en 2020%E2%80%9321 F.C. Pa%C3%A7os de Ferreira season

Paços de Ferreira
2020–21 season
Chairman	Paulo Meneses
Manager	Pepa
Stadium	Estádio da Mata Real
Primeira Liga	5th
Taça de Portugal	Fifth round
Taça da Liga	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Douglas Tanque (9); All: ; Douglas Tanque (11)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 F.C. Paços de Ferreira season was F.C. Paços de Ferreira's second consecutive season in top-division of the Portuguese football league, the Primeira Liga, and the 70th as a football club.

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 January 2021

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
1	GK	BRA	Jordi
2	DF	POR	Marco Baixinho
6	MF	ESP	Martín Calderón (on loan from Real Madrid)
7	FW	POR	Hélder Ferreira
8	MF	NGA	Abbas Ibrahim
9	FW	BRA	Zé Uilton
10	MF	POR	Bruno Costa (on loan from Portimonense)
11	FW	RSA	Luther Singh (on loan from Braga)
12	GK	POR	José Oliveira
16	MF	POR	Matchoi Djaló
17	FW	POR	Adriano Castanheira
18	FW	ISR	Dor Jan
19	FW	POR	Pedro Martelo
20	DF	POR	David Sualehe


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	POR	Jorge Silva
22	MF	BRA	Luíz Carlos
23	FW	BRA	Lucas Silva
24	MF	FRA	Mohamed Diaby
25	MF	POR	Bernardo Martins
26	DF	BRA	Maracás
29	DF	POR	Fernando Fonseca
31	GK	BRA	Michael Fracaro
34	DF	POR	Pedro Marques
44	DF	BRA	Marcelo
45	FW	POR	João Pedro
46	MF	CAN	Stephen Eustáquio
77	FW	POR	João Amaral
99	FW	BRA	Douglas Tanque
—	DF	POR	Pedro Rebocho

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
—	FW	BRA	Getúlio (at Avaí)
—	MF	BRA	Rafael Gava (at Cuiabá)
—	FW	AUS	Samuel Silvera (at Casa Pia)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

2 September 2020 Friendly	Paços de Ferreira	1–2	Rio Ave	Paços de Ferreira
10:30 WEST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real

5 September 2020 Friendly	Leeds United	3–1	Paços de Ferreira	Thorp Arch
20:15 BST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Thorp Arch Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

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	21 September 2020	18 May 2021	Matchday 1	5th	34	15	8	11	40	41	−1	044.12
Taça de Portugal	22 November 2020	11 December 2020	Third round	Fifth round	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	050.00
Taça da Liga	16 December 2020		Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total					37	16	8	13	45	46	−1	043.24

Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Benfica	34	23	7	4	69	27	+42	76	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Braga	34	19	7	8	53	33	+20	64	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
5	Paços de Ferreira	34	15	8	11	40	41	−1	53	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round^[a]
6	Santa Clara	34	13	7	14	44	36	+8	46	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round^[a]
7	Vitória de Guimarães	34	12	7	15	37	44	−7	43^[b]

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:

^ ^a ^b ^c Braga qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2020–21 Taça de Portugal. Since they would have qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round by finishing fourth, the berth was awarded to the fifth-placed team (Paços de Ferreira), and the Europa Conference League second qualifying round berth reserved to the fifth-placed team was awarded to the sixth-placed team (Santa Clara).
^ Vitória de Guimarães are ranked ahead of Moreirense on head-to-head points: Vitória de Guimarães 4, Moreirense 1.

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	8	11	40	41	−1	53	10	3	4	23	19	+4	5	5	7	17	22	−5

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	D	L	W
Position	7	15	15	13	13	8	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 28 August 2020.^[1]

21 September 2020 1	Portimonense	1–1	Paços de Ferreira	Portimão
19:45 WEST (UTC+1)	Fabrício 52' Maurício 90+8'	Report	Lucas 45+1' (o.g.) Singh 52'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Iancu Vasilica

27 September 2020 2	Paços de Ferreira	0–2	Sporting CP	Paços de Ferreira
18:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Douglas 21' Eustáquio 74'	Report	Neto 10' Cabral 23' (pen.), 25' Wendel 36' Adán 45+3' Coates 63' Nunes 80' Feddal 84'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

2 October 2020 3	Vitória de Guimarães	1–0	Paços de Ferreira	Guimarães
21:15 WEST (UTC+1)	Suliman 75' Sílvio 79' André André 82' Bruno 87' Varela 90+1'	Report	Marcelo 67' Baixinho 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Helder Malheiro

18 October 2020 4	Paços de Ferreira	2–1	Santa Clara	Paços de Ferreira
15:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Reabciuk 34', 68' Douglas 71' Diaby 83'	Report	F. Cardoso 50' Santana 68', 79'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Vítor Ferreira

24 October 2020 5	Nacional	1–1	Paços de Ferreira	Madeira
15:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Pedrão 7' Gorré 21' Riascos 57' Witi 90+8', 90+8'	Report	Amaral 26' Eustáquio 76'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Hugo Silva

30 October 2020 6	Paços de Ferreira	3–2	Porto	Paços de Ferreira
20:30 WET (UTC±0)	Jan 11' Eustáquio 43' Costa 59' (pen.) Pedro 83'	Report	Oliveira 45+7' (pen.), 84' Otávio 78'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Nuno Almeida

1 December 2020 7	Moreirense	0–1	Paços de Ferreira	Braga
21:45 WET (UTC±0)	Franco 51'	Report	Tanque 10'	Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Hélder Malheiro

27 November 2020 8	Paços de Ferreira	2–0	Famalicão	Paços de Ferreira
19:00 WET (UTC±0)	Singh 20' Costa 22' Douglas 33' Ferreira 70' Reabciuk 80' Uilton 89'	Report	Babić 17' Verdonk 70' Jordão 83' Gustavo Assunção 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: João Bento

6 December 2020 9	Benfica	2–1	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
20:00 WET (UTC±0)	Silva 58' Otamendi 74' Waldschmidt 90+4'	Report	Reabciuk 23' Eustáquio 66' Jordi 72' Zé Uilton 78'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Rui Costa

20 December 2020 10	Paços de Ferreira	1–1	Boavista	Paços de Ferreira
15:00 WET (UTC±0)	Douglas 40' João Pedro 83'	Report	Hamache 38' Elis 45+1' 61' Javi García 52'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Tiago Martins

27 December 2020 11	Farense	1–1	Paços de Ferreira	Faro
17:30 WET (UTC±0)	Falcão 54' Gauld 68', 74' Oudrhiri 87'	Report	Marcelo 45+1' Douglas 59', 90+2' Eustáquio 66' Diaby 81' Maracás 90' Fernando 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio de São Luís Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Luís Godinho

3 January 2021 12	Paços de Ferreira	2–0	Rio Ave	Paços de Ferreira
19:00 WET (UTC±0)	Douglas 24', 56'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Hugo Miguel

10 January 2021 13	Belenenses SAD	0–2	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
20:00 WET (UTC±0)	Ramires 85' Cardoso 88'	Report	Costa 12' Eustáquito 85' Pedro 86' Diaby 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: João Pinheiro

16 January 2021 14	Paços de Ferreira	2–0	Braga	Paços de Ferreira
15:30 WET (UTC±0)	Costa 57' Ferreira 76' Diaby 90'	Report	Galeno 62' Medeiros 85'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Nuno Almeida

24 January 2021 15	Marítimo	0–3	Paços de Ferreira	Funchal
15:00 WET (UTC±0)	Lucas Áfrico 37' Bambock 39'	Report	Costa 28' Fernando 43' Luíz Carlos 48' Ferreira 61' Singh 77', 85'	Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Vítor Ferreira

2 February 2021 16	Gil Vicente	1–2	Paços de Ferreira	Barcelos
20:15 WET (UTC±0)	Baraye 19' Lourency 52' Talocha 79' Abbas 88'	Report	Amaral 15' Singh 30' Luíz Carlos 35' Fernando 64' Rebocho 75' Eustáquio 90+3' Ferreira 90+6'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Fábio Melo

5 February 2021 17	Paços de Ferreira	2–1	Tondela	Paços de Ferreira
21:00 WET (UTC±0)	Douglas 2' Uilton 59' Rebocho 64' Pedro 85'	Report	Jaume 48' Pedro 65'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: João Pinheiro

9 February 2021 18	Paços de Ferreira	0–0	Portimonense	Paços de Ferreira
15:00 WET (UTC±0)	Diaby 13' Singh 31'	Report	Ewerton 22'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Manuel Mota

15 February 2021 19	Sporting CP	2–0	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±0)	Mendes 8' Feddal 14' João Mário 20' (pen.) Palhinha 48' Porro 54' Adán 75' Cabral 88'	Report	Baixinho 13' Rebocho 19' Douglas 22'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: André Narciso

21 February 2021 20	Paços de Ferreira	2–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Paços de Ferreira
15:00 WET (UTC±0)	Pedro 32' Ferreira 62'	Report	Estupiñán 23' Sacko 70' Pepelu 82'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Nuno Almeida

27 February 2021 21	Santa Clara	3–0	Paços de Ferreira	Ponta Delgada
17:00 WET (UTC±0)	Allano 10', 49' Crysan 45' Carlos 56'	Report		Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Manuel Mota

5 March 2021 22	Paços de Ferreira	2–1	Nacional	Paços de Ferreira
18:30 WET (UTC±0)				Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 0^[a]

14 March 2021 23	Porto	2–0	Paços de Ferreira	Porto
20:00 WET (UTC±0)	Pepe 77' Oliveira 78' Conceição 90'	Report	Maracás 62' Costa 70'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Tiago Martins

20 March 2021 24	Paços de Ferreira	3–0	Moreirense	Paços de Ferreira
15:30 WET (UTC±0)	Douglas Tanque 12' (pen.) 18' Singh 20' 76' Hélder Ferreira 44' Luíz Carlos 48' Fernando Fonseca 73'	Report	Ferraresi 11'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: João Carlos Antunes Pereira Bento

4 April 2021 25	Famalicão	2–0	Paços de Ferreira	Vila Nova de Famalicão
20:00 WET (UTC±0)	Anderson Silva 41' Iván Jaime 64' Valenzuela 77' Riccieli 90+5'	Report	Maracás 50' Hélder Ferreira 79' Bruno Costa 84' Eustáquio 90+3' Douglas Tanque 90+8' 90+8'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Nuno Miguel Serrano Almeida

10 April 2021 26	Paços de Ferreira	0–5	Benfica	Paços de Ferreira
20:30 WET (UTC±0)	Eustáquio 22' Bruno Costa 57'	Report	Diogo Gonçalves 28' 38' Lucas Veríssimo 33' Álex Grimaldo 44' Rafa Silva 45' Seferovic 45+8' 61' 78' Waldschmidt 57' Núñez 89'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Hugo Filipe Ferreira de Campos Moreira Miguel

16 April 2021 27	Boavista	2–0	Paços de Ferreira	Porto
18:45 WET (UTC±0)	Njie 13' Awaziem 29' Gomes 42' (pen.) 81' Porozo 90+8'	Report	Marcelo 62'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Tiago Martins (referee)

20 April 2021 28	Paços de Ferreira	0–2	Farense	Paços de Ferreira
20:00 WET (UTC±0)	Bruno Costa 61'	Report	César Martins 29' Gauld 77' (pen.) Fabrício Isidoro 84'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Manuel Mota

25 April 2021 29	Rio Ave	1–1	Paços de Ferreira	Vila do Conde
17:30 WET (UTC±0)	Borevković 34' Pedro Amaral 36' Fábio Coentrão 49' Ivo Pinto 81'	Report	Zé Uilton 31' Pedro Rebocho 70'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Manuel António Rodrigues Oliveira

30 April 2021 30	Paços de Ferreira	1–0	Belenenses	Paços de Ferreira
15:00 WET (UTC±0)	Bruno Costa 11' Luíz Carlos 76' João Pedro 85' (pen.) Fernando Fonseca 90+2' Hélder Ferreira 90+3'	Report	Henrique 86' Sithole 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Gustavo Fernandes Correira

5 May 2021 31	Sporting Braga	1–1	Paços de Ferreira	Braga
19:00 WET (UTC±0)	Galeno 78' (pen.) Abel Ruiz 90+2'	Report	João Pedro 26' 39' João Amaral 33' Jorge Silva 74'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Hélder Miguel Azevedo Malheiro

9 May 2021 32	Paços de Ferreira	1–1	Marítimo	Paços de Ferreira
19:00 WET (UTC±0)	Luíz Carlos 12' Douglas Tanque 83' Fernando Fonseca 88' Bruno Costa 90+1'	Report	Tagueu 40' Bambock 84'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: João Pinheiro (referee)

14 May 2021 33	Paços de Ferreira	0–2	Gil Vicente	Paços de Ferreira
19:00 WET (UTC±0)	Douglas Tanque 76' Marcelo 86'	Report	Lourency 11' Pedro Marques 52'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Hugo Silva

18 May 2021 34	Tondela	2–3	Paços de Ferreira	Tondela
20:15 WET (UTC±0)	João Pedro 2' 34' Martínez 17' Telmo Arcanjo 62' Anne 90'	Report	Douglas Tanque 5' 36' Bruno Costa 33' Hélder Ferreira 58'	Stadium: Estádio João Cardoso Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Fábio Oliveira Melo

Taça de Portugal

22 November 2020 Third round	Oliveirense	0–4	Paços de Ferreira	Oliveira de Azeméis
17:15 WET (UTC±0)				Stadium: Estádio Carlos Osório

11 December 2020 Fourth round	Sporting CP	3–0	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
21:15 WET (UTC±0)	Porro 22' Tomás 26' Tabata 44' Palhinha 61', 64' Santos 71'	Report	Castanheira 82'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: João Pinheiro

Taça da Liga

16 December 2020 Quarter-finals	Porto	2–1	Paços de Ferreira	Porto
18:45 WET (UTC±0)	Sarr 73' Díaz 80'	Report	Castanheira 82'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: António Nobre

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal.^[2]

References

^ "Eis o calendário das 34 jornadas da I Liga 2020/21". Notícias ao Minuto (in Portuguese). 28 August 2020.
^ "Costa anuncia que jogos de futebol continuam sem público". www.jornaldenegocios.pt (in Portuguese). 10 September 2020.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.68338198898518-1] Braga qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2020–21 Taça de Portugal. Since they would have qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round by finishing fourth, the berth was awarded to the fifth-placed team (Paços de Ferreira), and the Europa Conference League second qualifying round berth reserved to the fifth-placed team was awarded to the sixth-placed team (Santa Clara).

[table_hth_VSC0.68338198898518-2] Vitória de Guimarães are ranked ahead of Moreirense on head-to-head points: Vitória de Guimarães 4, Moreirense 1.

[Covid-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal.^[2]

[3] "Eis o calendário das 34 jornadas da I Liga 2020/21". Notícias ao Minuto (in Portuguese). 28 August 2020.

[4] "Costa anuncia que jogos de futebol continuam sem público". www.jornaldenegocios.pt (in Portuguese). 10 September 2020.

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