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Estrela da Amadora

Full name	Clube de Futebol Estrela da Amadora
Nickname(s)	Os Tricolor (The Tricolours) Estrela (Star)
Founded	1932
Ground	Estádio José Gomes, Amadora (Capacity: 9,288)
Chairman	António Oliveira
Manager	Raul Silva
League	Liga Sagres
2008-09	Liga Sagres, 7th
Home colours Away colours

Clube de Futebol Estrela da Amadora (Portuguese pronunciation: [(ɨ)ʃˈtɾelɐ dɐ ɐmɐˈdoɾɐ]), or Estrela, is a Portuguese sports club (prominently football) based on Amadora, northwest of Lisbon. Founded in 1932, it currently plays in the Portuguese second division, holding home games at the Estádio José Gomes.

History

While never a contender to the place of third most important club in the Lisbon Football Association, Estrela da Amadora (translated "Amadora Star") won a Cup of Portugal in 1990 and one Portuguese Second Division title in 1992-93. Within their 12 completed seasons at top flight football, their best season was in 1997-98, when they finished seventh.

After winning the cup in 1990, the club reached the second round of the Cup Winners' Cup. In the following decades, Estrela maintained its first division status in most seasons. In 2008-09, however, amidst serious financial difficulties, it was relegated even though it finished the campaign in mid-table.

Current Squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Nélson 4 DF Nuno André Coelho 7 MF Pedro Pereira 8 MF Jardel 10 MF Monteiro 11 MF Celsinho 13 MF José Vidigal 14 MF Marco Paulo 15 FW Rui Varela 16 DF Vítor Vinha

No. Position Player 17 FW Adul 18 DF Nélson Pedroso 23 MF Marcelo 24 GK André Marques 25 DF Hugo Gomes 26 MF Celestino 28 MF Marcelo 29 FW Silvestre Varela 32 MF Vítor Moreno 77 GK Filipe Mendes

Notable Former Players

• Mauro Almeida
• Henrique Hilário
• Paulo Bento
• Abel Xavier
• Miguel
• Jorge Andrade
• Nélson
• Tiago Gomes
• Rui Duarte
• José Calado
• Carlos Chaínho
• António Semedo
• Álvaro Magalhães
• Silvestre Varela
• António Mendonça
• Maximiliano Estévez
• Celsinho
• Fernando
• Roberto Assis
• Tomislav Ivković
• Anthony da Silva
• Moses Sakyi
• Richard Daddy Owobokiri
• Leonson Lewis
• Luis Aguiar

Former Coaches

• Lito Vidigal
• Daúto Faquirá
• António Conceição
• Miguel Quaresma
• Jorge Jesus
• Carlos Brito

Honours

• Second Division: 1992-93
• Portuguese Cup: 1989-90

Kit

Estrela's kit is white with the shirt split with three colours (hence the nickname 'the tricolours'). Left side is red, the middle is white and the right green, with the shorts and socks white. Estrela is sponsored by Portuguese brand Tepa and Cofidis.

In 2005, the team decided to change the club's kit to traditional white copying the badge and taking away the old red, green and white striped kit.

Facts

• Estrela has 6500 registered paying supporters, a lot for a club with a small stadium.

Europe

• Cup Winners' Cup 1990/91
• 19/09 Estrela Amadora 1-1 Neuchâtel Xamax
• 03/10 Neuchâtel Xamax 1-1 Estrela Amadora
• 24/10 RFC Liège 2-0 Estrela Amadora
• 07/11 Estrela Amadora 1-0 RFC Liège

League And cup History

The club is currently in its 14th presence at the top level of Portuguese football.

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Portuguese Cup	Notes
1988-1989	1D	8	38	13	13	12	33	41	39
1989-1990	1D	13	34	10	8	16	35	34	28	Winner
1990-1991	1D	18	38	9	14	15	37	46	32
1991-1992	2H	11	34	10	13	11	30	35	33
1992-1993	2H	1	34	17	14	3	59	28	48		Promoted
1993-1994	1D	9	34	9	15	10	39	36	33
1994-1995	1D	15	34	6	14	14	27	40	26
1995-1996	1D	11	34	7	4	3	35	50	35
1996-1997	1D	9	34	12	11	11	39	38	47
1997-1998	1D	7	34	14	8	12	42	41	50		Best Classification Ever
1998-1999	1D	8	34	11	12	11	33	40	45
1999-2000	1D	8	34	10	15	9	40	35	45
2000-2001	1D	18	34	4	7	23	30	57	19		Relegated
2001-2002	2H	4	34	16	9	9	44	38	57
2002-2003	2H	3	34	15	12	7	42	32	57		Promoted
2003-2004	1D	18	34	4	5	25	22	74	17		Relegated
2004-2005	2H	3	34	17	9	8	47	30	60	Semi Final	Promoted
2005-2006	1D	9	34	12	9	13	31	33	45	Round 6
2006-2007	1D	10	30	9	8	13	23	36	35	Round 4
2007-2008	1D	13	30	6	13	11	29	41	31	Quarter final
2008-2009	1D	11	30	8	10	12	26	38	34	Semi final	relegated

External links

• Official site (Portuguese)
• Detailed up-to-date club news
• Fansite (Portuguese)
• FootballLineups formations