Sporting Clube Farense — snapshot around the 1995/96 season

• Club: Sporting Clube Farense (commonly called Farense), based in Faro in the Algarve region of Portugal. The club is one of the traditional Algarve sides and spent the 1990s often competing in the Portuguese top flight (Primeira Divisão).
• Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim (often shortened to "Bonfim"), the club’s home ground in Faro, with a capacity in the low tens of thousands and a strong local following — noted for a lively atmosphere for home matches in that era.
• Manager: Paco Fortes — the Spanish coach and former forward who was in charge of Farense in the mid-1990s. Fortes is remembered for steadying the side in the Primeira Divisão and getting the best out of a relatively small-club squad against Portugal’s bigger teams.
• 1995/96 season context:
  • Farense were competing in the Primeira Divisão. The mid-1990s were one of Farense’s stronger periods in recent history, with the club establishing itself as a capable top‑flight side rather than a regular relegation candidate.
  • Home form at the Bonfim and a compact team structure were characteristic features; the squad combined local Algarve talent and Portuguese professionals supplemented by a few foreign signings (a common pattern for mid-table Portuguese clubs at the time).
  • Under Paco Fortes Farense were known for organized defending and quick transitions, aiming to be competitive against the traditional big clubs (Benfica, Porto, Sporting) and take points at home.
• Legacy of that period: The Fortes era in the mid‑90s is often viewed positively by Farense supporters — a time when the club consolidated its top‑flight status, produced memorable home atmospheres at the Bonfim, and maintained a respectable presence in Portuguese football during that decade.

If you would like, I can provide a season-by-season summary for 1994–97, a full 1995/96 squad list, match results, or league table details from that season. I can also compile notable match reports or player profiles from the era.