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: ; Rafa Mújica (8); All: ; Rafa Mújica (14)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 71st in the history of F.C. Arouca and their second consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated 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)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

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	27 May 2023	Matchday 1	5th	34	15	9	10	36	37	−1	044.12
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					43	20	11	12	52	48	+4	046.51

Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Braga	34	25	3	6	75	30	+45	78	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Sporting CP	34	23	5	6	71	32	+39	74	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
5	Arouca	34	15	9	10	36	37	−1	54	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round
6	Vitória de Guimarães	34	16	5	13	34	39	−5	53	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
7	Chaves	34	12	10	12	35	40	−5	46

Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Matches won; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.

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	15	9	10	36	37	−1	54	10	2	5	22	17	+5	5	7	5	14	20	−6

Last updated: 27 May 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	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	W
Position	18	7	7	10	10	12	11	12	10	11	9	8	8	9	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	6	7	6	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 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

5 February 2023 19	Gil Vicente	1–1	Arouca	Barcelos
20:30 WET (UTC±0)	Vitor Carvalho 37' 77' Ali Alipour 57'	Report	Milovanov 27' Oday Dabbagh 30' João Basso 90+2' Arsénio 90+6'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 2,725 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

11 February 2023 20	Arouca	1–0	Santa Clara	Arouca
18:00 WET (UTC±0)	Soro 40' Ruiz 49' de Arruabarrena 86'	Report	Victor Bobsin 9' Costinha 30' Misao 87' Xavi Quintillà 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 857 Referee: Hélder Carvalho

19 February 2023 21	Braga	2–0	Arouca	Braga
18:00 WET (UTC±0)	Abel Ruiz 1' Račić 37' Banza 81'	Report	João Basso 45' Pedro Moreira 66' Galović 74' David Simão 74'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 13,407 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

25 February 2023 22	Arouca	2–0	Casa Pia	Arouca
15:30 WET (UTC±0)	Quaresma 76' Rafa Mújica 81' 90+3' 90+4'	Report	Neto 36' Beni Mukendi 71' 75' Leonardo Lelo 90'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 1,071 Referee: Gustavo Correia

3 March 2023 23	Boavista	0–0	Arouca	Porto
19:00 WET (UTC±0)	Makouta 41' Salvador Agra 63'	Report	Weverson 40' Tiago Esgaio 56' Ruiz 58' Milovanov 67' Galović 89'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 4,689 Referee: Luís Godinho

11 March 2023 24	Vitória de Guimarães	0–2	Arouca	Guimarães
18:00 WET (UTC±0)	André Silva 27' Bamba 80' André Amaro 90+7'	Report	Arsénio 36' Galović 45' Rafa Mújica 50' Antony 77' de Arruabarrena 90+7'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 21,717 Referee: Hélder Malheiro

18 March 2023 25	Arouca	1–1	Paços de Ferreira	Arouca
18:00 WET (UTC±0)	Antony 43' Rafa Mújica 55' Soro 74' Tiago Esgaio 90+3'	Report	Maracás 38' Gaitán 75' Antunes 82' Matchoi Djaló 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 1,048 Referee: Vitor Ferreira

3 April 2023 26	Famalicão	0–1	Arouca	Vila Nova de Famalicão
20:15 WET (UTC±0)	Gustavo Assunção 90+4'	Report	Sylla 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Attendance: 4,030 Referee: Carlos Macedo

8 April 2023 27	Arouca	1–0	Marítimo	Arouca
15:30 WET (UTC±0)	Rafa Mújica 34' João Basso 65' Tiago Esgaio 90+1'	Report	Val 42' Xadas 82'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 1,719 Referee: Nuno Almeida

16 April 2023 28	Sporting CP	1–1	Arouca	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±0)	Pote 87' (pen.)	Report	Antony 38'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 25,584 Referee: Vitor Ferreira

23 April 2023 29	Arouca	1–0	Vizela	Arouca
20:30 WET (UTC±0)	Sylla 12' (pen.)	Report	Anderson (footballer, born 1995)Anderson 9'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 1,742 Referee: Bruno Costa

28 April 2023 30	Rio Ave	1–0	Arouca	Vila do Conde
20:15 WET (UTC±0)	Patrick William 13' João Graça 28' Paulo Vitor 69' Boateng 72' Pantalon 90+6' Jhonatan 90+9'	Report	Sylla 45+1' Tiago Esgaio 45+4' Opoku 90+6'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 2,298 Referee: Ricardo Baixinho

8 May 2023 31	Arouca	0–1	Porto	Arouca
21:15 WET (UTC±0)	Sylla 85'	Report	Otávio 31' Iván Marcano 31' 44'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 4,092 Referee: João Pinheiro

15 May 2023 32	Estoril	2–0	Arouca	Estoril
20:15 WET (UTC±0)	João Carvalho 68' João Gamboa 74' Cassiano 90+4'	Report	David Simão 90+8' Arsénio 90+8'	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Attendance: 2,826 Referee: Hélder Malheiro

20 May 2023 33	Arouca	1–0	Chaves	Arouca
15:30 WET (UTC±0)	Ruiz 43' Antony 45+3' Sylla 63' (pen.)	Report	Guima 13' Obiora 72' Sandro Cruz 78'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 1,993 Referee: Gustavo Correia

27 May 2023 34	Portimonense	0–2	Arouca	Portimão
18:00 WET (UTC±0)	González 67'	Report	Antony 49' Ruiz 51'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 867 Referee: Vitor Ferreira

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	19	Rafa Mújica	8	3	3	14
2	FW	15	Oday Dabbagh	7	1	3	11
3	MF	11	Antony	6	0	0	6
	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	3	0	1	4
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	4	0	0	4
	DF	4	José Manuel Velázquez	0	1	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0	0
Totals				36	6	10	52

Last updated: 5 February 2023

References

^ "O calendário completo da Liga 2022/23".

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

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