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Grupo Desportivo de Chaves, commonly known as just Chaves, is a Portuguese

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

football club

Football team

A football team is the collective name given to a group of players selected together in the various team sports known as football.Such teams could be selected to play in an against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an All-star team or even selected as a...

from Chaves currently playing in the Liga de Honra

Liga de Honra

The Liga de Honra , known for sponsorship reasons as the Liga Orangina, is the Portuguese second level football league. It was formerly called Segunda Divisão and Segunda Divisão de Honra . When the LPFP took control of the two nationwide levels, it was renamed Segunda Liga, before renaming it...

. They were founded in 1949 and currently play at Estádio Municipal de Chaves

Estádio Municipal de Chaves

Estadio Municipal de Chaves is a multi-use stadium in Chaves, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of GD Chaves. The stadium is able to hold 12,000 people. The stadium normally holds the national teams youth games and also some U21 games and also the...

with a capacity of 19,000 one of the biggest in the Liga de Honra

Liga de Honra

. Their home kit is red and blue striped t-shirt with blue shorts and socks and the away kit is all white. Their current president is Mário Carneiro and their current manager is Tulipa. In the 2007/08 season they finished 4th just missing out on promotion to the Liga de Honra

Liga de Honra

. GD Chaves have been in the Portuguese First Division

Portuguese Liga

The Primeira Liga , formerly called Primeira Divisão, currently named Liga ZON Sagres after their main sponsors, is the top professional association football division of the Portuguese football league system...

13 times and have done expectionally well finishing 5th in the 1989/90 season which was their best ever finish. They went to Europe in the 1987/88 season where they played in the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

where they beat the Romanian team Universitatea Craiova

FC Universitatea Craiova

Fotbal Club Universitatea Craiova is a Romanian professional football club from Craiova. They became the first Romanian football team to reach the semi-finals of a European tournament, during the UEFA Cup in 1982–83...

in the first round but lost in the next round to Hungarian team Budapest Honvéd

Budapest Honvéd FC

Budapest Honvéd FC |football]] team. "Honved" means the Homeland Defense. Originally formed as Kispest AC, they became Kispest FC in 1926 before reverting to their original name in 1944. The team enjoyed a golden age during the 1950s when it was renamed Budapest Honvéd SE and became the Hungarian...

. Their current stadium, Estádio Municipal de Chaves

Estádio Municipal de Chaves

, normally hosts the national teams youth games and rarely the senior national team

Portugal national football team

The Portugal national football team represents Portugal in association football and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation, the governing body for football in Portugal. Portugal's home ground is Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and their head coach is Paulo Bento...

; however, the stadium is famous because it held the debut of Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, OIH, , commonly known as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and is the captain of the Portuguese national team...

for the senior national team.

History

Grupo Desportivo de Chaves was founded on the 27 September 1949 and is one of the most experienced teams in the Portuguese Second Division

Portuguese Second Division

The Portuguese Second Division is a football league in Portugal, situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system...

, not just because of its old culture, but also many years in the top-flight Portuguese Liga

Portuguese Liga

, doing quite well and playing in European tournaments, such as the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

. Their best ever finish was in the Portuguese Liga when they finished in fifth place twice in 1986–87 and 1989–90, where in the 1986–87 season, they had fantastic results, beating Portuguese giants Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–1 at home in a memorable night at the Estádio Municipal de Chaves

Estádio Municipal de Chaves

stadium. After those fantastic seasons, they finished sixth, seventh, and ninth before getting relegated in the 1992–93 season to the Liga de Honra

Liga de Honra

. They returned for another few seasons but got relegated again to the Liga de Honra until 2007, where they eventually got relegated to the Portuguese Second Division: Série A

Portuguese Second Division

The Portuguese Second Division is a football league in Portugal, situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system...

. In the previous season of 2007–08, they finished in fourth place just missing out on promotion.

After a series of great results in 2008–09 that granted the team the lead of Série A, Chaves finally achieved promotion to the second-flight Liga de Honra

Liga de Honra

with an aggregate win, 1–0 over Penafiel

FC Penafiel

Futebol Clube Penafiel is a Portuguese football club based in the city of Penafiel. Founded in 1951, it currently plays in the Liga Vitalis .-Brief history:Penafiel first reached the first division in 1980–81, first lasting two seasons...

, the winner of the Portuguese Second Division: Série B

Portuguese Second Division

The Portuguese Second Division is a football league in Portugal, situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system...

in a semi-final playoff. In the playoff final, it was between Chaves and Fátima, in which both were guaranteed promotion to the Liga de Honra and the final was to determine the champion of the Second Division. Fátima won the match 2–1 and were rewarded with champions of the Second Division for the 2008–09 season as Chaves became runners-up for the season and will play in the Liga de Honra for the 2009–10 season.

Stadium

Estádio Municipal de Chaves is a multi-use stadium in Chaves. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of GD Chaves. The stadium is able to hold 22,000 people. The stadium normally holds the national teams youth games and also some U-21 games and also the senior team but rarely. This stadium is famous because it is where Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo

made his senior international debut.

Honours

Portuguese Second Division
Portuguese Second Division
The Portuguese Second Division is a football league in Portugal, situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system...

: Runners-up 2008–09
Portuguese Cup
Taça de Portugal
The Taça de Portugal is the main Portuguese national football knock-out competition. The tournament has been officially known as the Taça de Portugal Millennium since 2008, due to its sponsorship by Portuguese private bank Millennium BCP. It has occurred on a yearly basis since 1938 and is...

: Runners-up 2009–10
2009–10 Taça de Portugal
The 2009–10 Taça de Portugal was the 70th season of the Taça de Portugal. The competition began on 30 August 2009, with the first round matches, and concluded with the final, held on 16 May at the Estádio Nacional, in Oeiras, between defending champions Porto and then Liga de Honra team Chaves...

Current squad

Backroom staff

Tulipa - Manager António Vieira - Assistant Manager Carlos Pires - Goalkeeper Coach Miguel Moita - Fitness Coach João Ribeiro - Doctor Gualter - Nurse Francisco - Nurse José Luís - Kitman Marcos Barroco - Secretary António Ramos - Office of Communication and Information Hernâni Teixeira - Vice Chairman António Vidal - Vice Chairman Carlos Alves - Vice Chairman Gilberto Ferreira - Vice Chairman Jorge Campo Grande - Vice Chairman Artur Dias - Vice Chairman Marcelo Delgado - Chairman

Notable former players

Carlos Carvalhal Diogo Valente

Diogo Valente

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João Alves

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Vermelhinho

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Anthony da Silva Nuno Miguel Gomes

Nuno Miguel Gomes

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Rui Lima

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Nuno Rocha

Nuno Miguel Teixeira Rocha

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Rui Correia

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Vítor Pereira Areias Beto Youssef Haraoui

Youssef Haraoui

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Hilário Leal

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Auri

Auri Dias Faustino

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Gustavo Manduca

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Pedro Geromel

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Roberto

Roberto Calmon Felix

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Marco Claúdio

Marco Claúdio Cardoso Lourenço

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Cássio

Cássio Vargas Barbosa

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Georgi Slavkov

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Radoslav Zdravkov

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Plamen Getov

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Kabwe Kasongo

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Etienne N'tsunda

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Owusu Afriyie

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Inzaghi Donígio

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Moussa Yahaya

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Marcel Sabou

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Lucian Marinescu

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Ibón Pérez Arrieta

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David Casablanca Carlos Álvarez Toniño Ulf Ottosson

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Notable former managers

Rogério Gonçalves

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Augusto Inácio

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Henrique Calisto

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Álvaro Magalhães

Álvaro Monteiro Magalhães , simply Álvaro, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a left defender, and a current manager.-Club career:...

António Caldas

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Raul Águas

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José Alberto Costa

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Nuno Pinto

Club Anthem

O Desportivo de Chaves

Saibam bem toda a gente

Supera os maiores entraves

Para caminhar na frente

Os longos anos de Vida

São louros que arrecadou

A luta franca e renhida

Que o Povo sempre aclamou

Vamos rapazes ganhar

Com o calor desta Malta

O jogo que pode dar

A vitória que nos falta

Somos de Chaves Unidos

Como Valentes Serranos

Jamais seremos vencidos

Porque somos Transmontanos

O Desportivo de Chaves

Meu clube prazenteiro

Joga sempre como sabe

E serás sempre o Primeiro

Trago o teu nome no peito

E na Alma o teu guiar

Por isso te vejo eleito

Verdadeiro Campeão

Europe

UEFA Cup 1987–88
16/09 Universitatea Craiova
FC Universitatea Craiova
Fotbal Club Universitatea Craiova is a Romanian professional football club from Craiova. They became the first Romanian football team to reach the semi-finals of a European tournament, during the UEFA Cup in 1982–83...

2–3 Chaves
30/09 Chaves 3–1 Universitatea Craiova
FC Universitatea Craiova
Fotbal Club Universitatea Craiova is a Romanian professional football club from Craiova. They became the first Romanian football team to reach the semi-finals of a European tournament, during the UEFA Cup in 1982–83...
24/10 Chaves 1–2 Budapest Honvéd
Budapest Honvéd FC
Budapest Honvéd FC |football]] team. "Honved" means the Homeland Defense. Originally formed as Kispest AC, they became Kispest FC in 1926 before reverting to their original name in 1944. The team enjoyed a golden age during the 1950s when it was renamed Budapest Honvéd SE and became the Hungarian...
04/11 Budapest Honvéd
Budapest Honvéd FC
Budapest Honvéd FC |football]] team. "Honved" means the Homeland Defense. Originally formed as Kispest AC, they became Kispest FC in 1926 before reverting to their original name in 1944. The team enjoyed a golden age during the 1950s when it was renamed Budapest Honvéd SE and became the Hungarian...

3–1 Chaves

League and cup history

The football section has 13 presences at the top level of Portuguese football. Its best position was two fifth place finished, in the 1986–87 and 1989–90 seasons, the first earning Chaves its only presence in the European cups.

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Portuguese Cup	Europe	Notes
1985–86	1D	6	30	11	7	12	28	38	29
1986–87	1D	5	30	13	7	10	39	38	33
1987–88	1D	7	38	13	14	11	51	31	40		Round 2
1988–89	1D	13	38	12	10	16	37	41	34
1989–90	1D	5	34	12	14	8	38	38	38
1990–91	1D	8	38	10	14	14	49	52	34
1991–92	1D	9	34	10	10	14	36	45	30
1992–93	1D	18	34	4	8	22	34	61	16			Relegated
1993–94	2H	3	34	19	7	8	44	25	45			Promoted
1994–95	1D	14	34	10	7	17	33	49	27
1995–96	1D	15	34	9	7	8	38	56	34
1996–97	1D	10	34	12	10	12	39	45	46
1997–98	1D	16	34	10	5	19	31	55	35
1998–99	1D	17	34	5	10	19	39	70	25
1999–00	2H	12	34	11	11	12	46	45	44
2000–01	2H	12	34	9	14	11	48	44	41
2001–02	2H	5	34	16	4	14	52	44	52
2002–03	2H	7	34	12	11	11	44	41	47
2003–04	2H	10	34	11	11	12	37	45	44
2004–05	2H	17	34	9	10	15	24	38	37
2005–06	2H	8	34	13	11	10	40	36	50	Round 2
2006–07	2H	16	30	3	7	20	16	43	16	Round 3		Relegated
2007–08	2HA	4	26	12	8	6	4	17	44	Round 3

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