ense ▁or ▁just ▁Fe ir ense , ▁is ▁a ▁Portuguese ▁football ▁club ▁based ▁in ▁Santa ▁Maria ▁da ▁Fe ira . ▁F ounded ▁on ▁ 1 8 ▁March ▁ 1 9 1 8 , ▁Fe ir ense ▁play ▁in ▁the ▁Liga Pro , ▁the ▁second ▁tier ▁of ▁Portuguese ▁football . ▁Their ▁chairman ▁is ▁Kun le ▁Son ame ▁and ▁their ▁manager ▁is ▁Fil ipe ▁Mart ins . ▁The ▁club ▁plays ▁its ▁home ▁matches ▁at ▁the ▁Est ád io ▁Mar col ino ▁de ▁Castro , ▁with ▁a ▁capacity ▁of ▁ 5 , 5 0 0 ▁spect ators . ▁ ▁History ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁initi atives ▁of ▁its ▁found ers , ▁Lu ís ▁Am or im , ▁Art ur ▁Bast os , ▁Lu ís ▁Cad ilon ▁and ▁Arthur ▁Lee , ▁was ▁to ▁ac quire ▁land ▁to ▁build ▁the ▁first ▁play ground ▁in ▁the ▁woods ▁at ▁P ical hos ▁near ▁the ▁railway ▁Valley ▁V oug a . ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 4 , ▁they ▁le ased ▁land ▁and ▁started ▁emb ank ments ▁and ▁soon ▁the ▁first ▁few ▁games ▁took ▁place ▁against ▁Lou ros a ▁on ▁ 4 ▁May ▁ 1 9 2 4 ▁in ▁which ▁Fe ir ense ▁won ▁ 2 – 1 . ▁The ▁first ▁president ▁was ▁Santa ▁Maria ▁da ▁Fe ira ▁native ▁Alc ides ▁Mach ado ▁da ▁Silva , ▁who ▁took ▁office ▁on ▁ 3 0 ▁December ▁ 1 9 2 4 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 6 ▁and ▁ever ▁since , ▁the ▁club ▁has ▁kept ▁Fe ir ense , ▁created ▁a