Amora F.C.

Amora Futebol Clube, commonly known as simply as Amora, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Amora, Setúbal.^[1] The club was founded on the 1 May 1921 and its founders were Mário de Carvalho, Guilherme Pestana, João Baptista, Julião Garcia, Tomás Alves, António Soares, Joaquim Monteiro, Oswaldo Reuter, Guilherme Reuter, Joaquim Zacarias, Leopoldo Grilo, Carlos de Azeitão, António Policia, Álvaro dos Santos, Jacinto Caixeiro, Alberto Malacato, Tomás da Cachamouca and António Manta. It currently plays at the Estádio da Medideira which also plays host to the club's reserve and youth teams.^[2][3]

Amora

Full name	Amora Futebol Clube
Founded	1 May 1921; 104 years ago (1 May 1921)
Ground	Estádio da Medideira, Amora
Capacity	1,500
Chairman	Carlos Henriques
Manager	Élio Santos
League	Liga 3
2021–22	Liga 3 Série B, 5th (they then got 1st place in the next phase of the tournament)
Website	amorafcsad.pt
Home colours Away colours

The club currently plays in the Liga 3.^[4] The club has played on three occasions in the Primeira Liga from 1980–81 season until the 1982–83 season.^[5][6][7] José Mourinho's father Félix led the club to the Primeira Liga for the first time in 1980.^[8]

Amora FC's football SAD was owned by Mozambican investors from 2018 to 2020. In 2020, the club's SAD for football was bought by America Soccer, a company owned by US investors who were already investing in Middlesbrough (England) and Benevento (Italy) football teams.^[9][10]

Appearances

• Premier Division: 3
• Tier 2: 2
• Tier 3: 23
• Tier 4: 27

Honours

Segunda Divisão Winners (2): 1979–80, 1993–94 Terceira Divisão Winners (1): 2000–01

AF Setúbal First Division Winners (4): 1953–54, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1968–69 AF Setúbal Cup Winners (1): 2011–12

League and cup history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
1980–81	1D	12	30	10	5	15	38	51	25	Round 6
1981–82	1D	11	30	6	12	12	29	37	24	Round 6
1982–83	1D	15	30	6	6	18	23	55	18	Round 3	Relegated
1992–93	2H	17	34	7	10	17	27	53	24	Quarter-final	Relegated
1993–94	2D	1	34	19	9	6	59	26	47	Round 3	Promoted
1994–95	2H	17	34	7	13	14	30	42	27	Last Sixteen	Relegated
1995–96	2DS	18	34	2	13	19	22	64	19	Round 4	Relegated
1996–97	3DS	3	34	15	10	9	46	33	55	Round 1
1997–98	3DS	2	34	19	7	8	61	33	64	Round 4	Promoted
1998–99	2D	7	34	14	9	11	49	49	51	Round 4
2002–03	2DS	3	38	17	9	12	48	39	60	Round 2
2003–04	2DS	16	38	12	8	18	46	61	44	Round 3
2004–05	2DS	20	38	5	10	23	36	68	25	Round 3	Relegated
2005–06	3DS	8	32	12	7	13	41	40	43	Round 1
2006–07	3DS	3	28	13	7	8	31	31	46	Round 2
2007–08	3DS	12	32	10	5	17	32	49	21	Round 1	Relegated
2008–09	4DS	4	30	15	9	6	47	29	54
2009–10	4DS	3	30	18	7	5	54	24	61
2010–11	4DS	3	30	13	3	14	42	44	42
2011–12	4DS	3	30	18	5	7	56	30	59
2012–13	4DS	1	32	13	8	11	46	50	34	Round 2	Promoted
2013–14	3DS	2	30	21	3	6	66	29	66	Round 2
2014–15	3DS	2	30	23	9	1	60	22	69	Round 3
2015–16	3DS	2	30	21	5	4	66	23	68	Round 1
2016–17	3DS	2	30	21	5	4	78	26	68	Round 1

Presidents

	Name	Term
1st	João Batista Cunha	1921–22
2nd	António Nunes Tiago	1939–40
3rd	Teodomiro Costa	1944–45
4th	Efigénio Aires de Sousa	1945–46
5th	António Soares Pacheco	1948–49
6th	Joaquim Lizardo	1949–50
7th	Joaquim Galha dos Santos	1952–53
8th	Joaquim Galha dos Santos	1953–54
9th	Joaquim Pinheiro	1957–58
10th	Efigénio Aires de Sousa	1958–59
11th	Joaquim Pinto Malta	1959–60
12th	Felismino Galha dos Santos	1960–61
13th	Manuel Batista de Oliveira	1961–62
14th	Dr. Joaquim Mendes Gargaleiro	1963–64
15th	Cesário Gomes Henriques	1964–65
16th	Manuel Batista de Oliveira	1965–66
17th	Fernando Afonso de Almeida Rocha	1967–68
18th	Guilherme Octávio Costa Almeida	1968–69
19th	Sebastião Pinheiro	1969–70
20th	Joaquim Pinheiro	1970–71
21st	Manuel do Nascimento	1971–72
22nd	Sebastião Pinheiro	1972–73
23rd	Diamantino Rodrigues Barros	1973–74
24th	José Augusto Guerreiro	1974–75
25th	Rui da Conceição	1975–76
26th	Alfredo Correia da Silva	1976–77
27th	Mário Rui da Silva Ribeiro	1977–79
28th	Durives Pereira	1979–81
29th	Fernando Martinho Paixão Santos	1981–85
30th	Mário Rui da Silva Ribeiro	1985–96
31st	Manuel Guerreiro Gonçalves	1996–99
32nd	José Manuel Vicente Moreira Mendes	1999–2013
33rd	Carlos Manuel da Silva Henriques	2013–2015
34th	Zuneid Sidat	Since 2015

Current squad

As of 29 January 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  POR Gonçalo Tavares 3 DF  POR João Sousa 4 MF  SEN Pape Assane 6 DF  POR Filipe Maio 9 FW  POR João Oliveira 10 FW  STP Eba Viegas 11 FW  GAB Mboulou Júnior 12 GK  BRA Cléber Santana 13 MF  POR Hugo Costa 14 DF  POR Duarte Maneta 18 MF  POR Tomás Azevedo 21 MF  POR Luís Cerejo 22 FW  CPV Toni

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 MF  POR Zé Gata 27 DF  POR Vasco Sousa 28 MF  POR Bruno Figueiredo 29 FW  BRA Toró 34 DF  POR Pedro Marques 39 GK  POR Sandro Cabral 44 DF  POR André Lopes 45 MF  POR Gonçalo Batalha 70 MF  POR Miguel Montenegro 76 DF  POR João Veríssimo 77 DF  POR Miguel Silva 92 MF  POR Matias Mariano 93 MF  FRA Beni Souza 96 GK  POR Rúben Rendeiro 99 FW  POR Celso Sidney

Notable former players

• Cafú
• Carlitos
• Leonildo Soares