2024–25 Vitória S.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 103rd season in the history of the Vitória S.C., and it is also the 18th consecutive season in Primeira Liga. In addition to the domestic league, the team is participating in the Taça de Portugal, the Taça da Liga, and the UEFA Conference League.

Vitória S.C.

2024–25 season
Head coach	Rui Borges[1]
Stadium	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
Primeira Liga	7th
Taça de Portugal	Fifth round
Taça da Liga	Quarter-finals
UEFA Conference League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Gustavo Silva (4 goals) All: Gustavo Silva (8 goals)
← 2023–24

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
Summer transfers
FW	Gustavo Silva	Comercial	Undisclosed	7 August 2024	[2]
FW	Kaio César	Coritiba	€1,500,000	1 July 2024	[3][4]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
Summer transfers
FW	Kaio César	Coritiba	Loan return	1 July 2024	[5]
MF	Matheus Índio	Qingdao West Coast		3 July 2024
FW	Jota Silva	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed[a]	1 August 2024	[7]
DF	Ricardo Mangas	Spartak Moscow	€2,000,000[b]	10 September 2024	[9]
Winter transfers
MF	Alberto Costa	Juventus	€13,800,000	15 January 2025	[10]
MF	Manu Silva	Benfica	€12,000,000	20 January 2025	[11]
FW	Kaio César	Al Hilal	€10,000,000	21 January 2025	[12][13]

1. Transfer fee reported as £5.9m with potential add-ons^[6]
2. Transfer fee reported as €2m with €500,000 in potential add-ons^[8]

Friendlies

Pre-season

Vitória de Guimarães v Middlesbrough

13 July 2024 Friendly	Vitória de Guimarães	2–0	Middlesbrough	Quinta do Lago
13:00 UTC+1	Ramírez 79', 86'			Stadium: The Campus

Vitória de Guimarães v Leixões

17 July 2024 Friendly	Vitória de Guimarães	1–1	Leixões
10:30 UTC+1	Bureković 81'		Fabinho

Vitória de Guimarães v Rayo Vallecano

20 July 2024 Friendly	Vitória de Guimarães	2–0	Rayo Vallecano	Portugal
19:30 UTC+1	Jota 54' Marco Cruz 68'

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primeira Liga	12 August 2024	3 January 2025	Matchday 17		18	6	8	4	28	24	+4	033.33
Taça de Portugal	15 October 2024	12 January 2025	Third round	Fifth round	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	066.67
Taça da Liga	23 November 2024		Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
UEFA Conference League	25 July 2024		Second qualifying round		12	10	2	0	30	6	+24	083.33
Total					34	18	10	6	65	36	+29	052.94

Last updated: 20 January 2025
Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

Main article: 2024–25 Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Santa Clara	21	12	2	7	25	22	+3	38
6	Casa Pia	21	9	6	6	27	25	+2	33
7	Vitória de Guimarães	21	7	9	5	30	25	+5	30
8	Estoril	21	8	6	7	26	32	−6	30
9	Famalicão	21	5	10	6	22	24	−2	25

Updated to match(es) played on 10 February 2025. Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	6	8	4	28	24	+4	26	4	4	1	18	14	+4	2	4	3	10	10	0

Last updated: 20 January 2025.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	D
Position	8	7	10	9	11	10	9	11	8	8	10	7	7	9	8	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 5 January 2025. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 7 July 2024.^[14]

Arouca v Vitória de Guimarães

12 August 2024 1	Arouca	0–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Arouca
20:15	Pinho  62'	Report	Oliveira 14'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 3.394 Referee: Gustavo Correia

Vitória de Guimarães v Estoril

18 August 2024 2	Vitória de Guimarães	1–0	Estoril	Guimarães
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Villanueva  10' Borevković  26' Ramírez 32'	Report	Begraoui  56'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 17.331 Referee: André Narciso

AVS v Vitória de Guimarães

25 August 2024 3	AVS	1–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Aves (Santo Tirso)
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Lucca  30' Kiki  46' Nenê 74'	Report	Villanueva  82' Silva  85' Santos  88'	Stadium: Estádio do Clube Desportivo das Aves Attendance: 4.485 Referee: João Pinheiro

Vitória de Guimarães v Famalicão

1 September 2024 4	Vitória de Guimarães	2–1	Famalicão	Guimarães
20:30	César 8',  29' T. Silva  30' Villanueva  76' G. Silva  87' Händel 90+1'		Sorriso 17' Youssouf  42' Haas  46' Gustavo Sá  90' Gil Dias  90+2' Chico[disambiguation needed]  90+6' A. Evangelista  90+7'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 20.134 Referee: João Gonçalves

Braga v Vitória de Guimarães

15 September 2024 5	Braga	0–2	Vitória de Guimarães	Braga
20:30 WEST	Zalazar  37' Arrey-Mbi  56' Niakaté  71' Ferreira  79'	Report	Santos  17' J. Mendes 52' Oliveira  57' Ribeiro 59' J. T. Mendes  74'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 21,215 Referee: Luís Godinho

Vitória de Guimarães v Porto

21 September 2024 6	Vitória de Guimarães	0–3	Porto	Guimarães
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Mendes  28' Varela  37' Silva  37' Gaspar  46'	Report	Aghehowa 47', 58',  26' Eustaquio  64' Pérez  90' Pepê 88',  45'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 26,377 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

Casa Pia v Vitória Guimarães

28 September 2024 7	Casa Pia	1–1	Vitória Guimarães	Rio Maior
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Cassiano 39' (pen.) Goulart  45' Zolotić  51'	Report	Goulart 49' (o.g.) R. Borges  54'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior Attendance: 2.632 Referee: Carlos Macedo

Vitória Guimarães v Boavista

6 October 2024 8	Vitória Guimarães	2–2	Boavista	Guimarães
15:30 UTC+1	Villanueva  6' G. Silva  31', 34', 49' Händel  69' Varela  90+4' Oliveira  90+13'	Report	Onyemaechi  11' César  26' Joel Silva  45+7' Reisinho  71', 90+5' (pen.), 90+15' (pen.) Abascal  90+1'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 15.961 Referee: Luís Godinho

Estrela da Amadora v Vitória Guimarães

27 October 2024 9	Estrela da Amadora	2–2	Vitória Guimarães	Amadora
20:30	Bucca 45+1' Ferro  50' Nani  66' D. Delgado  67' Pinho 84' (pen.)	Report	Händel  32' Santos 43' Silva 69' (pen.) Mendes  75' Manu  82'	Stadium: Estádio José Gomes Attendance: 2.319 Referee: António Nobre

Vitória Guimarães v Moreirense

3 November 2024 10	Vitória Guimarães	1–0	Moreirense	Guimarães
18:00 UTC+1	Oliveira 64'	Report	Frimpong  64'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 18.031 Referee: Miguel Nogueira

Santa Clara v Vitória Guimarães

10 November 2024 11	Santa Clara	1–0	Vitória Guimarães	Ponta Delgada
16:30 UTC+1	Calila  7' J. Batista[disambiguation needed]  45+5' Klismahn  67' Rocha  77' Ricardinho 80',  82' Lima  90'	Report	César  19' Oliveira  44' R. Chaves  53' Arcanjo  90' Silva  90+6'  90+9' F. Morato  90+6' Varela  90+8'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 2.512 Referee: Gustavo Correia

Vitória Guimarães v Gil Vicente

2 December 2024 12	Vitória Guimarães	4–0	Gil Vicente	Guimarães
18:45 UTC+1	Ramírez 45' Cruz 46' (o.g.) Manu 59',  63' Oliveira 87'	Report	Gbane  56' Cáseres  75'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 11.317 Referee: Tiago Martins

Benfica v Vitória de Guimarães

7 December 2024 13	Benfica	1–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±0)	Aktürkoğlu 29' Vangelis Pavlidis  31' Carreras  59' Di María  90+3'	Report	Mendes  43'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 58,839 Referee: Miguel Nogueira (Lisbon)

Rio Ave v Vitória Guimarães

16 December 2024 14	Rio Ave	2–2	Vitória Guimarães	Vila do Conde
20:45 UTC+1	Clayton 6' F. Ronaldo 38' Santos  50' Neto  88'	Report	Rivas 51',  69' Silva 58'	Stadium: Estádio do Rio Ave FC Attendance: 2.897 Referee: António Nobre

Vitória Guimarães v Nacional

23 December 2024 15	Vitória Guimarães	2–2	Nacional	Guimarães
18:45 UTC+1	Silva 24' (pen.) Santos 49' Händel  90+1'	Report	Isaac 9' Zé Vítor  18' Aurélio 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: - Referee: João Pinheiro

Farense v Vitória Guimarães

29 December 2024 16	Farense	2–2	Vitória Guimarães	Faro
15:30 UTC+1	Claudio Falcão  29' 37' Neto 90+8' Artur Jorge  81'	Report	Óscar Rivas  31' Gustavo Silva 49' João Mendes  64' Kaio César  79' Samu 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio de São Luís Attendance: 6012 Referee: Bruno Vieira

Vitória Guimarães v Sporting

3 January 2025 17	Vitória Guimarães	4–4	Sporting	Guimarães
20:15 UTC+1	Tiago Silva 7' Samu  9' Kaio César 69' João Mendes  56' 82' Michel 85' Óscar Rivas  89' Arcanjo  90+3'	Report	Viktor Gyökeres 2', 14', 58'  75' Morita  18' Maxi Araújo  81' St. Juste  84' Fresneda  90+3' Trincão 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 26,549 Referee: João Gonçalves

Taça de Portugal

Main article: 2024–25 Taça de Portugal

Pacos de Ferreira v Vitória de Guimarães

19 October 2024 Third round	Pacos de Ferreira	1–3	Vitória de Guimarães	Paços de Ferreira
16:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Fonte 44'	Report	Gaspar 3' Samu 50' João Mendes 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real

Vitória de Guimarães v U.D. Leiria

23 November 2024 Fourth round	Vitória de Guimarães	2–0	U.D. Leiria	Guimarães
16:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Rivas 43' Kaio 84'	Report		Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques

O Elvas v Vitória de Guimarães

12 January 2025 (2025-01-12) Fifth round	O Elvas	2–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Elvas
14:00	Silva 50' Nketia 75'		Michel 2'	Stadium: Campo Domingos Carrilho Patalino

Taça da Liga

Main article: 2024–25 Taça da Liga

Braga v Vitória de Guimarães

31 October 2024 Quarter-finals	Braga	2–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Braga
18:45 WET	Niakaté 22' Bruma 75' (pen.)	Report	Santos 10'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 9,663 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

UEFA Conference League

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Conference League

Second qualifying round

The draw was held on 19 June 2024.^[15]

Floriana FC v Vitória de Guimarães

25 July 2024 First leg	Floriana FC	0–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Ta' Qali, Malta
19:00 UTC+2		Report	Jota 78'	Stadium: Centenary Stadium Referee: Ben Mcmaster (Northern Ireland)

Vitória de Guimarães v Floriana FC

1 August 2024 Second leg	Vitória de Guimarães	4–0 (5–0 agg.)	Floriana FC	Guimarães
20:15 UTC+1	César 8' Fernandes 11' Mangas 37', 43'	Report		Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques

Third qualifying round

The draw was held on 22 July 2024.^[15]

Zürich v Vitória de Guimarães

8 August 2024 First leg	Zürich	0–3	Vitória de Guimarães	Zürich, Switzerland
19:00 UTC+2		Report	Mangas 54' Gómez 78' (o.g.) Oliveira 90+3'	Stadium: Letzigrund

Vitória de Guimarães v Zürich

15 August 2024 Second leg	Vitória de Guimarães	2–0 (5–0 agg.)	Zürich	Guimarães, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Silva 58' Arcanjo 70'	Report		Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques

Play-off round

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Conference League play-off round

Vitória de Guimarães v Zrinjski Mostar

21 August 2024 First leg	Vitória de Guimarães	3–0	Zrinjski Mostar	Guimarães, Portugal
17:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Mangas 46' Borevković 51' Mendes 88'	Report		Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques

Zrinjski Mostar v Vitória de Guimarães

21 August 2024 Second leg	Zrinjski Mostar	0–4 (0–7 agg.)	Vitória de Guimarães	Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:00 CET (UTC+1:00)		Report	Silva 46' (pen.) Santos 42' Oliveira 45+3' Cunha 71'	Stadium: Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom

League phase

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Conference League league phase

The league phase draw was held on 30 August 2024.^[16]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chelsea	6	6	0	0	26	5	+21	18	Advance to round of 16 (seeded)
2	Vitória de Guimarães	6	4	2	0	13	6	+7	14
3	Fiorentina	6	4	1	1	18	7	+11	13
4	Rapid Wien	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	13
5	Djurgårdens IF	6	4	1	1	11	7	+4	13[a]

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Away goals scored: Djurgårdens IF 5, Lugano 4.

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	W	D
Position	6	1	5	5	2	2
Points	3	6	9	10	13	14

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2024. Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Vitória de Guimarães v Celje

2 October 2024 1	Vitória de Guimarães	3–1	Celje	Guimarães, Portugal
15:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Samu 7' Cunha 36' Tiago Silva 62'	Report	Matko 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques

Djurgården v Vitória de Guimarães

24 October 2024 2	Djurgården	1–2	Vitória de Guimarães	Stockholm, Sweden
18:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Stensson 62'	Report	Silva 58' Santos 79'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena

Vitória de Guimarães v Mladá Boleslav

7 November 2024 (2024-11-07) 3	Vitória de Guimarães	2–1	Mladá Boleslav	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães
21:00 (20:00 UTC+0)	Silva 40' (pen.) Rivas 59'	Report[17]	Kušej 72'	Attendance: 12,941[18] Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

Astana v Vitória de Guimarães

28 November 2024 (2024-11-28) 4	Astana	1–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty
16:30 (20:30 UTC+5)	Kalaica 40'	Report[19]	Ramírez 89'	Attendance: 3,562[20] Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

St. Gallen v Vitória de Guimarães

12 December 2024 (2024-12-12) 5	St. Gallen	1–4	Vitória de Guimarães	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
21:00	Csoboth 66'	Report[21]	Mendes 33' G. Silva 58' Alberto 84' Samu 90+4'	Attendance: 16,249[22] Referee: Nick Walsh (Scotland)

Vitória de Guimarães v Fiorentina

19 December 2024 (2024-12-19) 6	Vitória de Guimarães	1–1	Fiorentina	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães
21:00 (20:00 UTC+0)	G. Silva 33'	Report[23]	Mandragora 87'	Attendance: 16,466[24] Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (Albania)

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