2022–23 F.C. Arouca season

F.C. Arouca
2022–23 season
Chairman	Carlos Pinho
Manager	Armando Evangelista
Stadium	Estádio Municipal de Arouca
Primeira Liga	5th
Taça de Portugal	Fifth round
Taça da Liga	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Oday Dabbagh (7); All: ; Oday Dabbagh (11)
	All statistics correct as of 5 February 2023.

The 2022–23 season is the 71st in the history of F.C. Arouca and their second consecutive season in the top flight. The club will participate in the Primeira Liga, the Taça de Portugal, and the Taça da Liga.

Players

First-team squad

As of 17 January 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	MF	GUI	Morlaye Sylla
3	DF	ENG	Jerome Opoku
4	DF	VEN	José Manuel Velázquez
5	MF	POR	David Simão
6	DF	BRA	Mateus Quaresma
8	FW	POR	Arsénio
9	FW	BRA	Bruno Marques (on loan from Santos)
10	FW	ARG	Alan Ruiz
11	MF	BRA	Antony
12	GK	URU	Ignacio de Arruabarrena
13	DF	BRA	João Basso
14	MF	ESP	Oriol Busquets
15	FW	PLE	Oday Dabbagh


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	BRA	Thiago
17	MF	GHA	Yaw Moses
19	FW	ESP	Rafa Mújica
20	MF	POR	Pedro Moreira
21	DF	UKR	Bohdan Milovanov
23	MF	CIV	Ismaila Soro (on loan from Celtic)
25	DF	BRA	Weverson
28	MF	POR	Tiago Esgaio (on loan from Braga)
43	MF	BRA	Vitinho
44	DF	CRO	Nino Galović
64	DF	POR	Rafael Fernandes
92	GK	POR	João Valido
—	FW	USA	Benji Michel

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	COD	André Bukia (at Al-Batin until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	BRA	Luiz Gustavo (at Gondomar until 30 June 2023)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

12 July 2022 Friendly	Arouca	2–3	Braga	Apúlia e Fão
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Bukia 54' Bruno Marques 90'		González 79', 83' Vitinha 90+3'	Stadium: Centro Desportivo de Fão

16 July 2022 Friendly	Boavista	0–2	Arouca	Porto
10:00 WEST (UTC+1)		Report	Antony 45' Bruno Marques 54'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa

23 July 2022 Friendly	Arouca	0–0	Chaves	Vila Meã
10:30 WEST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Vila Meã

27 July 2022 Friendly	Arouca	2–1	Paris 13 Atletico	TBD
17:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Antony 57' Arsénio 67'	Report	Etonde 23'

23 September 2022 Friendly	Sanjoanense	0–0	Arouca	São João da Madeira
--:-- WEST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Conde Dias Garcia

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primeira Liga	5 August 2022	May 2023	Matchday 1		18	7	5	6	22	28	−6	038.89
Taça de Portugal	15 October 2022	11 January 2023	Third round	Fifth round	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	066.67
Taça da Liga	18 November 2022	24 January 2023	Group stage	Semi-finals	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	050.00
Total					27	12	7	8	38	39	−1	044.44

Last updated: 31 January 2023
Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Sporting CP (X)	32	22	4	6	67	29	+38	70	Qualification for Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
5	Vitória de Guimarães[lower-alpha 2] (T)	32	15	5	12	33	36	−3	50	Qualification for Europa Conference League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
6	Arouca	32	13	9	10	33	37	−4	48	Qualification for Europa Conference League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7	Chaves[lower-alpha 2]	32	12	10	10	34	35	−1	46
8	Famalicão	32	13	4	15	35	41	−6	43

Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2023. Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.
(T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated; (X) Assured of Europa League, but may still qualify for Champions League
Notes:

Since the finalists of the 2022–23 Taça de Portugal, Porto and Braga, have assured at least the fourth-place of the league, the spot for the Europa League group stage reserved to the Cup winners will be awarded to the fourth-placed team. As a result, the spot for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round reserved to the fourth-placed team will be awarded to the fifth-placed team and the spot for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round reserved to the fifth-placed team will be awarded to the sixth-placed team.
The current seventh-placed team, Chaves, may still finish in fifth or sixth-place and would usually qualify for the Europa Conference League, but failed to obtain a UEFA license. As a result, Vitória de Guimarães, who are guaranteed to finish at least seventh and may at most reach the fifth-place, have qualified for the Europa Conference League.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	7	5	6	22	28	−6	26	5	1	4	15	15	0	2	4	2	7	13	−6

Last updated: 31 January 2023.
Source: Liga Portugal

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	L
Position	18	7	7	10	10	12	11	12	10	11	9	8	8	9	7	7	6

Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2023. Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 5 July 2022.[1]

5 August 2022 1	Benfica	4–0	Arouca	Lisbon
20:15 WEST (UTC+1)	Gilberto 8' R. Silva 41', 86' 83' Fernández 45+5' Florentino 54' Weigl 82'	Report	Opoku 1' Quaresma 44'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 53,617 Referee: Manuel Mota

15 August 2022 2	Arouca	1–0	Gil Vicente	Arouca
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Mújica 1'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 1,759 Referee: Nuno Almeida

20 August 2022 3	Santa Clara	1–2	Arouca	Ponta Delgada
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ricardinho 29' Rildo 50' Marcos 83'	Report	Milovanov 40' Soro 42' Rildo 34', 57' Mújica 61' Esgaio 71' João Basso 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 1,172 Referee: Hélder Carvalho

28 August 2022 4	Arouca	0–6	Braga	Arouca
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)		Report	Banza 1' Horta 4' 40' Vitinha 44' Castro 67' Lainez 77'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 2,348 Referee: Gustavo Correia

4 September 2022 5	Casa Pia	0–0	Arouca	Oeiras
15:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Romário Baró 64' Vasco Fernandes 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 1,022 Referee: Carlos Macedo

11 September 2022 6	Arouca	1–2	Boavista	Arouca
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Mújica 27'	Report	Sasso 31' Tavares 70'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 1,395 Referee: João Gonçalves

18 September 2022 7	Arouca	2–2	Vitória de Guimarães	Arouca
15:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Bukia 33' Quaresma 71'	Report	Anderson 57' Lameiras 90+12' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 2,376 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

2 October 2022 8	Paços de Ferreira	1–1	Arouca	Paços de Ferreira
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Gaitán 60'	Report	Dabbagh 84'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 4,431 Referee: Hélder Malheiro

10 October 2022 9	Arouca	4–1	Famalicão	Arouca
20:15 WEST (UTC+1)	Bukia 30' Sylla 52' Antony 58' Dabbagh 83'	Report	Colombatto 21' Puma 34' Millán 61' Fonte 69' Gustavo Assunção 77'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 1 018 Referee: André Narciso

23 October 2022 10	Marítimo	1–1	Arouca	Funchal
15:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Vidigal 12'	Report	Antony 44'	Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo Attendance: 9,072 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

29 October 2022 11	Arouca	1–0	Sporting CP	Arouca
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Basso 47'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 2,364 Referee: Rui Costa

5 November 2022 12	Vizela	0–1	Arouca	Vizela
15:30 WET (UTC±0)		Report	Antony 3'	Stadium: Estádio do FC Vizela Referee: Miguel Nogueira

12 November 2022 13	Arouca	0–1	Rio Ave	Arouca
18:00 WET (UTC±0)		Report	Yakubu 59' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Referee: João Pinheiro

28 December 2022 14	Porto	5–1	Arouca	Porto
20:15 WET (UTC±0)	Otávio 1' Taremi 18', 34', 50' Marcano 59' Opoku 70' (o.g.)	Report	Ruiz 36' Sylla 48' Marques 75' Basso 85'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 45,725 Referee: Tiago Martins

7 January 2023 15	Arouca	2–0	Estoril	Arouca
15:30 WET (UTC±0)	Dabbagh 28', 64'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 764 Referee: João Pinheiro

15 January 2023 16	Chaves	1–1	Arouca	Chaves
15:30 WET (UTC±0)	Vitória 17' (pen.)	Report	Basso 78' (pen.) Opoku 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira Attendance: 1,768 Referee: Nuno Almeida

20 January 2023 17	Arouca	4–0	Portimonense	Arouca
19:00 WET (UTC±0)	Dabbagh 6', 76' Ruiz 31' Michel 78'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 839 Referee: André Narciso

31 January 2023 18	Arouca	0–3	Benfica	Arouca
21:15 WET (UTC±0)		Report	João Mário 23', 54' Musa 81'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 4,614 Referee: Rui Costa

Taça de Portugal

15 October 2022 Third round	Fontinhas	0–2	Arouca	Angra do Heroísmo
11:00 WEST (UTC+1)		Report	Dabbagh 10' Marques 79'	Stadium: Estádio João Paulo II Referee: Hélder Carvalho

8 November 2022 Fourth round	Gil Vicente	1–4	Arouca	Barcelos
18:45 WET (UTC±0)	Carvalho 17'	Report	Mújica 6', 38', 58' Velázquez 45'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Referee: Gustavo Correia

11 January 2023 Fifth round	Porto	4–0	Arouca	Porto
20:45 WET (UTC±0)	Galeno 31' Martinez 54', 57', 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Referee: João Gonçalves

Taça da Liga

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Arouca	4	2	2	0	7	3	+4	8	Advance to the quarter-finals
2	Feirense	4	2	2	0	7	5	+2	8
3	Leixões	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7
4	Oliveirense	4	0	2	2	2	6	−4	2
5	Santa Clara	4	0	1	3	6	9	−3	1

Source: Soccerway

Knockout phase

22 December 2022 Quarter-finals	Moreirense	1–2	Arouca	Moreira de Cónegos
20:15 WET (UTC±0)	Luis 44' (pen.)	Report	Esgaio 70' Mujica 79'	Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 1,167 Referee: Nuno Almeida

24 January 2023 Semi-finals	Arouca	1–2	Sporting CP	Leiria
19:45 WET (UTC±0)	Dabbagh 58'	Report	Paulinho 45+7', 82'	Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Attendance: 10,259 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos	No.	Name	Primeira Liga	Taça de Portugal	Taça da Liga	Total
1	FW	15	Oday Dabbagh	7	1	3	11
1	FW	19	Rafa Mújica	3	3	3	9
3	MF	11	Antony	3	0	0	3
	DF	13	João Basso	3	0	0	3
	FW	7	André Bukia	2	0	1	3
6	FW	9	Bruno Marques	1	1	0	2
6	MF	10	Alan Ruiz	1	0	1	2
8	MF	28	Tiago Esgaio	0	0	1	1
	MF	18	Benji Michel	1	0	0	1
	DF	6	Mateus Quaresma	1	0	0	1
	DF	3	Jerome Opoku	0	0	1	1
	MF	2	Morlaye Sylla	1	0	0	1
	DF	4	José Manuel Velázquez	0	1	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0	0
Totals				23	6	10	39

Last updated: 5 February 2023

References

"O calendário completo da Liga 2022/23".

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[table_note_res_ELGS0.36964574985655-1] Since the finalists of the 2022–23 Taça de Portugal, Porto and Braga, have assured at least the fourth-place of the league, the spot for the Europa League group stage reserved to the Cup winners will be awarded to the fourth-placed team. As a result, the spot for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round reserved to the fourth-placed team will be awarded to the fifth-placed team and the spot for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round reserved to the fifth-placed team will be awarded to the sixth-placed team.

[table_note_VSC0.36964574985655-2] The current seventh-placed team, Chaves, may still finish in fifth or sixth-place and would usually qualify for the Europa Conference League, but failed to obtain a UEFA license. As a result, Vitória de Guimarães, who are guaranteed to finish at least seventh and may at most reach the fifth-place, have qualified for the Europa Conference League.

[3] "O calendário completo da Liga 2022/23".