F.C. Famalicão

Famalicão
Full name	Futebol Clube de Famalicão
Nickname(s)	Famalicenses; Vila Nova; Azuis e Brancos ; Fama
Founded	21 August 1931; 90 years ago
Ground	Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho; Vila Nova de Famalicão
Capacity	5,307
Owner	Idan Ofer
Chairman	Miguel Ribeiro
Manager	Ivo Vieira
League	Primeira Liga
2020–21	Primeira Liga, 9th of 18
Website	Club website
	Current season

Futebol Clube de Famalicão, commonly known as Famalicão, is a Portuguese football club from Vila Nova de Famalicão.^[2] Founded on 21 August 1931,^[1] its senior team currently plays in the Primeira Liga, the top tier of Portuguese football.

Since 1952, Famalicão have played their home matches at the Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho, which holds a 5,307-seat capacity.^[3] The Famalicenses' most successful period of their history occurred in the early 1990s, where the club played four seasons in the Primeira Liga, between 1990 and 1994, counting now with seven Primeira Liga appearances. The club is owned by Quantum Pacific Group which also has 30% share of Atlético de Madrid.

History[]

Futebol Clube de Famalicão was founded on the 21 August 1931 by six friends. Their first match was the opening of their ground, the Campo da Berberia, with a match against FC Porto in 1932. Their first kit was green and white, however, they eventually changed it to blue and white in order to get affiliation from Porto. Famalicão started competing in 1932–33 in the Regional Promotion Championship which they won. In 1945–46, the club reached the semi-finals of the Taça de Portugal under Hungarian manager Janos Szabo, but were beaten 11–0 by a Sporting CP team led by Cândido de Oliveira.^[4]

The club have spent six years in the Primeira Liga in total - 1946–47, 1978–79, and four consecutively from 1990 to 1994. The 2000s brought a fast fall with the club dropping as far as the regional championships. Having fallen as low as the fifth-tier Braga Football Association district league in 2008–09, Famalicão returned to Segunda Liga for the first time in 19 years in May 2015 by winning their group in the Campeonato Nacional de Seniores.^[5] They lost the final on penalties to C.D. Mafra after a 1–1 draw at the Estádio Municipal da Marinha Grande on 10 June.^[6]

At the beginning of the 2018–19 season, 51% of the club share was bought by Quantum Pacific Group, a group led by Israeli businessman Idan Ofer that also holds 33% of Atlético de Madrid.^[7] On 28 April 2019, the club won promotion to the top flight for the first time in a quarter of a century.^[8]

On 11 September 2019, Quantum Pacific Group increased its share in the Sociedade Anónima Desportiva of the club from 51% to 85%.^[9] With a 1–0 win over F.C. Paços de Ferreira in January 2020, the club reached the semi-finals of the cup for the first time since 1946.^[4]

The club plays their home games at Estádio Municipal de Famalicão and have occupied the stadium since its opening in 1952. The club's previous grounds were Campo da Berberia, opened in 1932, and Campo do Freião, opened in 1946. Works on the stadium were planned for 2019 to increase the comfort and technology of the stadium, as well as expanding its capacity to 7,500.

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 9 September, 2021^[10]

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	RUS	Ivan Zlobin
3	DF	POR	Rúben Lima
4	DF	BRA	Alex (on loan from Santos)
5	DF	ESP	Adrián Marín (on loan from Granada)
6	MF	SUI	Charles Pickel
7	FW	POR	Ivo Rodrigues
8	MF	POR	Pedro Brazão
9	FW	POR	Marcos Paulo (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
10	MF	ESP	Iván Jaime
11	FW	BRA	Bruno Rodrigues (on loan from Tombense)
13	GK	BRA	Dalberson
15	DF	BRA	Riccieli


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	FRA	Simon Banza (on loan from Lens)
19	DF	FRA	Dylan Batubinsika
20	MF	POR	David Tavares
22	DF	ARG	Hernán de la Fuente
25	FW	POR	Pedro Marques (on loan from Sporting CP)
31	GK	BRA	Luiz Júnior
63	DF	TUR	Gürkan Başkan
75	FW	BRA	Geovani
80	MF	GHA	Lawrence Ofori
88	MF	POR	Pêpê (on loan from Olympiacos)
90	DF	POR	Diogo Figueiras
91	FW	POR	Heriberto Tavares
99	FW	BRA	Amarildo

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
2	DF	ESP	Dani Morer (at Andorra)
5	DF	NED	Calvin Verdonk (at NEC Nijmegen)
12	MF	BRA	Gustavo Assunção (at Galatasaray)
23	DF	POR	Diogo Queirós (at Real Valladolid)
97	DF	BRA	Patrick William (at Estoril)
99	FW	SUI	Rubén del Campo (at Melilla)

Competitions[]

Trophies[]

National
	Competition	Trophies	Seasons
	Segunda Divisão	2	1977–78, 1987–88
Regional
	Competition	Trophies	Seasons
	Regional Promotion Championship	1	1935–36
	Regional Opening Tournament	3	1982–83, 1984–85, 1986–87
	Regional Honour Cup	1	1986–87
	Primeira Divisão Regional	2	1954–55, 1961–62

Participations[]

National
	Competition	Participations	Best finish
	Primeira Liga	7	6th
	LigaPro	6	2nd
	Segunda Divisão	42	1st
	Terceira Divisão	9	2nd
	Portuguese Cup	60	Semi-finals
	Portuguese League Cup	4	Group stage
Regional
	Competition	Participations	Best finish
	Honour Division	1	2nd

Season by season[]

Season	Tier	Competition	Classification	Portuguese Cup
1989–90	2	Segunda Divisão	2nd	1/32
1990–91	1	Primeira Divisão	15th	1/8
1991–92	1	Primeira Divisão	14th	1/8
1992–93	1	Primeira Divisão	14th	4QR
1993–94	1	Primeira Divisão	17th	1/8
1994–95	2	Segunda Divisão	12th	1/8
1995–96	2	Segunda Divisão	17th	3QR
1996–97	3	Segunda Divisão B	3rd	2QR
1997–98	3	Segunda Divisão B	10th	2QR
1998–99	3	Segunda Divisão B	10th	4QR
1999–2000	3	Segunda Divisão B	2nd	4QR
2000–01	3	Segunda Divisão B	2nd	1/4
2001–02	3	Segunda Divisão B	20th	2QR
2002–03	4	Terceira Divisão	6th	1QR
2003–04	4	Terceira Divisão	10th	3QR
2004–05	4	Terceira Divisão	2nd	3QR
2005–06	3	Segunda Divisão B	7th	2QR
2006–07	3	Segunda Divisão B	12th	4QR
2007–08	4	Terceira Divisão	13th	1QR
2008–09	5	Regional Honour League	2nd	-
2009–10	4	Terceira Divisão	3rd	1QR
2010–11	4	Terceira Divisão	2nd	1QR
2011–12	3	Segunda Divisão B	7th	3QR
2012–13	3	Segunda Divisão B	9th	1QR
2013–14	3	Campeonato Nacional de Seniores	8th	4QR
2014–15	3	Campeonato Nacional de Seniores	2nd	QF
2015–16	2	LigaPro	6th	3QR
2016–17	2	LigaPro	15th	3QR
2017–18	2	LigaPro	14th	4QR
2018–19	2	LigaPro	2nd	2QR
2019–20	1	Primeira Liga	6th	SF
2020–21	1	Primeira Liga	9th	4QR

Promotion stage

Relegation stage CNS

Crest[]


Crest evolution

1938-1965	1965-19??	19??-1990	1990-2011	2011-2018	2018–present

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Historial" [History]. FC Famalicão (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
^ "Vila Nova de Famalicão". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 June 2015.
^ "Municipal 22 de Junho". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 June 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Famalicão na meia-final da Taça para recordar o passado" [Famalicão in the semi-final of the Taça to remember the past]. Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
^ "Famalicão confirma subida à Segunda Liga" [Famalicão confirm promotion to Segunda Liga]. Record (in Portuguese). 10 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
^ "Mafra conquista Campeonato Nacional de Seniores" [Mafra conquer Campeonato Nacional de Seniores]. Público (in Portuguese). 10 June 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
^ "Una empresa israelí compró un club de fútbol portugués" [An Israeli business bought a Portuguese football club]. AJN. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
^ "Famalicão volta à I Liga 25 anos depois" [Famalicão return to the I Liga 25 years later]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 28 April 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
^ "Quantum Pacific Group passa a deter 85 por cento da SAD do Famalicão" [Quantum Pacific Group now holds 85 percent of Famalicão's SAD]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 11 September 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
^ "Plantel" [Squad] (in Portuguese). FC Famalicão. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

External links[]

[Founded-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Historial" [History]. FC Famalicão (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.

[2] "Vila Nova de Famalicão". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 June 2015.

[3] "Municipal 22 de Junho". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 June 2015.

[taca-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Famalicão na meia-final da Taça para recordar o passado" [Famalicão in the semi-final of the Taça to remember the past]. Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

[5] "Famalicão confirma subida à Segunda Liga" [Famalicão confirm promotion to Segunda Liga]. Record (in Portuguese). 10 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2019.

[6] "Mafra conquista Campeonato Nacional de Seniores" [Mafra conquer Campeonato Nacional de Seniores]. Público (in Portuguese). 10 June 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2019.

[7] "Una empresa israelí compró un club de fútbol portugués" [An Israeli business bought a Portuguese football club]. AJN. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2019.

[8] "Famalicão volta à I Liga 25 anos depois" [Famalicão return to the I Liga 25 years later]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 28 April 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.

[9] "Quantum Pacific Group passa a deter 85 por cento da SAD do Famalicão" [Quantum Pacific Group now holds 85 percent of Famalicão's SAD]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 11 September 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.

[10] "Plantel" [Squad] (in Portuguese). FC Famalicão. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

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