2022–23 C.F. Estrela da Amadora season

The 2022–23 season is the 12th season in the history of C.F. Estrela da Amadora and their second consecutive season in the second division of Portuguese football. The club are participating in the Liga Portugal 2, the Taça de Portugal, and the Taça da Liga. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

C.F. Estrela da Amadora

2022–23 season
Head coach	Sérgio Vieira
Stadium	Estádio José Gomes
Liga Portugal 2	2nd
Taça de Portugal	Second round
Taça da Liga	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Paulinho (9) All: Paulinho (9)
Highest home attendance	vs Moreirense FC, 6/5/2023 - 5149 fans
Lowest home attendance	vs CD Trofense, 8/1/2023 - 1911 fans
Biggest win	vs CD Feirense 4-1 - 29/1/2023
Biggest defeat	vs Moreirense, 2-4 - 6/5/2023
All statistics correct as of 3 February 2023.

Players

As of 7 August 2022

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	POR	António Filipe
2	DF	KEN	Johnstone Omurwa
4	DF	ANG	Kialonda Gaspar
5	DF	SVN	Amir Feratovič
6	DF	BRA	Aloísio
8	MF	ANG	Mário Balbúrdia
9	FW	POR	João Silva
10	FW	ANG	Capita
11	FW	POR	Diogo Salomão
12	DF	BRA	Jean Felipe
13	DF	POR	Miguel Lopes
17	MF	POR	João Reis
18	MF	POR	Vitó
19	FW	BRA	Luan Capanni (on loan from Milan)
20	FW	POR	Ronaldo Tavares

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	GK	POR	Guilherme Fernandes
24	MF	SEN	Latyr Fall
25	DF	RSA	Nkanyiso Shinga
27	DF	BRA	Hevertton Santos
22	FW	POR	Kikas
30	GK	BRA	Bruno Brigido
32	MF	COL	Sebastián Guzmán
22	DF	POR	Rui Correia
51	DF	ANG	Kénio Cabral
52	MF	POR	Smary Piedade
71	DF	BRA	Lucão
77	FW	MLI	Regis Ndo
80	DF	BRA	Erivaldo Almeida
89	FW	BRA	Ronald
99	FW	BRA	Gustavo Henrique

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
—	MF	GNB	Horácio Jau (at Real)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	POR	João Costa (at Loures)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Estrela da Amadora v Estoril

20 July 2022 Friendly	Estrela da Amadora	1–3	Estoril	Alcabideche
10:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Aloísio Souza		Franco Acevedo Arthur	Stadium: Centro de Excelência do Estoril

Portimonense v Estrela da Amadora

30 July 2022 Friendly	Portimonense	2–1	Estrela da Amadora	Portimão
10:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Yago 3' Welinton Júnior 89'		Papalélé 37'	Stadium: Estádio Dois Irmãos

Estoril v Estrela da Amadora

24 September 2022 Friendly	Estoril	4–2	Estrela da Amadora	Estoril
--:-- WEST (UTC+1)	Marqués Pinto (o.g.) Geraldes (pen.)	Report	Silva	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota

Estrela da Amadora v Niort

7 December 2022 Friendly	Estrela da Amadora	1–2	Niort	Grândola
14:00 WET (UTC±0)				Stadium: José Mourinho Training Center

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Liga Portugal 2	7 August 2022	28 May 2023	Matchday 1		34	16	15	3	55	35	+20	047.06
Taça de Portugal	1 October 2022		Second round	Second round	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Taça da Liga	20 November 2022	17 December 2022	Group stage	Group stage	3	0	1	2	5	8	−3	000.00
Total					38	16	17	5	61	44	+17	042.11

Last updated: 27 November 2022
Source: Soccerway

Liga Portugal 2

Main article: 2022–23 Liga Portugal 2

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Moreirense (C, P)	34	24	7	3	77	38	+39	79	Promotion to Primeira Liga
2	Farense (P)	34	21	6	7	57	34	+23	69
3	Estrela da Amadora (O, P)	34	16	15	3	55	35	+20	63	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
4	Académico de Viseu	34	14	11	9	51	45	+6	53
5	Porto B (I)	34	14	9	11	48	40	+8	51

Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2023. Source: Liga Portugal 2
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.
(C) Champions; (I) Ineligible for promotion; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

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
34	16	15	3	55	35	+20	63	8	7	2	28	18	+10	8	8	1	27	17	+10

Last updated: 11 june 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	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	W
Position	9	13	7	7	7	5	6	8	7	8	9	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 11 june 2023. Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 5 July 2022.

Feirense v Estrela da Amadora

7 August 2022 1	Feirense	1 - 1	Estrela da Amadora	Santa Maria da Feira
11:00	João Paulo  43' Jardel 90+3' Washington  90+5'	Report	Paulinho 62' Aloísio  85'	Stadium: Estádio Marcolino de Castro Attendance: 1,565 Referee: Anzhony Rodrigues

Estrela da Amadora v Farense

13 August 2022 2	Estrela da Amadora	1 - 1	Farense	Seixal
15:30	Paulinho 14' Kialonda Gaspar  43' Mário Balbúrdia  61' Lucão  63'	Report	Róbson  15' Fabrício Isidoro  36' Lucão 62'	Stadium: Benfica Campus Attendance: 821 Referee: Miguel Nogueira

Benfica B v Estrela da Amadora

17 August 2022 3	Benfica B	1 - 2	Estrela da Amadora	Seixal
11:00	Gerson Sousa 51' João Resende  59'	Report	Mário Balbúrdia 10'  78' Gustavo Henrique 29' Bruno Brigido  35' Kialonda Gaspar  84'	Stadium: Benfica Campus Attendance: 662 Referee: João Pinho

Taça de Portugal

Main article: 2022–23 Taça de Portugal

Taça da Liga

Main article: 2022–23 Taça da Liga