How to buy Vitória de Guimarães tickets

Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães. Primeira Liga. A weekend from London usually costs about £216 with flights, 2 nights and a ticket.

How hard
Usually available
Usual price
€10 to €35 (about £9 to £30)
Membership
Not needed
ID at the gate
Not usually checked

Away trips are member-only, but home games are sold on SmartFan Tickets. Big visits from Benfica, Porto and Sporting sell out.

Buying a ticket, step by step

When tickets go on sale: Not confirmed; announced on the club site as news posts, one to two weeks before the game.

Membership: Not needed for most home games; members get priority and cheaper prices. It gets you in before general sale, but you don't need it.

  1. Open vitoriasc.pt and follow the Bilhetes link to smartfan.tickets/vitoriasc-futebol, the club's online ticket platform.
  2. Create an account with your name and email and log in.
  3. Pick the home match and a sector, then the public price.
  4. Pay by card and download the ticket.
  5. Alternatively buy at the Atendimento ao Associado at the stadium.
Official tickets on smartfan.tickets

Tips

Upcoming home games

Kick-off times are local. Leagues often move games for TV a few weeks before.

Flights from the UK

Fly into Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport, Porto. Typical return fares, and the whole trip with the cheapest usual ticket and 2 nights in a budget room (about £29 a night):

Flying fromReturn flightWhole trip
London£149 to £362£216
Manchester£111 to £212£178
Edinburgh£119 to £230£186
Liverpool£75 to £162£142
Leeds Bradford£66 to £127£133
Cardiff£224 to £491£291
Bournemouth£154 to £235£221

Metro Line E to Trindade, walk to São Bento, then CP train to Guimarães, about 1h10, around EUR 3.50. Or a direct FlixBus/Rede Expressos coach, about 1h, EUR 6-10.

Getting there

From the airport

To Estádio D. Afonso Henriques

Walk from the old town centre, about 25 minutes, or bus from the Estação de Guimarães; check the club's matchday buses (the club has run free ones for league games).

The atmosphere

One of the loudest grounds in Portugal; the 'Conquistadores' crowd sing all game.

Where this comes from

We put this guide together from the club's own pages and the sources below, and recheck it through the season. If something has changed, email betterlifeoa@gmail.com.