G.D. Estoril Praia

Estoril
Full name Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia
Nickname(s) Canarinhos (Canaries)
Equipa da Linha
Estorilistas
Founded 17 May 1939 (17 May 1939)
Ground Estádio António Coimbra da Mota
Ground Capacity 8,015
Owner Traffic Sports Europe
Chairman Miguel Pisco
Manager Hugo Leal and Fabiano
League Primeira Liga
2015–16 8th
Website Club home page

Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia (Portuguese pronunciation: [(ɨ)ʃtuˈɾiɫ ˈpɾajɐ]), commonly known as Estoril, is a Portuguese sports club from Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon.[1] The club was founded on 17 May 1939.[2] They play at the Estádio António Coimbra da Mota which holds a seating capacity of 8015.[3] As a sports club, Estoril Praia has departments for football, futsal and basketball.[2]

Estoril plays in the Primeira Liga.[4] Since the club's establishment it has won nine trophies in its senior football department, the most recent being the 2011–12 Liga de Honra.[5] As a result of this, several personnel of the club were awarded awards in relation to their performances in the 2011–12 season, of which they include Licá who won the LPFP Liga de Honra Player of the Year, Vagner who won the LPFP Liga de Honra Goalkeeper of the Year and Marco Silva who won the LPFP Liga de Honra Coach of the Year.[6][7] The club is sponsored by Danish sports manufacturer Hummel.

History

Early beginnings

The club was founded on 17 May 1939 as Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia by, among others, Joaquim Cardim, José Ereia, João Rebelo, Armando Vilar, Ernesto Tomás, and Joaquim Nunes.[2] The club's principal promoter was Fausto Cardoso de Figueiredo, the wealthy owner of the Lisbon-Cascais railway, the English hotels of the city, Paris and the Palace, the bath building, and the Estoril Casino.[2] The team's badge and kit colours were inspired by Estoril's many beaches, considered the best in all of Portugal. The yellow symbolizes the colour of the sun, while the blue symbolizes the colour of the neighbouring Atlantic Ocean.[2]

When the club was initially established it began to play in the Campeonato de Lisboa which was a league competition contested by teams from Lisbon. It also began to compete in the Taça de Portugal. Four years after its establishment, the club has reached the Taça de Portugal final in the 1943–44 season in which they lost to Benfica 8–0 at the Campo das Salésias in Lisbon.[8]

Following that season the club reached for the Primeira Liga in the 1944–45 season where they finished seventh in their very first season in Portugal's top flight division.[9] The next season saw the club play in the 1945–46 Segunda Divisão and the 1945–46 Campeonato de Lisboa.[10] The club remained in the top flight until the 1952–53 Primeira Divisão season where they finished last and were relegated to the Portuguese Second Division.[11]

Decline and revival

The next season saw them begin their football life in the Segunda Divisão. Estoril played in the division for 22 years before gaining promotion to the top flight again. Following the appointment of experienced English manager Jimmy Hagan in 1973 who prior to being appointed as manager of Estoril had managed Benfica to three consecutive league titles in 1970–71, 1971–72 and 1972–73 as well as a Taça de Portugal in the 1971–72 season he helped the club achieve promotion to Primeira Liga. The club's return saw them finish an impressive eighth place in the league as well as a quarter-finalist in the cup competition. The next ten years saw the club remain in a stable position finishing in mid-table positions up until the mid-1980s.

In the late 1980s, the club appointed Fernando Santos as manager. A young coach who had played for the club during his professional career in the 1970s who had retired due to several injuries. He helped the club rebuild itself and improve its players and after three years in charge he helped them gain promotion once again to the top flight at the age of 36. During his time he helped the club establish themselves as a Primeira Liga club up until the 1993–94 season where he left the club for Estrela da Amadora and Estoril in that very season were relegated to the second tier.

Since the departure of Fernando Santos as manager in 1994 the club has been lurking around the Liga de Honra. Since the Liga de Honra's establishment the club has participated in fourteen seasons in that division. In the 1998–99 Liga de Honra season, the club suffered relegation to the third tier of Portuguese football for the first time in their history.[12] Since then the club has suffered several promotions and relegation.

Recent years

At the beginning of the millennium, the club was playing in the Portuguese Second Division. Ulisses Morais took over in 2002 and led the club to back to back promotions leading the club to the top flight. Litos took over for the 2004–05 Primeira Liga season where the club finished seventeenth and were relegated after one season.[13]

In the 2011–12 season, the club was promoted to first division by winning the Liga de Honra five points ahead of second place Moreirense. With new owners and under the management of Marco Silva who halfway through the season took over from Vinícius Eutrópio,the team claimed the second Liga de Honra title in club history. The main players on the title roster were João Coimbra, Licá, Steven Vitória and Vagner.[14][15] The 2012–13 season marked the return of the club to the Primeira Liga and saw them finish in an impressive fifth place in the league, from the position of newly promoted, and also qualify for the third qualifying round of Europa League, marking its first presence in the European competitions.[16] Estoril reached Europa League group stages after defeating Hapoel Ramat Gan and Pasching. They finished fourth place in a group against Sevilla, Freiburg and Slovan Liberec, with only three points in three draws against Sevilla and Freiburg (twice). In the 2013–14 season, Estoril finished in fourth place, marking its best performance ever in the Portuguese first division, qualifying directly to Europa League's Group Stage, thanks to Benfica's victory over Rio Ave in the Taça de Portugal.

In the last 5 years, the club has changed sponsorship from Gelpeixe to the Portuguese bank Banco BIC. The club was formerly sponsored by Gelpeixe. Also, the club's kit supplier has changed from Joma to Hummel in the 2011–12 season, and changed again to Nike for the 2015–16 season.

Stadium

Estoril currently play at the Estádio António Coimbra da Mota which holds a seating capacity of 8,015.[17] The stadium also plays host to Estoril's reserve team home games.[18]

The Swedish national football team used the stadium as a training ground in preparation for UEFA Euro 2004.[19][20] The stadium has also played host to matches of Portuguese youth team games most notably the Portuguese national under-21 football team.[21]

The stadium has also played host to games involving the Portuguese national rugby union team, most recently being against Ukraine in a 2006 European Nations Cup First Division match and against Uruguay in a 2007 Rugby World Cup repechage qualification match.

European cup history

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
2013–14 UEFA Europa League 3Q Israel Hapoel Ramat Gan 0–0 1–0 1–0
Play-off Austria Pasching 2–0 2–1 4–1
Group H Spain Sevilla 1–2 1–1 4th place
Czech Republic Slovan Liberec 1–2 1–2
Germany Freiburg 0–0 1–1
2014–15 UEFA Europa League Group E Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 3–3 0–1 3rd place
Greece Panathinaikos 2–0 1–1
Russia Dynamo Moscow 1–2 0–1

Current squad

As of 27 August 2016

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

No. Position Player
1 Cape Verde GK Thierry Graça
2 Portugal DF João Afonso (on loan from Vitória Guimarães)
3 Brazil DF Ailton (on loan from Fluminense)
4 Brazil DF João Basso
5 Portugal DF Joel Ferreira
6 Portugal MF Afonso Taira
7 Portugal DF Mano
8 Brazil MF Eduardo (on loan from Fluminense)
9 Brazil FW Bruno Gomes (on loan from Internacional)
10 Brazil FW Kléber
11 Brazil FW Felipe Augusto
12 Brazil FW Paulo Henrique (on loan from Shanghai Shenhua)
14 Brazil FW Gustavo Tocantins
15 Senegal DF Oumar Diakhite
No. Position Player
17 Brazil FW João Lima
18 Brazil FW Alisson Farias (on loan from Internacional)
19 Ukraine MF Dmytro Yarchuk
20 Brazil MF Matheus Índio (on loan from Vasco)
21 Brazil DF Thiago Cardoso
23 Brazil DF Lucas Farias (on loan from São Paulo)
25 Portugal MF Diogo Amado
26 France MF Billal Sebaihi
27 Brazil MF Mattheus
28 Portugal MF Diogo Baltazar
31 Portugal GK José Moreira
33 Brazil DF Dankler
71 Russia FW Konstantin Bazelyuk (on loan from CSKA Moscow)
96 Portugal GK Luís Ribeiro

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
— Uganda DF Alex Kakuba (to Feirense)
— Brazil MF Lucas Morelatto (to Mafra)
No. Position Player
— Brazil FW Luiz Phellype (to Rec. Libolo)

Honours

Domestic honours

  • Winners (5): 1941–42, 1943–44, 1945–46, 1974–75, 2002–03
  • Winners (1): 2009–10
  • Runners-up (1): 1976–77
  • Winners (1): 1968–69

Personnel honours

Managerial history

  • Portugal Litos (Jan 28, 2006 – May 24, 2007)
  • Portugal Tulipa (May 28, 2007 – Sept 24, 2008)
  • Portugal Manuel Pinho (interim) (Sept 25, 2008 – Sept 29, 2008)
  • Portugal João Carlos Pereira (Sept 30, 2008 – May 25, 2009)
  • Portugal Hélder Cristóvão (July 1, 2009 – Sept 28, 2009)
  • Portugal Neca (Sept 29, 2009 – May 10, 2010)
  • Brazil Vinícius Eutrópio (May 14, 2010 – Sept 27, 2011)
  • Portugal Marco Silva (Sept 28, 2011 – May 12, 2014)
  • Portugal José Couceiro (May 24, 2014–)

League and cup history

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup League Cup Notes
1944–45 1D 7 18648 443416 Round 1
[A]
1945–46 2D – –––– ––– Round 1
[B]
1946–47 1D 5 261619 965533 not held
[C]
1947–48 1D 4 261646 914936 Quarter-final
[D]
1948–49 1D 5 261259 765429 Round 1
1949–50 1D 12 267712 505921 not held
[E]
1950–51 1D 11 2610115 535821 Quarter-final
1951–52 1D 9 268513 496121 Round 1
1952–53 1D 14 265417 286414 Round 1 Relegated
1975–76 1D 8 3010812 314528 Quarter-final
1976–77 1D 11 3061311 263625 Round 4
1977–78 1D 11 308913 253625 Round 4
1978–79 1D 11 3081012 244226 Round 5
1979–80 1D 14 3051114 183721 Round 4 Relegated
1980–81 2D.S 1 301794 482043 Round 4 Promoted
1981–82 1D 12 3071013 304124 Round 5
1982–83 1D 11 309813 263926 Round 6
1983–84 1D 14 306915 225121 Quarter-final
1990–91 2H 2 3817129 482846 Round 4 Promoted
1991–92 1D 10 34101014 345430 Round 4
1992–93 1D 13 3491213 294130 Round 4
1993–94 1D 18 345821 225718 Round 4 Relegated
1994–95 2H 5 341699 392041 Round 4
1995–96 2H 12 3412814 524244 Round 5
1996–97 2H 7 3413813 343547 Quarter-final
1997–98 2H 7 34111310 403946 Round 6
1998–99 2H 18 3461018 235028 Round 3 Relegated
1999–00 2DS 4 381837 674067 Round 4
2000–01 2DS 12 38141113 454653 Round 6
2001–02 2DS 5 3817813 464459 Round 2
2002–03 2DS 1 382585 742983 Round 3 Promoted
2003–04 2H 1 342077 634067 Quarter-final Promoted
2004–05 1D 17 348620 385530 Round 5 Relegated
2005–06 2H 9 34111211 444345 Round 5
2006–07 2H 10 3010713 303537 Round 4
2007–08 2H 7 3011811 413841 Round 3 Round 2
2008–09 2H 4 3012810 413744 Round 3 Round 2
2009–10 2H 11 307149 262935 Round 2 Second Group Stage
2010–11 2H 10 3091110 363138 Round 3 Second Group Stage
2011–12 2H 1 301695 402057 Round 5 Second Group Stage Promoted
2012–13 1D 5 3013611 473745 Round 3 Second Group Stage Qualified to Europa League
2013–14 1D 4 301596 422654 Quarter-final Second Group Stage Qualified to Europa League
2014–15 1D 12 3491312 385640 Round 3 Second Group Stage
A. ^A Also participated in the 1944–45 Campeonato de Lisboa.
B. ^B Did not participate in the 1945–46 Primeira Divisão but instead participated in the 1945–46 Segunda Divisão despite not being relegated in the previous season. Also participated in the 1945–46 Campeonato de Lisboa.
C. ^C The Taça de Portugal was not held due to the end of the regional championships. As a result of this, a new format and scheduling scheme was introduced for the competition.
D. ^D Best league classification finish in the club's history.
E. ^E The Taça de Portugal was not held due to the Latin Cup being held at the Estádio Nacional.

Last updated: 18 July 2014
Div. = Division; 1D = Portuguese League; 2H = Liga de Honra; 2DS/2D = Portuguese Second Division
Pos. = Position; Pl = Match played; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lost; GS = Goal Scored; GA = Goal Against; P = Points

References

  1. ↑ "Estoril". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). 12 July 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia" (in Portuguese). gdestorilpraia.net. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "António Coimbra da Mota". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). 12 July 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "Liga ZON Sagres 2012/2013". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). 12 July 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Liga Orangina 2011/2012". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). 12 July 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "Vencedores dos Prémios Oficiais" [Winners of the official awards] (in Portuguese). LPFP. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  7. ↑ "Licá eleito o melhor jogador da Liga de Honra 2011/2012" [Licá named the player of the Liga de Honra 2011/2012] (in Portuguese). A Bola. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  8. ↑ "Taça de Portugal 1943/1944" [Cup of Portugal 1943/1944]. ZeroZero (in Portuguese). 12 July 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  9. ↑ "Portuguese League 1944/45". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). 12 July 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  10. ↑ "Campeonato de Lisboa 1945/46". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). 12 July 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  11. ↑ "Portuguese League 1952/53". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). 12 July 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  12. ↑ "2ª Divisão de Honra 1998/1999". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). 12 July 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  13. ↑ "SuperLiga 2004/2005". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). 12 July 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  14. ↑ "Estoril está de regresso à Liga!" [Estoril returns to the League!]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 6 May 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  15. ↑ "Estoril festejou subida à Liga (com fotos)" [Estoril celebrated the promotion to the League (with photos)]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 7 May 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  16. ↑ "Classificação detalhada" [League table]. LPF (in Portuguese). 19 May 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  17. ↑ "António Coimbra da Mota". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). 10 July 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  18. ↑ "Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia [Reserve Squad]". ZeroZero. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  19. ↑ "Estádio António Coimbra da Mota". gloriasdopassado.blogspot.co.uk (in Portuguese). 14 May 2007. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  20. ↑ "Selecções definem locais de estágio" [Teams define location stages]. Record (in Portuguese). 6 January 2004. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  21. ↑ "Selecção Nacional – Sub-21 – Época 2011/2012" [National Selection – under-21 – Season 2011/12]. FPF (in Portuguese). 10 July 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
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