Leixões SC
Tier 2Liga Portugal 2Matosinhos, Porto, PortugalOn the globe
- Founded
- 1907
- Ground
- Estádio do Mar6,000 seats · opened 1964
- Full name
- Leixões Sport Club
- Website
- leixoessc.pt
Who owns Leixões SC
Leixões SC is controlled by Galaxiatitular – Unipessoal, Lda, through Playfair, Lda (56.7%).
Owned by a multi-club groupOwner based at home: Portugal
From the pitch to the top
The company that fields the team, then each holder above it.
- 56.7%controlsPlayfair, LdaFigure as of 16 October 2025Chain as disclosed: 90% detida pela Galaxiatitular – Unipessoal Lda, detida a 100% por pessoas singulares.High confidenceSource: Liga Portugal
- 90%controls
- 40%significant
The club’s members’ association is Leixões Sport Clube.
Leixões’s finances
From its published accounts and league records. Figures compare only with clubs at the tier it played that season.
Against its tier
Leixões's revenue of €778k is the 11th highest of the 14 Liga Portugal 2 clubs with published accounts
In 2024-25 it spent €6.42 on staff for every €1 of revenue; the typical Liga Portugal 2 club spent €3.45.
- Leixões
- Other Liga Portugal 2 clubs
- Equity
- −€10.4m
- accounts, 2024-25
- Public money
- €324k
- contracted, 2026, 4 records
The accounts
Leixões Sport Clube - Futebol, SAD, the entity that fields the team · 2020-21 to 2024-25
| Line | 2024-25Tier 2 · audited | 2023-24Tier 2 · audited | 2022-23Tier 2 · audited | 2021-22Tier 2 · audited | 2020-21Tier 2 · audited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit and loss | |||||
| Revenue | €778k | €1.00m | €787k | €690k1 | €647k |
| League and federation distributions | — | €276k2 | — | — | — |
| Subsidies | €697k | €276k | €226k | €218k3 | €296k |
| Other revenue | €1.28m | €2.70m | €1.23m | €2.16m | €1.39m |
| Player sales | €807k4 | €1.79m5 | €585k6 | €1.07m7 | €1.09m8 |
| Staff costs | €5.00m | €2.83m | €1.97m | €2.51m | €2.33m |
| Other operating costs | €1.44m | €1.06m | €764k | €739k | €1.58m |
| Player amortisation | €206k9 | — | — | — | — |
| Other depreciation | €67.5k10 | €70.1k11 | €77.2k12 | €145k13 | €131k14 |
| Operating result | −€4.29m | €149k | −€681k | −€290k | −€2.16m |
| Financial result | −€130k15 | −€129k16 | −€134k17 | −€97.7k18 | −€38.7k19 |
| Result before tax | −€4.42m | €19.7k | −€814k | −€388k | −€2.20m |
| Income tax | €59.6k | €14.1k | €56.3k | €65.1k | €58.9k |
| Net result | −€4.48m | €5,691 | −€870k | −€453k | −€2.26m |
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Total assets | €2.99m | €2.73m | €1.30m | €1.07m | €1.98m |
| Non-current assets | €1.12m | €148k | €197k | €274k | €439k |
| Player registrations (book value) | €977k20 | — | — | — | — |
| Property and equipment | €107k | €75.2k | €90.2k | €122k | €147k |
| Current assets | €1.87m | €2.58m | €1.11m | €799k | €1.54m |
| Cash | €14.3k | €51.8k | €3,178 | €9,370 | €28.3k |
| Equity | −€10.4m21 | −€5.81m | −€8.62m | −€5.31m22 | −€5.84m23 |
| Share capital | €3.00m | €3.00m | €3.00m | €3.00m | €3.00m |
| Liabilities | €13.4m | €8.53m | €9.93m | €6.38m | €7.82m |
| Non-current liabilities | €4.93m24 | €5.13m | €7.19m | €3.49m | €6.06m |
| Current liabilities | €8.47m | €3.40m | €2.74m | €2.90m | €1.76m |
| Provisions | — | €0 | €130k | €130k | €803k |
| Financial debt | €3.17m25 | €1.27m26 | €181k27 | €106k28 | €17.8k29 |
| Tax and social security debt | €4.88m30 | €4.12m31 | €4.10m32 | €2.80m33 | €2.73m34 |
| Shareholder loans | — | €1.27m35 | €181k36 | — | — |
| Cash flow | |||||
| Cash from operations | — | −€1.81m | −€399k | −€507k37 | €27.1k37 |
| Cash from investing | — | €0 | €0 | −€22.2k | −€22.2k |
| Cash from financing | — | €1.86m38 | €393k39 | €510k40 | −€10.3k41 |
| Net change in cash | — | €48.6k | −€6,192 | −€19k | −€5,362 |
| Money from owners | |||||
| Owner contributions | €1.17m42 | €1.17m42 | €1.17m42 | €1.17m42 | €1.17m42 |
| Transfers and people | |||||
| Employees | — | 7443 | 6443 | 6043 | 5043 |
Notes on 43 figures, in the accounts’ own words
- Revenue: The 400 dpi reading '680 372,03' is settled by the subtotal before depreciation and by the 2022/2023 report's comparative
- League and federation distributions: Subsídios à exploração from Liga Portugal (€34,983.31) and the FPF (€241,241.65), note 25
- Subsidies: Settled by the subtotal before depreciation and the 2022/2023 comparative
- Player sales: Rendimentos com cedências de direitos de atletas (includes loans), gross, from the licensing-format statement
- Player sales: Cedência desportiva de jogadores in outros rendimentos: gross income from transfers (note 20); training compensation €18,104.50 apart
- Player sales: Cedência desportiva de jogadores in outros rendimentos: gross income from transfers (2023/2024 report's note 20); loan fees €235,491.13 apart
- Player sales: Cedência desportiva de jogadores in outros rendimentos: gross income from transfers (note 20); loan fees €34,400 and training compensation €32,339.97 apart
- Player sales: Cedência desportiva de jogadores in outros rendimentos: gross income from transfers (note 20); training compensation €10,286.09 apart
- Player amortisation: Amortizações de direitos de atletas (licensing-format statement)
- Other depreciation: Gastos de depreciação e de amortização €273,429.66 less players' amortisation
- Other depreciation: Gastos de depreciação e de amortização, total; any amortisation of players' registrations is not split out
- Other depreciation: Gastos de depreciação e de amortização, total
- Other depreciation: Gastos de depreciação e de amortização, total; resultado operacional = the subtotal before depreciation (−€145,314.69) less this
- Other depreciation: Gastos de depreciação e de amortização, total; impairment of depreciable assets of €48,958.34 is apart
- Financial result: Juros e gastos similares suportados
- Financial result: Juros e rendimentos similares obtidos €155.10 less juros e gastos similares suportados €128,943.08
- Financial result: Juros e gastos similares suportados; no interest income
- Financial result: Juros e gastos similares suportados; the reading '97 738,24' is settled by operating result less financial costs = result before tax
- Financial result: Juros e rendimentos similares obtidos €240.20 less juros e gastos similares suportados €38,942.67
- Player registrations (book value): Players' economic rights in the intangible assets note (note 6: €1,180,000 bought in the year, Rafael Sousa, Morufdeen Mooshod and 70% of Werton Rego), net; total intangible assets €1,012,045.43 include the 'Leixões' brand (€35,000 net). The policy note still describes the intangibles as software and the brand
- Equity: Total assets less liabilities; the audit certificate gives −€10,405,016
- Equity: Equity before the result (−€4,858,641.29) plus the year's result; the printed total is illegible
- Equity: Equity before the result (−€3,580,456.68) plus the year's result; stated in the sole auditor's report
- Non-current liabilities: The subtotal's last digits are misread; fixed by total liabilities less current liabilities, which equals the sum of its lines
- Financial debt: Financiamentos obtidos: €134,905.94 non-current and €3,030,950 current
- Financial debt: Financiamentos obtidos: €133,650.94 non-current and €1,139,950 current, all from 'participantes de capital' (note 12)
- Financial debt: Financiamentos obtidos, all non-current (from 'participantes de capital', per the 2023/2024 report's note 12)
- Financial debt: Financiamentos obtidos: €100,000 non-current and €5,670.01 current
- Financial debt: Financiamentos obtidos, all current
- Tax and social security debt: Estado e outros entes públicos: €3,656,845.52 non-current (instalment plans) and €1,225,985.11 current
- Tax and social security debt: Estado e outros entes públicos: €3,767,273.76 non-current and €348,491.60 current
- Tax and social security debt: Estado e outros entes públicos: €3,465,757.70 non-current and €632,039.48 current
- Tax and social security debt: Estado e outros entes públicos: €1,902,816.19 non-current (reading settled by the non-current subtotal) and €899,633.28 current
- Tax and social security debt: Estado e outros entes públicos: €2,083,581.34 non-current and €648,986.65 current
- Shareholder loans: Financiamentos obtidos – participantes de capital (note 12)
- Shareholder loans: Financiamentos obtidos – participantes de capital
- Cash from operations: The subtotal is illegible: the net change in cash less the investing and financing flows
- Cash from financing: Financiamentos obtidos €559,000 and outras operações de financiamento €1,296,450
- Cash from financing: Outras operações de financiamento €392,747.50 less loan repayments €231.06
- Cash from financing: Outras operações de financiamento €524,092.86 less loan repayments €14,336.68
- Cash from financing: Repayment of loans
- Owner contributions: Outros instrumentos de capital próprio
- Employees: Average (note 19)
2024-25: Source: Leixões Sport Clube - Futebol, SAD2023-24: Source: Leixões Sport Clube - Futebol, SAD2022-23: Sources: Leixões Sport Clube - Futebol, SAD, Leixões Sport Clube - Futebol, SAD2021-22: Source: Leixões Sport Clube - Futebol, SAD2020-21: Source: Leixões Sport Clube - Futebol, SAD
FPF disciplinary council deducted 1 point for wage infringements (admitted by the club); Leixões started the 2022-23 Liga 2 season on −1.
Source: RecordLeague figures, wage bills, budgets and public money 84 records
| Public money, season or year | Total | Records |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | €324kcontracted | 4 |
| 2025 | €190kpaid | 14 |
| 2025 | €114kcontracted | 4 |
| 2024 | €389kcontracted | 6 |
| 2024 | €290kpaid | 18 |
| 2023 | €235kcontracted | 2 |
| 2023 | €125kpaid | 5 |
| 2022 | €384kcontracted | 5 |
| 2022 | €343kpaid | 14 |
| 2021 | €1.53mpaid | 12 |
- 22 September 2026€75kcontracted from Município de Matosinhos: Leixões Sport Clube Equipas Sénior de Voleibol Publicidade época 2026/2027. Source: IMPIC (dados.gov.pt)
- 16 September 2026€225kcontracted from Município de Matosinhos: Leixões Sport Clube, Futebol, SAD Equipas Sénior e Sub-23 de Futebol Publicidade época 2026/2027. Source: IMPIC (dados.gov.pt)
- 2 June 2026€8,550contracted from MS - Matosinhos Sport - Empresa Municipal de Gestão e Equipamentos Desportivos e de Lazer, EM: Serviço de transporte de crianças e jovens. Source: IMPIC (dados.gov.pt)
- 5 May 2026€15kcontracted from Município de Matosinhos: LEIXÕES SPORT CLUBE EQUIPA SÉNIOR FUTEBOL DE PRAIA 2025/2026. Source: IMPIC (dados.gov.pt)
- 31 December 2025€75kcontracted from Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos: Promoção das marcas e sub-marcas de Matosinhos em equipamentos desportivos, no âmbito da participação em competições que contam com transmissão em diversos canais de comunicação - Leixões Sport Clube Equipas Sénior de Voleibol Publicidade época 2025/2026. Source: IMPIC (dados.gov.pt)
- 23 December 2025€16.6kcontracted from MS - Matosinhos Sport - Empresa Municipal de Gestão e Equipamentos Desportivos e de Lazer, E. M.: Serviços de transporte terrestre de crianças e jovens. Source: IMPIC (dados.gov.pt)
- 30 June 2025€7,040contracted from MS - Matosinhos Sport - Empresa Municipal de Gestão e Equipamentos Desportivos e de Lazer, E. M.: Fornecimento de serviço de transporte dos participantes do programa de ocupação de tempos livres “Verão em Matosinhos 2025”. Source: IMPIC (dados.gov.pt)
- 12 June 2025€15kcontracted from Município de Matosinhos: PRESTAÇÃO DE SERVIÇOS DE PUBLICIDADE DA MARCA MATOSINHOS E/OU SUAS SUBMARCAS. Source: IMPIC (dados.gov.pt)
Where Leixões has played
Season by season
- 2026-272Liga Portugal 2
- 2025-262Liga Portugal 2
- 2024-252Liga Portugal 2
- 2023-242Liga Portugal 2
- 2022-232Liga Portugal 2
- 2021-222Liga Portugal 2
- 2020-212Liga Portugal 2
- 2019-202Liga Portugal 2
- 2018-192Liga Portugal 2
- 2017-182Liga Portugal 2
- 2016-172Liga Portugal 2
Not yet established
What we looked for and could not find in public sources. If you know, send a correction with a source.
- The club's accountsLeixões Sport Clube - Futebol, SAD (Leixões SC's company) posted no annual report that could be found for 2025-26 (tier 2). Lei 39/2023 requires the last three years on the company's site; the filed accounts can be bought from the registry (BDCA certificate), which this batch does not do.
Sources12
- Leixões Sport Clube Futebol - SAD – Racius Racius, Database. Checked 4 October 2026.
- Transparência – Informação comunicada 2024/2025 (art. 8.º, n.º 1 do Decreto-Lei n.º 248-B/2008) Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, Federation, November 2025. Checked 4 October 2026.
- Centro de Resultados – Liga Portugal Meu Super 2026-2027 Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, Federation. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Centro de Resultados – Liga Portugal Meu Super: jornada Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, Federation. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Transparência – Informação comunicada 2025-26 (participações qualificadas no capital social das sociedades desportivas), data 16/10/2025 Liga Portugal, League, 16 October 2025. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Liga Portugal team record: Leixões Sport Clube - Futebol, SAD Liga Portugal, League. Checked 4 October 2026.
- Wikidata Wikidata, Wikipedia / Wikidata. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Wikidata Wikidata, Wikipedia / Wikidata. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Wikidata Wikidata, Wikipedia / Wikidata. Checked 3 October 2026.
- 2026–27 Liga Portugal 2 Wikipedia (en), Wikipedia / Wikidata. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Leixões S.C. Wikipedia (en), Wikipedia / Wikidata. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Lista de clubes de futebol de Portugal Wikipedia (pt), Wikipedia / Wikidata. Checked 3 October 2026.
Also on Wikidata (Q623730).
