F.C. Vizela

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Vizela
Full nameFutebol Clube de Vizela
NicknameVizelenses
Founded1 January 1939; 86 years ago (1 January 1939)
GroundEstádio do Futebol Clube de Vizela,
Vizela, Portugal
Capacity6,000
ChairmanEduardo Guimarães
ManagerRicardo Sousa
LeagueLiga Portugal 2
2023–24Liga Primeira, 17th of 18 (relegated)
Websitewww.fcvizela.pt
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.[citation needed]

Brief history

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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

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Current squad

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As of 2 September 2025[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ESP Antonio Gomis
4 DF  SUI Jean-Pierre Rhyner
5 MF  ESP Moha Moukhliss
6 DF  POR Jota
7 FW  FRA Damien Loppy
8 MF  BUL Angel Bastunov
9 FW  ESP Manu Garrido
11 FW  FRA Natanael Ntolla
14 MF  HAI Leverton Pierre
17 FW  POR Miguel Tavares
19 MF  SUI Giovani Bamba
20 DF  NGA Bright Godwin
21 MF  POR Rodrigo Ramos
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF  SRB Aleksandar Busnić
23 FW  HAI Yassin Fortuné
24 MF  DOM Heinz Mörschel
25 GK  ESP Ruly García
26 DF  POR Rodrigo Beirão
33 FW  POR Ricardo Schutte
37 DF  POR José Sampaio
40 DF  BRA Ítalo
47 MF  POR Pedro Ramos
55 DF  BUL Andrea Hristov
63 DF  SRB Stefan Obradović
92 GK  POR Pedro Souza

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  CPV Jójó (at Sheriff Tiraspol until 30 June 2026)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  SEN Momo Mbaye (at Puerto Cabello until 31 December 2025)

Coaching staff

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Position Staff
Manager Spain Rubén de la Barrera
Assistant Manager Portugal José Teixeira
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

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  • 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

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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 — — — — — — —

Other statistics

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References

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  1. ^ Vizela saiu à rua para festejar o regresso à primeira divisão nacional | MAISFUTEBOL (in Portuguese), archived from the original on 6 August 2021, retrieved 6 August 2021
  2. ^ "Plantel" (in Portuguese). FC Vizela.
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