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Aberdyfi F.C. was a Welsh
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club based in
Aberdyfi Aberdyfi (), also known as Aberdovey ( ), is a village and community in Gwynedd, Wales, located on the northern side of the estuary of the River Dyfi. The population of the community was 878 at the 2011 census. The electoral ward had a larger ...
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Gwynedd Gwynedd () is a county in the north-west of Wales. It borders Anglesey across the Menai Strait to the north, Conwy, Denbighshire, and Powys to the east, Ceredigion over the Dyfi estuary to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. The ci ...
. They last played in the
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History

Aberdyfi won the Welsh Amateur Cup in 1935, beating Aberystwyth Town 2–1 in the final. Aberdyfi Town also won the 1937–38 Cambrian Coast Football League. However this club folded in the 1960s. They were reformed in 1996, joining the
Aberystwyth League The Aberystwyth & District Football League (known as the ''Cynghrair Cambrian Tyres Aberystwyth League'') is a football league in Mid Wales, sitting at the fifth level of the Welsh football league system. The league hosts several cup competitions ...
. In their first season they won the Division Two title, to earn promotion to Division One. In 2010–11 they were Aberystwyth League champions, earning promotion to the
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Division Two. In their first Mid Wales League season they finished 11th out of 16 teams, before finishing last of out of 13 in their second season. They then returned to the Aberystwyth League. In 2011–12 they also played in the
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, losing in the first qualifying round against Barmouth & Dyffryn United. In 2017 they were relegated to Division Two of the Aberystwyth League, after finishing bottom of Division One. In 2019 they were promoted back to Division One. The club folded in 2022.


Honours

* Welsh Amateur Cup - Winners: 1934–35 * Cambrian Coast Football League - Champions: 1937–38 *
Aberystwyth League The Aberystwyth & District Football League (known as the ''Cynghrair Cambrian Tyres Aberystwyth League'') is a football league in Mid Wales, sitting at the fifth level of the Welsh football league system. The league hosts several cup competitions ...
Division Two - Champions: 1996–97 *
Aberystwyth League The Aberystwyth & District Football League (known as the ''Cynghrair Cambrian Tyres Aberystwyth League'') is a football league in Mid Wales, sitting at the fifth level of the Welsh football league system. The league hosts several cup competitions ...
Division One - Champions: 2010–11


References

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