G.D. Sesimbra

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Grupo Desportivo de Sesimbra (GDS) is a Portuguese multi-sport club based in the costal town of Sesimbra, located in the Setúbal District. The club was founded on 10 August 1947 as a result of a merger between the three football teams that then existed in Sesimbra: União Futebol Sesimbra, Vitória Futebol Club, and Ases Futebol Clube. The merger was intended to enable the town of Sesimbra to achieve greater prominence in Portuguese sport. Its main sports are football and rink hockey. In addition, the club also offers beach soccer, volleyball, swimming, gymnastics, and badminton. The club’s greatest achievement is the WSE Cup (then called the CERS Cup) won in 1981 by the rink hockey team. In football, the club competed for several seasons in the Portuguese Second Division, reaching its peak in the 1969–70 season, when it finished in second place, just one point short of promotion to the First Division. In football, its most recent title came in the 2023–24 season, when it won the Setúbal...

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