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(Redirected from Vitória de Setúbal)
'Vitória Futebol Clube' is a Portuguese sports club from Setúbal. Popularly known as 'Vitória de Setúbal' (pron. , was born under the project name Sport Victoria from the ashes of the small Bomfim Foot-Ball Club. Today's club was established on November 20, 1910 under the name Victoria Foot-Ball Club (later changed to the present Portuguese spelling) with the motto "''A Vitória será nossa''" (Victory shall be ours).
= History =
The years from 1964 to 1974 may be considered Vitória's golden decade. In 1964/65 and 1966/67 Vitória won two Cup of Portugal, and another one was recently won in 2004/05. Those victories, resulting from ten presences in the competition finals (''Final da Taça de Portugal''), are among the club's greatest achievements.
But Vitória had also several 3rd place finishes and a remarkable 2nd place in the 1971/72 National Championship. Back then, Vitória had some of the best Portuguese football players ever, like Jacinto João, José Augusto Torres and Vítor Baptista.
Still, in the most remarkable season of all time for Vitória the club earned merely a 3rd place: In the 1973/74 season Vitória de Setúbal ended 4 points behind the Champion, (Sporting, with Golden Boot winner who holds the record for the most goals scored in one season in Portugal, Yazalde), and 2 points behind the runner-up (Benfica with their best player ever, Eusébio). Despite that, people of Setúbal still argue that if Pedroto (the most successful manager to ever command the ''Sadinos'') had not left the team in the middle of the season, Vitória FC would have had overcome its giant opponents and would have gone on to become the National Champion for the first time.
In those years Vitória disputed and won several tournaments around the world, making history with its quality of game, a wonder to football fans. Nowadays, the club is fighting to reach that kind of performance, inspired in the recent Portuguese cup conquest, as well the Iberian cup against Real Betis, and the three presences in the UEFA cup in the past six years.
Despite never winning the UEFA Cup, Vitória are always considered dangerous opposition. They are four times quarter-finalists, having defeating such powerful teams as Liverpool, Fiorentina, Anderlecht, Internazionale and Leeds United.
The club supporters are known as ''Vitorianos'' or ''Sadinos''. In 1943 on the occasion of Vitória's first Cup of Portugal final against Benfica, thousands of people from Setúbal invaded Lisbon and, notwithstanding the defeat by the score of 1-5, celebrated in a demonstration of fair play. In the next day's press, the people from Setúbal were nicknamed ''8ºExército'' (the 8th Army) because of their massive following of the team, ending in a final journey to Lisbon -- all this in comparison with the British Eighth Army and its World War II massive campaign in Africa. Referring to this in the late 1990s, the first official supporters' association was baptized ''VIII Exército''. They show great dedication to the club and are recognized as one of the most orderly organized supporters in Portugal. There used to be another supporters' association, the "Furacões Sadinos" which ceased to exist in 2007. They co-existed in peace with the "VIII Exército".
There is a traditional quarrel between Vitória de Guimarães and 'Vitória de Setúbal', with both teams claiming to be ''the'' one and only "Vitória", the other being solely named ''the'' "Guimarães" or ''the'' "Setúbal" with a curl of the lip. The matches are somewhat tense with both clubs contesting who has the higher number of supporters. Nevertheless the quarrelsomeness is bigger on the Vitória de Guimarães side, since the club is 12 years younger and, as they wrote in their history books, the people from Guimarães adopted the name "Vitoria" as a tribute to Vitória de Setúbal, who at the time was capturing the attention of the country due the quality of the football team. So they changed the name to «Vitória Sport Clube» because «Vitória Futebol Clube» was already chosen by the Setúbal side.
= Present and Future =
The Estádio do Bonfim stadium was inaugurated during the club's 50th anniversary commemorations on September 16 1962, with a capacity of >35,000, reduced to 21,530 when plastic seatings were placed. With rare exceptions the additional room for 2,800 standing spectators (1,400 behind each goal) has been closed since some years ago because attendances do not justify it anymore. Furthermore UEFA officially recognizes only the 18,728 seating places; eitherway, since 2006, the stadium is not allowed to be used for official international games, due to its decaying condition. There are plans underway for a new stadium. The new stadium is expected to be completed by the centennial commemoration in November 20th 2010.
The financial situation is very shaky, as seen on the first half of the 2005/06 season, when the whole team had several months of wages delayed, a situation which led to the resigning of the then manager, Luis Norton de Matos. The club has been experiencing many financial difficulties since the April 25th's Coup d'État which brought an economic disaster to the Setúbal region with its mass layoffs and industrial collapse. Thus the stadium never saw significant repairs for lack of funds. Each year the stadium feels more uncomfortable and attendances keep on dimishing [1] while others rise [2]. Gone are the times when more than 40,000 jostled in the stadium every weekend.
There is festering resentment in the hearts of the ''Vitorianos'', as they experienced rejection in their quest for a place among the Portuguese cities awarded with new stadia for the Euro 2004 in favour of the wealthier tourist regions with smaller clubs but more influence on the political scene (the Leiria Stadium, the Aveiro Stadium and the Algarve Stadium). These three stadiums are nowadays known in Portugal as the ''White Elephants'' on account of being luxury stadia for meagre attendances [3] [4] [5] [6]. Furthermore, there never was a Superliga team playing at Algarve Stadium as its seeded home.
★ Cup of Portugal
★ Iberic Cup 2005
★ Portuguese SuperCup 2005
★ UEFA Cup
★ Cup of Portugal
★ Portuguese SuperCup 2006
Since 'FC Porto' assured the league title and a spot in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, in 2006-07 'Vitória' played the Portuguese Super Cup and the Uefa Cup as well.
In the apex of a crisis which may lead to the end of Vitória Futebol Clube, according with the official site, chairman Jorge Santana da Silva resigns. Interim presidency is assumed by Carlos Costa.
After one of the hardest end of seasons for the Setúbal side ever, Vitória secures his presence in the top-flight level of Portuguese football. After two managerial resigns, and a situation of financial impossibilty to hire a manager, Carlos Cardoso, former Vitória F.C. golden era player and resident interim manager, was called once again to save his first and only club. In the end of the last and decisive game of this season, Carlos Cardoso stated: "I will continue to serve Vitória, after all I have a contract fore some years more. If I will remain as first manager? I don't know, that will be discussed. After five painful months I feel a bit tired. I want to return to my resident coach post, always ready to help whenever needed"[1]
Vitória F.C. will play again in the Portuguese Liga. Carlos Carvalhal accepted the invitation from chairman Carlos Costa and will be the manager for this season: "I said «yes» because Vitória is a grand club with enormous prestige and I could not refuse an invitation from chairman Carlos Costa. When I left the club three years ago (...) I sealed a compromise with Carlos Costa, that would he reenter the club, I would do the same", "I was asked to put effort in restructuring the club from formation sectors to professional football"[2]
= Best European Seasons =
'1967/68'
'1968/69'
'1969/70'
'1970/71'
'1971/72'
'1972/73'
'1973/74'
= League and Cup History =
With the 2007-08 season, the club will complete 60 presences at the top level of Portuguese football.
''As of August 21, 2007''
'Club Ranking for 2007' (Previous year rank in italics, UEFA Club Coefficients in parentheses)
★ 131
(''new'') S.V. Zulte-Waregem (15.594)
★ 132
(''144'') K.R.C. Genk (15.594)
★ '133' (''146'') 'Vitória F.C. (15.392)'
★ 134
(''131'') C.S. Marítimo (15.392)
★ 135 (''141'') U.D. Leiria (15.392)
★ Full List
★ (1994 - 1995) Diamantino Miranda
★ (1995 - 1996 June) Quinito
★ (1996 June - 1997 January 29) Mário Reis
★ (1997 March 4 - 1997 November 11) Manuel Fernandes
★ (1997 November 12 - 1998 April 6) José António "El Tigre" Barrios
★ (1998 - 1999) Carlos Cardoso
★ (1999 - 2000 October 02) Rui Águas
★ (2000 October 04 - 2002 January 22) Jorge Jesus
★ (2002 January 22 - 2003 February 23) Luís Campos
★ (2003 February 24 - 2003 April 8) 'Diamantino Miranda'
★ (2003 April 9 - 2003 June) 'Carlos Cardoso' (''interim'')
★ (2003 June - 2004 June) Carlos Carvalhal
★ (2004 June - 2005 January) José Couceiro
★ (2005 January - 2005 May) José Rachão
★ (2005 June - 2005 December) Luís Norton de Matos
★ (2005 December - 2006 September) Hélio Filipe Sousa
★ (2006 September - 2006 December) Toni
★ (2006 December - 2007 May 23) 'Carlos Cardoso' (''interim'')
★ (2007 May 23 - ) 'Carlos Carvalhal'
= Other sports =
Vitória's sports departments besides the football section:
Main articles: Vitória F.C. (handball)
1. Maisfutebol online news,[ 2007/05/20 | 22:00 ]
2. ''in'' Diário Desportivo, 2007 May 24
= External links =
★ Official website (in Portuguese)
★ Unofficial website (in Portuguese)
★ Netvitorianos unofficial forum (in Portuguese)
★ Unofficial forum (in Portuguese)
★ Unofficial website under construction (in Portuguese and English)
★ Supporters website (in Portuguese and English)
★ Current Squad
'Vitória Futebol Clube' is a Portuguese sports club from Setúbal. Popularly known as 'Vitória de Setúbal' (pron. , was born under the project name Sport Victoria from the ashes of the small Bomfim Foot-Ball Club. Today's club was established on November 20, 1910 under the name Victoria Foot-Ball Club (later changed to the present Portuguese spelling) with the motto "''A Vitória será nossa''" (Victory shall be ours).
= History =
Golden decade
The years from 1964 to 1974 may be considered Vitória's golden decade. In 1964/65 and 1966/67 Vitória won two Cup of Portugal, and another one was recently won in 2004/05. Those victories, resulting from ten presences in the competition finals (''Final da Taça de Portugal''), are among the club's greatest achievements.
But Vitória had also several 3rd place finishes and a remarkable 2nd place in the 1971/72 National Championship. Back then, Vitória had some of the best Portuguese football players ever, like Jacinto João, José Augusto Torres and Vítor Baptista.
Still, in the most remarkable season of all time for Vitória the club earned merely a 3rd place: In the 1973/74 season Vitória de Setúbal ended 4 points behind the Champion, (Sporting, with Golden Boot winner who holds the record for the most goals scored in one season in Portugal, Yazalde), and 2 points behind the runner-up (Benfica with their best player ever, Eusébio). Despite that, people of Setúbal still argue that if Pedroto (the most successful manager to ever command the ''Sadinos'') had not left the team in the middle of the season, Vitória FC would have had overcome its giant opponents and would have gone on to become the National Champion for the first time.
In those years Vitória disputed and won several tournaments around the world, making history with its quality of game, a wonder to football fans. Nowadays, the club is fighting to reach that kind of performance, inspired in the recent Portuguese cup conquest, as well the Iberian cup against Real Betis, and the three presences in the UEFA cup in the past six years.
UEFA raiders
Despite never winning the UEFA Cup, Vitória are always considered dangerous opposition. They are four times quarter-finalists, having defeating such powerful teams as Liverpool, Fiorentina, Anderlecht, Internazionale and Leeds United.
The 8th Army
The club supporters are known as ''Vitorianos'' or ''Sadinos''. In 1943 on the occasion of Vitória's first Cup of Portugal final against Benfica, thousands of people from Setúbal invaded Lisbon and, notwithstanding the defeat by the score of 1-5, celebrated in a demonstration of fair play. In the next day's press, the people from Setúbal were nicknamed ''8ºExército'' (the 8th Army) because of their massive following of the team, ending in a final journey to Lisbon -- all this in comparison with the British Eighth Army and its World War II massive campaign in Africa. Referring to this in the late 1990s, the first official supporters' association was baptized ''VIII Exército''. They show great dedication to the club and are recognized as one of the most orderly organized supporters in Portugal. There used to be another supporters' association, the "Furacões Sadinos" which ceased to exist in 2007. They co-existed in peace with the "VIII Exército".
Derby: Vitória F.C. vs Vitória S.C.
There is a traditional quarrel between Vitória de Guimarães and 'Vitória de Setúbal', with both teams claiming to be ''the'' one and only "Vitória", the other being solely named ''the'' "Guimarães" or ''the'' "Setúbal" with a curl of the lip. The matches are somewhat tense with both clubs contesting who has the higher number of supporters. Nevertheless the quarrelsomeness is bigger on the Vitória de Guimarães side, since the club is 12 years younger and, as they wrote in their history books, the people from Guimarães adopted the name "Vitoria" as a tribute to Vitória de Setúbal, who at the time was capturing the attention of the country due the quality of the football team. So they changed the name to «Vitória Sport Clube» because «Vitória Futebol Clube» was already chosen by the Setúbal side.
= Present and Future =
New Stadium
The Estádio do Bonfim stadium was inaugurated during the club's 50th anniversary commemorations on September 16 1962, with a capacity of >35,000, reduced to 21,530 when plastic seatings were placed. With rare exceptions the additional room for 2,800 standing spectators (1,400 behind each goal) has been closed since some years ago because attendances do not justify it anymore. Furthermore UEFA officially recognizes only the 18,728 seating places; eitherway, since 2006, the stadium is not allowed to be used for official international games, due to its decaying condition. There are plans underway for a new stadium. The new stadium is expected to be completed by the centennial commemoration in November 20th 2010.
The financial situation is very shaky, as seen on the first half of the 2005/06 season, when the whole team had several months of wages delayed, a situation which led to the resigning of the then manager, Luis Norton de Matos. The club has been experiencing many financial difficulties since the April 25th's Coup d'État which brought an economic disaster to the Setúbal region with its mass layoffs and industrial collapse. Thus the stadium never saw significant repairs for lack of funds. Each year the stadium feels more uncomfortable and attendances keep on dimishing [1] while others rise [2]. Gone are the times when more than 40,000 jostled in the stadium every weekend.
There is festering resentment in the hearts of the ''Vitorianos'', as they experienced rejection in their quest for a place among the Portuguese cities awarded with new stadia for the Euro 2004 in favour of the wealthier tourist regions with smaller clubs but more influence on the political scene (the Leiria Stadium, the Aveiro Stadium and the Algarve Stadium). These three stadiums are nowadays known in Portugal as the ''White Elephants'' on account of being luxury stadia for meagre attendances [3] [4] [5] [6]. Furthermore, there never was a Superliga team playing at Algarve Stadium as its seeded home.
Latest news and achievements
2004-05 Season
★ Cup of Portugal
| ''Final'' | ||||||
| May 25, 2005 | SL Benfica | '1 – 2' (1-0) | 'Vitória de Setúbal' | 17:00 | Estádio Nacional |
2005-06 Season
★ Iberic Cup 2005
| July 28, 2005 | Bétis Sevilla | '1 – 2' (0-2) | 'Vitória de Setúbal' | 22:15 CET | Estádio Blás Infante, Ayamonte (Spain) |
★ Portuguese SuperCup 2005
| August 13, 2005 | 'SL Benfica' | '1 – 0' (0-0) | Vitória de Setúbal | 21:00 | Estádio do Algarve |
★ UEFA Cup
| ''First Round'' | ||||||
| September 15, 2005 | Vitória de Setúbal | '1 – 1' (0-1) | Sampdoria | 17:00 | Estádio do Bonfim | |
| September 29, 2005 | 'Sampdoria' | '1 – 0' (0-0) | Vitória de Setúbal | 20:45 CET | Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa (Italy) |
★ Cup of Portugal
| ''Final'' | ||||||
| May 14, 2006 | 'FC Porto' | '1 – 0' (1-0) | Vitória de Setúbal | 17:00 | Estádio Nacional |
2006-07 Season
★ Portuguese SuperCup 2006
| August 19, 2006 | 'FC Porto' | '3 – 0' (0-0) | Vitória de Setúbal | 21:00 | Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa |
Since 'FC Porto' assured the league title and a spot in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, in 2006-07 'Vitória' played the Portuguese Super Cup and the Uefa Cup as well.
In the apex of a crisis which may lead to the end of Vitória Futebol Clube, according with the official site, chairman Jorge Santana da Silva resigns. Interim presidency is assumed by Carlos Costa.
Top level maintainance secured
After one of the hardest end of seasons for the Setúbal side ever, Vitória secures his presence in the top-flight level of Portuguese football. After two managerial resigns, and a situation of financial impossibilty to hire a manager, Carlos Cardoso, former Vitória F.C. golden era player and resident interim manager, was called once again to save his first and only club. In the end of the last and decisive game of this season, Carlos Cardoso stated: "I will continue to serve Vitória, after all I have a contract fore some years more. If I will remain as first manager? I don't know, that will be discussed. After five painful months I feel a bit tired. I want to return to my resident coach post, always ready to help whenever needed"[1]
2007-08 Season
Vitória F.C. will play again in the Portuguese Liga. Carlos Carvalhal accepted the invitation from chairman Carlos Costa and will be the manager for this season: "I said «yes» because Vitória is a grand club with enormous prestige and I could not refuse an invitation from chairman Carlos Costa. When I left the club three years ago (...) I sealed a compromise with Carlos Costa, that would he reenter the club, I would do the same", "I was asked to put effort in restructuring the club from formation sectors to professional football"[2]
= Best European Seasons =
Cup Winners' Cup
'1967/68'
1/16 Fredrikstad FK (NOR) - Vitória Setúbal 1-5 / 1-2
1/8 Bayern München (FRG) - Vitória Setúbal 6-2 / 1-1
UEFA Cup (formerly known as Inter-Cities Fairs Cup)
'1968/69'
1/32 Vitória Setúbal - Linfield (NIR) 3-0 / 3-1
1/16 Vitória Setúbal - Olympique Lyon (FRA) 5-0 / 2-1
1/8 Vitória Setúbal - Fiorentina (ITA) 3-0 / 1-2
1/4 Newcastle United (ENG) - Vitória Setúbal 5-1 / 1-3
(Newcastle won the cup)
'1969/70'
1/32 Vitória Setúbal - Rapid Bucharest (ROM) 3-1 / 4-1
1/16 Vitória Setúbal - Liverpool (ENG) 1-0 / 2-3
1/8 Vitória Setúbal - Hertha Berlin (FRG) 1-1 / 0-1
(Liverpool won the cup in 72/73 and 75/76)
'1970/71'
1/32 Lausanne (CHE) - Vitória Setúbal 0-2 / 1-2
1/16 Vitória Setúbal - Hajduk Split (YUG) 2-0 / 1-2
1/8 Anderlecht (BEL) - Vitória Setúbal 2-1 / 1-3
1/4 Leeds United (ENG) - Vitória Setúbal 2-1 / 1-1
(Leeds won the Cup)
'1971/72'
1/32 Vitória Setúbal - Nîmes Olympique (FRA) 1-0 / 1-2
1/16 Spartak Moscow (USR) - Vitória Setúbal 0-0 / 0-4
1/8 UT Arad (ROM) - Vitória Setúbal 3-0 / 0-1
'1972/73'
1/32 Vitória Setúbal - Zagłębie Sosnowiec (POL) 6-1 / 0-1
1/16 Vitória Setúbal - Fiorentina (ITA) 1-0 / 1-2
1/8 Vitória Setúbal - Inter Milán (ITA) 2-0 / 0-1
1/4 Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) - Vitória Setúbal 1-0 / 1-2
(Tottenham was the cup holder and Inter was last season's Champion's Cup runner-up!)
'1973/74'
1/32 Vitória Setúbal - Beerschot (BEL) 2-0 / 2-0
1/16 Vitória Setúbal - RWD Molenbeek (BEL) 1-0 / 1-2
1/8 Leeds United (ENG) - Vitória Setúbal 1-0 / 1-3
1/4 Stuttgart (FRG) - Vitória Setúbal 1-0 / 2-2
(Leeds won the cup three years before)
= League and Cup History =
With the 2007-08 season, the club will complete 60 presences at the top level of Portuguese football.
| Season | Echelon | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Cup | Europe | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918-19 | Lisbon | '3' | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | '10' | ''non-existent yet'' | |||
| 1919-20 | Lisbon | '4' | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | '5' | ''non-existent yet'' | |||
| 1920-21 | Lisbon | '6' | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | '5' | ''non-existent yet'' | |||
| 1921-22 | ''not enrolled'' | '-' | - | - | - | - | - | '-' | - | ||||
| 1922-23 | ''not enrolled'' | '-' | - | - | - | - | - | - | '-' | - | |||
| 1923-24 | Lisbon | '1' | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | '?' | quarter-finalist | |||
| 1924-25 | Lisbon | '0' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 27 | '0' | ''not qualified'' | |||
| 1925-26 | Lisbon | '4' | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 23 | '18' | ''not qualified'' | |||
| 1926-27 | Lisbon | '1' | ' ' | runner-up | ''Setúbal region created'' | ||||||||
| 1927-28 | Setúbal | '1' | ' ' | semi-finalist | |||||||||
| 1928-29 | Setúbal | '1' | ' ' | semi-finalist | |||||||||
| 1929-30 | Setúbal | ' ' | ' ' | quarter-finalist | |||||||||
| 1930-31 | Setúbal | '1' | ' ' | semi-finalist | |||||||||
| 1931-32 | Setúbal | '1' | ' ' | last 16 | |||||||||
| 1933-33 | Setúbal | '1' | ' ' | semi-finalist | |||||||||
| 1933-34 | Setúbal | '1' | ' ' | semi-finalist | |||||||||
| 1934-35 | 1 | '5' | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 24 | '16' | quarter-finalist | ''Regional Champion'' | ||
| 1935-36 | 1 | '5' | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 26 | '16' | quarter-finalist | ''Regional Champion'' | ||
| 1936-37 | 1 | '7' | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 45 | '7' | quarter-finalist | relegated (national) ''Regional Champion'' | ||
| 1937-38 | 2 | ' ' | ' ' | last 16 | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | 2 | ' ' | ' ' | ''not qualified'' | promoted | ||||||||
| 1939-40 | 1 | '10' | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 67 | '5' | last 16 | relegated (national) | ||
| 1940-41 | 2 | ' ' | ' ' | ''not qualified'' | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | 2 | ' ' | ' ' | ''not qualified'' | |||||||||
| 1942-43 | 2 | ' ' | ' ' | runner-up | promoted | ||||||||
| 1943-44 | 1 | '7' | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 52 | 50 | '17' | quarter-finalist | ''Regional Champion'' | ||
| 1944-45 | 1 | '5' | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 44 | 49 | '19' | semi-finalist | ''Regional Champion'' | ||
| 1945-46 | 1 | '7' | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 47 | 59 | '18' | last 16 | ''Regional Champion'' | ||
| 1946-47 | 1 | '12' | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 45 | 50 | '20' | ''not held due to overscheduling'' | ''Regional Champion'' | ||
| 1947-48 | 1 | '10' | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 38 | 64 | '19' | last 32 | ''Regional Championship abolished'' | ||
| 1948-49 | 1 | '12' | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 39 | 61 | '20' | semi-finalist | |||
| 1949-50 | 1 | '10' | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 50 | 70 | '23' | ''not held due to Latin Cup'' | |||
| 1950-51 | 1 | '12' | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 31 | 58 | '20' | last 16 | relegated | ||
| 1951-52 | 2 | ' ' | ' ' | not qualified | promoted | ||||||||
| 1952-53 | 1 | '6' | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 33 | '27' | last 16 | |||
| 1953-54 | 1 | '12' | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 51 | 66 | '18' | runner-up | |||
| 1954-55 | 1 | '8' | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 37 | 52 | '22' | last 16 | |||
| 1955-56 | 1 | '9' | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 57 | 64 | '20' | last 32 | |||
| 1956-57 | 1 | '10' | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 40 | 59 | '20' | semi-finalist | |||
| 1957-58 | 1 | '11' | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 37 | 59 | '22' | quarter-finalist | |||
| 1958-59 | 1 | '6' | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 53 | 64 | '27' | last 32 | |||
| 1959-60 | 1 | '13' | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 52 | '18' | last 32 | relegated | ||
| 1960-61 | 2 | ' ' | ' ' | quarter-finalist | |||||||||
| 1961-62 | 2 | ' ' | ' ' | runner-up | promoted | ||||||||
| 1962-63 | 1 | '9' | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 39 | '20' | last 64 | CWC | preliminary round | |
| 1963-64 | 1 | '7' | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 41 | '29' | quarter-finalist | |||
| 1964-65 | 1 | '6' | 26 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 61 | 30 | '32' | winner | |||
| 1965-66 | 1 | '5' | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 51 | 36 | '29' | runner-up | CWC | 1st round | |
| 1966-67 | 1 | '5' | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 25 | '27' | winner | FC | 2nd round | |
| 1967-68 | 1 | '5' | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 20 | '34' | runner-up | CWC | 2nd round | |
| 1968-69 | 1 | '4' | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 45 | 20 | '35' | last 32 | FC | quarter-final | ''Cup open to all divisions'' |
| 1969-70 | 1 | '3' | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 58 | 26 | '36' | last 32 | FC | 3rd round | |
| 1970-71 | 1 | '4' | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 16 | '34' | semi-finalist | FC | quarter-final | |
| 1971-72 | 1 | '2' | 30 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 62 | 16 | '45' | quarter-finalist | UC | 2nd round | best classification ever |
| 1972-73 | 1 | '3' | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 65 | 26 | '38' | runner-up | |||
| 1973-74 | 1 | '3' | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 69 | 21 | '45' | last 32 | greatest number of wins | ||
| 1974-75 | 1 | '7' | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 48 | 36 | '29' | quarter-finalist | |||
| 1975-76 | 1 | '9' | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 39 | 42 | '26' | semi-finalist | |||
| 1976-77 | 1 | '6' | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 47 | 46 | '32' | last 16 | |||
| 1977-78 | 1 | '9' | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 40 | '26' | last 32 | |||
| 1978-79 | 1 | '7' | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 38 | '31' | 2nd round | |||
| 1979-80 | 1 | '12' | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 29 | 41 | '23' | quarter-finalist | |||
| 1980-81 | 1 | '7' | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 30 | '29' | semi-finalist | |||
| 1981-82 | 1 | '8' | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 35 | '28' | 3rd round | |||
| 1982-83 | 1 | '7' | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 33 | '29' | 2nd round | |||
| 1983-84 | 1 | '5' | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 28 | '34' | last 32 | |||
| 1984-85 | 1 | '11' | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 35 | 50 | '25' | 2nd round | |||
| 1985-86 | 1 | '14' | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 42 | '22' | last 32 | relegated | ||
| 1986-87 | 2 | ' ' | ' ' | 2nd round | promoted | ||||||||
| 1987-88 | 1 | '8' | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 56 | 43 | '40' | last 32 | |||
| 1988-89 | 1 | '5' | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 44 | 37 | '42' | 3rd round | |||
| 1989-90 | 1 | '7' | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 34 | '36' | quarter-finalist | |||
| 1990-91 | 1 | '17' | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 53 | 53 | '32' | last 32 | relegated | ||
| 1991-92 | 2 | '5' | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 48 | 35 | '39' | last 32 | |||
| 1992-93 | 2 | '3' | 34 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 69 | 30 | '47' | last 16 | promoted | ||
| 1993-94 | 1 | '6' | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 56 | 42 | '34' | last 16 | |||
| 1994-95 | 1 | '18' | 34 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 25 | 45 | '19' | semi-finalist | relegated | ||
| 1995-96 | 2 | '2' | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 55 | 22 | '62' | last 32 | promoted | ||
| 1996-97 | 1 | '12' | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 38 | 42 | '40' | last 16 | |||
| 1997-98 | 1 | '13' | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 38 | 43 | '37' | last 64 | |||
| 1998-99 | 1 | '5' | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 38 | '53' | semi-final | |||
| 1999-00 | 1 | '16' | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 49 | '33' | last 32 | UC | 1st round | relegated |
| 2000-01 | 2 | '3' | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 64 | 41 | '64' | 4th round | promoted | ||
| 2001-02 | 1 | '13' | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 46 | '38' | last 32 | |||
| 2002-03 | 1 | '18' | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 40 | 53 | '31' | quarter-final | relegated | ||
| 2003-04 | 2 | '2' | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 41 | '64' | last 16 | promoted | ||
| 2004-05 | 1 | '10' | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 46 | 45 | '44' | winner | |||
| 2005-06 | 1 | '8' | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 28 | 33 | '46' | runner-up | |||
| 2006-07 | 1 | '?' | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | '?' | 4th round | ''ongoing'' | ||
Current squad
''As of August 21, 2007''
UEFA Ranking
'Club Ranking for 2007' (Previous year rank in italics, UEFA Club Coefficients in parentheses)
★ 131
★ 132
★ '133'
★ 134
★ 135
★ Full List
Coaches
★ (1994 - 1995) Diamantino Miranda
★ (1995 - 1996 June) Quinito
★ (1996 June - 1997 January 29) Mário Reis
★ (1997 March 4 - 1997 November 11) Manuel Fernandes
★ (1997 November 12 - 1998 April 6) José António "El Tigre" Barrios
★ (1998 - 1999) Carlos Cardoso
★ (1999 - 2000 October 02) Rui Águas
★ (2000 October 04 - 2002 January 22) Jorge Jesus
★ (2002 January 22 - 2003 February 23) Luís Campos
★ (2003 February 24 - 2003 April 8) 'Diamantino Miranda'
★ (2003 April 9 - 2003 June) 'Carlos Cardoso' (''interim'')
★ (2003 June - 2004 June) Carlos Carvalhal
★ (2004 June - 2005 January) José Couceiro
★ (2005 January - 2005 May) José Rachão
★ (2005 June - 2005 December) Luís Norton de Matos
★ (2005 December - 2006 September) Hélio Filipe Sousa
★ (2006 September - 2006 December) Toni
★ (2006 December - 2007 May 23) 'Carlos Cardoso' (''interim'')
★ (2007 May 23 - ) 'Carlos Carvalhal'
= Other sports =
Vitória's sports departments besides the football section:
Handball
Main articles: Vitória F.C. (handball)
Footnotes
1. Maisfutebol online news,
2. ''in'' Diário Desportivo, 2007 May 24
= External links =
★ Official website (in Portuguese)
★ Unofficial website (in Portuguese)
★ Netvitorianos unofficial forum (in Portuguese)
★ Unofficial forum (in Portuguese)
★ Unofficial website under construction (in Portuguese and English)
★ Supporters website (in Portuguese and English)
★ Current Squad
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