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Vizela

Full name	Futebol Clube de Vizela
Nickname(s)	Vizelenses
Founded	1 January 1939; 85 years ago (1 January 1939)
Ground	Estádio do Futebol Clube de Vizela, Vizela, Portugal
Capacity	6,100
Chairman	Eduardo Guimarães
Manager	Rubén de la Barrera
League	Liga Portugal 2
2023–24	Primeira Liga, 17th of 18 (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Futebol Clube de Vizela is a Portuguese professional football club based in Vizela, Braga District. Founded in 1939, it currently plays in the Primeira Liga and plays its home games at the Estádio do Futebol Clube de Vizela, with a capacity of 6,100.

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. ^[1]

Players

Current squad

As of 6 June 2024 ^[2]

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 2 DF   POR Hugo Oliveira 4 DF   POR Jota Gonçalves 7 FW   GNB Jardel 9 FW   SRB Sava Petrov 11 FW   FRA Amadou Ba-Sy 19 DF   UKR Orest Lebedenko 22 MF   SRB Aleksandar Busnić 70 MF   USA Alex Alvarado 73 GK   SRB Nikola Bursać 90 MF   POR Diogo Nascimento

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   PER Jean-Pierre Rhyner — DF   BRA Ítalo Henrique — DF   POR João Reis — DF   GNB Meireles Injai — FW   ESP Héber Pena — FW   FRA Damien Loppy — FW   ESP Iker Unzueta — MF   GHA Abdul Awudu — MF   ANG Messias — MF   NGA Prosper Obah — MF   POR Miguel Tavares — MF   CPV Yannick Semedo (on loan from Santa Clara) — MF   BUL Angel Bastunov

Out on loan

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

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

Other statistics

• Primeira Liga:
  • Highest ranking: 11th ( 2022–23 season)
  • Lowest ranking: 16th ( 1984–85 season)
• Liga Portugal 2:
  • Highest ranking: 2nd ( 2020–21 season)
  • Lowest ranking: 13th ( 2006–07 season)

References

External links

• Official website (in Portuguese)
• F.C. Vizela at WorldFootball.net
• F.C. Vizela at ZeroZero