Sporting Clube Olhanense (Portuguese pronunciation:[sɨˈpɔɾtĩˈkluβɨɔʎɐˈnẽsɨ]), commonly known as Olhanense, is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve.

Its football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Algarve Football Association First Division, the fifth tier of Portuguese football. It holds home matches at the 5,661-spectator capacity Estádio José Arcanjo.

Olhanense won the Campeonato de Portugal (now Taça de Portugal) in 1924, their most prestigious honour in history. They most recently played in the Primeira Liga in 2014 and the second tier in 2017.

History

Founded on 27 April 1912, it became the branch number 4 of Sporting Clube de Portugal (Sporting CP).

Olhanense's earliest major honour was winning the 1923–24 Campeonato de Portugal (now Taça de Portugal), the largest football cup competition in Portugal. It also became the first team from the Algarve region to reach the top level of Portuguese football, after winning the Algarve Football Association in 1941. Among its achievements was a fourth-place finish in the 1945–46 season. In 1951, after ten consecutive seasons, the club returned to the second division.

Following this descent, the team only returned to the top flight for five seasons in the rest of the 20th century – three in the early 1960s and two in the mid-1970s – at time when rivals Farense and Portimonense had their most successful years. Managed by former Portugal international defender Jorge Costa, the team returned to the Primeira Liga as champions of the 2008–09 Liga de Honra by defeating Gondomar 1–0.

After five years in the top flight, Olhanense were relegated in May 2014 by finishing last in a season in which they had three managers. The result left the Algarve without a top-flight team. Three years later, the team finished last in the LigaPro, therefore falling out of the professional leagues for the first time in 13 years. For the first half of 2021, former Netherlands international Edgar Davids was the manager. The team missed out on promotion to the new Liga 3 that year, thus falling into the fourth tier. The 2022–23 season ended with relegation to the Algarve FA's First Division, a first such descent.

Rivalries

The club has rivalries with fellow Algarve clubs Farense and Portimonense.

Players

First-team squad

As of 16November2023[update]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK POR Tiago Maia 2 MF NED Nicolas Pinto 3 DF POR Hugo Matias 4 DF POR Nuno Pires 5 DF BRA Raurison Dias 6 MF POR Pirika 7 FW BRA Yaggo Gomes 8 MF NED Danilson Silva 9 MF CAN Philip-Joseph Tavares 10 FW POR Januário Jesus 11 FW BRA Peterson Flausino 13 FW POR Rafael SousaNo. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW POR Miguel Serôdio 15 DF POR Iuri Santos 16 MF ANG Virgílio Menezes 17 DF POR Gonçalo Domingues 19 DF BRA Rafa Santos 20 FW POR Leandro Pinto 21 MF FRA Alexandre Dias 22 DF FRA Marco Jesus 23 DF FRA Afonso Lopes 30 GK POR Rodrigo Mestre 40 GK POR Francisco Lameirão
1GKPORTiago Maia
2MFNEDNicolas Pinto
3DFPORHugo Matias
4DFPORNuno Pires
5DFBRARaurison Dias
6MFPORPirika
7FWBRAYaggo Gomes
8MFNEDDanilson Silva
9MFCANPhilip-Joseph Tavares
10FWPORJanuário Jesus
11FWBRAPeterson Flausino
13FWPORRafael Sousa
No.Pos.NationPlayer
14FWPORMiguel Serôdio
15DFPORIuri Santos
16MFANGVirgílio Menezes
17DFPORGonçalo Domingues
19DFBRARafa Santos
20FWPORLeandro Pinto
21MFFRAAlexandre Dias
22DFFRAMarco Jesus
23DFFRAAfonso Lopes
30GKPORRodrigo Mestre
40GKPORFrancisco Lameirão

Notable players

Honours

Domestic honours Campeonato de Portugal Winners: 1923–24 Taça de Portugal Runners-up: 1944–45 Segunda Liga Winners: 2008–09 Segunda Divisão Winners: 1935–36, 1940–41, 2003–04 Terceira Divisão Winners: 1969–70 AF Algarve First Division Winners (16): 1921–22, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47Personnel honours LPFP Breakthrough Coach of the Year 2008–09: Jorge Costa SJPF Young Player of the Month André Castro: September 2009, January 2010, February 2010 Wilson Eduardo: September 2011 André Pinto: November 2011 Salvador Agra: March 2012

League and cup history

SeasonLeagueCupNotes
TierPosPldWDLGFGAPts
1941–4218226214428314Quarterfinals
1942–43518828444818Last 16
1943–445181026653422Last 16
1944–45618648414116Final
1945–464221318653927Last 16Best classification ever
1946–4762611411697326Not held
1947–4811265714486617Last 32
1948–4972610412515524Last 32
1949–509268810485724Not held
1950–51↓ 14267316317717Last 16Relegated
...
1961–6218268612334122
1962–638267712293821
1963–64↓ 13262816205712Relegated
...
1973–74111308616356922
1974–75↓ 15306519417017Relegated
...+
1996–97373414812343650
1997–9813341014104742445th round
1998–99434151365134584th round
1999–0063817138573464
2000–011138131411454453
2001–021238139164044482nd round
2002–0310381413116050552nd round
2003–04↑ 13826847729863rd roundPromoted
2004–052934111112323144Last 128
2005–0653413138412852Last 64
2006–079301010102931404th round
2007–0853012993333455th round
2008–09↑ 13018485232583rd roundPromoted
2009–1011330514113146293rd round
2010–111130713102434345th round
2011–128309129363839Quarterfinals
2012–131430510152642254th round
2013–14↓ 163066182149244th roundRelegated
2014–15216461316175156553rd round
2015–168461912154239693rd round
2016–17↓ 224277284583284th roundRelegated
2017–18333018484230583rd round
2018–1953419696832631st round
2019–2012517625719572nd round
2020–2132612682921421st round
2021–224526111053729434th round
2022–23↓ 132652191850173rd roundRelegated

Managerial history

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