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

Portuguese Football Federation The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) ( pt, Federação Portuguesa de Futebol; ) is the governing body of football in Portugal. The federation was formed in 1914 as Portuguese Football Union (UPF) by the three existing regional associations ...

. The AF Castelo Branco administers lower tier football in the

district of Castelo Branco Castelo Branco District ( pt, Distrito de Castelo Branco ) is located in Central Portugal. Its capital is Castelo Branco, which is now also its most populous city, overtaking Covilhã, which was once the largest city, in the late 2010s. It has ...

Background

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

which covers the 11 municipalities of Belmonte, Castelo Branco,

Covilhã Covilhã () is a city and a municipality in the Centro region, Portugal. The city proper had 34,772 inhabitants in 2001. The municipality population in 2011 was 51,797, in an area of . It is located in the Beiras e Serra da Estrela subregion and ...

, Fundão,

Idanha-a-Nova Idanha-a-Nova () is a town and surrounding municipality in the district of Castelo Branco, in east-central Portugal. A border municipality with Spain, the population of the municipality in 2011 was 9,716, in an area of 1416.34 km2, making it ...

, Oleiros, Penamacor, Proença-a-Nova,

Sertã Sertã () is a municipality in Castelo Branco District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,880, in an area of 446.73 km2. The present mayor is José Farinha Nunes, elected by the PSD. The municipal holiday is the June 24. General ...

, Vila de Rei and Vila Velha de Ródão. The Football Association is based in Castelo Branco. The Association's President is Jorge Manuel Farinha Nunes. The organisation was established on 22 March 1936 and the early clubs included: *Associação Académica Albicastrense *Associação Humanitária dos Bombeiros Voluntários de Castelo Branco *Clube de Futebol "Os Albicastrenses" *Clube de Futebol "Os Covilhanenses" *Desportivo Operário Covilhanense *Onze Vermelho Albicastrense *Sport Tortosendo e Benfica *Sporting Clube de Castelo Branco *

Sporting Clube da Covilhã Sporting may refer to: *Sport, recreational games and play * Sporting (neighborhood), in Alexandria, Egypt Sports clubs *AC Sporting, a football club from Beirut, Lebanon *Alexandria Sporting Club, a sports club from Alexandria, Egypt *Real Sporti ...

*Sporting Clube do Fundão Out of the 10 founding clubs, six no longer exist.

has been the most successful and has competed in the national division.

Notable clubs in the Castelo Branco FA

* Sporting Covilhã — only Castelo Branco club to compete in Primeira Liga * Benfica de Castelo Branco * Sertanense * G.D. Vitória de Sernache

2013–14 season

The AF Castelo Branco runs the following division covering the fourth tier 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 ...

1ª Divisão

*Associação Cultural e Recreativa de Atalaia do Campo *Associação Desportiva e Cultural de Pedrogão de S. Pedro *Associação Desportiva e Cultural de Proença-A-Nova *Associação Desportiva Estação * Associação Recreativa e Cultural de Oleiros *Centro Desportivo Recreativo e Cultural de Vila Velha de Rodão *Clube Académico do Fundão * Clube Desportivo de Alcains *Grupo Desportivo Teixosense * Grupo Desportivo Vitória de Sernache *União Desportiva de Belmonte

Former participants

Other clubs that have competed in the

Distritais 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 ...

since the 1992/93 season include: *Associação Cultural e Desportiva de Ferro *Associação Cultural e Desportiva dos Amigos da Meimoa *Associação Cultural e Recreativa Juncalense *Associação Cultural Recreativa Desportiva do Cabeçudo *Associação Desportiva Cultural Recreativa Amigos Soalheira * Associação Desportiva do Fundão *Associação Desportiva Penamacorense *Associação Recreativa e Cultural Aldeia Nova Cabo *Carvalhense Futebol Clube *Centro Cultural Desportivo Recreativo Colmeal da Torre *Centro Cultural e Desportivo Estrela do Zézere (Boidobra) *Centro Cultural Recreativo Salgueiro do Campo *Centro Desportivo Universitário da Beira Interior *Centro Popular de Cultura e Desporto de Lardosa *Clube Desportivo de Póvoa de Rio de Moínhos *Clube Desportivo e Recreativo de Escalos de Cima *Clube Recreativo de Aldeia do Souto * Clube União Idanhense *Desportivo de Castelo Branco *Futebol Clube Estrela de Unhais da Serra * Grupo Desportivo Águias de Moradal *Grupo Desportivo Águias do Canhoso *Grupo Desportivo Cultural Silvares *Grupo Desportivo e Cultural dos Três Povos *Grupo Desportivo Recreativo e Cultural Escalos de Baixo *Grupo Desportivo Recreativo e Cultural Orvalho *Grupo Desportivo Vales Rio *Grupo Desportivo Valverde *Industria Futebol Clube Cebolense *Paúl Cultural Desportivo * Sport Clube do Barco *Sport Clube São Vicente da Beira *União Desportiva Cariense *União Lousense *Vilarregense Futebol Clube

District Championships

Historic champions

;Titles * Sporting da Covilhã - 11

Recent divisional winners

References

{{Authority control Castelo Branco Sports organizations established in 1936 Sport in Castelo Branco, Portugal