Amarante FC
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Career & Clubs
Early years (1923–1977)
Amarante Futebol Clube was founded on 4 March 1923 by Pompeu da Cunha Brochado. The club played its first football match on 31 May 1923, defeating Stª. Natália 4–0. It affiliated with the Porto Football Association (AF Porto) in 1934, entering official regional competitions. Amarante won its first regional title in 1935, becoming champions of the AF Porto championship in the 1934–35 season. The club subsequently progressed through the district divisions, winning promotion from the 3ª Divisão Distrital to the 2ª Divisão Distrital in 1953 and from the latter to the 1ª Divisão Distrital in 1964. In 1966, Amarante competed in the Terceira Divisão for the first time, after winning its regional series. The competition was then contested by the leading teams from the regional championships, with the winner gaining access to the Segunda Divisão. Amarante won its group and reached the quarter-finals, losing to Tirsense 0–1. In 1977, Amarante won the AF Porto 1ª Divisão Distrital and returned to the Terceira Divisão, which by then operated as a national third-tier competition. This marked the beginning of the club's presence in the national divisions, where it would remain continuously until 1997.
Rise to the second tier (1977–1990)
Amarante established itself in the national divisions in the late 1970s. After finishing second in its Terceira Divisão series in 1978–79, the club earned promotion to the Segunda Divisão, then the second tier of…
- League
- Segunda Divisão
Legacy
National competitions
Liga 3 (tier 3) Winners (1): 2025–26 Terceira Divisão / Campeonato de Portugal (tier 4) Winners (3): 2007–08, 2010–11, 2023–24
Regional competitions
AF Porto – 1ª Divisão / Divisão Honra (tier 1) Winners (2): 1976–77, 2005–06 Runners-up (3): 1965–66, 1974–75, 1997–98 AF Porto – 2ª Divisão (tier 2) Winners (1): 1963–64 AF Porto – 3ª Divisão (tier 3) Winners (1): 1952–53
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Identifiers & aliases
professional association football club based in Amarante, Portugal
Amarante Futebol Clube, commonly known as Amarante F.C. or simply Amarante, is a Portuguese football club based in Amarante, Porto District. It currently competes in the Liga Portugal 2, the second tier of Portuguese football.
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