2024–25 AVS Futebol SAD season

AVS Futebol SAD

2024–25 season
Head coach	Vítor Campelos
Primeira Liga	11th
Taça de Portugal	Pre-season
Top goalscorer	John Mercado Kiki Afonso Nenê (1 each)
Biggest win	AVS 1–0 Vitória de Guimarães
Biggest defeat	Gil Vicente 4–2 AVS

The 2024–25 season is the second season in the history of the AVS Futebol SAD, and their debut season in Primeira Liga. In addition to the domestic league, the team will participate in the Taça de Portugal.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Rafael Rodrigues	Benfica B	Loan	9 July 2024	[1]
DF	Kiki Afonso	FC Ural	Free	13 July 2024	[2]
DF	Baptiste Roux	Guingamp	Free	18 July 2024	[3]
DF	Cristian Devenish	Atlético Nacional	Free	19 July 2024	[4]
MF	Giorgi Aburjania	Hatayspor	Undisclosed	23 July 2024	[5]
MF	Lucas Piazon	Braga	Free	25 July 2024	[6]
DF	Ignacio Rodríguez	Liverpool FC	Loan	26 July 2024	[7]
GK	Guillermo Ochoa	Unattached	Free	2 September 2024	[8]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	João Amorim	Fafe		1 July 2024
FW	Balla Sangaré	Lusail SC	Loan	3 July 2024	[9]
DF	Anthony Correia	Vizela		17 July 2024
FW	Talles Wander	Torreense	Loan	27 July 2024	[10]

Friendlies

Pre-season

AVS v AMCH Ringe

6 July 2024 Friendly	AVS	13–1	AMCH Ringe	Vila das Aves
10:00 UTC+1	Samuel Granada Nenê Mena Luís Silva Talles Wander Carlos Daniel	Report		Stadium: Estádio do CD Aves
Note: Behind closed doors

AVS v Os Sandinenses

10 July 2024 Friendly	AVS	4–1	Os Sandinenses
19:00 UTC+1	Clayton Sampaio Carlos Daniel		David Castro 50'
Note: Two periods of 40 minutes

AVS v Varzim SC

13 July 2024 Friendly	AVS	2–1	Varzim SC	Vila das Aves
13:00 UTC+1	Léo Alaba Mena		Rodrigo Freitas	Stadium: Estádio do CD Aves
Note: Two periods of 40 minutes

AVS v Oliveirense

17 July 2024 Friendly	AVS	3–0	Oliveirense	Vila das Aves
10:30 UTC+1	Léo Alaba 7' Mena 14' Nenê 35'	Report
Note: 2 x 35 minutes

Trofense v AVS

20 July 2024 Friendly	Trofense	1–1	AVS
18:30 UTC+1	34'		47'

Porto B v AVS

24 July 2024[11] Friendly	Porto B	2–1	AVS	Centro de Treinos do Olival
12:30	Abraham Marcus Luís Mota	Report	Nenê

AVS v Sporting Gijón

27 July 2024 Friendly	AVS	0–0	Sporting Gijón	Vila das Aves
11:00 UTC+1

AVS v CD Arenteiro

31 July 2024 Friendly	AVS	6–1	CD Arenteiro
11:00 UTC+1

AVS v Racing de Ferrol

3 August 2024 Friendly	AVS	1–0	Racing de Ferrol
19:00 UTC+1

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primeira Liga	10 August 2024	May 2025	Matchday 1	15	2	7	6	11	22	−11	013.33
Taça de Portugal				2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	050.00
Total				17	3	7	7	15	25	−10	017.65

Last updated: 24 December 2024
Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

Main article: 2024–25 Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	Nacional	17	4	4	9	13	23	−10	16
14	Estrela da Amadora	17	4	4	9	16	29	−13	16
15	AVS	17	2	9	6	13	24	−11	15
16	Arouca	17	4	3	10	13	28	−15	15	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
17	Farense	17	3	5	9	11	23	−12	14	Relegation to Liga Portugal 2

Updated to match(es) played on 12 January 2025. 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.

Matches

The match schedule was released on 7 July 2024.[12]

AVS v Nacional

10 August 2024 1	AVS	1–1	Nacional	Aves
15:30	Mercado 56' Nenê  83'	Report	Baeza 35' Ulisses  46'	Stadium: Estádio do CD Aves Attendance: 1.596 Referee: André Narciso

Gil Vicente v AVS

16 August 2024 2	Gil Vicente	4–2	AVS	Barcelos
20:15	Aguirre 37' Zé Carlos  63' Fujimoto 41', 90+4' (pen.), 90+6'	Report	Afonso 32' Granada  34'  61' Nenê 45+3' Clayton  63' Teixeira  90+3' Devenish  90+9'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 3.649 Referee: Bruno José Costa

AVS v Vitória de Guimarães

25 August 2024 3	AVS	1-0	Vitória de Guimarães	Aves
20:30	Lucca  30' Kiki  46' Nenê 74' Simão  90+6' Mena  90+7'	Report	Villanueva  82' Silva  85' Santos  88'	Stadium: Estádio do CD Aves Attendance: 4.485 Referee: João Pinheiro

Santa Clara v AVS

31 August 2024 4	Santa Clara	2-1	AVS	Ponta Delgada
15:30	Silva 24' Vasco Matos  45+4' Safira 57' Soares  72'	Report	Grau 34' Léo Alaba  57' Mena  86'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 1.935 Referee: Miguel Nogueira

AVS v Rio Ave

14 September 2024 5	AVS	1-0	Rio Ave	Aves
18:00	Grau  15' Assunção  47' Lopes 72',  72' Ochoa  85'	Report	Panzo  26' William  90+3'	Stadium: Estádio do Clube Desportivo das Aves Attendance: 2.151 Referee: António Nobre

Sporting CP v AVS

22 September 2024 6	Sporting CP	3-0	AVS	Lisboa
20:30	Harder 15' Gyökeres 45+4', 70'	Report	Roux  39' Devenish  51' Assunção  65'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 43.039 Referee: Ricardo Baixinho

AVS v Farense

30 September 2024 7	AVS	0-0	Farense	Aves
20:15	Grau  21' Assunção  22' Lopes  64' Piazón  71' Correia  90+4'	Report	Áfrico  40' Jorge  45' Barbosa  65'	Stadium: Estádio do Clube Desportivo das Aves Attendance: 1.615 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

Arouca v AVS

5 October 2024 8	Arouca	1-1	AVS	Arouca
18:00	Ivo Rodrigues  7' Jason 30' Simão  59' Fontán  75'	Report	Silva  45+2' Assunção 77' (pen.) Fonseca  87'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 1.113 Referee: David Silva

AVS v Porto

28 October 2024 9	AVS	0-5	Porto	Aves
20:15	Assunção  41' Grau  66'	Report	González 22' Aghehowa 32', 38', 45+1' Vítor Bruno  42' Varela  73' Mora 88'	Stadium: Estádio do Clube Desportivo das Aves Attendance: 4.795 Referee: Miguel Nogueira

AVS v Famalicão

3 November 2024 10	AVS	2-3	Famalicão	Aves
15:30	Lopes 6',  72' Akinsola 30' Grau  39' Roux  50' Fonseca  90+5'	Report	Aranda 14' Gil Dias 17', 77',  45+1'	Stadium: Estádio do Clube Desportivo das Aves Attendance: 2.429 Referee: Luís Godinho

Estoril Praia v AVS

9 November 2024 11	Estoril Praia	0-0	AVS	Estoril
15:30	Holsgrove  83' Zanocelo  87'	Report		Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Attendance: 1.912 Referee: Gonçalo Neves

AVS v Braga

1 December 2024 12	AVS	0-1	Braga	Aves
20:30	Fonseca  25' Teixeira  76' Piazón  85' Grau  86'	Report	Bruma  21' Martínez 69'	Stadium: Estádio do Clube Desportivo das Aves Attendance: 2.579 Referee: António Nobre

Casa Pia v AVS

8 December 2024 13	Casa Pia	1-1	AVS	Rio Maior
18:00	Goulart 12'	Report	Silva  34' Devenish  49' Rodríguez  53' Assunção 72' (pen.),  84'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior Attendance: 1.147 Referee: Bruno José Costa

AVS v Benfica

15 December 2024 14	AVS	1-1	Benfica	Aves
18:00	Devenish  45+1', 90+4' Fonseca  74'	Report	Amdouni 17' Cabral  39' Beste  78'	Stadium: Estádio do Clube Desportivo das Aves Attendance: 5.473 Referee: João Gonçalves

Boavista FC v AVS

21 December 2024 15	Boavista FC	0-0	AVS	Porto
18:00	Vukotić  73'	Report	Mendonça  42' Kiki  55'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Século XXI Attendance: 3.321 Referee: Cláudio Pereira

AVS v Estrela Amadora

28 December 2024 16	AVS	-	Estrela Amadora	Aves
15:30		Report		Stadium: Estádio do Clube Desportivo das Aves Attendance: - Referee: -

Taça de Portugal

Main article: 2024–25 Taça de Portugal

Os Sandinenses v AVS

20 October 2024 Third round	Os Sandinenses	0–2	AVS	Guimarães
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Silva  51' Fonseca  52'		Zé Luís 48' (pen.) Mercado 66'	Stadium: Complexo Desportivo Dona Maria Teresa Attendance: - Referee: Carlos Macedo

Lusitano de Évora v AVS

23 November 2024 Fourth round	Lusitano de Évora	3–2	AVS	Évora
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Dida 19', 64' Lopes 33' (pen.) Palancha  42' Valverde  45+4'		Kiki  18' Grau  23' Simão  31' Nenê 42' Assunção  42'  57' Zé Luís 90+4'	Stadium: Campo da Estrela Attendance: - Referee: Ricardo Baixinho

References

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5. "Aburjania regressa a Portugal e reforça o AVS :: zerozero.pt". www.zerozero.pt.
6. "Lucas Piazon reforça o Aves SAD após rescindir com o Braga". O Jogo.
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