S.C. Farense

Farense
Full nameSporting Clube Farense
Nickname(s)Leões de Faro (Lions of Faro)
Founded1 April 1910 (1 April 1910)
GroundEstádio de São Luís
Capacity7,000
ChairmanJoão Rodrigues
ManagerTozé
LeagueLiga Portugal 2
2024–25Primeira Liga, 17th of 18 (relegated)
Websitewww.scfarense.pt

Sporting Clube Farense, simply known as Farense, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Faro in the district of the same name and the region of Algarve. Founded in 1910, the club has played in the Primeira Liga since the 2023–24 season after promotion from the Liga Portugal 2.

History

Founded on 1 April 1910, it became the branch number 2 of Sporting Clube de Portugal (Sporting CP).[1] Its main kit was inspired by the classic Sporting CP Stromp kit which was the main kit of the Lisbon-based team until 1928. In its entire history, the club has won nine major trophies: the AF Algarve Championship five times, the Segunda Divisão twice, and the Terceira Divisão and AF Algarve First and Second Divisions once each. Aside from its major trophies, the club as of 2013, has played 23 seasons in the Primeira Liga of which their highest league table classification came in the 1994–95 season where they managed a fifth-place finish.

On the back of that best-ever finish, Farense qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time, losing in the first round to Olympique Lyonnais by a single goal in each game.[2]< The club also reached the final of the Taça de Portugal in 1990 where they lost to Estrela da Amadora. Among the mainstays of their 1990s teams were the Moroccan attacking duo of Hajry Redouane and Hassan Nader.[3]

The 2001–02 season saw the club relegated to the second tier of Portuguese football. In 2006, the club was in the sixth tier, the second district league of the Algarve Football Association, but won two consecutive promotions as champions.[4] In 2012–13 they were promoted to the Segunda Liga.[5] In 2019–20, after the season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the club were promoted back to the top flight after 18 years, under manager Sérgio Vieira.[6] One year later, they were relegated on the final matchday after a 4–0 loss at C.D. Santa Clara.[7]

On 3 February 2023, Farense sacked manager Vasco Faísca before a match against Estrela da Amadora, who had cut their advantage in second place to one point.[8] His replacement José Mota led the club back to the Primeira Liga.[9] He was fired after a poor start to the Primeira Liga and replaced by Tozé on September 25th, 2024.

Stadium

Estádio Algarve – View from the south side of the stadium.
Estádio de São Luís – Current stadium in 2008, before the most recent renovation.

The Leões de Faro played at the Estádio de São Luís for 94 years from 1910. The club moved stadium in 2004 to the newly constructed Estádio Algarve which was built for the purpose of hosting matches at UEFA Euro 2004. The Faro side moved back to the Estádio de São Luís in 2013 after it gained promotion to the Segunda Liga. As a result of their promotion, the Estádio de São Luís underwent major renovations to improve its facilities.

Rivalries

The club has rivalries with fellow Algarve clubs S.C. Olhanense and Portimonense S.C.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

Players

Current squad

As of 30 July 2025[17]

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 Portugal POR Ricardo Velho (vice-captain)
2 DF Spain ESP Fran Delgado
3 DF Portugal POR Lucas D’Agrella
4 DF Brazil BRA Alysson (on loan from Santa Clara)
5 DF Uruguay URU Franco Romero
6 DF Brazil BRA Derick Poloni
7 FW Portugal POR Rui Costa
8 MF Portugal POR Miguel Menino
9 FW Portugal POR Tomané
10 FW Portugal POR Bruno Almeida (on loan from Santa Clara)
14 FW Spain ESP Darío Poveda
16 MF Portugal POR Geovanny Almeida
17 FW Portugal POR André Candeias
18 FW Portugal POR Cuba
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Cape Verde CPV Yannick Semedo
21 FW Portugal POR Jaiminho
22 GK Portugal POR Miguel Carvalho
23 MF North Macedonia MKD Nikola Gjorgjev
26 DF Portugal POR Rúben Fernandes
29 MF Brazil BRA Claudio Falcão
31 MF Portugal POR Rúben Ribeiro
34 DF Spain ESP Toni Herrero
40 DF Brazil BRA Matheus Gonçalves
70 DF Cape Verde CPV Rivaldo Morais
77 FW Portugal POR Marco Matias (captain)
88 MF Portugal POR Rafael Teixeira
97 GK Spain ESP Lucas Cañizares

Notable former players

Players that have played more than 50 league matches:

Statistics

Most appearances

As of 23 January 2025
Rank Player Appearances Goals
1 Morocco Hajry Redouane 292 33
2 Portugal Carlos Costa 273 23
3 Morocco Hassan Nader 246 99
4 Portugal Eugénio 244 4
5 Portugal Miguel Serôdio 214 3
6 Brazil Fabrício Isidoro 207 16
7 Brazil Luizão 197 10
8 Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Milonja Đukić 187 31
9 Brazil Sérgio Duarte 184 11
10 Brazil Pitico 169 23

Top goalscorers

As of 23 January 2025
Rank Player Appearances Goals
1 Morocco Hassan Nader 246 99
2 Brazil Mirobaldo 131 44
3 Nigeria Christian Irobiso 151 34
4 Morocco Hajry Redouane 292 33
5 Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Milonja Đukić 187 31
6 Brazil Pedro Henrique 97 30
7 Brazil Farias 84 23
Brazil Pitico 169 23
Portugal Carlos Costa 273 23
10 Portugal Fábio Gomes 61 22
Portugal Ademar 148 22

Managerial history

Honours

Youth honours

European cup history

  • Q = Qualifying
  • PO = Play-off
UEFA Cup
Season Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
1995–96 R1 France Olympique Lyonnais 0–1 0–1 0–2

League and cup history

Season Tier Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup League Cup Notes
1989–90 2 1 34 25 5 4 80 23 55 Runners-up Promoted
1990–91 1 11 38 14 6 18 46 47 34 Round 6
1991–92 1 6 34 12 11 11 35 33 35 Round 5
1992–93 1 6 34 11 13 10 41 36 35 Round 5
1993–94 1 8 34 13 7 14 44 46 33 Round 4
1994–95 1 5 34 16 5 13 44 38 37 Round 6
1995–96 1 13 34 10 6 18 36 45 36 Round 6
1996–97 1 11 34 10 12 12 34 34 42 Round 4
1997–98 1 14 34 8 13 13 41 50 37 Round 4
1998–99 1 11 34 10 9 15 39 54 39 Round 5
1999–00 1 14 34 8 11 15 35 60 35 Round 5
2000–01 1 13 34 10 9 15 37 47 39 Round 6
2001–02 1 17 38 7 7 20 29 63 28 Round 5 Relegated
2002–03 2 12 34 11 11 12 32 32 44 Round 4 Relegated
2003–04 3 14 34 11 8 15 41 49 41 Round 3
2004–05 4 14 34 11 8 15 41 49 41 Round 1
2005–06 4 – – – – – – – – Round 1 Relegated
2006–07 6 1 31 24 6 1 72 15 78 Promoted
2007–08 5 1 30 22 4 4 73 20 70 Promoted
2008–09 4 4 26 12 6 8 40 35 42 Round 1
2009–10 4 4 22 9 9 4 31 22 36 Round 1 Promoted
2010–11 3 12 30 8 12 10 28 37 36 Round 3 Relegated
2011–12 4 1 22 17 5 0 52 17 56 Round 1 Promoted
2012–13 3 1 30 19 8 3 38 21 65 Round 4 Promoted
2013–14 2 10 42 15 12 15 45 44 57 Round 3 Round 2
2014–15 2 11 46 16 14 16 51 54 62 Round 2 Round 1
2015–16 2 20 46 15 11 20 49 56 54 Round 4 Round 1 Relegated
2016–17 3 3 32 18 8 6 54 22 62 Round 3
2017–18 3 2 35 28 4 3 74 18 81 Round 6 Promoted
2018–19 2 10 34 11 10 13 39 35 43 Round 3 Round 2
2019–20 2 2 24 15 3 6 35 22 48 Round 4 Round 1 Promoted, LigaPro suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
2020–21 1 17 34 7 10 17 31 48 31 Round 3 Relegated
2021–22 2 11 34 10 11 13 40 42 41 Round 4 Round 2
2022–23 2 2 33 20 6 7 54 33 66 Round 4 Group Stage Promoted

References

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  2. ^ "Farense vai vender Estádio S. Luís para recuperar passado glorioso" [Farense will sell the Estádio S. Luís to recover the glorious past]. Público (in Portuguese). 4 May 2020. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  3. ^ "O fim de uma era com "perfume" marroquino no Farense" [The end of an era of Moroccan "perfume" at Farense]. Record (in Portuguese). 2 January 2000. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  4. ^ Encarnação, Carlos (31 March 2022). "Farense celebra 112 anos na sexta-feira: confira o programa para assinalar a data" [Farense celebrate 112th birthday on Friday: check the programme to mark the date]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Chaves e Farense sobem à 2.ª Liga" [Chaves and Farense rise to the 2.ª League]. Record (in Portuguese). 28 April 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Sérgio Vieira renova com o Farense por mais 3 anos" [Sérgio Vieira renews with Farense for 3 more years] (in Portuguese). Sul Informação. 21 May 2020. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  7. ^ Paiva, Rui Pedro (20 May 2021). "Jorge Costa: "A nossa falta de maturidade e de experiência notou-se"" [Jorge Costa: "Our lack of maturity and experience showed"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Farense: rescisão unilateral com Vasco Faísca antes de jogar com o Estrela" [Farense: Vasco Faísca dismissed before game with Estrela]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 3 February 2023. Archived from the original on 11 February 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  9. ^ "José Mota muito cobiçado" [José Mota highly coveted]. Record (in Portuguese). 24 May 2023. Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
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  13. ^ "Bragging rights". Portugal Resident. 2 March 2016. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
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