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is a Portuguese sports club in the city of

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, where different sports are practiced. This article is about its professional

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section, whose senior men's and women's teams compete respectively in the

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, the top level of the sport in Portugal, and in the Second Basketball Division, the third competition in Portugal. The teams, from youth to senior level, train and play their games in the Vimaranense Unit Sports Pavilion, which is located in the Vitória SC Academy.

History

Vitória's men's basketball team, founded in 2004, came about as a continuation of the project of another club, called "Basquetebol Clube de Guimarães", founded in 1993, with its managers moving to Vitória de Guimarães, namely Pedro Guerreiro and António Lourenço, leading the club to consolidate its position in the LPB, the top level, since 2008/09 and consequently to win several national titles in the seasons that followed. Women's basketball team was founded a year later for the 2005/06 season, and after 11 years it won its first First Division National Championship title. In the following seasons, already in the elite of women's basketball, Vitória managed to constantly fight for the top spots and play in some cup finals, feats led by teams made up of players from Vitória's training centre. However, in 2022 Vitória SC announced that it would not register the women's basketball team in the LFB (basketball's elite) as a first step towards the reformulation of the sport's tiers based on the development of young athletes from the academy, leading to the women's team having to start again in the third tier.

Men's Achievements

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: 1 *2006/07

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: 2 *2007/08, 2012/13

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: 1 *2010 Total Trophies: 4 Nationals

Players

Current Roster

Notable players

* José Vilhena * Miguel Cardoso *

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* Joel Almeida

Other notable players

Season by season

Women's Achievements

National Champions of the 1st Division: 1 * 2016/17 Vice Champions of the

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* 2018/19, 2020/21 Total Trophies: 1 Nationals

References

External links

Official websiteEurobasket.com – Team profile
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