F.C. Paços de Ferreira
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| Full name | Futebol Clube Paços de Ferreira | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Os Castores (The Beavers) Pacenses (Those from Paços) | |||
| Founded | 5 April 1950 (1950-04-05) | |||
| Ground | Estádio da Mata Real | |||
| Capacity | 9,077[1] | |||
| Chairman | Paulo Meneses | |||
| Manager | João Henriques | |||
| League | LigaPro | |||
| 2017–18 | Primeira Liga, 17th (relegated) | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Futebol Clube Paços de Ferreira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpasuʒ ðɨ fɨˈʁɐjɾɐ]) is a Portuguese football club based in Paços de Ferreira, Porto district. Founded in 1950, they currently play in the LigaPro, holding home games at the 9,077-seat capacity Estádio da Mata Real, where the team has been based since 1973. The club's colours are yellow and green.
Paços de Ferreira is one of the historic teams in Portuguese football, having been in the portuguese Primeira Liga for 20 seasons. They have won three Segunda Liga titles (now LigaPro), and in 2007 they qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time. In the 2012–13 Primeira Liga, the team finished third and qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League play-offs for the first time in their history. They were also runners-up of the 2008-09 Portuguese Cup, the 2009 Portuguese Supercup and the 2010-11 Portuguese League Cup.
Contents
1 History
1.1 Early history
1.2 Recent history
2 League and cup history
2.1 Recent seasons
3 Honours
4 European matches
4.1 UEFA rankings
5 Current squad
6 Former managers
7 Supporters
8 References
9 External links
History
Early history
The origin of the club dates back to the 1930s, when it was named Sport Club Pacense. They played for two decades without any official recognition until they entered the lower divisions in 1950, under the name Futebol Clube Vasco da Gama. The club then changed their kit colours to the current ones and renamed themselves Futebol Clube Paços de Ferreira.
Their first match under the current name came on 19 November 1950, beating Lousada 2–1. Agostinho Alves was the first goal scorer in the history of the Pacenses. The club then played in Portugal's third regional division until the 1956–57 season, where they were crowned champions. The club crest was created in 1961–62, and was used ever since.
The club was relegated and then promoted again and supporters hit the streets of the city on 17 June 1973 when they defeated Perosinho 3–0. One year later, they won the third division championship on 14 June 1974, after defeating Estrela de Portalegre. The hero of the match was the goalscorer Mascarenhas.
Recent history
After establishing themselves in the first division during the 1990s, and suffering a relegation in 2003–04, the club finished sixth in the first division in 2006–07, thus qualifying for the UEFA Cup, their first ever European competition, under manager José Mota. They lost 1–0 on aggregate to AZ of the Netherlands in the first round.[2]
Having finished last in the league in 2007–08, Paços would have normally been relegated to the second level, but was readmitted after Boavista's confirmed irregularities. In the following year, already without manager Mota, the team had a reasonably successful season: a comfortable tenth place in the league and a second Europa League qualification spot after losing the Taça de Portugal final 1–0 to eventual league champions Porto on 31 May.[3] The two clubs met again on 9 August in the Super Cup, which Porto won 2–0.[4]
Paços entered the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League in the second qualifying round, where they defeated Zimbru Chișinău of Moldova before being eliminated by Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv of Israel in the third qualifying round.[5]
In the 2012–13 season, they surprisingly qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League play-offs for the first time in their history after achieving third place in the league by passing favourites Braga and Sporting CP, making it their highest finish ever. The club were managed that season by Paulo Fonseca, who left at the end to join Porto, and was replaced by Costinha.[6] Costinha's side were drawn against Russians Zenit Saint Petersburg in their play-off and lost the two matches. Due to bad results and the last place in the Primeira Liga, in October 2013, Henrique Calisto replaced Costinha.[7]
League and cup history
Recent seasons
| Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Notes | |||||||||
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| Div. | Pos. | Pl | W | D | L | GS | GA | Pts | Result | Result | Competition | Result | ||
2001–02 | 1st | 8th | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 44 | 46 | Last 16 | n/a | – | – | – |
2002–03 | 1st | 6th | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 47 | 45 | SF | n/a | – | – | – |
2003–04 | 1st | 17th | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 27 | 53 | 28 | Last 32 | n/a | – | – | [A] |
2004–05 | 2nd | 1st | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 61 | 43 | 69 | Last 64 | n/a | – | – | [B] |
2005–06 | 1st | 11th | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 38 | 49 | 42 | Last 64 | n/a | – | – | – |
2006–07 | 1st | 6th | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 31 | 36 | 42 | Last 64 | n/a | – | – | – |
2007–08 | 1st | 15th | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 49 | 25 | Last 16 | R3 | UEFA Cup | R1 | [C] |
2008–09 | 1st | 10th | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 37 | 42 | 34 | RU | R3 | – | – | – |
2009–10 | 1st | 10th | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 32 | 37 | 35 | QF | R2 | UEFA Europa League | 3rd QR | – |
2010–11 | 1st | 7th | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 42 | 41 | Last 32 | RU | – | – | – |
2011–12 | 1st | 10th | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 35 | 53 | 31 | Last 32 | R3 | – | – | – |
2012–13 | 1st | 3rd | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 42 | 29 | 54 | SF | R3 | – | – | [D] |
2013–14 | 1st | 15th | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 28 | 59 | 24 | Last 16 | R3 | UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League | PO Gr. E | [E] |
2014–15 | 1st | 8th | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 40 | 45 | 47 | Last 16 | R2 | – | – | – |
2015–16 | 1st | 7th | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 43 | 42 | 49 | Last 32 | R3 | – | – | – |
2016–17 | 1st | 13th | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 45 | 36 | Last 32 | R3 | – | – | – |
2017–18 | 1st | 17th | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 59 | 30 | Last 64 | ? | – | – | – |
- A. ^ Relegated.
- B. ^ Promoted.
- C. ^ Not relegated due to Boavista scandal.
- D. ^ Best league finish.
- E. ^ Qualification to relegation play-offs. Paços beat D. Aves 3–1 and secured the presence in Primeira Liga.
Last updated: 8 August 2017
Honours
- Taça de Portugal
Runners-up (1): 2008–09
- Taça da Liga
Runners-up (1): 2010–11
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
Runners-up (1): 2009
- Segunda Liga
Winners (3): 1990–91, 1999–00, 2004–05
- Third Division
Winners (1): 1973–74
European matches
| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2007–08 | UEFA Cup | First round |  AZ | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
2009–10 | UEFA Europa League | Second qualifying round |  Zimbru Chișinău | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
Third qualifying round |  Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | ||
2013–14 | UEFA Champions League | Play-off round |  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1–4 | 2–4 | 3–8 |
2013–14 | UEFA Europa League | Group E |  Fiorentina | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3rd place |
 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 0–2 | 0–2 | ||||
 Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 1–1 | 0–0 |
UEFA rankings
Club ranking eligible for 2012–13
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 133 |  Guingamp | 13.300 |
| 135 |  Vitória de Setúbal | 12.833 |
| 135 | Paços de Ferreira | 12.833 |
| 137 |  Nordsjælland | 12.640 |
UEFA rankings; at Zerozero
Current squad
- As of 28 July 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Former managers
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Supporters
The supporters' club, "Ultras Yellow Boys," was founded in 1996, returning afterwards in 2001. Two previous groups, however extinct, existed: "Febre Amarela" and "Yellowmania".
References
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