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| Full name | Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia | ||
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| Nicknames | Canarinhos (Canaries) Equipa da Linha Estorilistas Mágico Estoril | ||
| Founded | 17 May 1939; 86 years ago (1939-05-17) | ||
| Ground | Estádio António Coimbra da Mota | ||
| Capacity | 5,094 | ||
| Owner | David Blitzer | ||
| President | Rui Costa | ||
| Head coach | Ian Cathro | ||
| League | Primeira Liga | ||
| 2024–25 | Primeira Liga, 8th of 18 | ||
| Website | www | ||
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Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia (Portuguese pronunciation:[ɨʃtuˈɾilˈpɾajɐ]), commonly known asEstoril, is a Portuguese professionalsports club fromEstoril,Cascais,Lisbon. Founded on 17 May 1939,[1] itsfootball team currently plays inPrimeira Liga and hold home games at theEstádio António Coimbra da Mota, with a seating capacity of 5,094. As a sports club, Estoril has departments for football,futsal andbasketball.[1]
Since the club's establishment, the senior football team has won nine secondary trophies, with the most recent being the2011–12 Liga de Honra.[citation needed] As a result, some personnel of the club received awards in relation to their performances in the 2011–12 season, of which includeLicá, who won theLPFP Liga de Honra Player of the Year,Vagner, who won theLPFP Liga de Honra Goalkeeper of the Year, andMarco Silva, who won theLPFP Liga de Honra Coach of the Year.[2][3]
The club was founded on 17 May 1939 as Grupo Desportivo Estoril Plage by, among others, Joaquim Cardim, José Ereia, João Rebelo, Armando Vilar, Ernesto Tomás, and Joaquim Nunes.[1] The club's principal promoter was Fausto Cardoso de Figueiredo, the wealthy owner of theLisbon-Cascais railway, theEnglish hotels of the city, Paris and the Palace, the bath building, and theEstoril Casino.[1] 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 neighbouringAtlantic Ocean.[1]
When the club was initially established it began to play in theCampeonato de Lisboa which was a league competition contested by teams fromLisbon. It also began to compete in theTaça de Portugal. Four years after its establishment, the club has reached theTaça de Portugal final in the 1943–44 season in which they lost toBenfica 8–0 at theCampo das Salésias inLisbon.[citation needed]
Following that season the club reached for thePrimeira Liga in the1944–45 season where they finished seventh in their very first season in Portugal's top flight division.[citation needed] The next season saw the club play in the 1945–46 Segunda Divisão and the 1945–46 Campeonato de Lisboa.[citation needed] The club remained in the top flight until the1952–53 Primeira Divisão season where they finished last and were relegated to thePortuguese Second Division.[citation needed]
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 managerJimmy Hagan in 1973 who prior to being appointed as manager of Estoril had managedBenfica to three consecutive league titles in1970–71,1971–72 and1972–73 as well as aTaça de Portugal in the 1971–72 season he helped the club achieve promotion toPrimeira 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 appointedFernando 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 the1993–94 season, when he left the club forEstrela da Amadora, and Estoril in that very season were relegated to the second tier.
After the departure ofFernando Santos as manager in 1994, the club was stuck around theLiga de Honra (D2). Since after the Liga de Honra's establishment the club participated in fourteen seasons in that division. In the1998–99 Liga de Honra season, the club suffered relegation to the third tier of Portuguese football for the first time in their history.[citation needed] Then the club suffered several promotions and relegations.
At the beginning of the new 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 the2004–05 Primeira Liga season where the club finished seventeenth and were relegated after one season.[citation needed]
In the2011–12 season, the club was promoted to first division by winning the Liga de Honra five points ahead of second placeMoreirense. With new owners and under the management ofMarco Silva who halfway through the season took over fromVinícius Eutrópio, the team claimed the second Liga de Honra title in the club's history. The main players on the title roster wereJoão Coimbra,Licá,Steven Vitória andVagner.[4][5] The2012–13 season marked the return of the club to thePrimeira Liga and saw them finish in an impressivefifth place in the league, from the position of newly promoted, and also qualify for thethird qualifying round ofEuropa League, marking its first presence in theEuropean competitions.[6] Estoril reachedEuropa League group stages after defeatingHapoel Ramat Gan andPasching. They finished fourth place in a group againstSevilla,Freiburg andSlovan Liberec, with only three points in three draws against Sevilla and Freiburg (twice). In the2013–14 season, Estoril finished in fourth place, marking its best performance ever in the Portuguese first division, qualifying directly to Europa League's Group Stage.
American investorDavid Blitzer, through his company Global Football Holdings, purchased a majority stake in the club in May 2019.[7]
Estoril currently play at theEstádio António Coimbra da Mota which holds a seating capacity of 8,000.[citation needed] The stadium also plays host to Estoril's reserve team home games.[citation needed]
TheSweden national team used the stadium as a training ground in preparation forUEFA Euro 2004.[8][9] The stadium has also played host to matches of Portuguese youth team games most notably thePortuguese national under-21 football team.[10]
The stadium has also played host to games involving thePortuguese national rugby union team, most recently being againstUkraine in a2006 European Nations Cup First Division match and againstUruguay in a2007 Rugby World Cup repechage qualification match.
| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2013–14 | UEFA Europa League | 3Q |  Hapoel Ramat Gan | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Play-off |  Pasching | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | ||
| Group H |  Sevilla | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4th place | ||
 Slovan Liberec | 1–2 | 1–2 | ||||
 Freiburg | 0–0 | 1–1 | ||||
| 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | Group E |  PSV Eindhoven | 3–3 | 0–1 | 3rd place |
 Panathinaikos | 2–0 | 1–1 | ||||
 Dynamo Moscow | 1–2 | 0–1 |
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach |  Ian Cathro |
| Assistant head coach |  Paulo Mateus |
| First-team coach | Marco Pimenta |
| Goalkeeping coach | Pedro Miranda |
| Video Analyst | Marco Pedroso |
Augusto Silva (1942–45)
Lippo Hertzka (1946–47)János Biri (1947–49)
Jimmy Hagan (1973–75) António Medeiros (1975–77)José Torres (1979–81)Jimmy Hagan (1981–82)
Mário Wilson (1983–84) António Medeiros (1984)Mário Wilson (1984–86) António Fidalgo (1986–87)Fernando Santos (1987–94)Carlos Manuel (1994–96) Isidro Beato (1996–98)Rui Águas (1998–99)Minervino Pietra (1999–00)José Rachão (2000–01)José Morais (2001–02)Ulisses Morais (1 Nov 2002 – 23 August 2004)Litos (24 Aug 2004 – 30 June 2005)Daúto Faquirá (1 July 2005 – 5 January 2006)Marco Paulo (6 Jan 2006 – 27 January 2006)Litos (28 Jan 2006 – 24 May 2007)Tulipa (28 May 2007 – 24 September 2008) Manuel Pinho(interim) (25 September 2008 – 29 September 2008)João Carlos Pereira (30 September 2008 – 25 May 2009)Hélder Cristóvão (1 July 2009 – 28 September 2009)Professor Neca (29 September 2009 – 10 May 2010)
Vinícius Eutrópio (14 May 2010 – 27 September 2011)Marco Silva (28 September 2011 – 12 May 2014)José Couceiro (24 May 2014 – 3 March 2015)Fabiano Soares (5 March 2015 – 10 December 2016)Pedro Gómez Carmona (13 December 2016 – 8 March 2017)Pedro Emanuel (8 March 2017 – 21 October 2017) Filipe Pedro(interim) (22 October 2017 – 12 November 2017)Ivo Vieira (13 November 2017 – 30 June 2018)Luís Freire (1 July 2018 – 21 January 2019)Bruno Baltazar (22 January 2019 – 30 June 2019)Tiago Fernandes (1 July 2019 – 6 January 2020) Pedro Duarte (8 January 2020 – 30 June 2020)Bruno Pinheiro (1 July 2020 – 30 June 2022)Nélson Veríssimo (1 July 2022 – 24 February 2023)Ricardo Soares (28 February 2023 – 8 June 2023)Álvaro Pacheco (1 July 2023 – 24 September 2023)Vasco Seabra (25 September 2023 – 30 June 2024)Ian Cathro (1 July 2024 –present)| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Cup | League Cup | Notes |
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| 1944–45 | 1D | 7 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 44 | 34 | 16 | Round 1 | ||
| 1945–46 | 2D | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Round 1 | ||
| 1946–47 | 1D | 5 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 96 | 55 | 33 | not held | ||
| 1947–48 | 1D | 4 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 91 | 49 | 36 | Quarter-final | ||
| 1948–49 | 1D | 5 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 76 | 54 | 29 | Round 1 | ||
| 1949–50 | 1D | 12 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 50 | 59 | 21 | not held | ||
| 1950–51 | 1D | 11 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 53 | 58 | 21 | Quarter-final | ||
| 1951–52 | 1D | 9 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 49 | 61 | 21 | Round 1 | ||
| 1952–53 | 1D | 14 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 28 | 64 | 14 | Round 1 | Relegated | |
| 1975–76 | 1D | 8 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 45 | 28 | Quarter-final | ||
| 1976–77 | 1D | 11 | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 26 | 36 | 25 | Round 4 | ||
| 1977–78 | 1D | 11 | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 36 | 25 | Round 4 | ||
| 1978–79 | 1D | 11 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 42 | 26 | Round 5 | ||
| 1979–80 | 1D | 14 | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 37 | 21 | Round 4 | Relegated | |
| 1980–81 | 2D.S | 1 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 48 | 20 | 43 | Round 4 | Promoted | |
| 1981–82 | 1D | 12 | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 30 | 41 | 24 | Round 5 | ||
| 1982–83 | 1D | 11 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 26 | Round 6 | ||
| 1983–84 | 1D | 14 | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 51 | 21 | Quarter-final | ||
| 1990–91 | 2H | 2 | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 48 | 28 | 46 | Round 4 | Promoted | |
| 1991–92 | 1D | 10 | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 54 | 30 | Round 4 | ||
| 1992–93 | 1D | 13 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 29 | 41 | 30 | Round 4 | ||
| 1993–94 | 1D | 18 | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 57 | 18 | Round 4 | Relegated | |
| 1994–95 | 2H | 5 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 20 | 41 | Round 4 | ||
| 1995–96 | 2H | 12 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 52 | 42 | 44 | Round 5 | ||
| 1996–97 | 2H | 7 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 35 | 47 | Quarter-final | ||
| 1997–98 | 2H | 7 | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 40 | 39 | 46 | Round 6 | ||
| 1998–99 | 2H | 18 | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 50 | 28 | Round 3 | Relegated | |
| 1999–00 | 2DS | 4 | 38 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 67 | 40 | 67 | Round 4 | ||
| 2000–01 | 2DS | 12 | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 45 | 46 | 53 | Round 6 | ||
| 2001–02 | 2DS | 5 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 46 | 44 | 59 | Round 2 | ||
| 2002–03 | 2DS | 1 | 38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 74 | 29 | 83 | Round 3 | Promoted | |
| 2003–04 | 2H | 1 | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 63 | 40 | 67 | Quarter-final | Promoted | |
| 2004–05 | 1D | 17 | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 38 | 55 | 30 | Round 5 | Relegated | |
| 2005–06 | 2H | 9 | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 44 | 43 | 45 | Round 5 | ||
| 2006–07 | 2H | 10 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 35 | 37 | Round 4 | ||
| 2007–08 | 2H | 7 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 38 | 41 | Round 3 | Round 2 | |
| 2008–09 | 2H | 4 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 37 | 44 | Round 3 | Round 2 | |
| 2009–10 | 2H | 11 | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 35 | Round 2 | Second Group Stage | |
| 2010–11 | 2H | 10 | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 31 | 38 | Round 3 | Second Group Stage | |
| 2011–12 | 2H | 1 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 20 | 57 | Round 5 | Second Group Stage | Promoted |
| 2012–13 | 1D | 5 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 47 | 37 | 45 | Round 3 | Second Group Stage | Qualified toEuropa League |
| 2013–14 | 1D | 4 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 42 | 26 | 54 | Quarter-final | Second Group Stage | Qualified toEuropa League |
| 2014–15 | 1D | 12 | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 38 | 56 | 40 | Round 3 | Second Group Stage | |
| 2015–16 | 1D | 8 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 40 | 41 | 47 | Quarter-final | Round 2 | |
| 2016–17 | 1D | 10 | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 34 | 42 | 38 | Semi-final | Round 2 | |
| 2017–18 | 1D | 18 | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 29 | 61 | 30 | Round 3 | Round 2 | Relegated |
| 2018–19 | 2H | 3 | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 49 | 42 | 54 | Round 3 | Second Group Stage | |
| 2019–20 | 2H | 4 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 26 | 39 | Round 3 | Round 2 | |
| 2020–21 | 2H | 1 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 55 | 26 | 70 | Semi-final | Quarter-final | Promoted |
| 2021–22 | 1D | 9 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 36 | 43 | 39 | Round 5 | Round 2 | |
| 2022–23 | 1D | 14 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 33 | 49 | 35 | Round 4 | Group stage | |
| 2023–24 | 1D | 13 | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 49 | 58 | 33 | Round 5 | Final | |
| 2024–25 | 1D | Round 3 | - |
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
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