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Futebol Clube de Alverca is a Portuguese

Portugal

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football club based in Alverca do Ribatejo

Alverca do Ribatejo

Alverca do Ribatejo is a city and a parish in Vila Franca de Xira Municipality in Portugal. It covers an area of 17.89 km² and had a population of 29,086 as of 2001. It was promoted to city status in 1990. It is a city and a suburb near the Tagus River , in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area...

, Vila Franca de Xira

Vila Franca de Xira

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, Lisbon

Lisbon

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. Founded on 1 September 1939, it currently plays in the Lisbon District Championships.

History

After many decades in the lower levels of Portuguese football, Alverca was promoted to the top level

Portuguese Liga

The Primeira Liga , formerly called Primeira Divisão, currently named Liga ZON Sagres after their main sponsors, is the top professional association football division of the Portuguese football league system...

in 1998, and played there in four of the next five editions, also coming back for 2003–04, which also ended in relegation

Liga de Honra

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; during most of this time, the club acted as feeder club

Farm team

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to national giants S.L. Benfica.

Alverca played one more year in level two, before folding for financial reasons, in 2005. The following year, the club was re-formed, beginning at regional level, and promoting in 2007–08 to the first division of that category.

League and cup history

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

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