They previously played in the Portuguese Second Division Serie A and finished in 3rd place during the 2007/08 season.

They will continue to play their home games in 2012–13 in Estádio Municipal da Coutada with a capacity of 3,100.

[2] The local town government, according to an article in an August weekly edition of the "Noticias dos Arcos", had donated 20,000 euros to help start the team's return to the districts league of Viana do Castelo.

According to the website zerozero.pt, the 2012–13 roster features a number of players from local clubs such as Ponte De Barca and Proselense.

Other former alumni of the club include Pedro Tiba, Camora, Helder Cabral and Leandro Morais, the once manager of Atletico dos Arcos who achieved the two recent promotions with the club, is currently the assistant manager of the legendary and former champion of Portugal, Boavista.

They announced Fernando Rego who is currently 51 years of age as their coach.

Although Atletico dos Arcos is a small team in relation to many other football clubs in Portugal, they do receive an incredible amount of support from immigrants spread all over the world including France, Canada, Switzerland, United States and Brazil.