Associação Naval 1º de Maio or Associação Naval 1893, commonly known as Naval, was a Portuguese

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club based in

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. Founded on 1 May 1893, it last played in the Division of Honour in the Coimbra Football Association, holding home games at the Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa, with a capacity of 12,630 spectators. The club spent six seasons between 2005 and 2011 in the first division, the

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. Naval was one of the main teams from the

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, alongside Académica de Coimbra,

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, União de Leiria and União de Coimbra. The team was dissolved in 2017.

History

After several years in the second division, Naval first promoted to the first level in 2005, after finishing in second position behind

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. In its first season in the top flight, the club finished in 13th position, finally moving up to 12th after the resolutions on the " Mateus Affair", which involved

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and Belenenses. In the following three years, Naval ranked between places 11–13, also reaching the

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quarter-finals twice. In 2009–10, former

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and Portugal national team great

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led the

team to its best season ever, an eight-place finish in the league and the semi-finals of the domestic cup, a 1–3 aggregate loss against Chaves. Naval returned to division two at the end of the 2010–11 season, after two coaching changes. Highlights included a 2–1 home win against Benfica and a 3–3 draw at Sporting CP. In April 2013, the club were deducted 12 points by order of world football governing body

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, due to outstanding debts to two teams in Brazil; another relegation followed. Due to legal solutions, the club was forced to change its name to Associação Naval 1893. The club last played in the Honor Division (Coimbra Football Association).

Last playing squad

League and cup history

Managers

* Ulisses Morais (1995–97, 2007–09) * Guto Ferreira (2003) * Toni (2003–04) *

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(2004–05, 2006, 2010) *

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(2005) *

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(2005–06) * Mariano Barreto (2006–07) * Francisco Chaló (2007) *

(2009–10) *

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(2010) * Carlos Mozer (2011)

References

External links

Official website
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Association football clubs established in 1893 1893 establishments in Portugal Association football clubs disestablished in 2017 Primeira Liga clubs Liga Portugal 2 clubs