# 2023–24 F.C. Arouca season

The 2023–24 season is F.C. Arouca's 73rd season in existence and third consecutive in the Primeira Liga, the top division of association football in Portugal. They are also competing in the Taça de Portugal, the Taça da Liga and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 31 January 2024
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 | POR | João Valido |
| 2 | MF | GUI | Morlaye Sylla |
| 3 | DF | GHA | Jerome Opoku |
| 5 | MF | POR | David Simão |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Mateus Quaresma |
| 7 | FW | NGA | Yusuf Lawal |
| 8 | MF | CIV | Eboue Kouassi |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Jason |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Miguel Puche |
| 12 | GK | URU | Ignacio de Arruabarrena |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Oriol Busquets |
| 16 | GK | BRA | Thiago |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | GHA | Yaw Moses |
| 18 | FW | USA | Benji Michel |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Rafa Mújica |
| 20 | MF | POR | Pedro Moreira |
| 22 | DF | UKR | Bohdan Milovanov |
| 23 | FW | ESP | Cristo González |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Weverson |
| 28 | DF | POR | Tiago Esgaio (on loan from Braga) |
| 43 | MF | BRA | Vitinho |
| 44 | DF | CRO | Nino Galović |
| 64 | DF | POR | Rafael Fernandes |
| 89 | MF | POR | Pedro Santos |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Cristo González | Udinese | Undisclosed | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Jason | Alavés | Undisclosed | 4 July 2023 |
| MF | Eboue Kouassi | Genk | Undisclosed | 7 July 2023 |
| FW | Miguel Puche | Real Zaragoza | Free | 6 August 2023 |
| DF | Matías Rocha | Defensor Sporting | €220,000 | 11 August 2023 |
| FW | Alfonso Trezza | Nacional | €183,000 | 16 August 2023 |
| DF | Javi Montero | Beşiktaş | Loan | 28 August 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| FW | Oday Dabbagh | Charleroi | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Alan Ruiz | Sport Recife | Free | 6 July 2023 |
| DF | Luiz Gustavo | Sanjoanense | Undisclosed | 26 July 2023 |
| DF | João Basso | Santos | €2,500,000 | 31 July 2023 |
| MF | Antony | Portland Timbers | Undisclosed | 2 August 2023 |
| FW | André Bukia | Espérance de Tunis | Undisclosed | 31 January 2024 |

## 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 % |
| Primeira Liga | 13 August 2023 | 19 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 038.10 |
| Taça de Portugal | 21 October 2023 | 10 January 2024 | Third round | Fifth round | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 033.33 |
| Taça da Liga | 30 July 2023 | 31 October 2023 | Second round | Third round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 10 August 2023 | 17 August 2023 | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 29 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 041.38 |
Last updated: 12 February 2024 Source: Soccerway

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 63 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Moreirense | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 55 | |
| 7 | Arouca | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 54 | 50 | +4 | 46 | |
| 8 | Famalicão | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 42 | |
| 9 | Casa Pia | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 38 | |
* ↑ Since the 2023–24 Taça de Portugal winners, Porto, finished in top three, the spot given to the third-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot given to the fourth-placed team (Conference League second qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 May 2024. Source: Liga Portugal

#### 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 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | L | L |
| Position | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 5 July 2023.

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BEN | ARO | AVS |
| 1 | Benfica | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout phase | — | — | 4–1 |
| 2 | Arouca | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | | 0–2 | — | — |
| 3 | AVS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | | — | 1–2 | — |

### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 24 July 2023.