Ginásio Clube Figueirense
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| Founded | January 1, 1895 | ||
| Hall | Pavilhão Galamba Marques | ||
| Homepage | www.ginasiofigueirense.com | ||
| Club President | Joaquim Manuel Barros de Sousa | ||
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| league | Campeonato da ProLiga (2nd division) 2012/13: 4th place |
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| Colours | Red White | ||
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| Basketball: Portuguese champion 1976/77, Portuguese cup winner 1976/77 |
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Ginásio Clube Figueirense is a sports club in the Portuguese coastal town of Figueira da Foz , which is particularly known in the country's basketball and rowing sports. The first basketball team has been playing in the country's second division, the ProLiga, since 2012, where it is currently run under the name Casino Ginásio , after its main sponsor Casino Figueira .
founding
The club was founded on January 1, 1895, as Club Gymnastico Velocipédico Figueirense , with its seat at number 35 on Rua Tenente Valadim, today's Rua dos Combatentes da Grande Guerra . Cyclist José Bento Pessoa was one of its founders . The first sections established were fencing , gymnastics , and football . In the course of its history, more and more sports have been added or have been given up completely or temporarily. The club's headquarters also changed, with a stopover and the like. a. in the Casa do Paço , until the extensive new building of today's association headquarters in 1992.
sports
His basketball team Casino Ginásio , named after the main sponsor Casino Figueira , is one of the country's established teams and won both the championship and the cup in the 1976/77 season. The 2011/2012 season, however, ended the club bottom of the table in the first Portuguese basketball league , where the budget of the Ginásio Club is traditionally one of the smallest in the league. Since then, the club has played in the second division, the ProLiga.
The rowing team of the club is also successful , the eighth of which won the national championship for the first time in 2004. The rowing section is an important factor in rowing in the country and maintains a lively sporting exchange, both as an organizer and as a participant in rowing regattas , also internationally.
In weightlifting and kickboxing , the club's athletes were also able to achieve international titles, such as 2004 world weightlifting champion Pedro Carvalho, or João Freitas, who became vice world champion in kickboxing in France in 1986.
Other sports that are practiced in the club today include: a .:
Club data
The club building is in the immediate vicinity of the Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa , home of the professional football team of the city's other major club, Naval 1º de Maio . The Ginásio Clube Figueirense maintains, in addition to extensive sports facilities, a library and a club museum, as well as its own publicly accessible gastronomy. The club also has its own indoor swimming pool and a training and rowing center on Mondego , in the municipality of Vila Verde , with a view of the Ponte Edgar Cardoso towards the ocean .
In 2010, a total of 1,457 athletes were active in the eleven sports offered by the club, and it had 3,048 registered members.
The association's budget of 614,000 euros (2010) consists of 35% sponsorship money and 65% own income, including a. Membership fees, course fees, entrance tickets, gastronomy and merchandising . The association is recognized as an Instituição de Utilidade Pública and thus as a non-profit association.
In the region, the association is considered to be exemplary in organization, solidly financed and versatile. In 1998 the Ginásio Clube Figueirense was named the best club in the Coimbra district by the state youth and sports institute .
Sports facility gallery
The sports complex (Pavilhão) with headquarters of the club
LED advertising of the Ginásio Clube at the Casino Figueira
Back of the club's swimming pool
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Founding member list. (PDF, 209 kB) In: www.ginasiofigueirense.com. Retrieved February 14, 2016 (Portuguese).
- ^ Basketball Department. In: www.ginasiofigueirense.com. Retrieved February 14, 2016 (Portuguese).
- ↑ Rowing Department. In: www.ginasiofigueirense.com. Archived from the original on March 1, 2012 ; Retrieved September 11, 2012 (Portuguese).
- ↑ Ria de Aveiro com grande potencial para remo de lazer. (No longer available online.) In: www.noticiasdeaveiro.pt. Archived from the original on April 15, 2012 ; Retrieved September 11, 2012 (Portuguese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Mondego Rowing Tour carried out for the second time. In: www.werow.com. Retrieved September 11, 2012 .
- ^ Weightlifting Department. In: www.ginasiofigueirense.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013 ; Retrieved September 11, 2012 (Portuguese).
- ↑ Ginásio Clube Figueirense agradece apoios e reforça a aposta em novos projectos . In: www.ofigueirense.com. O Figueirense , January 8, 2010, archived from the original on May 30, 2010 ; Retrieved September 11, 2012 (Portuguese).
- ↑ Overview of awards. In: www.ginasiofigueirense.com. Retrieved February 14, 2016 (Portuguese).
