The Viseu Football Association (''Associação de Futebol de Viseu'', abrv. ''AF Viseu'') is the district governing body for the all football competitions in the Portuguese
district of Viseu
The District of Viseu ( pt, Distrito de Viseu ) is located in the Central Inland of Portugal, the District Capital is the city of Viseu.
Municipalities
The district is composed by 24 municipalities:
* Armamar
* Carregal do Sal
* Castro Daire
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. It is also the regulator of the clubs registered in the district.
Notable clubs in the Viseu FA
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Clube de Futebol "Os Repesenses"
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Académico de Viseu
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Clube Desportivo de Tondela
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SC Lamego
Sporting Clube de Lamego ''(abbreviated as SC Lamego)'' is a Portuguese football club based in Lamego in the district of Viseu.
Background
SC Lamego currently plays in the Terceira Divisão Série B which is the fourth tier of Portuguese footba ...
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S.L. Nelas
Sport Lisboa e Nelas is a Portuguese football club located in the village of Nelas, Viseu. The club was founded on 25 August 1939. It is a branch club of both Benfica and Sporting CP
Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Port ...
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GD Mangualde
Grupo Desportivo Mangualde is a Portuguese sports club from Mangualde.
The men's football team played in the Honra AF Viseu. The team played in the second tier until the 1989–90 Segunda Divisão, being transferred to the new third tier 1990†...
Main Competitions
Divisão de Honra
The Divisão de Honra is the first tier of the Viseu Football Association. Between 1927 and 1947 it was called 1ª Divisão. At the end of each season, the top-finishing team is promoted to the
Campeonato de Portugal, and the lowest-ranked teams are relegated to the AF Viseu second tier.
Eighteen different teams have won the division title; the most successful is Académico de Viseu, with seventeen wins. The inaugural champion was Lusitano.
Primeira Divisão
The Primeira Divisão is the second tier in the Viseu district division. It is divided into two zones that divide the district: Zona Norte and Zona Sul. The two winners from each zone play against each other in one play-off to crown the champion.
Segunda Divisão
The Segunda Divisão was the third tier of the Viseu Football Association. It was abolished after the restructure of the
Portuguese football league system
The Portuguese football league system consists of several leagues bound together hierarchically by promotion and relegation. Reserve teams are allowed to compete in the main league system, as is the case with most of Europe. However, they are not ...
, with the 2010–11 season being the competition's last. The final champion was
Mangualde
Mangualde () is a municipality in the subregion of Dão-Lafões (historical Beira Interior), central region of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 19,880, in an area of 219.26 km2.
History
The region of Mangualde has been a crossroads of ma ...
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Taça AF Viseu
Supertaça AF Viseu
The Supertaça AF Viseu, created in 2011, is a match contested by the champions of the previous Divisão de Honra season and the holders of Taça AF Viseu.
See also
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Taça AF Viseu
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Portuguese District Football Associations
There are 22 district Football Associations in Portugal. These organizations are the governing bodies (alongside the Portuguese Football Federation) of football in each Portuguese district.
Overview
Until the reform of Portuguese football in 194 ...
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Portuguese football competitions Portuguese football is divided into divisions (''divisões'', singular — ''divisão''). The major teams play in the Primeira Liga. The other professional teams play against each other in the LigaPro. The other major competitions are the Portugues ...
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List of football clubs in Portugal
The Portuguese football leagues are divided into divisions (''divisões'', singular – ''divisão''). The top teams play in the Primeira Liga, named Liga NOS for sponsorship reasons. In each division, with rare exceptions, a team plays all othe ...
References
External links
AFV (Viseu Football Association)
{{Football in Portugal
Viseu
Viseu () is a city and municipality in the Centro Region of Portugal and the capital of the district of the same name, with a population of 100,000 inhabitants, and center of the Viseu Dão Lafões intermunipical community, with 267,633 inhabita ...
Viseu District