Amora Futebol Clube, commonly known as simply as Amora, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Amora, Setúbal. The club was founded on 1 May 1921 and its founders were Mário de Carvalho, Guilherme Pestana, João Baptista, Julião Garcia, Tomás Alves, António Soares, Joaquim Monteiro, Oswaldo Reuter, Guilherme Reuter, Joaquim Zacarias, Leopoldo Grilo, Carlos de Azeitão, António Policia, Álvaro dos Santos, Jacinto Caixeiro, Alberto Malacato, Tomás da Cachamouca and António Manta. It currently plays at the Estádio da Medideira which also plays host to the club's reserve and youth teams.Medideira; ForaDeJogo, 24 July 2012
The club currently plays in the Liga 3. The club has played on three occasions in the Primeira Liga from 1980–81 season until the 1982–83 season. José Mourinho's father Félix led the club to the Primeira Liga for the first time in 1980.
Amora FC's football SAD was owned by Mozambican investors from 2018 to 2020. In 2020, the club's SAD for football was bought by America Soccer, a company owned by US investors who were already investing in Middlesbrough (England) and Benevento (Italy) football teams.
Appearances
Premier Division: 3 Tier 2: 2 Tier 3: 23 Tier 4: 27
Honours
Segunda Divisão Winners (2): 1979–80, 1993–94 Terceira Divisão Winners (1): 2000–01
AF Setúbal First Division Winners (4): 1953–54, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1968–69 AF Setúbal Cup Winners (1): 2011–12
League and cup history Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P CupNotes1980–811D123010515385125Round 61981–821D113061212293724Round 61982–831D15306618235518Round 3Relegated1992–932H173471017275324Quarter-finalRelegated1993–942D1341996592647Round 3Promoted1994–952H173471314304227Last SixteenRelegated1995–962DS183421319226419Round 4Relegated1996–973DS33415109463355Round 11997–983DS2341978613364Round 4Promoted1998–992D73414911494951Round 42002–032DS33817912483960Round 22003–042DS163812818466144Round 32004–052DS203851023366825Round 3Relegated2005–063DS83212713414043Round 12006–073DS3281378313146Round 22007–083DS123210517324921Round 1Relegated2008–094DS43015964729542009–104DS33018755424612010–114DS330133144244422011–124DS33018575630592012–134DS13213811465034Round 2Promoted2013–143DS2302136662966Round 22014–153DS2302391602269Round 32015–163DS2302154662368Round 12016–173DS2302154782668Round 1
Presidents Name Term 1st João Batista Cunha 1921–22 2nd António Nunes Tiago 1939–40 3rd Teodomiro Costa 1944–45 4th Efigénio Aires de Sousa 1945–46 5th António Soares Pacheco 1948–49 6th Joaquim Lizardo 1949–50 7th Joaquim Galha dos Santos 1952–53 8th Joaquim Galha dos Santos 1953–54 9th Joaquim Pinheiro 1957–58 10th Efigénio Aires de Sousa 1958–59 11th Joaquim Pinto Malta 1959–60 12th Felismino Galha dos Santos 1960–61 13th Manuel Batista de Oliveira 1961–62 14th Dr. Joaquim Mendes Gargaleiro 1963–64 15th Cesário Gomes Henriques 1964–65 16th Manuel Batista de Oliveira 1965–66 17th Fernando Afonso de Almeida Rocha 1967–68 18th Guilherme Octávio Costa Almeida 1968–69 19th Sebastião Pinheiro 1969–70 20th Joaquim Pinheiro 1970–71 21st Manuel do Nascimento 1971–72 22nd Sebastião Pinheiro 1972–73 23rd Diamantino Rodrigues Barros 1973–74 24th José Augusto Guerreiro 1974–75 25th Rui da Conceição 1975–76 26th Alfredo Correia da Silva 1976–77 27th Mário Rui da Silva Ribeiro 1977–79 28th Durives Pereira 1979–81 29th Fernando Martinho Paixão Santos 1981–85 30th Mário Rui da Silva Ribeiro 1985–96 31st Manuel Guerreiro Gonçalves 1996–99 32nd José Manuel Vicente Moreira Mendes 1999–2013 33rd Carlos Manuel da Silva Henriques 2013–201534thZuneid SidatSince 2015
Current squad
Notable players
Vítor Baptista Cafú Diamantino Miranda José Ribeiro Leonildo Soares
References
External links Official website (archived 29 July 2012) Web archive of official site Profile at ForaDeJogo