AVS Futebol SAD

AVS

Full name	AVS Futebol SAD
Founded	5 May 2023; 19 months ago (5 May 2023)
Ground	Estádio do CD Aves, Vila das Aves
Capacity	8,560
Manager	Vítor Campelos
League	Primeira Liga
2023–24	3rd of 18 (promoted via Play-offs)
Website	afsfut.pt
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

AVS Futebol SAD is a Portuguese association football club, currently playing in the Liga Portugal Betclic (the first tier of Portuguese football league system). They are based in the town of Vila das Aves, and they play in Estádio do CD Aves. Founded in 2023, the club results in the renaming of former UD Vilafranquense SAD after moving to Vila das Aves.^[1]

The club was founded on 5 May 2023 after UD Vilafranquense's SAD relocated from Vila Franca de Xira to Vila das Aves due to poor stadium conditions. Vilafranquense went to the AF Lisboa district championships while Vilafranquense SAD (now AVS) secured their spot in the 2023–24 Liga Portugal 2. The new club has no relation to the defunct Clube Desportivo das Aves or its phoenix club Clube Desportivo das Aves 1930 apart from the sharing of its infrastructures. This situation is similar to the Belenenses and B-SAD case which happened in 2018.^[2]

In 2024–25 Primeira Liga, they made their debut in the top tier of Portuguese football for the first time by winning the playoff in Liga Portugal 2 after finishing third in their league. They secured their historic promotion to the top tier by defeating Portimonense.

As of 13 September 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BRA Lucas Moura 2 DF  POR Fernando Fonseca 3 DF  POR Rafael Rodrigues (on loan from Benfica B) 4 DF  URU Ignacio Rodriguez (on loan from Liverpool Montevideo) 5 DF  POR Jorge Teixeira 6 DF  FRA Baptiste Roux 7 MF  POR Luís Silva (captain) 8 MF  GEO Giorgi Aburjania 9 MF  FRA Issiaka Kamate (on loan from Inter Milan) 10 MF  CPV Vasco Lopes 11 FW  NGA Tunde Akinsola 12 MF  BRA Gustavo Assunção 13 GK  MEX Guillermo Ochoa 14 MF  BRA Lucas Piazon 15 MF  ESP Jaume Grau

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 FW  COL Yair Mena 17 FW  ECU John Mercado 18 FW  BRA Nenê 20 FW  POR Rodrigo Ribeiro (on loan from Sporting CP) 22 DF  BRA Léo Alaba 23 MF  POR Gustavo Mendonça 24 DF  POR Kiki 27 MF  LUX Eric Veiga 29 FW  CPV Zé Luís 42 DF  COL Cristian Devenish 47 MF  BRA Jonatan Lucca 70 FW  BRA Samuel Granada (on loan from Fluminense) 88 GK  POR Pedro Trigueira 93 GK  BRA Simão Bertelli 98 DF  BRA Zé Ricardo

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  CIV Balla Sangaré (at Lusail SC until 30 June 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  BRA Talles Wander (at Torreense until 30 June 2025)