The Associação de Futebol de Beja ''(Beja Football Association)'' is one of the 22 District Football Associations that are affiliated to the

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. The AF Beja administers lower tier football in the

district of Beja The Beja District () is located in southern Portugal. The district capital is the city of Beja. It is the largest district of the country by area, and constitutes around 11% of its area. Municipalities The district is composed of 14 municipali ...

Background

Associação de Futebol de Beja, commonly referred to as AF Beja, is the governing body for football in the

. The Football Association is based in Beja. The Association's President is José Mâncio Rosa Soeiro. The organisation was established on 30 March 1925. The leading club up until 1945/46 was Luso Sporting Clube (known as Luso Beja) who won the District Championship on 19 occasions. The club was founded in 1916 and first won the championship in 1924/25 when it was run on an unofficial basis.

Competitions

Beja clubs compete in the third national level 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 ...

in Campeonato Nacional de Seniores, competition run by the

. Below the Campeonato Nacional de Seniores the competitions are organised at a district level (known in Portuguese as Distritais) with each District Association organising its competitions according to geographical and other factors. The AF Beja runs two league competitions with the Division One (1ª divisão) being at the fourth level of the league system and Division Two (2ª divisão) at the fifth level. At one time this second tier was divided into two groups (série A and série B) on a geographical basis. In more general terms the AF Beja currently organises District Championships for football and Futsal for men and women for all age groups including Senior, Junior, Youth, Beginners, Infants and Schools.

Notable clubs affiliated to AF Beja

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(tier 3) * Moura Atlético Clube * Clube Desportivo de Almodôvar ; Distritais (tiers 4 & 5) * Clube Desportivo de Beja * Sport Clube Mineiro Aljustrelense

Current Divisions - 2011–12 Season

The AF Beja runs the following division covering the fifth and sixth tiers of the

1ª divisão

*Associação Juventude Desportiva Rosairense *Clube Atlético Aldenovense *Clube de Futebol Guadiana * Clube de Futebol Vasco da Gama *Clube Desportivo de Almodovar * Clube Desportivo de Beja *Clube Desportivo e Cultural de Panóias *Clube Desportivo Praia de Milfontes * Futebol Clube Castrense *Futebol Clube de São Marcos *Futebol Clube de Serpa *Sport Clube Odemirense *Sporting Clube de Cuba *Sporting Clube Ferreirense

2ª divisão

*Alvorada Futebol Clube *Barrancos Futebol Clube *Centro de Cultura e Desporto do Bairro Nª Sª da Conceição *Clube Recreativo e Desportivo de Cabeça Gorda *Futebol Clube de Vale de Vargo *Grupo Desportivo Amarelejense *Grupo Desportivo Messejanense *Grupo Desportivo Renascente de São Teotónio *Negrilhos Futebol Clube * Ourique Desportos Clube * Piense Sport Clube *Sabóia Atlético Clube *Sociedade Recreativa e Musical Sanluizense

Former participants

Other clubs that have competed in the Distritais since the 1992/93 season include: * Associação Cultural Desportiva de Santa Clara-A-Nova * Associação Cultural e Desportiva de Penedo Gordo * Associação Cultural e Recreativa Zona Azul * Atlético Clube de Brinches * Atlético Clube de Ficalho * Beira Serra - Grupo Desportivo Recreativo e Cultural Naverredondense * Centro de Cultura Recreio e Desporto de Santa Vitória * Centro Cultural e Desportivo de Alfundão * Clube de Futebol de Santo Aleixo da Restauração * Clube Desportivo e Cultural de Pedrógão do Alentejo * Clube Desportivo e Recreativo Salvadense * Clube Desportivo de Garvão * Futebol Clube Pereirense * Grupo Desportivo Casa do Povo Ruins * Grupo Desportivo e Cultural da Baronia * Grupo Desportivo de Odivelas * Grupo Desportivo e Cultural das Neves * Grupo Desportivo e Cultural de Sete * Grupo Desportivo e Cultural do Alvito * Grupo Desportivo e Recreativo de Luzianes-Gare * Grupo Desportivo e Recreativo de Faro do Alentejo * Grupo Desportivo Sociedade Filarmónica 24 Outubro (Baleizão) * Juventude Futebol Clube Boavista * São Domingos Futebol Clube * Sociedade Artística Almodovarense * Sociedade Recreativa e Desportiva Entradense * Sociedade União Recreativa Sobralense * Sporting Clube de Peroguarda * Sporting Clube Figueirense * Sporting Clube Santaclarense * União Desportiva Cultural Beringelense

Other clubs

Other clubs that are affiliated to AF Beja include: * ASB Associação de Surdos de Beja * Associação Cultural Juventude Almodovarense * Associação Cultural Recreativa e Desportiva Zambujeirense * Associação Cultural Recreativa Sadina * Associação Desportiva de Vila Nova de São Bento * Associação Jovens de Barrancos “Enguripitados” * Barrancos Futsal Associação Desportiva e Cultural * Casa de Cultura da Aldeia dos Fernandes * Casa do Benfica em Almodôvar * Casa do Benfica em Beja * Casa do Benfica em Castro Verde * Casa do Benfica em Moura * Casa do Povo de Baleizão * Casa do Povo de S.Matias * Centro Cultural e Desportivo de Vila Alva * Centro de Instrução Recreio Fernandense * Centro Popular Trabalhadores - Clube Atlético Operário * Clube Desportivo de Sobral da Adiça * Clube Recreativo Cultural Gasparões * Consol Futebol Clube Canhestrense * Grupo D.S.R. União Vilafradense * Grupo Desp. Soc. Filarmónica Outubro de Baleizão * Grupo Desportivo Casa do Povo de Alfundão * Grupo Desportivo Casa do Povo de Beringel (Trigaches) * Grupo Desportivo Casa do Povo de Safara * Grupo Desportivo da Casa do Povo de S. Luís * Grupo Desportivo do Roxo * Grupo Desportivo e Cultural Aldeia de Ruins e Olhas * Grupo Desportivo e Cultural das Neves * Grupo Desportivo e Cultural do Alcoforado * Grupo Desportivo e Recreativo de Amoreiras-Gare * Grupo Desportivo Juvenil Casa do Povo Sª Luzia * Grupo Desportivo Povoense * Grupo Desportivo Tribunas * Instituto Politécnico de Beja * Mirante – Assoc. Juvenil Cultural Ambiental e Desportiva de Selmes * Núcleo Sportinguista de Beja * Núcleo Sportinguista de Moura * Operário Futebol Clube * Sociedade Recreativa Aldeia de Ruins * Sociedade Recreativa Colense * Unidos Futebol Clube Campo Redondo * Vila Ruiva Futebol Clube

District Championships

Historic champions

Divisional champions

List of member clubs

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References

{{Authority control Beja Sports organizations established in 1925