Associação Naval 1893
| Full name | Associação Naval 1893 |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 |
| Ground | Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa |
| Capacity | 9,000 |
| League | Campeonato de Portugal |
| 2024–25 | Coimbra FA Elite Division, 1st (promoted) |
| Website | https://www.naval1893.pt/ |
Associação Naval 1893 is a Portuguese football club from Figueira da Foz, in the Coimbra District. The club was founded in 2017 as a phoenix club of the dissolved Associação Naval 1º de Maio, and plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth tier of the Portuguese football league system.
History
Associação Naval 1º de Maio was founded in 1893 and competed in the Primeira Liga between 2005 and 2011. In September 2017, in the Coimbra Football Association's district leagues, it suspended its activities and transferred its players of all ages to Naval 1893, a phoenix club set up weeks earlier by its former directors.[1]
In its debut season of 2017–18, the club won promotion from the Coimbra FA's First Division, but remained in its Elite Division until winning the title in 2024–25.[2] For 2025–26, the club entered the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth tier of the Portuguese football league system.[3] In the Taça de Portugal of the same season, the club won 3–0 at home to Académico Fundão in the first round and lost 1–0 to Leixões in the second, also at the Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa.[4]
References
- ^ "Naval 1.º de Maio suspendeu o futebol" [Naval 1.º de Maio suspended football]. Record (in Portuguese). 29 September 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
- ^ "Associação Naval 1893 é Campeã Distrital de Futebol 11 e sobe ao Campeonato de Portugal" [Associação Naval 1893 is the District Champion of 11-a-side football and rises to the Campeonato de Portugal]. Campeão das Provincias (in Portuguese). 5 May 2025. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
- ^ Freixo, André (9 August 2025). "Naval 1893 almeja manutenção mas quer "fazer as coisas" para a Fase de Subida" [Naval 1893 aims for survival but wants to "get things done" for the Promotion Round]. Diário de Coimbra (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 December 2025.
- ^ "Leixões bate Naval 1893 e avança na Taça de Portugal" [Leixões beat Naval 1893 and advance in the Taça de Portugal]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 21 September 2025. Retrieved 20 December 2025.