Varzim Sport Club is a Portuguese football club based in Póvoa de Varzim. The club was founded on 25 December 1915, and has played at the Estádio do Varzim Sport Club since its foundation. The club plays in Liga 3, following relegation in the 2021–22 Liga Portugal 2. The club has played for a total of 21 seasons at the top level of Portuguese football, eight seasons in a row from 1963. It has reached the semi-finals of the Taça de Portugal on three occasions, in 1978, 1980 and 1985.

Streaks & runs - longest sequences in our dataset

3 matches

2021-03-20 → 2021-04-02

6 matches

2022-02-21 → 2022-04-04

2 matches

2020-09-18 → 2020-09-22

5 matches

2020-09-26 → 2020-11-01

13 matches

2020-09-18 → 2021-01-03

Squad size27active players

Avg age25years

Domestic21Portugal

Foreigners622% of squad

EU passport21non-EU: 6

Nationalities5different countries

Age distribution

U18

18-22

23-26

27-30

31+

Position breakdown

3 (11%)

DEF

9 (33%)

MID

7 (26%)

FWD

8 (30%)

26% foreign players

7 of 27

25.3y avg squad age

3 Goalkeepers

9 Defenders

7 Midfielders

8 Attackers

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Player	Pos	Age	Nationality	Foot	Height	Contract	Market value
Francisco França	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	24	Portugal	left	186.00m	2026-06-30	€250k
Miguel Rebelo	Midfield - Central Midfield	22	Portugal	right	185.00m	2029-06-30	€200k
Eric Ayiah	Attack - Centre-Forward	26	Ghana	right	177.00m	2026-06-30	€175k
André Santos	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	37	Portugal	right	180.00m	2026-06-30	-
Chicão	Defender - Centre-Back	26	Brazil	right	185.00m	2026-06-30	-
Dani Benchi	Attack - Right Winger	23	Portugal	left	162.00m	2027-06-30	-
Derick	Defender - Centre-Back	24	Brazil	right	194.00m	2027-06-30	-
Gonçalo Pimenta	Defender - Right-Back	30	Portugal	right	181.00m	2026-06-30	-
Gonçalo Teixeira	Attack - Left Winger	26	Portugal	right	179.00m	2026-06-30	-
Jefinho	Defender - Left-Back	24	Brazil	left	181.00m	2027-06-30	-
Luís Oliveira	Attack - Right Winger	24	Portugal	right	180.00m	2027-06-30	-
Milhazes	Defender - Left-Back	29	Portugal	left	173.00m	2026-06-30	-
Momo Mbaye	Goalkeeper	28	Senegal Portugal	right	193.00m	2027-06-30	-
Rodrigo Rêgo	Defender - Centre-Back	24	Portugal	left	183.00m	2026-06-30	-
Rúben Oliveira	Midfield - Central Midfield	31	Portugal	right	170.00m	2027-06-30	-
Stitch	Defender - Left-Back	22	Portugal	left	181.00m	2027-06-30	-
Boloto	Midfield - Central Midfield	22	Portugal	right	166.00m	2027-06-30	-
Diogo Sequeira	Attack - Right Winger	22	Portugal	right	177.00m	2026-06-30	-
Hircane Graça	Midfield - Attacking Midfield	28	Portugal	left	174.00m	2026-06-30	-
Pedro Clemente	Attack - Centre-Forward	23	Brazil	right	187.00m	2026-06-30	-
Pedro Costa	Goalkeeper	25	Portugal	right	190.00m	2027-06-30	-
Pedro Nélson	Goalkeeper	22	Portugal	right	195.00m	2026-06-30	-
Pedro Nuno	Defender - Centre-Back	26	Portugal	right	183.00m	2027-06-30	-
Renato Miranda	Attack - Right Winger	21	Portugal	right	166.00m	2026-06-30	-
Rodrigo Freitas	Attack - Centre-Forward	24	Portugal	right	180.00m	2026-06-30	-
Tiago Costa	Defender - Centre-Back	21	Portugal	right	187.00m	2026-06-30	-
Trent Neumann	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	20	Canada	right	187.00m	2026-06-30	-

Season	Date	Player	Pos	From	Type	Fee
24/25	2024-09-04	Morufdeen Moshood	Attack - Left Winger	Leixões	Loan	-
25/26	2025-07-07	Jefinho	Defender - Left-Back	Lusitânia	Transfer	-
09/10	2009-07-01	Paulo Henrique	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Vit. Guimarães	Loan	-
07/08	2007-08-01	Bruno Vale	Goalkeeper	FC Porto	Loan	-
15/16	2015-07-26	Bruno Moraes	Attack - Centre-Forward	Portuguesa	Transfer	-
24/25	2025-01-01	Pedro Nélson	Goalkeeper	Without Club	Transfer	-
25/26	2025-07-24	Boloto	Midfield - Central Midfield	Vizela U23	Transfer	-
25/26	2025-07-25	Stitch	Defender - Left-Back	AD Alcorcón	Transfer	-
20/21	2021-01-14		-	Feirense	Loan	-
21/22	2021-07-01	Zé Carlos	Midfield - Central Midfield	Varzim B	Transfer	-
22/23	2023-06-30	Zé Carlos	Midfield - Central Midfield	Vit. Guimarães	Return from loan	-
10/11	2010-07-01	André Carvalho	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Desportivo Aves	Transfer	-
25/26	2025-07-01	Luís Oliveira	Attack - Right Winger	SC Covilhã	Transfer	-
09/10	2009-07-01		-	Marítimo	Loan	-
25/26	2025-08-05	Dani Benchi	Attack - Right Winger	Marítimo	Transfer	-
08/09	2008-07-01		-	GD Ribeirão	Transfer	-
19/20	2019-12-04	Caetano	Midfield - Attacking Midfield	Without Club	Transfer	-
16/17	2016-07-01	Leonel Olímpio	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Toledo	Transfer	-
23/24	2023-07-27	Mustapha Sangaré	Attack - Centre-Forward	Amiens SC	Transfer	-
22/23	2022-07-01	Guga	Defender - Right-Back	Rio Ave U23	Transfer	-
23/24	2024-02-07	Rafael Tavares	Defender - Centre-Back	Varzim B	Transfer	-
18/19	2019-01-26		-	Nacional	Transfer	-
98/99	1998-07-01		-	Os Sandinenses	Transfer	-
19/20	2019-07-01	Luís Pedro	Defender - Centre-Back	Penafiel	Transfer	-
25/26	2025-09-05	Francisco França	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Marítimo	Loan	-
22/23	2023-01-01	Zé Eduardo	Attack - Centre-Forward	Leixões	Transfer	-
14/15	2014-08-01	Abel Pereira	Defender - Centre-Back	Doxa Katokopias	Transfer	-
24/25	2024-07-01	Miguel Montenegro	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Amora FC	Transfer	-
22/23	2022-07-01		-	Fafe	Transfer	-
10/11	2010-07-01	Ricardo Neves	Goalkeeper	Marítimo B	Loan	-
16/17	2016-08-30	Eder Díez	Attack - Centre-Forward	SC Covilhã	Transfer	-
22/23	2022-07-01	Rodrigo Cordeiro	Midfield - Attacking Midfield	Fafe	Transfer	-
20/21	2020-08-08	Ibrahima	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	União Madeira	Transfer	-
21/22	2022-06-30	Ibrahima	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	S. João Ver	Return from loan	-
22/23	2022-07-01	Latón	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Estrela Amadora	Transfer	-
22/23	2023-06-30	Latón	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Coimbra	Return from loan	-
20/21	2020-08-10		-	União Madeira	Transfer	-
21/22	2022-02-04	Lacina Traoré	Attack - Centre-Forward	Without Club	Transfer	-
20/21	2020-09-21		-	Anápolis	Loan	-
19/20	2019-07-01		-	Varzim B	Transfer	-

Season	Date	Player	Pos	To	Type	Fee
24/25	2025-06-30	Morufdeen Moshood	Attack - Left Winger	Leixões	Return from loan	-
09/10	2010-06-30	Paulo Henrique	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Vit. Guimarães	Return from loan	-
07/08	2008-06-30	Bruno Vale	Goalkeeper	FC Porto	Return from loan	-
16/17	2016-07-01	Bruno Moraes	Attack - Centre-Forward	EN Paralimniou	Transfer	-
21/22	2021-06-30		-	Feirense	Return from loan	-
22/23	2022-08-25	Zé Carlos	Midfield - Central Midfield	Vit. Guimarães	Loan	-
23/24	2023-07-01	Zé Carlos	Midfield - Central Midfield	Vit. Guimarães	Transfer	€400k
11/12	2011-07-01	André Carvalho	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Leixões	Transfer	-
09/10	2010-06-30		-	Marítimo B	Return from loan	-
09/10	2009-07-01		-	Vitória Setúbal	Transfer	-
20/21	2021-01-11	Caetano	Midfield - Attacking Midfield	Retired	Transfer	-
17/18	2018-01-26	Leonel Olímpio	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Leiria	Transfer	-
24/25	2024-07-09	Mustapha Sangaré	Attack - Centre-Forward	Levski Sofia	Transfer	€150k
24/25	2024-07-01	Guga	Defender - Right-Back	Primavera	Transfer	-
24/25	2024-07-01	Rafael Tavares	Defender - Centre-Back	Guarda FC	Transfer	-
19/20	2019-07-04		-	Oliveirense	Transfer	-
03/04	2003-07-01		-	Dragões	Transfer	-
22/23	2022-07-01	Luís Pedro	Defender - Centre-Back	Vitória Setúbal	Transfer	-
25/26	2026-06-30	Francisco França	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Marítimo	Return from loan	-
23/24	2023-07-04	Zé Eduardo	Attack - Centre-Forward	Sergipe	Transfer	-
15/16	2016-01-06	Abel Pereira	Defender - Centre-Back	Doxa Katokopias	Transfer	-
25/26	2025-08-12	Miguel Montenegro	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	PAEEK Kyrenia	Transfer	-
24/25	2024-07-03		-	Felgueiras	Transfer	-
10/11	2011-06-30	Ricardo Neves	Goalkeeper	Marítimo	Return from loan	-
17/18	2017-07-26	Eder Díez	Attack - Centre-Forward	Fafe	Transfer	-
23/24	2023-07-01	Rodrigo Cordeiro	Midfield - Attacking Midfield	Without Club	Transfer	-
20/21	2021-01-01	Ibrahima	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	S. João Ver	Loan	-
22/23	2022-08-01	Ibrahima	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Oliveirense	Transfer	-
22/23	2023-01-01	Latón	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Coimbra	Loan	-
23/24	2023-07-01	Latón	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Without Club	Transfer	-
21/22	2022-01-30		-	Oliveirense	Transfer	-
22/23	2022-07-01	Lacina Traoré	Attack - Centre-Forward	Without Club	Transfer	-
20/21	2021-06-30		-	Anápolis	Return from loan	-
21/22	2021-08-01		-	Berço	Transfer	-
11/12	2011-07-01	Tiago Terroso	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Leiria	Transfer	-
24/25	2024-07-21		-	Anadia	Transfer	-
07/08	2007-07-01	André André	Midfield - Central Midfield	FC Porto U19	Transfer	-
10/11	2010-07-01	André André	Midfield - Central Midfield	Deportivo B	Loan	-
12/13	2012-07-01	André André	Midfield - Central Midfield	Vit. Guimarães	Transfer	-
20/21	2021-06-30	Thiago Valle	Goalkeeper	Anápolis	Return from loan	-

Nationality	Players	% of squad
Portugal	20	74.1%
Brazil	4	14.8%
Ghana	1	3.7%
Senegal Portugal	1	3.7%
Canada	1	3.7%

Season	Competition
25/26	Liga 3
25/26	Taça de Portugal
24/25	Liga 3
24/25	Liga 3 - Promotion
24/25	Taça de Portugal
23/24	Liga 3
23/24	Liga 3 - Promotion
23/24	Taça de Portugal
22/23	Liga 3
22/23	Liga 3 - Relegation round
22/23	Taça de Portugal
21/22	Allianz Cup
21/22	Liga Portugal 2
21/22	Taça de Portugal
20/21	Liga Portugal 2
20/21	Taça de Portugal
19/20	Allianz Cup
19/20	LigaPro
19/20	Taça de Portugal
18/19	Allianz Cup
18/19	Ledman LigaPro
17/18	Ledman LigaPro
17/18	Taça CTT
16/17	Allianz Cup
16/17	Ledman LigaPro
16/17	Taça de Portugal
15/16	Allianz Cup
15/16	Ledman LigaPro
15/16	Taça de Portugal
14/15	Taça de Portugal
13/14	Taça de Portugal
10/11	Allianz Cup
10/11	Liga Portugal 2
10/11	Taça de Portugal
09/10	Allianz Cup
09/10	Liga Portugal 2
09/10	Taça de Portugal
08/09	Allianz Cup
08/09	Liga Portugal 2
07/08	Carlsberg Cup
07/08	Liga Portugal 2
06/07	Liga Portugal 2
06/07	Taça de Portugal
05/06	Liga Portugal 2
05/06	Taça de Portugal
04/05	Liga Portugal 2
03/04	Liga Portugal 2
02/03	SuperLiga
02/03	Taça de Portugal
01/02	Primeira Liga

Date	Comp	Stage	Home	Score	Away	Status
2022-05-15	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	Varzim SC	2, 0	CD Mafra	W
2022-05-08	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	SC Farense	0, 1	Varzim SC	W
2022-04-30	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	Varzim SC	0, 2	Sporting Covilhã	L
2022-04-25	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	CD Trofense	1, 0	Varzim SC	L
2022-04-15	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	Varzim SC	1, 0	Casa Pia AC	W
2022-04-08	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	FC Penafiel	4, 1	Varzim SC	L
2022-04-04	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	Varzim SC	2, 1	FC Porto B	W
2022-03-20	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	UD Vilafranquense	0, 0	Varzim SC	D
2022-03-11	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	Varzim SC	1, 0	Académico de Viseu	W
2022-03-06	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	SL Benfica B	1, 2	Varzim SC	W
2022-02-28	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	Varzim SC	0, 0	CD Feirense	D
2022-02-21	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	Estrela Amadora	0, 0	Varzim SC	D
2022-02-17	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	Varzim SC	0, 1	SC Farense	L
2022-02-13	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	Varzim SC	1, 1	Leixões SC	D
2022-02-08	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	Varzim SC	0, 0	CD Nacional	D
2022-02-02	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	GD Chaves	1, 0	Varzim SC	L
2022-01-30	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	Rio Ave FC	1, 1	Varzim SC	D
2022-01-22	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	Varzim SC	1, 0	Académica de Coimbra	W
2022-01-08	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	CD Mafra	0, 0	Varzim SC	D
2021-12-20	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	Sporting Covilhã	1, 0	Varzim SC	L
2021-12-12	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	Varzim SC	1, 3	CD Trofense	L
2021-12-02	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	Casa Pia AC	1, 0	Varzim SC	L
2021-11-27	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	Varzim SC	0, 2	FC Penafiel	L
2021-11-07	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	FC Porto B	2, 2	Varzim SC	D
2021-10-31	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	Varzim SC	0, 2	UD Vilafranquense	L
2021-10-27	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	Varzim SC	0, 2	SL Benfica B	L
2021-10-22	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	Académico de Viseu	1, 0	Varzim SC	L
2021-10-03	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	CD Feirense	2, 1	Varzim SC	L
2021-09-21	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	Varzim SC	3, 1	Estrela Amadora	W
2021-09-12	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	Leixões SC	1, 1	Varzim SC	D
2021-08-28	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	CD Nacional	2, 1	Varzim SC	L
2021-08-22	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	Varzim SC	0, 3	Rio Ave FC	L
2021-08-14	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	Académica de Coimbra	1, 1	Varzim SC	D
2021-08-07	PO2	REGULAR SEASON	Varzim SC	2, 2	GD Chaves	D

Aggregated from 34 completed matches across all competitions in season 2021.

Record 8W-11D-15L 1.03 pts/game

Goals scored 25 0.74 per match

Goals conceded 39 1.15 per match

Goal difference -14

Clean sheets 10 29% of matches

Failed to score 16 47% of matches

Home vs Away

Home record 6W-4D-7L 14-20 goals

Away record 2W-7D-8L 11-19 goals

Highlights

Biggest win 2, 0 Varzim SC vs CD Mafra · May 15, 2022

Heaviest loss 1, 4 FC Penafiel vs Varzim SC · Apr 8, 2022

Affiliated B-teams, reserve squads and youth/development teams.

Varzim SC B -

Varzim SC Camadas Jovens -

Varzim SC Sub-15 -

Varzim SC Sub-17 -

Varzim SC U19 -

Season 24 players · sum across all competitions for selected season

Player	Pos	Nat	Mat	Min	G	A	G+A	Pen	YC	G/90	A/90	G+A/90
Pedro Costa	Goalkeeper	Portugal	4	360	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Rúben Oliveira	Midfield - Central Midfield	Portugal	4	270	1	0	1	1	1	0.33	0.00	0.33
Miguel Rebelo	Midfield - Central Midfield	Portugal	4	209	1	1	2	0	0	0.43	0.43	0.86
Hircane Graça	Midfield - Attacking Midfield	Portugal	4	197	1	0	1	1	0	0.46	0.00	0.46
Rodrigo Freitas	Attack - Centre-Forward	Portugal	4	168	2	2	4	0	0	1.07	1.07	2.14
Diogo Sequeira	Attack - Right Winger	Portugal	3	48	1	0	1	0	0	1.88	0.00	1.88
Renato Miranda	Attack - Right Winger	Portugal	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
André Santos	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Portugal	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	0.00
Miguel Vila Cova	Defender - Centre-Back	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Pedro Clemente	Attack - Centre-Forward	Brazil	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Jefinho	Defender - Left-Back	Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Pedro Nélson	Goalkeeper	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Boloto	Midfield - Central Midfield	Portugal	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Stitch	Defender - Left-Back	Portugal	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	0.00
Luís Oliveira	Attack - Right Winger	Portugal	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	0.00
Dani Benchi	Attack - Right Winger	Portugal	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Francisco França	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Portugal	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Chicão	Defender - Centre-Back	Brazil	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	0.00
Derick	Defender - Centre-Back	Brazil	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Pedro Nuno	Defender - Centre-Back	Portugal	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Eric Ayiah	Attack - Centre-Forward	Ghana	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Rodrigo Rêgo	Defender - Centre-Back	Portugal	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	0.00
Milhazes	Defender - Left-Back	Portugal	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Gonçalo Pimenta	Defender - Right-Back	Portugal	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00

Frequently asked about Varzim SC

What is Varzim SC?

Varzim SC is a professional football club based in Portugal, competing in Liga 3.

How many players are in Varzim SC's squad?

Varzim SC currently has 27 players in the first-team squad in our database.

What league does Varzim SC play in?

Varzim SC plays in Liga 3.

When was Varzim SC founded?

Varzim SC was founded in 1915.