Académico de Viseu F.C.

Académico de Viseu

Full name	Académico de Viseu Futebol Clube
Nickname(s)	Os Viriatos
Founded	1914;[1]
Ground	Estádio do Fontelo
Capacity	14,368
Chairman	António Silva Albino
Manager	Ricardo Chéu
League	LigaPro
2015–16	17th
Home colours Away colours

Académico de Viseu Futebol Clube is a Portuguese 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 LigaPro, holding home games at Estádio do Fontelo, with a capacity of around 9,000.

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 level 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.

Current squad

As of 2 September, 2016^[4]

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 Diogo Freire 3 DF Bura 5 DF Tiago Gonçalves 6 DF Bruno Miguel 7 MF Luisinho (on loan from Boavista) 8 MF Pana 9 FW José Postiga (on loan from Rio Ave) 10 FW Tiago Borges 11 MF Carlos Eduardo 12 FW Yuri 13 FW Douglas Abner (on loan from Boavista) 14 DF Tomé 15 MF João Ricardo 16 MF Rafael Barreiros

No. Position Player 17 DF Jun-Heong Park 20 DF Ricardo Ferreira 21 FW Pedro Paulo (on loan from Atlético Paranaense) 22 GK Elísio Pais 23 MF Bruno Loureiro 24 MF João Martins 29 FW Moses Phiri 30 MF Zé Paulo (on loan from Corinthians) 42 GK Rodolfo Castro 47 DF Stéphane 55 MF Saná 86 MF Capela 89 FW Zé Pedro

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

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 –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:^[5]

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

References

1. HISTÓRIA (History); Académico de Viseu, Retrieved: 15 September 2013 (Portuguese)
2. Clube Académico de Futebol de Viseu; Glórias do Passado, 19 January 2009 (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 (Portuguese)
4. 2013/2014 season; ZeroZero, Retrieved: 15 September 2013 (Portuguese)
5. Viseu Achievements

External links

• Académico de Viseu at ZeroZero (Portuguese)