Vitória FC - last updated on 12 May 2008
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Club name: Vitória Futebol Club
Foundation: November 20th 1910
City: Setúbal
Colours: White and green
Website: www.vfc.pt
Honours:
Portuguese Cup - 3 (1964-65, 1966-67, 2004-05)
Portuguese League Cup - 1 (2007-08)
A bit of history:
Vitória Futebol Clube is a Portuguese sports club from Setúbal. Popularly known as Vitória de Setúbal, was born under the project name Sport Victoria from the ashes of the small Bonfim Foot-Ball Club. Today's club was established on November 20, 1910 under the name Victoria Foot-Ball Club (later changed to the present Portuguese spelling) with the motto "A Vitória será nossa" (Victory shall be ours).
The years from 1964 to 1974 may be considered Vitória's golden decade. In 1964-65 and 1966-67 Vitória won two Cup of Portugal, and another one was recently won in 2004-05. Those victories, resulting from ten presences in the competition finals (Final da Taça de Portugal), are among the club's greatest achievements. But Vitória had also several 3rd place finishes and a remarkable 2nd place in the 1971-72 National Championship. Back then, Vitória had some of the best Portuguese football players ever, like Jacinto João, José Augusto Torres and Vítor Baptista.
Still, in the most remarkable season of all time for Vitória the club earned merely a 3rd place: In the 1973-74 season Vitória de Setúbal ended 4 points behind the Champion, (Sporting, with Golden Boot winner who holds the record for the most goals scored in one season in Portugal, Yazalde), and 2 points behind the runner-up (Benfica with their best player ever, Eusébio). Despite that, people of Setúbal still argue that if Pedroto (the most successful manager to ever command the Sadinos) had not left the team in the middle of the season, Vitória FC would have had overcome its giant opponents and would have gone on to become the National Champion for the first time.
In those years Vitória disputed and won several tournaments around the world, making history with its quality of game, a wonder to football fans. Nowadays, the club is fighting to reach that kind of performance, inspired in the recent Portuguese cup conquest, as well the Iberian cup against Real Betis, and the three presences in the UEFA cup in the past six years.
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Vitória FC - Founded on November 20th 1910
