F.C. Alverca

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Futebol Clube de Alverca is a Portuguese football club based in Alverca do Ribatejo, Vila Franca de Xira, Lisbon. Founded on 1 September 1939, it currently plays in the Lisbon District Championships.

Stadium

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

History

After many decades in the lower levels of Portuguese football, Alverca was promoted to the top level in 1998, and played there in four of the next five editions, also coming back for 2003–04, which also ended 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. The following year, the club was re-formed, beginning at regional level, and promoting in 2007–08 to the first division of that category.

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

Notable players

Deco played for Alverca in 1997–98, leading the club to promotion to the Primeira Liga, with 32 appearances and 13 goals.

• Deco
• Maniche
• Nuno Assis
• Marco Caneira
• Bruno Aguiar
• Ricardo Carvalho
• Gaspar
• Emílio Peixe
• Zé António
• Manú
• Eurípedes Amoreirinha
• Ricardo Esteves
• Bruno Basto
• Rui Borges
• Mantorras
• Akwá
• André Macanga
• Ronald García
• Ernesto
• José Veiga
• Rodolfo Lima
• Yannick Quesnel
• Chiquinho Conde
• Vasili Kulkov
• Sergei Ovchinnikov
• Ilshat Faizulin
• Ladji Keita
• Mickaël Tavares
• Didier Gigon

External links

• Official site (Portuguese)
• Zerozero team profile