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
Founded1939 (1939)
GroundEstádio do Futebol Clube de Vizela,
Vizela, Portugal
Capacity6,100
ChairmanEduardo Guimarães
ManagerÁlvaro Pacheco
LeaguePrimeira Liga
2020–21Liga Portugal 2, 2nd (promoted)
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 22 September 2021

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  POR Pedro Silva
2 DF  POR Hugo Oliveira
3 DF  POR Bruno Wilson
4 DF  POR Ivanildo Fernandes
6 MF  BRA Claudemir
8 MF  POR Raphael Guzzo
9 FW  BRA Cassiano
10 FW  POR Kiko Bondoso
13 MF  CIV Evrard Zag
14 DF  BRA Igor Julião
17 MF  BRA Marcos Paulo
19 MF  USA Alex Mendez
20 MF  POR Samu
22 FW  MLI Kévin Zohi
24 DF  POR Kiki
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 DF  CIV Mohamed Aidara
28 MF  NGA Emmanuel Adeyemo
37 DF  GHA Richard Ofori
39 DF  CIV Koffi Kouao
69 MF  NGA Kuku Fidelis
75 FW  NGA Hassan Usman
79 FW  POR Nuno Moreira
82 FW  POR Tomás Silva
84 GK  POR Ivo Gonçalves
87 GK  BRA Charles Silva
95 FW  BRA Guilherme Schettine (on loan from Braga)
99 FW  GHA Francis Cann

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  BRA Marcelo Vilela (at Oliveira do Hospital)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  POR João Pais (at Oliveira do Hospital)

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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