2024–25 S.C. Braga season

The 2024–25 season is the 104th season in the history of S.C. Braga, and the club's 32nd consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. In addition to the domestic league, the club are participating in the Taça de Portugal, Taça da Liga and UEFA Europa League.

S.C. Braga
2024–25 season
PresidentAntónio Salvador
Head coachDaniel Sousa
(until 11 August)
Carlos Carvalhal
(from 12 August)
StadiumEstádio Municipal de Braga
Primeira Liga8th
Taça de PortugalThird round
Taça da LigaQuarter-finals
UEFA Europa LeagueLeague phase
2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 1 August 2024.

Squad

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As of 1 August 2024[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
2 DF   ESP Víctor Gómez
3 DF   BRA Robson Bambu
4 DF   MLI Sikou Niakaté
5 DF   TUR Serdar Saatçı
6 MF   BRA Vitor Carvalho
7 FW   POR Bruma
8 MF   POR João Moutinho
9 FW   MAR Amine El Ouazzani
10 MF   POR André Horta
11 FW   GNB Roger Fernandes
12 GK   POR Tiago Sá
15 DF   POR Paulo Oliveira
16 MF   URU Rodrigo Zalazar
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF   SWE Joe Mendes
19 DF   ESP Adrián Marín
20 FW   POR Rony Lopes
21 FW   POR Ricardo Horta (captain)
22 MF   URU Thiago Helguera
23 FW   COD Simon Banza
26 DF   GER Bright Arrey-Mbi
27 DF   POL Bartłomiej Wdowik
29 MF   FRA Jean-Baptiste Gorby
31 GK   BRA Bernardo
33 FW   POR João Marques
77 FW   ESP Gabri Martínez
90 FW   ESP Roberto Fernández
91 GK   CZE Lukáš Horníček

Transfers

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Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
FW   Amine El Ouazzani   Guingamp €3,500,000 1 July 2024
DF   Robson Bambu   OGC Nice €1,200,000 1 July 2024 [2]
MF   João Marques   Estoril €3,500,000 1 July 2024
MF   Thiago Helguera   Nacional €3,800,000 1 July 2024
DF   Bartłomiej Wdowik   Jagiellonia Białystok €1,500,000[3] 1 July 2024 [4]
Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
MF   Álvaro Djaló   Athletic Bilbao €15,000,000[5] 1 July 2024 [6]
DF   Al-Musrati   Beşiktaş €11,000,000 1 July 2024
FW   Abel Ruiz   Girona €8,500,000 1 July 2024 [7]

Friendlies

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Pre-season

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30 June 2024 Friendly Sion   1–3   Braga Thonon-les-Bains, France
17:00
  • Berdayes   26'
Report
Stadium: Stade Joseph-Moynat
Note: 4 x 30 minutes
5 July 2024 Friendly Stade Lausanne Ouchy   0–1   Braga Évian-Les-Bains, France
10:30 Report
Stadium: Stade Camille Fournier
Attendance: 0
5 July 2024 Friendly Lausanne-Sport   1–3   Braga Divonne-Les-Bains, France
17:00
Stadium: Stade Honneur
10 July 2024 Friendly Braga   0–2   Moreirense
10:00 UTC+1
14 July 2024 Friendly Braga   2–1   Anderlecht Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
11:00 UTC+1
Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho
18 July 2024 Friendly Braga   2–2   Rayo Vallecano
20:15 UTC+1

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Primeira Liga 11 August 2024 18 May 2025 Matchday 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 050.00
Taça de Portugal 18–20 October 2024 Third round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Taça da Liga 29–31 October 2024 Quarter-finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
UEFA Europa League 25 July 2024 Second qualifying round 4 3 1 0 9 1 +8 075.00
Total 6 4 2 0 11 2 +9 066.67

Last updated: 11 August 2024
Source: Soccerway

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
4 Santa Clara 4 3 0 1 8 4 +4 9 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5 Vitória de Guimarães 4 3 0 1 4 2 +2 9
6 Braga 4 2 2 0 5 2 +3 8
7 Benfica 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 7
8 Moreirense 4 2 1 1 7 6 +1 7
Updated to match(es) played on 1 September 2024. 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.

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
2 1 1 0 2 1  +1 4 0 1 0 1 1  0 1 0 0 1 0  +1

Source: Liga Portugal

Results by round

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Round1234
GroundHAHA
ResultDWWD
Position9646
Points1478
Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

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The league fixtures were released on 7 July 2024.[8]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

11 August 2024 1 Braga 1–1 Estrela da Amadora Braga
20:30 WEST
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 14,746
Referee: Ricardo Baixinho
18 August 2024 2 Boavista 0–1 Braga Porto
20:30 WEST
Report
Stadium: Estádio do Bessa
Attendance: 7,119
Referee: António Nobre
25 August 2024 3 Braga 3–1 Moreirense Braga
20:30 WEST
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 14,155
Referee: Nuno Almeida

Taça de Portugal

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Taça da Liga

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

UEFA Europa League

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Qualifying phase

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Second qualifying round
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The second qualifying round draw was held on 19 June 2024, Braga were drawn against Israeli Premier League side Maccabi Petah Tikva.[9]

25 July 2024 First leg Braga   2–0   Maccabi Petah Tikva Braga
20:30 WEST
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 14,891
Referee: Luca Pairetto (Italy)
1 August 2024 Second leg Maccabi Petah Tikva   0–5
(0–7 agg.)
  Braga Sofia, Bulgaria
21:30 EEST
Report
Stadium: Stadion Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 211
Referee: Evangelos Manouchos (Greece)
Note: Due to the Israel–Hamas war, Israeli teams are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[10]
Third qualifying round
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The third qualifying round draw was held on 22 July 2024, Braga were drawn against Swiss Super League side Servette.[11]

8 August 2024 First leg Braga   0–0   Servette Braga
20:30 WEST
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 16,603
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)
15 August 2024 Second leg Servette   1–2
(1–2 agg.)
  Braga Geneva, Switzerland
20:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 15,179
Referee: Igor Pajač (Croatia)
Play-off round
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The play-off round draw was held on 5 August 2024, Braga were drawn against Austrian Football Bundesliga side Rapid Wien.[12]

22 August 2024 First leg Braga   2–1   Rapid Wien Braga
20:30 WEST
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 15,868
Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)
29 August 2024 Second leg Rapid Wien   2–2
(3–4 agg.)
  Braga Vienna, Austria
21:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 21,400
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

League phase

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Round12345678
Ground
Result
Position
Points
Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

17–19 September 2024 1 TBC   v   TBC TBC
TBC CEST Report Stadium: TBC
1–2 October 2024 2 TBC   v   TBC TBC
TBC CEST Report Stadium: TBC
22–23 October 2024 3 TBC   v   TBC TBC
TBC CEST Report Stadium: TBC
5–6 November 2024 4 TBC   v   TBC TBC
TBC CEST Report Stadium: TBC
26–27 November 2024 5 TBC   v   TBC TBC
TBC CEST Report Stadium: TBC
10–11 December 2024 6 TBC   v   TBC TBC
TBC CEST Report Stadium: TBC
21–22 January 2025 7 TBC   v   TBC TBC
TBC CEST Report Stadium: TBC
29 January 2025 8 TBC   v   TBC TBC
TBC CEST Report Stadium: TBC

References

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  1. ^ "Futebol - Equipa Principal" (in Portuguese). S.C. Braga. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Robson Bambu transféré à Braga".
  3. ^ S.A, Telewizja Polska (27 June 2024). "50 mln odstępnego. Wdowik ma nowy klub!". sport.tvp.pl.
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ "Athletic secure Alvaro Djalo's services". www.besoccer.com.
  6. ^ "Athletic Club sign Álvaro Djaló from SC Braga | Athletic Club's Official Website". www.athletic-club.eus.
  7. ^ Abel Ruiz, red and white until 2029
  8. ^ [2]
  9. ^ "UEFA Europa League second qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. 19 June 2024.
  10. ^ "European Qualifier match between Belgium and Sweden declared abandoned with half-time result confirmed as final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  11. ^ "UEFA Europa League third qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. 22 July 2024.
  12. ^ "UEFA Europa League play-off round draw". UEFA.com. 5 August 2024.