Gil Vicente F.C.

Gil Vicente

Full name	Gil Vicente Futebol Clube
Nickname(s)	Gilistas (Gilists/Followers of Gil) Galos (Roosters)
Founded	1924; 97 years ago (1924)
Ground	Estádio Cidade de Barcelos
Capacity	12,504
Chairman
Manager	Ricardo Soares
League	Primeira Liga
2020–21	Primeira Liga, 11th of 18
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Gil Vicente Futebol Clube (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒiɫ viˈsẽt(ɨ)]), commonly known as Gil Vicente, founded in 1924, is a Portuguese football club that plays in Barcelos. It competes in the Primeira Liga, the top division of football in the country, and it is named after the Portuguese playwright of the same name. The best season for the team was in 1999–2000, when it finished fifth in the league.

History[]

Gil Vicente Futebol Clube was founded on 3 May 1924, after the creation of other clubs in Barcelos, such as Barcelos Sporting Club and União Football Club Barcelense. The idea to found a new club came from a group of friends that every afternoon played football near the city's theater, named Gil Vicente, after the Portuguese playwright. The initial name for the team was Gil Vicente Football Barcelense.

The team first got promoted to the top Portuguese division, then called First Division in 1990. In 1997, it got relegated to the Liga de Honra and came back two years later by winning it. The best position was in the first year back in the Liga, when it finished fifth, led by manager Álvaro Magalhães, a former Benfica player.

In the 2005–06 Primeira Liga, Gil Vicente fielded an ineligible player being Angolan forward Mateus in the "Mateus Affair". They therefore lost the right to participate in the 2006-07 Primeira Liga, and Belenenses were allowed to stay up.^[1] Gil Vicente were accused by the special sports instances that rule Portuguese football of illegally resorting to regular courts on the dispute of Mateus, according to Gil Vicente, illegal contract with his former employer, FC Lixa.^[2]

Still convinced this is not a sports-related case but rather work-related, Gil Vicente continued in the courts.^[3] Along with the relegation, they were also suspended from the Taça de Portugal for one season.^[4]

On 29 May 2011, the club returned to the top flight as champions of the 2010–11 Liga de Honra with a 3–1 home win over C.D. Fátima in front of a club record crowd; manager Paulo Alves beat C.D. Feirense on goal difference to the title, and the key players were strikers Hugo Vieira and Zé Luís.^[5] The club finished as runners-up of the 2011–12 Taça da Liga, eliminating Sporting CP from the groups, S.C. Braga on penalties in the semi-final and losing 2–1 to S.L. Benfica in the final in Coimbra.^[6]

A four-year spell in the top flight ended in 2014–15, when Gil Vicente lost 2–1 at F.C. Penafiel in the penultimate round of matches.^[7] On 29 April 2018, the club slipped into the third tier for the first time since 1971, but had a place in the 2019–20 Primeira Liga secured as a result of the appeal against the "Matheus Affair".^[8]

Stadium[]

The first struggles of the young team were mainly about finding a pitch to play. Back then, the team would play in the Campo da Estação, which belonged to another club, Triunfo Sport Club. On 3 May 1933, Gil Vicente played in its first field, Campo da Granja, with a capacity for 5,012 spectators, and later renamed Adelino Ribeiro Novo which is now the youth academy stadium, after a Gil Vicente goalkeeper who died there during a match on 16 September 1946.

Gil Vicente played in the Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo until the 2003–04 season. From 2004–05 on, the team plays in the new Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, with the former being used for the youth teams. The new stadium, with a capacity of 14,000, belongs to the municipality and received two UEFA Under-21 European Championship 2006 matches: Serbia and Montenegro 0–1 Germany [1] and Portugal 0–2 Serbia and Montenegro [2].

Honours[]

• Segunda Liga

• Winners (2): 1998–99, 2010–11

• Taça da Liga

• Runners-up (1): 2011–12

League and cup history[]

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	League Cup	Notes
1989–90	2D	1	34	22	5	7	51	25	49	Round 5		Promoted
1990–91	1D	13	38	11	11	16	34	46	33	Round 5
1991–92	1D	13	34	11	7	16	26	42	29	Quarter-finals
1992–93	1D	9	34	12	7	15	34	42	31	Round 4
1993–94	1D	10	34	10	11	13	27	47	31	Round 4
1994–95	1D	13	34	7	13	14	30	40	27	Round 4
1995–96	1D	12	34	9	9	16	31	49	36	Round 4
1996–97	1D	18	34	4	7	23	29	74	19	Round 4		Relegated
1997–98	2H	4	34	16	12	6	44	23	60	Quarter-finals
1998–99	2H	1	34	20	8	6	58	24	68	Quarter-finals		Promoted
1999–00	1D	5	34	14	11	9	48	34	53	Quarter-finals		[A]
2000–01	1D	14	34	10	7	17	34	41	37	Quarter-finals
2001–02	1D	12	34	10	8	16	42	56	38	Round 4
2002–03	1D	8	34	13	5	16	42	53	44	Round 5
2003–04	1D	12	34	10	10	14	43	40	40	Round 4
2004–05	1D	13	34	11	7	16	34	40	40	Round 4
2005–06	1D	12	34	11	7	16	37	42	40	Round 4		[B]
2006–07	2H	12	30	12	9	9	27	27	36			[C]
2007–08	2H	4	30	13	11	6	43	34	50	Quarter-finals	Round 1
2008–09	2H	9	30	8	14	8	36	37	38	Quarter-finals	Second Group Stage
2009–10	2H	10	30	9	11	10	36	32	38	Round 4	First Group Stage
2010–11	2H	1	30	15	10	5	55	38	55	Round 3	Second Group Stage	Promoted
2011–12	1D	9	30	8	10	12	31	42	34	Round 3	Runners-up
2012–13	1D	13	30	6	7	17	31	54	25	Quarter-finals	Round 2
2013–14	1D	13	30	8	7	15	23	37	31
2014–15	1D	17	34	4	11	19	25	60	23			Relegated
2015–16	2H	11	46	16	14	16	58	56	62
2016–17	2H	13	42	13	17	12	47	49	56
2017–18	2H	19	38	8	12	18	29	45	36			Relegated
2018–19	CP	10	34	22	4	8	-	-	-	Second round		Court ordered promotion to Primeira Liga
2019–20	1D	10	34	11	10	13	40	44	43	Fourth round	Group Stage
2020–21	1D	11	34	11	6	17	33	42	39	Quarter-finals

A. ^A Best league classification finish in the club's history.

B. ^B Despite finishing twelfth, the club was relegated due to fielding an ineligible player during the 2005–06 Primeira Liga season.

C. ^C The team at the start of the season was docked nine points due to its involvement in fielding an ineligible player in the previous season. The team was also suspended from the Taça de Portugal for one season.

Last updated: 17 July 2012
Div. = Division; 1D = Portuguese League; 2H = Liga de Honra; 2D = Portuguese Second Division; CP = Campeonato de Portugal
Pos. = Position; Pl = Match played; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lost; GS = Goal Scored; GA = Goal Against; P = Points

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 2 September, 2021^[9]

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  POR Zé Carlos (on loan from Sporting Braga) 3 DF  BRA Lucas Cunha 4 DF  BRA Diogo Silva 5 DF  GHA Emmanuel Hackman 6 MF  BRA João Afonso 7 FW  FRA Bilel Aouacheria 8 MF  POR Pedrinho 9 FW  ESP Fran Navarro 10 MF  JPN Kanya Fujimoto (on loan from Tokyo Verdy) 11 FW  FRA Antoine Leautey 12 GK  POR Brian Araújo 15 MF  GEO Giorgi Aburjania 17 FW  POR Boubacar Hanne

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  MEX Juan Calero (on loan from Pachuca) 20 MF  POR João Caiado 21 MF  BRA Vitor Carvalho 25 MF  BRA Jean Irmer 26 DF  POR Rúben Fernandes 29 FW  BRA Samuel Lino 31 DF  POR Talocha 33 DF  BRA Iago Maidana (on loan from Atlético Mineiro) 42 GK  BRA Andrew 55 DF  POR Henrique Gomes 57 MF  BRA Matheus Bueno 77 FW  BRA Murilo 93 FW  BRA Élder Santana 99 FW  POR André Liberal

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 — DF  SEN Souleymane Aw — DF  BRA Guilherme Mantuan — FW  NGA Ahmed Isaiah

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  BRA Miullen — FW  BRA Élder Santana

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

Managerial history[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Portuguese)
• Club Profile at LPFP (in Portuguese)
• Club Profile & Squad at ForaDeJogo (in Portuguese)