F.C. Vizela

Vizela
Full name	Futebol Clube de Vizela
Nickname(s)	Vizelenses
Founded	1 January 1939; 85 years ago
Ground	Estádio do Futebol Clube de Vizela,; Vizela, Portugal
Capacity	6,000
Chairman	Eduardo Guimarães
Manager	Rubén de la Barrera
League	Liga Portugal 2
2023–24	Liga Primeira, 17th of 18 (relegated)
Website	http://www.fcvizela.pt
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Futebol Clube de Vizela is a Portuguese professional football club that plays in Liga Portugal 2, the second tier of Portuguese football. They are based in the town of Vizela and play in the Estádio do Futebol Clube de Vizela, with a capacity of 6,000.^[1]

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 were 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 were placed 2nd in the 2020–21 Liga Portugal 2 to get promoted into the Primeira Liga for the second time in the club's history since 1985 after a 36-year absence.^[2]

Players

Current squad

As of 1 October 2024^[3]

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	SUI	Francesco Ruberto
4	DF	PER	Jean-Pierre Rhyner
6	DF	POR	Jota Gonçalves
7	FW	ESP	Héber Pena
8	MF	BUL	Angel Bastunov
9	FW	SRB	Sava Petrov
12	DF	NED	Marco Tol
13	GK	ESP	Miguel Morro (on loan from Rayo Vallecano)
17	DF	POR	João Reis
18	FW	POR	Vivaldo Semedo (on loan from Udinese Calcio)
19	DF	UKR	Orest Lebedenko
20	MF	CPV	Yannick Semedo (on loan from Santa Clara)
21	MF	POR	Rodrigo Ramos
22	MF	SRB	Aleksandar Busnić
23	FW	SRB	Uros Milovanović


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	MF	DOM	Heinz Mörschel
25	GK	ESP	Ruly García
29	FW	ANG	Joy
38	MF	POR	Miguel Tavares
40	DF	BRA	Ítalo Henrique
41	DF	POR	Anthony Correia
65	DF	POR	Sylvestre Costa
68	FW	NGA	Prosper Obah
70	MF	USA	Alex Alvarado
77	DF	CPV	Jójó
90	MF	POR	Diogo Nascimento
91	GK	POR	Thiago Pereira
97	FW	FRA	Damien Loppy
99	FW	FRA	Natanael Ntolla
—	DF	SEN	Momo Mbaye

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

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Rubén de la Barrera
Assistant Manager	José Teixeira
First-Team Coach	Rui Sá Lemos
First-Team Coach	Gabi
Goalkeeper Coach	Bruno Pinto
Goalkeeping Coach	Rui Costa
Conditioning Coach	João Luís Azevedo
Physiotherapist	Pedro Nogueira

Appearances

Primeira Liga: 3
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	14	4	4	6	27	46	14
1943–44	2D	7	12	1	3	8	13	35	5
1962–63	3D	4	10	4	1	5	28	25	9
1984–85	1D	16	30	4	7	19	31	71	15		Relegated
1992–93	2D	2	32	15	8	9	49	35	38
1996–97	2DB	10	34	11	12	11	35	37	45
1998–99	2DB	5	34	15	9	10	58	40	54
1999–2000	2DB	6	34	13	9	12	33	46	48
2000–01	2DB	5	38	16	12	10	71	47	60
2001–02	2DB	12	38	12	12	14	42	49	48
2002–03	2DB	4	38	18	10	10	52	34	64
2003–04	2DB	3	36	19	10	7	56	35	67
2004–05	2DB	1	38	23	7	6	74	32	82		Promoted
2005–06	2H	11	34	11	11	12	42	48	44	Round 5
2006–07	2H	13	30	9	7	14	29	32	34	Round 4
2007–08	2H	3	30	13	11	6	40	22	50	Round 4
2008–09	2H	11	16	4	7	5	15	22	19	Round 4
2010–11	2DB	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—