SC Vianense

Sport Clube Vianense (abbreviated as SC Vianense) is a Portuguese football club based in Viana do Castelo in the district of Viana do Castelo.^[1] SC Vianense currently plays in the Liga 3. The club was founded in 1898 and is one of the oldest clubs in Portugal. They play their home matches at the Estádio do Dr. José de Matos in Viana do Castelo. The stadium has a capacity of 3,000 spectators.^[1]

Vianense

Full name	Sport Clube Vianense
Founded	1898
Ground	Estádio Dr. José de Matos Viana do Castelo
Capacity	3,000
Owner	Gary Raulino
Head Coach	José Pequeno
League	Liga 3
2022–23	Campeonato de Portugal Serie A, 2nd Place (Group stage) Serie 1, 1st Place (Promotion play-offs) Championship final, Lost (Third stage)
Home colours Away colours

The club is affiliated to Associação de Futebol de Viana do Castelo and has competed in the Viana do Castelo championship. The club has also entered the national cup competition known as Taça de Portugal on many occasions. It reached the semifinals of its forerunner, the Campeonato de Portugal in 1924, its third edition.^[1][2]

The football team is run by their SAD, which was purchased in 2022 by Gary Raulino, owner of Canadian team Scrosoppi FC of League1 Ontario, who owns 80% of the SAD, with the club retaining the remaining 20%.^[3][4]

Season to season

Season	Level	Division	Section	Place	Movements
1990–91	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série A	4th
1991–92	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série A	1st	Promoted
1992–93	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão	Série Norte	17th	Relegated
1993–94	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série A	2nd	Promoted
1994–95	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão	Série Norte	9th
1995–96	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão	Série Norte	9th
1996–97	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão	Série Norte	12th
1997–98	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão	Série Norte	14th	Relegated
1998–99	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série A	1st	Promoted
1999–2000	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão	Série Norte	18th	Relegated
2000–01	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série A	8th
2001–02	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série A	1st	Promoted
2002–03	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão	Série Norte	20th	Relegated
2003–04	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série A	6th
2004–05	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série A	9th
2005–06	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série A	12th
2006–07	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série A	9th
2007–08	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série A – 1ª Fase	3rd	Promotion Group
	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série A Fase Final	2nd	Promoted
2008–09	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão	Série A – 1ª Fase	9th	Relegation Group
	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão	Série A Últimos	2nd
2009–10	Tier 3	Segunda Divisão	Série Norte	13th	Relegated
2010–11	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série A – 1ª Fase	4th	Promotion Group
	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série A Fase Final	3rd
2011–12	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série A – 1ª Fase	3rd	Promotion Group
	Tier 4	Terceira Divisão	Série A Fase Final	5th

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League and cup history

Season	I	II	III	IV	V	Pts.	Pl.	W	T	L	GS	GA	Diff.
1960–61		12				23 pts	26	10	3	13	36	38	−2
1961–62		4				29 pts	26	13	3	10	28	31	−3
1962–63		12				20 pts	26	7	6	13	36	55	−19
1963–64		13				20 pts	26	8	4	14	37	59	−22
1964–65			2			15 pts	10	7	1	2	22	13	+8
1965–66			2			10 pts	10	2	6	2	11	10	+1
1966–67			3			11 pts	10	4	3	3	12	10	+2
1967–68			3			11 pts	10	5	1	4	14	12	+2
1968–69			2			29 pts	22	12	5	5	41	13	+28
1969–70			8			33 pts	30	13	7	10	46	31	+15
1990–91				4
1991–92				1
1992–93			17
1993–94				2
1994–95			9
1995–96			9			49 pts	34	15	4	15	46	41	+5
1996–97			12
1997–98			14			42 pts	34	12	6	17	38	47	−9
1998–99				1		73 pts	34	22	7	5	82	35	+47
1999–2000			18			32 pts	34	7	11	16	26	43	−17
2000–01				8
2001–02				1
2002–03			12
2003–04				6		53 pts	34	15	8	11	49	43	+6
2004–05				10		46 pts	34	12	10	12	40	37	+3
2005–06				12		38 pts	34	10	8	16	33	49	−16
2006–07				9		42 pts	30	11	9	10	37	34	+3
2007–08				3		44 pts	26	13	5	8	46	23	+23
2008–09			9 [2]			21 pts	22	4	9	9	21	34	−13
2009–10			13			...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
2010–11				4 [3]
2011–12				3 [5]

The second ranking on the recent seasons represents rankings from the playoffs/final phase competitions.

Honours

• Terceira Divisão: 1998/99 (Série A)
• Campeonato de Viana do Castelo: 1923/24, 1924/25, 1925/26, 1926/27, 1927/28, 1928/29, 1929/30, 1930/31, 1931/32, 1932/33, 1933/34, 1934/35, 1935/36, 1936/37, 1939/40, 1940/41, 1941/42

Current squad

As of 30 January 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BRA Guilherme Cioletti 2 DF  POR Eduardo Ribeiro 4 DF  POR Ni (on loan from Vitória) 5 MF  POR Gonçalo Sousa 6 MF  POR Rodrigo Guedes 7 MF  POR Diogo Ramalho 8 MF  POR Leandro Vilas Boas 9 FW  POR Nuno Barbosa 10 MF  POR Ruca 11 FW  POR Pedro Prazeres 13 FW  POR Jordão Cardoso 14 DF  POR Tiago Araújo 17 FW  POR Cláudio Ribeiro 18 MF  POR João Matos

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  POR Gaby Faria 21 DF  POR Guilhas 22 DF  POR Pedro Araújo 23 MF  POR João Cardoso 24 GK  POR Tiago Peixoto 28 DF  POR David Vinhas 33 FW  BRA Willian Dias 35 DF  ANG Kevin Ibouka (on loan from Mafra) 55 DF  ENG Sam Pollard 70 MF  USA Alejandro Alvarado (on loan from Vizela) 77 FW  POR Diogo Pereira 85 GK  POR Ismael Lekbab 88 MF  POR Miguel Abreu 89 FW  CAN Aramis Kouzine

Notable former managers

• Rogério Gonçalves

See also

• Scrosoppi FC
• Official website (in Portuguese)

References

1. "Sport Clube Vianense - ForaDeJogo - foradejogo.net". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
2. "Sport Clube Vianense – Portugal – footballzz.co.uk". ZeroZero. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
3. "FUTEBOL: SAD DO VIANENSE JÁ TEM EMBLEMA". 8 August 2022.
4. Jacques, John (16 July 2022). "A League1 Ontario Team Just Purchased A Portuguese Club". Northern Tribune.
5. "Portugal – Table of Honor – soccerlibrary.free.fr" (PDF). Soccer Library. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
6. "Competitions – Portugal – footballzz.co.uk". ZeroZero. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
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