Futebol Clube de Alpendorada ''(abbreviated as FC Alpendorada)'' is a

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club based in Alpendorada,

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in the

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Background

FC Alpendorada currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal which is the fourth tier of

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. The club was founded in 1960 and they play their home matches at the Estádio Municipal de Alpendorada in Alpendurada e Matos,

. The stadium is able to accommodate 15,000 spectators. The club is affiliated to Associação de Futebol do Porto and has competed in the AF Porto Taça. The club has also entered the national cup competition known as

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on occasions.

Season to season

League and Cup history

Futsal

The club has run a successful futsal team which competed in the

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and reached the championship play-off stages in 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09 and 2009–10. They were relegated from the top flight at the end of the 2010–11 season.

Footnotes

External links

Official blog and website

F.C. Alpendorada at ZeroZero
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