Vitória F.C.
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| Full name | Vitória Futebol Clube[1] | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Os Sadinos (Those from the Sado River) O Velho Senhor (The Old Esquire) | |||
| Founded | 20 November 1910 | |||
| Ground | Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal | |||
| Capacity | 21,530 / 18,728 (UEFA) | |||
| Chairman |  Fernando Oliveira | |||
| Manager | Jose Mota | |||
| League | Primeira Liga | |||
| 2012–13 | Primeira Liga, 12th | |||
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Vitória Futebol Clube is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Setúbal. Popularly known as Vitória de Setúbal (pronounced [viˈtɔɾiɐ dɨ sɨˈtubaɫ], the club was born under the original name Sport Victoria from the ashes of the small Bonfim Foot-Ball Club. Today's club was established on 20 November 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").
Vitória de Setúbal won 3 Portuguese Cup titles and 1 Portuguese League Cup title.
History
Golden Decade
The years from 1964 to 1974 may be considered Vitória's golden decade. In 1964–65 and 1966–67, Vitória won the Cup of Portugal, managing to win it again in 2004–05.
Vitória Setubal played in the Fairs Cup in 1969-70, knocking Liverpool out in the second round.[2]
In the 1973–74 season, Vitória de Setúbal finished in third place.
Recent history
They returned to the Portuguese top-level for the 2004–05 season and have remained there since.[3]
Stadium
Vitoria play at the Estádio do Bonfim, which was inaugurated in 1962 and has a capacity of 18,964.[4]
There are plans for a new municipal stadium to be built in Setubal, with the Bonfin being re-developed for retail.[5]
Honours
Domestic
- 1964–65, 1966–67, 2004–05
- 1926–27
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable former players
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PORTUGAL |
EUROPE |
AFRICA |
THE AMERICAS |
ASIA
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Coaches
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- Names in bold represent managers in their second or more term of service
Other sports
Vitória's sports departments besides the football section:
Handball
Rugby
Footnotes
- ^ "Setubal". Portugoal.net. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- ^ Steve Horton. "Blast from the past: Liverpool 3 Vitoria Setubal 2". LFCHistory.net. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
- ^ "Vitoria Setubal : History 1975 to date". statto.com. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
- ^ "Vitória Setúbal FC: Estádio de Bonfim". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
- ^ "Desporto: Vitória de Setúbal - Projecto do novo estádio é entregue quinta-feira na autarquia" (in Portuguese). sapo.pt. Retrieved 24 April 2013.