Associação Desportiva Ovarense commonly known as simply as Ovarense is a Portuguese sports club from the city of

Ovar Ovar ( or ) is a city and a municipality in Aveiro District, Baixo Vouga Subregion in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 55,398, in an area of 147.70 km2. It had 42,582 eligible voters (2006). The municipality includes two cities: Ovar (16 ...

, Aveiro. The club was founded on 19 December 1921. It currently plays at the

Estádio Marques da Silva Parque Marques da Silva is a multi-use stadium in Ovar, Aveiro, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of A.D. Ovarense. It is also the home to Ovarense's U19s, U17s, U15s and B teams. The stadium wa ...

which they have played in since 1954. The stadium also plays host to the club's reserve and youth teams. As a club it is well known for its

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team who have won nineteen major trophies since their establishment in 1970. The club currently competes in the AF Aveiro Second Division following a seventh-place finish in the 2011–12 AF Aveiro Second Division season. Ovarense was one of the founding members of the

Aveiro Football Association The Associação de Futebol de Aveiro ''(Aveiro Football Association)'' is one of the 22 District Football Associations that are affiliated to the Portuguese Football Federation. The AF Aveiro administers lower tier football in the district of ...

along with Anadia,

Beira-Mar Sport Clube Beira-Mar (), commonly known as Beira-Mar, is a Portuguese sports club based in Aveiro, Portugal. Its Association football, football team currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal (league), Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth natio ...

, Bustelo, Clube dos Galitos, Espinho, Fogueirese, Paços Brandão, Sanjoanense, SC Oliveirense, Sociedade Recreio Artístico and

UD Oliveirense União Desportiva Oliveirense (UDO), commonly known as Oliveirense, is a Portugal, Portuguese sports club from the city of Oliveira de Azeméis, in Aveiro District. The club was founded on 25 October 1922. The main football (soccer), football te ...

. The association was founded on 22 September 1924. The club has played on various occasions in the

Liga de Honra The Liga Portugal 2 (), also known as Liga Portugal Meu Super for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division of the Portuguese football league system. At the end of each season, the two top-finishing teams are promoted to the top-tier ...

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and the

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 Por ...

. Their most recent

appearance came in the

2005–06 Liga de Honra The 2005–06 Liga de Honra season was the 16th season of the competition and the 72nd season of recognised second-tier football in Portugal. Overview The league was contested by 18 teams with SC Beira-Mar winning the championship and gaining pro ...

season. Shortly after, serious financial problems led to the team's demotion to the fifth level of national football.

Honours

* Segunda Divisão B: 2 ** 1990–91, 1999–2000 *

: 1 **1949–50 * AF Aveiro Championship: 5 **1930–31, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1938–39 * AF Aveiro First Division: 4 **1949–50, 1954–55, 1970–71, 1980–81

Notable former players

António Sousa António Augusto Gomes de Sousa (; born 28 April 1957) is a Portuguese former football central midfielder and manager. During his career, he played among others for Porto and Sporting CP, amassing Primeira Liga totals of 483 matches and 83 goal ...

* Carlos Marques * Dito *

Eduardo Luís Eduardo Luís Marques Kruss Gomes (born 6 December 1955), known as Eduardo Luís, is a Portuguese former football central defender and manager. Club career Born in Loures, Lisbon District, Eduardo Luís started playing professionally with C.S. ...

* Gil *

Hélder Sousa Hélder Bruno Macedo Sousa (born 13 October 1977) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Born in Matosinhos, Sousa started his career with amateurs Padroense F.C. in 1997. In his country, in which ...

* Hugo Coelho *

Ivo Damas Ivo Filipe Cerqueira Damas (born 3 June 1977) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Club career Born in Penafiel, Damas' claim to fame came at the age of 20 when he scored three goals for lowly F.C. Maia in a ...

Jaime Mercês Jaime Jerónimo das Mercês (born 27 September 1963), known simply as Jaime, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Jaime was born in Cova da Piedade, Almada. After starting out professionally at lowly Amora ...

* Jorge Humberto * Jorge Silva * José Chevela * José Luís *

José Nunes José Carlos de Araújo Nunes (born 7 March 1977) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a central defender. He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 129 games and two goals over five seasons, representing Salgueiros, Gil Vicente and Brag ...

* José Pedro * Luís Miguel *

Miguel Areias Miguel Alexandre Areias Lopes (born 2 June 1977), known as Areias, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a left-back. Club career After establishing himself as a professional player with S.C. Beira-Mar, Porto-born ...

* Paulo Teixeira *

Pedro Emanuel Pedro Emanuel dos Santos Martins Silva (born 11 February 1975), known as Pedro Emanuel, is a Portuguese retired Association football, footballer who played mainly as a Defender (association football)#Centre-back, central defender, currently Manag ...

* Pedro Mingote * Pedro Pinheiro *

Rui Correia Rui Manuel da Silva Correia (born 22 October 1967) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He appeared in 264 Primeira Liga matches over 15 seasons, mainly with Braga. Club career Correia was born in São Jo ...

* Rui Pataca * Sérgio Leite * Valdir * Zé Gomes *

Klevis Dalipi Klevis Dalipi (born 13 March 1976) is a retired Albanian football striker and football coach. He previously played in Albania for Elbasani, Vllaznia and Shkumbini. He also played for Santa Clara and Ovarense in the Portuguese Second Division ...

* Jaime Linares * Marco Abreu * Wilson *

Svetislav Perduv Svetislav Perduv (born 8 March 1959) is a Bosnia-Herzegovinian former football player and manager who played as a defender. Playing career Born in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Perduv played club foo ...

* Edu * Edu Sousa * Leandro * Leandro Netto * Nei * Caló * Dário Furtado * Mateus Lopes * Emmanuel Duah * Adilson * Inzaghi Donígio * Jojó *

Tiquanny Williams Tiquanny Williams (born 10 September 2001) is a Saint Kitts and Nevis association footballer who currently plays for Trepça and the Saint Kitts and Nevis national team. Club career Williams won the Keith Gumbs Youth Player of the Year award p ...

* Jovo Simanić

Managers

*2001–02: Pedro Miguel *until 2012: António Tavares

League and cup history

References

External links

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Club Profile
at ForaDeJogo
Club Profile
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