# 2012–13 C.F. Os Belenenses season

The 2012–13 Belenenses season was the club's 95th competitive season, 5th in the Segunda Liga, and 95th year in existence as a football club.
Along with the club's participation in the Segunda Liga, the club also competed in the Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga. On 30 March 2013, Belenenses won promotion back to the Primeira Liga, following a defeat over Penafiel. Belenenses' campaign was also most notable for several records, namely, most points accumulated during a single season (94).

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Mitchell van der Gaag |
| Assistant manager | Jorge Simão |
| Technical director | Rui Gregório |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Luís Ferreira |
| Fitness Coach | José Manuel Almeida |
| Scout | João Janeiro |
| Scout | Rui Correia |
| Director of scouting | Gonçalo Monteiro |
Source: Belenenses

### Other information

| Chairman | António Soares |
| Chairman of the SAD | António Soares Rui Pedro Soares |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Estádio do Restelo (19,856 / 110 x 70 metres) |
| Training Ground | Estádio do Restelo |
Source: Belenenses

## First-team squad

Stats as of the end of the 2012–13 season. Games played and goals scored only refers to appearances and goals in domestic league campaigns.
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Since | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Games | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Matt Jones | GK | 2012 | (1986-05-11)11 May 1986 (aged 27) | União da Madeira | 41 | 0 |
| 12 | Ricardo Fernandes | GK | 2013 | (1994-10-28)28 October 1994 (aged 18) | Youth System | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Rafael Veloso | GK | 2012 | (1993-11-03)3 November 1993 (aged 19) | Sporting CP | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | Filipe Mendes | GK | 2012 | (1985-06-17)17 June 1985 (aged 27) | Lousada | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | André Teixeira | RB | 2012 | (1993-08-14)14 August 1993 (aged 19) | Porto | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | Kay | CB | 2012 | (1988-01-05)5 January 1988 (aged 25) | Operário | 35 | 5 |
| 4 | Duarte Machado | LB / RB | 2010 | (1983-02-12)12 February 1983 (aged 30) | Fátima | 74 | 0 |
| 6 | João Meira | CB / DM | 2012 | (1987-04-30)30 April 1987 (aged 26) | Atlético CP | 34 | 2 |
| 13 | João Afonso | CB | 2012 | (1982-02-11)11 February 1982 (aged 31) | Mafra | 16 | 2 |
| 20 | Filipe Ferreira | LB / LM | 2012 | (1990-09-27)27 September 1990 (aged 22) | Atlético CP | 14 | 0 |
| 21 | Nélson Lenho | LB | 2012 | (1984-03-22)22 March 1984 (aged 29) | Santa Clara | 35 | 0 |
| 24 | Eridson | CB | 2012 | (1990-06-25)25 June 1990 (aged 22) | Portimonense | 4 | 0 |
| 55 | Daniel Martins | LB | 2013 | (1993-06-23)23 June 1993 (aged 19) | Benfica B | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 5 | Ricardo Alves | CB / DM | 2012 | (1993-03-25)25 March 1993 (aged 20) | Porto | 13 | 1 |
| 8 | Ruizinho | CM | 2012 | (1989-03-13)13 March 1989 (aged 24) | Operário | 7 | 0 |
| 14 | Fernando Ferreira | CM / DM | 2011 | (1986-11-20)20 November 1986 (aged 26) | Tondela | 63 | 11 |
| 18 | Yacine Si Salem | AM | 2012 | (1988-01-10)10 January 1988 (aged 25) | Free agent | 21 | 2 |
| 26 | Zazá | CM / RB | 2009 | (1990-01-09)9 January 1990 (aged 23) | Youth System | 22 | 3 |
| 28 | Tiago Silva | AM | 2012 | (1993-06-02)2 June 1993 (aged 19) | Youth System | 37 | 4 |
| 80 | Mourtala Diakité | CB / DM | 2012 | (1980-10-10)10 October 1980 (aged 32) | Guangdong Sunray Cave | 35 | 5 |
| 94 | Fábio Sturgeon | AM / RM | 2012 | (1994-02-04)4 February 1994 (aged 19) | Youth System | 4 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 7 | Arsénio Nunes | LW / RW | 2012 | (1989-08-30)30 August 1989 (aged 23) | Ribeirão | 42 | 5 |
| 9 | Tiago Caeiro | CF | 2012 | (1984-03-29)29 March 1984 (aged 29) | Atlético CP | 30 | 13 |
| 10 | Yves Desmarets | LM / LW | 2012 | (1979-07-19)19 July 1979 (aged 33) | Kerkyra | 28 | 8 |
| 11 | Fredy | LW / RW | 2009 | (1990-03-27)27 March 1990 (aged 23) | Youth System | 92 | 12 |
| 17 | Jordan Botaka | RW | 2012 | (1993-06-24)24 June 1993 (aged 19) | Club Brugge | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Rambé | CF | 2012 | (1989-10-04)4 October 1989 (aged 23) | Pinhalnovense | 15 | 2 |
| 23 | Luís Zambujo | LW / RW | 2012 | (1986-09-29)29 September 1986 (aged 26) | Portimonense | 9 | 0 |
| 25 | Paulo Roberto | CF | 2012 | (1985-07-04)4 July 1985 (aged 27) | Mirandela | 15 | 0 |
| 39 | Mamadou Diawara | CF | 2012 | (1989-07-26)26 July 1989 (aged 23) | Akritas Chlorakas | 31 | 5 |
| 70 | Rodrigo Parreira | LW | 2012 | (1993-03-16)16 March 1993 (aged 20) | Youth System | 0 | 0 |

## Awards

| No. | Pos | Name | Award | Month | Ref |
| 1 | GK | Matt Jones | LPFP Segunda Liga Goalkeeper of the Year | — | |
| | | Mitchell van der Gaag | LPFP Segunda Liga Manager of the Year | — | |

## Competitions
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Segunda Liga | | 1st | 22 August 2012 | 18 May 2013 |
| Taça de Portugal | 2nd round | Semi-finals | 16 September 2012 | 17 April 2013 |
| Taça da Liga | 1st round | 1st round | 29 July 2012 | 5 August 2012 |

### Competition record

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Segunda Liga | 42 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 75 | 41 | +34 | 069.05 |
| Taça de Portugal | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 071.43 |
| Taça da Liga | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 033.33 |
| Total | 52 | 35 | 8 | 9 | 97 | 49 | +48 | 067.31 |

### Taça de Portugal
#### Matches
## Statistics
### Appearances

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Matt Jones | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | André Teixeira | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Kay | 35 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 7 | 14 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Duarte Machado | 38(1) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 45(1) | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Ricardo Alves | 9(4) | 1 | 2(2) | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 11(7) | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | João Meira | 33(1) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37(1) | 3 | 13 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | Arsénio Nunes | 27(15) | 5 | 4(3) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 34(18) | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Ruizinho | 2(5) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0(3) | 0 | 2(10) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Tiago Caeiro | 23(7) | 13 | 1(2) | 1 | 0(2) | 0 | 24(11) | 14 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Yves Desmarets | 17(11) | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21(11) | 8 | 3 | 0 |