S.C. Angrense
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| Full name | Sport Club Angrense |
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| Founded | 22 November 1929 |
| Ground | Municipal Field of Angra do Heroísmo |
| Capacity | 2000 |
| Presidente Assembleia | Miguel da Cunha Pacheco Ribeiro de Borba |
| Coach | Eduardo Almeida |
| League | Campeonato de Portugal |
| 2015–16 | Promotion groups, South zone, 7th |
| Website | Club home page |
Sport Clube Angrense (also abbreviated as S.C. Angrense) is a multi-disciplinary sports club, located in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, on the island of Terceira, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The S.C. Angrense soccer team plays in the Campeonato de Portugal.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
The origins of the Sport Club have their origin in the beginning of the 20th century, when its football players first played with a ball that arrived from England, in the fields of Relvão, alongside the Bay of Angra near the walls of the Fort of São João Baptista. The first teams that developed in Terceira were unorganized, but slowly developed into a formal union of teams, leading to the creation of the Associação de Foot-Ball de Angra do Heroísmo on 4 August 1921. At that time the União Desportiva dos Empregados do Comércio (Sporting Union of Commercial Workers), one of the oldest football clubs on Terceira, that would form the nucleus of Sport Club Angrense. In the beginning this group only accepted enthusiasts linked with commerce, but later accepted a series of players who had difficulty in being recruited by other teams.
The growth in the interest in organized football increased markedly, resulting in the construction of the Campo de Jogos de Angra do Heroísmo (Angra do Heroísmo Game Field), inaugurated on 24 June 1924.
But, due to disagreements on the direction of the club, the Commercial Workers Union was dissolved, resulting in the appearance of several new teams, that included Club Desportivo Angrense (Angrense Sports Club), known locally as Os Caveiras (the skulls), and Sporting Club da Terceira.
For many of its early years, the Terceira Sporting Club just practised physical education, with its seat in the old Convent of Graca, in Alto das Covas. On 22 November 1929, through the initiative of the members of the Terceira Sporting Club, these clubs merged to form Sport Club Angrense. Officially, the club was organized on 1 December 1929, and approved by the Governor of the Autonomous District of Angra do Heroísmo (on 16 January 1942). A letter from the Administrative Council, signed by President Lieutenant Gil Gonçalves and dated 2 December 1929, was published in the weekly publication A Pátria (14 December 1929) to the creation of the new club.
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