FC Paços Ferreira
FC Paços de Ferreira is a football club from the Portuguese city of Paços de Ferreira, in the district of Porto. Founded on 5 April 1950, it is one of the historic teams of Portuguese football, with 20 seasons in the First Division.
They were runners-up in the Portuguese Cup in 2008/09, the Portuguese Super Cup in 2009, and the League Cup in 2010/11. Participated in the Champions League in the 2013/14 season and in the Europa League three times (2007/08, 2008/10 and 2013/14). They were third in the 2012/13 First Division and champions of the Second Division three times (1990/91, 1999/00, 2004/05).
Currently plays in the Primeira Liga.
FC PAÇOS DE FERREIRA
The origin of football in Paços de Ferreira dates back to the 1930s, when the sport was first played by Sport Club Pacense, a group based in Meixomil, one of the parishes in the municipality. There were two decades of popular football without any professional organisation, until a competitive reorganisation and the appearance of the old Campo da Cavada led to the foundation, on 5 April 1950, of Futebol Clube Vasco da Gama, a group that is the genesis of the current one. FC Paços de Ferreira, the name that the Club started using at the beginning of the 1961/62 season. On March 15, 1981, the members decided to change the official colours of the team that the club wore, which became the colours of the county: yellow and green. The 2010/11 season was brilliant for FC Paços de Ferreira. Besides the seventh place in the championship, it reached the final of the League Cup, one of the most important competitions in the national calendar. The Pacense team faced SL Benfica in a great festive atmosphere that framed the Coimbra stadium and, despite the defeat (2-1), proudly added another final to their history. But the best was reserved for the 2013/2014 season, when they qualified for the UEFA Champions League after finishing the league in a spectacular 3rd place, only losing matches against FC Porto and SL Benfica. Since the 19/20 season they have been playing in the Portuguese first division and fighting to stay among the big teams in Portugal.