Futebol Clube de Alverca is a Portuguese
football
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club based in
Alverca do Ribatejo,
Vila Franca de Xira. It currently plays in the Portuguese 3rd Division.
History
F.C. Alverca was founded on 1 September 1939.
After many decades in
the lower levels of Portuguese football, Alverca was promoted to the
top level in 1998, and played there in four of the next five editions, also coming back for
2003–04, which also ended in
relegation; during most of this time, the club acted as
feeder club to
S.L. Benfica. Alverca played one more year in level two, before folding for financial reasons, in 2005.
In 2006, Alverca re-formed, beginning at regional level in the
Lisbon Football Association's District Leagues, and being promoted in 2007–08 to the first division of that category.
In 2017–18, Alverca won promotion back to the national level, as district champions. On 17 October 2019, Alverca won 2–0 in the third round of the
Taça de Portugal against
Big Three club
Sporting CP, becoming only the second third-tier club in history to knock that team out the cup; the other was
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in 1948. Fellow
Primeira Liga
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club
Rio Ave F.C.
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beat Alverca by a single goal in the next round.
Alex Apolinário, scorer of the first goal in the win over Sporting, died in January 2021 days after collapsing in a match for Alverca.
Stadium
The club's home venue is the 7,705 capacity
Complexo Desportivo do FC Alverca.
Players
Current squad
League and cup history
References
External links
Official siteZerozero team profile
Football clubs in Portugal
Association football clubs established in 1939
1939 establishments in Portugal
Primeira Liga clubs
Liga Portugal 2 clubs
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