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) is the governing body of Association football, football in Portugal. The federation was formed in 1914 as Portuguese Football Union (, UPF) by the three existing regional associations of Lisbon Footbal ...

. The AF Castelo Branco administers lower tier

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in the district of Castelo Branco.

Background

Associação de Futebol de Castelo Branco, commonly referred to as AF Castelo Branco, is the governing body for football in the district of Castelo Branco which covers the 11 municipalities of Belmonte, Castelo Branco,

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, Fundão,

Idanha-a-Nova Idanha-a-Nova ( ), officially the Town of Idanha-a-Nova (), is a town and 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 ...

, Oleiros,

Penamacor Penamacor ( or ) is a municipality in the district of Castelo Branco in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,682, in an area of . The mayor is António Luís Beites Soares. The municipal holiday is Easter Monday. History Penamacor's histo ...

Proença-a-Nova Proença-a-Nova (), officially the Town of Proença-a-Nova (), is a municipality in the district of Castelo Branco in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 8,314, in an area of 395.40 km2. The present mayor is João Lobo. The municipal holid ...

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Vila de Rei Vila de Rei (; "Royal City") is a municipality in the district of Castelo Branco in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,452,Vila Velha de Ródão Vila Velha de Ródão () is a municipality in the district of Castelo Branco in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,521,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 *

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*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

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— only Castelo Branco club to compete in

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* 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

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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 *

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*Centro Desportivo Recreativo e Cultural de Vila Velha de Rodão *Clube Académico do Fundão *

Clube Desportivo de Alcains Clube Desportivo Alcains is a Portuguese sports club from Alcains. The men's football team plays in the Campeonato de Portugal. The club played on the third tier of Portuguese football in the 2020–21 Campeonato de Portugal, but were relegate ...

*Grupo Desportivo Teixosense * Grupo Desportivo Vitória de Sernache *União Desportiva de Belmonte

Former participants

Other clubs that have competed in the Distritais 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 Clube União Idanhense is a Portuguese sports club from Idanha-a-Nova. The men's football team plays in the Portuguese District Championships, the fifth tier of Portuguese football. The team was promoted to the fourth-tier Campeonato de Portuga ...

*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 *

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*Sport Clube São Vicente da Beira *União Desportiva Cariense *União Lousense *Vilarregense Futebol Clube

District Championships

Historic champions

;Titles *

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

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Recent divisional winners

References

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