The Alverca Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Lee Young-Jun will not be coming to Alverca
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Grasshopper is saying, and nobody at Alverca is enjoying the guessing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Figueiredo stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Figueiredo and Alverca agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Alverca
Zé Rafael and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Alverca promote David Simoes from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. David Simoes has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Tiago Borges joins the Alverca first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tiago Borges is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Rodrigo Ferreira joins the Alverca first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Rodrigo Ferreira is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Henrique Monteiro joins the Alverca first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Henrique Monteiro is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No place for Lulinha in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Alverca are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
A loan move for Paolo Rizzi is in the works
Alverca have made the call to Mattersburg. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
In brief
- The dugout Figueiredo asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout No hiding place for Steven Baseya
- Looking ahead Chiquinho faces his old club