Varzim S.C.

Varzim

Full name	Varzim Sport Clube
Nickname(s)	Lobos do Mar (Sea Wolves) Alvi-Negros (White and Blacks) Poveiros (those from Póvoa de Varzim) Raça Poveira (Povoan Race)
Founded	25 December 1915
Ground	Estádio do Varzim Sport Club, Póvoa de Varzim
Capacity	11,000
Chairman	Manuel Pedro Faria
Manager	Quim Berto
League	Liga Pro
2014–15	Campeonato Nacional, 3rd (promoted)
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Varzim Sport Club (Portuguese pronunciation: [vɐɾˈzĩ spɔɾ ˈklub(ɨ)]) is a Portuguese football team based in Póvoa de Varzim. The club was founded on 25 December 1915, and play at the Estádio do Varzim Sport Club since their establishment.^[1] The club plays in the LigaPro after winning promotion from the Campeonato Nacional in 2015. The club has had 21 presences at the top level of Portuguese football, eight in a row from 1963. They reached the semifinals of the Taça de Portugal on three occasions: 1978, 1980 and 1985.

Varzim has won six major titles in their history, which include the Portuguese Second Division four times and the Portuguese Third Division and Liga Intercalar once. The club usually plays with over 70 percent of players from the youth ranks. The club youth academy is notable for producing Portuguese international footballers like António Lima Pereira, Bruno Alves, Hélder Postiga and Salvador Agra.

History

Founded on 25 December 1915 under the name Varzim Foot-Ball Club.^[2] On 25 March 1916 the club approved the club to change its name to Varzim Sport Club.^[3] Following the name change the black and white were chosen as the colors for the club's kits in all sports. In 1918 the club joined the Porto Football Association where they officially became recognised as a club and started to compete in the city's football league. In 1920 the club won their first trophy which was the Taça Eça de Queiroz.

Following several seasons playing in the amateur leagues the club gained promotion to the Primeira Liga in 1963 where they remained for thirteen seasons before being eventually relegated back down. Since then the club has suffered mixed emotions after several promotions and relegation. In the club's most recent history it suffered relegation in the 2010-11 Liga de Honra to the non-professional leagues for the first time in fifteen years.^[4]

Varzim won the Segunda Divisão in the 2011-12 season. They started off their campaign in the II Divisão Zona Norte 2011/12 where they won the league comprehensively with 68 points, 14 more than second place side Fafe.^[5] With the topping of the group they qualified for the playoffs where two of the three sides in the playoffs would be promoted to the Liga de Honra. They fought off competition from the likes of Tondela and Fátima to finish top of the group and claim their fourth Segunda Divisão title.^[6] André André was praised for his fantastic displays for the club in which he scored 12 goals in 33 appearances from midfield during the season.^[7]

Honours

• Portuguese Second Division

• Winners (4): 1962–1963, 1975–1976, 1995–1996, 2011–12

• Portuguese Third Division

• Winners (1): 1961–1962

• Liga Intercalar

• Winners (1): 2007–2008

Current squad

As of 18 January, 2016 ^[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Pedro Soares 3 DF João Carneiro 4 DF Sandro Cunha 8 MF Nelsinho 11 FW Elísio 13 FW Bruno Moraes 14 MF Adílson 16 MF Rodrigo Dantas 17 DF Raúl Martins 18 FW Diego Mourão 19 DF Wilson Manafá 21 MF Pedro Sá

No. Position Player 22 DF Pedro Santos 23 FW José Postiga 25 GK Ricardo Silva 28 FW Stanley Awurum 29 MF Sérgio Organista 31 MF Gil Dias (on loan from Monaco B) 41 GK Kadú (on loan from Porto B) 46 MF Nélson Agra 69 MF Anthony de Freitas (on loan from Monaco B) 75 FW Tafsir Chérif (on loan from Monaco B) 77 DF Rui Coentrão 88 GK Paulo Vitor

Notable former players

André André Adão Alexandre António Jesus António Lima Pereira Bruno Alves Bruno Vale Daniel Candeias Eliseu Eliseu Ramalho Fernando Bandeirinha Fernando Brassard Fernando Folha Geraldo Alves Gonçalo Abreu Gonçalo Graça Hélder Postiga Henrique Hilário João Alves João Fonseca

João Paulo Jorge Luís Lionel Medeiros Luís Neto Marafona Nélson Fernandes Nuno Rocha Nuno Santos Pedrinho Pedro Santos Ricardo Formosinho Ricardo Nascimento Ricardo Neves Rui Barros Salvador Agra Tiago Carneiro Tibi Toni Vidigal Yazalde

Vata Paulo Figueiredo Marco Abreu Marcelo Pontiroli Gilmar Roberto Ruzin Kerimov Ernest Ebongué Fredson Gérard Roland Lino Wandeir Fumo Dmitri Prokopenko Aleksandar Šarić Lamin Conteh Javi Guerra Miran Víctor Torres Mestre

Notable former managers

José Torres (1982-1984) Félix Mourinho (1984-1985) Henrique Calisto (1985-1988) António Fidalgo (1988-1989) Manuel de Oliveira (1989-1990) Henrique Calisto (1990) Eurico Gomes (1990-1991) Ruben Cunha (1991) Bernardino Pedroto (1991-1992) Álvaro Carolino (1992) Ruben Cunha (1992-1993) Nicolau Vaqueiro (1993-1994) Horácio Gonçalves (1994-1998)

José Alberto Torres (1998-1999) Rogério Gonçalves (1999-2002) José Alberto Costa (2002) Luís Campos (2002-2003) Rogério Gonçalves (2003-2004) Abílio Novais (2004) José Dinis (2004-2005) Horácio Gonçalves (2005-2006) Eduardo Esteves (2006-2007) Diamantino Miranda (2007-2008) Rui Dias (2008) Eduardo Esteves (2008-2012) Dito (2012-)

Chairmen

Dr. José Sá (1930-1935) João Baptista (1935-1937) Manuel Frasco (1937-1940) Dr. Armindo Graça (1940-1947) Manuel Dias (1947-1951) Luís Rodrigues (1951-1953) Domingos Barbosa (1953-1954) Manuel Frasco (1954-1955) Dr. Armindo Graça (1955-1956) Alípio Oliveira (1956-1958) Capitão Amílcar Monteiro (1958-1959) António Duarte (1959-1960) Dr. João Guerreiro (1960-1964) Dr. Armando Faria (1964-1965) Alípio Oliveira (1965-1966) Dr. Armando Faria (1966-1967)

Fernando Castro (1967-1968) Eng.º António Castro (1968-1969) Dr. João Fernando (1969-1970) Manuel Pereira (1970-1971) Dr. Armindo Graça (1971-1972) Dr. João Fernando (1972-1974) Padre Manuel Silva (1974-1978) Dr. Rui Azevedo (1978-1979) Francisco Troina (1979-1982) Lídio Marques (1982-1988) Domingos Castro (1988-1990) Avelino Monte (1990-1992) Dr. João Fernando (1992-1994) Lídio Marques (1994-2000) João Oliveira (2000-2004) José Castro (2004-2012)

Club anthem

Berço de heróis, de bravos marinheiros, (Cradle of heroes and brave sailors,) Lobos do mar, de ricas tradições. (Wolves of the sea, with rich traditions.) Ó Póvoa linda, ó sol dos poveiros, (Oh beautiful Póvoa, the sun of Povoans,) Chegou a hora de sermos campeões! (Time to be champions!) Tem o rosário na sua bandeira (It has the rosary in its flag) De branco e negro tem a sua côr (It has White and black has its color) O Varzim é nosso, é da Póvoa inteira. (Varzim is ours, it belongs to all of Póvoa.) Todo o poveiro lhe dá o seu amor! (All Povoans give their love to it!) Varzim, Varzim, Varzim, emblema de oiro da Póvoa querida. (Emblem of gold of the dear Póvoa.) Varzim, Varzim, Varzim, És alma e raça, orgulho e vida! (You're soul and race, pride and life!) Varzim, Varzim, Varzim, tua galhardia dá-nos alegria, (Your bravery gives us joy,) Hinos de glória, Varzim! (Hymns of glory, Varzim!) Hinos de glória, Varzim! (Hymns of glory, Varzim!) Vamos avançar, Lutar para ganhar. (Let's move on, fight to win.) Vamos à vitória, Varzim... (We're going to win, Varzim...) Varzim, Varzim, Varzim!

A Póvoa exige a nossa gratidão, (Póvoa demands our gratitude) Gritemos, pois, Varzim!, numa só voz (Let us shout, yes, Varzim, all in one voice) Temos que dar-lhe vida e coração (We have to give it life and heart) Está em campo o grupo de todos nós! (There is in the field, a group of us all!) Barcos à vela nesse mar sem fim, (Sailboats in that endless sea,) Ó vento norte, corre vai depressa (Oh northern wind, you run fast) Levar ao mundo o nome do Varzim, (Take to the world the name of Varzim,) Para que o mundo inteiro nos conheça! (For the whole world to know us!)

League and Cup history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	League Cup	Notes
1963–64	1D	10	26	8	4	14	37	57	20
1964–65	1D	11	26	8	4	14	39	55	20
1965–66	1D	8	26	9	7	10	40	38	25
1966–67	1D	10	26	8	6	12	29	42	22
1967–68	1D	12	26	7	3	16	27	50	17
1968–69	1D	9	26	7	8	11	32	49	22
1969–70	1D	6	26	10	8	8	31	26	28
1970–71	1D	14	26	7	4	15	23	52	18			Relegated
1976–77	1D	7	30	10	11	9	36	36	31
1977–78	1D	10	30	9	7	14	26	38	25
1978–79	1D	5	30	11	10	9	30	29	32
1979–80	1D	10	30	8	10	12	37	45	26
1980–81	1D	14	30	8	8	14	27	31	24
1981–82	2DN	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?			Promoted
1982–83	1D	12	30	8	10	12	23	39	26
1983–84	1D	8	30	10	9	11	32	39	29
1984–85	1D	15	30	2	13	15	23	49	17			Relegated
1985–86	2DN	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?			Promoted
1986–87	1D	7	30	8	13	9	24	29	29
1987–88	1D	17	38	7	16	15	31	52	30			Relegated
1990–91	2H	16	38	10	13	15	42	39	33	Round 5		Relegated
1995–96	2DS	1	34	20	10	4	55	25	70	Round 4		Promoted
1996–97	2H	2	34	18	5	11	49	52	59	Round 5		Promoted
1997–98	1D	17	34	6	11	17	26	51	29	Round 5		Relegated
1998–99	2H	8	34	13	9	12	51	46	48	Round 3
1999–00	2H	4	34	17	9	8	53	33	60	Round 4
2000–01	2H	2	34	19	7	8	53	34	64	Round 5		Promoted
2001–02	1D	15	34	8	8	18	27	55	32	Round 4
2002–03	1D	16	34	10	6	18	38	51	36	Quarter-Finals		Relegated
2003–04	2H	4	34	16	10	8	44	36	58	Round 4
2004–05	2H	10	34	11	10	13	37	42	43	Round 3
2005–06	2H	4	34	13	13	8	47	39	52	Round 4
2006–07	2H	7	30	12	8	10	34	37	44	Quarter-Finals
2007–08	2H	9	30	9	11	10	29	27	38	Round 3	Round 1
2008–09	2H	8	30	11	6	13	29	35	39	Round 4	Round 1
2009–10	2H	13	30	6	13	11	25	38	31	Round 3	Round 1
2010–11	2H	15	30	6	13	11	38	47	31	Round 5	First Group Stage	Relegated
2011–12	2DS	1	30	20	8	2	48	12	68	Round 1
2012–13	2DS	8	30	8	16	6	31	25	40	Round 3
2013–14	CN	4	32	13	8	11	40	36	47	Round 3
2014–15	CN	3	32	21	6	5	59	23	69	Round 4		Promoted

References

1. "Instalações do Varzim SC" [Installations of Varzim SC]. Varzim.pt. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
2. "Clube" [Club]. Varzim.pt. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
3. "História" [History]. Varzim.pt. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
4. "Liga Orangina 2010/2011". ZeroZero.pt. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
5. "II Divisão Zona Norte 2011/12" [II Division North Zone 2011/12]. ZeroZero.pt. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
6. "Varzim conquista título" [Varzim takes title]. Record. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
7. "André André". ZeroZero.pt. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
8. "Varzim Sport Club". ZeroZero. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.

External links

• Official website
• ZeroZero profile & squad
• NationalFootballTeams.com profile & squad
• ForaDeJogo.net profile & squad