Clube Atlético de Valdevez known as CA Valdevez or Atlético dos Arcos[1] is a Portuguese football club from Arcos Valdevez which was founded in 1945. The team ran into serious financial problems after the 2009–10 season and was stopped. They previously played in the Portuguese Second Division Serie A and finished in 3rd place during the 2007/08 season. They will continue to play their home games in 2012–13 in Estádio Municipal da Coutada with a capacity of 4,000.
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| Full name | Clube Atlético de Valdevez |
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| Founded | 1945-2009 and renewed in 2012 |
| Ground | Estádio Municipal da Coutada, Arcos Valdevez |
| Capacity | 4,000 |
| Chairman | José Carlos Caçador Marinho |
| Manager | Fernando Rego |
| League | Portuguese Second Division Serie A |
| 2007/08 | Portuguese Second Division Serie A, 3rd |
The team currently has no coach or president yet announced. The local town government, according to an article in an August weekly edition of the "Noticias dos Arcos", has donated 20,000 euros to help start the team's return to the districts league of Viana do Castelo. According to the website zerozero.pt, the 2012–13 roster features a number of players from local clubs such as Ponte De Barca and Proselense. The schedule for 2012–13 has not yet been announced by the regional federation.
Prior to the club stopping, they successfully competed and during the 2008–09 Portuguese Cup they reached as far as the quarterfinals before losing in penalty kicks to First Division Club Nacional. This match, which was moved from the Coutada Stadium to the new regional stadium in Melgaco, disappointed many followers who did not want to travel during a weekday to a remote location, which became necessary in order for it to be televised. Outside of hosting First Division Club Benfica in a Portuguese Cup match in the early 1980s, the match against Nacional was the most important of the current generation.
There are various prominent alumni associated with the team, the biggest is former manager Jorge Casquilha (2007–08), who is currently managing First Division Newly Promoted Portuguese Club Moreirense. Pedro Miguel Pereira Silva or Pedro Tiba is a renounce footballer born in Arcos de Valdevez, starting his career at Atlético dos Arcos and currently plays in the Primeira Liga 1st division national team of C.D. Chaves. He is undoubtedly their best and most famous player.
The club president is José Carlos Caçador Marinho. They announced Fernando Rego who is currently 51 years of age as their coach. Valdevez is sponsored by Seguravez, Oliveiros Group, and the Municipality of Arcos de Valdevez.
Their current line-up is...
Goalkeeper
- Cesteiro 27 yrs.
Defense
- Ângelo Rego 26 yrs.
- Tiago Letras 20 yrs.
- Hélder Feijó 27 yrs.
- Nélson Amorim 26 yrs.
- Pedro Rocha 32 yrs.
Midfield
- Paulo Amaral 39 yrs.
- Tiago Bonera 26 yrs.
- Flávio Dantas 21 yrs.
- Nélson Ventura 23 yrs.
- Patrick Cunha 24 yrs.
- Guima 24 yrs.
- Rui Pereira 18 yrs.
Advance
- Jake Barros 21 yrs.
- Licas Feijó 22 yrs.
- Hugo Reis 21 yrs.
They were promoted to the district league of Viana do Castelo and will play the Campeonato de Portugal Prio 2017/18 season. Atl. dos Arcos won the Regional Cup in 2015/16, the 2nd division cup in 2012/13, and earned 2nd place in the first division district cup in 2016/17. They are favorite going in to the Campeonato Prio. Main colors are red and white. The village of Gração all route and cheer them on. Go Valdevez!!!
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