Porto Football Association

This article is about Porto Football Association. For Futebol Clube do Porto, see F.C. Porto.

Porto Football Association

File:AF Porto.jpg
Founded	1912
Country	Portugal
Confederation	UEFA
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

See also

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