Vitória F.C.

Vitória de Setúbal

Full name	O Vitória Futebol Clube[1]
Founded	20 November 1910
Ground	Estádio do Bonfim
Ground Capacity	21,530 / 18,728 (UEFA)
Chairman	Fernando Oliveira
Manager	Quim Machado
League	Primeira Liga
2014–15	14th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Vitória Futebol Clube is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Setúbal. Popularly known as Vitória de Setúbal (pronounced: [viˈtɔɾiɐ dɨ sɨˈtubaɫ], the club was born under the original name Sport Victoria from the ashes of the small Bonfim Foot-Ball Club.

Vitória de Setúbal have won 3 Portuguese Cup titles and 1 Portuguese League Cup title.

History

VFC Sétubal played in the inaugural Campeonato da Liga in 1934–35.^[2][3]

In 1964–65, Vitória FC Setúbal won their first Taca de Portugal, beating holders S.L. Benfica 3–1 in the final. After losing 1–0 to SC Braga in the next season's final, Vitória won the 1967 final by beating Académica 3–2 after extra-time.^[4]

Vitória's Cup victories allowed them to compete in the European Cup-Winners' Cup. They lost 4–2 on aggregate in the first round to AGF Aarhus in 1965–66^[5] and 7–3 on aggregate to Bayern Munich in the second round in 1967–68.^[6]

Vitória Setubal played in the Fairs Cup in 1969–70, knocking Liverpool out in the second round.^[7][8] In the next round they were eliminated 2–1 on aggregate by Hertha Berlin.^[8]

In the 1973–74 season, Vitória de Setúbal finished in third place, four points behind champions Sporting CP.^[9]

After another yo-yo period from the mid-1980s to the mid-2000s, Vitória returned to the Portuguese top flight for the 2004–05 season and have remained there since.^[10] The same season saw them win their third Cup, beating holders Benfica 2–1 in the final on 29 May. On 13 August, the two clubs played the Super Cup against each other at the Estádio do Algarve, with Benfica winning 1–0.^[11]

Stadium

Vitoria play at the Estádio do Bonfim, which was inaugurated in 1962 and has a capacity of 18,964.^[12]

There are plans for a new municipal stadium to be built in Setúbal, with the Bonfim being re-developed for retail.^[13]

Honours

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• Primeira Divisão:

• Runner-up: 1971–72

• Portuguese Cup:
• Winner: 1964–65, 1966–67, 2004–05

• Runner-up: 1953-54, 1961-62, 1965-66, 1967-68, 1972-73, 2005-06

• Portuguese League Cup:

• Winner: 2007–08

• Lisbon Championship:

• Winner: 1923–24, 1926–27

• Honour Cup:

• Winner: 1923–24, 1926–27

• Setúbal Championship:

• Winner: 1927–28, 1928–29, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47

Current squad

As of 14 January 2016^[18]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Lukas Raeder 2 DF Tiago Valente 3 DF Frederico Venâncio 6 MF Fábio Pacheco 8 MF Paulo Tavares 9 FW Mohcine Hassan 11 FW Costinha 12 GK Miguel Lázaro 17 MF Maciej Makuszewski (on loan from Lechia Gdansk) 18 FW André Claro 19 FW Arnold Issoko 20 DF Toni Gorupec 21 DF Nuno Pinto

No. Position Player 22 DF William Alves 23 FW Vasco Costa 25 GK Diego 26 DF Cléber Prado 30 FW Zé Meyong 35 DF Rúben Semedo (on loan from Sporting CP) 42 MF Alex Cardoso 44 DF Miguel Lourenço 66 MF Dani 77 MF André Horta 82 GK Ricardo Nunes (on loan from Porto) 90 DF Ruca 92 FW Salim Cissé (on loan from Sporting CP)

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player 20 DF Kiko (at Farense) 28 MF Yann Rolim (at Frankfurt)

Coaches

• Names in bold represent managers in their second or more term of service

Other sports

Vitória's sports departments besides the football section:

Handball

Rugby

References

External links

• Official website (Portuguese)
• Vitoria Setubal results and fixtures at Soccerbase