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Belenenses
2012–13 season
President	António Soares
Manager	Mitchell van der Gaag
Stadium	Estádio do Restelo
Segunda Liga	1st (promoted)
Taça de Portugal	Semi-finals
Taça da Liga	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Tiago Caeiro (13); All: ; Tiago Caeiro (14)
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Belenenses season was the club's 95th competitive season, 5th in the Segunda Liga, and 95th year in existence as a football club.

Along with the club's participation in the Segunda Liga, the club also competed in the Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga. On 30 March 2013, Belenenses won promotion back to the Primeira Liga, following a defeat over Penafiel.^[1] Belenenses' campaign was also most notable for several records, namely, most points accumulated during a single season (94).^[2]

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Mitchell van der Gaag
Assistant manager	Jorge Simão
Technical director	Rui Gregório
Goalkeeper Coach	Luís Ferreira
Fitness Coach	José Manuel Almeida
Scout	João Janeiro
Scout	Rui Correia
Director of scouting	Gonçalo Monteiro

Source: Belenenses

Other information

Chairman	António Soares
Chairman of the SAD	António Soares Rui Pedro Soares
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Estádio do Restelo (19,856 / 110 x 70 metres)
Training Ground	Estádio do Restelo

Source: Belenenses

First-team squad

Stats as of the end of the 2012–13 season. Games played and goals scored only refers to appearances and goals in domestic league campaigns.

No.	Name	Position(s)	Since	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Games	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Matt Jones	GK	2012	(1986-05-11)11 May 1986 (aged 27)	União da Madeira	41	0
12	Ricardo Fernandes	GK	2013	(1994-10-28)28 October 1994 (aged 18)	Youth System	0	0
76	Rafael Veloso	GK	2012	(1993-11-03)3 November 1993 (aged 19)	Sporting CP	1	0
77	Filipe Mendes	GK	2012	(1985-06-17)17 June 1985 (aged 27)	Lousada	1	0
Defenders
2	André Teixeira	RB	2012	(1993-08-14)14 August 1993 (aged 19)	Porto	4	0
3	Kay	CB	2012	(1988-01-05)5 January 1988 (aged 25)	Operário	35	5
4	Duarte Machado	LB / RB	2010	(1983-02-12)12 February 1983 (aged 30)	Fátima	74	0
6	João Meira	CB / DM	2012	(1987-04-30)30 April 1987 (aged 26)	Atlético CP	34	2
13	João Afonso	CB	2012	(1982-02-11)11 February 1982 (aged 31)	Mafra	16	2
20	Filipe Ferreira	LB / LM	2012	(1990-09-27)27 September 1990 (aged 22)	Atlético CP	14	0
21	Nélson Lenho	LB	2012	(1984-03-22)22 March 1984 (aged 29)	Santa Clara	35	0
24	Eridson	CB	2012	(1990-06-25)25 June 1990 (aged 22)	Portimonense	4	0
55	Daniel Martins	LB	2013	(1993-06-23)23 June 1993 (aged 19)	Benfica B	1	0
Midfielders
5	Ricardo Alves	CB / DM	2012	(1993-03-25)25 March 1993 (aged 20)	Porto	13	1
8	Ruizinho	CM	2012	(1989-03-13)13 March 1989 (aged 24)	Operário	7	0
14	Fernando Ferreira	CM / DM	2011	(1986-11-20)20 November 1986 (aged 26)	Tondela	63	11
18	Yacine Si Salem	AM	2012	(1988-01-10)10 January 1988 (aged 25)	Free agent	21	2
26	Zazá	CM / RB	2009	(1990-01-09)9 January 1990 (aged 23)	Youth System	22	3
28	Tiago Silva	AM	2012	(1993-06-02)2 June 1993 (aged 19)	Youth System	37	4
80	Mourtala Diakité	CB / DM	2012	(1980-10-10)10 October 1980 (aged 32)	Guangdong Sunray Cave	35	5
94	Fábio Sturgeon	AM / RM	2012	(1994-02-04)4 February 1994 (aged 19)	Youth System	4	0
Forwards
7	Arsénio Nunes	LW / RW	2012	(1989-08-30)30 August 1989 (aged 23)	Ribeirão	42	5
9	Tiago Caeiro	CF	2012	(1984-03-29)29 March 1984 (aged 29)	Atlético CP	30	13
10	Yves Desmarets	LM / LW	2012	(1979-07-19)19 July 1979 (aged 33)	Kerkyra	28	8
11	Fredy	LW / RW	2009	(1990-03-27)27 March 1990 (aged 23)	Youth System	92	12
17	Jordan Botaka	RW	2012	(1993-06-24)24 June 1993 (aged 19)	Club Brugge	0	0
19	Rambé	CF	2012	(1989-10-04)4 October 1989 (aged 23)	Pinhalnovense	15	2
23	Luís Zambujo	LW / RW	2012	(1986-09-29)29 September 1986 (aged 26)	Portimonense	9	0
25	Paulo Roberto	CF	2012	(1985-07-04)4 July 1985 (aged 27)	Mirandela	15	0
39	Mamadou Diawara	CF	2012	(1989-07-26)26 July 1989 (aged 23)	Akritas Chlorakas	31	5
70	Rodrigo Parreira	LW	2012	(1993-03-16)16 March 1993 (aged 20)	Youth System	0	0

Awards

No.	Pos	Name	Award	Month	Ref
1	GK	Matt Jones	LPFP Segunda Liga Goalkeeper of the Year	—	^[3]
		Mitchell van der Gaag	LPFP Segunda Liga Manager of the Year	—	^[3]

Competitions

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Segunda Liga		1st	22 August 2012	18 May 2013
Taça de Portugal	2nd round	Semi-finals	16 September 2012	17 April 2013
Taça da Liga	1st round		29 July 2012	5 August 2012

Competition record

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Segunda Liga	42	29	7	6	75	41	+34	069.05
Taça de Portugal	7	5	0	2	20	6	+14	071.43
Taça da Liga	3	1	1	1	2	2	+0	033.33
Total	52	35	8	9	97	49	+48	067.31

Taça de Portugal

Matches

16 September 2012 2	Belenenses	4 – 0	Vizela	Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon
15:00 WEST	Diawara 5', 65' Meira 13' Fredy 71' (pen.)	(Report)		Referee: Duarte Gomes

21 October 2012 3	Anadia	2 – 5 (a.e.t.)	Belenenses	Estádio Municipal Engenheiro Sílvio Henriques Cerveira, Anadia
15:00 WEST	Moacir 66' Marito 83'	(Report)	Kay 9' T. Silva 33' R. Alves 105' (pen.) Caeiro 112' Fredy 118'	Referee: Luís Ferreira

18 November 2012 4	Belenenses	3 – 0	Pedras Rubras	Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon
15:00 WET	Rambé 70', 72' Zambujo 90'	(Report)		Referee: Carlos Xistra

2 December 2012 5	Belenenses	4 – 0	Fabril Barreiro	Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon
15:00 WET	Rambé 50', 73' Arsénio 77' Roberto 83'	(Report)		Attendance: 800 Referee: Hugo Miguel

17 January 2013 QF	Arouca	1 – 4	Belenenses	Estádio Municipal de Arouca, Arouca
18:45 WET	Claro 7'	(Report)	T. Silva 56' Diakité 65' Kay 77' F. Ferreira 90'	Attendance: 550 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

27 March 2013 SF (1st leg)	Belenenses	0 – 2	Vitória de Guimarães	Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon
20:00 WEST		(Report)	Ricardo 29', 76'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Hugo Pacheco

17 April 2013 SF (2nd leg)	Vitória de Guimarães	1 – 0	Belenenses	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães
20:00 WEST	Matias 13'	(Report)		Referee: Carlos Xistra

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos.	Name	League		Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Matt Jones	41	0	1	0	3	0	45	0	0	0
2	DF	André Teixeira	4	0	0	0	3	0	7	0	1	0
3	DF	Kay	35	5	5	2	2	0	42	7	14	0
4	DF	Duarte Machado	38(1)	1	4	0	3	0	45(1)	1	10	0
5	MF	Ricardo Alves	9(4)	1	2(2)	1	0(1)	0	11(7)	2	3	0
6	DF	João Meira	33(1)	2	4	1	0	0	37(1)	3	13	2
7	FW	Arsénio Nunes	27(15)	5	4(3)	1	3	0	34(18)	6	5	0
8	MF	Ruizinho	2(5)	0	0(2)	0	0(3)	0	2(10)	0	2	0
9	FW	Tiago Caeiro	23(7)	13	1(2)	1	0(2)	0	24(11)	14	4	0
10	MF	Yves Desmarets	17(11)	8	4	0	0	0	21(11)	8	3	0

References

^ "Belenenses derrotado mas promovido à I Liga" [Belenenses loses but is promoted to the I League]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 31 March 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
^ "Segunda Liga 2012/2013" [Second League 2012/2013]. ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Matic foi o melhor jogador da época 2012/13" [Matic was the best player of the 2012/13 season] (in Portuguese). Record. 4 July 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-07-06. Retrieved 5 July 2012.