S.C. Campomaiorense
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| Full name | Sporting Clube Campomaiorense |
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| Nickname(s) | Os Galgos (The Greyhounds) |
| Founded | 1 July 1926 |
| Ground | Estádio Capitão Cesar Correia, Campo Maior, Portalegre |
| Capacity | 7500 |
| Chairman | João Nabeiro |
| Manager | Luís Maia |
| League | Portugal – Segunda Liga |
| 2011–12 | 1st |
Sporting Clube Campomaiorense more commonly known as Campomaiorense is a Portuguese football club from Campo Maior, Portalegre District. The club was founded on the 1 July 1926. The club currently plays at the Estádio Capitão Cesar Correia which holds a seating capacity of 7500. The club has played in Portugal's top football division, the Primeira Liga for five seasons and reached the 1999 Taça de Portugal final.
Campomaiorense is part of the Portalegre Football Association which is the football association in charge of the Portalegre district's football matters. In its entire history the club has won eight major trophies: the Portuguese Second Division in the 1991–92 season, the Liga de Honra in the 1996–97 season, the AF Portalegre First Division on four occasions (1962–63, 1969–70, 1971–72, 2011–12), the Campeonato de Portalegre in 1946 and the AF Portalegre Supertaça in the 2011–12 season.
Campomaiorense was first promoted to the Portuguese Liga in 1995 under the guidance of former Sporting Clube de Portugal star striker Manuel Fernandes. The club was only the third club in the Alentejo region to reach the top division (the two others being Lusitano de Évora in the 1960s and O Elvas in the 1980s). Their spell in the 1995/96 season saw a disappointing campaign, starting the championship with a 7–0 defeat away to Sporting CP and eventually leading to relegation. Further poor results eventually forced club chairman João Manuel Nabeiro to sack Fernandes. New players arrived in mid season, among them Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, who had just left AZ Alkmaar. Former Portuguese international Diamantino Miranda was given the job with the goal of taking the club back into the first league. Campomaiorense finished at 17th place. The 1996/97 season in the second division earned them a first ever championship title, with former Chaves and Paços de Ferreira striker Rudi being the top goal scorer. Diamantino's season in first division football, however, was no better than Campomaiorense's first spell and he was also sacked by Nabeiro in mid season. Christmas brought coach João Alves (Cup of Portugal winner with Estrela Amadora in 1990) along with Brazilian players in the likes of Isaías (previously with Benfica and Coventry City F.C.) and Demétrios. Alves' efforts earned Campomaiorense the 11th place and another year among the elite. The club underwent an ambitious change of image via a marketing campaign, changing its symbol to the greyhound and the green colors to bordeaux.
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