F.C. Alverca

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Futebol Clube de Alverca is a Portuguese football club based in Alverca do Ribatejo, Vila Franca de Xira. It currently plays in the Portuguese 3rd Division.

Alverca
F.C. Alverca logo
Full nameFutebol Clube de Alverca
Founded1 September 1939; 84 years ago (1939-09-01)
GroundComplexo Desportivo FC Alverca,
Alverca do Ribatejo, Portugal
Capacity8,700
ChairmanFernando Orge
ManagerJoão Pereira
LeagueLiga Portugal 2
2023–24Liga 3, 1st (Promoted)

History

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F.C. Alverca was founded on 1 September 1939.

After many decades in the lower levels of Portuguese football, Alverca was promoted to the top level in 1998, and played there in four of the next five editions, also coming back for 2003–04, which also ended in relegation; during most of this time, the club acted as feeder club to S.L. Benfica. Alverca played one more year in level two, before folding for financial reasons, in 2005.

In 2006, Alverca re-formed, beginning at regional level in the Lisbon Football Association's District Leagues, and being promoted in 2007–08 to the first division of that category.

In 2017–18, Alverca won promotion back to the national level, as district champions.[1] On 17 October 2019, Alverca won 2–0 in the third round of the Taça de Portugal against Big Three club Sporting CP, becoming only the second third-tier club in history to knock them out the cup; the other was F.C. Tirsense in 1948.[2] Fellow Primeira Liga club Rio Ave F.C. beat Alverca by a single goal in the next round.[3] Alex Apolinário, scorer of the first goal in the win over Sporting, died in January 2021 days after collapsing in a match for Alverca.[4]

Stadium

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The club's home venue is the 7,705 capacity Complexo Desportivo do FC Alverca.

Players

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Current squad

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As of 1 August, 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   BRA Cristian
4 DF   BRA Iago Mendonça
5 DF   CPV Fernando Varela
6 DF   VEN José Manuel Velázquez
7 FW   BRA Brenner
9 FW   AUS Anthony Carter
10 FW   POR Andrezinho
11 FW   BRA Luiz Miguel
13 DF   BRA Paulo Eduardo
14 DF   BRA Kauan
16 MF   POR Miguel Pires
17 FW   STP Harramiz
19 DF   POR Carlos Amaral
20 MF   POR Diogo Salomão
22 DF   POR David Bruno
23 GK   POR Pedro Silva
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF   POR Tomás Ildefonso
25 MF   POR Ricardo Dias
27 MF   BRA Murilo
34 DF   BRA Talisca
35 MF   BRA Pedro Bicalho (on loan from Palmeiras)
40 MF   BRA Ageu
48 MF   BRA Mateus Sarará
52 DF   BRA Lucas Kawan
74 DF   RSA Shinga
76 DF   POR Diogo Ramos
88 MF   POR Diogo Martins
90 DF   POR Vítor Bruno
95 MF   GNB Janickson
98 GK   BRA João Bravim
99 FW   BRA João Lima

League and cup history

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Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
1995–96 2H 13 34 12 8 14 28 38 44
1996–97 2H 15 34 9 13 12 31 30 40
1997–98 2H 3 34 19 5 10 64 35 62 Promoted
1998–99 1D 15 34 8 11 15 36 50 35 last 16
1999–00 1D 11 34 11 8 15 39 48 41
2000–01 1D 12 34 12 7 15 45 52 43
2001–02 1D 18 34 7 6 21 39 67 27 Relegated
2002–03 2H 2 34 16 12 6 47 24 60 Promoted
2003–04 1D 16 34 10 5 19 33 49 35 Relegated
2004–05 2H 13 34 11 6 17 26 38 39 Folded

References

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  1. ^ "Alverca: reergue-se o mítico da EN10. Com lama e uma incrível história de vida" [Alverca: the legendary club from the EN10 re-emerges. With mud and an incredible life story] (in Portuguese). Bancada. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Sporting: há 70 anos que não se via uma coisa assim" [Sporting: it's been 70 years since something like this happened] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Alverca dá luta mas sai da taça" [Alverca put up a fight but go out the cup] (in Portuguese). Voz Ribatejana. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  4. ^ Grez, Matias (8 January 2021). "Football player Alex Apolinario dies aged 24". CNN. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
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