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)

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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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

Arouca v Braga

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

Boavista v Arouca

16 July 2022 Friendly	Boavista	0–2	Arouca	Porto
10:00 WEST (UTC+1)		Report	Antony 45' Bruno Marques 54'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa

Arouca v Chaves

23 July 2022 Friendly	Arouca	0–0	Chaves	Vila Meã
10:30 WEST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Vila Meã

Arouca v Paris 13 Atletico

27 July 2022 Friendly	Arouca	2–1	Paris 13 Atletico	TBD
17:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Antony 57' Arsénio 67'	Report	Etonde 23'

Sanjoanense v Arouca

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
					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

Main article: 2022–23 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]

Benfica v Arouca

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

Arouca v Gil Vicente

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

Santa Clara v Arouca

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

Arouca v Braga

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

Casa Pia v Arouca

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

Arouca v Boavista

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

Arouca v Vitória de Guimarães

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

Paços de Ferreira v Arouca

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

Arouca v Famalicão

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

Marítimo v Arouca

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

Arouca v Sporting CP

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

Vizela v Arouca

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

Arouca v Rio Ave

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

Porto v Arouca

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

Arouca v Estoril

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

Chaves v Arouca

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

Arouca v Portimonense

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

Arouca v Benfica

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

Gil Vicente v Arouca

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

Arouca v Santa Clara

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

Braga v Arouca

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

Arouca v Casa Pia

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

Boavista v Arouca

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

Vitória de Guimarães v Arouca

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

Arouca v Paços de Ferreira

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

Famalicão v Arouca

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

Arouca v Marítimo

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

Sporting CP v Arouca

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

Arouca v Vizela

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

Rio Ave v Arouca

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

Arouca v Porto

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

Estoril v Arouca

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

Arouca v Chaves

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

Portimonense v Arouca

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

Main article: 2022–23 Taça de Portugal

Fontinhas v Arouca

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

Gil Vicente v Arouca

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

Porto v Arouca

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

Main article: 2022–23 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

Moreirense v Arouca

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

Arouca v Sporting CP

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.	Nat	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
	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

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