The Famalicao Chronicle
Squad12 Oct 2026
The step up is real for Rudi Almeida
At 21 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Finn van Breemen stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Finn van Breemen and Famalicao agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Famalicao
Leonardo Realpe and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Loan watch12 Oct 2026
Gabriel Cabral counts the days
“I watch every Famalicao game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Belenenses runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Pedro Bondo falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Looking ahead12 Oct 2026
A test against the best for Famalicao
The team at the top of the table next, and the honest measure of where this side actually is. Anybody can beat the club below them; the question is what happens against Porto.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Rodrigo Vasconcelos
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market12 Oct 2026
The Lazar Carević talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Famalicao know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Looking ahead12 Oct 2026
A reunion for Rodrigo Pinheiro
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Porto in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes Ian Custódio a promise
- The dugout The manager comes out for Lazar Carević
- Loan watch Atlético CP cannot leave Lamine Bèye out