C.F. Estrela da Amadora (1932)

While never a contender to the place of the third-most important club in the Lisbon Football Association, Estrela da Amadora won a Cup of Portugal in 1990 and one second division championship in 1992–93. In 16 seasons in top flight football – eight consecutive – its best season was in 1997–98, when the team finished in seventh position, under the guidance of Fernando Santos.

After winning the cup in 1990, Estrela reached the second round in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. In the following decades, the team maintained its first division status in most seasons. In 2008–09, however, amidst serious financial difficulties,^[2] it was (twice) relegated even though it finished the campaign in mid-table.^[3]

Coach António Veloso only managed to lead Amadora to the tenth position in the third level in the 2009–10 season. Subsequently, as the club's dreadful economic situation persisted – which led to a two-year suspension from all activity by the Portuguese Football Federation – it folded.^[4]

In 2011 the club was declared insolvent by a court and closed its doors.^[5] Some supporters created a new club, Clube Desportivo Estrela in the following year to keep with youth teams and other sports, and continue with the history and legacy of Estrela da Amadora.^[6][7] In October 2018, CD Estrela created a senior football team.^[8]

In 2020, the club's members voted 92% in favour in July 2020 of a merger with Club Sintra Football, taking that team's place in the third-tier Campeonato de Portugal. It was not possible to revert to Estrela's original name to form a Sociedade Anónima Desportiva.^[9] The club's first season ended with promotion, despite losing the play-off final 1–0 to C.D. Trofense.^[10]

The new club didn't take the honours of any of its predecessors (Clube de Futebol Estrela da Amadora, Clube Desportivo Estrela and Club Sintra Football), so Clube de Futebol Estrela da Amadora is effectively extinct.

• Taça de Portugal: 1989–90
• Segunda Liga: 1992–93