Clube Desportivo de Montijo commonly known as simply as Montijo was a

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club from the city of Montijo,

Setúbal Setúbal ( , , ; ), officially the City of Setúbal (), is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population of the entire municipality in 2014 was 118,166, occupying an area of . The city itself had 89,303 inhabitants in 2001. It lies withi ...

. The club was founded in 1948 and folded in 2007 due to financial problems. As Clube Desportivo de Montijo, it played in the

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

on three occasions in the 1972–73, 1973–74, 1976–77 seasons. Former Portuguese international goalkeeper

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played for the club between 1994 and 1995 before being transferred to Boavista. After it folded in 2007 it restarted as

Clube Olímpico do Montijo Clube Olímpico do Montijo is a Portuguese football club based in Montijo. Founded in 2007, it currently competes in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home games at ''Campo da Liberdade'', with a 3,000 capacity. History Clube Olímpico do Mo ...

on the 11 July 2007. The current Montijo team plays at the Campo da Liberdade which holds a

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of 1000.Campo da Liberdade
ZeroZero, 24 July 2012 As Clube Olímpico do Montijo it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal.

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