Futebol Clube de Alverca is a Portuguese

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club based in

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. It currently plays in the

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History

F.C. Alverca was founded on 1 September 1939. After many decades in the lower levels of Portuguese football, Alverca was promoted to the top level in 1998, and played there in four of the next five editions, also coming back for 2003–04, which also ended in

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; during most of this time, the club acted as

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. Alverca played one more year in level two, before folding for financial reasons, in 2005. In 2006, Alverca re-formed, beginning at regional level in the

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's District Leagues, and being promoted in 2007–08 to the first division of that category. In 2017–18, Alverca won promotion back to the national level, as district champions. On 17 October 2019, Alverca won 2–0 in the third round of the

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against Big Three club

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

, becoming only the second third-tier club in history to knock them out the cup; the other was

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in 1948. Fellow

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club Rio Ave F.C. beat Alverca by a single goal in the next round.

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, scorer of the first goal in the win over Sporting, died in January 2021 days after collapsing in a match for Alverca. In February 2025,

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and his partners became co-owners of the club, acquiring between 70% and 80% of its shares for roughly €8 million to €10 million. In May 2025, Alverca got their back-to-back promotion to

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Stadium

The club's home venue is the 7,705 capacity Complexo Desportivo do FC Alverca.

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Honours

**Runners-up (1):

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* Liga 3 **Champions (1): 2023-24

League and cup history

References

External links

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