A.D. Esposende

Associação Desportiva de Esposende (abbreviated as AD Esposende) is a Portuguese football club based in Esposende in the district of Braga.^[1]

Esposende

Full name	Associação Desportiva de Esposende
Founded	1978
Ground	Estádio Padre Sá Pereira Esposende Portugal
Capacity	5,000
League	Terceira Divisão Série A
Home colours

Background

AD Esposende currently plays in the Terceira Divisão Série A which is the fourth tier of Portuguese football. The club was founded in 1978 and they play their home matches at the Estádio Padre Sá Pereira in Esposende. The stadium is able to accommodate 5,000 spectators.^[1]

The club is affiliated to Associação de Futebol de Braga and has competed in the AF Braga Taça. The club has also entered the national cup competition known as Taça de Portugal on occasions, and reached the semifinals in 1999.^[1][2]

Season to season

Season	Level	Division	Section	Place	Movements
1990–91	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão	Série Norte	13th
1991–92	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão	Série Norte	12th
1992–93	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão	Série Norte	10th
1993–94	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão	Série Norte	9th
1994–95	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão	Série Norte	10th
1995–96	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão	Série Norte	4th
1996–97	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão	Série Norte	13th
1997–98	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão	Série Norte	1st	Promoted
1998–99	Tier 2	Liga de Honra		14th
1999–2000	Tier 2	Liga de Honra		17th	Relegated
2000–01	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão	Série Norte	12th
2001–02	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão	Série Norte	15th
2002–03	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão	Série Norte	19th	Relegated
2003–04	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série A	9th
2004–05	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série A	5th
2005–06	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série A	13th	Relegated
2006–07	Tier 5	Distritais	AF Braga – Honra	5th
2007–08	Tier 5	Distritais	AF Braga – Honra	8th
2008–09	Tier 5	Distritais	AF Braga – Honra	6th
2009–10	Tier 5	Distritais	AF Braga – Honra	2nd	Promoted
2010–11	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série A – 1ª Fase	6th	Promotion Group
	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série A Fase Final	4th
2011–12	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série A – 1ª Fase	7th	Relegation Group
	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série A Últimos	2nd

^[3][4][5][6]

Honours

• AF Braga Taça: 1971/72

Footnotes

1. "Associação Desportiva de Esposende – ForaDeJogo – foradejogo.net". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
2. "Associação Desportiva de Esposende  – Portugal – footballzz.co.uk". ZeroZero. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
3. "Portugal – Table of Honor – soccerlibrary.free.fr" (PDF). Soccer Library. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
4. "Competitions – Portugal – footballzz.co.uk". ZeroZero. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
5. "Competitions – ForaDeJogo – foradejogo.net". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
6. "AF Braga". Futebol Total. Retrieved 31 May 2012.

External links

• Official website (in Portuguese)