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CD Operário

CD Operário

CD Operário Main Stand

CD Operário Main Stand

Clube Operário Desportivo (known as CD Operário, Operário dos Açores or just Operário), is a Portuguese football club based in Lagoa in the island of São Miguel in the Azores.[1]

Operário dos Açores
Full nameClube Operário Desportivo
Founded1948
GroundEstádio João Gualberto Borges Arruda
Lagoa, Azores
Portugal
Capacity2,500
ChairmanGilberto Branquinho
Head CoachAndré Branquinho
LeagueCampeonato de Portugal
2015–16Relegation Group, Serie E, 1st
Home colours
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Background

CD Operário currently plays in the Segunda Divisão which is the third tier of Portuguese football. The club was founded in 1948 and they play their home matches at the João Gualberto Borges Arruda in Lagoa. The stadium is able to accommodate 2,500 spectators.[1]

The club is affiliated to Associação de Futebol de Ponta Delgada and has competed in the AF Ponta Delgada Taça. The club has also entered the national cup competition known as Taça de Portugal on many occasions.[1][2]

History

CD Operário can trace their roots to the adjacent Factory complex.

CD Operário can trace their roots to the adjacent Factory complex.

Clube Operário Desportivo was founded on 2 January 1948 by João do Rego Lopes, the Factory Foreman at Álcool da Lagoa. The Board of the Factory agreed to authorise a Works senior football team. It was at first known as “Fábrica do Álcool” before later becoming “Operário” and for many years was known as “Pica-Ferrugem”.[3]

The closure of two existing clubs in Lagoa, “Os Leões” and “Os Vermelhos”, resulted in an influx of new players to Operário including Fernando Reis (goalkeeper) Jacinto Machado, Nazaré, Raul Brum and António Amaral. The club began to grow and moved out of the Factory to a small house in Rua da Fábrica which was later acquired by the club and is still deployed by the club as their headquarters.[3]

In 1994 the club's Executive Committee, under chairman José Eduardo Martins Mota, undertook a major project to provide new stadium facilities. The project was initiated in 1995 and was completed in 2005. It was undertaken in two phases and has endowed the club with a lasting legacy of excellent facilities.[3]

In terms of success on the pitch the club won their first official competition in the 1968/69 season by winning the AF Ponta Delgada 1ª Divisão championship and the AF Ponta Delgada Taça (District Cup). The following season Operário were the champions of the Azores. The club made significant progress in 1990/91 by again winning the AF Ponta Delgada 1ª Divisão championship and the Azores championship. This time they gained promotion to the Terceira Divisão, national Third Division and in their first season in 1991/92 they competed against mainland teams in Série E, finishing in tenth place. They remained at this level until 1997/98 when they won Série Açores and gained promotion to Segunda Divisão, the national Second Division (third tier). Over the last 14 seasons they have spent all but one in the Segunda Divisão. Their best season was in 2007/08 when they finished second in Série D.[1][3]

The club recognises the hard work of their coaches in the early years including Gualberto and Prof. Jorge Amaral. In later years Operário's coaches have included Armando Fontes, Vítor Simas, Mariano Raposo, António Barata, Jaime Graça, José Luís, António Jesus Pereira, Filipe Moreira, Jorge Portela and Agathon Francisco. Finally the club acknowledges the contribution that key players have made to the history and advancement of the club, including the efforts of Jacinto Machado, Nazaré, Raul de Brum, João Moleiro, Guilherme Fragoso, Eduíno (goalkeeper), Adriano Russo, António Amaral, José Machado, Eleutério, Isaías Medeiros Ponte (goalkeeper), Diogo, Luís Tavares, Adriano Teodoro, João Correia, Viola, Norberto Machado, Eugénio, Capacheira, Laranja, Brinco, Ganeira, Mariano, Tavares, Jorge and Pauleta.[3]

Season to season

SeasonLevelDivisionSectionPlaceMovements
1990–91Tier 5DistritaisAF Ponta Delgada - 1ª DivisãoPromoted
1991–92Tier 4Terceira DivisãoSérie E10th
1992–93Tier 4Terceira DivisãoSérie E3rd
1993–94Tier 4Terceira DivisãoSérie E7th
1994–95Tier 4Terceira DivisãoSérie E10th
1995–96Tier 4Terceira DivisãoSérie Açores3rd
1996–97Tier 4Terceira DivisãoSérie Açores6th
1997–98Tier 4Terceira DivisãoSérie Açores1stPromoted
1998–99Tier 3Segunda DivisãoSérie Sul12th
1999–2000Tier 3Segunda DivisãoSérie Sul11th
2000–01Tier 3Segunda DivisãoSérie Sul8th
2001–02Tier 3Segunda DivisãoSérie Sul14th
2002–03Tier 3Segunda DivisãoSérie Sul17thRelegated
2003–04Tier 4Terceira DivisãoSérie Açores1stPromoted
2004–05Tier 3Segunda DivisãoSérie Sul6th
2005–06Tier 3Segunda DivisãoSérie D4th
2006–07Tier 3Segunda DivisãoSerie D2nd
2007–08Tier 3Segunda DivisãoSérie D - 1ª Fase2ndPromotion Group
Tier 3Segunda DivisãoSérie D Fase Final2nd
2008–09Tier 3Segunda DivisãoSérie C - 1ª Fase5thPromotion Group
Tier 3Segunda DivisãoSérie C Fase Final5th
2009–10Tier 3Segunda DivisãoSérie Centro11th
2010–11Tier 3Segunda DivisãoSérie Sul9th
2011–12Tier 3Segunda DivisãoSérie Centro3rd

Honours

  • Portuguese Third Division: 1997/98, 2003/04 (Série Açores)

Current squad

As of 7 April 2017

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

No.PositionPlayer
1BrazilGKRodrigão
2PortugalDFHugo Ventosa
3BrazilDFWeldon
4PortugalDFDiogo Félix
5PortugalDFCaloura
7PortugalMFPatrício Coelho
8PortugalMFGonçalo Reyes
9Guinea-BissauFWBata
10PortugalMFDani Sousa
15PortugalDFChileno
16Guinea-BissauMFAbudu
17Guinea-BissauFWMamadu Camará
18PortugalMFÁlvaro Ponte
No.PositionPlayer
19PortugalFWFábio Gomes
20PortugalMFJoão Brum
21PortugalDFJoão Jesus
22PortugalDFPaulo Renato
23BrazilFWMarlon Costa
24PortugalGKHugo Viveiros
25PortugalDFJorginho
70PortugalGKJoão Botelho
88PortugalMFRuizinho
PortugalGKNuno Silva
BrazilDFIgor Cartaxo
PortugalMFPedro Dias
Guinea-BissauFWHélder Banjaqui

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