Futebol Clube de Amares ''(abbreviated as FC Amares)'' is a Portuguese

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club based in

Amares Amares (), officially Town of Amares (), is a List of municipalities of Portugal, municipality in Braga District, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 18,889, in an area of 81.95 km2. Amares limits to the north and northeast with the municipa ...

in the district of Braga.

Background

FC Amares currently plays in the AF Braga – Pró-Nacional 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 1945 and they play their home matches at the Engenheiro José Carlos Macedo in

. The stadium is able to accommodate 5,000 spectators. The club is affiliated to Associação de Futebol de Braga and has competed in the AF Braga Taça. The club has also entered the national cup competition known as

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on occasions.

Appearances

*Liga de Honra: 1

Season to season

Honours

*AF Braga Taça: 2004/05

Footnotes

External links

Official website
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