Amarante Futebol Clube ''(abbreviated as Amarante FC)'' is a
Portuguese football
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club based in
Amarante in the
district of Porto.
Background
Amarante FC currently plays in the
Campeonato de Portugal which is the fourth tier of
Portuguese football
Association football (), the most popular sport in Portugal, has a long and storied history in the country, following its introduction in 1875 in cities such as Funchal, Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra by English merchants and Portuguese students a ...
. The club was founded in 1923 and they play their home matches at the Municipal de Amarante in Amarante. The stadium is able to accommodate 5,000 spectators and was constructed in 1978.
The club is affiliated to
Associação de Futebol do Porto and has competed in the AF Porto Taça. The club has also entered the national cup competition known as
Taça de Portugal
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on many occasions.
Season to season
Current squad
Honours
*Portuguese Third Division: 2007/08, 2010/11
*AF Porto Divisão de Honra: 2005/06
Notable former managers
*
Acácio Casimiro
Acácio Alfredo Casimiro (born 24 March 1949 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese former football midfielder and manager
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References
External links
Amarante FC
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Football clubs in Portugal
Association football clubs established in 1923
1923 establishments in Portugal
Sport in Amarante, Portugal