C.D. Mafra

Mafra
Full name	Clube Desportivo de Mafra
Founded	24 May 1965; 59 years ago
Ground	Estádio Municipal de Mafra, Mafra
Capacity	1,249
Chairman	José Cristo
Manager	Carlos Vaz Pinto
League	Liga Portugal 2
2023–24	Liga Portugal 2, 9th of 18
Website	www.cdmafra.com
Home colours	Away colours

Clube Desportivo de Mafra is a Portuguese association football club, currently playing in the Liga Portugal 2, the second tier of the Portuguese football league system. They are based in the town of Mafra and own Campo Doutor Mário Silveira stadium, but the games are played in Estádio Municipal de Mafra.^[1] Founded in 1965, the club predominantly played within Portugal's regional leagues where they gradually worked their way up until they won the Lisbon Football Association Division 1 title in the 1991–92 league season and promotion to the national leagues.

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Clube Desportivo Mafra was founded on 24 May 1965.^[2] Initially, in 1940, the club was established under its original colors but was re-founded in 1965.^[3] The club began its football activities in 1967.^[2] In the 1970–71 season, the club won the third division title of the Lisbon Football Association.^[4] Five seasons later, they were crowned champions of the second division of the same association.^[4]

In the 1991–92 season, the club secured the first division title of the Lisbon Football Association, allowing them to join the national championships for the first time in the 1992–93 season.^[2]^[4] During its first two seasons in the Terceira Divisão (the fourth tier), the club finished tenth before topping its group in the 1994–95 season.^[5] However, the club spent only one season in the Segunda Divisão B before being relegated back to the Tercera Divisão. The following season, they were relegated again to the first division of the Lisbon Football Association.^[5]

In the 1997–98 season, Mafra finished second and returned to the Tercera Divisão, where they remained for four seasons.^[6] In the 2001–02 season, Mafra topped its group, earning promotion back to the Segunda Divisão B.^[5] The club stayed at this level for 14 seasons before winning the northern promotion group to the Segunda Liga in the 2014–15 season.^[7] This was achieved by defeating Famalicão, the winner of the other promotion group, with a 1–1 draw followed by a 4–3 victory in the ensuing penalty shootout.^[8]

In the 2021/22 Season they make it into the semifinals of the Taça de Portugal until they got knocked out by Tondela 4-1 on Aggregate.

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LigaPro: 7 (as of the 2023–24 season)
Segunda Divisão/Campeonato Nacional: 17
Terceira Divisão: 8

2000/01: Terceira Divisão: 3rd
2001/02: Terceira Divisão: 1st
2002/03: Segunda Divisão B: 2nd
2003/04: Segunda Divisão B: 8th
2004/05: Segunda Divisão B: 2nd
2006/07: Segunda Divisão: 7th
2007/08: Segunda Divisão: 5th
2008/09: Segunda Divisão: 7th
2009/10: Segunda Divisão: 5th
2010/11: Segunda Divisão: 2nd
2011/12: Segunda Divisão: 6th
2012/13: Segunda Divisão: 2nd
2013/14: Campeonato Nacional: 1st
2014/15: Campeonato Nacional: 1st
2015/16: Segunda Liga: 21st Relegated
2016/17: Campeonato Portugal Prio
2017/18 Campeonato Portugal Prio: 1st Champions
2018/19: LigaPro: 14th
2019/20: LigaPro: 4th
2020/21: Liga Portugal 2: 12th
2021/22: Liga Portugal 2: 9th
2022/23: Liga Portugal 2: 6th
2023/24: Liga Portugal 2: 9th

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Current squad

As of 1 October 2024^[9]

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

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AUT	Martin Fraisl
2	DF	DEN	Pontus Texel
3	MF	CIV	Chris Kouakou
4	DF	CGO	Bryan Passi
5	DF	CIV	Djé Beni
6	DF	POR	Pedro Pereira
7	FW	POR	Rodrigo Matos
8	FW	BRA	Lucas Gabriel
9	MF	DEN	Andreas Nibe
10	FW	POR	Miguel Falé
11	FW	COL	Juan Felipe Moreno
12	GK	BRA	Guilherme Christino
15	DF	POR	Guilherme Ferreira (captain)
17	MF	NGA	John Kolawole
18	DF	POR	Fabinho


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	NGA	Stanley Iheanacho
20	MF	MLI	Yacouba Maiga
21	FW	POR	José Marques
22	GK	POR	Francisco Lemos
24	DF	MLI	Moussa Camara
32	DF	BRA	Rodrigo Freitas
35	MF	ANG	Valter Monteiro (on loan from Midtjylland)
39	MF	BRA	Andrey
45	FW	SLE	Alhaji Kamara (on loan from Midtjylland)
66	MF	POR	Diogo Capitão
70	FW	DEN	Jonathan Lind
80	MF	POR	Vítor Gonçalves
90	FW	NGA	Friday Etim
99	FW	BRA	Breno Martins
—	MF	GNB	Alamara Djabi (on loan from Midtjylland)

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

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	DF	AUS	Hosine Bility (at Brisbane Roar until 30 June 2025)

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Campeonato de Portugal: 2014–15, 2017–18
Terceira Divisão: 2001–02
Associação de Futebol de Lisboa Division 1: 1991–92
Associação de Futebol de Lisboa Division 2: 1975–76
Associação de Futebol de Lisboa Division 3: 1970–71

[1]
Lusa (3 July 2015). "Mafra vai jogar no Estádio Municipal". SAPO (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
[2]
"História da Fundação". C.D. Mafra (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 23 January 2010.
[3]
"Clube Desportivo de Mafra comemora 50 anos". Jornal de Mafra (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
[4]
Correia, Fernando; Cristóvão, Nuno, eds. (2010). 100 Anos de futebol. Hachette Livre. ISBN 978-972-20-4337-3.
[5]
"Portugal – Table of Honor" (PDF). Soccer Library. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 October 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
[6]
"Honra da AF Lisboa 1997/1998". Fora de Jogo (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 30 September 2009.
[7]
"Mafra comemora "bodas de ouro" com subida à II Liga". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 24 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
[8]
"Campeonato Nacional de Seniores: Mafra campeão nas penalidades". Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). 10 June 2015. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
[9]
"Equipa Principal" (in Portuguese). C.D. Mafra. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.

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Official website (in Portuguese)
Club Profile at ForaDeJogo (in Portuguese)
Club Profile at Soccerway.com
Club Profile^{[permanent dead link‍]} at Zerozero

[1] [1]
Lusa (3 July 2015). "Mafra vai jogar no Estádio Municipal". SAPO (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.

[fundacao-2] [2]
"História da Fundação". C.D. Mafra (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 23 January 2010.

[jornal-3] [3]
"Clube Desportivo de Mafra comemora 50 anos". Jornal de Mafra (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.

[100anos-4] [4]
Correia, Fernando; Cristóvão, Nuno, eds. (2010). 100 Anos de futebol. Hachette Livre. ISBN 978-972-20-4337-3.

[tablehonor-5] [5]
"Portugal – Table of Honor" (PDF). Soccer Library. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 October 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2024.

[6] [6]
"Honra da AF Lisboa 1997/1998". Fora de Jogo (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 30 September 2009.

[7] [7]
"Mafra comemora "bodas de ouro" com subida à II Liga". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 24 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2024.

[8] [8]
"Campeonato Nacional de Seniores: Mafra campeão nas penalidades". Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). 10 June 2015. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2024.

[9] [9]
"Equipa Principal" (in Portuguese). C.D. Mafra. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.

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