Gil Vicente F.C.

Gil Vicente
Full name	Gil Vicente Futebol Clube
Nickname(s)	Gilistas (Gilists), Galos (Roosters)
Founded	1924
Ground	Estádio Cidade de Barcelos,; Barcelos (City of Barcelos Stadium); (Capacity: 12,374)
Chairman	António Fiúza
Manager	Manuel Ribeiro
League	Liga de Honra
2006-07	Liga de Honra, 12th
Home colours	Away colours

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Gil Vicente Futebol Clube (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒiɫ viˈsẽt(ɨ)]), commonly known as just Gil Vicente, founded in 1924, is a Portuguese football club that plays in Barcelos. It is named after the Portuguese playwright of the same name. The best season for the team was in 1999-00 when it finished 5th in the Portuguese League.

[edit] History

Gil Vicente Futebol Clube was founded on 3 May 1924, after the creation of other clubs in Barcelos, such as Barcellos Sporting Club and União Football Club Barcelense. The idea to found a new club came from a group of friends that every afternoon played football near the city's theater, named Gil Vicente, after the playwright. The initial name for the team was Gil Vicente Football Barcelense.

The first struggles of the young team were mainly about finding a pitch to play. Back then, the team would play in the Campo da Estação, which belonged to another club, Triunfo Sport Club. On 3 May 1933, Gil Vicente played in its first field, Campo da Granja, with a capacity for 5,012 spectators, and later renamed Adelino Ribeiro Novo, after a Gil Vicente goalkeeper who died there during a match on 16 September 1946.

The team first got promoted to the top Portuguese division, then called First Division in 1990. In 1997, it got relegated to Liga de Honra and came back two years later by winning it. The best position was in the 1st year back in Superliga, when it finished 5th, led by manager Álvaro Magalhães, a former S.L. Benfica player.

Gil Vicente played in the Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo until 2003-04. From 2004-05 on, the team plays in the new Estádio Cidade de Barcelos. Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo is now used by the young squads of the club. The new stadium, with a capacity of 12,374, belongs to the municipality and received two UEFA Under-21 European Championship 2006 matches: Serbia & Montenegro 0-1 Germany [1] and Portugal 0-2 Serbia & Montenegro[2].

Gil Vicente tried different colours in their kits. Initially, the shirts were red, then green and white with horizontal stripes. Later came yellow and red (colours of the town) and then blue. In the recent years, Gil Vicente alternates between red and blue.

Recently, Gil Vicente lost the right to participate in the 2006-07 Portuguese Liga to C.F. Os Belenenses as a result of the Mateus affair. Gil Vicente were accused by the special sports instances that rule Portuguese football of illegally resorting to regular courts on the dispute of Mateus, according to Gil Vicente, illegal contract with his former employer, F.C. Lixa. Still convinced this is not a sports-related case but rather work-related, Gil Vicente continues in courts. Along with the relegation, they were also suspended from the Cup of Portugal for one season. Two of the youth teams were also affected by this decision and won't play the respective championships this season. Currently, the professional team are playing the Liga de Honra while the club waits for a final decision from the court regarding the relegation.

[edit] Current squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Marco
2	DF	Daniel
3	DF	João Pedro
4	DF	Diego Gaúcho
5	DF	Pedro Ribeiro
6	MF	Fernandes
7	MF	Igor Souza
8	MF	Óscar
9	FW	Hermes
10	MF	João Vilela
11	MF	Ivanildo
12	GK	Pedro Velho

No.	Position	Player
15	MF	Diogo
16	DF	Rodrigo Galo
17	MF	Leonel Olimpio
18	MF	Karim Kazeem
19	FW	Tiago André
20	FW	Rainford Kalaba
21	FW	Zequinha
22	DF	Paulo Arantes
23	FW	Hugo Monteiro
28	MF	João Coimbra
30	FW	Bruno Filipe
58	GK	Rui Sacramento

[edit] League and cup history

The club has 14 presences at the top level of Portuguese football. It never reached a cup final or a European competition.

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	League Cup	Notes
1990-1991	1D	13	38	11	11	16	34	46	33
1991-1992	1D	13	34	11	7	16	26	42	29
1992-1993	1D	9	34	12	7	15	34	42	31
1993-1994	1D	10	34	10	11	13	27	47	31
1994-1995	1D	13	34	7	13	14	30	40	27
1995-1996	1D	12	34	9	9	6	31	49	36
1996-1997	1D	18	34	4	7	23	29	74	19			relegated
1997-1998	2H	4	34	16	12	6	44	23	60
1998-1999	2H	1	34	20	8	6	58	24	68			promoted
1999-2000	1D	5	34	14	11	9	48	34	53			best classification ever
2000-2001	1D	14	34	10	7	17	34	41	37
2001-2002	1D	12	34	10	8	16	42	56	38
2002-2003	1D	8	34	13	5	16	42	53	44
2003-2004	1D	12	34	10	10	14	43	40	40
2004-2005	1D	13	34	11	7	16	34	40	40
2005-2006	1D	12	34	11	7	16	37	42	40	4th round		relegated
2006-2007	2H	12	30	12	9	9	27	27	36			had 9 points deducted
2007-2008	2H	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	3r round	1st round	ongoing