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Rio Ave Futebol Clube, commonly known as Rio Ave, is a Portuguese

Portugal

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football club based in Vila do Conde, Northern Portugal. Founded in 1939, it currently plays in the first division, holding home games at the Estádio do Rio Ave FC
Estádio do Rio Ave FC
Estadio do Rio Ave FC is a multi-use stadium in Vila do Conde, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium is able to hold 12,815 people and was built in 1985....

- also known as Estádio dos Arcos - a multi-use stadium used mostly for football matches, seating approximately 12,815 people and built in 1985.

The club's colours are a striped green and white shirt with white shorts and socks, while the away one is a striped red and white shirt and white shorts with yellow socks. Portuguese internationals

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, Alfredo

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, Paulinho Santos

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and Rui Jorge started highly successful careers at the club.

History

Rio Ave was founded in 1939, being soon nicknamed Rio Grande (Big River). In 1981–82, it achieved its best ever league finish in the first division, a fifth place, nearly missing out on European qualification. Two seasons later, it reached the 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...

final, losing to league powerhouse F.C. Porto.

After spending the first part of the 1990s in the second level

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...

, the club returned to the topflight, going on to conquer the 1999 and 2003 second division. They would be relegated again, returning in 2008–09, and managing home draws during that season against Porto and Sport Lisboa e Benfica.

Current squad

As of 2 September, 2011.

Youth squad

League and cup history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Portuguese Cup	Notes
1979–80	1D	16	30	5	3	22	22	61	13		Relegated
1980–81	2DN	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?		Promoted
1981–82	1D	5	30	13	8	9	26	31	34		Best Classification Ever
1982–83	1D	8	30	13	3	14	43	45	29
1983–84	1D	9	30	11	7	12	35	35	29
1984–85	1D	13	30	7	9	14	27	43	23		Relegated
1985–86	2DN	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?		Promoted
1986–87	1D	13	30	8	9	13	33	40	25
1987–88	1D	18	38	7	14	17	29	67	28		Relegated
1991–92	2H	4	34	16	7	11	47	30	39
1992–93	2H	5	34	14	10	10	39	36	38
1993–94	2H	4	34	18	8	8	43	23	44
1994–95	2H	11	34	12	8	14	47	46	32
1995–96	2D	1	34	21	5	8	58	42	68		Promoted
1996–97	1D	15	34	8	11	15	35	42	35
1997–98	1D	9	34	12	10	12	43	43	46
1998–99	1D	14	34	8	11	15	26	47	35
1999–00	1D	17	34	8	9	17	34	54	33		Relegated
2000–01	2H	5	34	17	9	8	68	35	60
2001–02	2H	8	34	12	10	12	45	36	46
2002–03	2H	1	34	19	6	9	49	36	63		Promoted
2003–04	1D	7	34	12	12	10	42	37	48
2004–05	1D	8	34	10	17	7	35	35	47	Round 6
2005–06	1D	16	34	8	10	16	34	53	34	Round 5	Relegated
2006–07	2H	3	30	?	?	?	?	?	?	Round 4
2007–08	2H	2	30	13	12	5	38	26	51	Round 6

Honours

Cup of Portugal
Taça de Portugal
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: Runner-up 1983–84
Liga de Honra
Liga de Honra
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: 1995–96, 2002–03
Portuguese Second Division
Portuguese Second Division
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: 1980–81, 1985–86
Portuguese Third Division
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: 1976–77

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