Amarante F.C.

Amarante

Full name	Amarante Futebol Clube
Founded	1923; 103 years ago (1923)
Ground	Estádio Municipal de Amarante Amarante Portugal
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	António Duarte
Head Coach	Pedro Pinto
League	Liga 3
2021-22	Campeonato de Portugal, Série B, 5th place (then in the Série 3 of relegation they placed 1st)
Home colours Away colours

Amarante Futebol Clube (abbreviated as Amarante FC) is a Portuguese football club based in Amarante in the district of Porto.^[1]

Background

Amarante FC currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal which is the fourth tier of Portuguese football. The club was founded in 1923 and they play their home matches at the Municipal de Amarante in Amarante. The stadium is able to accommodate 5,000 spectators and was constructed in 1978.^{[citation needed]}

The club is affiliated to Associação de Futebol do Porto and has competed in the AF Porto Taça. The club has also entered the national cup competition known as Taça de Portugal on many occasions.^{[1][citation needed]}

Season to season

Season	Level	Division	Section	Place	Movements
1963–64	Tier 4	Distritais	AF Porto – 2ª Divisão	1st	Promoted
1965–66	Tier 3	Terceira Divisão	1ª Série	1st	Playoff (QF)
1976–77	Tier 4	Distritais	AF Porto – Honra		Promoted
1977–78	Tier 3	Terceira Divisão	Série B	7th
1978–79	Tier 3	Terceira Divisão	Série B	2nd	Promoted
1979–80	Tier 2	Segunda Divisão	Série Norte	12th
1980–81	Tier 2	Segunda Divisão	Série Norte	11th
1981–82	Tier 2	Segunda Divisão	Série Norte	15th	Relegated
1982–83	Tier 3	Terceira Divisão	Série B	12th
1983–84	Tier 3	Terceira Divisão	Série B	9th
1984–85	Tier 3	Terceira Divisão	Série B	1st	Promoted
1985–86	Tier 2	Segunda Divisão	Série Norte	15th	Relegated
1986–87	Tier 3	Terceira Divisão	Série B	7th
1987–88	Tier 3	Terceira Divisão	Série B	2nd	Promoted
1988–89	Tier 2	Segunda Divisão	Série Norte	17th	Relegated
1989–90	Tier 3	Terceira Divisão	Série B	17th
1990–91	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão	Série Norte	14th	Relegated
1991–92	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série B	4th
1992–93	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série B	5th
1993–94	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série B	2nd
1994–95	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão	Série Norte	13th
1995–96	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão	Série Norte	15th	Relegated
1996–97	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série B	17th
1997–98	Tier 5	Distritais	AF Porto – Honra	2nd	Promoted
1998–99	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série B	13th
1999–2000	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série B	14th
2000–01	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série B	11th
2001–02	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série B	14th	Relegated
2002–03	Tier 5	Distritais	AF Porto – Honra	10th
2003–04	Tier 5	Distritais	AF Porto – Honra	4th
2004–05	Tier 5	Distritais	AF Porto – Honra	4th
2005–06	Tier 5	Distritais	AF Porto – Honra	1st	Promoted
2006–07	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série B	9th
2007–08	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série B – 1ª Fase	2nd
	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série B Fase Final	1st	Promoted
2008–09	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão	Série B – 1ª Fase	9th	Relegation Group
	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão	Série B Últimos	5th	Relegated
2009–10	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série B – 1ª Fase	2nd	Promotion Group
	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série B Fase Final	6th
2010–11	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série B – 1ª Fase	2nd	Promotion Group
	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série B Fase Final	1st	Promoted
2011–12	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão	Série Centro	5th
2012–13	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão	Série Norte	11th

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Current squad

As of 14 August 2025

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 1 GK  POR Martim Duarte 2 DF  POR Obama Ribeiro 3 DF  GNB Feliciano Mendes 4 DF  POR João Filipe 5 MF  GHA Harruna Iddriss 6 MF  POR Fernando Almeida 8 MF  POR Hélder Pedro 9 FW  POR Cardoso 10 MF  POR Daniel Rodrigues 12 DF  NGA Lawrence Adeniyi 13 GK  POR Rafael Flores 17 MF  POR Gonçalo Sousa

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  CPV Marcelo Cunha 22 DF  POR Samuel Vivas 23 FW  USA Jordan Saint-Louis 25 DF  POR Rui Pedro 30 MF  POR Tiago Antunes 42 DF  NGA Emmanuel Iroanya 64 DF  POR Diogo Vila 80 FW  POR Tiago Ventura 88 DF  POR Eduardo Aguiar 90 FW  NGA Arome Idache 99 FW  BRA Roger Almeida

Honours

• Portuguese Third Division: 2007/08, 2010/11
• AF Porto Divisão de Honra: 2005/06

Notable former managers

• Acácio Casimiro

References

1. "Amarante Futebol Clube – ForaDeJogo – foradejogo.net". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
2. "Portugal – Table of Honor – soccerlibrary.free.fr" (PDF). Soccer Library. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
3. "Competitions – ForaDeJogo – foradejogo.net". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
4. "AF Porto". Futebol Total. Retrieved 18 June 2012.

External links

• Amarante FC (in Portuguese)