# 2011–12 Gil Vicente F.C. season

The 2011–12 Gil Vicente F.C. season was the club's 79th competitive season, 15th in the Primeira Liga, and 87th year in existence as a football club.
Having achieved promotion from the Segunda Liga as winners of the 2010–11 Liga de Honra, the club were looking to retain their place in the Primeira Liga after a six-year absence from the top flight. The Gilistas finished 9th in the league table, ten points above the relegation zone. Despite suffering an early exit in the Taça de Portugal to third division Torreense, the Gilistas reached their first final of a major competition by reaching the final of the Taça da Liga where they lost 2–1 to Benfica at the Estádio Cidade de Coimbra.

## Key events
### July

* 16: Gil Vicente finish third in the City of Freamunde pre-season tournament behind Moreirense and Desportivo das Aves.
* 20: The Gilistas win their first pre-season game by defeating Segunda Liga side Oliveirense 1–0, at the Estádio Carlos Osório. Rui Faria scored Gil Vicente's goal.
* 23: Gil Vicente wins their second consecutive pre-season game after a 1–0 victory over Segunda Liga side Sporting da Covilhã.
* 26: In Gil Vicente's official presentation to its members of their 2011–12 squad, the Gilistas lose 3–0 to Braga. Zé Luís, who prior to the start of the pre-season campaign signed for Braga from Gil Vicente, scored two of Braga's three goals.
* 30: Gil Vicente wins their third pre-season game, after a 4–0 victory over Tirsense. A brace from Kalidou Yéro, a free kick from winger Laionel and second half strike from Hugo Vieira sealed Gil's victory.

### August

* 12: Gil Vicente open their 2011–12 league campaign with a 2–2 draw at home to Benfica. Benfica led the game 2–0 with goals from Nolito and Javier Saviola in the first 20 minutes of the game, but the Gilistas recovered from a two-goal deficit to draw the game with a late first-half goal from Hugo Vieira and 73rd-minute strike from Laionel.
* 19: Gil Vicente suffer their first loss of the season, away to Porto. A third minute João Vilela penalty opened the scoring for the visitors. Porto equalized eight minutes later, and would go on to score a further two goals through Cristian Săpunaru and Hulk to claim a 3–1 home win.
* 27: Gil Vicente win their first league game of the season after a 2-0 home win over Académica de Coimbra. Captain André Cunha opened the scoring in the 69th minute, and Cláudio converted from the penalty spot on 87 minutes to claim all three points for the home side.
* 29: Attacking midfielder João Vilela suffers a serious injury in training which would keep him out of action for six months.
* 30: Gil's chairman António Fiúsa announces that the club rejected a €500,000 bid from Greek side Panathinaikos for Hugo Vieira.
* 31: Gil Vicente announce the loan signing of Guilherme from Braga.

### September

* 11: Braga inflict on Gil Vicente their second defeat of the league campaign. A brace from Nuno Gomes and a 72nd-minute strike from Hélder Barbosa saw the Bracarenses defeat Os Galos 3–1 at the Estádio Municipal de Braga.
* 20: Gil Vicente draws third division side Torreense in the third round of the Taça de Portugal.

### October

* 15: Gil Vicente suffer a shock third round exit at the hands of third division side Torreense in the Taça da Portugal.

### January

* 31: Following his release from Benfica, César Peixoto signs a short term deal with Gil Vicente until the end of the season. Gil also announce the loan signing of Cape Verdean striker Zé Luís from Braga.

### April

* 14: Benfica defeat Gil Vicente 2–1 in the Taça da Liga final. In a match which took place at the Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Benfica opened the scoring on 30 minutes through Spanish forward Rodrigo. Gil Vicente equalized on 78 minutes through Zé Luís. Benfica would regain the lead six minutes later through Javier Saviola. The Encardnados would hold on to secure a fourth league cup in five seasons.
* 28: The Gilistas 3–1 win over Vitória de Guimarães secures their stay in the Primeira Liga. A brace from João Vilela and a second-half strike from Rodrigo Galo secured the win over the Vimaranenses.

### May

* 12: In their final league game of the season, Gil Vicente comfortably defeat Feirense 3–1 to finish ninth in the Primeira Liga. A first-half strike from Hugo Vieira and a brace from Zé Luís sealed Gil's victory.

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Paulo Alves |
| Assistant Manager | Pedro Pinto |
| Technical Director | Lim Costa |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Fernando Baptista |
| Fitness Coach | Ricardo Vaz |
| Physio | Lino Silva |
| Scout | Daniel Pacheco |
| Head of Youth Development | Paulo Oliveira |
Source: Gil Vicente F.C.

### Other information

| Chairman | António Fiúsa |
| Sporting Director | Aloísio |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Estádio Cidade de Barcelos (12,504 / 106 x 68 metres) |
| Training Ground | Estádio Cidade de Barcelos |
Source: Gil Vicente F.C.

## First team squad

Stats as of the end of the 2011–12 season. Games played and goals scored only refers to appearances and goals in domestic league campaigns.
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Since | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Games | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Adriano Facchini | GK | 2011 | (1983-03-12)12 March 1983 (aged 29) | União da Madeira | 30 | 0 |
| 21 | Jorge Baptista | GK | 2011 | (1977-04-02)2 April 1977 (aged 35) | Naval 1º de Maio | 12 | 0 |
| 79 | Vítor Murta | GK | 2010 | (1979-07-21)21 July 1979 (aged 32) | Vizela | 12 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Rodrigo Galo | RB | 2008 | (1986-09-19)19 September 1986 (aged 25) | Braga | 90 | 11 |
| 3 | João Pedro | LB | 2010 | (1980-08-15)15 August 1980 (aged 31) | Ethnikos Achna | 111 | 6 |
| 4 | Sandro Cunha | CB / RB | 2009 | (1982-12-05)5 December 1982 (aged 29) | Vizela | 61 | 5 |
| 6 | Daniel Faria | CB / RB | 2006 | (1987-03-29)29 March 1987 (aged 25) | Youth System | 67 | 1 |
| 16 | Paulão | CB | 2011 | (1985-10-16)16 October 1985 (aged 26) | Grêmio Anápolis | 9 | 0 |
| 20 | Éder Sciola | RB | 2011 | (1985-09-25)25 September 1985 (aged 26) | Ituano | 12 | 0 |
| 22 | Paulo Arantes (VC) | LB / RB | 2005 | (1986-11-15)15 November 1986 (aged 25) | Youth System | 93 | 0 |
| 44 | Cláudio | CB | 2010 | (1977-08-17)17 August 1977 (aged 34) | Trofense | 49 | 9 |
| 55 | Halisson | CB | 2011 | (1985-06-28)28 June 1985 (aged 26) | Târgu Mureș | 24 | 0 |
| 80 | Júnior Caiçara | LB / RB | 2010 | (1989-07-04)4 July 1989 (aged 22) | CSA | 56 | 1 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 5 | Rui Faria | DM / LB | 2011 | (1992-05-30)30 May 1992 (aged 19) | Youth System | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Pedro Moreira | CM / DM | 2011 | (1989-03-15)15 March 1989 (aged 23) | Porto | 39 | 0 |
| 10 | André Cunha (C) | CM / LM | 2010 | (1978-02-16)16 February 1978 (aged 34) | Vizela | 65 | 4 |
| 11 | Sidnei | CM | 2011 | (1986-02-23)23 February 1986 (aged 26) | Marítimo | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Mauro | DM | 2011 | (1990-10-31)31 October 1990 (aged 21) | Atlético Goianiense | 8 | 0 |
| 25 | César Peixoto | AM / LB / LM | 2012 | (1980-05-12)12 May 1980 (aged 32) | Free agent | 10 | 0 |
| 40 | Guilherme | AM / LB / LM | 2011 | (1991-05-21)21 May 1991 (aged 20) | Braga | 19 | 0 |
| 66 | Luís Manuel | CM / DM | 2010 | (1981-06-25)25 June 1981 (aged 30) | Lousada | 74 | 0 |
| 77 | João Vilela | AM / CM | 2010 | (1985-09-09)9 September 1985 (aged 26) | Fátima | 114 | 17 |
| 89 | Richard Almeida | AM / LM / LW | 2010 | (1989-03-20)20 March 1989 (aged 23) | Santo André | 57 | 5 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 7 | Laionel | RW | 2011 | (1986-04-27)27 April 1986 (aged 26) | Grêmio Anápolis | 14 | 2 |
| 9 | Tó Barbosa | LW | 2011 | (1992-09-30)30 September 1992 (aged 19) | Youth System | 8 | 0 |
| 12 | Leandrinho | CF | 2011 | (1983-03-25)25 March 1983 (aged 29) | Volta Redonda | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Kalidou Yéro | CF | 2011 | (1991-08-19)19 August 1991 (aged 20) | Porto | 6 | 0 |
| 29 | Roberto | CF | 2011 | (1978-07-29)29 July 1978 (aged 33) | Beijing Guoan | 12 | 1 |
| 30 | Bruno Filipe | CF | 2005 | (1986-01-15)15 January 1986 (aged 26) | Gil Vicente | 37 | 7 |
| 50 | Luís Carlos | AM / LW / RW | 2010 | (1987-06-15)15 June 1987 (aged 24) | Santo André | 52 | 10 |
| 70 | Hugo Vieira | CF / LW / RW | 2009 | (1988-07-25)25 July 1988 (aged 23) | Santa Maria | 62 | 16 |
| 99 | Zé Luís | CF | 2012 | (1991-01-24)24 January 1991 (aged 21) | Braga | 39 | 18 |

## Transfers
### In
#### Summer

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred From | Date | Fee |
| 12 | CF | Leandrinho | Volta Redonda | 14 June 2011 | Free |
| 1 | GK | Adriano Facchini | União da Madeira | 28 June 2011 | Free |
| 16 | CB | Paulão | Grêmio Anápolis | 28 June 2011 | Loan |
| 20 | RB | Éder Sciola | Ituano | 1 July 2011 | Free |
| 19 | DM | Mauro | Atlético Goianiense | 5 July 2011 | Free |
| 80 | LB | Júnior Caiçara | Santo André | 5 July 2011 | Loan |
| 8 | CM | Pedro Moreira | Porto | 7 July 2011 | Loan |
| 13 | CF | Kalidou Yéro | Porto | 11 July 2011 | Free |
| 7 | RW | Laionel | Grêmio Anápolis | 11 July 2011 | Loan |
| 50 | LW | Luís Carlos | Santo André | 26 July 2011 | Free |
| 55 | CB | Halisson | Noroeste | 14 August 2011 | Loan |
| 89 | AM | Richard Almeida | Santo André | 17 August 2011 | Loan |
| 29 | CF | Roberto | Beijing Guoan | 22 August 2011 | Free |
| 40 | AM | Guilherme | Braga | 29 August 2011 | Loan |
| 11 | CM | Sidnei | Marítimo | 31 August 2011 | Free |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred From | Date | Fee |
| 2 | RB | Rodrigo Galo | Braga | 29 December 2011 | Loan |
| 99 | CF | Zé Luís | Braga | 31 January 2012 | Loan |
| 25 | LM | César Peixoto | Unattached | 31 January 2012 | Free |

### Out
#### Summer

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred From | Date | Fee |
| 20 | CF | Zé Luís | Braga | 26 May 2011 | Undisclosed Fee |
| 2 | RB | Rodrigo Galo | Braga | 8 June 2011 | Undisclosed Fee |
| 5 | CM | Filipe Fernandes | Sporting da Covilhã | 1 July 2011 | Free |
| 17 | GK | Nuno Santos | Sporting da Covilhã | 1 July 2011 | Free |
| 87 | AM | Duarte Duarte | Varzim | 25 July 2011 | Free |
| 26 | LW | Rodi | Pinhalnovense | 1 August 2011 | Loan |
| 1 | GK | Flávio Costa | Cerveira | 2 August 2011 | Loan |
| | LB | Ruca | Tondela | 18 August 2011 | Loan |
| | CB | Vitor Veloso | Vitorino de Piães | 6 September 2011 | Free |
| | CM | Tiago Lopes | Prado | 11 September 2011 | Free |
| | LB | Vítor Sousa | Melgacense | 15 September 2011 | Free |
| | CB | Rui Lopes | Melgacense | 15 September 2011 | Free |
| 88 | CB | Simão Coutinho | Vianense | 26 October 2011 | Free |
| | LM | Miguel Rodrigues | Milhazes | | Free |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred From | Date | Fee |
| 11 | CM | Sidnei | Recreativo do Libolo | 24 December 2011 | Loan |
| | CM | Fábio Fernandes | Águias da Graça | 2 January 2012 | Loan |
| 12 | CF | Leandrinho | CRB | 5 January 2012 | Free |
| | CM | Venú | Santa Maria | 11 January 2012 | Loan |
| 30 | CF | Bruno Filipe | Gondomar | 31 January 2012 | Loan |
Source:

## Pre-season and friendlies
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss

### Matches
## Competitions
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Primeira Liga | | 9th | 12 August 2011 | 12 May 2012 |
| Taça de Portugal | 3rd round | 3rd round | 15 October 2011 | 15 October 2011 |
| Taça da Liga | Second round | Runners-up | 27 October 2011 | 14 April 2012 |

### Competition record

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Primeira Liga | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 026.67 |
| Taça de Portugal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Taça da Liga | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 042.86 |
| Total | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 028.95 |

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Nacional | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 44 |
| 8 | Olhanense | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 39 |
| 9 | Gil Vicente | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 34 |
| 10 | Paços de Ferreira | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 35 | 53 | −18 | 31 |
| 11 | Vitória de Setúbal | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 49 | −25 | 30 |

#### Matches
### Taça da Liga
#### Second round
#### Knockout phase
## Squad
### Appearances

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Adriano Facchini | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Rodrigo Galo | 14(2) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19(2) | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | João Pedro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Sandro Cunha | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Rui Faria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Daniel Faria | 17(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21(2) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Laionel | 9(5) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12(5) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Pedro Moreira | 11(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13(2) | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Tó Barbosa | 0(8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2(8) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | André Cunha | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Sidnei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Leandrinho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Kalidou Yéro | 0(6) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1(1) | 1 | 1(8) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Paulão | 4(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 4(7) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Mauro | 4(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(3) | 0 | 5(7) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Éder Sciola | 9(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 11(4) | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | GK | Jorge Baptista | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Paulo Arantes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | César Peixoto | 6(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8(4) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Roberto | 4(8) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7(8) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Bruno Filipe | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | Guilherme | 6(13) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2(4) | 1 | 9(17) | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Cláudio | 26 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 8 | 1 |
| 54 | DF | Halisson | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 58 | FW | Luís Carlos | 17(5) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3(2) | 3 | 21(7) | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 66 | FW | Luís Manuel | 26(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6(1) | 0 | 32(2) | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | Hugo Vieira | 24(4) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 29(4) | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | João Vilela | 7(3) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9(3) | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | GK | Vítor Murta | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | DF | Júnior Caiçara | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5(1) | 1 | 34(1) | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| 89 | MF | Richard Almeida | 25(4) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6(1) | 0 | 32(5) | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Zé Luís | 4(9) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0(3) | 1 | 4(12) | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| — | – | Own goals | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | – |
Sources:

### Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | League | Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | DF | 44 | Cláudio | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | FW | 70 | Hugo Vieira | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | 99 | Zé Luís | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | 58 | Luís Carlos | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | 2 | Rodrigo Galo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 77 | João Vilela | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | 7 | Laionel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 10 | André Cunha | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | 14 | Kalidou Yéro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 29 | Roberto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 40 | Guilherme | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 80 | Júnior Caiçara | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 31 | 0 | 10 | 41 |

### Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total appearances are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | League | Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Adriano Facchini | 10 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | GK | 21 | Jorge Baptista | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | GK | 79 | Vítor Murta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 10 | 0 | 2 | 12 |

### Summary

| Games played | 38 (30 Primeira Liga) (1 Taça de Portugal) (8 Taça da Liga) |
| Games won | 11 (8 Primeira Liga) (0 Taça de Portugal) (3 Taça da Liga) |
| Games drawn | 12 (10 Primeira Liga) (0 Taça de Portugal) (2 Taça da Liga) |
| Games lost | 15 (12 Primeira Liga) (1 Taça de Portugal) (2 Taça da Liga) |
| Goals scored | 41 (31 Primeira Liga) (0 Taça de Portugal) (10 Taça da Liga) |
| Goals conceded | 51 (42 Primeira Liga) (1 Taça de Portugal) (8 Taça da Liga) |
| Goal difference | –10 (–11 Primeira Liga) (–1 Taça de Portugal) (+2 Taça da Liga) |
| Clean sheets | 12 (10 Primeira Liga) (0 Taça de Portugal) (2 Taça da Liga) |
| Most appearances | 37 Richard Almeida |
| Top scorer | 10 Cláudio |