# 2022–23 Rio Ave F.C. season

The 2022–23 season is the 84th in the history of Rio Ave F.C. and their second consecutive season in the top flight. The club will participate in the Primeira Liga, the Taça de Portugal, and the Taça da Liga.

## Players

    As of 19 September 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 | Magrão |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Júnio Rocha |
| 3 | DF | POR | Miguel Nóbrega |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Patrick William |
| 6 | MF | POR | Guga (vice-captain) |
| 8 | MF | POR | Vítor Gomes (captain) |
| 9 | FW | COL | Leonardo Acevedo |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Amine Oudrhiri |
| 11 | MF | POR | Bruno Ventura |
| 13 | DF | POR | João Ferreira |
| 14 | MF | POR | Joca |
| 15 | MF | ESP | Miguel Baeza (on loan from Celta) |
| 17 | FW | POR | Ukra |
| 18 | GK | BRA | Jhonatan |
| 19 | FW | GHA | Abdul-Aziz Yakubu |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | POR | Costinha |
| 21 | MF | POR | João Graça |
| 22 | FW | GHA | Emmanuel Boateng |
| 23 | DF | POR | Josué Sá |
| 24 | DF | POR | Pedro Amaral |
| 27 | FW | POR | Hernâni |
| 30 | MF | GRE | Andreas Samaris |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Aderllan Santos |
| 40 | GK | BRA | Lucas Flores |
| 42 | DF | CRO | Renato Pantalon |
| 77 | FW | POR | Fábio Ronaldo |
| 87 | DF | GHA | Philomon Baffour |
| 93 | MF | BRA | Paulo Vitor |
| 95 | FW | POR | André Pereira |
| 99 | FW | CRO | Marko Brkić |

### 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 |
| — | DF | BRA | Hugo Gomes (at Moreirense) |
| — | DF | POR | Nuno Namora (at Felgueiras) |
| — | DF | NZL | Nando Pijnaker (at Sligo Rovers) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | BRA | Sávio (at Goiás) |
| — | FW | POR | Zé Manuel (at Nacional) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Primeira Liga | 6 August 2022 | May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 038.46 |
| Taça de Portugal | 16 October 2022 | 16 October 2022 | Third round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Taça da Liga | 1 December 2022 | | Group stage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 21 | −2 | 040.00 |
Last updated: 1 December 2022 Source: Soccerway

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Casa Pia | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 41 |
| 11 | Vizela | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 40 |
| 12 | Rio Ave | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 40 |
| 13 | Gil Vicente | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 37 |
| 14 | Estoril | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 35 |
* 1 2 Vizela finished ahead of Rio Ave on head-to-head points: Rio Ave 0–1 Vizela, Vizela 3–1 Rio Ave.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 May 2023. 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 | 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 |
| Result | L | L | D | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | D |
| Position | 12 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 5 July 2022.