C.D. Aves

Desportivo das Aves

Full name	Clube Desportivo das Aves
Founded	12 November 1930
Ground	Estádio do Clube Desportivo das Aves, Vila das Aves (Capacity: 10,250)
Chairman	Joaquim Pereira
Manager	Manuel Gonçalves Gomes
League	Liga de Honra
2008–09	11th
Home colours Away colours

Clube Desportivo das Aves (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈklub(ɨ) dɨʃpuɾˈtivu dɐʃ ˈavɨʃ]), known simply as Desportivo das Aves or just Aves, is a Portuguese football club from Vila das Aves. It currently plays in the second tier Liga de Honra, after finishing last in the 2006–07 top-flight Portuguese Liga season.

The club's official supporter groups is the Força Avense.

Stadium

Desportivo das Aves plays at the Estádio do Clube Desportivo das Aves in Vila das Aves, Santo Tirso. The stadium was inaugurated on 8 December 1981 and it's considered one of the best maintained in Europe. It underwent many renovations, especially in the year 2000, when Desportivo das Aves reached the Portuguese first division. When the stadium was built, there were 12,500 seats available, but it currently seats only 7,000 after the club decided to remove chairs.

The Estádio do Clube Desportivo das Aves was one of the training grounds of the French national team during the UEFA Euro 2004, which was played in Portugal.

Due to its small seating capacity, games at this stadium can be very intense with fan groups like Força Avense, which are very passionate about the team, and whose chants can be heard throughout the stadium.

Sports Club

The club also has football schools for junior players and two futsal teams for both men and women as well as a very successful footballing trial system.

Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Pedro Fernandes 2 DF Tiago Valente 3 DF Henrique 4 DF Sérgio Carvalho 5 DF Sérgio Nunes 6 MF Pedro Pereira 7 MF Luciano 8 MF Vinicius 9 FW Diego Mourão 10 MF Ricardo Nascimento 11 FW Xano 13 GK Rui Faria 14 MF Leandro

No. Position Player 15 MF Luísinho 16 MF Grosso 17 MF Hugo Dias 18 DF Pedro Geraldo 19 FW João Silva 20 FW Vítor Hugo 21 FW Uederson 23 DF Filipe Babo 24 MF André Carvalho 25 MF Jorge Duarte 30 MF Éder Diego 33 GK Hugo Ferreira 88 MF Júlio Martins

Notable Former Players

• Raul Meireles
• Almani Moreira
• Alfredo Esteves
• Romeu Ribeiro
• Rui Figueiredo
• Tiago Valente
• Emanuel
• Miguel Vítor
• Miguel Simão
• Quinzinho
• Jocivalter Liberato
• Edu
• Mércio
• Michel Pensée
• Néné
• Yu Dabao
• Hamid Rhanem
• Alfredo Esteves

League and Cup history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Portuguese Cup	Notes
1985–86	1D	13	30	7	8	15	25	42	22		Relegated
1986–87	2H	8	34	13	8	13	44	47	47	Round 6
1995–96	2H	4	34	17	7	10	53	41	58
1996–97	2H	8	34	13	8	13	44	47	47
1997–98	2H	15	34	11	5	18	48	64	38	Round 5
1998–99	2H	4	34	14	9	11	46	43	51
1999–00	2H	3	34	18	7	9	33	24	61		Promoted
2000–01	1D	17	34	4	10	20	31	68	22		Relegated
2001–02	2H	7	34	14	5	15	50	51	47	Round 4
2002–03	2H	6	34	13	8	13	41	38	47	Round 3
2003–04	2H	8	34	13	6	15	42	53	45	Round 5
2004–05	2H	5	34	15	6	13	45	35	51	Round 4
2005–06	2H	2	34	18	10	6	47	30	64	Round 6	Promoted
2006–07	1D	16	30	5	7	18	22	42	22	Round 4	Relegated
2007–08	2H	8	30	10	9	11	43	39	39	Round 5
2008–09	2H	11	30	9	9	12	30	36	36	Round 4

External links

• (Portuguese) Official website
• (English) C.D. Aves at Football-lineups.com
• (Portuguese) Supporters group homepage