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Tradition
The club has always remains faithful to its mission of promoting sport and valuing the culture and tradition of Alentejo, since 1947.
We are a Portuguese club with a large formation of young players and legends of Portuguese and Alentejo football, based in the city of Elvas, District of Portalegre, in Alentejo.
Throughout its history, “O Elvas” CAD has gone through ups and downs, where it faced financial and sporting challenges.
The club was founded 15 August 1947, the merger of “Sport Lisboa and Elvas” to “Sporting Clube Elvense”, clubs that were subsidiaries of Sport Lisboa e Benfica and Sporting Clube de Portugal respectively. The union between the two Elvense clubs was fundamentally due to the lack of interest shown by the so-called mother clubs, as in the mid-40s, both SL Elvas and SC Elvense were experiencing some financial difficulties and, given the lack of assistance requested and refused several times by their parent clubs, they decided to unite into a single club and in this way, they managed to keep the king sport alive in the interior region.
The club’s colors are blue and gold (yellow), the players are nicknamed the Blue and Gold Knights, as are their fans, the majority of whom are Elven.
