Imortal Desportivo Clube (abbreviated as Imortal DC and colloquially known as Imortal de Albufeira) is a Portuguese sports club centered around a football club based in the city of Albufeira, in the Portuguese region of Algarve. Imortal has also a quite noteworthy basketball team which has played in the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol, the top play tier in professional basketball in Portugal.
Background Imortal DC currently plays in Campeonato de Portugal which is now the fourth tier of the Portuguese football league system since a new league (Liga 3) was created in 2021. They finished 1st of the Algarve FA regional league in the 2020–2021 season as the league came to an end due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the team with most points (Imortal DC at the time) was promoted to the Campeonato de Portugal. The club was founded in 1920 and they play their home matches at the Estádio Municipal de Albufeira in Albufeira. The club's main achievement was winning the Segunda Divisão Série Sul in 1998–99. This was followed by their highest league placing in 1999–2000 when they finished in 15th place in the Liga de Honra. Their second season in tier 2 in 2000–01 resulted in relegation and then followed a period of decline, including the withdrawal of a main sponsor, which culminated in them playing in AF Algarve 2ª Divisão, the sixth tier of Portuguese football, in 2008–09.
The club is affiliated to Associação de Futebol do Algarve and also competes in the AF Algarve Taça – The Algarve Cup. They reached the final in 2008–2009 while still in the 2ª Divisão. The club has also entered the national cup competition known as Taça de Portugal on many occasions.
The club has fairly successful teams at U-19 and U-17 level, as well as teams in lower age groups and small side football for the youngest boys – there are no women's or girls teams.
Fixtures and results can be found at the Algarve FA website. Most first team matches are played on Sundays at 3pm or 5 pm. The season begins at the end of September and ends in mid-May with the Algarve Cup Final.
Players Current squad
Season to season SeasonLevelDivisionSectionPlaceMovements1990–91Tier 4 Terceira Divisão Série F2ndPromoted1991–92Tier 3Segunda DivisãoSérie Sul16thRelegated1992–93Tier 4 Terceira Divisão Série F13th1993–94Tier 4 Terceira Divisão Série F8th1994–95Tier 4 Terceira Divisão Série F4th1995–96Tier 4 Terceira Divisão Série F2ndPromoted1996–97Tier 3Segunda DivisãoSérie Sul10th1997–98Tier 3Segunda DivisãoSérie Sul9th1998–99Tier 3Segunda DivisãoSérie Sul1stPromoted1999–2000Tier 2Liga de Honra 15th2000–01Tier 2Liga de Honra 17thRelegated2001–02Tier 3Segunda DivisãoSérie Sul10th2002–03Tier 3Segunda DivisãoSérie Sul16thRelegated2003–04Tier 4 Terceira Divisão Série F3rd2004–05Tier 4 Terceira Divisão Série F2ndPromoted2005–06Tier 3Segunda DivisãoSérie D9th2006–07Tier 3Segunda DivisãoSérie D12thRelegated2007–08Tier 4 Terceira Divisão Série F – 1ª Fase13thRelegation GroupTier 4 Terceira Divisão Série F – Sub-Série F14th Relegated2008–09Tier 6 Distritais AF Algarve – 2ª Divisão4thPromoted2009–10Tier 5 Distritais AF Algarve – 1ª Divisão13th 2010–11Tier 5 Distritais AF Algarve – 1ª Divisão13th2011–12Tier 5 Distritais AF Algarve – 1ª Divisão7th2012–13Tier 5 Distritais AF Algarve – 1ª Divisão2nd2013–14Tier 4 Distritais AF Algarve – 1ª Divisão3rd2014–15Tier 4 Distritais AF Algarve – 1ª Divisão11th2015-16Tier 4 Distritais AF Algarve – 1ª Divisão8th2016-17Tier 4 Distritais AF Algarve – 1ª Divisão8thFormat changed to 12 teams in two phases2017-18Tier 4 Distritais AF Algarve – 1ª Divisãoin progress
Honours Portuguese Second Division Champions (1): 1998–99 (Série Sul)
Notable players
Calita Eldon Maquemba Vali Gasimov Detinho Jean Paulista René Rivas Lito Pelé Dossa Júnior Israel Castro Abdoul Salam Sow Chiquinho Conde Chiquinho Tiago Ilori Hélder Lourenço João Paulo Paulo Torres Vítor Valente
Notable coaches Iosif Fabian Ricardo Formosinho Paco Fortes Nikola Spasov
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