Club Football Estrela da Amadora (), sometimes just Estrela, is a Portuguese
sports club
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(predominantly
football
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) based in
Amadora, northwest of
Lisbon
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.
It's the successor of
Clube de Futebol Estrela da Amadora, founded in 1932 and extinct in 2011 due to financial problems and bankruptcy.
The club was newly founded in 2020, when Clube Desportivo Estrela merged with
Club Sintra Football
Club may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit)
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and taking the place of that team in the third-tier Campeonato de Portugal.
C.F. Estrela da Amadora plays at ''
Estádio José Gomes''.
History
The current club was founded in the summer of 2020, after a merger between Clube Desportivo Estrela and Club Sintra Football. Instead of Clube de Futebol Estrela da Amadora, the club is officially named Club Football Estrela da Amadora and André Geraldes was designated as the President.
The club didn't take the honours of any of its predecessors (Clube de Futebol Estrela da Amadora, Clube Desportivo Estrela and Club Sintra Football), being effectively a new club.
After Clube de Futebol Estrela da Amadora closed its doors in 2011,
a group of supporters founded Clube Desportivo Estrela, keeping the legacy, youth teams and other sports of the original club.
In 2018, CD Estrela created a senior football team, playing in the
Lisbon Football Association regional championships. But in 2020, the club's members voted 92% in favour in July 2020 of a merger with
Club Sintra Football
Club may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit)
Clubs is one of the four suits of playing cards in the standard French deck. It corresponds to the suit of Acorn ...
, taking that team's place in the third-tier
Campeonato de Portugal. A ''
Sociedade Anónima Desportiva
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'' was formed, branded as Club Football Estrela da Amadora and with André Geraldes being the President. The original Clube de Futebol Estrela da Amadora emblem was taken.
The club's first season ended with promotion, despite losing the play-off final 1–0 to
C.D. Trofense
Clube Desportivo Trofense (), commonly known as Trofense, is a Portuguese football club based in Trofa, Portugal. Founded in 1930, it plays in Segunda Liga, holding home games at '' Estádio do Clube Desportivo Trofense'', with a capacity of 5,0 ...
.
Players
Current squad
Out on loan
League and Cup history
Kit
Estrela's kit is white with the shirt split with three colours (hence the nickname 'the tricolours'). Left side was red, the middle white and the right green, with the shorts and socks white.
References
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Football clubs in Portugal
Association football clubs established in 2020
Liga Portugal 2 clubs
2020 establishments in Portugal