Associação Desportiva de Fafe (abbreviated as AD Fafe) is a Portuguese professional football club based in Fafe, in the district of Braga.
Background 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 Estádio Municipal de Fafe which was constructed in 1968. The stadium is able to accommodate 4,000 spectators.
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 thrice, in 1977, 1979 and 2026.
Appearances Tier 1: 1 II Divisão: 32 III Divisão: 15 Taça de Portugal: 41
Season to season SeasonLevelDivisionSectionPlaceMovements1990–91Tier 3 Segunda Divisão Série Norte2nd1991–92Tier 3 Segunda Divisão Série Norte5th1992–93Tier 3 Segunda Divisão Série Norte3rd1993–94Tier 3 Segunda Divisão Série Norte11th1994–95Tier 3 Segunda Divisão Série Norte16thRelegated1995–96Tier 4 Terceira Divisão Série A1stPromoted1996–97Tier 3 Segunda Divisão Série Norte14thRelegated1997–98Tier 4 Terceira Divisão Série A1stPromoted1998–99Tier 3 Segunda Divisão Série Norte3rd1999–2000Tier 3 Segunda Divisão Série Norte8th2000–01Tier 3 Segunda Divisão Série Norte20thRelegated2001–02Tier 4 Terceira Divisão Série A2ndPromoted2002–03Tier 3 Segunda Divisão Série Norte11th2003–04Tier 3 Segunda Divisão Série Norte12th2004–05Tier 3 Segunda Divisão Série Norte9th2005–06Tier 3 Segunda Divisão Série A5th2006–07Tier 3Segunda DivisãoSerie A6th2007–08Tier 3 Segunda Divisão Série A – 1ª Fase11thTier 3 Segunda Divisão Série A – Sub-Série A13rdRelegated2008–09Tier 4 Terceira Divisão Série A – 1ª Fase5th Promotion GroupTier 4 Terceira Divisão Série A Fase Final4th 2009–10Tier 4 Terceira Divisão Série B – 1ª Fase4th Promotion GroupTier 4 Terceira Divisão Série B Fase Final2ndPromoted2010–11Tier 3 Segunda Divisão Série Norte4th 2011–12Tier 3 Segunda Divisão Série Norte2nd
Point total history
{|class="wikitable" ! Divisions/Leagues ! Pl. ! W ! T ! L ! GS ! GL ! Pts. |- |align=center|1.ª Liga / Divisão |align=center bgcolor=silver|38 |align=center|9||align=center|14||align=center|15||align=center|29 |align=center|47||align=center|32 |- |align=center|2.ª Liga / Honra |align=center bgcolor=silver|0 |align=center|0||align=center|0||align=center|0||align=center|0 |align=center|0||align=center|0 |- |align=center|2.ª Divisão |align=center bgcolor=silver|114 |align=center|435||align=center|329||align=center|350||align=center|? |align=center|?||align=center|1301 |- |align=center|3.ª Divisão |align=center bgcolor=silver|318 |align=center|152||align=center|89||align=center|63||align=center|? |align=center|?||align=center|460
Honours Terceira Divisão Champions (1): 1995–96
Current squad
Out on loan
Notable players Rui Costa
Chairmen Year(s) Chairman1958Rogério Rodrigues de Brito1959–1960Dr. Amadeu João Plácido da Silva e Castro1960–1961Albino Pereira Fernandes1962–1967Dr. António Marques Mendes1967–1968Ângelo Salgado Medon1968–1970Dr. António Marques Mendes1970Eng. Mário Samuel Hercílio Valente1971Dr. José Manuel Ribeiro Cardoso1972–1974Damião Monteiro1974–1976Eng. Mário Samuel Hercílio Valente1976–1982Moisés Teixeira1982–1984Eng. Mário Samuel Hercílio Valente1984–1986José de Barros1986–1992João Carlos Costa Freitas1992Comissão Administrativa1992–1994António Augusto Oliveira Nogueira1994 Doutor Armindo Magalhães1994Comissão Administrativa1995–1998Álvaro Moreira Mendes1998–2002António Lopes Silva2002–2003Dr. Carlos Alberto Martins Gonçalves2003–2004Comissão de Gestão2005–2013 (14 junho)Albino Salgado Pereira2013 (14 junho)–?Jorge Fernandes (Comissão de Gestão)2015–2019Jorge Fernandes
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