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Gil Vicente F.C.
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	Paulo Alves
League	Liga de Honra
2006-07	Liga de Honra, 12th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Gil Vicente Futebol Clube (pron. IPA: [ʒiɫ vi'sẽt(ɨ)]), 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 1999/2000, when it finished 5th in the Portuguese League.

Contents 1 History 2 Squad for 2006/07 Season 3 League and Cup History 4 Famous players 5 Trivia 6 References 7 External links

Gil Vicente was founded in 3 May 1924, after the creation of other clubs in Barcelos, such as Barcellos Sporting Club and União Foot-ball 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 Foot-ball 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 5012 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 SL Benfica player and European Champion.

Gil Vicente played in the "Estádio (stadium) Adelino Ribeiro Novo" until 2003/2004. 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 12374, 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 2006/2007 BWINLIGA to 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, FC 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.

As of 13 July 2006

Number		Player	Position	Club in 2005-06	D.O.B.
Goalkeepers
1		Jorge Carlos Santos Moreira Baptista	GK	Gil Vicente FC	02 Apr 1977
12		Paulo Jorge Carreira Nunes	GK	Gil Vicente FC	16 Jun 1970
99		Vítor Miguel da Silva Oliveira	GK	Gil Vicente FC	07 May 1982
Defenders
47		João Pedro da Silva Pereira	RD	SL Benfica/Gil Vicente FC *	25 Feb 1984
22		Paulo Ricardo Pereira Arantes	RD	Gil Vicente FC	15 Nov 1986
4		Rovérsio Rodrigues de Barros	CD	Gil Vicente FC	17 Jan 1984
5		Daniel João Alves Faria	CD	Gil Vicente FC
33		Diego Goldim	CD	XV Novembro (Brazil)	15 Nov 1981
49		Pedro Manuel Mendes Ribeiro	CD	FC Porto	25 Jan 1983
14		Simão Pedro Fernandes Coutinho	CD	Sporting CP	07 Apr 1988
'		Valnei	CD	CS Marítimo
23		Elton Teofilo Viana "Macaé"	LD	Luverdense (Brazil)	13 Sep 1983
3		João Pedro Lima Santos	LD	Gil Vicente FC	15 Aug 1980
86		Luís Fernando Gonçalves Fernandes Tinoco	LD	Gil Vicente FC
Midfielders
80		Filipe Miguel Lopes Fernandes	DM	FC Marco	05 Mar 1980
21		William Ribeiro Soares	DM	SC Braga (currently on loan to Gil Vicente)	07 Feb 1985
6		Bruno Tiago Fernandes de Andrade	CM	Gil Vicente FC	01 Apr 1981
16		António Filipe de Sousa Gouveia	CM	Gil Vicente FC	12 May 1973
8		Luís António do Couto Coentrão	CM	Gil Vicente FC	28 Mar 1977
7		Carlos Manuel da Silva Cunha "Carlitos"	W	Gil Vicente FC	06 Mar 1977
13		Fernando Manuel Jesus Santos "Nandinho"	W	Gil Vicente FC	17 Mar 1973
17		Telmo Manuel do Nascimento Patrício	W
77		João Pedro Ferreira Vilela	CM	SL Benfica/Gil Vicente FC *	09 Sep 1985
Forwards
31		Bruno Filipe Ferreira Teixeira	F	Pico de Regalados
10		Carlos Gonçalves "Fumo"	F	Gondomar SC	22 Sep 1977
18		Carlos Alberto Santos da Silva "Betinho"	F	Náutico do Recife (Brazil)	13 May 1977
9		Arnaldo Edi Lopes da Silva (Edinho)	F	SC Braga	07 July 1982
11		Mateus Galiano da Costa	F	Lixa/Gil Vicente FC	18 Jun 1984

* - Were loaned to Gil Vicente by SL Benfica last season and were signed as free-agents in the end of it.

GK - Goalkeeper, LD - Left Defender, CD - Central Defender, RD - Right Defender, DM - Defensive Midfielder, CM - Central Midfielder, W - Winger, F - Forward

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

• Ljubinko Drulovic
• João Carlos Tuck
• Milton Cacioli
• Mangonga
• Nuno Capucho
• Fábio Januário
• Paulo Alves (currently the manager)
• Hugo Viana (young squads only)
• Mateus, Angola player in the FIFA World Cup 2006
• Petit
• Júlio César
• Fábio Hempel
• Wilson
• Peter Rufai
• Jorge Ribeiro
• Nunes
• Rudolph Douala
• Almani Moreira

The club was once managed by a priest, José Maria Furtado, in the season of 1974/75.

• Gil Vicente FC official site (Portuguese)

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