Estrela da Amadora
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| Full name | Clube de Futebol Estrela da Amadora |
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| Nickname(s) |
Os Tricolor (The Tricolours) Estrela (Star) |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Dissolved | 2011 |
| Ground | Estádio José Gomes |
| Capacity | 9,288 |
| 2009–10 | Portuguese Second Division, 10th |
Clube de Futebol Estrela da Amadora (Portuguese pronunciation: [(ɨ)ʃˈtɾelɐ ðɐ ɐmɐˈðoɾɐ]), sometimes just Estrela, is a Portuguese sports club (prominently football) based in Amadora, northwest of Lisbon.
Founded in 1932, its football team last played in the third division, holding home games at Estádio José Gomes.
While never a contender to the place of the third-most important club in the Lisbon Football Association, Estrela da Amadora won a Cup of Portugal in 1990 and one second division championship in 1992–93. In 16 seasons in top flight football – eight consecutive – its best season was in 1997–98, when the team finished in seventh position, under the guidance of Fernando Santos.
After winning the cup in 1990, Estrela reached the second round in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. In the following decades, the team maintained its first division status in most seasons. In 2008–09, however, amidst serious financial difficulties, it was (twice) relegated even though it finished the campaign in mid-table.
Coach António Veloso only managed to lead Amadora to the tenth position in the third level in the 2009–10 season. Subsequently, as the club's dreadful economic situation persisted – which led to a two-year suspension from all activity by the Portuguese Football Federation – it folded, remaining active in youth competitions.
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