Amora F.C.

Amora

Full name	Amora Futebol Clube
Founded	1 May 1921
Ground	Estádio da Medideira, Amora
Capacity	7,000
Chairman	José Mendes
Manager	Pedro Amora
League	AF Setúbal First Division
2011–12	AF Setúbal Second Division, 3rd
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

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]

The club currently plays in the AF Setúbal First Division following a third-place finish in the previous season of 2011–12.^[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 very first time in 1980.^[8]

Appearances

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

Honours

Portuguese Second Division Winners (2): 1979–80, 1993–94 Portuguese Third Division 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		Relegated
1993–94	2D	1	34	19	9	6	59	26	47		Promoted
1994–95	2H	17	34	7	13	14	30	42	27		Relegated
1995–96	2DS	18	34	2	13	19	22	64	19		Relegated
1996–97	3DS	3	34	15	10	9	46	33	55
1997–98	3DS	2	34	19	7	8	61	33	64		Promoted
1998–99	2D	7	34	14	9	11	49	49	51
2002–03	2DS	3	38	17	9	12	48	39	60
2003–04	2DS	16	38	12	8	18	46	61	44
2004–05	2DS	20	38	5	10	23	36	68	25		Relegated
2005–06	3DS	8	32	12	7	13	41	40	43
2006–07	3DS	3	28	13	7	8	31	31	46
2007–08	3DS	12	26	8	4	14	26	40	28		Relegated
2008–09	4DS	4	30	15	9	6	47	28	54
2011–12	4DS	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	1970071
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	1976-79
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	since December 12, 1999

Notable former players

• Carlitos
• Cafú

References

1. Amora; ZeroZero, 24 July 2012
2. Estádio da Medideira; ZeroZero, 24 July 2012
3. Medideira; ForaDeJogo, 24 July 2012
4. AF Setúbal 1ª Divisão 2011/12; ZeroZero, 24 July 2012
5. Portuguese League 1980/81; ZeroZero, 24 July 2012
6. Portuguese League 1981/82; ZeroZero, 24 July 2012
7. Portuguese League 1982/83; ZeroZero, 24 July 2012
8. Amora Futebol Clube; ZeroZero, 24 July 2012

External links

• Official Site
• Web Archive of official site
• Profile at ForaDeJogo
• Profile at ZeroZero