2020–21 Rio Ave F.C. season

Rio Ave
2020–21 season
President	António Silva Campos
Head coach	Carlos Carvalhal
Stadium	Estádio dos Arcos
Primeira Liga	16th (relegated via play-offs)
Taça de Portugal	Fifth round
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Carlos Mané (6); All: ; Carlos Mané (6)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season was the 82nd season in existence of Rio Ave Futebol Clube and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. In addition to the domestic league, Rio Ave participated in this season's editions of the Taça de Portugal, and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 3 February 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	POL	Paweł Kieszek
4	DF	POR	Nélson Monte
5	MF	BRA	Filipe Augusto
6	DF	CRO	Toni Borevković
7	FW	ANG	Gelson Dala
8	MF	POR	Tarantini (captain)
9	FW	BRA	Júnior Brandão (on loan from Ludogorets)
10	FW	ANG	Anderson Cruz
11	MF	POR	Francisco Geraldes
12	DF	BRA	Júnio
16	MF	POR	Guga
17	DF	POR	Fábio Coentrão
18	MF	GNB	Pelé (on loan from Monaco)
19	FW	BRA	Ronan
20	DF	POR	Costinha


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	FW	POR	Carlos Mané
22	GK	BRA	Léo
23	MF	CRO	Nikola Jambor
24	DF	POR	Pedro Amaral
25	DF	POR	Ivo Pinto
28	DF	NZL	Nando Pijnaker
33	DF	BRA	Aderllan Santos
36	DF	BRA	Sávio
40	MF	JPN	Ryotaro Meshino (on loan from Manchester City)
45	FW	BRA	Leandro Silva
64	FW	POR	Rafael Camacho (on loan from Sporting CP)
70	FW	BRA	Gabrielzinho
74	GK	BRA	Magrão
77	FW	POR	André Pereira

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
37	FW	POR	Manuel Namora
80	MF	POR	Diogo Teixeira
89	FW	GHA	Said Ahmed Said


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
91	MF	POR	Nuno Silva
92	DF	POR	Luca

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
—	GK	POR	Carlos Alves (at Trofense until 30 June 2021)
—	DF	BRA	Matheus Reis (at Sporting CP until 30 June 2021)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	POR	Rúben Gonçalves (at Vilafranquense until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

2 September 2020 Friendly	Paços de Ferreira	1–2	Rio Ave	Paços de Ferreira
10:30 WEST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primeira Liga	20 September 2020	19 May 2021	Matchday 1	16th	34	7	13	14	25	40	−15	020.59
Primeira Liga relegation play-offs	26 May 2021	30 May 2021	First leg	Second leg	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	000.00
Taça de Portugal	22 November 2020	12 January 2021	Third round	Fifth round	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	066.67
Europa League	17 September 2020	1 October 2020	Second qualifying round	Play-off round	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	033.33
Total					42	10	15	17	35	52	−17	023.81

Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Portimonense	34	9	8	17	34	41	−7	35^[a]
15	Marítimo	34	10	5	19	27	47	−20	35^[a]
16	Rio Ave (R)	34	7	13	14	25	40	−15	34	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
17	Farense (R)	34	7	10	17	31	48	−17	31	Relegation to Liga Portugal 2
18	Nacional (R)	34	6	7	21	30	59	−29	25	Relegation to Liga Portugal 2

Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Portimonense are ranked ahead of Marítimo on head-to-head points: Portimonense 4, Marítimo 1.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	7	13	14	25	40	−15	34	4	6	7	12	18	−6	3	7	7	13	22	−9

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	D	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	W
Position	10	11	13	16	10	7	7	9	9	9	13	16	10	10	10	12	14	10	9	9	11	9	9	9	11	11	13	14	14	15	15	15	17	16

Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 28 August 2020.^[1]

20 September 2020 1	Tondela	1–1	Rio Ave	Tondela
21:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Alves 10' Štrkalj 87'	Report	Meshino 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio João Cardoso Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Rui Costa

27 September 2020 2	Rio Ave	0–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Vila do Conde
21:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Santos 33' Jambor 61'	Report	Sílvio 58' Janvier 65' Fernandes 77'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Tiago Martins

4 October 2020 3	Famalicão	1–1	Rio Ave	Vila Nova de Famalicão
18:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Lameiras 22' Jordão 47' Campana 56'	Report	Aderlan Santos 78'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Artur Soares Dias

18 October 2020 4	Rio Ave	0–3	Benfica	Vila do Conde
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Pinto 81'	Report	Waldschmidt 6', 45+4' Gilberto 78' Otamendi 80' Gabriel 84' Weigl 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: João Pinheiro

25 October 2020 5	Farense	0–1	Rio Ave	Faro
15:00 WET (UTC±0)	Falcão 42' Isidoro 65' Mansilla 79' Oudrhiri 84'	Report	Mané 20' Filipe Augusto 25' Ronan 32' Borevković 46' Diego Lopes 79' Pelé 79' Amaral 84'	Stadium: Estádio de São Luís Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Manuel Oliveira

31 October 2020 6	Rio Ave	2–0	Moreirense	Vila do Conde
18:00 WET (UTC±0)	Piazon 14', 83' (pen.) Pelé 40'	Report	Pacheco 20' Ferraresi 32' Soares 57' Vitória 79'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Iancu Vasilica

6 November 2020 7	Belenenses	0–0	Rio Ave	Oeiras
20:30 WET (UTC±0)	Henriques 45+1' Taira 77'	Report	Borevković 15' Santos 56'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

29 November 2020 8	Gil Vicente	2–0	Rio Ave	Barcelos
15:00 WET (UTC±0)	Augusto 18' (o.g.) Afonso 33' Lourency 90+5'	Report	Santos 66'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Luís Godinho

6 December 2020 9	Rio Ave	0–0	Boavista	Vila do Conde
17:30 WET (UTC±0)	Geraldes 30' Mané 38'	Report		Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: João Bento

22 December 2020 10	Braga	3–0	Rio Ave	Braga
20:15 WET (UTC±0)	Horta 43' Tormena 60' Fransérgio 62' Paulinho 88'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: João Pinheiro

28 December 2020 11	Rio Ave	1–3	Marítimo	Vila do Conde
18:45 WET (UTC±0)	Borevković 13' Diego Lopes 14' Tarantini 36' Pelé 67'	Report	Zainadine 43' Joel 50' (63) Marcelo 75' Jean 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Gustavo Correira

3 January 2021 12	Paços de Ferreira	2–0	Rio Ave	Paços de Ferreira
19:00 WET (UTC±0)	Douglas 24', 56'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Hugo Miguel

8 January 2021 13	Rio Ave	3–0	Portimonense	Vila do Conde
21:00 WET (UTC±0)	Pelé 51' Meshino 54' Mané 78'	Report	Moufi 50' Maurício 85' Fernando 86'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Luís Godinho

15 January 2021 14	Sporting CP	1–1	Rio Ave	Lisbon
18:30 WET (UTC±0)	Plata 7' João Mário 24' Gonçalves 42' Tabata 87'	Report	Amaral 15' Coentrão 25' Gelson 61' Tarantini 69' Gabrielzinho 69' Rodrigues 83' Pereira 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Hélder Malheiro

25 January 2021 15	Rio Ave	1–2	Santa Clara	Vila do Conde
16:30 WET (UTC±0)	Meshino 26'	Report	Carlos 23' Morita 89'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Miguel Nogueira

1 February 2021 16	Porto	2–0	Rio Ave	Porto
19:00 WET (UTC±0)	Díaz 44' Evanilson 74' Uribe 78'	Report	Ronan 38' Pinto 72'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Nuno Almeida

5 February 2021 17	Rio Ave	0–0	Nacional	Vila do Conde
17:00 WET (UTC±0)	Tarantini 34' Coentrão 55'	Report	Azouni 50' Piscitelli 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Iancu Vasilica

9 February 2021 18	Rio Ave	2–1	Tondela	Vila do Conde
17:00 WET (UTC±0)	Borevković 5' Santos 39' Mané 59' Camacho 64' Pelé 87' Dala 88'	Report	Medioub 11' Murillo 31' Agra 82'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Vítor Ferreira

13 February 2021 19	Vitória de Guimarães	1–3	Rio Ave	Guimarães
18:00 WET (UTC±0)	Quaresma 58', 70' Fernandes 85'	Report	Mané 23' Camacho 32' Gelson 74' Pinto 87' Amaral 89'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Gustavo Correia

21 February 2021 20	Rio Ave	0–1	Famalicão	Vila do Conde
15:00 WET (UTC±0)	Monte 29' Augusto 59'	Report	Tavares 25' Ugarte 40' Queirós 45+1' Vinagre 52'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Hugo Silva

1 March 2021 21	Benfica	2–0	Rio Ave	Lisbon
19:00 WET (UTC±0)	Seferovic 59' Silva 72' Pizzi 78'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Nuno Almeida

7 March 2021 22	Rio Ave	2–0	Farense	Vila do Conde
20:00 WET (UTC±0)				Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos

14 March 2021 23	Moreirense	1–1	Rio Ave	Braga
15:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Fábio Melo

21 March 2021 24	Rio Ave	0–0	Belenenses SAD	Vila do Conde
15:00 WEST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Gustavo Correia

3 April 2021 25	Rio Ave	0–2	Gil Vicente	Vila do Conde
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Hélder Malheiro

10 April 2021 26	Boavista	3–3	Rio Ave	Porto
15:30 WEST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: André Narciso

17 April 2021 27	Rio Ave	0–0	Braga	Vila do Conde
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Filipe Augusto 35' Amaral 41' Santos 61' Gelson 80'	Report	Sequeira 30' Zé Carlos 69'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Nuno Almeida

21 April 2021 28	Marítimo	1–0	Rio Ave	Funchal
17:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Tagueu 12'	Report		Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Hélder Malheiro

25 April 2021 29	Rio Ave	1–1	Paços de Ferreira	Vila do Conde
17:30 WET (UTC±0)	Borevković 34' Pedro Amaral 36' Fábio Coentrão 49' Ivo Pinto 81'	Report	Zé Uilton 31' Pedro Rebocho 70'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Manuel António Rodrigues Oliveira

1 May 2021 30	Portimonense	0–0	Rio Ave	Portimão
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: João Pinheiro

5 May 2021 31	Rio Ave	0–2	Sporting CP	Vila do Conde
21:15 WEST (UTC+1)	Filipe Augusto 23' Santos 38' Tarantini 62' Coentrão 65' Brandão 90+4'	Report	Mendes 26' Gonçalves 34' (pen.) Feddal 42' Paulinho 63' Palhinha 74' Neto 90+3' Coates 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

11 May 2021 32	Santa Clara	1–0	Rio Ave	Ponta Delgada
16:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Mansur 38' Villanueva 45+1' Carlos 52' Allano 69' Crysan 90+3'	Report	Guga 47' Fábio Coentrão 73' Meshino 79' Filipe Augusto 84'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Hugo Miguel

15 May 2021 33	Rio Ave	0–3	Porto	Vila do Conde
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Borevković 31' Amaral 83' Gabrielzinho 86'	Report	Martínez 56' Díaz 59' Oliveira 68' Uribe 88'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Rui Costa

19 May 2021 34	Nacional	1–2	Rio Ave	Funchal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Relegation play-offs

26 May 2021 First leg	Arouca	3–0	Rio Ave	Arouca
21:45	Pité 43' Sema Velázquez 58' André Silva 75'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 0 Referee: João Pinheiro

30 May 2021 Second leg	Rio Ave	0–2 (0–5 agg.)	Arouca	Vila do Conde
19:00		Report	Arsénio 32' Sema Velázquez 59'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0 Referee: Hugo Miguel

Taça de Portugal

22 November 2020 Third round	Monção	1–2	Rio Ave	Monção
14:30 WET (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Campo Manuel Lima Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Manuel Mota

12 December 2020 Fourth round	Rio Ave	2–1	Famalicão	Vila do Conde
15:00 WET (UTC±0)	Dala 11' Lopes 28', 74' Santos 49' Augusto 82' Tarantini 87' Pereira 90+6'	Report	Herrera 39' João Neto 51' Babić 67' Dias 79'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Tiago Martins

12 January 2021 Fifth round	Rio Ave	1–2	Estoril	Vila do Conde
14:00 WET (UTC±0)	Gelson 65'	Report	Yakubu 14' Vidigal 31'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Artur Soares Dias

UEFA Europa League

17 September 2020 Second qualifying round	Borac Banja Luka	0–2	Rio Ave	Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Tarantini 90' Jambor 90+6'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard (Denmark)

24 September 2020 Third qualifying round	Beşiktaş	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Rio Ave	Istanbul, Turkey
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Yalçın 15' Özyakup 19' Montero 72' Uysal 98' Larin 116' Mensah 116'	Report	Augusto 47' Tarantini 74' Moreira 85', 117' Geraldes 88' Aderlan Santos 120+1'	Stadium: Vodafone Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
	Penalties
	Mensah Töre Welinton Larin		Moreira Santos Jambor Reis

1 October 2020 Play-off round	Rio Ave	2–2 (a.e.t.) (8–9 p)	Milan	Vila do Conde, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Borevković 15' 120+1' Moreira 41' Santos 47' Filipe Augusto 65' Tarantini 68' Geraldes 72' Gelson 91'	Report	Saelemaekers 51' Hernandez 61' Leão 98' Kjær 113' Çalhanoğlu 120+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)
	Penalties
	Geraldes Santos Jambor Piazon Filipe Augusto Gelson Gabrielzinho Monte Pinto Kieszek Geraldes Santos		Bennacer Kjær Hernandez Díaz Çalhanoğlu Calabria Tonali Colombo Leão Donnarumma Bennacer Kjær

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 6 November 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Primeira Liga	Europa League	Total
1	14	MF	Lucas Piazon	2	0	2
2	33	DF	Aderlan Santos	1	0	1
	8	MF	Tarantini	0	1	1
	11	MF	Francisco Geraldes	0	1	1
	23	MF	Nikola Jambor	0	1	1
	40	MF	Ryotaro Meshino	1	0	1
	7	FW	Gelson	0	1	1
	9	FW	Bruno Moreira	0	1	1
	21	FW	Carlos Mané	1	0	1
Totals				5	5	10

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal.^[2]

References

^ "Eis o calendário das 34 jornadas da I Liga 2020/21". Notícias ao Minuto (in Portuguese). 28 August 2020.
^ "Costa anuncia que jogos de futebol continuam sem público". www.jornaldenegocios.pt (in Portuguese). 10 September 2020.

External links

Official website

[table_hth_PTM0.016536337796848-1] Portimonense are ranked ahead of Marítimo on head-to-head points: Portimonense 4, Marítimo 1.

[Covid-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal.^[2]

[2] "Eis o calendário das 34 jornadas da I Liga 2020/21". Notícias ao Minuto (in Portuguese). 28 August 2020.

[3] "Costa anuncia que jogos de futebol continuam sem público". www.jornaldenegocios.pt (in Portuguese). 10 September 2020.

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