S.C. Espinho
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Sporting Clube de Espinho, also known as Sporting de Espinho, is a Portuguese sports club
Sports club
A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...

 from the city of Espinho
Espinho, Portugal
Espinho is a city in Espinho Municipality in Portugal. It is a reputed beach resort and a zone of legal gambling with a casino - Casino Solverde. Its fair - Feira de Espinho, having been first organised in 1894, is well known in Portugal...

, Aveiro district. The club has departments in volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 - Sporting de Espinho (volleyball), and handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

 - Sporting de Espinho (handball) that usually compete in the major Portuguese top leagues, and also football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

, swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

, futsal
Futsal
Futsal is a variant of association football that is played on a smaller pitch and mainly played indoors. Its name is a portmanteau of the Portuguese futebol de salão and the Spanish fútbol de salón , which can be translated as "hall football" or "indoor football"...

 and athletics
Athletics (track and field)
Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...

 departments. Founded in 1914, it is one of the most historic and oldest clubs in Portugal with over 90 years existence. SC Espinho men's football team currently play in the Portuguese Second Division Zone Center
Portuguese Second Division
The Portuguese Second Division is a football league in Portugal, situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system...

 and in the previous season 2007/08 they finished 2nd but lost out in the play offs for promotion. They currently play their home games at Estádio Comendador Manuel Violas in Espinho and their current chairman is Rodrigo Nunes dos Santos and their manager is Filó. SC Espinho have also played in the Portuguese First Division playing 11 seasons from 1975 to 1997.

Current squad

Notable former players

Marco Abreu
Marco Abreu
Marco Paulo Coimbra de Abreu is an Angolan footballer who plays for A.A. Avanca in the Portuguese fourth division, as a defender.-Football career:...

 Helder Vasco Cristian Álvarez
Cristian Álvarez
Cristián Andrés Álvarez Valenzuela is a Chilean football defender, who currently plays for Universidad Católica of the Primera División in Chile.-Career:...

 Péter Lipcsei
Péter Lipcsei
Péter Lipcsei is a Hungarian football player who currently plays for Ferencvárosi Torna Club.He made his debut for the Hungarian national team in 1991, and gained 58 caps and 1 goal until 2005.-Ferencvárosi TC:...

 Mickey Walsh
Mickey Walsh
Michael Anthony "Mickey" Walsh is an English-born Irish former professional footballer and current football agent.-Club career:...

 Ivan Pudar
Ivan Pudar
Ivan Pudar is a former Croatian football goalkeeper.During his club career he played for Hajduk Split, Spartak Subotica and Boavista F.C....

 Fábio Espinho Rui Raínho
Rui Raínho
Rui Pedro Machado Bandeira Raínho is a Portuguese footballer who plays for S.C. Espinho, as a defender-mieldfield.- External links :* *...


League And Cup History

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Portuguese Cup Notes
1974-1975 1D 16 30 4 7 19 25 64 15 Relegated
1977-1978 1D 14 30 8 6 16 30 52 22 Relegated
1979-1980 1D 7 30 11 6 13 29 42 28
1980-1981 1D 9 30 9 9 12 26 35 27
1981-1982 1D 10 30 7 11 12 32 42 25
1982-1983 1D 13 30 9 7 14 23 37 25
1983-1984 1D 16 30 5 7 18 19 45 17 Relegated
1987-1988 1D 6 38 13 14 11 42 38 40 Best Classification Ever
1988-1989 1D 17 38 12 8 18 45 57 32 Relegated
1992-1993 1D 17 34 9 10 15 38 55 28 Relegated
1996-1997 1D 16 34 9 6 19 27 56 33 Relegated
2007-2008 2DH 2 24 11 9 4 38 26 42 Round 3

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