S.C. Olhanense

S.C. Olhanense
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Full name	Sporting Clube Olhanense
Founded	April 27, 1912
Ground	Estádio José Arcanjo, Olhão
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Carlos Nóbrega
Manager	Álvaro Magalhães
League	Liga de Honra
2005-06	Liga de Honra, 5th
Home colours	Away colours

Sporting Clube Olhanense (Template:IPA2) is a sports club from Olhão, Algarve, being Football its major activity. Currently playing in the Liga de Honra, was the first team from Algarve Football Association to ascend the top division back in 1941, and among its achievements is a 4th place in the 1945/46 season (curiously won by CF Belenenses for the first and only time) and the title of Portuguese Champion in the 1923/24 Campeonato de Portugal, at that time the most important national competition.

Present Aims

Being away from the top division since 1975, and after the dissolution of their neighbour Farense, Olhanense has now become the center of all football attentions and investments in the eastern Algarve (Leeward Algarve). Their main rival is now Portimonense, the most important team in the western Algarve (Windward Algarve). Promotion is expected sooner or later, and older supporters revive their old passion, showing their kids the dust covered stickers collection.