# 2022–23 S.C. Braga season

The 2022-23 season was the 102nd season in the history of S.C. Braga and their 27th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal, Taça da Liga, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players

    As of 2 February 2023
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 (vice-captain) |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Víctor Gómez (on loan from Espanyol) |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Vítor Tormena |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Sikou Niakaté (on loan from Guingamp) |
| 5 | DF | TUR | Serdar Saatçı |
| 6 | DF | POR | Nuno Sequeira |
| 7 | FW | POR | Rodrigo Gomes |
| 8 | MF | LBY | Al-Musrati |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Abel Ruiz |
| 10 | MF | POR | André Horta |
| 11 | FW | POR | Roger Fernandes |
| 12 | GK | POR | Tiago Sá |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | ESP | Álvaro Djaló |
| 15 | DF | POR | Paulo Oliveira |
| 17 | DF | SWE | Joe Mendes |
| 19 | MF | SRB | Uroš Račić (on loan from Valencia) |
| 21 | FW | POR | Ricardo Horta (captain) |
| 22 | MF | POR | Pizzi |
| 23 | FW | FRA | Simon Banza |
| 26 | DF | COL | Cristian Borja |
| 27 | FW | POR | Bruma (on loan from Fenerbahçe) |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Jean-Baptiste Gorby |
| 45 | MF | POR | Iuri Medeiros |
| 88 | MF | POR | André Castro |

### 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 |
| 13 | DF | POR | Tiago Esgaio (at Arouca until 30 June 2023) |
| 16 | MF | POR | Eduardo Schürrle (at Trofense until 30 June 2023) |
| 24 | DF | POR | Bruno Rodrigues (at Fatih Karagümrük until 30 June 2023) |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Lucas Mineiro (at Westerlo until 30 June 2023) |
| 74 | DF | POR | Francisco Moura (at Famalicão until 30 June 2023) |
| 95 | FW | BRA | Guilherme Schettine (at Grasshoppers until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | BRA | Fabiano (at Kasımpaşa until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | POR | Zé Carlos (at Gil Vicente until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | BRA | Lucas Piazon (at Botafogo until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | ESP | Mario González (at OH Leuven until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | GNB | Hernâni Infande (at Paços de Ferreira until 30 June 2023) |

## 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 | 7 August 2022 | 27 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 34 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 75 | 30 | +45 | 073.53 |
| Taça de Portugal | 16 October 2022 | 4 June 2023 | Third round | Runners-up | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 057.14 |
| Taça da Liga | 26 November 2022 | 19 December 2022 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 075.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 8 September 2022 | 3 November 2022 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 16 February 2023 | 23 February 2023 | Knockout round play-offs | Knockout round play-offs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 53 | 35 | 6 | 12 | 107 | 58 | +49 | 066.04 |
Source: Liga Portugal

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Benfica (C) | 34 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 82 | 20 | +62 | 87 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Porto | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 73 | 22 | +51 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Braga | 34 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 75 | 30 | +45 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 71 | 32 | +39 | 74 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Arouca | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 5 July 2022.

### Taça da Liga
#### Third round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Braga | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Casa Pia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Paços de Ferreira | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Trofense | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | |

#### Quarter-finals
### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | USG | UBE | BRA | MAL |
| 1 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 13 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 0–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Union Berlin | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 12 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Braga | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 | Transfer to Europa Conference League | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Malmö FF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Knockout round play-offs

The knockout round play-offs draw was held on 7 November 2022.

## Statistics
### Squad appearances and goals

    As of 27 May 2023
| 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 | UEFA Conference League | UEFA Conference League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BRA | Matheus | 45 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | POR | Tiago Sá | 8 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 91 | GK | CZE | Lukáš Horníček | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Víctor Gómez | 39 | 0 | 23+3 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Vítor Tormena | 40 | 1 | 26+1 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Sikou Niakaté | 34 | 3 | 25+1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | TUR | Serdar Saatçı | 6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | POR | Nuno Sequeira | 39 | 1 | 24+3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | POR | Paulo Oliveira | 35 | 1 | 15+5 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | SWE | Joe Mendes | 10 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | COL | Cristian Borja | 23 | 0 | 8+6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | POR | Guilherme Soares | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | DF | POR | Dinis Pinto | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | LBY | Al-Musrati | 41 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | POR | André Horta | 50 | 1 | 27+5 | 1 | 5+2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | SRB | Uroš Račić | 35 | 4 | 12+13 | 1 | 4+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | POR | Pizzi | 26 | 3 | 3+13 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Jean-Baptiste Gorby | 13 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | MEX | Eugenio Pizzuto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | POR | Iuri Medeiros | 43 | 10 | 29+1 | 10 | 6+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | POR | André Castro | 39 | 2 | 3+21 | 1 | 2+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 89 | MF | POR | Pedro Santos | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | POR | Rodrigo Gomes | 27 | 2 | 1+14 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Abel Ruiz | 51 | 12 | 26+8 | 8 | 3+2 | 2 | 2+2 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | POR | Roger Fernandes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ESP | Álvaro Djaló | 40 | 5 | 1+22 | 2 | 2+5 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | POR | Ricardo Horta | 45 | 17 | 30 | 14 | 5+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | FRA | Simon Banza | 47 | 14 | 15+15 | 11 | 3+4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | POR | Bruma | 21 | 4 | 13+3 | 4 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 92 | FW | POR | Rodrigo Macedo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | FW | POR | Miguel Falé | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||||||
| 24 | DF | POR | Bruno Rodrigues | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | DF | BRA | Fabiano | 21 | 5 | 11+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | MEX | Diego Lainez | 13 | 2 | 1+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | FW | GNB | Hernâni Infande | 8 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | POR | Vitinha | 27 | 13 | 12+5 | 7 | 2+1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |