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F.C. Alverca

Portuguese football club

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Alverca do Ribatejo, Portugal
capacity	6,900
chairman	Fernando Orge
chrtitle	President
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manager	Custódio Castro
league	Liga Portugal
season	2024–25
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Alverca do Ribatejo, Portugal| 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

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. 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. Fellow Primeira Liga club Rio Ave F.C. beat Alverca by a single goal in the next round. Alex Apolinário, scorer of the first goal in the win over Sporting, died in January 2021, days after collapsing in a match for Alverca.

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.

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

Stadium

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

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Honours

Liga Portugal 2
- Runners-up (1): 2024–25
Liga 3
- Champions (1): 2023–24

League and cup history

Season	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup
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
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
2002–03	2H	2	34	16	12	6	47	24	60
2003–04	1D	16	34	10	5	19	33	49	35
2004–05	2H	13	34	11	6	17	26	38	39

References

(4 June 2018). "Alverca: reergue-se o mítico da EN10. Com lama e uma incrível história de vida". Bancada.
(18 October 2019). "Sporting: há 70 anos que não se via uma coisa assim". [[TVI 24]].
(24 November 2019). "Alverca dá luta mas sai da taça". Voz Ribatejana.
(8 January 2021). "Football player Alex Apolinario dies aged 24". [[CNN]].
(2025-01-10). "Vinicius Júnior vai comprar a SAD do Alverca". Record.
Fuentenebro, Pablo M.. (2025-03-17). "Vinicius compra un club en Portugal". AS.
(2025-08-07). "Estádio do Alverca recebe 'luz verde' da Liga".
"Jogadores".

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