Gondomar S.C.

Gondomar

Full name	Gondomar Sport Clube
Founded	1921
Ground	São Miguel, Gondomar, Portugal
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Álvaro Cerqueira
Manager	Zé Alberto
League	Portuguese Second Division
2010–11	Portuguese Second Division, 4th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Gondomar Sport Club is a Portuguese football club based in Gondomar, Porto District. Founded on 1 May 1921, it currently plays in the Portuguese third division, holding home games at Estádio de São Miguel, with a capacity of 5,000 spectators.

History

Gondomar's early foundations were established on 1 August 1928, as the club registered in the Porto Football Association. In 1932, however, it ceased all activity, until a group of people dubbed Os Teimosos de Gondomar (Stubborn), ten years later, took it upon themselves to resurrect the club, which return to organized football in 1960, in the third regional division; promotion to the second regional level was achieved five years later.

In 1970, Gondomar moved to the new Estádio de São Miguel. On 27 October 1986, the team participated for the first time in the Portuguese Cup, losing 1–2 at F.C. Marco. In 2003, whilst competing in the third division, it made nationwide headlines after eliminating Benfica in the fourth round, with a 1–0 win at the Estádio da Luz.^[1]

One year later, Gondomar reached the second level for the first time in its history. In the 2006–07 season, the club achieved its best-ever classification in the category, finishing fifth.

In 2009, after ranking 16th and last, Gondomar returned to the third level.

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Luís Pinto 3 DF João Paulo 4 DF Muller Roque 5 DF Joel 6 DF Hugo Baldaia 7 FW Pedro Lisboa 8 MF Tiago Gomes 9 FW Onyekachi Silas 10 MF Yaya Bamba 11 FW René Yougbare 12 GK João Cruz

No. Position Player 13 DF Tiago Graça 14 MF Ricardo Pinto 15 MF Diogo Belinha 16 MF Chiquinho 17 FW Jonathan Oliveira 19 MF Benvindo 20 MF Salif Thomas 21 FW Shi Tang 22 DF Adílson Vaz 23 GK Li Zheng 25 DF Ricardo Portilho

League and cup history

Season	I	II	III	IV	V	Pts.	Pl.	W	L	T	GS	GA	Diff.
1994–95				12		32 pts	34	10	12	12	35	35	0
1995–96				2		63 pts	34	19	6	9	68	25	+43
1997–98			8			48 pts	34	14	6	14	50	53	−3
1998–99			18			30 pts	34	7	9	18	32	53	−21
2003–04			1			86 pts	36	27	5	4	69	25	+44
2004–05		16				39 pts	34	11	6	17	38	45	−7
2005–06		6				51 pts	34	14	9	11	56	41	+15
2006–07		5				45 pts	30	13	6	11	33	30	+3
2007–08		12				35 pts	30	9	8	13	31	51	−20
2008–09		16				30 pts	30	7	9	14	29	35	−6
2009–10			4			...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...

Honours

• Third Division: 2003–04

Managers

• Fernando Pires

Stadium

A view of Estádio de São Miguel.

Logo history

• 

  Crest 2004–

References

1. Glorious Benfica (Glorious Benfica); Glória Vermelha (Portuguese)

External links

• Official website (Portuguese)
• Zerozero team profile