# 2020–21 F.C. Paços de Ferreira season

The 2020–21 F.C. Paços de Ferreira season was F.C. Paços de Ferreira's second consecutive season in top-division of the Portuguese football league, the Primeira Liga, and the 70th as a football club.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 31 January 2021
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 | Jordi |
| 2 | DF | POR | Marco Baixinho |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Martín Calderón (on loan from Real Madrid) |
| 7 | FW | POR | Hélder Ferreira |
| 8 | MF | NGA | Abbas Ibrahim |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Zé Uilton |
| 10 | MF | POR | Bruno Costa (on loan from Portimonense) |
| 11 | FW | RSA | Luther Singh (on loan from Braga) |
| 12 | GK | POR | José Oliveira |
| 16 | MF | POR | Matchoi Djaló |
| 17 | FW | POR | Adriano Castanheira |
| 18 | FW | ISR | Dor Jan |
| 19 | FW | POR | Pedro Martelo |
| 20 | DF | POR | David Sualehe |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | POR | Jorge Silva |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Luíz Carlos |
| 23 | FW | BRA | Lucas Silva |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Mohamed Diaby |
| 25 | MF | POR | Bernardo Martins |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Maracás |
| 29 | DF | POR | Fernando Fonseca |
| 31 | GK | BRA | Michael Fracaro |
| 34 | DF | POR | Pedro Marques |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Marcelo |
| 45 | FW | POR | João Pedro |
| 46 | MF | CAN | Stephen Eustáquio |
| 77 | FW | POR | João Amaral |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Douglas Tanque |
| — | DF | POR | Pedro Rebocho |

### 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 |
| — | FW | BRA | Getúlio (at Avaí) |
| — | MF | BRA | Rafael Gava (at Cuiabá) |
| — | FW | AUS | Samuel Silvera (at Casa Pia) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 21 September 2020 | 18 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 044.12 |
| Taça de Portugal | 22 November 2020 | 11 December 2020 | Third round | Fifth round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Taça da Liga | 16 December 2020 | 16 December 2020 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 043.24 |
Source: Soccerway

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Benfica | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 69 | 27 | +42 | 76 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Braga | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 53 | 33 | +20 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Paços de Ferreira | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Santa Clara | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 43 | |
* 1 2 3 Braga qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2020–21 Taça de Portugal. Since they would have qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round by finishing fourth, the berth was awarded to the fifth-placed team (Paços de Ferreira), and the Europa Conference League second qualifying round berth reserved to the fifth-placed team was awarded to the sixth-placed team (Santa Clara).
* ↑ Vitória de Guimarães are ranked ahead of Moreirense on head-to-head points: Vitória de Guimarães 4, Moreirense 1.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | D | D | L | W |
| Position | 7 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 28 August 2020.