Länk FC Vilaverdense (formerly known as Vilaverdense F.C.) is a Portuguese

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

club based in

Vila Verde Vila Verde () is a municipality in the district of Braga in Portugal. The population in 2021 was 46,446,

in the

district of Braga The district of Braga ( pt, Distrito de Braga ) is a district in the northwest of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Braga, and it is bordered by the district of Viana do Castelo in the north, Vila Real in the east, Spain ( Galicia) ...

. Länk FC Vilaverdense FC currently plays in the Liga 3 which is the third tier of

Portuguese football Association football ( pt, futebol), the most popular sport in Portugal, has a long and storied history in the country, following its introduction in 1875 in cities such as Funchal, Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra by English merchants and Portuguese ...

. The club was founded in 1953 as Vilaverdense F.C.and they play their home matches at the Campo Cruz do Reguengo in Vila Verde. The stadium has a capacity to accommodate 5,000 spectators. The club is affiliated to

Associação de Futebol de Braga The Braga Football Association (''Associação de Futebol de Braga'', abrv. ''AF Braga'') is the district governing body for the all football competitions in the Portuguese district of Braga since 1992. It is also the regulator of the clubs regist ...

and has competed in the AF Braga Taça. The club has also entered the national cup competition known as Taça de Portugal on occasions. It also competes in women's football, with a more successful

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playing in the first tier,

Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino The Campeonato Nacional Feminino (English: Women's National Championship), also known as Liga BPI for sponsorship reasons, is the top-tier women's association football league in Portugal. It is run by the Portuguese Football Federation and began ...

. In 2020 the club's name and crest was changed following an acquisition of 90% of the club's sad by Länk. These changes caused controversy.

Involvement with Länk

In 2020, a Canadian group named Länk acquired 90% of the Vilaverdense's SAD. With this they changed the club's name to Länk Vilaverdense and it's badge, changing it to a black and white one and removing the green used to represent Vila Verde. Länk promised to improve the club's stadium. Although the acquisition was approved by the club's associates, the changes made by Länk came under heavy fire by the club's supporters and caused controversy.

Season to season

Current squad

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Honours

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Divisão de Honra: 2010–11 *AF Braga Taça: 1988/89, 1990/91, 1992/93, 1997/98, 2009/10

Footnotes

{{Reflist Football clubs in Portugal Association football clubs established in 1953 1953 establishments in Portugal Sport in Vila Verde Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino teams