Club Football Estrela Amadora SAD (), sometimes just Estrela da Amadora, is a Portuguese professional

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(predominantly

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) based in

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, northwest of

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. The team is currently competing in the

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, after winning promotion from

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in 2022–23. It is the successor of Clube de Futebol Estrela da Amadora, founded in 1932 and extinct in 2011 due to financial problems and bankruptcy. The club was newly founded in 2020, when Clube Desportivo Estrela merged with Club Sintra Football and taking the place of that team in the third-tier Campeonato de Portugal. C.F. Estrela da Amadora plays at ''

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''.

History

The current club was founded in the summer of 2020, after a merger between Clube Desportivo Estrela and Club Sintra Football. Instead of Clube de Futebol Estrela da Amadora, the club is officially named Club Football Estrela da Amadora and André Geraldes was designated as the President. After Clube de Futebol Estrela da Amadora closed its doors in 2011, a group of supporters founded Clube Desportivo Estrela, keeping the legacy, youth teams and other sports of the original club. In 2018, CD Estrela created a senior football team, playing in the

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regional championships. In 2020, the club's members voted 92% in favour in July 2020 of a merger with Club Sintra Football, taking that team's place in the third-tier Campeonato de Portugal. A ''

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'' was formed, branded as Club Football Estrela da Amadora and with André Geraldes being the President. The original Clube de Futebol Estrela da Amadora emblem was taken. The club's first season ended with promotion, despite losing the play-off final 1–0 to C.D. Trofense. Estrela won promotion to the

via the playoffs in the 2022–23 season, defeating

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on penalties. On 10 May 2022, Indonesian company Pakuan Football Enterprise, led by Dodi Irwan Suparno, officially acquired Club Football Estrela da Amadora. The acquisition was announced via the club’s official Instagram account. The company cited the club’s historical legacy and its significance in Portuguese football as key reasons for the investment, despite the team then competing in the second tier,

, which has since achieved promotion to the

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Coaching staff

League and Cup history

Kit

Estrela's kit is white with the shirt split with three colours (hence the nickname 'the tricolours'). Left side was red, the middle white and the right green, with the shorts and socks white.

References

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