Associação Desportiva Os Limianos ''(abbreviated as AD Os Limianos)'' is a

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club based in

Ponte de Lima Ponte de Lima () is the oldest ''vila'' (chartered town, head of a municipality) in Portugal. It is part of the district of Viana do Castelo. The population in 2011 was 43,498, in an area of 320.25 km2. The town proper has about 2,800 inhabit ...

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 The Segunda Divisão Portuguesa (English language, English: ''Portuguese Second Division'') was a association football, football league situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system. The division had previously been the secon ...

Série Norte, the third tier of

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. The club was founded in 1953 and they play their home matches at the Campo do Cruzeiro in

. The stadium is able to accommodate 2,500 spectators. The club is affiliated to Associação de Futebol de Viana do Castelo and has competed in the AF Viana do Castelo Taça. The club has also entered the

Taça de Portugal The Taça de Portugal (; "Cup of Portugal") is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Placard since the 2015–16 seaso ...

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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Limianos Football clubs in Portugal Association football clubs established in 1953 1953 establishments in Portugal Sport in Ponte de Lima