2022–23 S.C. Braga season

The 2022-23 season was the 102nd season in the history of S.C. Braga and their 27th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal, Taça da Liga, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League.

S.C. Braga
2022–23 season
PresidentAntónio Salvador
Head coachArtur Jorge
StadiumEstádio Municipal de Braga
Primeira Liga3rd
Taça de PortugalRunners-up
Taça da LigaQuarter-finals
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
UEFA Europa Conference LeagueKnockout round play-offs
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ricardo Horta (14)

All:
Ricardo Horta (17)

Players

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As of 2 February 2023[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   BRA Matheus (vice-captain)
2 DF   ESP Víctor Gómez (on loan from Espanyol)
3 DF   BRA Vítor Tormena
4 DF   FRA Sikou Niakaté (on loan from Guingamp)
5 DF   TUR Serdar Saatçı
6 DF   POR Nuno Sequeira
7 FW   POR Rodrigo Gomes
8 MF   LBY Al-Musrati
9 FW   ESP Abel Ruiz
10 MF   POR André Horta
11 FW   POR Roger Fernandes
12 GK   POR Tiago Sá
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW   ESP Álvaro Djaló
15 DF   POR Paulo Oliveira
17 DF   SWE Joe Mendes
19 MF   SRB Uroš Račić (on loan from Valencia)
21 FW   POR Ricardo Horta (captain)
22 MF   POR Pizzi
23 FW   FRA Simon Banza
26 DF   COL Cristian Borja
27 FW   POR Bruma (on loan from Fenerbahçe)
29 MF   FRA Jean-Baptiste Gorby
45 MF   POR Iuri Medeiros
88 MF   POR André Castro

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF   POR Tiago Esgaio (at Arouca until 30 June 2023)
16 MF   POR Eduardo Schürrle (at Trofense until 30 June 2023)
24 DF   POR Bruno Rodrigues (at Fatih Karagümrük until 30 June 2023)
25 MF   BRA Lucas Mineiro (at Westerlo until 30 June 2023)
74 DF   POR Francisco Moura (at Famalicão until 30 June 2023)
95 FW   BRA Guilherme Schettine (at Grasshoppers until 30 June 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   BRA Fabiano (at Kasımpaşa until 30 June 2023)
DF   POR Zé Carlos (at Gil Vicente until 30 June 2023)
MF   BRA Lucas Piazon (at Botafogo until 30 June 2023)
FW   ESP Mario González (at OH Leuven until 30 June 2023)
FW   GNB Hernâni Infande (at Paços de Ferreira until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

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Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

6 July 2022 Friendly Oliveirense   2–6   Braga Oliveira de Azeméis
11:00 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Carlos Osório
9 July 2022 Friendly Vizela   2–3   Braga Apúlia e Fão
10:00 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Centro Desportivo de Fão
12 July 2022 Friendly Arouca   2–3   Braga Apúlia e Fão
18:00 WEST (UTC+1) Stadium: Centro Desportivo de Fão
15 July 2022 Friendly Braga   3–0   Middlesbrough Lagos
19:00 WEST (UTC+1)
Stadium: Estádio Municipal Fernando Cabrita
23 July 2022 Friendly Portimonense   2–0   Braga Portimão
09:30 WEST (UTC+1)
Stadium: Estádio Dois Irmãos
Referee: André Filipe
29 July 2022 Friendly Braga   2–1   Celta Vigo Braga, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Referee: Carlos Macedo

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Primeira Liga 7 August 2022 27 May 2023 Matchday 1 3rd 34 25 3 6 75 30 +45 073.53
Taça de Portugal 16 October 2022 4 June 2023 Third round Runners-up 7 4 2 1 15 9 +6 057.14
Taça da Liga 26 November 2022 19 December 2022 Group stage Quarter-finals 4 3 0 1 6 5 +1 075.00
UEFA Europa League 8 September 2022 3 November 2022 Group stage Group stage 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 050.00
UEFA Europa Conference League 16 February 2023 23 February 2023 Knockout round play-offs Knockout round play-offs 2 0 0 2 2 7 −5 000.00
Total 53 35 6 12 107 58 +49 066.04

Source: Liga Portugal

Primeira Liga

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Benfica (C) 34 28 3 3 82 20 +62 87 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Porto 34 27 4 3 73 22 +51 85
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
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.
(C) Champions

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 25 3 6 75 30  +45 78 13 2 2 40 11  +29 12 1 4 35 19  +16

Source: Liga Portugal

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH
ResultDWWWWWWLLWWLWWWWWLWWWLWWDWWWWWLWDW
Position8532222333233322233333333333333333
Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The league fixtures were announced on 5 July 2022.[2]

7 August 2022 1 Braga 3–3 Sporting CP Braga
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 17,714
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo
12 August 2022 2 Famalicão 0–3 Braga Vila Nova de Famalicão
20:15 WEST (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota
Attendance: 4,637
Referee: Luís Godinho
21 August 2022 3 Braga 5–0 Marítimo Braga
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 12,358
Referee: António Nobre
28 August 2022 4 Arouca 0–6 Braga Arouca
18:00 WEST (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca
Attendance: 2,348
Referee: Gustavo Correia
3 September 2022 5 Braga 1–0 Vitória de Guimarães Braga
15:30 WEST (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 21,736
Referee: Nuno Almeida
11 September 2022 6 Rio Ave 2–3 Braga Vila do Conde
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos
Attendance: 3,071
Referee: Luís Godinho
18 September 2022 7 Braga 2–0 Vizela Braga
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 14,181
Referee: André Narciso
30 September 2022 8 Porto 4–1 Braga Porto
21:15 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 44,830
Referee: Artur Soares Dias
9 October 2022 9 Braga 0–1 Chaves Braga
20:30 WEST (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 12,494
Referee: Claúdio Pereira
22 October 2022 10 Estoril 0–2 Braga Estoril
18:00 WEST (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota
Attendance: 2,674
Referee: André Narciso
30 October 2022 11 Gil Vicente 0–1 Braga Barcelos
20:30 WEST (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos
Attendance: 5,627
Referee: João Pinheiro
6 November 2022 12 Braga 0–1 Casa Pia Braga
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 13,004
Referee: Luis Godinho
13 November 2022 13 Portimonense 1–2 Braga Portimão
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão
Attendance: 1,290
Referee: Tiago Martins
30 December 2022 14 Braga 3–0 Benfica Braga
21:15 WEST (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 19,398
Referee: João Pinheiro
8 January 2022 15 Santa Clara 0–4 Braga Ponta Delgada
19:15 WEST (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel
Attendance: 1,591
Referee: Miguel Nogueira
14 January 2022 16 Braga 1–0 Boavista Braga
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 12,357
Referee: André Narciso
21 January 2023 17 Paços de Ferreira v Braga Paços de Ferreira
15:30 WEST (UTC+1) Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real

Taça de Portugal

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16 October 2022 Third round Felgueiras 1932 1–2 Braga Felgueiras
17:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Dr. Machado de Matos
Referee: João Gonçalves
10 November 2022 Fourth round Braga 2–1 Moreirense Braga
19:45 WET (UTC±00:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Referee: Artur Soares Dias
11 January 2023 Fifth round Braga 3–2 Vitória de Guimarães Braga
18:45 WET (UTC±00:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Referee: Artur Soares Dias
9 February 2023 Quarter-finals Braga 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
Benfica Braga
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Referee: Tiago Martins
Penalties

Taça da Liga

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Third round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Braga 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9 Advance to knockout phase
2 Casa Pia 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
3 Paços de Ferreira 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
4 Trofense 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
26 November 2022 1 Braga 3–0 Trofense Braga
18:45 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Referee: Ricardo Baixinho
3 December 2022 2 Casa Pia 0–1 Braga Lisbon
17:00 WEST (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Estádio Pina Manique
Attendance: 763
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo
11 December 2022 3 Braga 2–0 Paços de Ferreira Braga
19:00 WEST (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 4,998
Referee: Rui Costa (referee)

Quarter-finals

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19 December 2022 Sporting CP 5–0 Braga Lisbon
20:15 WEST (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 20,396
Referee: Luís Godinho

UEFA Europa League

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Group stage

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The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification USG UBE BRA MAL
1   Union Saint-Gilloise 6 4 1 1 11 7 +4 13 Advance to round of 16 0–1 3–3 3–2
2   Union Berlin 6 4 0 2 4 2 +2 12 Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–1 1–0 1–0
3   Braga 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10 Transfer to Europa Conference League 1–2 1–0 2–1
4   Malmö FF 6 0 0 6 3 11 −8 0 0–2 0–1 0–2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
8 September 2022 1 Malmö FF   0–2   Braga Malmö, Sweden
12:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Attendance: 13,721
Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)
18 September 2022 2 Braga   1–0   Union Berlin Braga, Portugal
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 17,782
Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)
6 October 2022 3 Braga   1–2   Union Saint-Gilloise Braga, Portugal
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 14,044
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
13 October 2022 4 Union Saint-Gilloise   3–3   Braga Leuven, Belgium
12:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Den Dreef
Attendance: 7,851
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
Note: Union Saint-Gilloise played their home match at Den Dreef in Leuven, instead of their regular stadium, the Joseph Marien Stadium, in Brussels, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
27 October 2022 5 Union Berlin   1–0   Braga Berlin, Germany
12:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
Attendance: 21,082
Referee: Craig Pawson (England)
3 November 2022 6 Braga   2–1   Malmö FF Braga, Portugal
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 11,805
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Knockout phase

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Knockout round play-offs
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The knockout round play-offs draw was held on 7 November 2022.

16 February 2023 First leg Braga   0–4   Fiorentina Braga, Portugal
17:45 WET (UTC±0)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal
Attendance: 13,041
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
23 February 2023 Second leg Fiorentina   3–2
(7–2 agg.)
  Braga Florence, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 13,603
Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Statistics

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Squad appearances and goals

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As of 27 May 2023
No. Pos Nat Player Total Primeira Liga Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga UEFA Europa League UEFA Conference League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   BRA Matheus 45 0 32 0 4 0 2 0 6 0 1 0
12 GK   POR Tiago Sá 8 0 2+1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
91 GK   CZE Lukáš Horníček 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF   ESP Víctor Gómez 39 0 23+3 0 5+1 0 2+2 0 1+1 0 1 0
3 DF   BRA Vítor Tormena 40 1 26+1 1 3+2 0 2 0 5 0 1 0
4 DF   FRA Sikou Niakaté 34 3 25+1 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 2 0
5 DF   TUR Serdar Saatçı 6 0 2+1 0 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
6 DF   POR Nuno Sequeira 39 1 24+3 1 3 0 2 0 6 0 1 0
15 DF   POR Paulo Oliveira 35 1 15+5 0 5+1 1 2 0 5+1 0 1 0
17 DF   SWE Joe Mendes 10 1 4+2 1 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
26 DF   COL Cristian Borja 23 0 8+6 0 3+1 0 2 0 0+2 0 1 0
42 DF   POR Guilherme Soares 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
76 DF   POR Dinis Pinto 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
8 MF   LBY Al-Musrati 41 5 28 3 4 1 3 1 5 0 1 0
10 MF   POR André Horta 50 1 27+5 1 5+2 0 2+2 0 2+3 0 2 0
19 MF   SRB Uroš Račić 35 4 12+13 1 4+2 3 0 0 1+1 0 1+1 0
22 MF   POR Pizzi 26 3 3+13 2 3+1 1 0 0 2+3 0 1 0
29 MF   FRA Jean-Baptiste Gorby 13 0 0+7 0 1+2 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
41 MF   MEX Eugenio Pizzuto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 MF   POR Iuri Medeiros 43 10 29+1 10 6+1 0 2 0 1+2 0 1 0
88 MF   POR André Castro 39 2 3+21 1 2+3 0 2+1 0 3+2 0 1+1 1
89 MF   POR Pedro Santos 4 0 0+3 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
7 FW   POR Rodrigo Gomes 27 2 1+14 1 1+2 1 0+3 0 2+3 0 1 0
9 FW   ESP Abel Ruiz 51 12 26+8 8 3+2 2 2+2 1 5+1 1 1+1 0
11 FW   POR Roger Fernandes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW   ESP Álvaro Djaló 40 5 1+22 2 2+5 0 1+2 1 1+4 1 1+1 1
21 FW   POR Ricardo Horta 45 17 30 14 5+1 1 1 0 6 2 1+1 0
23 FW   FRA Simon Banza 47 14 15+15 11 3+4 2 3 1 2+3 0 1+1 0
27 FW   POR Bruma 21 4 13+3 4 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0
92 FW   POR Rodrigo Macedo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
96 FW   POR Miguel Falé 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
24 DF   POR Bruno Rodrigues 7 1 1 0 2 0 2+1 0 1 1 0 0
70 DF   BRA Fabiano 21 5 11+1 0 2 0 2 5 5 0 0 0
18 MF   MEX Diego Lainez 13 2 1+5 1 0+1 1 3 0 1+2 0 0 0
71 FW   GNB Hernâni Infande 8 1 1+2 0 0 0 2+2 1 0+1 0 0 0
99 FW   POR Vitinha 27 13 12+5 7 2+1 1 2 1 5 4 0 0

References

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  1. ^ "Futebol - Equipa Principal" (in Portuguese). S.C. Braga.
  2. ^ "O calendário completo da Liga 2022/23".