2024–25 Vitória S.C. season

Vitória S.C.
2024–25 season
Head coach	Rui Borges
Stadium	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
Primeira Liga	7th
Taça de Portugal	Fifth round
Taça da Liga	Quarter-finals
UEFA Conference League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Gustavo Silva; (4 goals); All: ; Gustavo Silva; (8 goals)
	← 2023–24

The 2024–25 season is the 103rd season in the history of the Vitória S.C., and it is also the 18th consecutive season in Primeira Liga. In addition to the domestic league, the team is participating in the Taça de Portugal, the Taça da Liga, and the UEFA Conference League.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
Summer transfers
FW	Gustavo Silva	Comercial	Undisclosed	7 August 2024	^[2]
FW	Kaio César	Coritiba	€1,500,000	1 July 2024	^[3]^[4]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
Summer transfers
FW	Kaio César	Coritiba	Loan return	1 July 2024	^[5]
MF	Matheus Índio	Qingdao West Coast		3 July 2024
FW	Jota Silva	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed^[a]	1 August 2024	^[7]
DF	Ricardo Mangas	Spartak Moscow	€2,000,000^[b]	10 September 2024	^[9]
Winter transfers
MF	Alberto Costa	Juventus	€13,800,000	15 January 2025	^[10]
MF	Manu Silva	Benfica	€12,000,000	20 January 2025	^[11]
FW	Kaio César	Al Hilal	€10,000,000	21 January 2025	^[12]^[13]

^ Transfer fee reported as £5.9m with potential add-ons^[6]
^ Transfer fee reported as €2m with €500,000 in potential add-ons^[8]

Friendlies

Pre-season

13 July 2024 Friendly	Vitória de Guimarães	2–0	Middlesbrough	Quinta do Lago
13:00 UTC+1	Ramírez 79', 86'			Stadium: The Campus

17 July 2024 Friendly	Vitória de Guimarães	1–1	Leixões
10:30 UTC+1	Bureković 81'		Fabinho

20 July 2024 Friendly	Vitória de Guimarães	2–0	Rayo Vallecano	Portugal
19:30 UTC+1	Jota 54' Marco Cruz 68'

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primeira Liga	12 August 2024	3 January 2025	Matchday 17		18	6	8	4	28	24	+4	033.33
Taça de Portugal	15 October 2024	12 January 2025	Third round	Fifth round	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	066.67
Taça da Liga	23 November 2024		Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
UEFA Conference League	25 July 2024		Second qualifying round		12	10	2	0	30	6	+24	083.33
Total					34	18	10	6	65	36	+29	052.94

Last updated: 20 January 2025
Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Santa Clara	20	11	2	7	23	21	+2	35
6	Casa Pia	20	8	6	6	26	25	+1	30
7	Vitória de Guimarães	20	7	8	5	30	25	+5	29
8	Estoril	20	7	6	7	24	31	−7	27
9	Famalicão	20	5	9	6	22	24	−2	24

Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2025. Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	6	8	4	28	24	+4	26	4	4	1	18	14	+4	2	4	3	10	10	0

Last updated: 20 January 2025.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	D
Position	8	7	10	9	11	10	9	11	8	8	10	7	7	9	8	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 5 January 2025. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 7 July 2024.^[14]

12 August 2024 1	Arouca	0–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Arouca
20:15	Pinho 62'	Report	Oliveira 14'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 3.394 Referee: Gustavo Correia

18 August 2024 2	Vitória de Guimarães	1–0	Estoril	Guimarães
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Villanueva 10' Borevković 26' Ramírez 32'	Report	Begraoui 56'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 17.331 Referee: André Narciso

25 August 2024 3	AVS	1–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Aves (Santo Tirso)
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Lucca 30' Kiki 46' Nenê 74'	Report	Villanueva 82' Silva 85' Santos 88'	Stadium: Estádio do Clube Desportivo das Aves Attendance: 4.485 Referee: João Pinheiro

1 September 2024 4	Vitória de Guimarães	2–1	Famalicão	Guimarães
20:30	César 8', 29' T. Silva 30' Villanueva 76' G. Silva 87' Händel 90+1'		Sorriso 17' Youssouf 42' Haas 46' Gustavo Sá 90' Gil Dias 90+2' Chico^{[disambiguation needed]} 90+6' A. Evangelista 90+7'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 20.134 Referee: João Gonçalves

15 September 2024 5	Braga	0–2	Vitória de Guimarães	Braga
20:30 WEST	Zalazar 37' Arrey-Mbi 56' Niakaté 71' Ferreira 79'	Report	Santos 17' J. Mendes 52' Oliveira 57' Ribeiro 59' J. T. Mendes 74'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 21,215 Referee: Luís Godinho

21 September 2024 6	Vitória de Guimarães	0–3	Porto	Guimarães
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Mendes 28' Varela 37' Silva 37' Gaspar 46'	Report	Aghehowa 47', 58', 26' Eustaquio 64' Pérez 90' Pepê 88', 45'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 26,377 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

28 September 2024 7	Casa Pia	1–1	Vitória Guimarães	Rio Maior
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Cassiano 39' (pen.) Goulart 45' Zolotić 51'	Report	Goulart 49' (o.g.) R. Borges 54'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior Attendance: 2.632 Referee: Carlos Macedo

6 October 2024 8	Vitória Guimarães	2–2	Boavista	Guimarães
15:30 UTC+1	Villanueva 6' G. Silva 31', 34', 49' Händel 69' Varela 90+4' Oliveira 90+13'	Report	Onyemaechi 11' César 26' Joel Silva 45+7' Reisinho 71', 90+5' (pen.), 90+15' (pen.) Abascal 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 15.961 Referee: Luís Godinho

27 October 2024 9	Estrela da Amadora	2–2	Vitória Guimarães	Amadora
20:30	Bucca 45+1' Ferro 50' Nani 66' D. Delgado 67' Pinho 84' (pen.)	Report	Händel 32' Santos 43' Silva 69' (pen.) Mendes 75' Manu 82'	Stadium: Estádio José Gomes Attendance: 2.319 Referee: António Nobre

3 November 2024 10	Vitória Guimarães	1–0	Moreirense	Guimarães
18:00 UTC+1	Oliveira 64'	Report	Frimpong 64'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 18.031 Referee: Miguel Nogueira

10 November 2024 11	Santa Clara	1–0	Vitória Guimarães	Ponta Delgada
16:30 UTC+1	Calila 7' J. Batista^{[disambiguation needed]} 45+5' Klismahn 67' Rocha 77' Ricardinho 80', 82' Lima 90'	Report	César 19' Oliveira 44' R. Chaves 53' Arcanjo 90' Silva 90+6' 90+9' F. Morato 90+6' Varela 90+8'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 2.512 Referee: Gustavo Correia

2 December 2024 12	Vitória Guimarães	4–0	Gil Vicente	Guimarães
18:45 UTC+1	Ramírez 45' Cruz 46' (o.g.) Manu 59', 63' Oliveira 87'	Report	Gbane 56' Cáseres 75'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 11.317 Referee: Tiago Martins

7 December 2024 13	Benfica	1–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±0)	Aktürkoğlu 29' Vangelis Pavlidis 31' Carreras 59' Di María 90+3'	Report	Mendes 43'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 58,839 Referee: Miguel Nogueira (Lisbon)

16 December 2024 14	Rio Ave	2–2	Vitória Guimarães	Vila do Conde
20:45 UTC+1	Clayton 6' F. Ronaldo 38' Santos 50' Neto 88'	Report	Rivas 51', 69' Silva 58'	Stadium: Estádio do Rio Ave FC Attendance: 2.897 Referee: António Nobre

23 December 2024 15	Vitória Guimarães	2–2	Nacional	Guimarães
18:45 UTC+1	Silva 24' (pen.) Santos 49' Händel 90+1'	Report	Isaac 9' Zé Vítor 18' Aurélio 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: - Referee: João Pinheiro

29 December 2024 16	Farense	2–2	Vitória Guimarães	Faro
15:30 UTC+1	Claudio Falcão 29' 37' Neto 90+8' Artur Jorge 81'	Report	Óscar Rivas 31' Gustavo Silva 49' João Mendes 64' Kaio César 79' Samu 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio de São Luís Attendance: 6012 Referee: Bruno Vieira

3 January 2025 17	Vitória Guimarães	4–4	Sporting	Guimarães
20:15 UTC+1	Tiago Silva 7' Samu 9' Kaio César 69' João Mendes 56' 82' Michel 85' Óscar Rivas 89' Arcanjo 90+3'	Report	Viktor Gyökeres 2', 14', 58' 75' Morita 18' Maxi Araújo 81' St. Juste 84' Fresneda 90+3' Trincão 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 26,549 Referee: João Gonçalves

Taça de Portugal

19 October 2024 Third round	Pacos de Ferreira	1–3	Vitória de Guimarães	Paços de Ferreira
16:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Fonte 44'	Report	Gaspar 3' Samu 50' João Mendes 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real

23 November 2024 Fourth round	Vitória de Guimarães	2–0	U.D. Leiria	Guimarães
16:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Rivas 43' Kaio 84'	Report		Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques

12 January 2025 (2025-01-12) Fifth round	O Elvas	2–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Elvas
14:00	Silva 50' Nketia 75'		Michel 2'	Stadium: Campo Domingos Carrilho Patalino

Taça da Liga

31 October 2024 Quarter-finals	Braga	2–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Braga
18:45 WET	Niakaté 22' Bruma 75' (pen.)	Report	Santos 10'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 9,663 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

UEFA Conference League

Second qualifying round

The draw was held on 19 June 2024.^[15]

25 July 2024 First leg	Floriana FC	0–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Ta' Qali, Malta
19:00 UTC+2		Report	Jota 78'	Stadium: Centenary Stadium Referee: Ben Mcmaster (Northern Ireland)

1 August 2024 Second leg	Vitória de Guimarães	4–0 (5–0 agg.)	Floriana FC	Guimarães
20:15 UTC+1	César 8' Fernandes 11' Mangas 37', 43'	Report		Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques

Third qualifying round

The draw was held on 22 July 2024.^[15]

8 August 2024 First leg	Zürich	0–3	Vitória de Guimarães	Zürich, Switzerland
19:00 UTC+2		Report	Mangas 54' Gómez 78' (o.g.) Oliveira 90+3'	Stadium: Letzigrund

15 August 2024 Second leg	Vitória de Guimarães	2–0 (5–0 agg.)	Zürich	Guimarães, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Silva 58' Arcanjo 70'	Report		Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques

Play-off round

21 August 2024 First leg	Vitória de Guimarães	3–0	Zrinjski Mostar	Guimarães, Portugal
17:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Mangas 46' Borevković 51' Mendes 88'	Report		Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques

21 August 2024 Second leg	Zrinjski Mostar	0–4 (0–7 agg.)	Vitória de Guimarães	Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:00 CET (UTC+1:00)		Report	Silva 46' (pen.) Santos 42' Oliveira 45+3' Cunha 71'	Stadium: Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom

League phase

The league phase draw was held on 30 August 2024.^[16]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chelsea	6	6	0	0	26	5	+21	18	Advance to round of 16 (seeded)
2	Vitória de Guimarães	6	4	2	0	13	6	+7	14
3	Fiorentina	6	4	1	1	18	7	+11	13
4	Rapid Wien	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	13
5	Djurgårdens IF	6	4	1	1	11	7	+4	13^[a]

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
Notes:

^ Away goals scored: Djurgårdens IF 5, Lugano 4.

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	W	D
Position	6	1	5	5	2	2
Points	3	6	9	10	13	14

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2024. Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

2 October 2024 1	Vitória de Guimarães	3–1	Celje	Guimarães, Portugal
15:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Samu 7' Cunha 36' Tiago Silva 62'	Report	Matko 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques

24 October 2024 2	Djurgården	1–2	Vitória de Guimarães	Stockholm, Sweden
18:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Stensson 62'	Report	Silva 58' Santos 79'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena

7 November 2024 (2024-11-07) 3	Vitória de Guimarães	2–1	Mladá Boleslav	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães
21:00 (20:00 UTC+0)	Silva 40' (pen.) Rivas 59'	Report^[18]	Kušej 72'	Attendance: 12,941^[17] Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

28 November 2024 (2024-11-28) 4	Astana	1–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty
16:30 (20:30 UTC+5)	Kalaica 40'	Report^[20]	Ramírez 89'	Attendance: 3,562^[19] Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

12 December 2024 (2024-12-12) 5	St. Gallen	1–4	Vitória de Guimarães	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
21:00	Csoboth 66'	Report^[22]	Mendes 33' G. Silva 58' Alberto 84' Samu 90+4'	Attendance: 16,249^[21] Referee: Nick Walsh (Scotland)

19 December 2024 (2024-12-19) 6	Vitória de Guimarães	1–1	Fiorentina	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães
21:00 (20:00 UTC+0)	G. Silva 33'	Report^[24]	Mandragora 87'	Attendance: 16,466^[23] Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (Albania)

References

^ "Oficial: Rui Borges é o novo treinador do Vitória de Guimarães". O Jogo. 28 May 2024.
^ "Gustavo Silva garantido para o ataque". Vitoria S.C. (in Portuguese). 7 August 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
^ "Kaio César assegurado para o ataque" [Kaio César assured for the attack] (in European Portuguese). Vitória S.C. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
^ "Mercado (oficial): Kaio César assina pelo V. Guimarães" [Market (official): Kaio César signs for V. Guimarães]. A Bola (in European Portuguese). 31 January 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
^ "SAD do V. Guimarães não acionou opção de compra por Kaio César". www.record.pt. 1 June 2024.
^ "Forest sign Portugal winger Jota Silva". The Athletic. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
^ "Forest complete signing of Jota Silva". Nottingham Forest Football Club. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
^ "OFICIAL: Ricardo Mangas deixa Guimarães e reforça Spartak Moscovo" [OFFICIAL: Ricardo Mangas leaves Guimarães and bolsters Spartak Moscow] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
^ "Рикарду Мангаш перешел в "Спартак" из "Витории"" [Ricardo Mangas transferred from Vitória to Spartak] (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
^ "Alberto Costa is bianconero!". Juventus FC. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
^ ""It's a very proud feeling"". Benfica. 20 January 2025.
^ Mauad, Nadja (21 January 2025). "Coritiba triplica lucro com venda de Kaio César ao Al-Hilal; saiba o valor" (in Portuguese). globo.com.
^ "Al Hilal signs young Brazilian talent Kaio César from Vitória Guimarães". Saudi Gazette. 21 January 2025.
^ "The calendar for the professional competitions has been announced". Liga Portugal.
^ ^a ^b "The official website for European football".
^ "Conference League: League phase draw pots confirmed". UEFA.com. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 3 – Vitória de Guimarães v Mladá Boleslav" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
^ "Vitória de Guimarães vs. Mladá Boleslav". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 4 – Astana v Vitória de Guimarães" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
^ "Astana vs. Vitória de Guimarães". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 5 – St. Gallen v Vitória de Guimarães" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 12 December 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
^ "St. Gallen vs. Vitória de Guimarães". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 6 – Vitória de Guimarães v Fiorentina" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
^ "Vitória de Guimarães vs. Fiorentina". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[7] Transfer fee reported as £5.9m with potential add-ons^[6]

[10] Transfer fee reported as €2m with €500,000 in potential add-ons^[8]

[table_hth_DJU0.28148047080332-19] Away goals scored: Djurgårdens IF 5, Lugano 4.

[1] "Oficial: Rui Borges é o novo treinador do Vitória de Guimarães". O Jogo. 28 May 2024.

[Vitoriamove-2] "Gustavo Silva garantido para o ataque". Vitoria S.C. (in Portuguese). 7 August 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2024.

[3] "Kaio César assegurado para o ataque" [Kaio César assured for the attack] (in European Portuguese). Vitória S.C. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.

[4] "Mercado (oficial): Kaio César assina pelo V. Guimarães" [Market (official): Kaio César signs for V. Guimarães]. A Bola (in European Portuguese). 31 January 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.

[5] "SAD do V. Guimarães não acionou opção de compra por Kaio César". www.record.pt. 1 June 2024.

[6] "Forest sign Portugal winger Jota Silva". The Athletic. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.

[8] "Forest complete signing of Jota Silva". Nottingham Forest Football Club. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.

[Spartak-9] "OFICIAL: Ricardo Mangas deixa Guimarães e reforça Spartak Moscovo" [OFFICIAL: Ricardo Mangas leaves Guimarães and bolsters Spartak Moscow] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.

[11] "Рикарду Мангаш перешел в "Спартак" из "Витории"" [Ricardo Mangas transferred from Vitória to Spartak] (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.

[Alberto_Costa-12] "Alberto Costa is bianconero!". Juventus FC. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.

[13] ""It's a very proud feeling"". Benfica. 20 January 2025.

[14] Mauad, Nadja (21 January 2025). "Coritiba triplica lucro com venda de Kaio César ao Al-Hilal; saiba o valor" (in Portuguese). globo.com.

[15] "Al Hilal signs young Brazilian talent Kaio César from Vitória Guimarães". Saudi Gazette. 21 January 2025.

[16] "The calendar for the professional competitions has been announced". Liga Portugal.

[uefadraw-17] "The official website for European football".

[18] "Conference League: League phase draw pots confirmed". UEFA.com. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.

[20] "Full Time Summary Matchday 3 – Vitória de Guimarães v Mladá Boleslav" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.

[21] "Vitória de Guimarães vs. Mladá Boleslav". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[22] "Full Time Summary Matchday 4 – Astana v Vitória de Guimarães" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.

[23] "Astana vs. Vitória de Guimarães". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[24] "Full Time Summary Matchday 5 – St. Gallen v Vitória de Guimarães" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 12 December 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.

[25] "St. Gallen vs. Vitória de Guimarães". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[26] "Full Time Summary Matchday 6 – Vitória de Guimarães v Fiorentina" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.

[27] "Vitória de Guimarães vs. Fiorentina". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

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