# 2017–18 G.D. Chaves season

The 2017–18 season is Chaves' fifteenth season in the top flight of Portuguese football.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | POR | António Filipe |
| 2 | DF | POR | Paulinho |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Anderson Conceição |
| 5 | MF | POR | Filipe Melo |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Jefferson |
| 7 | FW | LBY | Hamdou Elhouni |
| 8 | MF | POR | João Patrão |
| 9 | FW | COL | Wilmar Jordán |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Perdigão |
| 11 | FW | BRA | William |
| 12 | MF | BLR | Renan Bressan |
| 13 | GK | POR | Ricardo |
| 14 | DF | POR | Nuno André Coelho |
| 15 | DF | POR | Domingos Duarte |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | SRB | Nikola Maraš |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Tiago Galvão |
| 21 | FW | GNB | Jorginho |
| 23 | GK | POR | Emanuel Novo |
| 24 | DF | POR | Pedro Queirós |
| 25 | MF | POR | Pedro Tiba |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Djavan |
| 41 | DF | POR | Rúben Ferreira |
| 46 | FW | POR | Stephen Eustáquio |
| 73 | FW | BRA | Matheus Pereira |
| 91 | FW | BRA | Davidson |
| 92 | DF | BRA | Victor Massaia |
| 96 | DF | BRA | Rafael Furlan |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Platiny |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Signed from | Details | Date |
| FW | Wilmar Jordán | CSKA Sofia | Free Transfer | May 16, 2017 |
| GK | Ricardo | Porto | Free Transfer | May 18, 2017 |
| DF | Félix Mathaus | Freamunde | Loan Return | June 1, 2017 |
| FW | Gustavo Souza | Juventude de Pedras Salgadas | Loan Return | June 1, 2017 |
| FW | José Xavier | Juventude de Pedras Salgadas | Loan Return | June 1, 2017 |
| MF | Latyr Fall | Vilaverdense | Loan Return | June 1, 2016 |
| MF | Paná | Académico de Viseu | Loan Return | June 1, 2017 |
| DF | Lamine Bá | Oliveirense | Loan Return | June 1, 2017 |
| FW | Hamdou Elhouni | Benfica | Loan | June 1, 2017 |
| DF | Rafael Furlan | Grêmio Anápolis | Undisclosed | June 6, 2017 |
| MF | Foguinho | Grêmio Anápolis | Undisclosed | June 6, 2017 |
| FW | Platiny | Feirense | Free Transfer | June 20, 2017 |
| DF | Anderson Conceição | São Bernardo | Undisclosed | June 23, 2017 |
| FW | Tiago Galvão | Borac Čačak | Undisclosed | June 30, 2017 |
| DF | Paulinho | Braga | Undisclosed | June 30, 2017 |
| DF | Rúben Ferreira | Vitória de Guimarães | Undisclosed | July 3, 2017 |
| GK | João Paulo Kuspios | ARS Martinho | Undisclosed | July 4, 2017 |
| MF | Jefferson | Hajduk Split | €350K | July 5, 2017 |
| MF | Filipe Melo | Sheffield Wednesday | Free Transfer | July 10, 2017 |
| DF | Domingos Duarte | Sporting CP | Loan | July 15, 2017 |
| FW | Matheus Pereira | Sporting CP | Loan | July 26, 2017 |
| FW | Jorginho | Saint-Étienne | Loan | July 31, 2017 |
| DF | Djavan | Braga | Free Transfer | August 31, 2017 |
| FW | Nikola Maraš | Rad | €400,000 | August 31, 2017 |
| GK | João Paulo Kuspiosz | Cova da Piedade | Loan Return | January 26, 2018 |
| MF | Stephen Eustáquio | Leixões | €500,000 | January 31, 2018 |
| DF | Hugo Basto | Arouca | Undisclosed | February 1, 2018 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Signed by | Details | Date |
| FW | Fábio Martins | Braga | End of Loan | June 1, 2017 |
| DF | Carlos Ponck | Benfica | End of Loan | June 1, 2017 |
| FW | Hamdou Elhouni | Benfica | End of Loan | June 1, 2017 |
| DF | Rodrigo Soares | Porto | End of Loan | June 1, 2017 |
| MF | Paná | Académico de Viseu | Free Transfer | June 1, 2017 |
| MF | Latyr Fall | Vilaverdense | Free Transfer | June 1, 2017 |
| DF | Lamine Bá | Free Agent | Rescind Contract | June 1, 2017 |
| MF | Gustavo Souza | Free Agent | Rescind Contract | June 1, 2017 |
| DF | Felipe Lopes | Nacional | Rescind Contract | June 1, 2017 |
| DF | Nemanja Petrović | Napredak Kruševac | Free Transfer | June 21, 2017 |
| FW | Rafael Lopes | Desportivo das Aves | Free Transfer | June 24, 2017 |
| DF | Fábio Santos | Académico de Viseu | Free Transfer | June 26, 2017 |
| MF | Bruno Braga | Desportivo das Aves | Free Transfer | June 29, 2017 |
| FW | Alioune Fall | Gil Vicente | Free Transfer | July 1, 2017 |
| DF | Nélson Lenho | Desportivo das Aves | Rescind Contract | July 3, 2017 |
| DF | Félix Mathaus | Oliveirense | Undisclosed | July 3, 2017 |
| FW | Rafael Lopes | Omonia | Free Transfer | July 10, 2017 |
| FW | João Mário | Académico de Viseu | Free Transfer | July 12, 2017 |
| GK | João Paulo Kuspiosz | Cova da Piedade | Loan | July 14, 2017 |
| FW | Rafael Batatinha | Gil Vicente | Loan | August 6, 2017 |
| FW | José Xavier | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Rescind Contract | August 31, 2017 |
| MF | Foguinho | Cruzeiro-RS | Rescind Contract | August 31, 2017 |
| DF | Rúben Ferreira | Marítimo | Rescind Contract | December 15, 2017 |
| DF | Anderson Conceição | Clube de Regatas Brasil | Rescind Contract | December 31, 2017 |
| FW | Rafael Batatinha | Santa Clara | Rescind Contract | January 9, 2018 |
| FW | Wilmar Jordán | Famalicão | Loan | January 31, 2018 |
| FW | Hamdou Elhouni | Benfica | Rescind Contract | January 31, 2018 |
| DF | Victor Massaia | Arouca | Rescind Contract | January 31, 2018 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

    As of match played on 11 May 2018
Performance by competition :
| Competition | Starting round | Final position/round | First match | Last match |
| Primeira Liga | — | 6th | 10 August 2017 | 11 May 2018 |
| Taça de Portugal | Third round | Fourth round | 15 October 2017 | 19 November 2017 |
| Taça da Liga | Second round | Second round | 3 September 2017 | 3 September 2017 |
Statistics by competition :
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
| Primeira Liga | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 038.24 |
| Taça de Portugal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Taça da Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | 37 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 51 | 63 | −12 | 037.84 |

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Braga | 34 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 74 | 29 | +45 | 75 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Rio Ave | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Chaves | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 47 | |
| 7 | Marítimo | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 47 | |
| 8 | Boavista | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 45 | |
* 1 2 Desportivo das Aves qualified for the Europa league group stage by winning the 2017–18 Taça de Portugal. However, since they failed to obtain a license for European competitions, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team, 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 was passed to the fifth-placed team (Europa league second qualifying round).
* 1 2 Chaves finished ahead of Marítimo on head-to-head points: Chaves 4–1 Marítimo, Marítimo 1–2 Chaves.

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 12 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 |

#### Matches
### 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 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | POR | Ricardo | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | POR | Emanuel Novo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | POR | Paulinho | 36 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | POR | Nuno André Coelho | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | POR | Domingos Duarte | 32 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | SRB | Nikola Maraš | 31 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | POR | Pedro Queirós | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Djavan | 24 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | DF | BRA | Rafael Furlan | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | POR | Filipe Melo | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Jefferson | 27 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | POR | João Patrão | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | BLR | Renan Bressan | 35 | 5 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Tiago Galvão | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | POR | Pedro Tiba | 34 | 11 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 46 | MF | POR | Stephen Eustáquio | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | BRA | Perdigão | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | William | 29 | 11 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | GNB | Jorginho | 22 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | FW | BRA | Matheus Pereira | 30 | 8 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | BRA | Davidson | 34 | 6 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Platiny | 23 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | BRA | Anderson Conceição | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | LBY | Hamdou Elhouni | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | COL | Wilmar Jordán | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | POR | Rúben Ferreira | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 92 | DF | BRA | Victor Massaia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 11 May 2018 Source: