Futebol Clube de Famalicão, commonly known as Famalicão, is a Portuguese professional football club from Vila Nova de Famalicão. Founded on 21 August 1931, its senior team currently plays in the Primeira Liga, the top tier of Portuguese football.
Since 1952, Famalicão have played their home matches at the Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho, which holds a 5,186-seat capacity. The Famalicenses' most successful period of their history occurred in the early 1990s, where the club played four seasons in the Primeira Liga, between 1990 and 1994, counting now with seven Primeira Liga appearances. The club is owned by Quantum Pacific Group which also has 30% share of Atlético de Madrid.
History
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.
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. 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.
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. On 28 April 2019, the club won promotion to the top flight for the first time in a quarter of a century.
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. 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.
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 10,000.
Players
Current squad
Out on loan
Competitions
Trophies National Competition Titles Seasons Segunda Divisão 2 1977–78, 1987–88 Regional Competition Titles Seasons Regional Promotion Championship 1 1935–36 Regional Opening Tournament 3 1982–83, 1984–85, 1986–87 Regional Honour Cup 1 1986–87 Primeira Divisão Regional 2 1954–55, 1961–62
Participations
National Competition Participations Best finish Primeira Liga 11 5th Liga Portugal 2 6 2nd Segunda Divisão 42 1st Terceira Divisão 9 2nd Portuguese Cup 60 Semi-finals Portuguese League Cup 4 Group stage Regional Competition Participations Best finish Honour Division 1 2nd
Season by season SeasonTierCompetitionClassificationPortuguese 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 8th 4QR 2024–25 1 Primeira Liga 7th 4QR 2025–26 1 Primeira Liga 5th 5QR Promotion stage
Relegation stage CNS
Crest
+Crest evolution1931–19651965–19881988–20112011–20182018–present
References
External links
ForaDeJogo.net FC Famalicão profile