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| Full name | Futebol Clube Maia Lidador | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | F.C. Maia Lidador | ||
| Founded | 2009 | ||
| Ground | Dr. José Vieira de Carvalho, Maia, Portugal | ||
| Capacity | 12,000 | ||
| Chairman | António Fernando Oliveira e Silva | ||
| Head Coach | Márcio Paiva | ||
| League | AF Porto – Liga Pro | ||
| 2023-24 | 3rd | ||
| Website | fcmaialidador.pt | ||
Maia Lidador is a Portuguese football club based inMaia,Porto Metropolitan Area. Founded in 2009, it is the successor of the now-extinctF.C. Maia,[1] and until now, it has only played in regional divisions. The club holds home matches at theEstádio Municipal Dr. José Vieira de Carvalho, with a capacity for 12,000 spectators.[citation needed]
F.C. Maia was definitively dissolved in 2011 due to financial problems, having played its last competitive senior season in 2008/09. In 2009, F.C. Maia Lidador was founded,[1] honoring in its name Gonçalo Mendes da Maia «O Lidador», the greatest historical figure of the Maia municipality.[2]
After F.C. Maia was excluded from III Divisão in 2008–09 due to serious financial problems,[3] the new club made its debut in the 2009–10 season in the 2nd Division of theA.F. Porto. The team was promoted in its first year and spent the next three seasons in the second tier of district football before being promoted as champions of the 1st Division of the Porto Football Association in the 2012–13 season.
Since the 2013–14 season, F.C. Maia Lidador has competed in the top tier of district football in Porto, currently known as Hyundai Liga Pro due to sponsorship reasons.[4] It is a regular top-five club, with ambitions to rise to the national championships.[citation needed]
| Season | Level | Division | Section | Place | Movements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–19 | Tier 4 | A.F. Porto Pró-Nacional | Série 1 | 9th | |
| 2019–20 | Tier 4 | A.F. Porto Pró-Nacional | Série 1 | 3rd | |
| 2020–21 | Tier 4 | A.F. Porto Pró-Nacional | Série 1 | 3rd | |
| 2021–22 | Tier 5[Note 1] | A.F. Porto Pró-Nacional | Série 1 | 5th | |
| 2022–23 | Tier 5 | A.F. Porto Pró-Nacional | Série 1 | 4th | |
| 2023–24 | Tier 5 | A.F. Porto Pró-Nacional | Série 1 | 3rd |
O FC Maia desapareceu em definitivo em 2011 devido aos problemas financeiros, mas, antes da sua extinção, já fora criado em 2009 o seu sucessor: o FC Maia Lidador.[FC Maia disappeared permanently in 2011 due to financial problems, but before its extinction, its successor, FC Maia Lidador, was already created in 2009.]
O objeto futebol O nome da terra onde existe – o Município da Maia O nome da maior figura histórica do Município: Gonçalo Mendes da Maia «O Lidador»[The object: football. The name of the place where it exists – the Municipality of Maia. The name of the greatest historical figure of the Municipality: Gonçalo Mendes da Maia «O Lidador».]
