Club Football Estrela da Amadora traces its roots to 1932, when Clube de Futebol Estrela da Amadora was founded in Amadora, a municipality in the northwest of Lisbon. For decades the club was a recognisable presence in Portuguese football, building an identity around its distinctive tricolour kit — red on the left, white in the centre, and green on the right — and earning the enduring nickname "the Tricolours."
Financial difficulties brought the original club to its knees, and in 2011 it was formally dissolved due to bankruptcy. The legacy was kept alive by a group of loyal supporters who established Clube Desportivo Estrela, maintaining the youth teams and the broader sporting community that had grown around the badge.
The modern chapter began in the summer of 2020, when members voted overwhelmingly — 92% in favour — to merge CD Estrela with Club Sintra Football, forming a new Sociedade Anónima Desportiva under the official name Club Football Estrela da Amadora. The merged club inherited the historic crest and entered the third-tier Campeonato de Portugal. Promotion followed in the very first season, and by the end of 2022–23 the club had reached the Primeira Liga for the first time in the new era, clinching the playoff spot by defeating C.S. Marítimo on penalties.
In May 2022, Indonesian company Pakuan Football Enterprise, led by Dodi Irwan Suparno, acquired the club, citing its historical significance in Portuguese football as the driving force behind the investment. With André Geraldes as president, Estrela Amadora now compete at the top tier, playing home matches at Estádio José Gomes and carrying the tricolour colours that have defined the club across two distinct lifetimes.