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| Full name | Sport Comércio e Salgueiros | ||
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| Short name | Salgueiros | ||
| Founded | 8 December 1911 asSport Grupo e Salgueiros | ||
| Ground | Complexo Desportivo de Campanhã Porto, Portugal | ||
| Capacity | 1,000 | ||
| Chairman | Gil Soares Almeida | ||
| Manager | Domingos Barros | ||
| League | Campeonato de Portugal | ||
| 2023–24 | 7th, Serie B | ||
| Website | scsalgueiros | ||
Sport Comércio e Salgueiros (Portuguese pronunciation:[sɨˈpɔɾkuˈmɛɾsi.uisalˈɣɐjɾuʃ]), commonly known as simplySalgueiros, is a Portuguese multi-sports club from thecity ofPorto, in thenorthern region of the country. Its most well-known department is its football department but the multi-sports club has also departments for other sports, such asAmerican football,athletics,baseball, andesports.[1]
Founded on 8 December 1911, in the parish ofParanhos, its main men'sfootball team plays in theCampeonato de Portugal, which is the fourth tier ofPortuguese football. Although they are based in Paranhos, they currently play their home matches at the neighboring parish ofCampanhã's Complexo Desportivo de Campanhã which can accommodate 1,000 spectators.[citation needed]
The football department has a B reserve team, called S.C. Salgueiros B, which plays in lower leagues.[2][citation needed]
In 1911, a group of friends (João da Silva Almeida, Aníbal Jacinto and Antenor) decided to fund a football club after watching a game that opposedFC Porto andS.L. Benfica at theCampo da Rainha. The friends would gather after work and dinner at lamp 1047 between the streets ofConstituição andParticular de Salgueiros to debate ideas and build their new club. Thus was formedSport Grupo e Salgueiros.
The club had no money at the time, so the three founders decided to gather money by singing Christmas songs from door to door during the 1911 Christmas season. They collected a total of 2800 reis, which was enough to purchase their first football. They decided their jerseys should be red likeBenfica's as a way to separate themselves from city rivalsFC Porto. Their first pitch would be at the Arca D'Água, and the team's first matches were against Sport Progresso, Carvalhido Football Club, and others.
In the 1916–17 season, the team name was changed toSport Porto e Salgueiros as a matter of local pride (and maybe also for its similarity withSport Lisboa e Benfica). However, in 1920, after a profound economical crisis,Sport Porto e Salgueiros decided to join forces with another local club namedSport Comércio. This resulted in the name change ofSport Comércio e Salgueiros.
From the 1930s, when the national leagues commenced, to the 1970s, Sport Comércio e Salgueiros was a mainstay of theSecond Division, with the occasional participation in theFirst Division. That trend changed in the beginning of the 80's, with team being able to maintain respectable placings and playing for several consecutive years in the top tier. The highlight was a 5th place in the1990–91 season that enabled the club to participate in European competitions for the first (and so far only) time. In the1991–92 UEFA Cup, Salgueiros playedCannes in the first round and lost on penalties. Among the players in the French team wasZinedine Zidane. Salgueiros last participation in the first division was in the2001–02 season.
In 2004–05, facing perhaps its biggest economical crisis since its foundation, the senior football team was administratively relegated from the second division to the third-tier league. Due to the financial crisis, all the players in that season were non-professional, mostly upgraded players from the junior team. The club had also recently lost its emblematic stadium, (Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro), which had been sold to the city hall in order to build a subway station at its location, and had no home arena in which to play their matches or to practice. Due to the dramatic financial situation and debts, with the club prevented from registering professional players, the senior team ceased to exist at end of the season.
After three years dormant, a Salgueiros team made its comeback to senior football as a new club namedSport Clube Salgueiros 08 for the 2008–09 season.[3][4] However, the youth teams remained using theSport Comércio e Salgueiros name. Starting with a senior football team, the new club soon expanded tofutsal andhandball teams, also creating female sections for football and handball. In their first season in the district leagues in 2008–09, the football team averaged home attendances of over 2,200 people per game,[3] the 15th highest average attendance nationally, proving that support for the charismatic club was as strong as ever. They started in thePorto FA Second Division[5] (the 7th tier of Portuguese football). Three more promotions in four seasons led Salgueiros from the regional leagues to theCampeonato Nacional de Seniores[6][7] (now Campeonato de Portugal).
Eventually, they changed the nameSport Club Salgueiros for the 2015–16.[8] On 8 December 2015, the club announced it had regained the rights of the originalSport Comércio e Salgueiros and would return to its former name and symbols at the start of the 2016–17 season.[9][10]
National competitions[edit] | Regional competitions[edit]
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| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 1991–92 | UEFA Cup | 1R |  Cannes | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 (2–4p) |
| Season | Level | Division | Section | Place | Movements |
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| 2016–17 | Tier 3 | Campeonato de Portugal | Serie C – 1st Phase | 2nd | |
| North Zone – Promotion | 3rd | ||||
| 2017–18 | Tier 3 | Campeonato de Portugal | Serie B – 1st Phase | 12th | Relegated |
| 2018–19 | Tier 4 | Regional | AF Porto – Elite Division | 5th | |
| 2019–20 | Tier 4 | Regional | AF Porto – Elite Division | 1st | Promoted |
| 2020–21 | Tier 3 | Campeonato de Portugal | Serie C - 1st Phase | 6th | |
| 2021–22 | Tier 4 | Campeonato de Portugal | Serie C - 1st Phase | 1st | |
| North Zone - Promotion | 4th | ||||
| 2022–23 | Tier 4 | Campeonato de Portugal | Serie B - 1st Phase | 1st | |
| North Zone - Promotion | 4th | ||||
| 2023–24 | Tier 4 | Campeonato de Portugal | Serie B - 1st Phase | 7th |
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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Known mostly for itsfootball section, the club has excelled at several other sports, such aswater polo,handball andathletics. Despite the fact that Salgueiros doesn't have a swimming pool, thewater polo team, coached byNuno Mariani, won its 12th national title in a row in 2006. After being runner-up in the 2007 championship Salgueiros renewed the national title in 2008.
Played more than 50 league games, or gained national notability elsewhere
