# 2022–23 U.D. Vilafranquense season

The 2022–23 season is the 66th season in the history of U.D. Vilafranquense and their fourth consecutive season in the second division of Portuguese football. The club are participating in the Liga Portugal 2, the Taça de Portugal, and the Taça da Liga. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players

    As of 6 January 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | POR | Bruno Sousa |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Thiago Freitas |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Kike Hermoso |
| 6 | MF | POR | André Ceitil |
| 7 | MF | POR | Luís Silva |
| 8 | MF | POR | Bernardo Martins |
| 9 | FW | CIV | Balla Sangaré |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Idrissa Dioh |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Mouhamed Belkheir |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Edson Paraíba |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Gabriel Pereira |
| 15 | MF | POR | João Amorim |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Easah Suliman (on loan from Vitória de Guimarães) |
| 17 | FW | POR | Umaro Baldé |
| 18 | FW | BRA | Nenê |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | FW | POR | Edson Mucuana |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Léo Alaba |
| 23 | DF | LUX | Eric Veiga |
| 25 | MF | POR | Ricardo Dias |
| 26 | MF | POR | André Sousa |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Nathan Bizet |
| 28 | DF | POR | Sílvio |
| 32 | GK | BRA | Lucas Moura |
| 37 | FW | POR | Idrisa Sambú |
| 41 | DF | FRA | Anthony Correia |
| 72 | GK | POR | Fanã |
| 77 | FW | POR | Leandro Tipote |
| 88 | GK | POR | Pedro Trigueira |
| 98 | GK | POR | Fábio Duarte |
| — | MF | POR | Júnior Franco |

### Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | POR | Gonçalo |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Liga Portugal 2 | 7 August 2022 | May 2023 | Matchday 1 | | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 040.00 |
| Taça de Portugal | 2 October 2022 | 14 October 2022 | Second round | Third round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 050.00 |
| Taça da Liga | 19 November 2022 | 11 December 2022 | Group stage | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 035.00 |
Last updated: 8 January 2023 Source: Soccerway

### Liga Portugal 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Porto B (I) | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 51 |
| 6 | Mafra | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 47 |
| 7 | Vilafranquense | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 46 |
| 8 | Feirense | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 46 |
| 9 | Torreense | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 44 |
* 1 2 Vilafranquense are ahead of Feirense on head-to-head points: Vilafranquense 1–0 Feirense, Feirense 1–2 Vilafranquense.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: August 2022. Source: Liga Portugal

#### Results by round

* Round
* Ground
* Result
* Position

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 5 July 2022.