F.C. Famalicão Explained

Clubname:Famalicão
Fullname:Futebol Clube de Famal
Nickname:Famalicenses
Vila Nova
Azuis e Brancos
Fama
Founded:[1]
Ground:Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho
Vila Nova de Famalicão
Capacity:5,307
Chairman:Miguel Ribeiro
Owner:Idan Ofer (85%)[2]
Manager:Armando Evangelista
League:Primeira Liga
Season:2023–24
Position:Primeira Liga, 8th of 18
Current:2023–24 F.C. Famalicão season
Website:http://www.fcfamalicao.pt/
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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, its senior team currently plays in the Primeira Liga, the top tier of Portuguese football.

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.

Players

Current squad

[11]

Out on loan

Competitions

Trophies

National
CompetitionTitlesSeasons
Segunda Divisão21977–78, 1987–88
Regional
CompetitionTitlesSeasons
Regional Promotion Championship11935–36
Regional Opening Tournament31982–83, 1984–85, 1986–87
Regional Honour Cup11986–87
Primeira Divisão Regional21954–55, 1961–62

Participations

National
CompetitionParticipationsBest finish
Primeira Liga76th
Liga Portugal 262nd
Segunda Divisão421st
Terceira Divisão92nd
Portuguese Cup60Semi-finals
Portuguese League Cup4Group stage
Regional
CompetitionParticipationsBest finish
Honour Division12nd

Season by season

SeasonTierCompetitionClassificationPortuguese Cup
1989–902Segunda Divisão2nd 1/32
1990–911Primeira Divisão15th1/8
1991–921Primeira Divisão14th1/8
1992–931Primeira Divisão14th4QR
1993–941Primeira Divisão17th 1/8
1994–952Segunda Divisão12th1/8
1995–962Segunda Divisão17th 3QR
1996–973Segunda Divisão B3rd2QR
1997–983Segunda Divisão B10th2QR
1998–993Segunda Divisão B10th4QR
1999–20003Segunda Divisão B2nd4QR
2000–013Segunda Divisão B2nd1/4
2001–023Segunda Divisão B20th 2QR
2002–034Terceira Divisão6th1QR
2003–044Terceira Divisão10th3QR
2004–054Terceira Divisão2nd 3QR
2005–063Segunda Divisão B7th2QR
2006–073Segunda Divisão B12th 4QR
2007–084Terceira Divisão13th 1QR
2008–095Regional Honour League2nd -
2009–104Terceira Divisão3rd1QR
2010–114Terceira Divisão2nd 1QR
2011–123Segunda Divisão B7th3QR
2012–133Segunda Divisão B9th1QR
2013–143Campeonato Nacional de Seniores8th 4QR
2014–153Campeonato Nacional de Seniores2nd QF
2015–162LigaPro6th3QR
2016–172LigaPro15th3QR
2017–182LigaPro14th4QR
2018–192LigaPro2nd 2QR
2019–201Primeira Liga6thSF
2020–211Primeira Liga9th4QR
2021–221Primeira Liga8th1/8
2022–231Primeira Liga8thSF
2023–241Primeira Liga
Promotion stage

Relegation stage CNS

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Historial. History. FC Famalicão. pt. 25 June 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150626125234/http://www.fcfamalicao.pt/fcfamalicao/clube.html. 26 June 2015.
  2. Web site: Israeli Billionaire Idan Ofer Acquires Portuguese Second League Soccer Club. 1 July 2018. 17 July 2022. 31 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230331023749/https://m.calcalistech.com/Article.aspx?guid=3741407. live.
  3. News: Vila Nova de Famalicão. ZeroZero. pt. 25 June 2015. 22 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181222173145/http://www.zerozero.pt/local.php?id=310. live.
  4. News: Municipal 22 de Junho. ZeroZero. pt. 25 June 2015. 24 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160424110833/http://www.zerozero.pt/estadio.php?id=889. live.
  5. News: Famalicão na meia-final da Taça para recordar o passado. Famalicão in the semi-final of the Taça to remember the past. 16 January 2020. Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 16 January 2020. 25 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200925211813/https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/futebol-nacional/famalicao-na-meia-final-da-taca-para-recordar-o-passado_a1198401. live.
  6. News: Famalicão confirma subida à Segunda Liga . Famalicão confirm promotion to Segunda Liga . 18 September 2019 . Record . 10 September 2015 . pt . 10 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191010105751/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/campeonato-de-portugal/detalhe/famalicao-confirma-subida-a-segunda-liga-947598 . live .
  7. News: Mafra conquista Campeonato Nacional de Seniores . Mafra conquer Campeonato Nacional de Seniores . 18 September 2019 . Público . 10 June 2015 . pt . 10 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191010105754/https://www.publico.pt/2015/06/10/desporto/noticia/mafra-conquista-campeonato-nacional-de-seniores-1698587 . live .
  8. News: Una empresa israelí compró un club de fútbol portugués . An Israeli business bought a Portuguese football club . 18 September 2019 . AJN . 2 July 2018 . 10 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191010105754/https://agenciaajn.com/noticia/una-empresa-israeli-compro-un-club-de-futbol-portugues-99996 . live .
  9. News: Famalicão volta à I Liga 25 anos depois . Famalicão return to the I Liga 25 years later . 18 September 2019 . Diário de Notícias . 28 April 2019 . pt . 26 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190526152029/https://www.dn.pt/desportos/interior/famalicao-volta-a-i-liga-25-anos-depois-10842120.html . live .
  10. News: Quantum Pacific Group passa a deter 85 por cento da SAD do Famalicão . Quantum Pacific Group now holds 85 percent of Famalicão's SAD . 18 September 2019 . O Jogo . 11 September 2019 . pt . 15 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190915040758/https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/1a-liga/famalicao/noticias/interior/quantum-pacific-group-passa-a-deter-85-por-cento-da-sad-do-famalicao-11290850.html . live .
  11. Web site: Plantel. Squad. FC Famalicão. pt. 2 March 2020. 26 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190326163023/https://www.fcfamalicao.pt/futebol/plantel/. live.