Viseu Football Association

The Associação de Futebol de Viseu (Viseu Football Association, abrv. AF Viseu) is the district governing body for all the football competitions in the Portuguese district of Viseu. It is also the regulator of the clubs registered in the district.

Viseu Football Association

Founded	15 October 1926
Country	Portugal
Confederation	UEFA
Number of clubs	44 16 (Divisão Honra) 28 (1ª Divisão)
Level on pyramid	5, 6
Promotion to	Campeonato de Portugal
Domestic cup(s)	Taça de Portugal Taça AF Viseu
Website	afviseu.fpf.pt

Background

Initially called the Federação Desportiva de Viseu, it was officially founded on October 15, 1926.^[1]

The founding clubs were:

• Grupo União Futebol
• Sport Lisboa e Viseu
• Lusitano Futebol Clube
• Sporting Clube de Viseu
• Futebol Clube do Porto e Viseu
• Sport Ribeira Viriato
• Clube Académico de Futebol

Several Viseu clubs compete in the national levels of the Portuguese football league system in competitions run by the Portuguese League for Professional Football (Segunda Liga) and Portuguese Football Federation (Campeonato Nacional de Seniores).

Below the Campeonato Nacional de Seniores (Portuguese fourth level) the competitions are organised at a district level (known in Portuguese as Distritais), with each District Association organising its competitions according to geographical and other factors. AF Viseu runs a league competition with two divisions, at the fourth and fifth levels of the Portuguese football league system, two cup competition known as Taça AF Viseu and Taça da Primeira Divisão, and a Supercup between the Taça AF Viseu and the Liga de Honra winners.

AF Viseu currently organises District Championships for football and futsal for or all age groups including Senior, Junior, Youth, Beginners, Infants and Schools.^[2]

Viseu FA clubs in national leagues (2024–25)

Currently there are 4 Viseu FA clubs playing in the national leagues (first, second and third levels of the Portuguese football league system).

Liga Portugal 2 C.D. Tondela Académico de Viseu

Campeonato de Portugal Cinfães Mortágua

Main Competitions

Leagues

The Divisão de Honra is the first tier of the Viseu Football Association. Between 1927 and 1947, it was a Regional Championship called 1ª Divisão.^[3] At the end of each season, the top-finishing team is promoted to the Campeonato de Portugal, and the lowest-ranked teams are relegated to the AF Viseu second tier.

Twenty different teams have won the division title; the most successful is Académico de Viseu, with seventeen wins. The inaugural champion was Lusitano.^[4]

The 1ª Divisão is the second tier in the Viseu district division and started in the 1951–52 season. In the past it was divided into two zones that divide the district: Zona Norte (North) and Zona Sul (South). The two winners from each zone played against each other in one play-off to crown the champion. Nowadays it is divided in three zones, the previous two and the new Zona Centro (Center). The final round is contested in a group stage format with the two best teams of each zone plus the two best third-placed teams.

The Segunda Divisão was the third tier of the Viseu Football Association. The first season was 1978–79 but it was abolished after the restructure of the Portuguese football league system, with the 2010–11 season being the competition's last. The first champion was Sernancelhe and final champion was Mangualde.

List of Champions

Season	Divisão de Honra[1]	1ª Divisão	2ª Divisão
Viseu Championship (1926–1947)[5]
1926–27	Lusitano (1)
1927–28	Viseu e Benfica (1)
1928–29	Lusitano (2)
1929–30	Académico de Viseu (1)
1930–31	Lusitano (3)
1931–32	Lusitano (4)
1932–33	Lusitano (5)
1933–34	Viseu e Benfica (2)
1934–35	Lusitano (6)
1935–36	Lusitano (7)
1936–37	Académico de Viseu (2)
1937–38	Académico de Viseu (3)
1938–39	Académico de Viseu (4)
1939–40	Mortágua (1)
1940–41	Tondela (1)
1941–42	Tondela (2)
1942–43	Viseu e Benfica (3)
1943–44	Viseu e Benfica (4)
1944–45	Académico de Viseu (5)
1945–46	Académico de Viseu (6)
1946–47	Viseu e Benfica (5)
Regional Championships (1947–)
1947–48	Académico de Viseu (7)
1948–49	Viseu e Benfica (6)
1949–50	Tondela (3)
1950–51	Académico de Viseu (8)
1951–52	Académico de Viseu (9)	Tondela (1)
1952–53	Académico de Viseu (10)	Mortágua (1)
1953–54	Lusitano (8)	Molelos (1)
1954–55	Lamego (1)	Carregal do Sal (1)
1955–56	Mortágua (2)	Mangualde (1)
1956–57	Académico de Viseu (11)	Santacombadense (1)
1957–58	Académico de Viseu (12)	Viseu e Benfica (1)
1958–59	Académico de Viseu (13)	Lamego (1)
1959–60	Lusitano (9)	Vale de Açores (1)
1960–61	Académico de Viseu (14)	Vale de Açores (2)
1961–62	Lamego (2)	Mangualde (2)
1962–63	Mortágua (3)	Penalva do Castelo (1)
1963–64	Académico de Viseu (15)	Tondela (2)
1964–65	Académico de Viseu (16)	Sampedrense (1)
1965–66	Lamego (3)	Molelos (2)
1966–67	Lusitano (10)	Viseu e Benfica (2)
1967–68	Lamego (4)	Canas Senhorim (1)
1968–69	Penalva Castelo (1)	Besteiros (1)
1969–70	Moimenta da Beira (1)	Mangualde (3)
1970–71	Mortágua (4)	Resende (1)
1971–72	Mangualde (1)	Vouzelenses (1)
1972–73	Penalva Castelo (2)	Tondela (3)
1973–74	Lusitano (11)	Viseu e Benfica (3)
1974–75	Viseu e Benfica (7)	Travanca (1)
1975–76	Mangualde (2)	Santacombadense (2)
1976–77	Sampedrense (1)	Oliveira de Frades (1)
1977–78	Lusitano (12)	Carregal do Sal (2)
1978–79	Penalva Castelo (3)	Carvalhais (1)	Sernancelhe (1)
1979–80	Oliveira de Frades (1)	Silgueiros (1)	Ferreirós do Dão (1)
1980–81	Carvalhais (1)	Tabuaço (1)	S. João Pesqueira (1)
1981–82	Lamego (5)	Resende (2)	Cambres (1)
1982–83	Santacombadense (1)	Cabanas de Viriato (1)	Nandufe (1)
1983–84	Penalva Castelo (4)	Paivense (1)	Boassas (1)
1984–85	Lamego (6)	Cambres (1)	Pedreles (1)
1985–86	Tondela (4)	Moimenta da Beira (1)	Molelos (1)
1986–87	Lamego (7)	Carregal do Sal (3)	Queiriguenses (1)
1987–88	Mortágua (5)	Sátão (1)	Britiande (1)
1988–89	Cinfães (1)	Resende (3)	Abrunhosense (1)
1989–90	Penalva Castelo (5)	Armamar (1)	Santar (1)
1990–91	Lusitano (13)	Moimenta da Beira (2)	Nespereira (1)
1991–92	Lamego (8)	Canas Senhorim (2)	Campia (1)
1992–93	Nelas (1)	Vale de Açores (3)	Lobanense (1)
1993–94	Souselo (1)	Vouzelenses (2)	Repesenses (1)
1994–95	Cinfães (2)	Parada de Gonta (1)	Ranhados (1)
1995–96	Mangualde (3)	UDC Sul (1)	Travanca (1)
1996–97	Cinfães (3)	Vouzelenses (3)	Canas Santa Maria (1)
1997–98	Nelas (2)	Sátão (2)	Unidos de Resende (1)
1998–99	Vouzelenses (1)	Social Lamas (1)	Vale de Açores (1)
1999–2000	Penalva Castelo (6)	Lusitano (1)	Arguedeira (1)
2000–01	Cambres (1)	Mortágua (2)	Nandufe (2)
2001–02	Cinfães (4)	Castro Daire (1)	Carvalhais (1)
2002–03	Santacombadense (2)	Molelos (3)	GD Sul (1)
2003–04	Nelas (3)	Oliveira do Douro (1)	Riodades (1)
2004–05	Tondela (5)	Santar (1)	Parada (1)
2005–06	Santacombadense (3)	Carvalhais (2)	Pinheiro Lafões (1)
2006–07	Académico de Viseu (17)	Canas Senhorim (3)	Resende (1)
2007–08	Cinfães (5)	Molelos (4)	Silgueiros (1)
2008–09	Mangualde (4)	Carvalhais (3)	Castro Daire (1)
2009–10	Sampedrense (2)	Viseu e Benfica (4)	Sernancelhe (2)
2010–11	Lamego (9)	Castro Daire (2)	Mangualde (1)
2011–12	Mortágua (6)	Mangualde (4)
2012–13	Lusitano (14)	Ferreira de Aves (1)
2013–14	Moimenta da Beira (2)	Tarouquense (1)
2014–15	Oliveira de Frades (2)	Alvite (1)
2015–16	Moimenta da Beira (3)	Canas Senhorim (4)
2016–17	Ferreira de Aves (1)	Molelos (5)
2017–18	Lamego (10)	Tarouquense (2)
2018–19	Castro Daire (1)	Molelos (6)
2019–20	Not finished[a]
2020–21	Ferreira de Aves (2)	Sampedrense (2)
2021–22	Mortágua (7)	Vouzelenses (4)
2022–23	Lamelas (1)	Vale de Açores (4)
2023–24	Cinfães (6)	Carvalhais (4)
2024–25	Resende (1)	Vale de Açores (5)

Taça AF Viseu

Main article: Taça AF Viseu

Year Champions[6] 1976–77 Sampedrense (1) 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 Canas de Senhorim (1) 1980–81 Silgueiros (1) 1981–82 Silgueiros (2) 1982–83 Briosa Pextrafil (1) 1983–84 Penalva Castelo (1) 1984–85 Oliveira de Frades (1) 1985–86 Lusitano (1) 1986–87 Sernancelhe (1) 1987–88 Mortágua (1) 1988–89 Moimenta da Beira (1) 1989–90 Ferreira de Aves (1) 1990–91 Lamego (1) 1991–92 Lamego (2) 1992–93 Nelas (1)

Year Champions 1993–94 Sernancelhe (2) 1994–95 Mangualde (1) 1995–96 Lusitano (2) 1996–97 Sernancelhe (3) 1997–98 Ferreira de Aves (2) 1998–99 Souselo (1) 1999–00 Cambres (1) 2000–01 Santacombadense (1) 2001–02 Santacombadense (2) 2002–03 Paivense (1) 2003–04 Tondela (1) 2004–05 Tondela (2) 2005–06 Santacombadense (3) 2006–07 Cinfães (1) 2007–08 Mangualde (2) 2008–09 Mangualde (3)

Year Champions 2009–10 Sampedrense (2) 2010–11 Sátão (1) 2011–12 Mangualde (4) 2012–13 Castro Daire (1) 2013–14 Paivense (2) 2014–15 Carregal do Sal (1) 2015–16 Penalva Castelo (2) 2016–17 Lamego (3) 2017–18 Silgueiros (3) 2018–19 Ferreira de Aves (3) 2019–20 Not played[b] 2020–21 2021–22 Mortágua (2) 2022–23 Cinfães (2) 2023–24 Cinfães (3) 2024–25 Carregal do Sal (2)

Taça 1ª Divisão

The Taça 1ª Divisão, created in 2020, is a cup contested by the teams in the 1ª Divisão.^[7]

Year	Champions	Score	Runners–up
2021	Sezurense	3–1 (aet)	Boassas
2022	Besteiros	1–0 (aet)	Oliveira do Douro
2023	Tarouquense	4–1	Alvite
2024	Vila Chã de Sá	2–1	Santar
2025	Travanca	1–0	Paivense

Supertaça AF Viseu

The Supertaça AF Viseu, created in 2011, is a match contested by the champions of the previous Divisão de Honra season and the holders of Taça AF Viseu.^[8][9]

Year	Champions	Score	Runners–up
2011	Sátão (1)	1–0	Lamego
2012	Mortágua (1)	1–0	Mangualde
2013	Lusitano (1)	2–1	Castro Daire
2014	Moimenta da Beira (1)	2–1 (aet)	Paivense
2015	Oliveira de Frades (1)	5–0	Carregal do Sal
2016	Penalva Castelo (1)	4–3 (aet)	Moimenta da Beira
2017	Ferreira de Aves (1)	2–1	Lamego
2018	Silgueiros (1)	3–1	Lamego
2019	Castro Daire (1)	3–1	Ferreira de Aves
2020	Not played[c]
2021
2022	Lamelas (1)	2–1	Mortágua
2023	Lamelas (1)	1–0	Cinfães
2024	Resende (1)	1–1 (3–2)	Cinfães

Performances

Clubs

Below is listed every team to have won any domestic competitions organized by AF Viseu.

Bold denotes club with the most number of trophies in specified category.

#	Club	Trophies
		DH	1D	2D	TV	T1	ST	Total
1	Lusitano	14	1		2		1	18
2	Académico Viseu	17						17
3	Lamego	10	1		3			14
4	Mangualde	4	4	1	4			13
5	Mortágua	7	2		2		1	12
6	Viseu e Benfica	7	4					11
7	Penalva Castelo	6	1		2		1	10
	Tondela	5	3		2			10
9	Cinfães	6			3			9
10	Santacombadense	3	2		3			8
11	Moimenta da Beira	3	2		1		1	7
	Ferreira de Aves	2	1		3		1	7
	Molelos		6	1				7
14	Sampedrense	2	2		2			6
	Carvalhais	1	4	1				6
	Resende	1	3	1			1	6
	Castro Daire	1	2	1	1		1	6
	Vale de Açores		5	1				6
	Silgueiros		1	1	3		1	6
20	Oliveira de Frades	2	1		1		1	5
	Vouzelenses	1	4					5
	Canas Senhorim		4		1			5
	Carregal do Sal		3		2			5
	Sernancelhe			2	3			5
25	Nelas	3			1			4
	Cambres	1	1	1	1			4
	Sátão		2		1		1	4
28	Lamelas	1					2	3
	Tarouquense		2			1		3
	Paivense		1		2			3
	Travanca		1	1		1		3
32	Souselo	1			1			2
	Santar		1	1				2
	Besteiros		1			1		2
	Nandufe			2				2
36	Armamar		1					1
	Parada de Gonta		1					1
	Cabanas de Viriato		1					1
	UDC Sul		1					1
	Social Lamas		1					1
	Oliveira do Douro		1					1
	Alvite		1					1
	Tabuaço		1					1
	Unidos Resende			1				1
	Ferreirós do Dão			1				1
	S. João Pesqueira			1				1
	Boassas			1				1
	Pedreles			1				1
	Queiriguenses			1				1
	Britiande			1				1
	Campia			1				1
	Lobanense			1				1
	Repesenses			1				1
	Ranhados			1				1
	Canas Santa Maria			1				1
	Arguedeira			1				1
	GD Sul			1				1
	Riodades			1				1
	Parada Ester			1				1
	Pinheiro Lafões			1				1
	Nespereira			1				1
	Abrunhosense			1				1
	Briosa Pextrafil				1			1
	Sezurense					1		1
	Vila Chã de Sá					1		1

Total titles won by council

City	Number of titles	Clubs
Viseu	59	Lusitano (18), Académico de Viseu (17), Viseu e Benfica (11), Silgueiros (6), Travanca (3), Ranhados (1), Repesenses (1), Briosa Pextrafil (1), Vila Chã de Sá (1)
Tondela	25	Tondela (10), Molelos (7), Besteiros (2), Nandufe (2), Lobanense (1) Parada de Gonta (1), Canas Santa Maria (1), Ferreirós do Dão (1)
Lamego	19	Lamego (14), Cambres (4), Britiande (1)
Mortágua	18	Mortágua (12), Vale de Açores (6)
Mangualde	15	Mangualde (13), Pedreles (1), Abrunhosense (1)
São Pedro do Sul	14	Sampedrense (6), Carvalhais (6), GD Sul (1), UDC Sul (1)
Cinfães	14	Cinfães (9), Souselo (2), Boassas (1), Oliveira do Douro (13), Nespereira (1)
Castro Daire	11	Castro Daire (6), Lamelas (3), Parada Ester (1), Social Lamas (1)
Nelas	11	Nelas (4), Canas de Senhorim (5), Santar (2)
Sátão	11	Ferreira de Aves (7), Sátão (4)
Penalva do Castelo	11	Penalva do Castelo (10), Sezurense (1)
Moimenta da Beira	8	Moimenta da Beira (7), Alvite (1)
Santa Comba Dão	8	Santacombadense (8)
Oliveira de Frades	7	Oliveira de Frades (5), Campia (1), Pinheiro Lafões (1)
Resende	7	Resende (6), Unidos Resende (1)
Carregal do Sal	6	Carregal do Sal (5), Cabanas de Viriato (1)
Sernancelhe	5	Sernancelhe (5)
Vouzela	5	Vouzelenses (5)
Tarouca	4	Tarouquense (3), Arguedeira (1)
Vila Nova de Paiva	4	Paivense (3), Queiriguenses (1)
São João da Pesqueira	2	S. João Pesqueira (1), Riodades (1)
Armamar	1	Armamar (1)
Tabuaço	1	Tabuaço (1)

Former clubs

The former member clubs of the AF Viseu are football clubs who lost their status in the by resigning, by becoming defunct, merging with another club, or expulsion.

Club	Founded	Last season	Council	Current status	Ref(s)
Grupo Desportivo de Abraveses	18 December 1962	2010–11	Viseu	Defunct	[10]
Vitória Futebol Clube de Abraveses	1 January 1927		Viseu	Defunct	[11]
Centro Recreativo e Desportivo Abrunhosense	1 November 1969	1989–90	Mangualde	Defunct	[12]
Grupo Desportivo de Canas de Santa Maria	1 December 1938	2011–12	Tondela	Defunct	[13]
Grupo Desportivo da Freguesia de Caparrosa	1 January 2000	2008–09	Tondela	Defunct	[14]
Clube Desportivo Recreativo Serra Caramulo	25 March 1983	1999–2000	Tondela	Defunct	[15]
Grupo Desportivo Farminhão	1 June 2005	2010–11	Viseu	Defunct	[16]
Grupo Desportivo Ferreirós Dão	27 July 1930	2005–06	Tondela	Defunct	[17]
Associação Recreativa e Desportiva de Fiais da Telha	23 April 1977	2006–07	Carregal do Sal	Defunct	[18]
Casa do Povo de Lajeosa do Dão	2 June 1973	2015–16	Tondela	Defunct	[19]
Clube Desportivo de Leomil	1 January 1983	2008–09	Viseu	Defunct	[20]
Clube Cruz Maltina Lobanense	1 January 1936	2008–09	Tondela	Defunct	[21]
Associação Desportiva Recreativa e Cultural de Parada de Gonta	1986	2009–10	Tondela	Defunct	[22]
Associacao Cultural Recreativa Pinheiro de Lafões	1 January 1979	2010–11	Oliveira de Frades	Defunct	[23]
Associação Cultural Recreativa e Desportiva de Riodades	1 January 1982	2008–09	São João da Pesqueira	Defunct.	[24]
Casa do Povo de Santiago de Besteiros		2007–08	Tondela	Defunct. A new club, formed as Novo Capítulo Clube in 2008, was defunct in 2010.	[25]
Associação de Solidariedade Social Recreativa e Desportiva da Freguesia de São Miguel do Outeiro		2001–02	Tondela	Defunct	[26]
Clube Recreativo de Tonda	1946	2004–05	Tondela	Defunct	[27]
Centro Social do Tourigo	13 January 1993	2001–02	Tondela	Defunct	[28]
Grupo Desportivo Treixedense	24 January 1976		Santa Comba Dão	Defunct	[29]
Associação Desportiva Cultural Recreativa Vilar de Besteiros	25 January 1978	2011–12	Tondela	Defunct	[30]

See also

• Taça AF Viseu
• Portuguese District Football Associations
• Portuguese football competitions
• List of football clubs in Portugal

Notes

1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic
3. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic