Leixões S.C.

Leixões Sport Club, commonly known as Leixões, is a Portuguese sports club from Matosinhos. It is organised into several departments for many sports, such as athletics, boxing, football, futsal, handball, karate, swimming, volleyball, water polo and billiards. It is most well known for its professional football department, which hosts a B reserve team called Leixões S.C. B.
Leixões won the 1960–61 Taça de Portugal.

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History

Leixões Sport Club was founded in 1907, making them one of Portugal's oldest sports clubs in continuous operation. In 1961, they won their only Taça de Portugal, defeating Porto 2–0. This qualified Leixões to the Cup Winners' Cup, in which they reached the quarter-finals before losing 4–2 on aggregate to the East German side Motor Jena. Leixões had their best top-flight league performance in 1962–63, finishing fifth, 12 points behind champions Benfica.
Present in the top-flight since 1959–60, Leixões were relegated on goal difference in the 1976–77 season. Apart from the 1988–89 season, Leixões did not play in the top-flight again until 2007.
In 2002, Leixões beat Braga 3–1 away to secure a place in the Taça de Portugal final against Sporting CP. The club, however, lost 1–0, but nonetheless secured a spot in the following season's UEFA Cup and Portuguese Supercup after Sporting had also finished as national champions for the year. The following season, Leixões lost the Portuguese Supercup against Sporting CP by 5–1. That same year, Leixões lost 5–3 on aggregate to Greek side PAOK after winning the first leg 2–1 at home, thus suffering elimination in the first round of the UEFA Cup. They also romped to the Segunda Divisão B title with 94 points and with it they gained promotion to the Segunda Liga.
In 2004, they just avoided relegation back to Division Two and finished 14th. A year later, they battled to finish seventh in the league. Finally in 2006, they nearly reached the top-flight Primeira Liga, losing out to Desportivo das Aves in the promotion chase by finishing third, two points behind Aves. Third place used to merit a promotion, but due to a re-construction to all leagues, it meant only the top two would go up. Finally, in 2007, they gained promotion to the Liga, 18 years after their relegation. During this stint, which lasted three seasons, their best result was a sixth-place finish in 2008–09. Their last match in the Primeira Liga was a 1–0 away loss to Olhanense on 2 May 2010.

Stadium

Leixões' home ground, the Estádio do Mar, was inaugurated on 1 January 1964 with a match against Benfica, who won 4–0.

Honours

Taça de Portugal: 1Segunda Liga: 1Segunda Divisão: 1
Segunda Divisão B: 1Campeonato do Porto: 1
'''Taça AF Porto: 1'''

Youth honours

Nacional Juniores A 1ª Divisão: 1

* 1941–42AF Porto Jun.A 1ª Divisão: 3
* 2009–10, 2016–17, 2018–19AF Porto Juniores D T. Joaquim Piedade: 1
* 2010–11

Players

Notable former players

Managerial history

League and cup history

The club has played 25 seasons at the top level of Portuguese football.

Season	Div	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	League Cup	Europe	Notes
1936–37	CL	8	14	2	0	12	19	69	4	1st round			the cup-style competition played was still the Portuguese Championship; until 1938, the league-style competitions were still experimental
1937–38	2D.2	1	6	5	1	0	23	4	11	1st round			went on to beat CUF in the finals of Segunda Divisão
1938–39	2D.DL	3	10	5	1	4	30	18	11	did not compete			Portuguese Cup and official leagues were created
1939–40	1D	9	18	1	5	12	26	70	7	1st round			relegated; won the Campeonato do Porto
1940–41	2D.DL1	1	8	6	1	1	29	13	13	did not compete			lost the Douro Litoral Zone final
1941–42	2D.A.2.1	1	13	12	1	0	80	12	25	quarter-final			lost the Segunda Divisão overall final; promoted
1942–43	1D	10	18	0	2	16	19	81	2	last 16			relegated
1943–44	2D.A.2.3	1	14	12	1	1	71	16	25	did not compete			lost on the round of 16 in the Segunda Divisão final phase
1944–45	2D.A.4	1	10	9	0	1	42	12	18	did not compete			lost on the Segunda Divisão final phase
1945–46	2D.A.1	1	10	7	2	1	45	9	16	did not compete			lost on the Segunda Divisão 2nd phase
1946–47	2D.A.2	1	10	9	0	1	64	8	18	not held			lost on the Segunda Divisão 2nd phase
1947–48	2D.A	2	14	9	1	4	35	23	19	1st round			lost on the Segunda Divisão 2nd phase
1948–49	2D.A	4	14	6	0	8	37	32	12	did not compete
1949–50	2D.A.2	1	18	14	2	2	57	28	30	not held			lost on the Segunda Divisão 2nd phase
1950–51	2D.A	1	18	12	2	4	50	30	26	did not compete			lost on the Segunda Divisão 2nd phase
1951–52	2D.A	4	18	11	0	7	46	29	22	did not compete
1952–53	2D.A	3	18	9	4	5	46	34	22	did not compete
1953–54	2D.A	1	26	16	5	5	57	38	37	did not compete			lost on the Segunda Divisão final phase
1954–55	2DN	8	26	9	4	13	48	58	22	2nd round
1955–56	2DN	5	26	12	6	8	78	45	30	1st round
1956–57	2DN	5	26	14	3	9	67	50	31	2nd round
1957–58	2DN	4	26	10	6	10	46	39	26	did not compete
1958–59	2DN	1	26	18	5	3	55	22	41	2nd round			lost the Segunda Divisão overall final ; promoted
1959–60	1D	8	26	8	7	11	48	56	23	1st round
1960–61	1D	8	26	10	3	13	38	44	23	WINNERS
1961–62	1D	7	26	10	3	13	47	55	23	quarter-final		CWC - QF
1962–63	1D	5	26	10	10	6	34	33	30	3rd round			best league position ever
1963–64	1D	8	26	8	9	9	34	44	25	2nd round
1964–65	1D	9	26	8	5	13	50	51	21	1st round		Fairs Cup - R1
1965–66	1D	12	26	7	4	15	28	39	18	quarter-final
1966–67	1D	7	26	8	8	10	23	29	24	quarter-final
1967–68	1D	8	26	10	4	12	29	39	24	quarter-final
1968–69	1D	11	26	7	7	12	21	30	21	last 16		Fairs Cup - R1
1969–70	1D	11	26	10	1	15	33	47	21	semi-final
1970–71	1D	13	26	7	5	14	22	44	19	last 16
1971–72	1D	14	30	7	7	16	26	51	21	quarter-final
1972–73	1D	9	30	11	8	11	32	45	30	quarter-final
1973–74	1D	14	30	9	3	18	36	56	21	last 32
1974–75	1D	9	30	10	9	11	29	42	29	last 16
1975–76	1D	12	30	8	6	16	30	65	22	last 32
1976–77	1D	15	30	4	15	11	15	31	23	2nd round			relegated
1977–78	2DN	4	30	13	6	11	43	37	32	3rd round
1978–79	2DN	5	30	14	8	8	53	41	36	last 32
1979–80	2DN	5	30	15	4	11	54	29	34	last 32
1980–81	2DN	2	30	17	6	7	58	29	40	last 64			were 2nd on the promotion group
1981–82	2DN	6	30	11	9	10	36	35	31	quarter-final
1982–83	2DN	5	30	15	7	8	45	25	37	last 16			won the Taça AF Porto
1983–84	2DN	3	29	16	5	8	47	29	37	last 32			see notes
1984–85	2DN	4	30	14	10	6	38	29	38	last 64
1985–86	2DN	10	30	12	6	12	43	37	30	last 128
1986–87	2DN	6	30	9	13	8	23	26	31	last 128
1987–88	2DN	1	38	22	9	7	70	33	53	last 16			promoted
1988–89	1D	19	38	7	14	17	29	46	28	last 64			relegated
1989–90	2DN	8	34	13	9	12	46	42	35	1st round			qualified for the first Liga de Honra
1990–91	2H	7	38	15	13	10	49	41	43	4th round
1991–92	2H	7	34	12	11	11	31	26	35	semi-final
1992–93	2H	12	34	11	9	14	34	39	31	4th round
1993–94	2H	18	34	8	8	18	24	41	24	5th round			relegated
1994–95	2DN	7	34	13	11	10	44	28	37	3rd round
1995–96	2DN	10	34	14	6	14	47	42	48	2nd round			from this season, wins = 3 points
1996–97	2DN	2	34	20	9	5	59	26	69	3rd round
1997–98	2DN	5	24	15	1	8	48	32	56	3rd round
1998–99	2DN	2	34	19	9	6	62	35	66	2nd round
1999–00	2DN	4	34	14	9	11	52	46	51	4th round
2000–01	2DN	6	38	14	18	6	60	46	60	5th round
2001–02	2DN	2	38	25	8	5	73	27	83	Runners-Up
2002–03	2DN	1	38	29	7	2	73	27	94	2nd round		UEFA Cup - R1	lost the Portuguese Supercup; promoted
2003–04	2H	14	34	9	15	10	44	48	42	4th round
2004–05	2H	6	34	14	8	12	40	33	50	4th round
2005–06	2H	3	34	17	11	6	47	19	62	4th round
2006–07	2H	1	30	18	6	6	45	21	60	5th round			promoted
2007–08	1D	14	30	4	14	12	27	37	26	6th round	3rd round
2008–09	1D	6	30	12	9	9	30	31	45	quarter-final	group stage 1
2009–10	1D	16	30	5	6	19	25	51	21	last 32	group stage 2		relegated
2010–11	2H	6	30	10	12	8	35	27	42	last 16	2nd round
2011–12	2H	11	30	11	7	12	32	34	37	last 16	group stage 1
2012–13	2H	3	42	18	14	10	49	36	68	last 64	2nd round
2013–14	2H	17	42	13	8	21	42	57	47	last 16	group stage 2
2014–15	2H	20	46	13	11	22	53	67	50	2nd round	group stage 1
2015–16	2H	18	46	14	13	19	45	56	55	last 64	group stage
2016–17	2H	18	42	10	16	16	44	48	46	quarter-final	1st round		won the relegation play-offs to stay in Segunda Liga
2017–18	2H	8	38	14	14	10	50	43	56	last 32	group stage
2018–19	2H	7	34	12	9	13	35	36	45	quarter-final	2nd round
2019–20	2H	9	24	8	9	7	23	22	33	last 32	2nd round		league suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	2H	10	34	10	10	14	35	43	40	last 32	did not compete
2021–22	2H	8	34	13	9	12	42	40	48	last 32	1st round
2022–23	2H	15	34	10	9	15	38	49	38	last 16	group stage		started with -1 points due to failure to pay wages in the 2021–22 season
2023–24	2H	14	34	6	8	20	28	59	37	3rd round	group stage
2024–25	2H												current season

CL: Campeonato da Liga
1D: Primeira Liga and predecessors
2H: Liga de Honra and successors
2D.DL1: Segunda Divisão, Douro Litoral Zone, Group 1
2D.A.2.1: Segunda Divisão, Zone A, Group 2, Sub-Group 1
2D.A: Segunda Divisão, Zone A
2DN: Segunda Divisão, Northern Zone
CWC: Cup Winners' Cup
FC: Fairs Cup
UC: UEFA Cup
R1: 1st round
QF: Quarter-final

Other sports

In addition to football, Leixões also competes in boxing, karate, volleyball, swimming and billiards.