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.

S.C.U. Torreense
Full nameSport Clube União Torreense
Short nameTorreense
SCUT
Founded1 May 1917; 106 years ago (1 May 1917)
GroundEstádio Manuel Marques, Torres Vedras
Capacity12,000
PresidentJosé Sebastião
ManagerTulipa
LeagueLiga Portugal 2
2022–23Liga Portugal 2, 9th
WebsiteClub website
Current season

History edit

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 edit

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

Players edit

Current squad edit

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

Out on loan edit

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   ESP Fran González (at Linares Deportivo until 30 June 2024)

Honours edit

Source: [5]

References edit

  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.