# 2018–19 Rio Ave F.C. season

The 2018–19 season is Rio Ave's eleventh season back in the Primeira Liga.

## Season events

During the pre-season, manager Miguel Cardoso resigned on 13 June 2018, with José Gomes being appointed as his replacement the same day. Six months later, 22 December 2018, Gomes resigned to take the vacant manager's position at English Championship club Reading, with Daniel Ramos being appointed as his replacement on 1 January 2019.

## Squad

    As of 31 January 2019
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Matheus Reis |
| 3 | DF | POR | Rúben Semedo (on loan from Villarreal) |
| 4 | DF | POR | Nélson Monte |
| 5 | DF | ANG | Jonathan Buatu |
| 6 | DF | CRO | Toni Borevković |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Murilo |
| 8 | MF | POR | Tarantini (captain) |
| 9 | FW | POR | Bruno Moreira |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Diego Lopes |
| 11 | FW | POR | Nuno Santos |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Junio (on loan from Internacional) |
| 13 | FW | BRA | Carlos |
| 14 | FW | GHA | Ahmed Said |
| 17 | MF | POR | Fábio Coentrão |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Filipe Augusto |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Ronan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | GK | BRA | Léo (on loan from Grêmio) |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Leandrinho |
| 22 | DF | GNB | Eliseu Cassamá |
| 23 | MF | CRO | Nikola Jambor |
| 25 | DF | POR | Afonso Figueiredo |
| 26 | FW | BRA | Gabrielzinho |
| 29 | GK | BRA | Paulo Vítor |
| 30 | MF | POR | Joca |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Messias (on loan from América) |
| 55 | DF | POR | Tiago André |
| 57 | FW | ANG | Gelson (on loan from Sporting CP) |
| 81 | MF | POR | Víto Ferreira |
| 88 | MF | POR | Diogo Teixeira |
| 90 | FW | BRA | Galeno (on loan from Porto) |
| 99 | MF | BRA | André Silva |

### 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 |
| 3 | DF | POR | Miguel Rodrigues (at Estoril until 30 June 2019) |
| 91 | FW | FRA | Damien Furtado (at Famalicão until 30 June 2019) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | POR | Silvério (at Varzim until 30 June 2019) |
| — | FW | CRO | Tomislav Štrkalj (at Rudeš until 30 June 2019) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 8 June 2018 | DF | Toni Borevković | Rudeš | Undisclosed |
| 14 June 2018 | MF | Murilo | Mirassol | Undisclosed |
| 15 June 2018 | DF | Afonso Figueiredo | Rennes | Undisclosed |
| 19 June 2018 | DF | Jonathan Buatu | Waasland-Beveren | Undisclosed |
| 25 June 2018 | DF | Matheus Reis | São Paulo | Undisclosed |
| 7 July 2018 | MF | Nikola Jambor | Slaven Belupo | Undisclosed |
| 27 July 2018 | MF | Joca | Braga B | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2018 | GK | Paulo Vítor | Varzim | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2018 | DF | Fábio Coentrão | Real Madrid | Free |
| 16 January 2019 | FW | Tomislav Štrkalj | NK Osijek | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2019 | MF | Filipe Augusto | Benfica | Free |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 26 June 2018 | GK | Léo | Grêmio | |
| 27 June 2018 | DF | Junio | Internacional | End of Season |
| 6 July 2018 | MF | João Schmidt | Atalanta | 2 February 2019 |
| 11 July 2018 | FW | Galeno | Porto | End of season |
| 17 July 2018 | FW | Gelson | Sporting CP | End of season |
| 24 August 2018 | FW | Carlos Vinícius | Napoli | 30 January 2019 |
| 29 January 2019 | DF | Rúben Semedo | Villarreal | End of season |
| 30 January 2019 | DF | Messias | América Mineiro | June 2020 |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 6 July 2018 | MF | | Pelé | Monaco | Undisclosed | |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 30 August 2018 | DF | Silvério | Varzim | End of season |
| 16 January 2019 | FW | Tomislav Štrkalj | Rudeš | |
| 23 January 2019 | MF | Damien Furtado | Famalicão | End of season |
| 29 January 2019 | DF | Miguel Rodrigues | Estoril | End of season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date |
| 15 January 2019 | GK | | Giorgi Makaridze | Vitória de Setúbal | |

## Competitions
### Primeira Liga
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Moreirense | 34 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 52 | |
| 7 | Rio Ave | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 45 | |
| 8 | Boavista | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 44 | |
| 9 | Belenenses SAD | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 43 | |
* 1 2 Vitória de Guimarães finished ahead of Moreirense on head-to-head points: Vitória de Guimarães 1–0 Moreirense, Moreirense 1–3 Vitória de Guimarães.
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2018–19 Taça de Portugal, Sporting CP, qualified for European competition 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.

#### Result summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 May 2019. Source: Results

#### Results
### Taça da Liga
#### Second round
#### Third round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Benfica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Advanced to knockout phase |
| 2 | Desportivo das Aves | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 | |
| 3 | Paços de Ferreira | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Rio Ave | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
##### Second qualifying round
## Statistics

    As of match played 18 May 2019

### 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 |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Matheus Reis | 27 | 0 | 18+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | POR | Rúben Semedo | 14 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | POR | Nélson Monte | 19 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ANG | Jonathan Buatu | 28 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | CRO | Toni Borevković | 24 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Murilo | 12 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | POR | Tarantini | 30 | 1 | 22+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | POR | Bruno Moreira | 37 | 10 | 19+11 | 9 | 0+1 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Diego Lopes | 25 | 4 | 17+2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | POR | Nuno Santos | 8 | 3 | 6+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Junio | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | BRA | Carlos | 7 | 1 | 3+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ITA | Ahmed Said | 4 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | POR | Fábio Coentrão | 22 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Filipe Augusto | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Ronan | 9 | 3 | 3+6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | BRA | Léo | 38 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Leandrinho | 16 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GNB | Eliseu Cassamá | 28 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | CRO | Nikola Jambor | 30 | 0 | 13+11 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | POR | Afonso Figueiredo | 15 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | BRA | Gabrielzinho | 36 | 4 | 17+10 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | BRA | Paulo Vítor | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | POR | Joca | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Messias | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | FW | ANG | Gelson | 26 | 7 | 13+6 | 5 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 77 | FW | POR | Ricardo Schutte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 81 | MF | POR | Víto Ferreira | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | BRA | Galeno | 36 | 9 | 23+4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 99 | MF | BRA | André Silva | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | POR | Miguel Rodrigues | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | FRA | Damien Furtado | 11 | 3 | 0+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 |
| Players who left Rio Ave during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GEO | Giorgi Makaridze | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | BRA | João Schmidt | 25 | 5 | 17+2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 95 | FW | BRA | Carlos Vinícius | 20 | 14 | 13+1 | 8 | 1+2 | 5 | 1+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Primeira Liga | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 95 | Carlos Vinícius | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Bruno Moreira | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | FW | 90 | Galeno | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | FW | 57 | Gelson | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | MF | 15 | João Schmidt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | 26 | Gabrielzinho | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 10 | Diego Lopes | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | FW | 11 | Nuno Santos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | FW | 19 | Ronan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 91 | Damien Furtado | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | | | Own goal | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | DF | 3 | Rúben Semedo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | FW | 13 | Carlos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 18 | Filipe Augusto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 6 | Toni Borevković | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 8 | Tarantini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | 14 | Ahmed Said | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 50 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 72 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Primeira Liga | Primeira Liga | Taça de Portugal | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | Taça da Liga | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Matheus Reis | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Rúben Semedo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Nélson Monte | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Jonathan Buatu | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Toni Borevković | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Murilo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Tarantini | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Bruno Moreira | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Diego Lopes | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | Junio | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | Carlos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Ahmed Said | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Fábio Coentrão | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | Filipe Augusto | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 19 | FW | Ronan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | Léo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Eliseu Cassamá | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | Nikola Jambor | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 26 | FW | Gabrielzinho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 57 | FW | Gelson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | Víto Ferreira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | Galeno | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | André Silva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Rio Ave during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 15 | MF | João Schmidt | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 95 | FW | Carlos Vinícius | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 93 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 107 | 11 |