About Gil Vicente FC

Gil Vicente FC is a Portuguese professional football club from Barcelos in the north of the country, founded on 3 May 1924 and named after the Renaissance playwright Gil Vicente. It plays at the Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, which holds about 12,000 spectators. Its nicknames are Gilistas and Galos (Roosters), after the famous Rooster of Barcelos.

The club first reached the Primeira Liga in 1990 and has since spent many seasons in the top flight. In 2006 it was relegated administratively in the so-called Mateus case, and it returned to the top division in 2019 after a long legal dispute.

Gil Vicente's fifth place in 2021–22, its best ever league finish, took it into the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League, its European debut. It beat Riga 4–0 at home in the third qualifying round after a 1–1 draw away, then lost to AZ Alkmaar in the play-off round.