Grupo Desportivo de Joane ''(abbreviated as GD Joane)'' is a
Portuguese football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
club based in Joane,
Vila Nova de Famalicão in the
district of Braga
The district of Braga ( pt, Distrito de Braga ) is a district in the northwest of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Braga, and it is bordered by the district of Viana do Castelo in the north, Vila Real in the east, Spain ( Galicia) ...
.
Background
GD Joane currently plays in the
Terceira Divisão Série A which is the fourth tier of
Portuguese football
Association football ( pt, futebol), the most popular sport in Portugal, has a long and storied history in the country, following its introduction in 1875 in cities such as Funchal, Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra by English merchants and Portuguese ...
. The club was founded in 1930 and they play their home matches at the Estádio de Barreiros in Joane,
Vila Nova de Famalicão.
The club is affiliated to
Associação de Futebol de Braga
The Braga Football Association (''Associação de Futebol de Braga'', abrv. ''AF Braga'') is the district governing body for the all football competitions in the Portuguese district of Braga since 1992. It is also the regulator of the clubs regist ...
and has competed in the AF Braga Taça. The club has also entered the national cup competition known as
Taça de Portugal on many occasions.
Season to season
Honours
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Terceira Divisão: 2011–12 (Série A)
Footnotes
External links
Official website
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Football clubs in Portugal
Association football clubs established in 1930
1930 establishments in Portugal