U.D. Oliveirense

Oliveirense

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Full name	União Desportiva Oliveirense
Nickname(s)	Unionistas (Unionists)
Founded	25 October 1922
Ground	Estádio Carlos Osório, Oliveira de Azeméis
Ground Capacity	4,000
Chairman	Prof. José Sousa
Manager	João de Deus
League	Segunda Liga
2014–15	17th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Estádio Carlos Osório

União Desportiva Oliveirense, commonly known as simply as Oliveirense is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Oliveira de Azeméis, Aveiro. The club was founded on 25 October 1922. The club currently plays at the Estádio Carlos Osório which holds a seating capacity of 4000. As a sports club it fields very successful teams in rink hockey and basketball. Its rink hockey team has won the Taça de Portugal on three occasions whilst its basketball team has won the Portuguese Basketball SuperCup and the Portuguese Basketball Cup. The club currently plays in the Segunda Liga.

Oliveirense is part of the Aveiro Football Association which is the football association in charge of the Aveiro district's football matters. In its entire history the club has won seven major trophies, of which their first was the AF Aveiro Championship in the 1945–46 season. Oliveirense are currently sponsored by Italian sportswear manufacturer Macron.

History

The club was founded on 25 October 1922 as União Desportiva Oliveirense. Prior to its inception it was called Sport Clube Oliveirense who had begun playing in the district league of Aveiro.

Following its establishment, shortly after Oliveirense was one of the founding clubs of the Aveiro Football Association along with Anadia, Beira-Mar, Bustelo, Clube dos Galitos, Espinho, Fogueirese, Ovarense, Paços Brandão, Sanjoanense, SC Oliveirense and Sociedade Recreio Artístico. The association was founded on the 22 September 1924.

This association would go on to establish the AF Aveiro Championship which Oliveirense would go on to win once in the 1945–46 season. During the 1945–46 season, the club also played in the Primeira Liga where after one season they were relegated. This is their only presence in the Primeira Liga. Following the club's relegation they would go onto play in the AF Aveiro First Division which the club has won on three separate occasions in the 1951–52, 1956–57 and 1957–58 seasons.

Over the next couple of decades the club would play in the district leagues, third division and second division. From 1989–90 to 2000–01 they played in the second division before gaining promotion to the Segunda Liga before being relegated once again to the second division in which they would six seasons before being promoted to the Segunda Liga in the 2007–08 season. Ever since the 2008–09 they have played in the Segunda Liga and achieved the club's best ever cup run in their history in the 2011–12 season where they reached the semi-final stage before being knocked out by eventually winners Académica de Coimbra.

Current squad

As of 30 August 2014

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 Hélder Godinho 2 DF Ricardo Fazenda 3 DF Ângelo Meneses 4 DF Sérgio Silva 5 MF Jonathan Bru 6 DF Bruno Simão 7 DF Carela 8 MF Walter Patrick 9 FW Carlitos 13 FW Moreira 14 MF Renan 15 FW Kalidou Yéro

No. Position Player 17 FW Pedro Oliveira 18 MF Zé Pedro 19 MF João Almeida 20 FW Mário Mendonça 21 MF Ricardo Guimarães 23 MF Rui Lima 40 FW Nené Leal 45 MF Godinho 46 DF Luís Martins 70 FW Rafa 73 GK João Pinho 77 FW Ivan Santos

Honours

• Portuguese Second Division: 2

• 2000–01, 2007–08

• Portuguese Third Division: 1

• 1957–58

• AF Aveiro Championship: 1

• 1945–46

• AF Aveiro First Division: 3

• 1951–52, 1956–57, 1957–58

Notable former players

• Bruno Vale
• Guima
• João Pedro
• Jorge Humberto
• Jorge Silva

• Marco
• Nuno Afonso
• Nuno Santos
• Pedro Queirós
• Ricardo Sousa

• Sérgio Barge
• Tó Ferreira
• Detinho
• José Mota
• Marcelo Pletsch

• Marcos Antônio
• Mateus Lopes
• Jonathan Bru
• Cícero Semedo
• Earl Jean

Managerial history

• Vieira Nunes (1991–1992)
• Flávio das Neves (2000–2002)
• Hugo Silva (2002)
• Flávio das Neves (2002–2003)

• Carlos Miragaia (2003–2004)
• Adelino Teixeira (2004–2005)
• Pedro Miguel (2005–2012)
• João de Deus (2012–)

League and cup history

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	League Cup	Notes
1945–46	1D	12	22	3	2	17	22	73	8	Round 1		Relegated
1989–90	2DS	15	34	11	6	17	37	45	28	Round 3
1990–91	2DS	6	38	19	7	12	52	32	45	Round 4
1991–92	2DS	9	34	12	11	11	48	46	35	Round 4
1992–93	2DS	5	34	14	12	8	60	43	40	Round 4
1993–94	2DS	9	34	13	10	11	43	43	36	Round 2
1994–95	2DS	9	34	11	11	12	57	38	33	Round 3
1995–96	2DS	3	34	19	9	6	49	21	66	Round 4
1996–97	2DS	3	34	15	10	9	46	32	55	Round 2
1997–98	2DS	6	34	14	11	9	46	36	53	Round 3
1998–99	2DS	9	34	12	12	10	48	41	48	Round 3
1999–00	2DS	8	38	18	3	17	54	48	57	Round 2
2000–01	2DS	1	36	27	4	5	81	27	85	Round 5		Promoted
2001–02	2H	18	34	6	10	18	31	49	28	Round 4		Relegated
2002–03	2DS	4	36	17	10	9	55	40	61	Round 2
2003–04	2DS	7	38	14	13	11	57	44	55	Round 3
2004–05	2DS	13	36	12	12	12	59	45	48	Round 4
2005–06	2DS	1	26	17	5	4	52	26	56	Round 6
2006–07	2DS	2	26	12	10	4	37	23	46	Round 4
2007–08	2DS	1	34	24	8	2	65	22	80	Round 5		Promoted
2008–09	2H	14	30	7	11	12	25	33	32	Round 2	Round 1
2009–10	2H	5	30	14	7	9	38	27	49	Round 4	Round 1
2010–11	2H	4	30	12	9	9	36	35	45	Round 2	Round 2
2011–12	2H	7	30	10	9	11	39	38	39	Semi Final	First Group Stage
2012–13	2H	8	42	16	12	14	52	49	60	Round 5	First Group Stage

A. ^A Reached the playoffs.

Last updated: 14 July 2012
Div. = Division; 1D = Portuguese League; 2H = Liga de Honra; 2DS = Portuguese Second Division
Pos. = Position; Pl = Match played; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lost; GS = Goal Scored; GA = Goal Against; P = Points

See also

• U.D. Oliveirense (basketball)
• U.D. Oliveirense (roller hockey)

External links

• Official Site (Portuguese)
• Club Profile at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
• Club Profile at LPFP (Portuguese)
• Club Profile at NationalFootballTeams
• Club Profile at Zerozero