# 2021–22 S.C. Braga season

The 2021–22 season was the 101st season in the existence of S.C. Braga and the club's 26th 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, the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira and the UEFA Europa League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 11 March 2022
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 | BRA | Matheus |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Yan Couto (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Vítor Tormena |
| 4 | DF | POR | Diogo Leite (on loan from Porto) |
| 5 | DF | POR | Nuno Sequeira |
| 6 | DF | POR | Rolando |
| 8 | MF | LBY | Al-Musrati |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Abel Ruiz |
| 10 | MF | POR | André Horta |
| 12 | GK | POR | Tiago Sá |
| 15 | DF | POR | Paulo Oliveira |
| 16 | DF | POR | David Carmo |
| 21 | FW | POR | Ricardo Horta (captain) |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Lucas Mineiro |
| 41 | MF | MEX | Eugenio Pizzuto |
| 42 | DF | POR | Guilherme Soares |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 45 | MF | POR | Iuri Medeiros |
| 50 | DF | POR | Leonardo Buta |
| 56 | MF | POR | Eduardo Schürrle |
| 57 | FW | POR | Rodrigo Gomes |
| 67 | MF | FRA | Jean-Baptiste Gorby |
| 70 | DF | BRA | Fabiano Souza |
| 71 | FW | GNB | Hernâni Infande |
| 74 | DF | POR | Francisco Moura |
| 76 | DF | POR | Dinis Pinto |
| 78 | FW | GNB | Roger Fernandes |
| 86 | DF | POR | Bruno Rodrigues |
| 88 | MF | POR | André Castro |
| 91 | GK | CZE | Lukáš Horníček |
| 96 | FW | POR | Miguel Falé |
| 99 | FW | POR | Vitinha |

### Others players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | POR | Marco Torres |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | POR | João Novais (at Alanyaspor until 30 June 2022) |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Lucas Piazon (at Botafogo until 30 June 2023) |
| 13 | DF | POR | Tiago Esgaio (at Arouca until 30 June 2022) |
| 34 | DF | BRA | Raul Silva (at Estoril until 30 June 2022) |
| 36 | DF | BRA | Bruno Viana (at Khimki until 30 June 2022) |
| 95 | FW | BRA | Guilherme Schettine (at Vizela until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | BRA | Caju (at Aris Limassol until 31 May 2022) |
| — | DF | BRA | Pablo Renan (at Moreirense until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | COL | Cristian Borja (at Alanyaspor until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | POR | Zé Carlos (at Gil Vicente until 30 June 2022) |

## 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 2021 | 15 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 055.88 |
| Taça de Portugal | 17 October 2021 | 23 December 2021 | Third round | Fifth round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 066.67 |
| Taça da Liga | 28 October 2021 | 16 December 2021 | Third round | Third round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira | 31 July 2021 | 31 July 2021 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 16 September 2021 | 14 April 2022 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 27 | 11 | 14 | 83 | 54 | +29 | 051.92 |
Last updated: 15 May 2022 Source: Soccerway

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 73 | 23 | +50 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Benfica | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 78 | 30 | +48 | 74 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Braga | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 41 | +9 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
* 1 2 3 Since the winners of the 2021–22 Taça de Portugal, Porto, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team (Europa Conference League third qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa Conference League second qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-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: 15 May 2022. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BOA | PAÇ | BRA |
| 1 | Boavista | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout phase | — | — | 5–1 |
| 2 | Paços de Ferreira | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | | 1–2 | — | — |
| 3 | Braga | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | | — | 0–0 | — |

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

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RSB | BRA | MID | LUD |
| 1 | Red Star Belgrade | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 11 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Braga | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 4–2 |
| 3 | Midtjylland | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | Transfer to Europa Conference League | 1–1 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 2 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |

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

The Knockout round play-offs draw was held on 13 December 2021.

##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 25 February 2022.

##### Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2022.