AVS Futebol SAD is a Portuguese
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
club currently playing in the
Liga Portugal 2, the second tier of
Portuguese football league system. They are based in the town of
Vila das Aves
Aves is an industrial town and civil parish (freguesia) in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 8,458, in an area of 6.16 km². and they play in
Estádio do CD Aves
Estádio do CD das Aves is a multi-use stadium in Vila das Aves, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home ground of previous C.D. Aves until 2021 and currently AVS Futebol SAD from 2023. The ...
. Founded in 2023, the club results in the renaming of former
UD Vilafranquense SAD after moving to Vila das Aves.
History
The club was founded on 5 May 2023 after
UD Vilafranquense's
SAD
Sadness is an emotional pain associated with, or characterized by, feelings of disadvantage, loss, despair, grief, helplessness, disappointment and sorrow. An individual experiencing sadness may become quiet or lethargic, and withdraw them ...
relocated from
Vila Franca de Xira to
Vila das Aves
Aves is an industrial town and civil parish (freguesia) in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 8,458, in an area of 6.16 km². due to poor stadium conditions. Vilafranquense went to the
AF Lisboa
The Lisbon Football Association (''Associação de Futebol de Lisboa'', abrv. ''AF Lisboa'') is the district governing body for the all football competitions in the Portuguese district of Lisbon. It is also the regulator of the clubs registered in ...
district championships while Vilafranquense SAD (now AVS) secured their spot in the
2023-24 Liga Portugal 2. The new club has no relation to the defunct
Clube Desportivo das Aves
Clube Desportivo das Aves (), commonly known as Desportivo das Aves, or simply as Aves, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Vila das Aves, Santo Tirso. The club was founded on 12 November 1930 and plays at the Estádio do Clube D ...
or its
phoenix club
The Phoenix Building and Cincinnati Club are two historic buildings in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. The membership of these two clubs was chiefly Jewish.
Located at 812 Race Street, the Phoenix Building was constructed in 1893, desi ...
Clube Desportivo das Aves 1930 apart from the sharing of its infrastructures. This situation is similar to the
Belenenses
Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, commonly known as Os Belenenses (), is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 25,000-seat Estádio do Reste ...
and
B-SAD case which happened in 2018.
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Players
Current squad
Out on loan
League and cup history
References
External links
Football clubs in Portugal
Association football clubs established in 2023
2023 establishments in Portugal
Liga Portugal 2 clubs
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