The Famalicao Chronicle
Market7 Sep 2026
Lazar Carević asks to leave Famalicao
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Famalicao close the window on a squad of their own making
11 in and 17 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Market7 Sep 2026
Las Palmas come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Famalicao did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at Famalicao
Lukáš Červ and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
The window shuts on the Rúben Pina deal
Famalicao ran out of time with Leixões. The paperwork was open when the deadline passed, and a transfer that was almost done is now a transfer that never happened.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
No deal for Igor Stefanović at that price
Famalicao offered $21.0K; Leixões said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Paulo Moreira is no longer first choice
The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Paulo Moreira has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Lukáš Červ makes the team of the month
Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at Famalicao training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marcos Peña is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- The dugout Gil Dias knocks on the manager's door
- The dugout Miguel Galeano gets it from the manager
- Market The market said no: Tom van de Looi stays put