Vitória S.C.

Vitória Sport Clube, commonly known as Vitória de Guimarães, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Guimarães that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top-flight of football in Portugal.

Not to be confused with Vitória F.C., from Setúbal.
Vitória de Guimarães
Full nameVitória Sport Clube
Nickname(s)Os Vimaranenses (The ones from Guimarães)
Os Conquistadores (The Conquerors)[1]
Founded22 September 1922 (22 September 1922)
GroundEstádio D. Afonso Henriques
Capacity30,146[2]
OwnerVitória Sport Clube (majority)
V Sports (Nassef Sawiris & Wes Edens)
ChairmanAntónio Miguel Cardoso
ManagerÁlvaro Pacheco
LeaguePrimeira Liga
2022–23Primeira Liga, 6th of 18
WebsiteClub website
Active departments of Vitória S.C.
Football
(men's)		 Football B
(men's)		 Football U23
(men's)
Football U19
(women's)		 Futsal Roller hockey
Basketball Water Polo Volleyball
Athletics Swimming Table tennis

Vitória de Guimarães have finished third in the Primeira Liga on four occasions, most recently in 2007–08. They have won one Taça de Portugal (2013) and one Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (1988), while also being runners-up of the former on six occasions.

The club have competed regularly in European competitions, where their best finish was the quarter-finals of the 1986–87 UEFA Cup.

History

Vitória was formed in 1922. Its name seems to be a tribute to Vitória de Setúbal, which at the time was a top contender for the Campeonato de Portugal, though these days Guimarães supporters downplay the connection. After seasons of toiling in the Braga FA leagues, the Vimaranenses were first promoted to the Primeira Liga in 1941, and two seasons later battled the Sadinos from Setúbal for the first time in the League. Surprise package Guimarães, against all odds, reached their first Taça de Portugal final in their debut season, but lost to Belenenses 2–0.

Vitória's furthest progress in a European tournament was in the 1986–87 UEFA Cup, in which they were defeated 5–2 on aggregate in the quarter-finals by West German club Borussia Mönchengladbach.[3]

In the early 2000s, Vitória struggled in some years to retain its status in the top Portuguese division, then named the Superliga. Those years were marked by the decline of the leadership of Pimenta Machado, former club president, who was accused on charges of embezzlement. In February 2008 he was sentenced to four years and three months of prison on a suspended sentence,[4] though a year later he was cleared of this charge and instead ordered to pay a €4,000 fine for falsifying a document.[5]

Despite this, in 2004–05, the club secured a fifth-place finish in the league and qualified for European competition via the UEFA Cup. The next season (2005–06), however, they were relegated to the Segunda Liga (where they last played in 1958) after finishing 17th in the Superliga,[6] despite reaching the Taça de Portugal semi-final, having beaten Benfica in the quarter-finals. The club also failed to progress from their UEFA Cup group, as eventual winners Sevilla, Premier League outfit Bolton Wanderers and Russian team Zenit Saint Petersburg progressed.

Vitória bounced back immediately to the top-flight as runners-up to Leixões S.C. under the management of Manuel Cajuda.[7] A joint-best third-place finish in 2007–08, guaranteeing them a place in the third qualifying round of the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League, their first such campaign. There they fell to Swiss side FC Basel 2–1 on aggregate, with a potential away goal winner by Roberto Calmon Félix being ruled out late on for offside.[8] Vitória dropped into the 2008–09 UEFA Cup first round as a result of their elimination, and lost 4–2 on aggregate after extra time to England's Portsmouth.[9]

Led by Rui Vitória in 2012–13, Vitória found themselves in financial problems, which caused them to lose many experienced players and bet on young players. However, they would go on to win their first Taça de Portugal title after previously losing five finals. Vitória beat rivals Braga en route to the final, where they recovered from 1–0 down against Benfica to win 2–1.[10]

In 2017, Vitória made the cup final again, losing 2–1 to double winners S.L. Benfica.[11] That September, the team left their mark in UEFA competitions, being the first team to start a game without a European player on the field.[12] In 2020–21, the club went through four managers – Tiago, João Henriques, Bino and Moreno – before finishing seventh, missing Europe by one place.[13]

In February 2023, Vitória announced an agreement to sell 46% of the club's shares in a deal worth €5m to football club holding company V Sports, led by billionaires Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens: owners of Premier League club Aston Villa. V Sports would additionally offer a credit line of up to €20m, and invest an additional €2m into sporting infrastructure.[14] The agreement was approved at a vote of Vitória's members on 4 March 2023: approximately 88% voted in favour of the deal.[15] However, due to UEFA rules, VSports participation had to be reduced to 29%.

Stadium

They play in the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, which has a capacity of just over 30,000.[2]

The Estádio D. Afonso Henriques seen from the outside
The Estádio D. Alfonso Henriques (2018)

After Os Três Grandes, Vitória is the club which attracts most supporters to the stadium,[16] with average attendances of 20,000 per game. Vitória usually has a higher average than all the other clubs, even when the club played in the Second Division/League.

Honours

Taça de Portugal

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

League and Cup history

Updated: May 2021.[17] The club's 76 seasons (as in 2021) in the top level of Portuguese football make them the club with the joint-fourth longest time there, after Benfica, Porto, and Sporting CP (all with 87); and Belenenses with 77.

European matches
Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First round Czechoslovakia Baník Ostrava 1–0 1–1 2–1
Second round England Southampton 3–3 1–5 4–8
1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First round France Angoulême 3–0 1–3 4–3
Second round Scotland Hibernian 2–1 0–2 2–3
1973–74 Intertoto Cup Group 2 Sweden Djurgården 5–0 1–3 2nd
Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax 5–2 1–0
West Germany Hamburger SV 3–1 0–2
1975–76 Intertoto Cup Group 7 Belgium Oostende 4–1 0–2 2nd
Denmark Holbæk B&I 4–0 2–1
Czechoslovakia Inter Bratislava 1–0 0–4
1983–84 UEFA Cup First round England Aston Villa 1–0 0–5 1–5
1986–87 UEFA Cup First round Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague 2–1 1–1 3–2
Second round Spain Atlético Madrid 2–0 0–1 2–1
Third round Netherlands Groningen 3–0 0–1 3–1
Quarter-finals West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–2 0–3 2–5
1987–88 UEFA Cup First round Hungary Tatabánya 1–0 1–1 2–1
Second round Belgium Beveren 1–0 0–1 1–1 (5–4 p)
Third round Czechoslovakia TJ Vitkovice 2–0 0–2 2–2 (4–5 p)
1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup First round Netherlands Roda 1–0 0–2 1–2
1990–91 UEFA Cup First round Turkey Fenerbahçe 2–3 0–3 2–6
1992–93 UEFA Cup First round Spain Real Sociedad 3–0 0–2 3–2
Second round Netherlands Ajax 0–3 1–2 1–5
1995–96 UEFA Cup First round Belgium Standard Liège 3–1 0–0 3–1
Second round Spain Barcelona 0–4 0–3 0–7
1996–97 UEFA Cup First round Italy Parma 2–0 1–2 3–2
Second round Belgium Anderlecht 1–1 0–0 1–1 (a)
1997–98 UEFA Cup First round Italy Lazio 0–4 1–2 1–6
1998–99 UEFA Cup First round Scotland Celtic 1–2 1–2 2–4
2005–06 UEFA Cup First round Poland Wisła Kraków 3–0 1–0 4–0
Group H Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 1–2 5th
England Bolton Wanderers 1–1
Spain Sevilla 1–3
Turkey Beşiktaş 1–3
2008–09 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round Switzerland Basel 0–0 1–2 1–2
2008–09 UEFA Cup First round England Portsmouth 2–2 0–2 2–4
2011–12 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round Denmark Midtjylland 2–1 0–0 2–1
Play-off round Spain Atlético Madrid 0–4 0–2 0–6
2013–14 UEFA Europa League Group I France Lyon 1–2 1–1 3rd place
Spain Real Betis 0–1 0–1
Croatia Rijeka 4–0 0–0
2015–16 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round Austria Altach 1–4 1–2 2–6
2017–18 UEFA Europa League Group I Austria RB Salzburg 1–1 0–3 4th place
France Marseille 1–0 1–2
Turkey Konyaspor 1–1 1–2
2019–20 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch 4–0 1–0 5–0
Third qualifying round Latvia FK Ventspils 6–0 3–0 9–0
Play-off round Romania FCSB 1–0 0–0 1–0
Group F England Arsenal 1–1 2–3 4th place
Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 0–1 3–2
Belgium Standard Liège 1–1 0–2
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League Second qualifying round Hungary Puskás Akadémia 3–0 0–0 3–0
Third qualifying round Croatia Hajduk Split 1–0 1–3 2–3
2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League Second qualifying round Slovenia Celje 0–1 (a.e.t.) 4–3 4–4 (2–4 p)

Players

Current squad
As of 25 October 2023[18]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Portugal POR Miguel Maga
3 DF Venezuela VEN Mikel Villanueva
4 DF Portugal POR Tomás Ribeiro
6 MF Portugal POR Manu Silva
7 FW Brazil BRA André Silva
8 MF Portugal POR Tomás Händel
9 FW Brazil BRA Alisson Safira
10 MF Portugal POR Tiago Silva
11 FW Portugal POR Jota Silva
14 GK Cape Verde CPV Bruno Varela (Vice-captain)
17 MF Portugal POR João Mendes
18 FW Cape Verde CPV Telmo Arcanjo
19 DF Portugal POR Ricardo Mangas
20 FW Angola ANG Nélson da Luz
21 MF Portugal POR André André (Captain)
22 FW Spain ESP Adrián Butzke
24 DF Croatia CRO Toni Borevković
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 GK Brazil BRA Charles Silva
28 MF Portugal POR Zé Carlos
29 DF France FRA Mamadou Tounkara
30 FW Nigeria NGA Clinton Udeh
44 DF Portugal POR Jorge Fernandes
52 DF Portugal POR Alberto Costa
53 GK Portugal POR Rafa Oliveira
64 MF Portugal POR Gonçalo Nogueira
72 DF Portugal POR Afonso Freitas
76 DF Angola ANG Bruno Gaspar
77 MF Portugal POR Nuno Santos
80 MF Portugal POR Dani Silva
87 FW Portugal POR Jota Pereira
91 GK Portugal POR José Ribeiro
92 MF Portugal POR Diogo Sousa
98 MF Portugal POR Rodrigo Duarte

Other players under contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
63 GK Guinea-Bissau GNB Celton Biai

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
5 DF Portugal POR Hélder Sá (at Radomiak Radom until 30 June 2024)
23 MF Brazil BRA Matheus Índio (at Vojvodina until 30 June 2024)
54 DF Portugal POR Gabriel Rodrigues (at Vianense until 30 June 2024)

Club staff
Position Staff
PresidentPortugal António Miguel Cardoso
Technical DirectorPortugal Carlos Campos
Sporting DirectorPortugal Rogério Matias
Director of FootballPortugal Flávio Meireles
ManagerPortugal Álvaro Pacheco
Assistant ManagerTBA
First-Team CoachTBA
Goalkeeper CoachBrazil Douglas Jesus
Head of ScoutingTBA
PhysiotherapistPortugal Pedro Figueiredo
Portugal Frederico Neto
Team ManagerPortugal Rui Carvalho

Basketball
Main article: Vitória S.C. (basketball)

Vitória S.C. men's basketball team plays in the LPB.

Volleyball
Main article: Vitória S.C. (volleyball)

Vitória Sport Clube has a volleyball team which plays in the Portuguese Volleyball League A1.

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