The Vitoria Guimaraes Chronicle
Market17 Aug 2026
Eyes on Gonçalo Nogueira again
The phone has started ringing about Gonçalo Nogueira again, and this time the name on the line is Braga. Vitoria Guimaraes are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Vitoria Guimaraes
Samu was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
3 academy players handed senior numbers at Vitoria Guimaraes
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Beni Mukendi 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Óscar Rivas
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Óscar Rivas, and the manager let it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Daniel Mendes steps up from the Vitoria Guimaraes academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Mendes has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
Vitoria Guimaraes promote Rodrigo Simoes from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Rodrigo Simoes has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Afonso Araujo joins the Vitoria Guimaraes first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Afonso Araujo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Gustavo Silva runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Squad Juan Diego Castillo dropped after a run of poor form
- Match Vitoria Guimaraes share the spoils with Nacional
- Boardroom Vitoria Guimaraes turn down the training-ground plan