en 2024%E2%80%9325 F.C. Arouca season

F.C. Arouca
2024–25 season
Head coach	Vasco Seabra; (from 29 October)
Stadium	Estádio Municipal de Arouca
Primeira Liga	Pre-season
Taça de Portugal	Pre-season
	← 2023–24

The 2024–25 season is the 73rd season in the history of the F.C. Arouca, and the club's fourth consecutive 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	José Fontán	Celta Vigo		3 July 2024
FW	Henrique Araújo	Benfica	Loan	11 July 2024	^[1]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Rafa Mújica	Al Sadd	€10,000,000	1 July 2024	^[2]
MF	Yanis Hamache	MC Oran	Undisclosed	18 July 2024	^[3]
MF	Ivo Rodrigues		Contract terminated	11 December 2024	^[4]
DF	Mateus Quaresma		Contract terminated	30 December 2024	^[5]
GK	Thiago Rodrigues	Torreense	Contract terminated	30 December 2024	^[6]
FW	Vladislav Morozov	Paços de Ferreira	Loan	7 January 2025	^[7]

Friendlies

Pre-season

The team will camp at the Luso Training Center until July 20.^[8]

7 July 2024 Friendly	Arouca	2–3	São João de Ver
13:00 UTC+1

13 July 2024 Friendly	Arouca	3–1	U.D. Oliveirense
13:00 UTC+1	Jason 9', 14' Weverson 47'		Nagata 49'

20 July 2024 Friendly	Rio Ave	3–2	Arouca
11:00 UTC+1	5' 90' 90'		45' 45'

26 July 2024 Friendly	Arouca	0–0	Tondela
10:30 UTC+1

27 July 2024 Friendly	Boavista	v	Arouca
11:00 UTC+1

3 August 2024 Friendly	Arouca	0–2	Académico de Viseu
11:00 UTC+1

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	12 August 2024	May 2025	Matchday 1		15	3	2	10	9	26	−17	020.00
Taça de Portugal	19 Octobre 2024	22 November 2024	Third Round	Fourth Round	2	1	0	1	6	2	+4	050.00
Total					17	4	2	11	15	28	−13	023.53

Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Rio Ave	21	6	7	8	23	35	−12	25
11	Moreirense	21	6	5	10	25	31	−6	23^[a]
12	Arouca	21	6	5	10	19	32	−13	23^[a]
13	Gil Vicente	21	5	7	9	23	32	−9	22^[b]
14	Nacional	21	6	4	11	19	28	−9	22^[b]

Updated to match(es) played on 10 February 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.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Moreirense (+1); Arouca (-1).
^ ^a ^b Ranked on head-to-head points: Gil Vicente (3); Nacional (0).

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
15	3	2	10	9	26	−17	11	2	1	4	4	9	−5	1	1	6	5	17	−12

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	L
Position	14	16	12	14	16	14	14	13	14	16	17	18	18	17	18

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 7 July 2024.^[9]

12 August 2024 1	Arouca	0–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Arouca
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Weverson 22' Trezza 43' Rocha 47' Simão 62' Joel Pinho 62' Araújo 75' Jason 76'	Report	Oliveira 14' Gaspar 48' Silva 76'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 3,394 Referee: Gustavo Correia

18 August 2024 2	Moreirense	3–1	Arouca	Moreira de Cónegos
15:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Luis Nlavo 9' Alan 45+1' Madson 65'	Report	Simão 3' Quaresma 74' Lamba 83'	Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 1,527 Referee: João Gonçalves

25 August 2024 3	Arouca	1–0	Nacional	Arouca
15:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Araújo 26' Pinho 90+5'	Report	Margarido 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 2,081 Referee: Sérgio Guelho

1 September 2024 4	Rio Ave	1–0	Arouca	Vila do Conde
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Clayton 43' Freire 84' Albergaria 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 2,558 Referee: Bruno Costa

13 September 2024 5	Arouca	0–3	Sporting CP	Arouca
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Sylla 54' Fontán 60' Loum 90+7'	Report	Pedro Gonçalves 24' Gyökeres 73' Trincão 80'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 4,644 Referee: João Pinheiro

23 September 2024 6	Farense	0–1	Arouca	Arouca
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Falcão 44'		Trezza 45+1' Fukui 69' Rodrigues 77' Jason 90+3' Esgaio 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio de São Luís Attendance: 5.057 Referee: Luís Godinho

30 September 2024 7	Porto	4–0	Arouca	Porto
: 00:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Varela 35' Aghehowa 47' González 51' Galeno 57' Deniz Gül 85' Mora 90+1'		Yalçın 32' 43' Sylla 32'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 44.209 Referee: André Narciso

6 October 2024 8	Arouca	1–1	AVS	Arouca
12:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	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

26 October 2024 9	Estoril	4–1	Arouca	Estoril
21:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Garcia 21' Marqués 30' Amaral 40' Pina 42' Álvaro 64' Robles 76' Holsgrove 90' Costa 90+4'	Report	Araújo 24' Esgaio 36' Loum 89'	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Attendance: 1.686 Referee: Carlos Macedo

3 November 2024 10	Arouca	1–2	Braga	Arouca
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Trezza 6' Fontán 9' Simão 24' Sylla 90' Joel Pinho 90+8'	Report	Bruma 16' (pen.) Zalazar 28' El Ouazzani 54' Carvalho 69'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 1.631 Referee: Ricardo Baixinho

9 November 2024 11	FC Famalicão	0–0	Arouca	Famalicão
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Aranda 39' Liimatta 49' Amorim 65' Gil Dias 80' Topić 90'	Report	Simão 40' Santos 56' Jason 80ye'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Famalicão Attendance: 3.551 Referee: Miguel Nogueira

1 December 2024 12	Arouca	0–2	Benfica	Arouca
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Loum 37' Lamba 40'	Report	Fontán 12' (o.g.) Kökçü 31' Beste 69' Di María 71' (pen.) Amdouni 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 4.644 Referee: Luís Godinho

9 December 2024 13	Estrela Amadora	2–1	Arouca	Amadora
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Moreira 37' Veiga 45+4' Esgaio 58' (o.g.) Kikas 65' Pinho 68' Keliano 90+1'	Report	Jason 4', 81' Dante 6'	Stadium: Estádio José Gomes Attendance: 2.083 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

15 December 2024 14	Arouca	1–0	Santa Clara	Arouca
15:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Fontán 63' Jason 65', 67'	Report	Calila 66' Ferreira 77'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Referee: André Narciso

20 December 2024 15	Casa Pia	3–1	Arouca	Rio Maior
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Livolant 19' Lelo 20' Cassiano 61' Obeng 88' Beni 90+1'	Report	Sylla 18' Weverson 58' Trezza 63' Simão 75'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior Attendance: 912 Referee: Anzhony Rodrigues

27 December 2024 16	Arouca	v	Gil Vicente	Arouca
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca

Taça de Portugal

19 October 2024 Third round	Maria de Fonte	0–5	Arouca	Póvoa de Lanhoso
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Macedo 70'		Yalçın 22', 28' Popović 25' Jason 45+1' Araújo 66' Santos 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Dos Moinhos Novos Referee: João Gonçalves

22 November 2024 Fourth round	Arouca	1–2	Farense	Arouca
22:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Trezza 16' Simão 28' Araújo 90+2' Puche 90+6'		Poveda 7' Baldé 32' Victor 55' Áfrico 64' Seruca 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

References

^ "Henrique Araújo emprestado ao Arouca".
^ "Rafa Mujica firma por 4 años con el al Sadd de Catar". 30 May 2024.
^ "Yanis Hamache despede-se do FC Arouca e retorna à Argélia :: zerozero.pt". www.zerozero.pt.
^ "Ivo Rodrigues rescindiu contrato após desentendimento no Arouca". O Jogo.
^ "Oficial: Arouca rescinde contrato com Mateus Quaresma e Thiago Rodrigues". SAPO Desporto.
^ "Thiago Rodrigues (ex-Arouca) vai ser reforço do Torreense | Flashscore.pt". www.flashscore.pt.
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^ "FC Arouca continua a pré-época no Luso - Discurso Directo".
^ "The calendar for the professional competitions has been announced". Liga Portugal.

[table_hth_MOR0.080396142360007-9] Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Moreirense (+1); Arouca (-1).

[table_hth_GIL0.080396142360007-10] Ranked on head-to-head points: Gil Vicente (3); Nacional (0).

[1] "Henrique Araújo emprestado ao Arouca".

[2] "Rafa Mujica firma por 4 años con el al Sadd de Catar". 30 May 2024.

[3] "Yanis Hamache despede-se do FC Arouca e retorna à Argélia :: zerozero.pt". www.zerozero.pt.

[4] "Ivo Rodrigues rescindiu contrato após desentendimento no Arouca". O Jogo.

[5] "Oficial: Arouca rescinde contrato com Mateus Quaresma e Thiago Rodrigues". SAPO Desporto.

[6] "Thiago Rodrigues (ex-Arouca) vai ser reforço do Torreense | Flashscore.pt". www.flashscore.pt.

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[8] "FC Arouca continua a pré-época no Luso - Discurso Directo".

[11] "The calendar for the professional competitions has been announced". Liga Portugal.

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