Gil Vicente FC

Gil Vicente Futebol Clube is a football club whose team in the 2011/2012 season playing in the Primeira Liga after the rise as a table of 2 First Portuguese Football League. It was founded in 1924 and is in Barcelos - in the north of Portugal - home. He bears the name of the playwright Gil Vicente, after the theater was named in Barcelos, near which played the founder football. Their home ground is called Estádio Cidade de Barcelos and can accommodate 12,504 spectators. The club colors are red and blue.

The first rise in the Portuguese football league succeeded in 1990, where the club established itself well. 1997 was followed by a descent into the Second Division. 1999 was Gil Vicente but rise again.

In this football club playing at a young age players like Paulo Alves, later at Sporting Lisbon, and Nuno Capucho. Also the later successful at FC Porto players Yugoslav Ljubinko Drulović came from the club Barcelos.

Curiosities

The club was managed for some time by friars and out in the season 1974/75 by the priest José Maria Furtado of a financial crisis.

The club was demoted in the 2006/2007 season in the second division. The reason for the demotion of the use of the player Mateus Galiano da Costa stated without a legally binding contract.