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F.C. Alverca

Futebol Clube de Alverca is a Portuguese football club based in Alverca do Ribatejo, Vila Franca de Xira. The team currently play in the Liga Portugal, the top tier of Portuguese football.

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Alverca
F.C. Alverca logo
Full nameFutebol Clube de Alverca
Founded1 September 1939 (1939-09-01)
GroundComplexo Desportivo FC Alverca,
Alverca do Ribatejo
Capacity6,932
PresidentFernando Orge
Head coachSérgio Ferreira
LeaguePrimeira Liga
2025–26Primeira Liga, 11th of 18
Websitealvercasad.pt

Futebol Clube de Alverca is a Portuguese football club based in Alverca do Ribatejo, Vila Franca de Xira. The team currently play in the Liga Portugal, the top tier of Portuguese football.

History

F.C. Alverca was founded on 1 September 1939.

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.

In 2006, Alverca re-formed, beginning at regional level in the Lisbon Football Association's District Leagues, and being promoted in 2007–08 to the first division of that category.

In 2017–18, Alverca won promotion back to the national level, as district champions.1 On 17 October 2019, Alverca won 2–0 in the third round of the Taça de Portugal against Big Three club Sporting CP, becoming only the second third-tier club in history to knock them out the cup; the other was F.C. Tirsense in 1948.2 Fellow Primeira Liga club Rio Ave F.C. beat Alverca by a single goal in the next round.3 Alex Apolinário, scorer of the first goal in the win over Sporting, died in January 2021, days after collapsing in a match for Alverca.4

In February 2025, Vinícius Júnior and his partners became co-owners of the club, acquiring between 70% and 80% of its shares for roughly €8 million to €10 million.56

In May 2025, Alverca got their back-to-back promotion to Liga Portugal.

Stadium

The club's home venue is the 6,932 capacity Complexo Desportivo do FC Alverca.7

Players

Current squad

As of 16 July 20268

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  BRA Mateus
2 DF  MAR Nabil Touaizi
3 DF  HON Julián Martínez
5 DF  ESP Sergi Gómez
6 MF  CIV Davy Gui
10 FW  POR Chiquinho
11 MF  BEL Cédric Nuozzi
12 DF  NGA Isaac James
14 DF  FRA Steven Baseya
17 MF  POR Vasco Moreira
20 FW  BRA Figueiredo
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF  GHA Sabit Abdulai
23 GK  POR André Paulo
25 FW  CIV Stéphane Diarra
31 GK  BRA Matheus Mendes
33 DF  FRA Bastien Meupiyou
35 MF  MAR Zakaria Kassary (on loan from UTS Rabat)
82 DF  POR Diogo Spencer
— GK  FRA Noah Raveyre
— MF  ITA Lucca Giuntini
— DF  ESP Toni Tamarit
— FW  FRA Marco Essimi
— FW  POR Vivaldo Semedo (on loan from Watford)

Out on loan

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
15 FW  ESP Armando Jr (at União de Leiria until 30 June 2026)
28 MF  COL Gian Cabezas (at Athletic until 31 December 2026)

Notable players

Honours

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
References

References

  1. "Alverca: reergue-se o mítico da EN10. Com lama e uma incrível história de vida" [Alverca: the legendary club from the EN10 re-emerges. With mud and an incredible life story] (in Portuguese). Bancada. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  2. "Sporting: há 70 anos que não se via uma coisa assim" [Sporting: it's been 70 years since something like this happened] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  3. "Alverca dá luta mas sai da taça" [Alverca put up a fight but go out the cup] (in Portuguese). Voz Ribatejana. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  4. Grez, Matias (8 January 2021). "Football player Alex Apolinario dies aged 24". CNN. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  5. "Vinicius Júnior vai comprar a SAD do Alverca". Record (in Portuguese). 2025-01-10. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  6. Fuentenebro, Pablo M. (2025-03-17). "Vinicius compra un club en Portugal". AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  7. "Estádio do Alverca recebe 'luz verde' da Liga". A Bola (in Portuguese). 2025-08-07. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  8. "Jogadores". Retrieved 18 November 2025.
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