# 2020–21 Boavista F.C. season

The 2020–21 Boavista F.C. season was the club's 118th season in existence and the club's seventh consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. In addition to the domestic league, Boavista participated in this season's edition of the Taça de Portugal, being eliminated in the fourth round. The club did not qualify for the condensed version of the Taça da Liga this season. The season covered the period from July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 10 January 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Rafael Bracalli |
| 2 | DF | USA | Reggie Cannon |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Adil Rami |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Alejandro Gómez (on loan from Atlas) |
| 5 | DF | NGA | Chidozie Awaziem (on loan from Porto) |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Javi García |
| 7 | MF | POR | Nuno Santos (on loan from Benfica) |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Gustavo Sauer |
| 9 | FW | HON | Jorge Benguché (on loan from Olimpia) |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Angel Gomes (on loan from Lille) |
| 11 | FW | GAM | Yusupha Njie |
| 16 | MF | POR | Miguel Reisinho |
| 17 | FW | HON | Alberth Elis |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | POR | Ricardo Mangas |
| 20 | GK | BRA | Léo Jardim (on loan from Lille) |
| 21 | DF | ECU | Jackson Porozo |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Nathan (on loan from Vasco da Gama) |
| 23 | MF | ANG | Show (on loan from Lille) |
| 24 | MF | COL | Sebastián Pérez (on loan from Boca Juniors) |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Yanis Hamache |
| 27 | FW | VEN | Jeriel De Santis |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Paulinho |
| 42 | DF | COL | Cristian Devenish (on loan from Atlético Nacional) |
| 44 | FW | NGA | Kuku Fidelis |
| 73 | FW | POR | Tiago Morais |
| 99 | GK | POR | João Gonçalves |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
| 3 August 2020 | DF | Yanis Hamache | Nice | Free |
| 4 August 2020 | DF | Ricardo Mangas | Desportivo das Aves | Free |
| 10 August 2020 | MF | Angel Gomes | Lille | Loan |
| 12 August 2020 | MF | Show | Lille | Loan |
| 17 August 2020 | MF | Javi García | Betis | Free |
| 17 August 2020 | FW | Jorge Benguché | Olimpia | Loan |
| 18 August 2020 | MF | Nuno Santos | Benfica | Loan |
| 27 August 2020 | DF | Alejandro Gómez | Atlas | Loan |
| 29 August 2020 | DF | Jackson Porozo | Santos | Loan |
| 29 August 2020 | MF | Sebastián Pérez | Boca Juniors | Loan |
| 1 September 2020 | GK | Léo Jardim | Lille | Loan |
| 4 September 2020 | DF | Adil Rami | Sochi | Free |
| 5 September 2020 | DF | Chidozie Awaziem | Porto | Loan |
| 9 September 2020 | DF | Reggie Cannon | FC Dallas | Undisclosed |
| 12 September 2020 | DF | Nathan | Vasco da Gama | Loan |
| 21 September 2020 | FW | Alberth Elis | Houston Dynamo | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | Neris | Al-Wasl | Free |
| 3 August 2020 | DF | Edu Machado | Leixões | Free |
| 3 August 2020 | MF | Nwankwo Obiora | | Released |
| 8 August 2020 | GK | Helton Leite | Benfica | Undisclosed |
| 10 August 2020 | MF | Idris | Covilhã | Released |
| 12 August 2020 | FW | Mateus | Penafiel | Free |
| 12 August 2020 | DF | Carraça | Porto | Free |
| 13 August 2020 | DF | Ricardo Costa | Boavista | Retired |
| 16 August 2020 | MF | Yaw Ackah | Kayserispor | €600,000 |
| 24 August 2020 | FW | Nikola Stojiljković | Farense | Free |
| 6 September 2020 | DF | Lucas Tagliapietra | Portimonense | Free |
| 7 September 2020 | FW | Cassiano | Vizela | Free |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 % |
| Primeira Liga | 19 September 2020 | 19 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 13th | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 39 | 49 | −10 | 023.53 |
| Taça de Portugal | 22 November 2020 | 12 December 2020 | Third round | Fourth round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 025.00 |
Source: FBref

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Gil Vicente | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 39 |
| 12 | Tondela | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 36 |
| 13 | Boavista | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 39 | 49 | −10 | 36 |
| 14 | Portimonense | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 35 |
| 15 | Marítimo | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 35 |
* 1 2 Tondela are ranked ahead of Boavista on head-to-head points: Tondela 4, Boavista 1.
* 1 2 Portimonense are ranked ahead of Marítimo on head-to-head points: Portimonense 4, Marítimo 1.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | D | L | D | W | L | D | D | D | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | |
| Position | 6 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 28 August 2020.

### Taça de Portugal
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Primeira Liga | Taça de Portugal | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | Angel Gomes | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 17 | FW | Alberth Elis | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 19 | DF | Ricardo Mangas | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 8 | FW | Gustavo Sauer | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 25 | DF | Yanis Hamache | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 6 | MF | Javi García | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 21 | DF | Jackson Porozo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 30 | MF | Paulinho | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 42 | DF | Cristian Devenish | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 77 | MF | Nuno Santos | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 9 | FW | Jorge Benguché | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 11 | FW | Yusupha Njie | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 20 | 2 | 22 |