Amora Futebol Clube, commonly known as simply as Amora, is a
Portuguese
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sports
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club from the city of
Amora,
Setúbal
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In the ti ...
. The club was founded on the 1 May 1921 and its founders were Mário de Carvalho, Guilherme Pestana, João Baptista, Julião Garcia, Tomás Alves, António Soares, Joaquim Monteiro, Oswaldo Reuter, Guilherme Reuter, Joaquim Zacarias, Leopoldo Grilo, Carlos de Azeitão, António Policia, Álvaro dos Santos, Jacinto Caixeiro, Alberto Malacato, Tomás da Cachamouca and António Manta. It currently plays at the Estádio da Medideira which also plays host to the club's reserve and youth teams.
The club currently plays in the Liga 3. The club has played on three occasions in the
Primeira Liga
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from
1980–81 season until the
1982–83 season.
José Mourinho's father
Félix led the club to the
Primeira Liga
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for the first time in 1980.
Amora Futebol Clube
ZeroZero, 24 July 2012
Appearances
*Premier Division: 3
*Tier 2: 2
*Tier 3: 23
*Tier 4: 27
Honours
*Segunda Divisão
The Segunda Divisão Portuguesa (English: ''Portuguese Second Division'') was a football league situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system. The division had previously been the second level of the Portuguese pyramid but, w ...
** Winners (2): 1979–80, 1993–94
*Terceira Divisão
The Terceira Divisão Portuguesa (in English: ''Portuguese Third Division'') was a football league in Portugal, situated at the fourth level of the Portuguese football league system. The Third Division was initially the third level of the Portug ...
** Winners (1): 2000–01
* AF Setúbal First Division
** Winners (4): 1953–54, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1968–69
* AF Setúbal Cup
** Winners (1): 2011–12
League and cup history
Presidents
Current squad
Notable former players
* Cafú
* Carlitos
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Persons
* Carlitos (footballer, born 1921) (1921–2001), former Brazilian football striker
* Carlitos (footballer, born 1976), full name Carlos Dom ...
* Leonildo Soares
References
External links
Official Site
Web Archive of official site
Profile
at ForaDeJogo
Profile
at ZeroZero
Football clubs in Portugal
Association football clubs established in 1921
1921 establishments in Portugal
Primeira Liga clubs
Liga Portugal 2 clubs
Seixal
Sport in Setúbal District
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