F.C. Famalicão

This article is about the men's football club. For the women's football club, see F.C. Famalicão (women).

Futebol Clube de Famalicão, commonly known as Famalicão, is a Portuguese professional football club from Vila Nova de Famalicão.^[3] Founded on 21 August 1931,^[1] its senior team currently plays in the Primeira Liga, the top tier of Portuguese football.

Famalicão

Full name	Futebol Clube de Famal
Nickname(s)	Famalicenses Vila Nova Azuis e Brancos Fama
Founded	21 August 1931; 92 years ago (1931-08-21)^[1]
Ground	Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Vila Nova de Famalicão
Capacity	5,307
Owner	Idan Ofer (85%)^[2]
Chairman	Miguel Ribeiro
Manager	Armando Evangelista
League	Primeira Liga
2022–23	Primeira Liga, 8th of 18
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Since 1952, Famalicão have played their home matches at the Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho, which holds a 5,307-seat capacity.^[4] 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.^[5]

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. Even in that years, the club archived records from his supporters attendance, playing home or away. ^[6] 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.^[7]

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.^[8] On 28 April 2019, the club won promotion to the top flight for the first time in a quarter of a century.^[9]

On 11 September 2019, Quantum Pacific Group increased its share in the Sociedade Anónima Desportiva of the club from 51% to 85%, spearheaded by Israeli billionaire Idan Ofer.^[2][10] 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.^[5]

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.^{[citation needed]}

Players

Current squad

As of 31 January 2024^[11]

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 4 DF   ALB Enea Mihaj 6 MF   FRA Tom Lacoux (on loan from Bordeaux) 7 FW   PAN Puma Rodríguez 8 MF   SRB Mirko Topić 9 FW   POR Henrique Araújo (on loan from Benfica) 10 MF   POR Chiquinho (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers) 11 FW   ESP Óscar Aranda 12 MF   BRA Gustavo Assunção 15 DF   BRA Riccieli (captain) 16 DF   NED Justin de Haas 18 MF   FIN Otso Liimatta 19 MF   POR Filipe Soares (on loan from PAOK) 20 MF   POR Gustavo Sá

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW   FRA Florian Danho (on loan from Stade Lausanne) 22 DF   BRA Nathan (on loan from Santos) 23 FW   ROU Alex Dobre 28 MF   FRA Zaydou Youssouf 29 FW   VEN Jhonder Cádiz 31 GK   BRA Luiz Júnior 32 DF   ESP Martín Aguirregabiria 36 DF   BRA Ian Custódio 51 GK   BRA Zé Henrique 70 MF   POR Martim Almeida 74 DF   POR Francisco Moura 77 FW   BRA Sorriso (on loan from Red Bull Bragantino) 90 GK   POR Hugo Cunha 95 FW   POR Théo Fonseca

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   ESP Dani Morer — MF   BRA João Neto

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   JPN Toki Yukutomo (on loan from Ehime)

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 17 FW   POR Afonso Rodrigues (at Paços de Ferreira until 30 June 2024) 77 FW   POR Pablo (at Paços de Ferreira until 30 June 2024) — MF   POR André Simões (at Leixões until 30 June 2024) — MF   POR David Tavares (at Torreense until 30 June 2024) — MF   POR Samuel Lobato (at Tondela until 30 June 2024)

Competitions

Trophies

National
Competition	Titles	Seasons
Segunda Divisão	2	1977–78, 1987–88
Regional
Competition	Titles	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
Liga Portugal 2	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
2021–22	1	Primeira Liga	8th	1/8
2022–23	1	Primeira Liga	8th	SF
2023–24	1	Primeira Liga

  Promotion stage

  Relegation stage CNS

Crest

Crest evolution
1931–1965	1965–1988	1988–2011	2011–2018	2018–present

References

1. [History]. FC Famalicão (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
2. "Israeli Billionaire Idan Ofer Acquires Portuguese Second League Soccer Club". 1 July 2018. from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
3. "Vila Nova de Famalicão". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). from the original on 22 December 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
4. "Municipal 22 de Junho". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
5. "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. from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
6. "Famalicão confirma subida à Segunda Liga" [Famalicão confirm promotion to Segunda Liga]. Record (in Portuguese). 10 September 2015. from the original on 10 October 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
7. "Mafra conquista Campeonato Nacional de Seniores" [Mafra conquer Campeonato Nacional de Seniores]. Público (in Portuguese). 10 June 2015. from the original on 10 October 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
8. "Una empresa israelí compró un club de fútbol portugués" [An Israeli business bought a Portuguese football club]. AJN. 2 July 2018. from the original on 10 October 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
9. "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. from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
10. "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. from the original on 15 September 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
11. "Plantel" [Squad] (in Portuguese). FC Famalicão. from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

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