F.C. Famalicão (women)

Famalicão

Full name	Futebol Feminino do Famalicão
Nickname(s)	Famalicenses Vila Nova Azuis e Brancos Fama
Founded	28 May 2019; 5 years ago (2019-05-28)[1]
Ground	Academia do F.C. Famalicão Vila Nova de Famalicão
Capacity	500
Manager	Jorge Barcellos
League	Campeonato Nacional Feminino
2023–24	Campeonato Nacional Feminino, 10th of 8
Website	http://www.fcfamalicao.pt/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Futebol Feminino do Famalicão, commonly known as Famalicão, is a women's football club from Vila Nova de Famalicão, in Braga District, Portugal. The team, a section of F.C. Famalicão, was founded in 2019^[1] and promoted to the top tier Campeonato Nacional Feminino in 2020.^[2] The women's team plays home games at the club's 500-capacity Academia do F.C. Famalicão training facility.

The sale of Mylena Freitas to Shanghai Shengli in May 2021 for €50,000 represented a Portuguese national record transfer fee for a female player.^[3] In July 2021 the club appointed former Brazil women's national football team coach Jorge Barcellos.^[4]

Players

Current squad

As of 24 August 2024^[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  POR Daniela Araújo 3 DF  ARG Eugenia Nardone 5 DF  POR Sofia Almeida 6 DF  POR Cláudia Machado 8 MF  POR Mafalda Nunes 9 MF  POR Maria André 10 FW  POR Rita Dias 11 MF  SUI Sabina Di Muro 12 MF  CAN Kayla Gonçalves 16 DF  POR Diana Gomes 17 DF  POR Mariana Simães 18 DF  POR Joana Ribeiro

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  POR Matilde Borges 21 FW  CPV Leonilde Rodrigues 22 FW  POR Eva Sampaio 23 MF  POR Rita Lang 27 FW  BRA Victoria Pereira 30 FW  EQG Diana Meriva 50 FW  CPV Kleydiana Borges 99 GK  POR Mariana Lima — GK  POR Letícia Cruzeiro — DF  MEX Paulina Solís — MF  POR Sara Coutinho — FW  BRA Karol Cardozo

Former players

For details of current and former players, see Category:F.C. Famalicão (women) players.

Honours

• Taça de Portugal

Winners (1): 2022–23

References

1. "Futebol Feminino – Futebol Clube Famalicão" (in Portuguese). F.C. Famalicão. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
2. "Equipa de futebol feminino sobe à Liga BPI" (in Portuguese). F.C. Famalicão. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
3. "Jogadora do Famalicão ruma à China em transferência com valores inéditos" (in Portuguese). Notícias ao Minuto. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
4. "Jorge Barcellos é o novo treinador da equipa feminina de futebol do Famalicão" (in Portuguese). SAPO (company). 2 July 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
5. Gonçalves, Eva (25 August 2021). "FC Famalicão: fazer mais é o mote da segunda época consecutiva na Liga BPI" (in Portuguese). University of Minho. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

External links

• Official website