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Associação Naval 1º de Maio, commonly known as Naval, is a Portuguese

Portugal

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football club based in Figueira da Foz

Figueira da Foz

Figueira da Foz , also known as Figueira for short, is a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal. It is located at the mouth of the Mondego River, 40 km west of Coimbra, and sheltered by hills ....

, Coimbra District. Founded on 1 May 1893, it currently plays in the second division

Liga de Honra

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, holding home games at Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa
Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa
Estadio Municipal Jose Bento Pessoa is a multi-use stadium in Figueira da Foz, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is home of the Naval 1º de Maio. The stadium is able to hold 10.000 people....

, with a capacity for 12,630 spectators.

Naval is one of the main teams from the Centro Region, alongside Académica de Coimbra, S.C. Beira-Mar and União de Leiria.

History

After several years in the second division

Liga de Honra

, Naval first promoted to the first level in 2005, after finishing in second position behind F.C. Paços de Ferreira. In its first season in the top flight, the club finished in 13th position, finally moving up to 12th after the resolutions on the Mateus
Mateus Galiano da Costa
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Affair, which involved Gil Vicente F.C. and C.F. Os Belenenses.

In the following three years, Naval ranked between places 11–13, also reaching the Portuguese Cup

Taça de Portugal

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quarterfinals twice. In 2009–10, former Sporting Clube de Portugal, F.C. Porto and Portugal

Portugal national football team

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great Augusto Inácio

Augusto Inácio

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led the Figueira da Foz

Figueira da Foz

team to its best season ever, an eight-place finish in the league and the semifinals

2009–10 Taça de Portugal

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of the domestic cup, a 1–3 aggregate loss against G.D. Chaves.

Naval returned to division two at the end of the 2010–11 season, after two coaching changes. Useless highlights included a 2–1 home win against S.L. Benfica and a 3–3 draw at Sporting.

Current squad

Backroom staff

Fernando Mira — Assistant manager Neca Gomes — Assistant manager Marco Leite — Fitness coach Pedro Santos — Doctor Emanuel Alves — Nurse Luís Pinto — Physiotherapist Filipe Abreu — Physiotherapist Eurico Vieira — Director of football Aprígio Santos — Chairman Carlos Beja — Vice-chairman Joaquim Parente — Vice-chairman Rui Trafaria — Financial director

Notable former players

Henrique Hilário

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Mário Sérgio

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João Fajardo

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Hugo Almeida

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Pedro Taborda

Pedro Manuel Taborda Moreira is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Associação Naval 1º de Maio as a goalkeeper.-External links:* **...

Wender

Wenderson Arruda Said

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Marcelinho

Marcelo Oliveira Silva

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Leandro Tatu

Leandro Ângelo Martins

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Fernando

Fernando Marcelo Campagnolo

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Nei Sekou Baradji

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Nicolas Godemèche

Nicolas Godemèche is a French football player currently playing for Associação Naval 1º de Maio.-External links:...

Alexandre Hauw

Alexandre Hauw is a French football player currently playing for Associação Naval 1º de Maio.-External links:...

Romuald Peiser

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Jérémy Sopalski

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Damien Tixier

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Wandeir

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Mamary Traoré

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Nabil Baha

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Hamid Rhanem

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Abiodun Agunbiade

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Managers

Ulisses Morais

Ulisses Morais is a Portuguese footballer manager.- Coaching carer :Morais started his managerial career at the age of 36 with Naval 1º de Maio, then a lower league minnow. He successfully moved on to Dragões Sandinenses, Machico, and Estoril Praia, all in the lower leagues of Portuguese football...

(1995–97, 2007–09) Guto Ferreira (2003) Toni (2003–04) Rogério Gonçalves

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(2004–05, 2006, 2010) Manuel Cajuda

Manuel Cajuda

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(2005) Álvaro Magalhães

Álvaro Magalhães

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(2005–06) Mariano Barreto

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(2006–07) Francisco Chaló (2007) Augusto Inácio

Augusto Inácio

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(2009–10) Victor Zvunka

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(2010) Carlos Mozer

Carlos Mozer

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(2011)

League and cup history

Season	Tier	Finish	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Portuguese Cup	Notes
1998–99	2	13	34	9	11	14	34	54	38	Round 4
1999–00	2	13	34	11	9	14	53	55	42	Round 5
2000–01	2	9	34	16	6	14	49	45	48	Round 3
2001–02	2	12	34	10	12	12	54	50	42	Round 4
2002–03	2	4	34	13	16	5	40	25	55	Semi-final
2003–04	2	7	34	12	10	12	46	42	46	Quarter-final
2004–05	2	2	34	17	11	6	52	30	62	Round 3	Promoted
2005–06	1	13	34	11	6	17	35	48	39	Round 4
2006–07	1	12	30	7	11	12	28	37	32	Round 4
2007–08	1	11	30	9	7	14	26	47	34	Quarter-final
2008–09	1	13	30	7	8	15	25	39	29	Quarter-final
2009–10	1	8	30	10	6	14	20	35	36	Semi-final	Best league finish
2010–11	1	16	29	5	8	16	25	49	23	Round 3	Relegated

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