# 2022–23 F.C. Arouca season

The 2022–23 season was the 71st in the history of F.C. Arouca and their second consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Primeira Liga, the Taça de Portugal, and the Taça da Liga.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 17 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 |
| 2 | MF | GUI | Morlaye Sylla |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Jerome Opoku |
| 4 | DF | VEN | José Manuel Velázquez |
| 5 | MF | POR | David Simão |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Mateus Quaresma |
| 8 | FW | POR | Arsénio |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Bruno Marques (on loan from Santos) |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Alan Ruiz |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Antony |
| 12 | GK | URU | Ignacio de Arruabarrena |
| 13 | DF | BRA | João Basso |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Oriol Busquets |
| 15 | FW | PLE | Oday Dabbagh |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | BRA | Thiago |
| 17 | MF | GHA | Yaw Moses |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Rafa Mújica |
| 20 | MF | POR | Pedro Moreira |
| 21 | DF | UKR | Bohdan Milovanov |
| 23 | MF | CIV | Ismaila Soro (on loan from Celtic) |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Weverson |
| 28 | MF | POR | Tiago Esgaio (on loan from Braga) |
| 43 | MF | BRA | Vitinho |
| 44 | DF | CRO | Nino Galović |
| 64 | DF | POR | Rafael Fernandes |
| 92 | GK | POR | João Valido |
| — | FW | USA | Benji Michel |

### 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 | COD | André Bukia (at Al-Batin until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | BRA | Luiz Gustavo (at Gondomar until 30 June 2023) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 % |
| Primeira Liga | 5 August 2022 | 27 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 044.12 |
| Taça de Portugal | 15 October 2022 | 11 January 2023 | Third round | Fifth round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 066.67 |
| Taça da Liga | 18 November 2022 | 24 January 2023 | Group stage | Semi-finals | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 046.51 |
Source: Soccerway

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Braga | 34 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 75 | 30 | +45 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 71 | 32 | +39 | 74 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Arouca | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Chaves | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 46 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | L | D | L | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | W |
| Position | 18 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 5 July 2022.

### Taça da Liga

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Arouca | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 8 | Advance to the quarter-finals |
| 2 | Feirense | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 | |
| 3 | Leixões | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | |
| 4 | Oliveirense | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 2 | |
| 5 | Santa Clara | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 1 | |

#### Knockout phase
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | Primeira Liga | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | Total |
| 1 | FW | 19 | | Rafa Mújica | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | FW | 15 | | Oday Dabbagh | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | MF | 11 | | Antony | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | DF | 13 | | João Basso | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | FW | 7 | | André Bukia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | 9 | | Bruno Marques | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 10 | | Alan Ruiz | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | 28 | | Tiago Esgaio | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 18 | | Benji Michel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 6 | | Mateus Quaresma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 3 | | Jerome Opoku | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 2 | | Morlaye Sylla | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | DF | 4 | | José Manuel Velázquez | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 36 | 6 | 10 | 52 |
Last updated: 5 February 2023