa League 3rd QR  –
2010–11 1st 7th 30 10 11 9 35 42 41 Last 32 RU  –  –  –
2011–12 1st 10th 30 8 7 15 35 53 31 Last 32 R3  –  –  –
2012–13 1st 3rd 30 14 12 4 42 29 54 SF R3  –  – [D]
2013–14 1st 15th 30 6 6 18 28 59 24 Last 16 R3 UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League 		PO
Gr. E 		[E]
2014–15 1st 8th 34 12 11 11 40 45 47 Last 16 R2  –  –  –
2015–16 1st 7th 34 13 10 11 43 42 49 Last 32 R3  –  –  –
2016–17 1st 13th 34 8 12 14 32 45 36 Last 32 R3  –  –  –
2017–18 1st 17th 34 7 9 18 33 59 30 Last 64 R3  –  –  –
2018-19 2nd 1st 34 23 5 6 50 21 74 Last 16 R3  –  –  –
2019–20 1st 13th 34 11 6 17 36 52 39 QF R3  –  –  –
2020–21 1st 5th 34 15 8 11 40 41 53 L32 QF  –  –  –
A. ^ Relegated.
B. ^ Promoted.
C. ^ Not relegated due to Boavista scandal (Apito Dourado).
D. ^ Best league finish.
E. ^ Qualification to relegation play-offs. Paços beat D. Aves 3–1 and secured the presence in Primeira Liga.
Last updated: 27 May 2021

Honours[]

Youth honours[]

  • AF Porto Jun.B 1ª Divisão (U17)
    • Winners: 2013–14
  • AF Porto Jun.D 1ª Divisão (U13)
    • Winners: 2011–12

European matches[]

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
2007–08 UEFA Cup First round Netherlands AZ 0–1 0–0 0–1
2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Moldova Zimbru Chișinău 1–0 0–0 1–0
Third qualifying round Israel Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv 0–1 0–1 0–2
2013–14 UEFA Champions League Play-off round Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 1–4 2–4 3–8
2013–14 UEFA Europa League Group E Italy Fiorentina 0–0 0–3 3rd place
Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0–2 0–2
Romania Pandurii Târgu Jiu 1–1 0–0
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League Third qualifying round Northern Ireland Larne 4–0 0−1 4−1
Play-off round England Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 0–3 1−3

UEFA rankings[]

Club ranking eligible for 2012–13

Rank Team Points
133 France Guingamp 13.300
135 Portugal Vitória de Setúbal 12.833
135 Portugal Paços de Ferreira 12.833
137 Denmark Nordsjælland 12.640

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 15 September 2021

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 Brazil BRA Jordi
2 DF Portugal POR Marco Baixinho
3 DF Portugal POR Nuno Lima
5 DF Portugal POR Vitorino Antunes
6 DF Brazil BRA Maracás
7 FW Portugal POR Hélder Ferreira
8 MF Nigeria NGA Abbas Ibrahim
9 FW Brazil BRA Zé Uilton
10 FW Brazil BRA Denílson
12 GK Brazil BRA Jeimes Menezes
13 GK Portugal POR André Ferreira
15 MF Chile CHI Juan Delgado
16 MF Portugal POR Matchoi Djaló
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Portugal POR Luís Bastos
21 DF Portugal POR Jorge Silva
22 MF Brazil BRA Luíz Carlos
23 FW Brazil BRA Lucas Silva
24 MF France FRA Mohamed Diaby
26 MF Portugal POR Rui Pires (on loan from Troyes)
27 DF Portugal POR João Vigário
29 DF Portugal POR Fernando Fonseca
32 DF Brazil BRA Flávio Ramos
45 FW Portugal POR João Pedro
77 MF Portugal POR Nuno Santos (on loan from Benfica)
98 GK Slovenia SVN Igor Vekić (on loan from Bravo)
— MF Argentina ARG Cristian Parano

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
— GK Portugal POR José Oliveira (to Sanjoanense until 30 June 2022)
— DF Portugal POR David Sualehe (to Académica until 30 June 2022)
— DF Portugal POR Simão Rocha (to SC União Torreense until 30 June 2022)
— DF Portugal POR Adriano Castanheira (to Chaves until 30 June 2022)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Canada CAN Stephen Eustáquio (to Porto until 30 June 2022)
— FW Israel ISR Dor Jan (to Maccabi Petah Tikva until 30 June 2022)
— FW Portugal POR Pedro Martelo (to Amora until 30 June 2022)
— FW Australia AUS Samuel Silvera (to Newcastle Jets until 30 June 2022)

Former managers[]

Supporters[]

The supporters' club, "Ultras Yellow Boys," was founded in 1996, then disbanded but returning afterwards in 2001. Two previous groups, however extinct, existed: "Febre Amarela" and "Yellowmania".

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "UEFA: Paços de Ferreira perde com o AZ Alkmaar por 1-0" [UEFA: Paços de Ferreira lose 1–0 to AZ Alkmaar]. Público (in Portuguese). 20 September 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Boavista desce à Liga de Honra" [Boavista go down to Liga de Honra]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 29 July 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  4. ^ "FC Porto bate Paços de Ferreira na final da Taça de Portugal" [FC Porto beat Paços de Ferreira in the Taça de Portugal final] (in Portuguese). RTP. 1 June 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Bruno Alves sela vitória do FC Porto na Supertaça" [Bruno Alves seals FC Porto's victory in the Supertaça]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 9 August 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Paços fica pelo caminho" [Paços head home] (in Portuguese). UEFA. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Benfica 2 - 1 Paços de Ferreira" (in Portuguese). RTP. 23 April 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  8. ^ van Poortvliet, Richard (28 August 2013). "Zenit complete emphatic Paços play-off win". UEFA. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  9. ^ Roseiro, Bruno (20 April 2019). "Quase 30 anos depois, Vítor Oliveira faz mais história: sexta subida em sete anos (agora pelo P. Ferreira)" [Almost 30 years later, Vítor Oliveira makes more history: sixth promotion in seven years (now for P. Ferreira)]. Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Pepa confirmado como novo treinador do V. Guimarães" [Pepa confirmed as new manager of V. Guimarães] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.

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