The team introduces itself
Vitória Sport Clube is one of Portugal’s established clubs and has mostly been competing for UEFA Cup places over the last 20 years. Its crest features D. Afonso Henriques, the first King of Portugal. The “Conquistadores” (Conquerors), as they are known, play in black and white, symbolising the club’s openness to welcoming all people without discrimination based on skin colour or social status. Over the years, the “Clube do Rei” (the King’s Club), as it is often called, has competed successfully in various national and international competitions.
The club is recognised by the Portuguese Football Federation as a 5-star training club, as it combines tradition, vision and quality in the development of young players. In the 1990/91 season, the U19 team wrote a golden chapter in Vitória’s history when they won the Campeonato Nacional de Juniores A I Divisão.
The U19 team is the final stage of the Conquistadores’ youth development programme. Thanks to outstanding performances in this age group, Vitória Sport Clube regularly competes against other leading Portuguese clubs in the knockout stages. Fernando Meira, Pedro Mendes, Flávio Meireles and Ariza Makukula are just a few of the names who have played for the U19 team. More recently, players such as Tomás Händel, Dani Silva and Alberto Costa have progressed through the youth teams (U15, U17 and/or U19) and made their debut for the first team.