# S.C. Olhanense

Sporting Clube Olhanense (European Portuguese pronunciation:) 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 16 November 2023
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. | 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 Sousa |
| No. | 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 |

## League and cup history

| Season | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Cup | Notes |
| Season | Tier | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Cup | Notes |
| 1941–42 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 42 | 83 | 14 | Quarterfinals | |
| 1942–43 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 44 | 48 | 18 | Last 16 | |
| 1943–44 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 65 | 34 | 22 | Last 16 | |
| 1944–45 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 41 | 16 | Final | |
| 1945–46 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 65 | 39 | 27 | Last 16 | Best classification ever |
| 1946–47 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 69 | 73 | 26 | Not held | |
| 1947–48 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 48 | 66 | 17 | Last 32 | |
| 1948–49 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 51 | 55 | 24 | Last 32 | |
| 1949–50 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 48 | 57 | 24 | Not held | |
| 1950–51 | 1 | ↓ 14 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 31 | 77 | 17 | Last 16 | Relegated |
| 1961–62 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 41 | 22 | | |
| 1962–63 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 38 | 21 | | |
| 1963–64 | 1 | ↓ 13 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 57 | 12 | | Relegated |
| 1973–74 | 1 | 11 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 35 | 69 | 22 | | |
| 1974–75 | 1 | ↓ 15 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 41 | 70 | 17 | | Relegated |
| 1996–97 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 36 | 50 | | |
| 1997–98 | 3 | 13 | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 47 | 42 | 44 | 5th round | |
| 1998–99 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 51 | 34 | 58 | 4th round | |
| 1999–00 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 57 | 34 | 64 | | |
| 2000–01 | 3 | 11 | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 45 | 44 | 53 | | |
| 2001–02 | 3 | 12 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 2nd round | |
| 2002–03 | 3 | 10 | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 60 | 50 | 55 | 2nd round | |
| 2003–04 | 3 | ↑ 1 | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 77 | 29 | 86 | 3rd round | Promoted |
| 2004–05 | 2 | 9 | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 31 | 44 | Last 128 | |
| 2005–06 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 41 | 28 | 52 | Last 64 | |
| 2006–07 | 2 | 9 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 31 | 40 | 4th round | |
| 2007–08 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 45 | 5th round | |
| 2008–09 | 2 | ↑ 1 | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 52 | 32 | 58 | 3rd round | Promoted |
| 2009–10 | 1 | 13 | 30 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 31 | 46 | 29 | 3rd round | |
| 2010–11 | 1 | 11 | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 34 | 5th round | |
| 2011–12 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 36 | 38 | 39 | Quarterfinals | |
| 2012–13 | 1 | 14 | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 42 | 25 | 4th round | |
| 2013–14 | 1 | ↓ 16 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 49 | 24 | 4th round | Relegated |
| 2014–15 | 2 | 16 | 46 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 51 | 56 | 55 | 3rd round | |
| 2015–16 | 2 | 8 | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 42 | 39 | 69 | 3rd round | |
| 2016–17 | 2 | ↓ 22 | 42 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 45 | 83 | 28 | 4th round | Relegated |
| 2017–18 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 30 | 58 | 3rd round | |
| 2018–19 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 68 | 32 | 63 | 1st round | |
| 2019–20 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 57 | 19 | 57 | 2nd round | |
| 2020–21 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 21 | 42 | 1st round | |
| 2021–22 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 29 | 43 | 4th round | |
| 2022–23 | 4 | ↓ 13 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 18 | 50 | 17 | 3rd round | Relegated |

## Managerial history

* Júlio Costa (1923–1925)
* Cassiano (1936–1940)
* Cassiano (1944–1945)
* Cassiano (1948–1949)
* Pepe Lopez (1950–1951)
* Armando Martins (1953–1954)
* Javier Mascaró (1954–1955)
* Rafael Pineda (1955–1956)
* José João (1957–1958)
* Joaquim Paulo (1958–1959)
* Artur Quaresma (1959–1960)
* Cassiano (1960–1961)
* Francisco André (1961)
* Chinita (1961–1962)
* Casaca (1962)
* Joaquim Paulo (1962–63)
* Armando Carneiro (1963)
* Chinita (1963–1964)
* Ruperto Garcia (1963–1964)
* Iosif Fabian (1964–1965)
* José Mendes (1964–1965)
* Severiano Correia (1965–1967)
* Genê (1967)
* Veríssimo Alves (1967–1968)
* Ruperto Garcia (1968–1969)
* Osvaldo Silva (1969–71)
* Orlando Ramín (1971–1972)
* Artur Santos (1972–1973)
* Jim López (1973)
* Manuel de Oliveira (1973–1974)
* Joaquim Paulo (1974)
* Gonzalito (1974–1975)
* Alexandrino (1975)
* Marçal (1975–1976)
* Basora (1976)
* Milton Trinidad (1976–1977)
* János Hrotkó (1976–1977)
* Miguel Vinuesa (1977–1978)
* Carlos Sério (1978)
* János Hrotkó (1978–1979)
* Hélder Pereira (1979–1980)
* Miguel Vinuesa (1980)
* Júlio Amador (1980)
* Carlos Silva (1980–1984)
* Mário Lino (1984–1985)
* Manuel Cajuda(1985–1987)
* Álvaro Carolino (1987–1988)
* José Dinis (1988)
* Manuel Cajuda (1988–1989)
* Mário Wilson (1989–1990)
* Pedro Gomes (1990)
* Ademir Vieira (1990)
* Benvindo Assis (1990–1991)
* Ricardo Formosinho (1991)
* José Rocha (1991)
* Alberto Vivas (1991–1992)
* Ricardo Formosinho (1992)
* Carlos Silva (1992)
* Ademir Vieira (1992–1993)
* Stoycho Mladenov (1993–96)
* Fernando Mendes (1996)
* Plamen Lipenski (1996–1997)
* Zinho (1997)
* Manuel Balela (1997–99)
* Floris Schaap (1999–2000)
* Fanã (2000)
* Pitico (2000–2001)
* Horácio Gonçalves (2001)
* Vítor Urbano (2001–Mar, 2003)
* Rui Gorriz (Mar, 2003 – May 18, 2003)
* Paulo Sérgio (July 1, 2003 – May 16, 2006)
* Manuel Balela (July 15, 2006 – Oct 24, 2006)
* Álvaro Magalhães (Oct 24, 2006 – Dec 28, 2007)
* Diamantino Miranda (Jan 1, 2008 – May 26, 2008)
* Jorge Costa (June 16, 2008 – May 9, 2010)
* Daúto Faquirá (June 4, 2010 – Dec 30, 2011)
* Sérgio Conceição (Jan 2, 2012 – Jan 7, 2013)
* Manuel Cajuda (Jan 8, 2013 – May 1, 2013)
* Bruno Saraiva (May 1, 2013 – June 29, 2013)
* Abel Xavier (July 6, 2013 – Oct 28, 2013)
* Paulo Alves (Oct 29, 2013 – Jan 7, 2014)
* Giuseppe Galderisi (Jan 7, 2014 – July 7, 2014)
* Toni Conceição (July 7, 2014 – Oct 8, 2014)
* Jorge Paixão (Oct 8, 2014 – Feb 2, 2015)
* Cristiano Bacci (Feb 2, 2015 – Oct 27, 2016)
* Bruno Baltazar (Oct 28, 2016 – Feb 6, 2017)
* Bruno Saraiva (Feb 8, 2017 – Nov, 2017)
* Nilton Terroso (Nov 22, 2017 – June, 2018)
* Ivo Soares (July, 2018 – Feb, 2019)
* Vasco Faísca (Feb 5, 2019 – Dec 26, 2019)
* Bruno Ribeiro (Dec 31, 2019 – Feb 24, 2020)
* Filipe Moreira (Feb 25, 2020 – June 30, 2020)
* José Carvalho Araújo (July 9, 2020 – Dec 29, 2020)
* Edgar Davids (Jan 4, 2021 – Jul 19, 2021)
* Carlo Perrone (Jul 24, 2021 – Apr 20, 2022)
* Jorge Dias Viegas (Apr 20, 2022 – Nov 8, 2022)
* Hélio Pinto (Nov 8, 2022 – Present)