Associação de Futebol de Aveiro

Abbreviation	AF Aveiro
Formation	1924
Purpose	District Football Association
Headquarters	Quinta do Simão – Esgueira
Location	Apartado 722 – 3812Aveiro Portugal
President	Arménio Pinho
Website	afaveiro.pt

TheAssociação de Futebol de Aveiro(Aveiro Football Association) is one of the 22District Football Associations that are affiliated to thePortuguese Football Federation. The AF Aveiro administers lower tierfootball in thedistrict of Aveiro.^[1]

Associação de Futebol de Aveiro, commonly referred to asAF Aveiro, is the governing body for football in thedistrict of Aveiro which covers the 19 municipalities of Anadia, Albergaria a Velha, Agueda, Aveiro, Arouca, Castelo Paiva, Espinho, Estarreja, Oliveira Azemeis, Oliveira Bairro, Ovar, Mealhada, Murtosa, Ilhavo, Sever do Vouga, São João Madeira, Santa Maria da Feira, Vagos and Vale de Cambra. The Football Association is based inAveiro. The Association's President for the 2015-2019 quadrennium, is Arménio Pinho elected in May 2015.^[2]

The organisation was established on 22 September 1924 at the initiative of a distinguished group of leaders led by Mario Duarte.

The early clubs included:

• Associação Desportiva Ovarense
• Associação Desportiva Sanjoanense
• Clube dos Galitos (Aveiro)
• Fogueirese Foot Ball Clube
• Paços Brandão Foot Ball Clube
• Sociedade Recreio Artístico (Aveiro)
• Sport Clube Anadia
• Sport Clube Beira-Mar
• Sporting Clube Bustelo
• Sporting Clube Espinho
• Sporting Clube Oliveirense
• União Desportiva Oliveirense

The first formal meeting of the Board was held on 14 November 1924.^[3]

Several Aveiro clubs compete in the four national levels of thePortuguese football league system in competitions run by thePortuguese League for Professional Football (Primeira Liga/Liga NOS ,Segunda Liga),Liga 3 andPortuguese Football Federation (Campeonato Nacional de Seniores).

In the 2025/26 season,FC Arouca play in the Primeira Liga, whileCD Feirense ,UD Oliveirense andLusitânia Futebol Clube compete in the Segunda Liga.

Below theCampeonato Nacional de Seniores the competitions are organised at a district level (known in Portuguese asDistritais) with eachDistrict Association organising its competitions according to geographical and other factors.

The AF Aveiro runs several league competitions with the Elite Divisão being at the fifth level of the league system. 1ª Divisão the sixth, and 2ª Divisão the seventh for men's senior football.

In more general terms the AF Aveiro currently organises District Championships for football and Futsal for men and women for all age groups including Senior, Junior, Youth, Beginners, Infants and Schools.^{[citation needed]}

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AF Aveiro organizes the following divisions covering the fifth, sixth, and seventh tiers of thePortuguese football league system.

Other clubs that have competed in theDistritais since the 1992/93 season include:

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Titles

• SC Espinho - 10
• AD Ovarense - 5
• AD Sanjoanense - 3
• SC Beira-Mar - 2
• CF União de Lamas - 2
• UD Oliveirense - 1

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Footnote

• 1-10 games inPortuguese Cup. *
• 11-100 games inPortuguese Cup. * *
• 101+ games inPortuguese Cup. * * *

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