F.C. Vizela

Futebol Clube de Vizela is a Portuguese football club based in Vizela, Braga District. Founded in 1939, it currently plays in the Liga Portugal Bwin, holding home games at the Estádio do Futebol Clube de Vizela, with a capacity for 6,100 spectators.

Vizela
Full nameFutebol Clube de Vizela
Nickname(s)Vizelenses
Founded1 January 1939 (1 January 1939)
GroundEstádio do Futebol Clube de Vizela,
Vizela, Portugal
Capacity6,100
ChairmanEduardo Guimarães
ManagerTulipa
LeaguePrimeira Liga
2021–2214th
WebsiteClub website

Brief history

Vizela joined the Braga Football Association on 1 August 1940. Twenty-six years later, the first trophy came, with the conquest of the Taça de Campeão Nacional after defeating Tramagal Sport União (5–3). The club spent the vast majority of its early years in the Campeonato de Portugal.

In 1984, Vizela promoted for the first time in its history to the Primeira Liga, but this spell only lasted one season, with the club ranking last. Shortly after, the team was again in the third level, only returning in the 2000s.

Again in the "silver category" of Portuguese football, Vizela finished third in the 2007–08 season, falling just one point short of a promotion. In the following year, it finished in 10th position, but was relegated due to the Apito Dourado scandal; for several years, the club acted as S.C. Braga's farm team.

In May 2021, the club placed 2nd in the 2020–21 Liga Portugal 2 to get promoted into the Primeira Liga for the first time in the club's history since 1985 after a 36-year absence.[1]

Players

Current squad
As of 27 January 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Portugal POR Bruno Wilson
4 DF Cape Verde CPV Ivanildo Fernandes
5 DF Brazil BRA Anderson
6 MF Brazil BRA Claudemir
8 MF Portugal POR Raphael Guzzo
9 FW Montenegro MNE Milutin Osmajić (on loan from Cádiz)
10 FW Portugal POR Kiko Bondoso
11 FW Austria AUT Alexander Schmidt
13 GK Brazil BRA Luiz Felipe
14 DF Brazil BRA Igor Julião
15 MF Nigeria NGA Monsuru Opeyemi
16 DF Brazil BRA Matheus Pereira
17 FW Venezuela VEN Matías Lacava (on loan from Puerto Cabello)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF United States USA Alex Mendez
20 MF Portugal POR Samu
22 FW Mali MLI Kévin Zohi
23 MF Iraq IRQ Osama Rashid
24 DF Portugal POR Kiki
25 DF Ivory Coast CIV Mohamed Aidara
31 GK Guinea-Bissau GNB Manuel Baldé
34 MF Spain ESP Pedro Ortiz (on loan from Sevilla Atlético)
70 MF United States USA Alex Alvarado
79 FW Portugal POR Nuno Moreira
82 MF Portugal POR Tomás Silva
90 FW Nigeria NGA Friday Etim
97 GK Croatia CRO Fabijan Buntić

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Nigeria NGA Emmanuel Maviram (at Länk VCV Vilaverdense until 30 June 2023)
— DF Brazil BRA Marcelo Vilela (at Montalegre until 30 June 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Ghana GHA Francis Cann (at Al-Hazem until 30 June 2023)

Coaching staff
Position Staff
Manager Portugal Tulipa
Assistant Manager Portugal José Teixeira
First-Team Coach Portugal Rui Sá Lemos
First-Team Coach Portugal Gabi
Goalkeeper Coach Portugal Bruno Pinto
Goalkeeping Coach Portugal Rui Costa
Conditioning Coach Portugal João Luís Azevedo
Physiotherapist Portugal Pedro Nogueira

Appearances
  • Primeira Liga: 1
  • Second Level: 4
  • Segunda Divisão: 28
  • Terceira Divisão: 14
  • Taça de Portugal: 38
  • Taça da Liga (League Cup): 1

League and Cup history
Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
1942–43 2D 5 14446 274614
1943–44 2D 7 12138 13355
1962–633D41041528259
1984–85 1D 16 304719 317115 Relegated
1992–93 2D 2 321589 493538
1996–97 2DB 10 34111211 353745
1998–99 2DB 5 3415910 584054
1999–2000 2DB 6 3413912 334648
2000–01 2DB 5 38161210 714760
2001–02 2DB 12 38121214 424948
2002–03 2DB 4 38181010 523464
2003–04 2DB 3 3619107 563567
2004–05 2DB 1 382376 743282 Promoted
2005–06 2H 11 34111112 424844 Round 5
2006–07 2H 13 309714 293234 Round 4
2007–08 2H 3 3013116 402250 Round 4
2008–09 2H 11 16475 152219 Round 4
2010–11 2DB 7 ---- ---

Other statistics

References
  1. Vizela saiu à rua para festejar o regresso à primeira divisão nacional | MAISFUTEBOL (in Portuguese), retrieved 6 August 2021
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