2018–19 Rio Ave F.C. season

Rio Ave

2018-19 season
Manager	Miguel Cardoso (until 13 June) José Gomes (13 June - 22 December) Daniel Ramos (from 1 January)
Stadium	Estádio dos Arcos
Primeira Liga	7th
Taça de Portugal	Fifth round (vs Sporting CP)
Taça da Liga	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Carlos Vinícius (8) All: Carlos Vinícius (14)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2018–19 season is Rio Ave's eleventh season back in the Primeira Liga.

Season events

During the pre-season, manager Miguel Cardoso resigned on 13 June 2018,^[1] with José Gomes being appointed as his replacement the same day.^[2] Six months later, 22 December 2018, Gomes resigned to take the vacant manager's position at English Championship club Reading,^[3] with Daniel Ramos being appointed as his replacement on 1 January 2019.^[4]

Squad

As of 31 January 2019

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  BRA Matheus Reis 3 DF  POR Rúben Semedo (on loan from Villarreal) 4 DF  POR Nélson Monte 5 DF  ANG Jonathan Buatu 6 DF  CRO Toni Borevković 7 FW  BRA Murilo 8 MF  POR Tarantini (captain) 9 FW  POR Bruno Moreira 10 MF  BRA Diego Lopes 11 FW  POR Nuno Santos 12 DF  BRA Junio (on loan from Internacional) 13 FW  BRA Carlos 14 FW  GHA Ahmed Said 17 MF  POR Fábio Coentrão 18 MF  BRA Filipe Augusto 19 FW  BRA Ronan

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 GK  BRA Léo (on loan from Grêmio) 21 MF  BRA Leandrinho 22 DF  GNB Eliseu Cassamá 23 MF  CRO Nikola Jambor 25 DF  POR Afonso Figueiredo 26 FW  BRA Gabrielzinho 29 GK  BRA Paulo Vítor 30 MF  POR Joca 33 DF  BRA Messias (on loan from América) 55 DF  POR Tiago André 57 FW  ANG Gelson (on loan from Sporting CP) 81 MF  POR Víto Ferreira 88 MF  POR Diogo Teixeira 90 FW  BRA Galeno (on loan from Porto) 99 MF  BRA André Silva

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  POR Miguel Rodrigues (at Estoril until 30 June 2019) 91 FW  FRA Damien Furtado (at Famalicão until 30 June 2019)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  POR Silvério (at Varzim until 30 June 2019) — FW  CRO Tomislav Štrkalj (at Rudeš until 30 June 2019)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
8 June 2018	DF		Toni Borevković	Rudeš	Undisclosed	[5]
14 June 2018	MF		Murilo	Mirassol	Undisclosed	[6]
15 June 2018	DF		Afonso Figueiredo	Rennes	Undisclosed	[7]
19 June 2018	DF		Jonathan Buatu	Waasland-Beveren	Undisclosed	[8]
25 June 2018	DF		Matheus Reis	São Paulo	Undisclosed	[9]
7 July 2018	MF		Nikola Jambor	Slaven Belupo	Undisclosed	[10]
27 July 2018	MF		Joca	Braga B	Undisclosed	[11]
29 August 2018	GK		Paulo Vítor	Varzim	Undisclosed	[12]
31 August 2018	DF		Fábio Coentrão	Real Madrid	Free	[13]
16 January 2019	FW		Tomislav Štrkalj	NK Osijek	Undisclosed	[14]
30 January 2019	MF		Filipe Augusto	Benfica	Free	[15]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
26 June 2018	GK		Léo	Grêmio		[16]
27 June 2018	DF		Junio	Internacional	End of Season	[17]
6 July 2018	MF		João Schmidt	Atalanta	2 February 2019	[18][19]
11 July 2018	FW		Galeno	Porto	End of season	[20]
17 July 2018	FW		Gelson	Sporting CP	End of season	[21]
24 August 2018	FW		Carlos Vinícius	Napoli	30 January 2019	[22][23]
29 January 2019	DF		Rúben Semedo	Villarreal	End of season	[24]
30 January 2019	DF		Messias	América Mineiro	June 2020	[25]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
6 July 2018	MF		Pelé	Monaco	Undisclosed	[26]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
30 August 2018	DF		Silvério	Varzim	End of season	[27]
16 January 2019	FW		Tomislav Štrkalj	Rudeš		[14]
23 January 2019	MF		Damien Furtado	Famalicão	End of season	[28]
29 January 2019	DF		Miguel Rodrigues	Estoril	End of season	[29]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
15 January 2019[30]	GK		Giorgi Makaridze	Vitória de Setúbal

Competitions

Primeira Liga

Main article: 2018–19 Primeira Liga

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Vitória de Guimarães	34	15	7	12	46	34	+12	52[a]	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[b]
6	Moreirense	34	16	4	14	39	44	−5	52[a]
7	Rio Ave	34	12	9	13	50	52	−2	45
8	Boavista	34	13	5	16	34	40	−6	44
9	Belenenses SAD	34	10	13	11	42	51	−9	43

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.
Notes:

1. Vitória de Guimarães finished ahead of Moreirense on head-to-head points: Vitória de Guimarães 1–0 Moreirense, Moreirense 1–3 Vitória de Guimarães.
2. Since the winners of the 2018–19 Taça de Portugal, Sporting CP, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.

Result summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	12	9	13	50	52	−2	45	5	6	6	26	28	−2	7	3	7	24	24	0

Last updated: 18 May 2019.
Source: Results

Results

Feirense v Rio Ave

12 August 2018 1	Feirense	2–0	Rio Ave	Santa Maria da Feira
16:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Edson Paraíba  12' T. Silva 20' Edinho 33'	Report	Cassamá  32' Gelson  65'	Stadium: Estádio Marcolino de Castro Referee: António Nobre

Rio Ave v Marítimo

19 August 2018 2	Rio Ave	3–1	Marítimo	Vila do Conde
16:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Moreira 12' Gelson 40' Buatu  72' Furtado 87'	Report	Bebeto  17' Baiano  42' Joel 73' (pen.),  88'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Vitor Ferreira

Tondela v Rio Ave

26 August 2018 3	Tondela	1–1	Rio Ave	Tondela
18:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Peña 58' Fernandes  62' Monteiro  75' Tomané  90+1'	Report	Junio  12' Galeno 17' Gelson  30'	Stadium: Estádio João Cardoso Referee: Manuel Mota

Rio Ave v Portimonense

2 September 2018 4	Rio Ave	2–1	Portimonense	Vila do Conde
16:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Borevković  4' Gabrielzinho 48' Buatu  52' Gelson 90+6',  90+7'	Report	Dener  12', 24' Manafá  55'  86' Lucas  59'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Santa Clara v Rio Ave

22 September 2019 5	Santa Clara	1–3	Rio Ave	Ponta Delgada
16:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Fernando  24' Vinícius 78' (o.g.) Lucas  90+1' César  90+5'	Report	Jambor  19' Schmidt  31', 90+5' (pen.) Junio  58'  77' Carlos Vinícius 70' Galeno 74'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Referee: João Capela

Rio Ave v Boavista

29 September 2018 6	Rio Ave	2–1	Boavista	Vila do Conde
19:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Carlos Vinícius 14', 40' Cassamá  42' Schmidt  86'	Report	Sparagna  30' Obiora  60' Lopes 75' Simão  90' Carraça  90'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Hugo Miguel

Braga v Rio Ave

6 October 2018 7	Braga	1–1	Rio Ave	Braga
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Horta 27' Marcelo Goiano  45+2' Esgaio  62'  90+2' Paulinho  86' Eduardo  90+7'	Report	Lopes  6' Gelson 34' Galeno  53' Tarantini  69' Léo  89'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Referee: Tiago Martins

Rio Ave v Chaves

27 October 2018 8	Rio Ave	1–0	Chaves	Vila do Conde
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Galeno 66',  90+3' Lopes  77' Coentrão  90+7'	Report	Eustáquio  49' Paulinho  58' Perdigão  90+4'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Hélder Malheiro

Rio Ave v Nacional

5 November 2018 9	Rio Ave	3–3	Nacional	Vila do Conde
19:00 WET (UTC)	Lopes 7' Carlos Vinícius 45+4' (pen.), 67' Reis  60' Coentrão  90+1'	Report	Gorré 24' Júlio César  35' Lopes  45+3' Camacho  55' Róchez 79' (pen.) Witi 89' Marakis  90+1' Guimarães  90+4'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: João Pinto

Desportivo das Aves v Rio Ave

10 November 2018 10	Desportivo das Aves	2–1	Rio Ave	Aves
15:30 WET (UTC)	Soares 16' (pen.) Galo 45+2' Ferreira  66' Braga  89' Amilton  90+2'	Report	Cassamá  14' Reis  53' Lopes  54' Galeno  62' Moreira 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio do CD Aves Referee: Luís Godinho

Rio Ave v Sporting CP

3 December 2018 11	Rio Ave	1–3	Sporting CP	Vila do Conde
20:15 WET (UTC)	Schmidt 12',  59' Borevković  60' Carlos Vinícius  88'	Report	Fernandes 8' Acuña  15' Dost 23',  56' Gudelj  29' Coates  48' Diaby  64' Cabral 72'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Carlos Xistra

Vitória de Guimarães v Rio Ave

9 December 2018 12	Vitória de Guimarães	3–2	Rio Ave	Guimarães
17:30 WET (UTC)	André 17' (pen.), 43' (pen.),  79' Guedes  20' Pedrão  74', 87' Sacko  83'	Report	Carlos Vinícius 22' (pen.) Gabrielzinho 53' Coentrão  73' Lopes  86'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Referee: Nuno Almeida

Rio Ave v Belenenses

16 December 2018 13	Rio Ave	2–2	Belenenses	Vila do Conde
15:00 WET (UTC)	Silva 28' (pen.) Reis  31' Buatu  45+3' Coentrão  49' Gelson 64'	Report	Viana  31' Licá 58' Fredy 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Manuel Mota

Porto v Rio Ave

23 December 2018 14	Porto	2–1	Rio Ave	Porto
15:00 WET (UTC)	Brahimi 16' Marega 26' M. Pereira  90+3'	Report	Carlos Vinícius 12' Coentrão  55'  90+3' Tarantini  55' Monte  58'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Referee: Tiago Martins

Rio Ave v Moreirense

2 January 2019 15	Rio Ave	1–2	Moreirense	Vila do Conde
20:15 WET (UTC)	Carlos Vinícius 33' Gabrielzinho  36' Galeno  43' Coentrão  90+3'	Report	Loum  43' Tavares 66', 69' Aurélio  76' Arsénio  90+3'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

Benfica v Rio Ave

6 January 2019 16	Benfica	4–2	Rio Ave	Lisbon
17:30 WET (UTC)	Seferovic 27', 70' Félix  30', 31', 64' Almeida  46' Fejsa  88'	Report	Gabrielzinho 17' Moreira 20',  36' Cassamá  30' Reis  58'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Luís Godinho

Rio Ave v Vitória de Setúbal

13 January 2019 17	Rio Ave	1–1	Vitória de Setúbal	Vila do Conde
20:00 WET (UTC)	Galeno 27',  66' Reis  45+1'  63' Carlos Vinícius  52' Schmidt  90+1'	Report	Dankler  25' Artur Jorge  30' Semedo  52' Pereira  72', 84' Cascardo  90+4' Rúben Micael  90+6'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Manuel Mota

Rio Ave v Feirense

20 January 2019 18	Rio Ave	0–0	Feirense	Vila do Conde
20:00 WET (UTC)		Report	Petkov  13' Diga  45+1' Silva  45+2' Alampasu  81'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: João Pinheiro

Marítimo v Rio Ave

28 January 2019 19	Marítimo	0–2	Rio Ave	Funchal
17:00 WET (UTC)	Pinho  33' Bebeto  85' Lucas Áfrico  90'	Report	Lopes  29', 52' Silva  69' Schmidt 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo Referee: Hugo Miguel

Rio Ave v Tondela

1 February 2019 20	Rio Ave	2 – 2	Tondela	Vila do Conde
20:30 WET (UTC)	Galeno 9' Tarantini  16' Monte  49' Moreira 74',  77' Ronan  90+5' Schmidt  90+6'	Report	Delgado 24',  36' Alves  28'  60' Tomané 52' Jaquité  77'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: João Capela

Portimonense v Rio Ave

9 February 2019 21	Portimonense	0–1	Rio Ave	Portimão
18:00 WET (UTC)	Lucas  52' Sá  55' Paulinho  66'  73' Wellington  68'	Report	Moreira 31' Murilo  41'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Referee: Hélder Malheiro

Rio Ave v Santa Clara

15 February 2019 22	Rio Ave	1–2	Santa Clara	Vila do Conde
20:30 WET (UTC)	Monte  26' Filipe Augusto  42' Semedo 45+1'	Report	Ukra  6' Patrick  9' Cardoso 27' Guilherme 64'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Vítor Ferreira

Boavista v Rio Ave

24 February 2019 23	Boavista	1–0	Rio Ave	Porto
17:30 WET (UTC)	Costa 12' (pen.) Carraça  32' Mateus  69' Neris  70' Machado  89'	Report	Tarantini  27' Monte  28' Filipe Augusto  36'  64' Coentrão  65' Lopes  90+6'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

Rio Ave v Braga

3 March 2019 24	Rio Ave	1–2	Braga	Vila do Conde
17:30 WET (UTC)	Jambor  39'  56' Carlos 49' Coentrão  89'	Report	Silva  29' Viana  62' Paulinho 77',  90+3' Marcelo Goiano  79' Eduardo 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Chaves v Rio Ave

8 March 2019 25	Chaves	1–1	Rio Ave	Chaves
20:30 WET (UTC)	William  8' Djavan  17' Costinha  24' Jefferson  35' Niltinho 82'	Report	Filipe Augusto  8'  22' Semedo 27' Galeno  33' Tarantini  36' Coentrão  40' Léo  71' Cassamá  72' Ronan  90'	Stadium: Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira Referee: Rui Costa

Nacional v Rio Ave

17 March 2019 26	Nacional	0–1	Rio Ave	Funchal
15:00 WET (UTC)	Cerqueira  48' Gonçalves  70'	Report	Ronan 36' Carlos  64' Cassamá  90+5'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Referee: António Nobre

Rio Ave v Desportivo das Aves

31 March 2019 27	Rio Ave	0–2	Desportivo das Aves	Vila do Conde
17:30 WET (UTC)	Said  21'	Report	Derley  30' Soares 36' (pen.),  49' Baldé  56', 83' Jorge Fellipe  61'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Vítor Ferreira

Sporting CP v Rio Ave

7 April 2019 28	Sporting CP	3–0	Rio Ave	Lisbon
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Luiz Phellype 12' Fernandes 36' (pen.) Wendel 54'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Luís Godinho

Rio Ave v Vitória de Guimarães

14 April 2019 29	Rio Ave	2–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Vila do Conde
15:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Filipe Augusto 31' (pen.) Tarantini  42' Coentrão  45'  90+6' Santos 48' Gabrielzinho  69'	Report	Tozé  40', 88' (pen.) Amoah  66' Mattheus  77'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Manuel Oliveira

Belenenses v Rio Ave

20 April 2019 30	Belenenses	1–3	Rio Ave	Lisbon
15:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Ljujić  42' Sasso 73' Bergdich  90+4'	Report	Moreira 20', 35' Filipe Augusto  21' Borevković 48'	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Referee: Nuno Almeida

Rio Ave v Porto

26 April 2019 31	Rio Ave	2–2	Porto	Vila do Conde
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Junio  38' Jambor  80'  90+4' Santos 84' Ronan 90+1'	Report	Brahimi 18' Marega  21', 22'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Moreirense v Rio Ave

3 May 2019 32	Moreirense	1–2	Rio Ave	Moreira de Cónegos
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Halliche  28' Pedro Nuno 36' Chiquinho  51'	Report	Santos 19' Junio  57' Tarantini  62' Gelson 66' Semedo  88'	Stadium: Parque Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Referee: João Pinto

Rio Ave v Benfica

12 May 2019 33	Rio Ave	2–3	Benfica	Vila do Conde
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Junio  41' Coentrão  45+3' Tarantini  45+4', 50' Ronan 84'	Report	Silva 3' Dias  45+1' Félix 45+2' Pizzi 56',  79' Grimaldo  86' Vlachodimos  90+1'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Hugo Miguel

Vitória de Setúbal v Rio Ave

18 May 2019 34	Vitória de Setúbal	1–3	Rio Ave	Setúbal
15:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Fernandes 53' Bessa  75'	Report	Moreira 50', 90+1' Filipe Augusto  69' Borevković  77' Said 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Referee: Cláudio Pereira

Taça de Portugal

Main article: 2018–19 Taça de Portugal

Torreense v Rio Ave

21 October 2018 Third Round	Torreense	1–5	Rio Ave	Torres Vedras
15:00 WEST (UTC+1)	P. Moreno  24' Bonifácio 28',  66' T. Silva  43' Vaz  58'	Report	Galeno 4' Lopes 25',  90' Reis  45' Carlos Vinícius 56', 65' Moreira 90'	Stadium: Estádio Manuel Marques

Rio Ave v Silves

25 November 2018 Fourth Round	Rio Ave	7–0	Silves	Vila do Conde
15:00 WET (UTC)	Schmidt 6', 44' Lopes 10' Gelson 26' Junio  64' Buatu  74' Carlos Vinícius 77', 88' L. Oliveira 90+1' (o.g.)	Report	J. Simões  37' G. Semedo  81'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Vítor Ferreira

Sporting CP v Rio Ave

19 December 2018 Fifth Round	Sporting CP	5–2	Rio Ave	Lisbon
19:30 WET (UTC)	Diaby 4', 78' Gaspar  23' Dost 32', 62' Mathieu  35' Fernandes 42' Coates  82' Acuña  85'	Report	Galeno  9' Gaspar 45' (o.g.) Carlos Vinícius 84' (pen.) Murilo  87' Coentrão  90+3'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: João Pinheiro

Taça da Liga

Main article: 2018–19 Taça da Liga

Second round

Portimonense v Rio Ave

5 August 2018	Portimonense	0–2	Rio Ave	Portimão
16:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Wellington  85' Ryuki  90+1'	Report	Gabrielzinho 45+3' Tarantini  90+1' Furtado 90+6'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 1,266 Referee: Cláudio Pereira

Third round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Benfica	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advanced to knockout phase
2	Desportivo das Aves	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5
3	Paços de Ferreira	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2
4	Rio Ave	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Benfica v Rio Ave

15 September 2018 1	Benfica	2–1	Rio Ave	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Semedo  16' Salvio 21' (pen.),  35' Silva 50' Samaris  79'	Report	Galeno  37' Gabrielzinho  51' Carlos Vinícius 60' Buatu  90+3'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 30,132 Referee: Rui Oliveira

Desportivo das Aves v Rio Ave

13 October 2018 2	Desportivo das Aves	3–0	Rio Ave	Vila das Aves
15:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Derley 36' V.Gomes  64' Baldé  76' Braga 78' R.Rodrigues  87', 88'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do CD Aves Attendance: 1,134 Referee: Nuno Almeida

Rio Ave v Paços de Ferreira

28 December 2018 3	Rio Ave	1–1	Paços de Ferreira	Vila do Conde
21:15 WET (UTC)	Galeno 51' Ferreira  72'	Report	Valente  9'  67' M. Rodrigues 30' (o.g.) Pedrinho  63'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 1,078 Referee: Nuno Almeida

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Second qualifying round

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Jagiellonia Białystok v Rio Ave

26 July 2018 First leg	Jagiellonia Białystok	1–0	Rio Ave	Białystok, Poland
18:20 WEST (UTC+1)	Machaj 9' Kwiecień  30' Romanczuk  76'	Report	Gabrielzinho  80'	Stadium: Białystok City Stadium Attendance: 13,725[31] Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Spain)

Rio Ave v Jagiellonia Białystok

2 August 2018 Second leg	Rio Ave	4–4 (4–5 agg.)	Jagiellonia Białystok	Vila do Conde, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Galeno 27', 45+2',  40' Gelson 63' Furtado 84'	Report	Sheridan 6' Machaj  34' Romanczuk 56', 79' Frankowski  62' Pospíšil 72' Burliga  87'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 5,930[31] Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)

Statistics

As of match played 18 May 2019

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		UEFA Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	BRA	Matheus Reis	27	0	18+4	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
3	DF	POR	Rúben Semedo	14	2	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	POR	Nélson Monte	19	0	12+2	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
5	DF	ANG	Jonathan Buatu	28	0	19+2	0	2	0	3	0	2	0
6	DF	CRO	Toni Borevković	24	1	19	1	2	0	2	0	1	0
7	MF	BRA	Murilo	12	0	5+4	0	0+2	0	1	0	0	0
8	MF	POR	Tarantini	30	1	22+2	1	2	0	2	0	2	0
9	FW	POR	Bruno Moreira	37	10	19+11	9	0+1	1	3+1	0	1+1	0
10	MF	BRA	Diego Lopes	25	4	17+2	2	3	2	1+1	0	1	0
11	FW	POR	Nuno Santos	8	3	6+2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	BRA	Junio	14	0	10	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
13	FW	BRA	Carlos	7	1	3+4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	ITA	Ahmed Said	4	1	1+3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	POR	Fábio Coentrão	22	0	19+1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
18	MF	BRA	Filipe Augusto	12	1	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	BRA	Ronan	9	3	3+6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	GK	BRA	Léo	38	0	33	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
21	MF	BRA	Leandrinho	16	0	7+4	0	0	0	3	0	2	0
22	DF	GNB	Eliseu Cassamá	28	0	24	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
23	MF	CRO	Nikola Jambor	30	0	13+11	0	1+1	0	2+1	0	0+1	0
25	DF	POR	Afonso Figueiredo	15	0	8+2	0	0+1	0	4	0	0	0
26	FW	BRA	Gabrielzinho	36	4	17+10	3	2+1	0	4	1	2	0
29	GK	BRA	Paulo Vítor	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
30	MF	POR	Joca	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	BRA	Messias	7	0	5+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
57	FW	ANG	Gelson	26	7	13+6	5	2+1	1	1+1	0	2	1
77	FW	POR	Ricardo Schutte	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
81	MF	POR	Víto Ferreira	4	0	0+3	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
90	FW	BRA	Galeno	36	9	23+4	5	3	1	3+1	1	2	2
99	MF	BRA	André Silva	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players away on loan:
3	DF	POR	Miguel Rodrigues	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
91	MF	FRA	Damien Furtado	11	3	0+5	1	0	0	1+3	1	0+2	1
Players who left Rio Ave during the season:
1	GK	GEO	Giorgi Makaridze	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15	MF	BRA	João Schmidt	25	5	17+2	3	3	2	1+1	0	0+1	0
95	FW	BRA	Carlos Vinícius	20	14	13+1	8	1+2	5	1+2	1	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Primeira Liga	Taça de Portugal	Taça da Liga	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	FW		95	Carlos Vinícius	8	5	1	0	14
2	FW		9	Bruno Moreira	9	1	0	0	10
3	FW		90	Galeno	5	1	1	2	9
4	FW		57	Gelson	5	1	0	1	7
5	MF		15	João Schmidt	3	2	0	0	5
6	FW		26	Gabrielzinho	3	0	1	0	4
	MF		10	Diego Lopes	2	2	0	0	4
8	FW		11	Nuno Santos	3	0	0	0	3
	FW		19	Ronan	3	0	0	0	3
	MF		91	Damien Furtado	1	0	1	1	3
				Own goal	1	2	0	0	3
12	DF		3	Rúben Semedo	2	0	0	0	2
13	FW		13	Carlos	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		18	Filipe Augusto	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		6	Toni Borevković	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		8	Tarantini	1	0	0	0	1
	FW		14	Ahmed Said	1	0	0	0	1
				TOTALS	50	14	4	4	72

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		UEFA Europa League		Total
2		DF	Matheus Reis	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
3		DF	Rúben Semedo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4		DF	Nélson Monte	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
5		DF	Jonathan Buatu	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
6		DF	Toni Borevković	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
7		MF	Murilo	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8		MF	Tarantini	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	0
9		FW	Bruno Moreira	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10		MF	Diego Lopes	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
12		DF	Junio	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
13		FW	Carlos	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		FW	Ahmed Said	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17		DF	Fábio Coentrão	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	2
18		MF	Filipe Augusto	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2
19		FW	Ronan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
20		GK	Léo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22		DF	Eliseu Cassamá	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
23		MF	Nikola Jambor	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
26		FW	Gabrielzinho	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0
57		FW	Gelson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
84		MF	Víto Ferreira	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
90		FW	Galeno	6	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	9	0
99		MF	André Silva	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Rio Ave during the season:
15		MF	João Schmidt	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
95		FW	Carlos Vinícius	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
			TOTALS	93	11	7	0	5	0	2	0	107	11

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