F.C. Alverca

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Alverca
F.C. Alverca logo
Full nameFutebol Clube de Alverca
Founded1 September 1939; 86 years ago (1939-09-01)
GroundComplexo Desportivo FC Alverca,
Alverca do Ribatejo, Portugal
Capacity6,900
PresidentFernando Orge
Head coachCustódio Castro
LeagueLiga Portugal
2024–25Liga Portugal 2, 2nd of 18 (promoted)

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

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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.[5][6]

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

Stadium

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The club's home venue is the 6,900 capacity Complexo Desportivo do FC Alverca.[7]

Players

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Current squad

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As of 17 November 2025[8]

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
4 DF  BRA Naves (on loan from Palmeiras)
5 DF  ESP Sergi Gómez
6 MF File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg CIV Davy Gui
7 FW  BRA Léo Chú
8 MF  BRA Alex Amorim
9 FW  SRB Marko Milovanović (on loan from Almería)
10 FW  POR Chiquinho
11 MF  BEL Cédric Nuozzi
12 DF File:Flag of Nigeria.svg NGA Isaac James
13 GK  POR André Gomes (on loan from Benfica)
14 DF  FRA Steven Baseya
15 DF  BEL Ikker Julian
16 MF  ESP Tomás Mendes (on loan from Alavés)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  BRA Lincoln
19 FW  POR Tiago Leite
20 FW  BRA Figueiredo
21 MF  GHA Sabit Abdulai
22 DF  POR Gonçalo Esteves (on loan from Udinese)
23 GK  POR André Paulo
25 FW File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg CIV Stéphane Diarra
28 MF  COL Gian Cabezas
31 GK  BRA Matheus Mendes
33 DF  FRA Bastien Meupiyou
37 DF  BRA Kauan Gomes
55 DF  POR Francisco Chissumba (on loan from Braga)
78 DF  SEN Lamine N'Diaye
88 FW  POR Diogo Martins
91 FW  BRA Sandro Lima

Out on loan

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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
— FW  ESP Junior Mendes (at União de Leiria until 30 June 2026)

Honours

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League and cup history

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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

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