# 2016–17 G.D. Chaves season

The 2016–17 season is Chaves' fourteenth season in the top flight of Portuguese football. This marked Chaves' return to the Portuguese top tier, after a seventeen-year absence.

## Squad

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 | António Filipe |
| 2 | DF | POR | Paulinho |
| 3 | MF | MNE | Simon Vukčević |
| 4 | DF | POR | Fábio Santos |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Nemanja Petrović |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Rafael Assis |
| 7 | FW | GNB | João Mário |
| 8 | MF | POR | João Patrão |
| 9 | FW | POR | Rafael Lopes |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Perdigão |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Luís Alberto |
| 12 | MF | BLR | Bressan |
| 13 | GK | POR | Ricardo Nunes |
| 14 | DF | POR | Nuno André Coelho |
| 15 | MF | POR | Pedro Tiba |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Rodrigo Battaglia |
| 17 | FW | LBY | Hamdou Elhouni |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | SEN | Alioune Fall |
| 20 | DF | BRA | Rodrigo |
| 21 | DF | POR | Nélson Lenho |
| 22 | DF | CPV | Félix Mathaus |
| 23 | GK | POR | Emanuel Novo |
| 24 | DF | POR | Pedro Queirós |
| 25 | MF | POR | Braga |
| 26 | MF | CPV | Carlos Ponck |
| 29 | FW | BRA | Rafael Batatinha |
| 31 | FW | BRA | Gustavo Souza |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Felipe Lopes |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Freire |
| 47 | FW | POR | Fábio Martins |
| 91 | FW | BRA | Davidson |
| 92 | DF | BRA | Victor Massaia |
| 99 | FW | BRA | William |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Signed from | Details | Date |
| DF | Pedro Queirós | Astra Giurgiu | Free Transfer | June 1, 2016 |
| GK | Emanuel Novo | Famalicão | Undisclosed | June 1, 2016 |
| DF | Lamine Bá | Mirandela | Loan Return | June 1, 2016 |
| MF | Latyr Fall | Mirandela | Loan Return | June 1, 2016 |
| FW | Rafa Lopes | Académica | Free Transfer | June 20, 2016 |
| MF | Simon Vukčević | Enosis Neon Paralimni | Undisclosed | June 22, 2016 |
| MF | Luís Alberto | Tondela | Free Transfer | June 30, 2016 |
| FW | Alioune Fall | Vizela | Loan Return | June 30, 2016 |
| GK | Ricardo | FC Porto | Loan | July 1, 2016 |
| DF | Freire | Apollon Limassol | Free Transfer | July 3, 2016 |
| DF | Felipe Lopes | Wolfsburg | Free Transfer | July 4, 2016 |
| FW | Fábio Martins | Braga | Loan | July 8, 2016 |
| DF | Nemanja Petrović | Partizan | Free Transfer | July 8, 2016 |
| MF | Pana | Marítimo | Free Transfer | July 8, 2016 |
| MF | Francisco Ramos | FC Porto | Loan | July 11, 2016 |
| DF | Paulinho | União da Madeira | Free Transfer | July 15, 2016 |
| FW | Hamdou Elhouni | Benfica | Loan | July 19, 2016 |
| MF | Rodrigo Battaglia | Braga | Loan | July 27, 2016 |
| DF | Félix Mathaus | Académico de Viseu | Trade | August 3, 2016 |
| FW | William | Kayserispor | Undisclosed | August 3, 2016 |
| DF | Carlos Ponck | Benfica | Loan | August 31, 2016 |
| FW | Rafael Batatinha | Santa Clara | €50,000 | December 27, 2016 |
| MF | Davidson | Sporting da Covilhã | Undisclosed | January 3, 2017 |
| FW | José Xavier | Vitória de Guimarães | Undisclosed | January 10, 2017 |
| MF | Bressan | APOEL FC | Free Transfer | January 12, 2017 |
| DF | Nuno André Coelho | Sporting Kansas City | Free Transfer | January 21, 2017 |
| MF | Pedro Tiba | Braga | Loan | January 26, 2017 |
| DF | Victor Massaia | Santa Clara | Undisclosed | January 30, 2017 |
| DF | Rodrigo | FC Porto | Loan | January 30, 2017 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Signed by | Details | Date |
| DF | Edu Machado | Boavista | Free Transfer | May 26, 2016 |
| MF | João Reis | Santa Clara | Free Transfer | June 11, 2016 |
| MF | Miguel Ângelo | Cova da Piedade | Free Transfer | June 30, 2016 |
| MF | Siaka Bamba | Cova da Piedade | Free Transfer | July 1, 2016 |
| MF | Paulo Ribeiro | Vizela | Free Transfer | July 1, 2016 |
| MF | Luís Silva | Nacional | Free Transfer | July 1, 2016 |
| FW | Luís Pinto | S.C. Covilhã | Free Transfer | July 5, 2016 |
| FW | Luís Barry | Mirandela | Free Transfer | July 6, 2016 |
| FW | Diogo Cunha | Famalicão | Free Transfer | July 6, 2016 |
| DF | Mike Moura | Sporting da Covilhã | Free Transfer | July 8, 2016 |
| FW | Sandro Lima | Anápolis | End of Loan | July 20, 2016 |
| MF | Bruno Magalhães | C.D. Aves | Free Transfer | July 22, 2016 |
| DF | Stéphane Dasse | Académico de Viseu | Free Transfer | July 22, 2016 |
| MF | André Fontes | Penafiel | Free Transfer | July 23, 2016 |
| DF | Diogo Coelho | Nacional | End of Loan | June 30, 2016 |
| FW | Tozé Marreco | Excel Mouscron | End of Loan | June 30, 2016 |
| DF | Lamine Bá | Oliveirense | Loan | August 1, 2016 |
| MF | Pana | Académico de Viseu | Loan | August 3, 2016 |
| MF | Latyr Fall | Vilaverdense | Loan | August 3, 2016 |
| DF | Miguel Oliveira | Vizela | Free Transfer | August 9, 2016 |
| MF | Francisco Ramos | FC Porto | End of Loan | August 31, 2016 |
| MF | Rodrigo Battaglia | Braga | End of Loan | December 23, 2016 |
| MF | Luís Alberto | CD Aves | Rescind Contract | December 27, 2016 |
| DF | Paulinho | Braga | €350,000 | January 10, 2016 |
| FW | José Xavier | Juventude de Pedras Salgadas | Loan | January 10, 2017 |
| FW | Gustavo Souza | Juventude de Pedras Salgadas | Loan | January 12, 2017 |
| MF | Rafael Assis | Braga | €1,000,000 | January 26, 2016 |
| DF | Félix Mathaus | Freamunde | Loan | January 26, 2017 |
| DF | Freire | Shimizu S-Pulse | €500,000 | February 6, 2017 |
| MF | Simon Vukčević | Free Agent | Rescind Contract | May 4, 2017 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

    As of match played on 21 May 2017
Performance by competition :
| Competition | Starting round | Final position/round | First match | Last match |
| Primeira Liga | — | 11th | 20 August 2016 | 21 May 2017 |
| Taça de Portugal | Third round | Semi-finals | 16 October 2016 | 4 April 2017 |
| Taça da Liga | Second round | Second round | 27 October 2016 | 27 October 2016 |
Statistics by competition :
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
| Primeira Liga | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 023.53 |
| Taça de Portugal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Taça da Liga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | 41 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 029.27 |

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Boavista | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 43 |
| 10 | Estoril | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 38 |
| 11 | Chaves | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 38 |
| 12 | Vitória de Setúbal | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 38 |
| 13 | Paços de Ferreira | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 36 |
* 1 2 3 Estoril is ahead of Chaves and Vitória de Setúbal on head-to-head points: Estoril 6 pts, Chaves 5 pts, Vitória de Setúbal 5 pts. Chaves is ahead of Vitória de Setúbal on head-to-head goal difference.
* ↑ Paços de Ferreira is ahead of Belenenses on head-to-head points: Paços de Ferreira 1–0 Belenenses, Belenenses 1–2 Paços de Ferreira.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | D | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | L |
| Position | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 |

#### Matches

* ↑ The match was originally to be played on 14 August 2016 but it was postponed because of several fires burning in Madeira, including in Funchal.

### Taça da Liga
#### Second round
## Player statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Primeira Liga | Primeira Liga | Taça de Portugal | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | Taça da Liga |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | POR | António Filipe | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | POR | Ricardo Nunes | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | POR | Emanuel Novo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | POR | Fábio Santos | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Nemanja Petrović | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | POR | Nuno André Coelho | 15 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | BRA | Rodrigo | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | POR | Nélson Lenho | 40 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | POR | Pedro Queirós | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | CPV | Carlos Ponck | 34 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Felipe | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | DF | BRA | Victor Massaia | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | POR | João Patrão | 22 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | BLR | Bressan | 18 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | POR | Pedro Tiba | 16 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | POR | Braga | 38 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | GNB | João Mário | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | POR | Rafa Lopes | 35 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Perdigão | 37 | 6 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | LBY | Hamdou Elhouni | 15 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | SEN | Alioune Fall | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | BRA | Rafael Batatinha | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | POR | Fábio Martins | 36 | 8 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 91 | FW | BRA | Davidson | 18 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | BRA | William | 28 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | POR | Paulinho | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | MNE | Simon Vukčević | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Freire | 22 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Rafael Assis | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Luís Alberto | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Rodrigo Battaglia | 18 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | CPV | Félix Mathaus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | BRA | Gustavo Souza | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 21 May 2017 Source: