Associação Naval 1º de Maio

Naval 1º de Maio

Full name	Associação Naval 1º de Maio
Nickname(s)	Navalistas (Those who support the Naval)
Founded	1893
Dissolved	2017
Ground	José Bento Pessoa, Figueira da Foz, Portugal
Capacity	9,471
Chairman	Aprígio Santos
Manager	Filipe Rocha
League	Campeonato de Portugal
2015–16	Serie F, 5th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Associação Naval 1º de Maio, commonly known as Naval, was a Portuguese football club based in Figueira da Foz, Coimbra District. Founded on 1 May 1893, it played in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home games at the Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa, with a capacity for 12,630 spectators. The club spent between 2005 and 2011 six season in the first division, the Primeira Liga.

Naval was one of the main teams from the Centro Region, alongside Académica de Coimbra, S.C. Beira-Mar and União de Leiria.

History

After several years in the second division, Naval first promoted to the first level in 2005, after finishing in second position behind F.C. Paços de Ferreira. In its first season in the top flight, the club finished in 13th position, finally moving up to 12th after the resolutions on the "Mateus Affair", which involved Gil Vicente F.C. and C.F. Os Belenenses.

In the following three years, Naval ranked between places 11–13, also reaching the Taça de Portugal quarter-finals twice. In 2009–10, former Sporting CP, FC Porto and Portugal national team great Augusto Inácio led the Figueira da Foz team to its best season ever, an eight-place finish in the league and the semi-finals of the domestic cup, a 1–3 aggregate loss against G.D. Chaves.

Naval returned to division two at the end of the 2010–11 season, after two coaching changes. Highlights included a 2–1 home win against S.L. Benfica and a 3–3 draw at Sporting CP.

In September 2017 Naval ceased its existence due to financial problems. All the teams and activities were "transferred" to a new club - Naval 1893, created by former Naval leadership.^[1]

Current squad

As of 13 April 2017

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Tiago Colaço GK Rafa Grácio GK Igor Ribeiro DF Rafael Silva DF Bruno Toca DF Bernardo Oliveira DF Ivan Roça DF Marcelo Cardoso DF Baitik Diushembiev DF Rodriguinho DF Sérgio Grilo DF André Machado MF Hugo Jorge MF Oussama Jouira MF Nuno André MF Anderson Dantas MF Matteo Gentina MF Gil Pereira

No. Position Player MF Arilson Camati MF Lionnel Negou MF Octacilio Neto MF Andrei Chesnokov MF Xavier Monteiro MF Léo Rodrigues MF Gabriel Núñez MF João Gonçalves MF Jourdan Gooden MF Amadu Landim MF João Costa MF Pedro Ladeira FW Rodolfo Soares FW João Silva FW Bernardo Rodrigues FW Xavier Gil FW Reda FW Flávio Silva

League and cup history

Managers

• Ulisses Morais (1995–97, 2007–09)
• Guto Ferreira (2003)
• Toni (2003–04)
• Rogério Gonçalves (2004–05, 2006, 2010)
• Manuel Cajuda (2005)
• Álvaro Magalhães (2005–06)
• Mariano Barreto (2006–07)
• Francisco Chaló (2007)
• Augusto Inácio (2009–10)
• Victor Zvunka (2010)
• Carlos Mozer (2011)

References

External links

• Official website (in Portuguese)