Moreirense F.C.

Moreirense

Full name	Moreirense Futebol Clube
Nickname(s)	Os verdes e brancos (The Green and whites) Os homens de Moreira de Cónegos (The Men from Moreira de Cónegos)
Founded	November 1, 1938; 83 years ago (November 1, 1938)
Ground	Parque Moreira de Cónegos Guimarães, Braga District
Capacity	9,000
Chairman	Vítor Magalhães
Manager	Ricardo Sá Pinto
League	Primeira Liga
2020–21	Primeira Liga, 8th of 18
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Moreirense Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Moreira de Cónegos, Guimarães Municipality, in Minho. Founded on 1 November 1938, it plays in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas, with a capacity for 9,000 spectators.

History[]

Moreirense was founded in 1938. It first reached the Liga de Honra in 1995, where they stayed five seasons. After being relegated to Segunda Divisão, manager Manuel Machado took the team and in two years managed two promotions, getting the team for the first time to top flight. He led the northerners for two more seasons, in which Moreirense achieved two mid-table positions, finishing ninth in the latter season.

After Machado departed for neighbouring Vitória de Guimarães, the club suffered two consecutive relegations, only returning again to the second level in 2010, and the first in 2012.^[1] After an immediate relegation, the team won the 2013–14 Segunda Liga under manager Toni Conceição.^[2]

Moreirense achieved its first top level national title on 29 January 2017, winning the League Cup (Taça da Liga) by defeating S.C. Braga in the final.^[3]

In 2018–19, manager Ivo Vieira led Moreirense to a best-ever sixth place, missing out on the fifth place only on goal difference to Vitória de Guimarães, who Vieira left the club for.^[4]

Honours[]

National[]

Taça da Liga

• Winners (1): 2016–17

Segunda Liga

• Winners (2): 2001–02, 2013–14

Portuguese Second Division

• Winners (2): 1994–95, 2000–01

Regional[]

AF Braga Second Division

• Winners (1): 1942–43

Recent league history[]

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	League Cup	Notes
1999–2000	2H	16	34	6	11	17	29	49	29	Semi-final	Not held	Relegated
2000–01	2DN	1	38	23	8	7	62	31	77	Quarter-final	Not held	Promoted
2001–02	2H	1	34	19	7	8	55	35	64	Last 32	Not held	Promoted
2002–03	1D	12	34	9	12	13	42	46	39	Last 32	Not held
2003–04	1D	9	34	12	10	12	33	33	46	Last 16	Not held
2004–05	1D	16	34	7	13	14	30	43	34	Last 32	Not held	Relegated
2005–06	2H	13	34	11	9	14	36	37	42	Last 128	Not held	Relegated
2006–07	2DN	3	26	12	9	5	30	20	45	3rd round	Not held
2007–08	2DN	8	26	11	6	9	33	25	39	Quarter-final	Not entered
2008–09	2DN	3	22	11	4	7	30	19	37	First round	Not entered
2009–10	2DN	1	28	21	3	4	49	19	66	Last 128	Not entered	Promoted
2010–11	2H	7	30	10	10	10	36	41	40	Last 32	First Group Stage
2011–12	2H	2	30	15	7	8	47	32	52	Quarter-final	Second Group Stage	Promoted
2012–13	1D	15	30	5	9	16	30	51	24	Last 32	Second Group Stage	Relegated
2013–14	2D	1	42	21	16	5	65	25	40	Last 32	Second Group Stage	Promoted
2014–15	1D	11	34	11	10	13	33	42	43	Last 32	Second Group Stage
2015–16	1D	12	34	9	9	16	38	54	36	Last 64	Second Group Stage
2016–17	1D	15	34	8	9	17	33	48	33	Last 64	Winners
2017–18	1D	15	34	8	8	18	29	50	32	Last 8	Third Round
2018–19	1D	6	34	16	4	14	39	44	52	Last 16	Second Round
2019–20	1D	8	34	10	13	11	42	44	43	Last 32	Second Round
2020–21	1D	8	34	10	13	11	37	43	43	Last 16

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 25 January 2022

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 Kewin 2 DF  POR Rodrigo Conceição (on loan from Porto) 3 DF  SRB Lazar Rosić 4 DF  POR Artur Jorge 6 MF  POR Fábio Pacheco 7 FW  BRA Walterson 8 MF  GUI Ibrahima Camará 9 FW  BRA André Luis 10 FW  BRA Felipe Pires 11 FW  BRA Yan (on loan from Palmeiras) 13 DF  BRA Matheus Silva 14 GK  BRA Mateus Pasinato 16 MF  GNB Sori Mané

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  CAN Steven Vitória 23 DF  NED Godfried Frimpong 25 MF  CRO Nikola Jambor 27 FW  BRA Derik Lacerda 28 DF  BRA Pablo Santos (on loan from Braga) 35 MF  BRA Jefferson 36 GK  POR Miguel Oliveira 37 MF  BRA Jefferson Galego 66 MF  POR Rúben Ramos 77 MF  POR Paulinho 81 DF  POR Pedro Amador 87 FW  BEL Kevin Mirallas 88 MF  POR Gonçalo Franco 99 FW  BRA Rafael Martins

Other players under contract[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

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 — MF  BRA Luiz Henrique (at Náutico until 31 December 2021)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  BRA Lucas Rodrigues (at Casa Pia until 30 June 2022)

Managerial history[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Portuguese)
• Zerozero team profile