2017–18 Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. season

Académica

2017–18 season
President	Pedro Dias Roxo
Coach	Ivo Vieira (until 13 November 2017) Ricardo Soares (from 14 November 2017 until 31 March 2018) Quim Machado (from 1 April 2018)
Stadium	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
LigaPro	4th
Taça de Portugal	Fifth Round
Taça da Liga	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Djoussé (11) All: Djoussé (12)
Highest home attendance	20,446 [1] Académica 1–2 Cova da Piedade (5 May 2018)
Lowest home attendance	1,171 [2] Académica 0–0 Arouca (23 July 2017)
Average home league attendance	3,934[3]

The 2017–18 season is Académica's second season in the LigaPro. This season they will also take part in the Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga.

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Académica v Académico de Viseu

6 July 2017 Friendly	Académica	1–1	Académico de Viseu	Coimbra
10:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Marinho 55'	Report	Bruno Loureiro 29'	Stadium: Academia Dolce Vita

Porto v Académica

8 July 2017 Friendly	Porto	2–2	Académica	Vila Nova de Gaia
10:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Soares Galeno	Report	Traquina Ki	Stadium: CTFD PortoGaia

Académica v Oliveirense

11 July 2017 Friendly	Académica	0–1	Oliveirense	Coimbra
10:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Jardiel 39'	Stadium: Academia Dolce Vita

Paços de Ferreira v Académica

15 July 2017 Torneio Capital do Móvel	Paços de Ferreira	0–0	Académica	Paços de Ferreira
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real

Académica v Porto B

15 July 2017 Torneio Capital do Móvel	Académica	0–1	Porto B	Paços de Ferreira
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)			Fede Varela (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real

Académica v Tondela

18 July 2017 Troféu Crédito Agrícola	Académica	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Tondela	Coimbra
21:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Ki 31'	Report	Murilo 85'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
	Penalties
	D. Ribeiro Pedroso Brendon Djoussé R. Ribeiro Luisinho		R. Costa D. Bruno Murilo Pité J. Vasco Boyd

Académica v Oleiros

29 July 2017 Torneio Triangular "Vila da Sertã"	Académica	0–0	Oleiros	Sertã
16:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Dr. Marques dos Santos

Sertanense v Académica

29 July 2017 Torneio Triangular "Vila da Sertã"	Sertanense	1–0	Académica	Sertã
17:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Dr. Marques dos Santos

Competitions

Overall record

As of match played on 12 May 2018

Performance by competition

Competition	Starting round	Current position/round	Final position/round	First match	Last match
LigaPro	—	—	4th	6 August 2017	12 May 2018
Taça de Portugal	Second round	Fifth round	Fifth round	23 September 2017	30 December 2017
Taça da Liga	First round	—	First round	23 July 2017

Statistics by competition

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
LigaPro	38	19	6	13	59	40	+19	050.00
Taça de Portugal	4	3	1	0	6	3	+3	075.00
Taça da Liga	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Total	43	22	8	13	65	43	+22	051.16

LigaPro

Main article: 2017–18 LigaPro

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
2	Santa Clara (P)	38	19	9	10	55	40	+15	66	Promotion to the Primeira Liga
3	Académico de Viseu	38	17	13	8	50	40	+10	64
4	Académica	38	19	6	13	59	40	+19	63
5	Penafiel	38	17	11	10	55	43	+12	62
6	Arouca	38	16	11	11	42	37	+5	59

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.
(Note: The LPFP decided that only criteria 1, 5, 6 and 7 would be applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[4]
(P) Promoted

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	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	L
Position	16	9	14	18	18	12	8	9	13	16	12	8	6	6	6	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	5	5	7	6	4	3	3	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2018. Source: Thefinalball.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Ac. Viseu v Académica

6 August 2017 1	Ac. Viseu	2–1	Académica	Viseu
16:00 WET (UTC+01:00)	Rui Miguel 51' Sandro 88' (pen.)	Report	Marreco 7'	Stadium: Estádio do Fontelo Attendance: 1,505 Referee: Daniel Cardoso

Académica v Braga B

12 August 2017 2	Académica	2–0	Braga B	Coimbra
11:15 WET (UTC+01:00)	Marreco 10' Zé Tiago 19'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 1,540 Referee: Sérgio Piscarreta

União da Madeira v Académica

19 August 2017 3	União da Madeira	3–0	Académica	Ribeira Brava
16:00 WET (UTC+01:00)	Luan 12', 65' Júnior 50'	Report		Stadium: Centro Desportivo da Madeira Attendance: 1,058 Referee: Gonçalo Martins

Santa Clara v Académica

23 August 2017 4	Santa Clara	3–1	Académica	Ponta Delgada
16:00 WET (UTC+01:00)	Rashid 6' (pen.) Thiago 44' Mike 45+3' (o.g.)	Report	Chiquinho 30' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 1,490 Referee: João Capela

Académica v Gil Vicente

28 August 2017 5	Académica	1–1	Gil Vicente	Coimbra
19:30 WET (UTC+01:00)	D. Ribeiro 90+4'	Report	Rui Miguel 68'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 2,012 Referee: Rui Oliveira

Vitória de Guimarães B v Académica

9 September 2017 6	Vitória de Guimarães B	0–3	Académica	Guimarães
16:00 WET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Balogun 45+1' Marreco 47', 50'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 2,757 Referee: Claúdio Pereira

Académica v Sporting B

16 September 2017 7	Académica	4–2	Sporting B	Coimbra
11:15 WET (UTC+01:00)	Real 3' Dias 45+2', 53' Pedroso 55'	Report	Ponde 7' (pen.), 49'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 2,365 Referee: Luís Godinho

Académica v Benfica B

30 September 2017 9	Académica	1–2	Benfica B	Coimbra
17:00 WET (UTC+01:00)	Pedroso 87' (pen.)	Report	Zé Gomes 57' Heri 81'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 2,744 Referee: Bruno Rebocho

Penafiel v Académica

7 October 2017 8	Penafiel	0–0	Académica	Penafiel
16:00 WET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril Attendance: 608 Referee: João Pinto

Leixões v Académica

21 October 2017 10	Leixões	1–0	Académica	Matosinhos
16:00 WET (UTC+01:00)	Breitner 20' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Mar Attendance: 1,110 Referee: Luís Ferreira

Académica v Arouca

28 October 2017 11	Académica	4–1	Arouca	Coimbra
17:00 WET (UTC+01:00)	Deyvison 2' (o.g.) Chiquinho 27' Djoussé 77', 90+3'	Report	N. Valente 46'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 2,323 Referee: Vítor Ferreira

Oliveirense v Académica

1 November 2017 12	Oliveirense	0–2	Académica	Aveiro
15:00 WET (UTC+00:00)		Report	Chiquinho 49' Djoussé 72'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Aveiro Attendance: 483 Referee: Carlos Xistra

Académica v Nacional

5 November 2017 13	Académica	1–0	Nacional	Coimbra
15:00 WET (UTC+00:00)	Djoussé 1'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 2,627 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

Porto B v Académica

26 November 2017 14	Porto B	1–2	Académica	Vila Nova de Gaia
15:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Madi 82'	Report	Real 18' Dias 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio Attendance: 568 Referee: Bruno Paixão

Académica v Famalicão

3 December 2017 15	Académica	1–1	Famalicão	Coimbra
15:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Balogun 31'	Report	Willian 56' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 4,402 Referee: André Narciso

Real v Académica

9 December 2017 16	Real	3–4	Académica	Queluz
15:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Abdoulaye 46' Vinícius 56' Touré 74'	Report	Djoussé 14', 90+3' D. Ribeiro 63' Real 71'	Stadium: Complexo Desportivo do Real SC Attendance: 847 Referee: Nuno Almeida

Académica v Sporting da Covilhã

17 December 2017 17	Académica	2–0	Sporting da Covilhã	Coimbra
15:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Joel 16' (o.g.) Chiquinho 69' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 4,006 Referee: Bruno Esteves

Cova da Piedade v Académica

22 December 2017 18	Cova da Piedade	2–1	Académica	Cova da Piedade
15:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Cléo 34' (pen.) Ballack 87'	Report	Djoussé 28'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal José Martins Vieira Attendance: 1,050 Referee: João Capela

Académica v Varzim

6 January 2018 19	Académica	1–0	Varzim	Coimbra
17:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Harramiz 12'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 3,012 Referee: Jorge Sousa

Académica v Académico de Viseu

13 January 2018 20	Académica	1–1	Académico de Viseu	Coimbra
11:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Marinho 90'	Report	Avto 13'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 6,009 Referee: Nuno Almeida

Braga B v Académica

21 January 2018 21	Braga B	0-3	Académica	Braga
15:00 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report	Luisinho 22' Chiquinho 43' Djoussé 56'	Stadium: Estádio 1º de Maio Attendance: 500 Referee: António Nobre

Académica v União da Madeira

29 January 2018 22	Académica	4-2	União da Madeira	Coimbra
16:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Djoussé 15', 45+3' João Real 18' Ricardo Dias 88'	Report	Tiago Almeida 14' Sylla 34'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 4,332 Referee: Carlos Espadinha

Académica v Santa Clara

4 February 2018 23	Académica	0-1	Santa Clara	Coimbra
11:15 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report	Pacheco 24'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 4,236 Referee: Bruno Paixão

Gil Vicente v Académica

11 February 2018 24	Gil Vicente	0-4	Académica	Barcelos
11:15 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report	Guima 23' Luisinho 40' Djoussé 55' (pen.) Ricardo Dias 85'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 752 Referee: Hélder Malheiro

Académica v Vitória de Guimarães B

17 February 2018 25	Académica	1-2	Vitória de Guimarães B	Coimbra
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Luisinho 10'	Report	Bence Bíró 47' Yuri 50' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 4,842 Referee: Rui Oliveira

Sporting B v Académica

24 February 2018 26	Sporting B	2-2	Académica	Alcochete
15:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Barbosa 10' Delgado 59'	Report	Chiquinho 38' Pedroso 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: CGD Stadium Aurélio Pereira Attendance: 476 Referee: Gonçalo Martins

Académica v Penafiel

4 March 2018 27	Académica	1-1	Penafiel	Coimbra
15:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Chiquinho 24' (pen.)	Report	Fortes 15'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 4,136 Referee: Nuno Almeida

Benfica B v Académica

9 March 2018 28	Benfica B	0-4	Académica	Seixal
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report	F. Alexandre 5' Chiquinho 35', 66' (pen.) Marinho 81'	Stadium: Caixa Futebol Campus Attendance: 397 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Académica v Leixões

14 March 2018 29	Académica	2-1	Leixões	Coimbra
15:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Balogun 2' R. Alves 37' (o.g.)	Report	E. Brandão 35'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 3,842 Referee: Jorge Sousa

Arouca v Académica

18 March 2018 30	Arouca	1-0	Académica	Arouca
15:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Paločević 85' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 1,575 Referee: Luís Godinho

Académica v Oliveirense

31 March 2018 31	Académica	0-2	Oliveirense	Coimbra
16:00 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report	Valente 18' Fati 90+7'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 3,222 Referee: João Malheiro Pinto

Nacional v Académica

7 April 2018 32	Nacional	1-0	Académica	Funchal
11:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Ricardo 55'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Attendance: 3,871 Referee: Tiago Martins

Famalicão v Académica

15 April 2018 34	Famalicão	1-2	Académica	Vila Nova de Famalicão
16:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Lima 24'	Report	Marinho 72' Traquina 87'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Attendance: 1,506 Referee: Rui Oliveira

Académica v Real

22 April 2018 35	Académica	1-0	Real	Coimbra
16:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	João Real 69'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 4,116 Referee: Humberto Teixeira

Académica v Porto B

25 April 2018 33	Académica	1-0	Porto B	Coimbra
16:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Djoussé 90+8'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 11,043 Referee: Carlos Espadinha

Sporting da Covilhã v Académica

29 April 2018 36	Sporting da Covilhã	0-1	Académica	Covilhã
16:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Alan Júnior 8'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal José dos Santos Pinto Attendance: 1,238 Referee: Bruno Paixão

Académica v Cova da Piedade

5 May 2018 37	Académica	1-2	Cova da Piedade	Coimbra
16:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Marinho 55'	Report	Dieguinho 19', 22'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 20,446 Referee: Manuel Mota

Varzim v Académica

13 May 2018 38	Varzim	1-0	Académica	Póvoa de Varzim
16:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Macedo 18'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Varzim SC Attendance: 1,047 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

Taça de Portugal

Main article: 2017–18 Taça de Portugal

Second round

Mirandela v Académica

23 September 2017	Mirandela	1–2	Académica	Mirandela
15:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Yerson 51'	Report	Djoussé 85' Pedroso 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio São Sebastião Referee: Jorge Sousa

Third round

Académica v Paços de Ferreira

15 October 2017	Académica	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Paços de Ferreira	Coimbra
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Pedroso 90+12' Marinho 108'	Report	Phellype 45+7'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Referee: João Pinheiro

Fourth round

Académica v Nacional

19 November 2017	Académica	1–0	Nacional	Coimbra
15:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Marinho 62'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Referee: Luís Godinho

Fifth round

Caldas v Académica

30 December 2017	Caldas	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Académica	Caldas da Rainha
15:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Rodrigues 18'	Report	Mike 68'	Stadium: Campo da Mata Referee: Vítor Ferreira
	Penalties
	Rodrigues Clemente Cruz Januário Simões		Pedroso Chiquinho Hwang Mun-ki Harramiz

Taça da Liga

Main article: 2017–18 Taça da Liga

First round

Académica v Arouca

23 July 2017	Académica	0–0 (2–4 p)	Arouca	Coimbra
19:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 1,244 Referee: Jorge Costa
	Penalties
	Djoussé Mike Empis Lagoa		Paločević Jubal N. Coelho N. Valente Kuca

Players

Appearances and goals

As of match played on 12 May 2018

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Primeira Liga			Taça de Portugal			Taça da Liga			Total
5	DF		Pedro Empis	6	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	5	0
6	MF		Ricardo Dias	25	1	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	29	1	5
7	FW		Marinho	18	7	4	2	1	2	1	0	0	21	8	6
8	MF		Hwang Mun-ki	9	8	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	10	9	0
9	FW		Leandro Cardoso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Zé Tiago	12	10	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	14	10	1
11	FW		Femi Balogun	20	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	23	2	3
13	DF		João Real	34	0	5	3	0	0	1	0	0	38	0	5
14	DF		João Simões	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
18	DF		Nuno Esgueirão	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Nélson Pedroso	30	0	3	4	0	2	0	0	0	34	0	5
20	FW		João Traquina	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
21	MF		Guima	22	6	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	27	6	1
22	MF		Chiquinho	34	0	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	37	1	9
23	DF		Mike Moura	27	1	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	32	1	1
30	MF		David Teles	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0
31	DF		Pedro Coronas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW		Donald Djoussé	20	12	10	2	2	1	0	1	0	22	15	11
43	DF		Brendon	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0
44	DF		Yuri Matias	11	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	14	3	0
59	GK		Guilherme Oliveira	1	0	-1	2	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0	-2
65	MF		Fernando Alexandre	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	1
66	FW		Diogo Ribeiro	2	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	11	2
70	FW		Piqueti	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
77	FW		Luisinho	18	7	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	19	9	3
83	DF		Zé Castro	16	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0
87	GK		Ricardo Ribeiro	34	0	-33	2	0	-1	1	0	0	37	0	-34
90	FW		Tozé Marreco	10	3	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	11	5	4
99	FW		Alan Júnior	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	0
Players transferred out during the season
1	GK		João Gomes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Hugo Ribeiro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW		Harramiz	8	8	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	10	10	1
25	DF		Tiago Duque	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
27	MF		Pedro Lagoa	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0

Source: Equipa

Transfers

Summer

Main article: List of Portuguese football transfers summer 2017

In:[a]

Date	Position	Player	From	Fee	Ref
27 June 2017	MF	Zé Tiago	Aves	Free	[5]
27 June 2017	DF	Nélson Pedroso	Aves	Free	[5]
27 June 2017	DF	Mike	Covilhã	Free	[5]
28 June 2017	DF	Brendon	Portimonense	Undisclosed	[6]
29 June 2017	DF	Pedro Empis	Sporting CP	1-year loan	[7]
29 June 2017	MF	Guima	Sporting CP	1-year loan	[7]
29 June 2017	GK	Guilherme Oliveira	Sporting CP	Undisclosed	[7]
13 July 2017	MF	Rui Sampaio	Freamunde	Free	[8]
18 July 2017	FW	Donald Djoussé	Marítimo	1-year loan	[9]
18 July 2017	FW	Luisinho	Boavista	Undisclosed	[9]
21 July 2017	MF	Chiquinho	Lokomotiva Zagreb	1-year loan	[10]
2 August 2017	DF	Tiago Duque	Belenenses	1-year loan	[11]
7 August 2017	FW	Harramiz	Covilhã	Free	[12]
24 August 2017	MF	Ricardo Dias	Belenenses	1-year loan	[13]
31 August 2017	FW	Femi Balogun	Belenenses	1-year loan	[14]
25 September 2017	DF	Zé Castro	Rayo Vallecano	Free	[15]

Out:[b]

Date	Position	Player	To	Fee	Ref
1 June 2017	DF	Alexandre Alfaiate	Benfica	Loan ended
1 June 2017	DF	Diogo Coelho	Nacional	Loan ended
1 June 2017	FW	Ernest Ohemeng	Moreirense	Loan ended
1 June 2017	MF	Kaká	Mafra	Loan ended
1 June 2017	MF	Leandro Silva	Porto	Loan ended
1 June 2017	MF	Artur Taborda	Mortágua	Released	[c]
1 June 2017	GK	José Costa	Penafiel	Released	[d]
1 June 2017	MF	Jimmy	Marinhense	Released	[e]
1 June 2017	FW	Nii Plange	Nacional	Released	[f]
1 June 2017	MF	Nuno Piloto		Released
1 June 2017	DF	Nuno Santos		Released
1 June 2017	DF	Pedro Correia	Vilafranquense	Released	[g]
1 June 2017	FW	Rui Miguel	Gil Vicente	Released	[h]
1 June 2017	MF	Tom Tavares	Casa Pia	Released	[i]
1 June 2017	DF	Tripy Makonda		Released
7 July 2017	FW	André Vidigal	Fortuna Sittard	1-year loan	[16]
8 August 2017	FW	Dany Marques	Fátima	Undisclosed	[17]
9 August 2017	MF	Rui Sampaio	Cova da Piedade	Released	[18] [j]
15 August 2017	MF	Vasco Ferreira	Oleiros	1-year loan

1. Please note that this table only shows those players released or sold who were part of the first team.
2. Please note that this table only shows those players released or sold who were part of the first team.
3. Taborda joined Mortágua following his release.
4. José Costa joined Penafiel following his release.
5. Jimmy joined Marinhense following his release.
6. Nii Plange joined Nacional following his release.
7. Pedro Correia joined Vilafranquense following his release.
8. Rui Miguel joined Gil Vicente following his release.
9. Tom Tavares joined Casa Pia following his release.
10. Rui Sampaio joined Cova da Piedade following his release.

Winter

Main article: List of Portuguese football transfers winter 2017–18

In:

Date	Position	Player	From	Fee	Ref
25 January 2018	FW	Alan Júnior	Benfica	6-month loan	[19]
26 January 2018	FW	Piqueti	Marítimo	6-month loan	[20]
30 January 2018	DF	Pedro Coronas	Marítimo	6-month loan	[21]

Out:

Date	Position	Player	To	Fee	Ref
1 January 2018	DF	Tiago Duque	Belenenses	Loan ended
31 January 2018	FW	Harramiz	Tondela	Undisclosed	[22]

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Coach	Quim Machado
Assistant Coach	Hélder Moreira
Fitness Coach	Vítor Vinha
Goalkeeping Coach	Vítor Alves

Last updated: 1 April 2018
Source: Equipa Técnica

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17. "CD Fátima apresenta-se com novidades" (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
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