União Desportiva Vilafranquense is a Portuguese football club from Vila Franca de Xira, Lisbon District.
The team competed in Liga Portugal 2, the second tier of the Portuguese football league system, until 2023–24 but after suffered a split between U.D.
[1] On 23 June in the final at the Estádio Nacional against Casa Pia A.C., the club drew 2–2 then lost 4–2 on penalties.
[5] Due to the inadequate facilities of their Campo do Cevadeiro, Vilafranquense had to play their LigaPro home games 50 kilometres away at the Estádio Municipal in Rio Maior.
[6] At end of 2022–23 season, UD Vilafranquense (club) and Vilafranquense SAD went their separate ways, the SAD relocate to Aves and became a new club, AVS Futebol SAD from 2023 to 2024, maintaining their place in the Liga Portugal 2, while UD Vilafranquense (club) restarted in the 3rd division of Lisbon Football Association, equivalent to the 7th Portuguese division,[7] similar to what happened to C.F.