AD Fafe

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AD Fafe

Full name	Associação Desportiva de Fafe
Founded	1958; 66 years ago (1958)
Ground	Parque Municipal dos Desportos Fafe Portugal
Capacity	4,000
Chairman	Jorge Fernandes
Manager	Luís Pinto
League	Liga 3
2022–23	Liga 3 Serie A, 9th (First stage) Serie 1, 2nd (Relegation Stage)
Website	http://www.adfafe.pt
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Associação Desportiva de Fafe (abbreviated as AD Fafe) is a Portuguese professional football club based in Fafe, in the district of Braga.^[1]

AD Fafe currently plays in the Campeonato Nacional de Seniores – Série A which is the third tier of Portuguese football. The club was founded in 1958 as a merger of SC Fafe and FC Fafe and they play their home matches at the Parque Municipal dos Desportos in Fafe which was constructed in 1968. The stadium is able to accommodate 4,000 spectators.^[2]

Improved facilities off the pitch were matched by better performances on the pitch and the club successively moved up divisions. Just as the club was celebrating its 30th anniversary, it achieved a first ever first division promotion after finishing runner-up in the second division, in 1987–88.

In the subsequent top flight campaign, Fafe finished 16th and was immediately relegated, but did manage a shock 0–0 draw at F.C. Porto. In 1990–91's second division, the club managed to sign 18-year-old Rui Costa (on loan from S.L. Benfica), who managed 38 games with 6 goals before "returning home".

The next few years were tough because Fafe dropped down two divisions in a couple of years, managing promotion from the fourth level to the third in 1996, where they remained for over a decade. In 2007–08, under manager Carlos Condeço the club finished 11th.

The club is affiliated to Associação de Futebol de Braga and has entered the national cup competition known as Taça de Portugal on many occasions, reaching the semifinals twice, in 1977 and 1979.^[1][3]

• Tier 1: 1
• II Divisão: 32
• III Divisão: 15
• Taça de Portugal: 41

^[4][5][6]

Divisions/Leagues	Pl.	W	T	L	GS	GL	Pts.
1.ª Liga / Divisão	38	9	14	15	29	47	32
2.ª Liga / Honra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2.ª Divisão	114	435	329	350	?	?	1301
3.ª Divisão	318	152	89	63	?	?	460

• Terceira Divisão
  • Champions (1): 1995–96

As of 28 August 2024^[7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  POR Francisco Enes 2 DF  POR Bruno Sousa 3 DF  BRA Guilherme Silva 4 DF  POR Leandro Teixeira 5 DF  POR Nandinho 6 MF  BRA Lucas Vital 7 FW  POR Tiago Leite 8 MF  POR Vasco Braga 9 FW  JPN Reoto Kodama 10 FW  POR Pedro Matos 11 FW  ANG Picas 12 FW  BRA Edson Paraíba

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 DF  POR João Vigário 17 MF  POR Rúben Gonçalves 18 FW  POR Pedro Ribeiro 20 MF  POR João Amorim 21 DF  POR Miguel Pereira 26 DF  POR João Batista 36 MF  POR Filipe Cardoso 44 DF  POR Bruno Morais 79 GK  POR Luís Ferreira 88 FW  ANG Érico Castro 89 GK  POR Carlos Alves

• Official website (in Portuguese)