Victory Sportif Club
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| Full name | Victory Sportif Club |
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| Founded | 7 March 1945 |
| Ground | Stade Sylvio Cator |
| Capacity | 15,000 |
| League | Ligue Haïtienne |
| 2013 | 10th (last season played) |
| Website | Club home page |
Victory Sportif Club, commonly known as Victory, is a professional football club based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Victory Sportif Club was founded by Augustin R. Viau on 7 March 1945. They were affiliated in 1947 by the FHF and assigned to the second division where they won the league promoting themselves to the first division for 1948. Their first win came against Melbourne (Bel Air) by the score of 2–0. On 16 January 1948, Victory played their first match in the top-tier division that ended in defeat to Racing by 1–0 (by goal of Antoine Tassy).
During this decade, Victory gained a leading role in the league, national team and even internationally; a credit to a major change in the style of play of Victory led by the technical direction of Michel Alerte (alias "Sonson"). In 1955, the tenth-year anniversary of the club, Victory won its first Coupe d'Haïti (Coupe Vincent) by defeating Petit-Goâve (4–0), Racing (3–0) and Pétion-Ville in the final (3–1).
In 1957, Victory played a return match in Curaçao with a 0–0 draw against the Sithoc, after a 1–0 win in Port-au-Prince. In 1958, Victory played a successful tour in Costa Rica, El Salvador to participate in a tournament of the winners of the cup and placed second with a 3–2 win over the C.S.D. Comunicaciones with goals by René Vertus.
During 1958–1962, Victory was one of the strongest clubs in Haitian football and won its first national championship (Coupe Pradel) in 1960. The following year, although reigning champions of the league, a dispute between the FHF and Victory led the club to lose its invitation in a tournament organized for the arrival of Czech club, Red Star Bratislava. The Czech club went on to defeat Racing (3–1), Aigle Noir (4–0), and the Haitian national selection (4–0). In an attempt to save the national honor, Victory was recalled and defeated the Czechs 2–0.
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