S.C. Campomaiorense

Sporting Clube Campomaiorense more commonly known as Campomaiorense is a Portuguese football club from Campo Maior, Portalegre District.[2] The club was founded on the 1 July 1926.[3] The club currently plays at the Estádio Capitão Cesar Correia which holds a seating capacity of 7500.[4][5] The club has played in Portugal's top football division, the Primeira Liga, for five seasons and reached the 1999 Taça de Portugal final.[6]

Campomaiorense
Full nameSporting Clube Campomaiorense
Nickname(s)Os Galgos (The Greyhounds)
Founded1 July 1926
GroundEstádio Capitão Cesar Correia,
Campo Maior, Portalegre
Capacity7500
ChairmanJoão Nabeiro
ManagerLuís Maia
LeaguePortugal – Segunda Liga[1]
2011–121st

Campomaiorense is part of the Portalegre Football Association, which is the football association in charge of the Portalegre district's football matters. In its entire history, the club has won eight major trophies: the Portuguese Second Division in the 1991–92 season, the Liga de Honra in the 1996–97 season, the AF Portalegre First Division on four occasions (1962–63, 1969–70, 1971–72, 2011–12), the Campeonato de Portalegre in 1946 and the AF Portalegre Supertaça in the 2011–12 season.[7][8]

History

Campomaiorense was first promoted to the Primeira Liga in 1995 under the guidance of former Sporting CP star striker Manuel Fernandes.[9] The club was only the third club in the Alentejo region to reach the top division (the two others being Lusitano de Évora in the 1960s and O Elvas in the 1980s). Their spell in the 1995–96 season saw a disappointing campaign, starting the championship with a 7–0 defeat away to Sporting CP and eventually leading to relegation. Further poor results eventually forced club chairman João Manuel Nabeiro to terminate Fernandes. New players arrived in mid-season, among them Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, who had just left Dutch club AZ. Former Portuguese international Diamantino Miranda was given the job with the objective of taking the club back into the first league. Campomaiorense finished in 17th position. The 1996–97 season in the second division earned them a first ever championship title, with former Chaves and Paços de Ferreira striker Rudi being the top goal scorer.[10] However, Diamantino's season in first division football was no better than Campomaiorense's first spell and he was also terminated by Nabeiro mid-season. Christmas brought coach João Alves (former Taça de Portugal winner with Estrela da Amadora in 1990) along with Brazilian players such as Isaías (previously with Benfica and Coventry City) and Demétrios. Alves' efforts earned Campomaiorense the 11th place and another year among the elite. The club underwent an ambitious change of image via a marketing campaign, changing its symbol to the greyhound and the green colors to bordeaux.

Managers seemed to only be fortunate in Campo Maior at the end of the season, and João Alves faith was no different from its predecessors. José Pereira had the honor to lead the team to the Taça de Portugal final in 1999, against Beira-Mar. Campomaiorense had benefited from all three major clubs' eliminations: Porto's shock defeat at third division side Torreense, Sporting CP's loss to Gil Vicente, and Benfica's to Vitória de Setúbal. In the final, people from all over Alentejo descended on Estádio Nacional in Jamor, where a free banquet was offered by millionaire Rui Manuel Nabeiro, father of Campomaiorense chairman João Manuel Nabeiro, whose coffee packaging company Delta Cafés was the club’s main sponsor. However, a late dramatic goal by Porto's on-loan midfielder Ricardo Sousa ended the dream for Campomaiorense.[11]

The club managed to remain in the top division for two more seasons, but following relegation in 2001 and inability to return the following year led to the decision to abandon professional football.[12] The situation of having more available seats in the stadium than inhabitants in the village was one of the reasons for the club to be considered unworthy of the effort by its sponsors. The club dedicated the next four years to competing only in the youth championships while looking for new talent.[13] In 2006–07, the club was revived and began competing at the regional level. In the 2011–12, Campomaiorense finally won promotion from the district leagues to the Terceira Divisão, but renounced their participation in the national league.

Honours

Past coaches

League and cup history
Season Tier Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA Pts Cup Notes
1990–91 3 2 3421611 533748 Round 3
1991–92 3 1 342167 692748 Round 3 Promoted
1992–93 2 15 3410519 405325 Round 5
1993–94 2 9 3413714 434633 Round 3
1994–95 2 2 341987 582746 Round 4 Promoted
1995–96 1 17 34101311 326933 Round 6 Relegated
1996–97 2 1 341888 513262 Round 4 Promoted
1997–98 1 11 3411716 535840 Round 4
[A]
1998–99 1 13 3410717 415137 Runners-up
[B]
1999–00 1 13 3410618 315136 Round 5
2000–01 1 16 3471116 295832 Round 4 Relegated
2001–02 2 10 3413615 485045 Round 4
[C]
2006–07 5 2 261962 812562
[D]
2007–08 5 6 281567 593151 Round 1
2008–09 5 5 321778 583458
2009–10 5 1 121200 57236
[E]
2010–11 5 2 161411 63843
[F]
2011–12 5 1 282314 931470 Promoted
A. ^A Best league classification finish in the club's history.
B. ^B Best cup run in the club's history.
C. ^C The club folded and abandoned the professional football tier.
D. ^D The club was reinstated and began in the AF Portalegre First Division.
E. ^E Reached the playoffs, finished fifth in the final phase.
F. ^F Reached the playoffs, finished second in the final phase.

Last updated: 25 October 2012
Div. = Division; 1 = Portuguese League; 2 = Liga de Honra; 3 = Portuguese Second Division; 5 = AF Portalegre First Division
Pos. = Position; Pl = Match played; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lost; GS = Goal Scored; GA = Goal Against; P = Points

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  10. Portugal – List of Second Division Final Tables The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  11. 1998–99 Portuguese Cup The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  12. "Rio Ave-Campomaiorense, 4–2: Autêntico saldo de golos num jogo de fim de estação" [Rio Ave Campomaiorense, 4–2: Authentic balance of goals in a match end of season]. Record (in Portuguese). 6 May 2002. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
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