# 2022–23 C.D. Nacional season

The 2022–23 season was the 112th season in the history of C.D. Nacional and their second consecutive season in the second division of Portuguese football. The club participated in the Liga Portugal 2, the Taça de Portugal, and the Taça da Liga. The season covered the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players

    As of 31 January 2023
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 | Rui Encarnação |
| 2 | DF | POR | João Aurélio |
| 3 | DF | POR | Rafa Vieira |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Paulo Vitor (on loan from Botafogo-PB) |
| 5 | DF | POR | José Gomes |
| 6 | MF | POR | Ismael (on loan from Moreirense) |
| 8 | MF | BIH | Vladan Danilović |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Bruno Gomes |
| 10 | MF | POR | Luís Esteves |
| 11 | FW | MOZ | Witi |
| 14 | DF | BRA | Lucas Oliveira |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Fábio Erins (on loan from Lusitânia) |
| 20 | MF | POR | Jota |
| 21 | MF | POR | Sérgio Marakis |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | FW | COL | Pipe Gómez (on loan from Leones) |
| 25 | DF | POR | José Graça |
| 28 | FW | POR | Carlos Daniel |
| 29 | FW | POR | Zé Manuel (on loan from Rio Ave) |
| 30 | MF | POR | Martim Gustavo |
| 33 | DF | POR | Francisco Gonçalves |
| 37 | GK | BRA | Lucas França |
| 40 | DF | BRA | Clayton (on loan from EC São Bernardo) |
| 50 | GK | BRA | Vinicius Machado |
| 55 | DF | POR | André Sousa |
| 70 | MF | POR | Rúben Macedo |
| 77 | MF | BRA | Gustavo Silva (on loan from Comercial) |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Dudu |

## 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 % |
| Liga Portugal 2 | 6 August 2022 | 28 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 13th | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 029.41 |
| Taça de Portugal | 2 October 2022 | 25 April 2023 | Second round | Semi-finals | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 071.43 |
| Taça da Liga | 19 November 2022 | 14 December 2022 | Group stage | Group stage | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 53 | 59 | −6 | 038.64 |
Source: Soccerway

### Liga Portugal 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Tondela | 34 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 40 |
| 12 | Penafiel | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 39 |
| 13 | Nacional | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 39 |
| 14 | Benfica B (I) | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 52 | 58 | −6 | 38 |
| 15 | Leixões | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 38 |
* 1 2 Penafiel are ahead of Nacional on head-to-head points: Penafiel 3–0 Nacional, Nacional 1–1 Pennafiel.
* 1 2 Benfica B are ahead of Leixões on head-to-head points: Benfica B 2–1 Leixões, Leixões 1–1 Benfica B. Leixões were deducted 1 point for financial irregularities.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | D | D | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | W |
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#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 5 July 2022.