C.D. Feirense

For the Brazilian club, see Feirense Futebol Clube.

Feirense

Full name	Clube Desportivo Feirense
Nickname(s)	Azuis da Feira (Blues from the Feira) Fogaceiros Billas
Founded	18 March 1918;107 years ago (1918-03-18)
Ground	Estádio Marcolino de Castro
Capacity	5,600
Chairman	Rodrigo Nunes
Manager	Vítor Martins
League	Liga Portugal 2
2023–24	Liga Portugal 2, 16th
Website	www.cdfeirense.pt
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Clube Desportivo Feirense, commonly known as CD Feirense or just Feirense, is a Portuguese football club based in Santa Maria da Feira. Founded on 18 March 1918, Feirense play in the LigaPro, the second tier of Portuguese football. Their chairman is Rodrigo Nunes and their manager is Filipe Martins. The club plays its home matches at the Estádio Marcolino de Castro, with a capacity of 5,500 spectators.

History

Founded in 1918, Feirense played only three Primeira Liga seasons in the 20th century – 1962–63, 1977–78 and 1989–90 – being relegated in each one. In 2009–10, the club came close to ending a two-decade exile but missed out on the last day, as local rivals S.C. Beira-Mar went up with Portimonense SC. ^[1]

The following year, Feirense went one better by coming second, missing out on the title on goal difference to Gil Vicente F.C. and winning promotion under Quim Machado in May 2011. ^[2] However, a year later they were relegated. ^[3] A four-season spell in the second tier ended with promotion in third place in May 2016, under manager José Mota. ^[4]

Mota left in December 2016 and was succeeded by his assistant Nuno Manta Santos, who took the team to a best-ever eighth place. ^[5] After just staying up in 2018, Feirense went down in April 2019 with four games to play. ^[6]

Stadium

The Estádio Marcolino de Castro is a multi-use stadium in the town of Santa Maria da Feira. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Feirense, who play in the Portuguese Liga. The stadium is capable of holding other sporting events. Its capacity for a football match is 5,500 spectators. Estádio Marcolino de Castro was built in 1962 when Feirense was promoted for the first time to the top-flight Portuguese Liga.

Players

Current squad

As of 2 September, 2025 ^[7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   POR Francisco Meixedo (on loan from Estrela Amadora) 2 DF   BRA Luiz Gustavo 3 DF   BRA Robinho(on loan from Aparecidense) 4 DF   ESP Antonio Leal 5 DF   BRA Bruno Silva 6 MF   MLI Daouda Doumbia 7 FW   POR Leandro Antunes 8 MF   ENG Nile John 9 FW   RUS Kirill Klimov 10 MF   POR Tiago Ribeiro 11 FW   GHA Desmond Nketia 12 DF   BRA Zé Ricardo

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 FW   BRA Miguel Correia(on loan from Anápolis) 19 FW   ESP Jonny Arriba 20 DF   POR João Fernandes 21 DF   POR Emanuel Fernandes 22 MF   NGA Samad Popoola 23 FW   BRA Pedrinho 26 GK   ESP Diego Altube 32 DF   GNB Edgar Ié 33 DF   POR Gabriel Costa 34 MF   MAR Ayoub Abou 47 FW   NGA Basit Ahmed 77 MF   BRA Gui Meira(on loan from Cruzeiro)

Managerial history

• Alfredo Valadas (1959–60)
• Henrique Nunes (1987–90)
• Álvaro Carolino (1991)
• Henrique Nunes (1991–93)
• Amândio Barreiras (1993–95)
• Henrique Nunes (1995–97)
• António Jesus (1997)
• José Dinis (1997–98)
• Henrique Nunes (1998–99)
• Chiquinho Carioca (2000)
• Gabriel Mendes (2000)
• Edmundo Duarte (2000–01)
• António Caetano (2000–01)
• Henrique Nunes (2001–03)
• Francisco Chaló (2003–06)
• Henrique Nunes (2006–07)
• Luís Miguel (2007–08)
• Álvaro Magalhães (2008)
• Henrique Nunes (2008)
• Francisco Chaló (2008–09)
• Carlos Garcia (2009–10)
• Quim Machado (2010–12)
• Henrique Nunes (2012)
• Bruno Moura (2012)
• Quim Machado (2012–13)
• Pedro Miguel (2013–15)
• Pepa (2015–16)
• José Mota (2016)
• Nuno Manta Santos (2016–19)
• Filipe Martins (2019)
• Filó (2019–)

Honours

• Segunda Liga
  • Runners-up (1): 2010–11
• Portuguese Second Division
  • Winners (1): 2002–03
  • Runners-up (3): 1961–62, 1976–77, 1993–94
• AF Aveiro First Division
  • Winners (3): 1959–60, 1965–66, 1967–68

References

1. Martins, Arnaldo (8 May 2010). "Beira-Mar e Portimonense sobem à Liga" [Beira-Mar and Portimonense promoted to the Liga]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 October 2020.
2. "Quim Machado renova" [Quim Machado renews]. Record (in Portuguese). 31 May 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
3. "Académica garante permanência e Feirense desce de divisão" [Académica guarantee survival and Feirense go down a division]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 12 May 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
4. "José Mota e a festa da subida: "Ficar no Feirense? Vamos ver, vamos ver..."" [José Mota and the promotion party: "Staying at Feirense? We'll see, we'll see..."] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
5. "Nuno Manta Santos, o milagreiro do Feirense que gosta de matemática" [Nuno Manta Santos, Feirense's miracle-worker who likes mathematics] (in Portuguese). Bancada. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
6. "Feirense desce de divisão com vitória de Desportivo das Aves ao Vitória de Guimarães" [Feirense go down a division with Desportivo das Aves' victory over Vitória de Guimarães]. Observador (in Portuguese). 19 April 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
7. "Plantel" (in Portuguese). CD Feirense.

External links

• Official website
• ForaDeJogo Profile & Squad