# 2020–21 Vitória S.C. season

The 2020–21 season was the 98th season in the existence of Vitória S.C. and the club's 14th consecutive season in the top-flight of Portuguese football. In addition to the domestic league, Vitória de Guimarães participated in this season's editions of the Taça de Portugal and the Taça da Liga. The season covers the period from 26 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 6 October 2020
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | POR | Bruno Varela |
| 4 | DF | GER | Yann Aurel Bisseck (on loan from Köln) |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Easah Suliman |
| 6 | DF | GHA | Abdul Mumin |
| 7 | FW | ENG | Marcus Edwards |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Bruno Duarte |
| 10 | FW | POR | Ricardo Quaresma |
| 11 | MF | POR | André André |
| 14 | DF | GHA | Gideon Mensah (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg) |
| 16 | FW | POR | Rochinha |
| 17 | DF | MLI | Falaye Sacko |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Pepelu (on loan from Levante) |
| 21 | FW | RSA | Lyle Foster |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Jacob Maddox |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | MF | NGA | Mikel Agu |
| 25 | MF | GHA | Alhassan Wakaso |
| 26 | DF | GER | Jonas Carls (on loan from Schalke 04) |
| 28 | DF | POR | Sílvio |
| 29 | GK | CZE | Matouš Trmal |
| 30 | DF | BRA | Matheus Mascarenhas (on loan from Fluminense) |
| 31 | FW | COL | Óscar Estupiñán |
| 43 | MF | GHA | Joseph Amoah |
| 44 | DF | POR | Jorge Fernandes |
| 60 | DF | CIV | Zié Ouattara |
| 70 | MF | POR | André Almeida |
| 86 | FW | NOR | Noah Jean Holm |
| 88 | MF | POR | Miguel Luís |
| 98 | MF | FRA | Nicolas Janvier |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Denis-Will Poha (at Portimonense until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | BRA | Pedro Henrique (at Al Wehda Mecca until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | POR | Frederico Venâncio (at Lugo until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | GHA | Aziz (at Estoril Praia until 30 June 2021) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Primeira Liga | 18 September 2020 | 19 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 035.29 |
| Taça de Portugal | 21 November 2020 | 13 December 2020 | Third round | Fourth round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Taça da Liga | 16 December 2020 | 16 December 2020 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 032.43 |
Source: Soccerway

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Paços de Ferreira | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Santa Clara | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 43 | |
| 8 | Moreirense | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 43 | |
| 9 | Famalicão | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 40 | |
* 1 2 Braga qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2020–21 Taça de Portugal. Since they would have qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round by finishing fourth, the berth was awarded to the fifth-placed team (Paços de Ferreira), and the Europa Conference League second qualifying round berth reserved to the fifth-placed team was awarded to the sixth-placed team (Santa Clara).
* 1 2 Vitória de Guimarães are ranked ahead of Moreirense on head-to-head points: Vitória de Guimarães 4, Moreirense 1.
* ↑ Famalicão are ranked ahead of Belenenses SAD on head-to-head points: Famalicão 4, Belenenses SAD 1.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Liga Portugal

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | D | L |
| Position | 13 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 28 August 2020.