F.C. Famalicão

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]}

As of 16 July 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
19	FW	POR	Afonso Rodrigues
20	MF	POR	Gustavo Sá
23	FW	POR	Gil Dias
28	MF	FRA	Zaydou Youssouf
31	GK	BRA	Luiz Júnior
48	MF	POR	Samuel Lobato
55	DF	SEN	Ibrahima Ba
74	DF	POR	Francisco Moura
77	FW	BRA	Sorriso
90	GK	POR	Hugo Cunha
97	FW	POR	Pablo
—	FW	ROU	Alex Dobre

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	POR	David Tavares

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

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