Hailing from Portugal, Estrela Amadora are stuck in the football annals around the year of 1932. Their matches are contested under the floodlights of the Estádio José Gomes, a venue with its own idiosyncrasies and charms.
Their base of operations includes a tight-knit band of 15 players, with an average age of 25. The young squad carries a hope, an energy that reinvigorates one's faith in the game.
Scrutinising the financials, the total market value of the Amadora squad comes in fairly neatly at £11 million. A figure which, though rather modest in the bloated economics of modern football, belies the potential nestled within this humble team, according to Transfermarkt.
Digest all this, and you get to the heart of Estrela Amadora: unassuming, modest, yet capable of a bit of magic. The underdog spirit of football at its most authentic, stitched into the fabric of green and white, and gracing the turf of Portugal.