F.C. Alverca

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Alverca
F.C. Alverca logo
Full nameFutebol Clube de Alverca
Founded1 September 1939
GroundComplexo Desportivo FC Alverca,
Alverca do Ribatejo, Portugal
Capacity8,700
ChairmanFernando Orge
ManagerJoão Pereira
LeagueLiga 3

Futebol Clube de Alverca is a Portuguese football club based in Alverca do Ribatejo, Vila Franca de Xira. It currently plays in the Portuguese 3rd Division.

History

F.C. Alverca was founded on 1 September 1939.

After many decades in

relegation; during most of this time, the club acted as feeder club to S.L. Benfica
. 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 Lisbon Football Association'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.[1] On 17 October 2019, Alverca won 2–0 in the third round of the Taça de Portugal against Big Three club Sporting CP, becoming only the second third-tier club in history to knock that team out the cup; the other was F.C. Tirsense in 1948.[2] Fellow Primeira Liga club Rio Ave F.C. beat Alverca by a single goal in the next round.[3] Alex Apolinário, scorer of the first goal in the win over Sporting, died in January 2021 days after collapsing in a match for Alverca.[4]

Stadium

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

Players

Current squad

As of 29 January, 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Portugal POR Luís Ribeiro
4 DF Brazil BRA Alysson
5 DF Portugal POR Zé Oliveira
6 MF Brazil BRA Luiz Miguel
8 MF Portugal POR Gonçalo Pinto
9 FW Portugal POR Rodrigo Freitas
10 FW Portugal POR Rui Batalha
11 MF Brazil BRA Vitinho
13 DF Portugal POR Jorge Bernardo
14 FW Cape Verde CPV José Varela
15 DF Portugal POR João Lucas
17 FW Portugal POR João Costa
18 MF Portugal POR Pedro Jesus
19 DF Portugal POR Rui Silva
20 MF Portugal POR Diogo Salomão
22 GK Portugal POR Nuno Hidalgo
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF Brazil BRA Iago
24 DF Portugal POR Tomás Ildefonso
25 MF Portugal POR Ricardo Dias
28 FW Morocco MAR Khalid Hachadi
30 GK Portugal POR Joel Dias
33 DF Brazil BRA Pedro Venaque
34 DF Brazil BRA Abrahaim Flomo
35 MF Brazil BRA Pedro Bicalho (on loan from Palmeiras)
44 DF Portugal POR Caiser Gomes
50 FW Portugal POR Nuno Gaspar
76 DF Portugal POR Diogo Ramos
77 FW Portugal POR Gustavo Godinho
88 MF Portugal POR Diogo Martins
90 DF Portugal POR Vítor Bruno
98 GK Brazil BRA João Bravim (on loan from Santa Clara)

League and cup history

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
1995–96 2H 13 34 12 8 14 28 38 44
1996–97 2H 15 34 9 13 12 31 30 40
1997–98 2H 3 34 19 5 10 64 35 62 Promoted
1998–99 1D 15 34 8 11 15 36 50 35 last 16
1999–00 1D 11 34 11 8 15 39 48 41
2000–01 1D 12 34 12 7 15 45 52 43
2001–02 1D 18 34 7 6 21 39 67 27 Relegated
2002–03 2H 2 34 16 12 6 47 24 60 Promoted
2003–04 1D 16 34 10 5 19 33 49 35 Relegated
2004–05 2H 13 34 11 6 17 26 38 39 Folded

References

  1. ^ "Alverca: reergue-se o mítico da EN10. Com lama e uma incrível história de vida" [Alverca: the legendary club from the EN10 re-emerges. With mud and an incredible life story] (in Portuguese). Bancada. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  2. TVI 24
    . 18 October 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Alverca dá luta mas sai da taça" [Alverca put up a fight but go out the cup] (in Portuguese). Voz Ribatejana. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  4. ^ Grez, Matias (8 January 2021). "Football player Alex Apolinario dies aged 24". CNN. Retrieved 11 January 2021.

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