# 2018–19 G.D. Chaves season

The 2018–19 season is Chaves' 16th season in the top flight of Portuguese football.

## Squad

    Last updated on 19 January 2019
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (age) | Previous club |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | António Filipe | GK | (1985-04-14) 14 April 1985 (age 39) | Paços de Ferreira |
| 13 | Ricardo | GK | (1982-07-06) 6 July 1982 (age 42) | Porto |
| 50 | João Kuspiosz | GK | (1994-10-14) 14 October 1994 (age 29) | Chaves B |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Paulinho | RB | (1991-07-13) 13 July 1991 (age 33) | Braga |
| 3 | Hugo Basto | CB | (1993-05-14) 14 May 1993 (age 31) | Arouca |
| 4 | Nuno André Coelho | CB | (1986-01-07) 7 January 1986 (age 38) | Sporting Kansas City |
| 15 | Luís Martins | LB | (1992-06-10) 10 June 1992 (age 32) | Marítimo |
| 19 | Nikola Maraš | CB | (1995-12-19) 19 December 1995 (age 28) | Rad |
| 22 | Gastón Campi | CB | (1991-04-06) 6 April 1991 (age 33) | Estudiantes |
| 23 | Marcão | CB | (1996-06-05) 5 June 1996 (age 28) | Rio Ave |
| 26 | Djavan | LB | (1987-12-31) 31 December 1987 (age 36) | Braga |
| 28 | Filipe Brigues | RB | (1990-05-22) 22 May 1990 (age 34) | União de Leiria |
| 31 | Nemanja Ćalasan | CB | (1996-03-17) 17 March 1996 (age 28) | FK Bačka |
| 32 | Marlon Rangel | RB | (1996-05-22) 22 May 1996 (age 28) | Chaves B |
| 33 | Lionn | RB | (1989-01-29) 29 January 1989 (age 35) | Rio Ave |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 5 | Filipe Melo | DM/CM | (1989-11-03) 3 November 1989 (age 34) | Sheffield Wednesday |
| 6 | Jefferson | DM | (1994-04-14) 14 April 1994 (age 30) | Hajduk Split |
| 8 | Stephen Eustáquio | DM | (1996-12-21) 21 December 1996 (age 27) | Leixões |
| 9 | Gevorg Ghazaryan | CAM | (1988-04-05) 5 April 1988 (age 36) | Marítimo |
| 12 | Renan Bressan | CAM | (1988-11-03) 3 November 1988 (age 35) | APOEL |
| 16 | Erdem Şen | CM | (1989-01-05) 5 January 1989 (age 35) | Ankaragücü |
| 17 | Faissal Zangre | CM | (1997-05-05) 5 May 1997 (age 27) | Chaves B |
| 20 | Costinha | CAM | (1992-08-05) 5 August 1992 (age 32) | Vitória de Setúbal |
| 24 | João Teixeira | CAM | (1994-02-06) 6 February 1994 (age 30) | Vitória de Setúbal |
| 25 | Bruno Gallo | CM | (1988-05-07) 7 May 1988 (age 36) | Qatar SC |
| Forwards |||||||
| 7 | Avtandil Ebralidze | LW | (1991-10-03) 3 October 1991 (age 33) | Académico de Viseu |
| 10 | Perdigão | RW/LW | (1991-07-17) 17 July 1991 (age 33) | Desportivo das Aves |
| 11 | William | ST | (1991-12-07) 7 December 1991 (age 32) | Kayserispor |
| 14 | André Luís | CF | (1994-03-09) 9 March 1994 (age 30) | Figueirense |
| 30 | Niltinho | LW | (1993-09-11) 11 September 1993 (age 31) | CSA |
| 47 | Rúben Macedo | LW | (1996-03-09) 9 March 1996 (age 28) | FC Porto B |
| 77 | Mika Borges | LW | (1997-06-27) 27 June 1997 (age 27) | Chaves B |
| 99 | Platiny | CF | (1990-10-02) 2 October 1990 (age 34) | Feirense |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Signed from | Details | Date |
| DF | Filipe Brigues | União de Leiria | Free Transfer | 6 June 2018 |
| DF | Luís Martins | Granada | Free Transfer | 10 June 2018 |
| MF | David Moura | Vilafranquense | Free Transfer | 11 June 2018 |
| FW | Avtandil Ebralidze | Académico de Viseu | Free Transfer | 29 June 2018 |
| MF | João Teixeira | Benfica | Free Transfer | 1 July 2018 |
| DF | Marcão | Atlético Paranaense | Undisclosed | 4 July 2018 |
| MF | Gevorg Ghazaryan | Marítimo | Free Transfer | 14 July 2018 |
| MF | Bruno Gallo | Qatar SC | Undisclosed | 18 July 2018 |
| FW | João Paredes | Vizela | Undisclosed | 25 July 2018 |
| FW | Niltinho | São Caetano | Undisclosed | 8 August 2018 |
| FW | André Luís | Figueirense | Undisclosed | 31 August 2018 |
| DF | Lionn | Free agent | Free transfer | 18 September 2018 |
| MF | Luther Singh | Braga | Loan | 27 December 2018 |
| DF | Rúben Macedo | Porto | Loan | 28 December 2018 |
| DF | Ćalasan | Spartak Subotica | Undisclosed | 12 January 2018 |
| MF | Costinha | Vitória de Setúbal | €150,000 | 15 January 2019 |
| MF | Erdem Şen | Ankaragücü | Free transfer | 15 January 2019 |
| DF | Gastón Campi | Estudiantes | Loan | 21 January 2019 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Signed by | Details | Date |
| MF | Tiago Galvão | Free agent | Rescind contract | 10 June 2018 |
| DF | Pedro Queirós | Estoril | Free transfer | 11 June 2018 |
| MF | João Patrão | Estoril | Free transfer | 12 June 2018 |
| GK | Emanuel Novo | Varzim | Undisclosed | 14 June 2018 |
| DF | Rafael Furlan | Estoril | Free transfer | 14 June 2018 |
| FW | Davidson | Vitória de Guimarães | €800,000 | 22 June 2018 |
| DF | Domingos Duarte | Sporting CP | End of loan | 30 June 2018 |
| FW | Matheus Pereira | Sporting CP | End of Loan | 30 June 2018 |
| FW | Jorginho | Saint-Étienne | End of Loan | 30 June 2018 |
| MF | Pedro Tiba | Braga | End of Loan | 2 July 2018 |
| MF | David Moura | Farense | Loan | 15 August 2018 |
| FW | Avtandil Ebralidze | Nacional | Rescind contract | 10 January 2019 |
| DF | Filipe Brigues | Olhanense | Rescind contract | 10 January 2019 |
| DF | Marcão | Galatasaray | €4,000,000 | 9 January 2019 |
| MF | Stephen Eustáquio | Cruz Azul | €3,500,000 | 16 January 2019 |
| DF | João Paredes | Mafra | Loan | 16 January 2019 |
| FW | Perdigão | Boavista | Undisclosed | 22 January 2019 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

    As of match played on 19 May 2019
Performance by competition :
| Competition | Starting round | Final position/round | First match | Last match | Top scorer |
| Primeira Liga | — | 16th | 11 August 2018 | 19 May 2019 | William (5 goals) |
| Taça de Portugal | Third round | Fifth round | 21 October 2018 | 19 December 2018 | Niltinho (2 goals) |
| Taça da Liga | Second round | Third round | 29 July 2018 | 30 December 2018 | André Luís (2 goals) |
Statistics by competition :
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
| Primeira Liga | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 023.53 |
| Taça de Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Taça da Liga | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Total | 41 | 12 | 10 | 19 | 45 | 68 | −23 | 029.27 |

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Desportivo das Aves | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 36 | |
| 15 | Tondela | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 35 | |
| 16 | Chaves (R) | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 32 | Relegation to LigaPro |
| 17 | Nacional (R) | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 33 | 73 | −40 | 28 | Relegation to LigaPro |
| 18 | Feirense (R) | 34 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 27 | 64 | −37 | 20 | Relegation to LigaPro |
* ↑ Vitória de Setúbal finished ahead of Desportivo das Aves on head-to-head goal difference: Vitória de Setúbal 2–0 Desportivo das Aves, Desportivo das Aves 2–1 Vitória de Setúbal.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | L | L |
| Position | 18 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 |

#### Matches
### Taça da Liga
#### Second round
#### Third round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Porto | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | Advanced to knockout phase |
| 2 | Chaves | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | |
| 3 | Varzim | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Belenenses | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 | |

## Player statistics

| No. | Pos. | Nationality | Name | Total | Total | Primeira Liga | Primeira Liga | Taça de Portugal | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | Taça da Liga |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | POR | António Filipe | 26 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | POR | Ricardo | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | BRA | João Kuspiosz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | POR | Paulinho | 26 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | POR | Hugo Basto | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | POR | Nuno André Coelho | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | POR | Luís Martins | 21 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | SRB | Nikola Maraš | 31 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ARG | Gastón Campi | 16 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Djavan | 25 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | SRB | Nemanja Ćalasan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | BRA | Marlon Rangel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Lionn | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | POR | Filipe Melo | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Jefferson | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | BLR | Bressan | 28 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | TUR | Erdem Şen | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | BFA | Faissal Zangre | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | POR | Costinha | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | POR | João Teixeira | 13 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Bruno Gallo | 35 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | MF | ARM | Gevorg Ghazaryan | 20 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | William | 38 | 6 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | BRA | André Luís | 20 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | BRA | Niltinho | 31 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 47 | FW | POR | Rúben Macedo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | FW | RSA | Luther Singh | 17 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Platiny | 21 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | POR | Mika Borges | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 28 | DF | POR | Filipe Brigues | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Marcão | 24 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | POR | Stephen Eustáquio | 22 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | GEO | Avtandil Ebralidze | 18 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Perdigão | 18 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Last updated: 19 May 2019 Source: