Imortal Desportivo Clube ''(abbreviated as Imortal DC and colloquially known as Imortal de Albufeira)'' is a

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centered around a

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club based in the city of

Albufeira Albufeira () is a city and seat of its own municipality in the district of Faro, in the southernmost Portuguese region of Algarve. The municipality population in 2021 was 44,158, in an area of . The city proper had a population of 28,645 in 2021 ...

, in the Portuguese region of

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. Imortal has also a quite noteworthy

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team which has played in the

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, the top lay tier in professional basketball in Portugal.

Background

Imortal DC currently plays in Campeonato de Portugal which is now the fourth tier of the Portuguese football league system since a new league ( Liga 3) was created in 2021. They finished 1st of the

Algarve FA The Associação de Futebol do Algarve ''(Algarve Football Association)'' is one of the 22 District Football Associations that are affiliated to the Portuguese Football Federation. The AF Algarve administers lower tier football in the distric ...

regional league in the 2020-2021 season as the league came to an end due to the

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, and the team with most points (Imortal DC at the time) was promoted to the Campeonato de Portugal. The club was founded in 1920 and they play their home matches at the Estádio Municipal de Albufeira in

. The club's main achievement was winning the

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Série Sul in 1998–99. This was followed by their highest league placing in 1999–2000 when they finished in 15th place in the

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. Their second season in tier 2 in 2000–01 resulted in relegation and then followed a period of decline, including the withdrawal of a main sponsor, which culminated in them playing in

AF Algarve The Associação de Futebol do Algarve ''(Algarve Football Association)'' is one of the 22 District Football Associations that are affiliated to the Portuguese Football Federation. The AF Algarve administers lower tier football in the district ...

2ª Divisão, the sixth tier of Portuguese football, in 2008–09. The club is affiliated to

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and also competes in the AF Algarve Taça – The Algarve Cup. They reached the final in 2008–2009 while still in the 2ª Divisão. The club has also entered the national cup competition known as

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on many occasions. The club has fairly successful teams at U-19 and U-17 level, as well as teams in lower age groups and small side football for the youngest boys – there are no women's or girls teams. Fixtures and results can be found at th
Algarve FA website
Most first team matches are played on Sundays at 3pm or 5 pm. The season begins at the end of September and ends in mid-May with the Algarve Cup Final.

Players

Current squad

Season to season

Honours

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: 1998–99 (Série Sul)

Notable former players

* Calita *

Eldon Maquemba Eldon Martins Maquemba, known as Maquemba (born 8 June 1984), is an Angolan professional footballer who played as a striker and as a winger. He also holds Portuguese citizenship. Career Maquemba was born in Benguela, Angola. He started his se ...

Vali Gasimov Vali Aydin oglu Gasimov ( az, Vəli Aydın oğlu Qasımov, also spelled Veli Aydin oglu Kasumov; russian: Вели Айдынович Касумов; born 4 October 1968) is an Azerbaijani football coach and a former player who played as a str ...

* Ali Gholami Morcheh Khorti *

Detinho José Wellington Bento dos Santos (; born 11 September 1973), known as Detinho, is a former Brazilian professional footballer who played as a striker. He also holds a Portuguese passport. He spent his entire professional career in Portugal a ...

* Jean Paulista * René Rivas * Zé Guilherme * Lito *

Pelé Edson Arantes do Nascimento (; born 23 October 1940), known as Pelé (), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and labelled "the greatest" by FIFA, ...

Dossa Júnior Dossa Momad Omar Hassamo Júnior ( el, Ντόσσα Τζούνιορ; born 28 July 1986), known as Dossa Júnior, is a former professional footballer who played as a central defender. He spent the better part of his 15-year senior career in the C ...

* Israel Castro Franco *

Abdoul Salam Sow Abdoul Salam Sow (born 13 August 1970) is a Guinean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Ankaragücü, FC Martigues, Belenenses, Imortal, Qatar SC and Jeonnam Dragons. He represented the Guinea national team interna ...

Chiquinho Conde Francisco Queriol Conde Júnior (born 22 November 1965), known as Chiquinho Conde, is a Mozambican former footballer who played as a striker, currently manager of Mozambique. Most of his extensive professional career was spent in Portugal, mainl ...

* Chiquinho Delgado *

Tiago Ilori Tiago Abiola Delfim Almeida Ilori (born 26 February 1993) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a centre-back for F.C. Paços de Ferreira on loan from Sporting CP. He started his career with Sporting, making his debut with the first team in ...

* Hélder Lourenço *

João Paulo da Silva Gouveia Morais João is the Portuguese language, Portuguese equivalent of the given name John (given name), John. The diminutive is Joãozinho (disambiguation), Joãozinho and the Feminine (grammar), feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking c ...

* Nuno Filipe Martins Rodrigues * Vítor Valente

Notable former coaches

Iosif Fabian Iosif Fabian ( pt, José Fabian; 10 August 1923 – 6 July 2008) was a Romanian football striker and coach. Career Born in Cluj, Romania, Fabian started his youth career at Muncitorii Cluj. Then he went to play in the neighborhood country Hunga ...

* Ricardo Formosinho *

Paco Fortes Francisco "Paco" Fortes Calvo (born 4 January 1955) is a Spanish former football forward and manager. Even though he also played for Barcelona, his career was mainly associated with Farense in Portugal, either as a player or manager. Playing ...

Nikola Spasov Nikola Spasov ( bg, Никола Спасов; 15 December 1958 – 23 November 2020) was a Bulgarian professional footballer and coach. Playing career Born in Sofia, Spasov played for PFC Lokomotiv Sofia, FC Dunav Ruse, PFC Cherno More Varna an ...

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