A.A. Avanca

AA Avanca

Full name	Associação Atlética de Avanca
Founded	1937
Ground	Parque Desportivo da Associação Atlética de Avanca, Estarreja
Capacity	1,500
Manager	Fernando Pereira
League	Portuguese Second Division Serie B
2007/08	Portuguese Second Division Serie B, 13th

Associação Atlética de Avanca known as A.A. Avanca is a Portuguese football club from Estarreja, Aveiro. They currently play in the Portuguese Second Division Serie B and in the 2007-08 season they finished 13th place in their division. They currently play their home games in Parque Desportivo da Associação Atlética de Avanca and their home ground has a capacity of 1,500. Their current manager is Fernando Pereira and they do not have a chairman because they have different owners of the club. Their main sponsor are Joviflex and Durit.

Season to season

Season	Level	Division	Section	Place	Movements
2002–03	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão		15th	Relegated
2003–04	Tier 5	Distritais	AF Aveiro - Honra	1st	Promoted
2004–05	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão		6th
2005–06	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão		2nd
2006–07	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão		8th
2007–08	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão		13th

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Squad

As of the 2008/09 season

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

No. Position Player GK Pedro GK Godofredo DF Cajó DF Mané DF Ricardo Miguel DF Pedro Pesquina DF Norberto DF Bruno Bastos DF Lino DF Américo MF Miguito

No. Position Player MF Hugo Santos MF Domingos MF Nélson MF Márcio MF João Paulo MF Hélder Mendes MF Filipito FW Bruninho FW Miguel Ângelo FW Cerqueira FW Gonzaga

Staff

Sports

• Head Coach:
• Fernando Pereira
• Assistant Coach:
• Coelho
• Goalkeeper Coach:
• Zequinha
• Medical Assistant:
• João Calisto

Notable former players

• Jorge Gonçalves

References

1. "Portugal - Table of Honor - soccerlibrary.free.fr" (PDF). Soccer Library. Retrieved June 2012.
2. "Competitions - Portugal - footballzz.co.uk". ZeroZero. Retrieved June 2012.
3. "Competitions - ForaDeJogo - foradejogo.net". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved June 2012.
4. "AF Aveiro- Futebol Total". Futebol Total. Retrieved June 2012.

External links

• AA Avanca official site (Portuguese)