Associação Desportiva Os Limianos ''(abbreviated as AD Os Limianos)'' is a
Portuguese football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
club based in
Ponte de Lima in the
district of Viana do Castelo
The Viana do Castelo District ( pt, Distrito de Viana do Castelo ) is a district located in the northwest of Portugal, bordered on the north by Spain (Galicia (Spain), Galicia) and on the south by Braga District. It has an area of and a populati ...
.
Background
AD Os Limianos currently plays in the
Segunda Divisão Série Norte, the third tier of
Portuguese football
Association football ( pt, futebol), the most popular sport in Portugal, has a long and storied history in the country, following its introduction in 1875 in cities such as Funchal, Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra by English merchants and Portuguese ...
. The club was founded in 1953 and they play their home matches at the Campo do Cruzeiro in
Ponte de Lima. The stadium is able to accommodate 2,500 spectators.
The club is affiliated to
Associação de Futebol de Viana do Castelo
The Viana do Castelo Football Association (''Associação de Futebol de Viana do Castelo'', frequently shortened to ''AF Viana do Castelo'') is the district governing body for the all football competitions in the Portuguese Viana do Castelo Distric ...
and has competed in the AF Viana do Castelo Taça. The club has also entered the
Taça de Portugal on many occasions.
Current squad
Season to season
Honours
*Portuguese Third Division: 1993/94
*AF Viana do Castelo Divisão de Honra: 1998/99, 2005/06, 2007/08
*AF Viana do Castelo 1ª Divisão: 1984/85, 1991/92
*AF Viana do Castelo Taça: 2007/08
Notable former managers
*
Rogério Gonçalves
Rogério de Sousa Gonçalves (born 1 October 1959) is a Portuguese football manager, currently in charge of Mozambican club Clube Ferroviário da Beira.
In a career of over three decades, he had brief Primeira Liga spells at Varzim, Naval, ...
Footnotes
External links
Official website
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Football clubs in Portugal
Association football clubs established in 1953
1953 establishments in Portugal
Sport in Ponte de Lima