Académico de Viseu Futebol Clube, commonly known as Académico de Viseu, is a Portuguese professional

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club based in

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. Founded in 1914 as ''Clube Académico de Futebol'', the club went through several changes over the course of the years, folding in 2005 due to financial troubles and re-founding under its current name. The club currently play in the

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, holding home games at

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History

In 2005, ''Clube Académico de Futebol'', an historic founded officially in 1914 which competed in four top division seasons in the 1980s (the last being 1988–89), folded due to financial problems. In September 2005, ''Clube Académico de Futebol'' and ''G.D. Farminhão'' signed a protocol which made the latter change its name to ''"Académico de Viseu Futebol Clube"'', its headquarters to Viseu, its stadium to

and its logo and colours to be the same as the extinct ''Clube Académico de Futebol'', thus preserving the former and historic ''Clube Académico de Futebol''. ''Académico de Viseu Futebol Clube'' started competing again immediately in the

first regional league, achieving promotion to the fourth tier

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in their second season in 2007. In the last match of the 2008–09 season, after a 2–0 win against

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, the team was promoted to the third division, a feat which was accomplished on

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. They would, however, be immediately relegated back. In the 2012/2013 season the team achieved promotion to the Segunda Liga and achieved a solid 11th place in the following season. In 2014/2015, they remained in this division. In the 2022/23 season the team created history finishing 4th in

, make the quarter finals in

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and the semi final in Taça de Liga.

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Managerial history

* Luís Almeida (11 Jan 2009 – 25 Oct 2009) * António Borges (1 Nov 2009 – 2 May 2010) * João Paulo Correia (12 Sept 2010 – 24 Oct 2010) * Paulo Gomes (31 Oct 2010 – 20 Feb 2011) * Manuel Matias (27 Feb 2011 – 29 May 2011) * António Lima Pereira (2011–2012) * Carlos Agostinho (June 2012 – 11 Nov 2012) * Filipe Moreira (25 Nov 2012 – 28 Dec 2013) * Ricardo Chéu (2 Jan 2014 – 10 May 2014) * Alex Costa (20 May 2014 – 12 Nov 2014) * Ricardo Chéu (13 Nov 2014 – 7 Feb 2016) *

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(15 Feb 2016 – 9 March 2016) * Jorge Casquilha (20 March 2016 – 14 May 2016) * André David (31 May 2016 – 29 November 2016) *

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(29 November 2016 – February 2018) *

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(February 2018 – January 2019) * Floris Schaap (January 2019 – February 2019) * Rui Borges (February 2019 – June 2020) * Sérgio Bóris (July 2020 – October 2020) * Pedro Duarte (October 2020 – February 2021) * Paulo Cadete (''interim'') (February 2021 – March 2021) * Zé Gomes (March 2021 – December 2021) * Pedro Ribeiro (January 2022 – August 2022) * Gil Oliveira (''interim'') (August 2022 – September 2022) * Jorge Costa (September 2022 – April 2023) * Pedro Bessa (''interim'') (April 2023 – June 2023) * Vítor Martins (July 2023 – October 2023) * Jorge Simão (October 2023 – April 2024) * Gil Oliveira (''interim'') (April 2024 – May 2024) * Rui Ferreira (May 2024 – Present) *

Honours

: 1 ** 2011–12 * AF Viseu Liga de Honra: 11 **1947–48, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1963–64, 1964–65, 2006–07 Source:

League and cup history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Academico Viseu Football clubs in Portugal Association football clubs established in 1914 1914 establishments in Portugal Liga Portugal 2 clubs