C.F. Estrela da Amadora

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Estrela da Amadora
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Full nameClub Football Estrela da Amadora
Nickname(s)Tricolores (The Tricolours)
Estrela (Star)
Founded2020 (original club was founded in 1932, the first of the mergers was founded in 2011)
GroundEstádio José Gomes
Capacity9,288
Head coach
LeagueLiga Portugal 2
2020–21Campeonato de Portugal, 1st (promoted)

Club Football Estrela da Amadora (Portuguese pronunciation: [(ɨ)ʃˈtɾelɐ ðɐ ɐmɐˈðoɾɐ]), sometimes just Estrela, is a Portuguese sports club (predominantly football) based in Amadora, northwest of Lisbon.

It's the successor of Clube de Futebol Estrela da Amadora, founded in 1932 and extinct in 2011 due to financial problems and bankruptcy.[1]

The club was newly founded in 2020, when Clube Desportivo Estrela merged with and taking the place of that team in the third-tier Campeonato de Portugal.[2] C.F. Estrela da Amadora plays at Estádio José Gomes.

History[]

The current club was founded in the summer of 2020, after a merger between Clube Desportivo Estrela and Club Sintra Football. Instead of Clube de Futebol Estrela da Amadora, the club is officially named Club Football Estrela da Amadora and André Geraldes was designated as the President.[2][3]

The club didn't took the honours of any of its predecessors (Clube de Futebol Estrela da Amadora, Clube Desportivo Estrela and Club Sintra Football), being effectively a new club.

After Clube de Futebol Estrela da Amadora closed its doors in 2011,[1] a group of supporters founded Clube Desportivo Estrela, keeping the legacy, youth teams and other sports of the original club.[4]

In 2018, CD Estrela created a senior football team, playing in the Lisbon Football Association regional championships.[5] But in 2020, the club's members voted 92% in favour in July 2020 of a merger with , taking that team's place in the third-tier Campeonato de Portugal. A Sociedade Anónima Desportiva was formed, branded as Club Football Estrela da Amadora and with André Geraldes being the President. The original Clube de Futebol Estrela da Amadora emblem was taken.[2][3] The club's first season ended with promotion, despite losing the play-off final 1–0 to C.D. Trofense.[6]

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 22 July 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Portugal POR Nuno Hidalgo
2 DF Mali MLI Mamadou Traoré
4 DF Portugal POR Gonçalo Maria
5 DF Portugal POR André Duarte
6 MF Portugal POR Latón
7 FW Portugal POR Paulinho
8 MF Portugal POR Reko Silva (on loan from Portimonense)
9 FW Brazil BRA Fabrício Simões
10 MF Portugal POR Xavi
11 MF Portugal POR Diogo Pinto
12 GK Portugal POR Vítor São Bento
13 DF Portugal POR Tiago Melo
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Guinea-Bissau GNB Horácio Jau
16 MF Brazil BRA Aloísio
22 DF Portugal POR Edu Duarte
24 DF Guinea-Bissau GNB Mamadu Candé
29 FW Uganda UGA Edrisa Lubega (on loan from Paide Linnameeskond)
32 MF Argentina ARG Chapi Romano
33 MF Brazil BRA Miranda
35 DF Portugal POR Sérgio Conceição
55 DF Brazil BRA Matheus Dantas
70 FW Portugal POR Miguel Rosa
77 FW Portugal POR Leandro Tipote
99 GK Portugal POR Gonçalo Tabuaço

Out on loan[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Portugal POR João Costa (on loan at Loures)
No. Pos. Nation Player

League and Cup history[]

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Portuguese Cup Portuguese League Cup Notes
2020–21 CP 2 58 38 14 6 86 34 53 (regular phase) Round of 16 N/A Promoted
2021–22 2D 2nd round

Kit[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Estrela da Amadora fecha portas" [Estrela da Amadora closes its doors]. RTP (in Portuguese). 1 March 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Almeida, Isaura (11 July 2020). "O Estrela da Amadora está de volta" [Estrela da Amadora is back]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Estrela da Amadora ganha uma nova vida: fusão com Sintra Football aprovada, subida ao terceiro escalão e recompra do José Gomes" [Estrela da Amadora gains a new life: merger with Sintra Football approved, promotion to the third tier and repurchase of José Gomes]. Observador (in Portuguese). 11 July 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Nasceu o Clube Desportivo Estrela, em memória do E. Amadora" [Clube Desportivo Estrela was born, in memory of E. Amadora]. MaisFutebol (in Portuguese). 31 March 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  5. ^ Pereira, David (19 October 2018). "O futebol está de volta à Amadora. A segunda vida do Estrela" [Football is back in Amadora. The second life of Estrela]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Trofense derrota Estrela da Amadora e conquista Campeonato de Portugal" [Trofense defeat Estrela da Amadora and win the Campeonato de Portugal]. Record (in Portuguese). 6 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
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