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Associação De Futebol Do Algarve
The Associação de Futebol do Algarve () 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 of Faro. Background Associação de Futebol do Algarve, commonly referred to as AF Algarve, is the governing body for football in the district of Faro. The Football Association is based in Penha in Faro, close to Piscinas Municipais de Faro (Faro Municipal Swimming Pool) and Complexo Desportivo da Penha (Sports Complex of Penha). The Association's President is António Coelho Matosa. The organisation was established on 22 January 1922 following an initial meeting on 15 October 1921 at the Ginásio Clube Farense by representatives from a number of Algarve clubs including Sporting Clube Farense, Sport Lisboa e Faro, Boxing Futebol Clube (Portimão), Sporting Clube Olhanense, Lusitano Futebol Clube, Glória Futebol Clube, Portimonense Sporting Clube, Sport Club Uniã ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faro, Portugal
Faro ( , ), officially the City of Faro (), is a Concelho, municipality, the southernmost city and capital of the district of Faro District, the same name, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. With an estimated population of 67,566 inhabitants in 2021 (with 39,733 inhabitants in the city proper, making it the biggest city and second most populous municipality in the Algarve (after Loulé) and one of the biggest in Southern Portugal), the municipality covers an area of about . The municipalities of Faro-Olhão-Loulé due to its adjacency, sharing of infrastructures and regular commute can be considered an intermunicipal community with a population of 184,578 inhabitants (2021). A :pt:Metro de Faro, Metro connecting this community is planned to be finished by 2029. History The Ria Formosa lagoon attracted humans from the Palaeolithic age until the end of prehistory. The first settlements date from the fourth century BC, during the period of Phoenician colonization of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portimonense S
Portimonense Sporting Clube is a Portuguese sports club based in Portimão. Founded on 14 August 1914, it is most notable for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Liga Portugal 2, the second division of Portuguese football. It also fields various youth teams and a veterans team in football, as well as teams in basketball. Located in Algarve's second largest city, its stadium, the Estádio Municipal de Portimão, has a capacity of 4,961 spectators after undergoing renovation in early 2011. The club has never won any major trophies, but it participated in the Primeira Liga for several seasons. Portimonense's zenith was in the 1980s, a decade in which the club only played its football in the top division, also competing in the UEFA Cup in 1985–86. They have reached the semi-finals of the Taça de Portugal three times, in 1983, 1987 and 1988. History Portimonense was a regular presence in the Portuguese first division, even finishing fifth in 1984–85 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louletano D
Louletano Desportos Clube is a Portuguese club from Loulé, founded on 6 June 1923. The association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ... team currently play in the Campeonato Nacional de Seniores (Portuguese fourth level), D series. The club plays at the Estádio Algarve, a stadium which it shared with Sporting Clube Farense between 2004 and 2013, when that club moved back to a renovated Estádio de São LuÃs. Some home matches are played at the Loulé Municipal Stadium. Current squad See also * Louletano Desportos Clube (cycling) Notes External links Official site (archived 21 August 2003) Squadat ForaDeJogo Football clubs in Portugal Association football clubs established in 1923 1923 establishments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imortal Desportivo Club
Imortal Desportivo Clube ''(abbreviated as Imortal DC and colloquially known as Imortal de Albufeira)'' is a Portuguese sports club centered around a football club based in the city of Albufeira, in the Portuguese region of Algarve. Imortal has also a quite noteworthy basketball team which has played in the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol, the top play 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 regional league in the 2020–2021 season as the league came to an end due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 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 Albufeira. The club's main achievement was winning the Segunda Divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silves F
Silves may refer to : Europe * Silves, Portugal, municipality and former bishopric in Algarve, southern Portugal ** Silves (parish), a civil parish in the municipality of Silves ** Castle of Silves, a medieval castle in civil parish of Silves * Diocese of Silves, former bishopric with see in Silves ** Silves Cathedral, its mother church in the municipality of Silves * Taifa of Silves, medieval Muslim emirate around the city of Silves. Americas * Silves, Amazonas, municipality in state of Amazonas, Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...; * Ilha de Silves, the island with the same name as the municipality of Silves, Amazonas {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CD Operário
Clube Operário Desportivo ''(known as CD Operário, Operário dos Açores or just Operário),'' is a Portugal, Portuguese Association football, football club based in Lagoa (Azores), Lagoa in the island of São Miguel Island, São Miguel in the Azores Islands, Azores. Background CD Operário currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal (league), Campeonato de Portugal which is the fourth tier of Portuguese football league system, Portuguese football. The club was founded in 1948 and they play their home matches at the seaside stadium of João Gualberto Borges Arruda in Lagoa (Azores), Lagoa. The stadium is able to accommodate 2,500 spectators. The club colours are red, white and blue. The club is affiliated to Associação de Futebol de Ponta Delgada and has competed in the AF Ponta Delgada Taça. The club has also entered the national cup competition known as Taça de Portugal on many occasions. History Clube Operário Desportivo was founded on 2 January 1948 by João do Reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lusitano F
The Lusitano, also known as the Pure Blood Lusitano or PSL (''Puro Sangue Lusitano''), is a Portuguese horse breed. Horses were known to be present on the Iberian Peninsula as far back as 20,000 BC, and by 800 BC the region was renowned for its war horses. The fame of the horses from Lusitania goes back to the Roman Age, which attributed its speed to the influence of the West wind, who was considered capable of fertilizing the mares. When the Muslims invaded Iberia in 711 AD, they brought Arabian horses with them that were crossed with the native horses, developing a horse that became useful for war, dressage and bull fighting. The Portuguese horse was named the Lusitano, after the word Lusitania, the ancient Roman name for the region that modern Portugal occupies. There are four main breed lineages within the breed today, and characteristics differ slightly between each line. Lusitanos can be any solid color, although they are generally gray, bay or chestnut. Horses of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imortal Desportivo Clube
Imortal Desportivo Clube ''(abbreviated as Imortal DC and colloquially known as Imortal de Albufeira)'' is a Portuguese sports club centered around a football club based in the city of Albufeira, in the Portuguese region of Algarve. Imortal has also a quite noteworthy basketball team which has played in the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol, the top play 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 regional league in the 2020–2021 season as the league came to an end due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 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 Albufeira. The club's main achievement was winning the Segunda Divisà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferreiras
Ferreiras is a freguesia, civil parish in the Algarve, southern Portugal, Portuguese concelho, municipality of Albufeira Municipality, Albufeira. The population in 2011 was 6,406 in an area of 20.13 km². History From the discovery of various archeological vestiges within the territory, including the Cerros Altos region, there is a consensus that human settlement in the area occurred in the 2nd century A.D. (including the remains of forge/foundry and inscription). Other evidence of human occupation in the territory occurred in Ataboeira, where coins and fragments of pots, dated to the Roman occupation were discovered. Complementary evidence includes the visible Moorish influence on local architecture, such as the "typical" chimneys, the white-painted homes and Açoteias terraces. Ferreiras was part of the parish of Albufeira until 1997, and created on 12 July of that year, with the promulgation of decree 40/97. Geography Ferreiras is one of the five civil parishes Albufeira ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
