# 2019–20 S.C. Braga season

The 2019–20 season was Sporting Clube de Braga's 99th season in existence and the club's 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. In addition to the domestic league, Braga participated in this season's editions of the Taça de Portugal, the Taça da Liga, and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 25 July 2020.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 7 February 2020.
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 | Matheus |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Vítor Tormena |
| 4 | DF | POR | Bruno Wilson |
| 5 | DF | POR | Nuno Sequeira |
| 7 | MF | ANG | Wilson Eduardo |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Abel Ruiz (loan from Barcelona) |
| 11 | DF | POR | Diogo Viana |
| 12 | GK | POR | Tiago Sá |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Wallace (loan from Lazio) |
| 15 | MF | POR | André Horta |
| 17 | MF | POR | João Novais |
| 18 | FW | POR | Rui Fonte |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | POR | Paulinho |
| 21 | FW | POR | Ricardo Horta |
| 27 | MF | BRA | Fransérgio (captain) |
| 34 | DF | BRA | Raul Silva |
| 36 | DF | BRA | Bruno Viana |
| 47 | DF | POR | Ricardo Esgaio |
| 60 | MF | POR | João Palhinha (loan from Sporting CP) |
| 77 | FW | POR | Francisco Trincão |
| 82 | GK | POR | Eduardo |
| 90 | FW | BRA | Galeno |
| 92 | DF | POR | David Carmo |

### Out on loan

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 |
| — | DF | CRO | Andrej Lukić (at Sheriff Tiraspol) |
| — | DF | BRA | Pablo (at Rubin Kazan) |
| — | DF | POR | Rui Silva (at Santa Clara) |
| — | DF | POR | Diogo Figueiras (at Rio Ave) |
| — | MF | BRA | Alef (at APOEL) |
| — | MF | POR | Xadas (at Maritimo) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BRA | Murilo (at Sporting de Gijón) |
| — | MF | BRA | Ricardo Ryller (at Red Bull Bragantino) |
| — | FW | POR | Fábio Martins (at Famalicão) |
| — | FW | RSA | Luther Singh (at Moreirense) |
| — | FW | SRB | Nikola Stojiljković (at Boavista) |
| — | FW | EGY | Ahmed Hassan (at Olympiacos) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### 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 | 11 August 2019 | 25 July 2020 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 61 | 40 | +21 | 052.94 |
| Taça de Portugal | 19 October 2019 | 18 December 2019 | Third round | Fifth round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Taça da Liga | 7 October 2019 | 25 January 2020 | Third round | Winners | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 100.00 |
| Europa League | 8 August 2019 | 26 February 2020 | Third qualifying round | Round of 32 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 17 | +10 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 54 | 33 | 8 | 13 | 105 | 64 | +41 | 061.11 |
Last updated: 25 July 2020 Source: Soccerway

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Porto (C) | 34 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 74 | 22 | +52 | 82 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Benfica | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 71 | 26 | +45 | 77 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Braga | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 61 | 40 | +21 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Rio Ave | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 48 | 36 | +12 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
* 1 2 Head-to-head away goals: Braga 1, Sporting 0
* 1 2 3 Since the winners of the 2019–20 Taça de Portugal, Porto, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team (Europa 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: 25 July 2020. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BRA | PAÇ | MAR | PEN |
| 1 | Braga | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | — | — | 2–1 | — |
| 2 | Paços de Ferreira | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | | 1–4 | — | 1–1 | — |
| 3 | Marítimo | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | | — | — | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Penafiel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | | 1–3 | 1–2 | — | — |

#### Final
### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Braga | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Slovan Bratislava | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Beşiktaş | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 3 | |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 32
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Primeira Liga | Primeira Liga | Taça de Portugal | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | Taça da Liga | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BRA | Matheus | 41 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | POR | Tiago Sá | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 82 | GK | POR | Eduardo | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | BRA | Vítor Tormena | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | POR | Bruno Wilson | 7 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | POR | Nuno Sequeira | 41 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | POR | Rolando | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | POR | Diogo Viana | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | BRA | Raul Silva | 15 | 1 | 8+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | BRA | Bruno Viana | 49 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 47 | DF | POR | Ricardo Esgaio | 49 | 1 | 28+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 70 | DF | BRA | Fabino | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | DF | POR | Pedro Amador | 9 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | DF | POR | David Carmo | 19 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 15 | MF | POR | André Horta | 38 | 1 | 21+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | POR | João Novais | 38 | 0 | 11+12 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | BRA | Fransérgio | 42 | 7 | 23+3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9+1 | 2 |
| 60 | MF | POR | João Palhinha | 44 | 5 | 24+3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| 85 | MF | POR | Samuel Costa | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ESP | Abel Ruiz | 8 | 2 | 0+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | POR | Rui Fonte | 37 | 6 | 6+19 | 4 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | POR | Paulinho | 48 | 25 | 27+2 | 17 | 1+2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11+1 | 6 |
| 21 | FW | POR | Ricardo Horta | 52 | 24 | 31+2 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10+1 | 6 |
| 77 | FW | POR | Francisco Trincão | 40 | 9 | 17+10 | 8 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3+4 | 1 |
| 89 | FW | POR | Leandro Sanca | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | BRA | Galeno | 41 | 7 | 16+11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5+4 | 1 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | BRA | Claudemir | 7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ANG | Wilson Eduardo | 30 | 8 | 6+12 | 3 | 2+1 | 2 | 0+2 | 1 | 4+3 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | EGY | Ahmed Hassan | 7 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NGA | Uche Agbo | 6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | POR | Xadas | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Wallace | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | BRA | Pablo | 20 | 1 | 9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Murilo | 14 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 95 | DF | BRA | Caju | 6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
* Last updated: 25 July 2020
* Source: soccerway