Gil Vicente FC
Tier 1Primeira LigaBarcelos, Braga, PortugalOn the globe
- Founded
- 1924
- Ground
- Estádio Cidade de Barcelos12,046 seats · opened 2004
- Full name
- Gil Vicente Futebol Clube
- Website
- gilvicentefc.pt
Who owns Gil Vicente FC
Gil Vicente FC's football company is controlled by the club's members' association, Gil Vicente Futebol Clube (100%).
Owned by its members
From the pitch to the top
The company that fields the team, then each holder above it.
- 100%controls
The club’s members’ association is Gil Vicente Futebol Clube (NIPC 501228802).
Changes of control
- 16 May 2013
Converted the club into a company.
Gil Vicente Futebol Clube - Futebol, SDUQ, Lda (NIPC 510692397), the company that fields Gil Vicente FC's first team in 2026-27, was incorporated on this date according to the registry data republished by racius; its founding club is Gil Vicente Futebol Clube. Its legal form may have changed since (several clubs' companies were created as SDUQs in 2013 and later became SADs).
Medium confidenceSource: Racius
Gil Vicente’s finances
From its published accounts and league records. Figures compare only with clubs at the tier it played that season.
Against its tier
Gil Vicente's revenue of €16.6m is the 6th highest of the 17 Primeira Liga clubs with published accounts
In 2024-25 it spent €0.53 on staff for every €1 of revenue; the typical Primeira Liga club spent €0.94.
- Gil Vicente
- Other Primeira Liga clubs
- Equity
- −€4.24m
- accounts, 2024-25
The accounts
Gil Vicente Futebol Clube – Futebol, SDUQ, Lda, the entity that fields the team · 2020-21 to 2024-25
| Line | 2024-25Tier 1 · audited | 2023-24Tier 1 · audited | 2022-23Tier 1 · abridged accounts · audited | 2021-22Tier 1 · abridged accounts · audited | 2020-21Tier 1 · abridged accounts · audited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit and loss | |||||
| Revenue | €16.6m | €16.5m | €14.1m | €8.58m | €5.06m |
| TV money | €3.60m1 | €3.60m1 | €3.60m2 | €4.80m2 | €4.10m3 |
| Matchday | €750k4 | €800k5 | €798k6 | €378k7 | €14.6k8 |
| Sponsorship | €925k9 | €773k9 | €641k10 | €802k11 | €419k11 |
| Commercial | €101k12 | €110k12 | €79.8k12 | €35.9k12 | €20k12 |
| Subsidies | €29.2k | €61.2k | €40.6k | €5,085 | €3,749 |
| Other revenue | €712k | €442k | €376k | €544k | €1.10m |
| Player sales | €10.9m13 | €10.8m14 | €7.86m15 | €2.44m16 | €406k16 |
| Staff costs | €8.80m | €8.07m | €6.87m | €5.28m | €4.66m |
| Wage bill | €7.00m17 | €6.62m17 | €5.60m18 | €4.37m19 | €3.84m20 |
| Other operating costs | €3.98m | €3.45m | €3.91m | €1.15m | €1.05m |
| Player amortisation | €2.51m21 | €1.32m22 | €1.15m22 | €236k22 | €339k22 |
| Other depreciation | €67k23 | €55.8k24 | €52.1k25 | €33.9k26 | €28.6k27 |
| Operating result | −€2.17m | €757k | €476k | €1.83m | −€76.3k |
| Financial result | −€809k28 | −€327k29 | −€239k30 | −€64.6k31 | −€104k32 |
| Result before tax | −€2.97m | €429k | €237k | €1.77m | −€181k |
| Income tax | −€564k33 | −€369k34 | €26.4k | €160k | €6,167 |
| Net result | −€2.41m | €798k | €211k | €1.61m | −€187k |
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Total assets | €10.8m | €11.2m | €9.40m | €12.7m | €3.86m |
| Non-current assets | €5.00m | €3.83m | €1.80m | €1.09m | €366k |
| Player registrations (book value) | €3.82m35 | €3.24m35 | €1.55m36 | €793k36 | €248k36 |
| Property and equipment | €219k | €218k | €244k | €288k | €114k |
| Current assets | €5.81m | €7.38m | €7.60m | €11.6m | €3.50m |
| Cash | €187k | €1.05m | €67.2k | €1.36m | €579k |
| Equity | −€4.24m | −€1.83m | −€2.62m | −€2.83m | −€4.44m |
| Share capital | €500k | €500k | €500k | €500k | €500k |
| Liabilities | €15.0m | €13.0m | €12.0m | €15.6m | €8.31m |
| Non-current liabilities | €2.40m | €2.51m | €4.53m | €2.57m | €3.57m |
| Current liabilities | €12.6m | €10.5m | €7.49m | €13.0m | €4.74m |
| Provisions | €164k | €281k | €281k | €307k | €80.5k |
| Financial debt | €3.75m37 | €6.17m38 | €8.38m39 | €4.16m40 | €5.39m41 |
| Tax and social security debt | €346k | €354k | €284k | €488k | €463k |
| Cash flow | |||||
| Cash from operations | −€4.59m | €818k | −€3.02m | €2.43m | −€482k42 |
| Cash from investing | €6.87m | −€564k | −€2.25m | −€374k | −€733k |
| Cash from financing | −€3.15m | €731k | €3.99m | −€1.28m | €1.76m |
| Net change in cash | −€865k | €985k | −€1.29m | €778k | €549k |
| Transfers and people | |||||
| Employees | 9643 | 9544 | 7645 | 5846 | 5646 |
Notes on 46 figures, in the accounts’ own words
- TV money: Direitos televisivos (note 19)
- TV money: Direitos televisivos, sold to Sport TV (note 18)
- TV money: Direitos televisivos (note 18)
- Matchday: Receitas de jogos: bilhetes €462,937.14 and lugares cativos €287,065.21 (note 19)
- Matchday: Receitas de jogos: bilhetes €474,899.83 and lugares cativos €324,687.86 (note 19)
- Matchday: Receitas de jogos: bilhetes €491,989.19 and lugares cativos €305,854.41 (note 18)
- Matchday: Receitas de jogos: bilhetes €172,656.47 and lugares cativos €205,450.78
- Matchday: Lugares cativos; no tickets sold (matches behind closed doors)
- Sponsorship: Publicidade (note 19)
- Sponsorship: Publicidade (note 18)
- Sponsorship: Publicidade
- Commercial: Venda merchandising
- Player sales: Venda e cedência de atletas, in sales: gross transfer and loan income; €2,703,832.26 of rights' cost in outros gastos (notes 19 and 24)
- Player sales: Venda de atletas, in sales: gross; a loan fee of €120,000 apart; €3,045,414.85 of rights' cost in outros gastos (the 2024-25 report's note 24)
- Player sales: Venda de atletas, in sales: gross transfer income (note 18)
- Player sales: Venda de atletas, in sales: gross transfer income
- Wage bill: Remunerações do pessoal (note 22)
- Wage bill: Remunerações do pessoal (note 21)
- Wage bill: Remunerações do pessoal
- Wage bill: Remunerações do pessoal (the 2021-22 report's comparative)
- Player amortisation: Direitos desportivos de atletas (note 5)
- Player amortisation: Direitos desportivos plantel (note 5)
- Other depreciation: The rest of the €2,575,474.37 charge (tangible assets)
- Other depreciation: The rest of the €1,375,695.81 charge (tangible assets)
- Other depreciation: The rest of the €1,205,902.87 charge (tangible assets)
- Other depreciation: The rest of the €270,228.92 charge (tangible assets)
- Other depreciation: The rest of the €367,141.78 charge (tangible assets)
- Financial result: Juros obtidos €20.01 less juros suportados €809,161.70
- Financial result: Juros obtidos €20.01 less juros suportados €327,416.25
- Financial result: Juros obtidos €77,219.99 less juros suportados €315,843.01
- Financial result: Juros obtidos €6.67 less juros suportados €64,595.38
- Financial result: Juros e gastos similares suportados
- Income tax: Current tax €12,678.03 less deferred tax income of €576,519.39
- Income tax: Current tax €7,363.36 less deferred tax income of €376,325.75
- Player registrations (book value): Ativos intangíveis: all players' rights (note 5)
- Player registrations (book value): Ativos intangíveis: players' rights (note 5)
- Financial debt: Financiamentos obtidos: €2,233,228 non-current (other loans) and €1,515,000 current (note 16)
- Financial debt: Financiamentos obtidos: €2,233,228 non-current (other loans) and €3,933,728.60 current, mostly bank loans (note 16)
- Financial debt: Financiamentos obtidos: €4,248,848.55 non-current (bank €1,986,520.55, other loans €2,262,328) and €4,131,520.55 current (note 15)
- Financial debt: Financiamentos obtidos: €2,262,328 non-current (other loans) and €1,900,000 current (bank)
- Financial debt: Financiamentos obtidos: €3,485,199.73 non-current (bank €460,000, other loans €3,025,199.73) and €1,900,000 current (bank) (note 15)
- Cash from operations: Separate cash-flow statement
- Employees: At 30 June 2025: 59 players and coaches, 37 staff
- Employees: At 30 June 2024, 62 of them players and coaches
- Employees: At 30 June 2023, 47 of them players and coaches
- Employees: Average, 35 of them players
2024-25: Source: Gil Vicente Futebol Clube – Futebol, SDUQ, Lda2023-24: Sources: Gil Vicente Futebol Clube – Futebol, SDUQ, Lda, Gil Vicente Futebol Clube – Futebol, SDUQ, Lda2022-23: Source: Gil Vicente Futebol Clube – Futebol, SDUQ, Lda2021-22: Sources: Gil Vicente Futebol Clube – Futebol, SDUQ, Lda, Gil Vicente Futebol Clube – Futebol, SDUQ, Lda2020-21: Sources: Gil Vicente Futebol Clube – Futebol, SDUQ, Lda, Gil Vicente Futebol Clube – Futebol, SDUQ, Lda, Gil Vicente Futebol Clube – Futebol, SDUQ, Lda
Where Gil Vicente has played
Season by season
- 2026-271Primeira Liga
- 2025-261Primeira Liga
- 2024-251Primeira Liga
- 2023-241Primeira Liga
- 2022-231Primeira Liga
- 2021-221Primeira Liga
- 2020-211Primeira Liga
- 2019-201Primeira Liga
- 2017-182Liga Portugal 2, relegated
- 2016-172Liga Portugal 2
Not yet established
What we looked for and could not find in public sources. If you know, send a correction with a source.
- The club's accountsGil Vicente Futebol Clube – Futebol, SDUQ, Lda (Gil Vicente FC's company) posted no annual report that could be found for 2025-26 (tier 1). Lei 39/2023 requires the last three years on the company's site; the filed accounts can be bought from the registry (BDCA certificate), which this batch does not do.
Sources11
- Gil Vicente Futebol Clube – Racius Racius, Database. Checked 4 October 2026.
- Gil Vicente Futebol Clube - Futebol, Sduq, Lda – Racius Racius, Database. Checked 4 October 2026.
- Centro de Resultados – Liga Portugal Betclic 2026-2027 Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, Federation. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Transparência – Informação comunicada 2025-26 (participações qualificadas no capital social das sociedades desportivas), data 16/10/2025 Liga Portugal, League, 16 October 2025. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Liga Portugal team record: Gil Vicente Futebol Clube – Futebol, SDUQ, Lda Liga Portugal, League. Checked 4 October 2026.
- Wikidata Wikidata, Wikipedia / Wikidata. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Wikidata Wikidata, Wikipedia / Wikidata. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Wikidata Wikidata, Wikipedia / Wikidata. Checked 3 October 2026.
- 2026–27 Primeira Liga Wikipedia (en), Wikipedia / Wikidata. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Gil Vicente F.C. Wikipedia (en), Wikipedia / Wikidata. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Lista de clubes de futebol de Portugal Wikipedia (pt), Wikipedia / Wikidata. Checked 3 October 2026.
Also on Wikidata (Q926438).
