2023–24 Boavista F.C. season

Boavista F.C.
2023–24 season
Chairman	Vítor Murta
Manager	Petit; (until 12 December); Jorge Couto; (15–28 December); Ricardo Paiva; (from 29 December)
Stadium	Estádio do Bessa
Primeira Liga	9th
Taça de Portugal	Fourth round
Taça da Liga	First round
Average home league attendance	10,627
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →
	All statistics correct as of 19 August 2023.

The 2023–24 season is Boavista F.C.'s 121st season in existence and 10th consecutive in the Primeira Liga, the top division of association football in Portugal. They are also competing in the Taça de Portugal and the Taça da Liga.

Players

First-team squad

As of 10 August 2023^[2]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BRA	César
5	DF	NGA	Chidozie Awaziem
6	MF	GUI	Ibrahima Camará
7	FW	POR	Salvador Agra
8	FW	POR	Bruno Lourenço
9	FW	SVK	Róbert Boženík
10	MF	POR	Miguel Reisinho
11	FW	POR	Luís Santos
12	GK	BRA	Luís Pires
13	MF	JPN	Masaki Watai (on loan from Tokushima Vortis)
16	MF	POR	Joel Silva
18	MF	MNE	Ilija Vukotić
20	DF	POR	Filipe Ferreira
21	FW	POR	Tiago Morais
23	DF	FRA	Vincent Sasso
24	MF	COL	Sebastián Pérez (captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	DF	URU	Rodrigo Abascal
27	FW	VEN	Jeriel De Santis
30	FW	IRL	Cristiano Fitzgerald
33	DF	POR	Pedro Gomes
35	DF	POR	Gonçalo Almeida
42	MF	CGO	Gaius Makouta
55	DF	GNB	Augusto Dabó
59	FW	POR	Martim Tavares
70	DF	NGA	Bruno Onyemaechi
76	GK	POR	Tomé Sousa
79	DF	POR	Pedro Malheiro
80	MF	POR	Berna
88	MF	POR	Marco Ribeiro
90	FW	POR	Tiago Machado
99	GK	POR	João Gonçalves

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	POR	Manuel Namora (at Leixões until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

12 July 2023 Friendly	Boavista	3–1	Leixões	Porto
10:30 UTC+1				Stadium: Campo de Treinos do Estádio do Bessa XXI

15 July 2023 Friendly	Braga	2–0	Boavista	Braga
10:00 UTC+1				Stadium: Cidade Desportiva SC Braga

18 July 2023 Friendly	Arouca	3–0	Boavista	Luso
19:00 UTC+1	Mújica 34' Cristo 61' Galović 79'			Stadium: Centro de Estágios de Luso

19 July 2023 Friendly	Boavista	4–3	Al-Hazem	Freamunde
10:30 UTC+1				Stadium: Complexo Desportivo do SC Freamunde

26 July 2023 Friendly	Boavista	3–0	Boavista U19
10:30 UTC+1

29 July 2023 Friendly

Penafiel

1–3

Boavista

4 August 2023 Friendly	Paços de Ferreira	3–2	Boavista	Paços de Ferreira
10:00 UTC+1				Stadium: Estádio Capital do Móvel

5 August 2023 Friendly	Boavista	0–0	Estoril	Porto
10:30 UTC+1

Competitions

Overall record

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	14 August 2023	May 2024	Matchday 1		21	6	6	9	29	38	−9	028.57
Taça de Portugal	22 October 2023	26 November 2023	Third round	Fourth round	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	050.00
Taça da Liga	24 July 2023		First round	First round	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Total					24	7	8	9	34	41	−7	029.17

Last updated: 10 February 2024
Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	Estoril	34	9	6	19	49	58	−9	33^[a]
14	Estrela da Amadora	34	7	12	15	33	53	−20	33^[a]
15	Boavista	34	7	11	16	39	62	−23	32^[b]
16	Portimonense (R)	34	8	8	18	39	72	−33	32^[b]	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
17	Vizela (R)	34	5	11	18	36	66	−30	26	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 Head-to-head away goals scored: Estoril 1, Estrela da Amadora 0.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Boavista 4, Portimonense 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
21	6	6	9	29	38	−9	24	3	4	4	16	22	−6	3	2	5	13	16	−3

Last updated: 10 February 2024.
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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	D	W
Position	5	1	4	1	1	4	4	6	6	7	9	9	10	11	13	12	9	9	12	12	9

Updated to match(es) played on 10 February 2024. Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 5 July 2023.^[3]

14 August 2023 1	Boavista	3–2	Benfica	Porto
20:45 UTC+1	Reisinho 1' Makouta 11' Pérez 14' Boženík 55', 90+13', 90+14' Onyemaechi 67' Lourenço 90' (pen.), 90+9' Berna 90+8'	Report	Di María 22', 54' Musa 50' R. Silva 65', 75' Bah 82' A. Silva 88'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 21,320 Referee: António Nobre

19 August 2023 2	Portimonense	1–4	Boavista	Portimão
20:30 UTC+1	Guga 20' Seck 25' Rildo 34' Ronie Carrillo 90+1'	Report	Relvas 6' (o.g.) Boženík 9' Morais 22' Gonçalves 65' De Santis 89' Vukotić 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 2,034 Referee: João Pinheiro

27 August 2023 3	Boavista	1–1	Casa Pia	Porto
15:30 WET	Pedro Malheiro 35' 48'	Report	Clayton 33'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 4,945 Referee: Bruno Pires Costa

3 September 2023 4	Estoril	1–2	Boavista	Estoril
15:30 WET	Alejandro Marqués 34' 70' Pedro Álvaro 84' Rodrigo Gomes 85'	Report	Pedro Malheiro 4' Tiago Morais 41' Makouta 52'	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Attendance: 3,056 Referee: Claúdio Pereira

18 September 2023 5	Boavista	4–1	Chaves	Porto
20:15 WET	Tiago Morais 1' Salvador Agra 5' Boženík 11' 23' Pérez 90+4'	Report	Ygor Nogueira 33' Paulo Victor 45+3' 71' Guima 89'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 7,022 Referee: Nuno Almeida

24 September 2023 6	Braga	4–1	Boavista	Braga
20:30 WET	Ricardo Horta 19' 49' 58' Banza 37' 90+5' Al-Musrati 54' (pen.)	Report	Tiago Morais 26' Pérez 30' 31' Makouta 45+2'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 16,394 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

30 September 2023 7	Boavista	2–2	Famalicão	Porto
18:00 WET	Tiago Morais 25' 79' Makouta 43' Miguel Reisinho 44' Abascal 53' Salvador Agra 68' Vukotić 74'	Report	Cádiz 12' (pen.) 69' Lacoux 37' Martín Aguirregabiria 45+2' Afonso Rodrigues 65' Francisco Moura 67' Chiquinho 71' de Haas 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 7,809 Referee: Gustavo Correia

6 October 2023 8	Moreirense	1–1	Boavista	Moreira de Cónegos
20:15 WET	André Luis 35'	Report	Marcelo 21' (o.g.) Bruno Lourenço 47' Awaziem 65' Miguel Reisinho 80'	Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 2,388 Referee: David Silva

30 October 2023 9	Boavista	0–2	Sporting CP	Porto
20:15 WET	Awaziem 45+2' Tiago Morais 47' Filipe Ferreira 59'	Report	Geny Catamo 37' Edwards 74' Pote 85' Hjulmand 90+7'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 12,608 Referee: Nuno Almeida

5 November 2023 10	Rio Ave	2–0	Boavista	Vila do Conde
18:00 WET	Fábio Ronaldo 23' 37' André Pereira 40' Boateng 45+3' 47'	Report	Awaziem 42' De Santis 82'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 2,866 Referee: Claúdio Pereira

12 November 2023 11	Boavista	1–3	Farense	Porto
15:30 WET	Miguel Reisinho 50' Awaziem 83' Boženík 86' Martim Tavares 90'	Report	Elves Baldé 29' Fabrício Isidoro 80' 90+2' Rafael Barbosa 90+6'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 6,520 Referee: André Narciso

3 December 2023 12	Boavista	0–4	Arouca	Porto
20:30 WET	Onyemaechi 1' Pérez 45+1' Tiago Morais 67' 90+4' Berna 81' Filipe Ferreira 82'	Report	Cristo González 2' 23' Rafa Mújica 39' Milovanov 42' 49' Sylla 55' Trezza 70' Jason 72'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 3,788 Referee: Tiago Martins (referee)

10 December 2023 13	Estrela	3–1	Boavista	Amadora
15:30 WET	André Luiz 31' Léo Cordeiro 36' Léo Jabá 52' Kialonda Gaspar 63' Erivaldo Almeida 72' Abascal 78' (o.g.) Kikas 84'	Report	Filipe Ferreira 25' Martim Tavares 74' Pérez 78'	Stadium: Estádio José Gomes Attendance: 3,732 Referee: Iancu Vasilica

16 December 2023 14	Boavista	1–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Porto
20:30 WET	Makouta 13' Salvador Agra 15' Pérez 49' Abascal 57' Pedro Malheiro 76' Boženík 80' Tiago Morais 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Tomás Ribeiro 16' Nélson da Luz 28' Jota Silva 30'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 8,970 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

30 December 2023 15	Gil Vicente	1–0	Boavista	Barcelos
15:30 WET	Murilo Costa 64' (pen.)	Report	Pedro Malheiro 63'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 4,986 Referee: Luís Godinho

5 January 2024 16	Boavista	1–1	Porto	Porto
20:45 WET	Bruno Lourenço 28' Pedro Malheiro 42' Luís Santos 62' Vukotić 88' Camará 88' Abascal 90+2' João Gonçalves 90+2'	Report	Toni Martínez 23' Pepê 89'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 13,945 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

14 January 2024 17	Vizela	1–4	Boavista	Vizela
18:00 WET	Matheus Pereira 45+1' Essende 79' 88'	Report	Filipe Ferreira 18' Sasso 24' Tiago Morais 40' Abascal 52' Boženík 65' 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio do Futebol Clube de Vizela Attendance: 1,998 Referee: Claúdio Pereira

19 January 2024 18	Benfica	2–0	Boavista	Lisbon
20:15 WET	Otamendi 49' Rafa Silva 55' Florentino Luís 56' Di María 61' Marcos Leonardo 90+4'	Report	Abascal 57' Pérez 80' Vukotić 86'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 54,345 Referee: Gustavo Correia

28 January 2024 19	Boavista	1–4	Portimonense	Porto
15:30 WET	Sasso 34' Makouta 67' Abascal 75'	Report	Hélio Varela 18' 72' Jasper 25' Carlinhos 35' Dener 83' Luan Campos 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 6,917 Referee: Bruno Pires Costa

5 February 2024 20	Casa Pia	0–0	Boavista	Rio Maior
20:15 WET	Nuno Moreira 45+1' Ângelo Neto 60' Felippe Cardoso 75'	Report	Sasso 59'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior Attendance: 1,261 Referee: Iancu Vasilica

10 February 2024 21	Boavista	2–1	Estoril	Porto
20:30 WET	Sasso 15' Boženík 29' Makouta 48' Pérez 61' Bruno Lourenço 85' Camará 87' João Gonçalves 90'	Report	Ndiaye 17' Alejandro Marqués 54' Vinicius Zanocelo 70' João Carlos 86' Mateus Fernandes 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 7,112 Referee: João Pinheiro

17 February 2024 22	Chaves	–	Boavista	Chaves
15:30 WET				Stadium: Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira

Taça de Portugal

22 October 2023 Third round	Oliveirense	1–3	Boavista	Oliveira de Azeméis
20:00 WET	Vasco Gadelho 10' João Paulo 55' 90+2'	Report	Boženík 16' Pérez 33' Onyemaechi 42' Miguel Reisinho 72' Masaki Watai 75'	Stadium: Estádio Carlos Osório Referee: João Pinheiro

26 November 2023 Fourth round	Arouca	2–2 (4–3 p)	Boavista	Arouca
20:00 WET	Kouassi 38' Cristo González 39' Milovanov 58' Trezza 95' Pedro Santos 105+5' (pen.) 110'	Report	Onyemaechi 18' Tiago Morais 37' Awaziem 46' Bruno Lourenço 49' 106' Boženík 62' 78' Berna 105+2' Vukotić 120'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Referee: Fábio Melo

Taça da Liga

24 July 2023 First round	Boavista	0–0 (4–5 p)	União de Leiria	Porto
20:15 UTC+1				Stadium: Estádio do Bessa

References

^ https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/prt/aveprt24.htm
^ "FUTEBOL | BOAVISTA Futebol Clube". Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
^ "Liga: o calendário completo da Liga 2023/24". Maisfutebol.

External links

Official website

[table_hth_EST0.3890718586692-3] Head-to-head away goals scored: Estoril 1, Estrela da Amadora 0.

[table_hth_BOA0.3890718586692-4] Head-to-head points: Boavista 4, Portimonense 1.

[1] ttps://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/prt/aveprt24.htm

[2] "FUTEBOL | BOAVISTA Futebol Clube". Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

[5] "Liga: o calendário completo da Liga 2023/24". Maisfutebol.

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