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S.C.U. Torreense
Full nameSport Clube União Torreense
Short nameTorreense
SCUT
Founded1 May 1917; 106 years ago (1 May 1917)
Ground Estádio Manuel Marques, Torres Vedras
Capacity12,000
PresidentJosé Sebastião
Manager Tulipa
League Liga Portugal 2
2022–23Liga Portugal 2, 9th
Website Club website
Current season

Sport Clube União Torreense is a Portuguese sports club, best known for its association football section, founded in Torres Vedras in 1917, as Sport União Torreense.

History

It participated six times in the Portuguese Liga (last in 1991–92 season) and its best result was two seventh final places (1955–56 and 1956–57), coincidentally the team's first two years in the top flight. Torreense participated in the 1956 final of the Cup of Portugal, where they lost 2–0 to FC Porto.

They also played in Portuguese Second Division (second level) between 1952 and 1955, [1] 1959 to 1964, 1965 to 1972, 1973 to 1977, 1978 to 1981, 1982 to 1991, 1992 to 1995, 1997 to 1998 and 2022.

In the 2008–09 season, they were relegated from Group D of Portuguese Second Division. In the 2009–10 season, they finished Promotion Group E of Terceira Divisão on second place and in 2010–11 they returned to the Portuguese Second Division, finishing it in third place and as in 2021-22 they got promotion to Liga Portugal 2 after winning the new league called 2021-22 Liga 3. [2]


Stadium

Its stadium was built in 1925 and has a capacity of 12,000 people. [3]

Players

Current squad

As of 9 February 2024 [4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Brazil  BRA Vagner
2 DF Portugal  POR Nuno Campos
4 DF Portugal  POR Né Lopes
5 DF Portugal  POR João Afonso
6 MF Cape Verde  CPV David Tavares (on loan from Famalicão)
7 MF Argentina  ARG Tomás Andrade
8 MF Portugal  POR Benny
9 FW Portugal  POR Paulinho (on loan from Viborg)
10 FW Brazil  BRA Welthon
12 GK Portugal  POR Ricardo Fernandes
14 DF France  FRA Marvin Elimbi
17 DF Uruguay  URU Cristian Tassano (on loan from Khimki)
19 FW Spain  ESP Jonny Arriba
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Argentina  ARG Jorge Correa
21 MF Portugal  POR André Rodrigues
22 DF Brazil  BRA Dani Bolt
23 FW Brazil  BRA Lucas Silva
27 DF Belgium  BEL Anthony D'Alberto
29 FW Cape Verde  CPV Patrick Fernandes
30 MF Colombia  COL Juan Balanta
31 DF Portugal  POR Joãozinho
32 MF Colombia  COL Sebastián Guzmán
40 FW Colombia  COL Pipe Gómez
77 MF Colombia  COL Neneco
80 DF Brazil  BRA Keffel
99 GK Portugal  POR Carlos Henriques

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Spain  ESP Fran González (at Linares Deportivo until 30 June 2024)

Honours

Source: [5]

References

  1. ^ "TORREENSE – O CAMPEONATO, A TAÇA e MUITO MAIS por RUI SANTOS | Sport Clube União Torreense". Archived from the original on 22 January 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link)
  3. ^ "Futebol | Sport Clube União Torreense". Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Séniores" (in Portuguese). S.C.U. Torreense.
  5. ^ "Sport Clube União Torreense :: Estatísticas :: Títulos :: Palmarés :: História :: Golos :: Próximos Jogos :: Resultados :: Notícias :: Videos :: Fotos :: Plantel". zerozero.pt. Retrieved 12 April 2018.