Porto Football Association

Porto Football Association

Country	Portugal
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1912
Number of teams	98 20 (Division of Elite) 16 (Division of Honour) 32 (First Division) 30 (Second Division)
Level on pyramid	4,5, 6, 7
Promotion to	Campeonato Nacional de Seniores
Most championships	F.C. Porto (30 titles)
Website	http://www.afporto.com/

The Porto Football Association (Associação de Futebol do Porto, abrv. AF Porto) is the district governing body for the all football competitions in the Portuguese district of Porto. It is also the regulator of the clubs registered in the district.

Below the Campeonato Nacional de Seniores (Portuguese third level) the competitions are organised at a district level (known in Portuguese as Distritais) with each District Association organising its competitions according to geographical and other factors. AF Porto runs a league competition with four divisions, at the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh levels of the Portuguese football league system and a cup competition known as Taça AF Porto (since 2013–14).

Notable clubs in the Porto FA

Primeira Liga

• Boavista F.C.
• F.C. Paços de Ferreira
• F.C. Porto
• Rio Ave F.C.
• F.C. Penafiel

Segunda Liga

• C.D. Aves
• S.C. Freamunde
• Leixões S.C.
• C.D. Trofense
• Varzim S.C.

Campeonato Nacional de Seniores

• Coimbrões
• Felgueiras 1932
• Gondomar S.C.
• FC Pedras Rubras
• Salgueiros 08
• Sobrado
• UD Sousense
• F.C. Tirsense
• Varzim S.C.

Paços de Ferreira, Porto, Rio Ave, Aves, Leixões, Penafiel, Trofense, Boavista, Tirsense, Varzim, Leça, the forerunners to Felgueiras and Salgueiros, and the defunct Académico do Porto have competed in Primeira Liga, which at 14 clubs is the highest total for a District Association.

Championships

Current Championships - 2013–14 Season

The AF Porto runs the following divisions:

• Division of Elite (created in 2013-14) (tier 4)
• Division of Honour (tier 5)
• First Division (tier 6)
• Second Division (tier 7)

Porto Championship

Year Champions 1913–14 Boavista 1914–15 Porto 1915–16 Porto 1916–17 Porto 1917–18 Salgueiros 1918–19 Porto 1919–20 Porto 1920–21 Porto 1921–22 Porto 1922–23 Porto 1923–24 Porto 1924–25 Porto 1925–26 Porto 1926–27 Porto 1927–28 Porto 1928–29 Porto 1929–30 Porto

Year Champions 1930–31 Porto 1931–32 Porto 1932–33 Porto 1933–34 Porto 1934–35 Porto 1935–36 Porto 1936–37 Porto 1937–38 Porto 1938–39 Porto 1939–40 Leixões 1940–41 Porto 1941–42 Académico do Porto 1942–43 Porto 1943–44 Porto 1944–45 Porto 1945–46 Porto 1946–47 Porto

Titles

• Porto - 30
• Boavista - 1
• Salgueiros - 1
• Leixões - 1
• Académico do Porto - 1

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References

1. "Portugal - Regional Championships - RSSSF". Paulo Martins and João Nunes for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2012-04-01.

See also

• Portuguese District Football Associations
• Portuguese football competitions
• List of football clubs in Portugal