Académico de Viseu F.C.

Académico de Viseu Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Viseu. Founded in 1914 as Clube Académico de Futebol, the club went through several changes over the course of the years, folding in 2005 due to financial troubles and re-founding under its current name. The club plays in the Liga Portugal 2, holding home games at Estádio do Fontelo, with a capacity of around 9,000.

Académico de Viseu

Full name	Académico de Viseu Futebol Clube
Nickname(s)	Os Viriatos
Founded	1914^[1]
Ground	Estádio do Fontelo
Capacity	14,368
Owner	Carlos André Pinho Costa do Tejo Lima
Chairman	Mariano Maroto Lopez
Manager	Adriano Bessa
League	Liga Portugal 2
2021–22	15th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

History

In 2005, Clube Académico de Futebol, an historic founded officially in 1914 which competed in four top division seasons in the 1980s (the last being 1988–89), folded due to financial problems.^[2][3] In September 2005, Clube Académico de Futebol and G.D. Farminhão signed a protocol which made the latter change its name to "Académico de Viseu Futebol Clube", its headquarters to Viseu, its stadium to Estádio do Fontelo and its logo and colours to be the same as the extinct Clube Académico de Futebol, thus preserving the former and historic Clube Académico de Futebol.

Académico de Viseu Futebol Clube started competing again immediately in the Viseu first regional league, achieving promotion to the fourth tier Terceira Divisão in their second season in 2007.

In the last match of the 2008–09 season, after a 2–0 win against Anadia FC, the team was promoted to the third division, a feat which was accomplished on goal difference. They would, however, be immediately relegated back.

In the 2012/2013 season the team achieved promotion to the Segunda Liga and achieved a solid 11th place in the following season. In 2014/2015, they remained in this division.

Players

Current squad

As of 31 January 2023

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   POR Ricardo Janota 2 DF   BRA Ícaro 4 DF   POR André Almeida 5 DF   BRA Arthur Chaves 6 MF   GER Soufiane Messeguem 7 FW   BRA Yuri 8 MF   HON Jonathan Toro 9 FW   AUT Daniel Nussbaumer 10 MF   GNB Famana Quizera 11 FW   FRA Gautier Ott 12 FW   ARG Ricardo Ramírez (on loan from Atlético San Telmo) 13 MF   POR Capela 14 DF   BRA Kauã Oliveira 17 FW   POR Rodrigo Pereira 21 DF   BRA Kayque 22 DF   BDI Christophe Nduwarugira

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 DF   POR Rafael Bandeira 27 MF   ESP Javier Currás 28 DF   POR Tiago Mesquita 30 FW   FRA Daniel Labila (on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim) 33 FW   BRA André Clóvis (on loan from Estoril) 51 GK   SEN Mouhamed Mbaye 55 MF   POR Tomás Silva 66 DF   BRA Igor Milioransa 73 MF   GER Roberto Massimo (on loan from Stuttgart) 75 GK   SVN Domen Gril 77 FW   POR Luisinho 80 MF   PAN Jovani Welch (on loan from Alianza Panama) 88 MF   ANG Paná 90 DF   POR Vítor Bruno 99 GK   POR João Monteiro

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 — FW   SEN Cheikh Niang (at AD Castro Daire until 30 June 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   POR Miguel Sena (at AD Castro Daire until 30 June 2023)

Managerial history

•   Luís Almeida (11 Jan 2009 – 25 Oct 2009)
•   António Borges (1 Nov 2009 – 2 May 2010)
•   João Paulo Correia (12 Sept 2010 – 24 Oct 2010)
•   Paulo Gomes (31 Oct 2010 – 20 Feb 2011)
•   Manuel Matias (27 Feb 2011 – 29 May 2011)
•   António Lima Pereira (2011–2012)
•   Carlos Agostinho (June 2012 – 11 Nov 2012)
•   Filipe Moreira (25 Nov 2012 – 28 Dec 2013)
•   Ricardo Chéu (2 Jan 2014 – 10 May 2014)
•   Alex Costa (20 May 2014 – 12 Nov 2014)
•   Ricardo Chéu (13 Nov 2014 – 7 Feb 2016)
•   Bruno Ribeiro (15 Feb 2016 – 9 March 2016)
•   Jorge Casquilha (20 March 2016 – 14 May 2016)
•   André David (31 May 2016 – 29 November 2016)
•   Francisco Chaló (29 November 2016 – February 2018)
•   Manuel Cajuda (February 2018 – January 2019)
•   Floris Schaap (January 2019 – February 2019)
•   João Gabriel Ribeiro / Rui Borges (February 2019 – June 2019)
•   Rui Borges (June 2019 – 2022)
•   Jorge Costa ( 2022 – 2023)
•   Adriano Bessa (June 2023 – Present)

Honours

• Terceira Divisão: 1
  • 2011–12
• AF Viseu Liga de Honra: 11
  • 1947–48, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1963–64, 1964–65, 2006–07

Source:^[4]

League and cup history

Season	Tier	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	League Cup	Notes
2005–06	5	2	30	17	7	6	45	23	58
2006–07	5	1	30	19	9	2	69	23	66			Promoted
2007–08	4	2	26	13	8	5	44	24	47	Round 2
2008–09	4	3	26	13	4	9	42	28	43	Round 1		Promoted
2009–10	3	12	30	9	9	12	34	37	36	Round 1		Relegated
2010–11	4	5	22	10	5	7	39	27	35	Round 2
2011–12	4	3	22	10	8	4	31	21	38	Round 2
2012–13	3	1	30	16	10	4	47	21	58	Round 2		Promoted
2013–14	2 Segunda Liga	11	42	16	6	20	43	43	54	Round 4	Round 1
2014–15	2 Segunda Liga	12	46	17	11	18	55	56	62	Round 2	Round 1
2015–16	2 Segunda Liga	17	46	13	17	16	46	60	56	Round 3	Round 1
2016–17	2 Segunda Liga	17	42	13	13	16	49	54	52	Round 3	Round 1
2017–18	2 Segunda Liga	3	38	17	13	8	50	40	64	Round 3	Round 1
2018–19	2 Segunda Liga	11	34	12	7	15	49	54	43	Round 3	Round 1
2019–20	2 Segunda Liga	8	24	9	7	8	21	24	34	Semi-final	Round 1

References

1. HISTÓRIA (History); Académico de Viseu, retrieved: 15 September 2013 (in Portuguese)
2. Clube Académico de Futebol de Viseu; Glórias do Passado, 19 January 2009 (in Portuguese)
3. FPF suspende jogos de todas as equipas do Ac. Viseu (FPF suspends games of all Ac. Viseu's teams); Record, 6 January 2006 (in Portuguese)
4. Viseu Achievements

External links

• Académico de Viseu (in Portuguese)
• Académico de Viseu at ZeroZero (in Portuguese)