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	8th
Taça de Portugal	Fifth round
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Lucas Piazon (2); All: ; Lucas Piazon (2)
Home colours	Away colours
	All statistics correct as of 15 January 2021.

The 2020–21 season is 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 covers the period from July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 6 September 2020

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
2	DF	BRA	Matheus Reis
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)
10	MF	BRA	Diego Lopes
11	MF	POR	Francisco Geraldes
12	DF	BRA	Junio
17	DF	POR	Fábio Coentrão
18	MF	GNB	Pelé (on loan from Monaco)
19	FW	BRA	Ronan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	POR	Costinha
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	Aderlan Santos
40	MF	JPN	Ryotaro Meshino (on loan from Manchester City)
45	FW	BRA	Leandro Silva
70	FW	BRA	Gabrielzinho
77	FW	POR	André Pereira
80	MF	POR	Diogo Teixeira
89	FW	GHA	Said Ahmed Said

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

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	May 2021	Matchday 1		14	3	6	5	10	16	−6	021.43
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					20	6	8	6	20	23	−3	030.00

Last updated: 15 January 2021

Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Belenenses SAD	17	3	7	7	8	14	−6	16
13	Gil Vicente	17	4	4	9	13	20	−7	16
14	Rio Ave	17	3	7	7	11	20	−9	16
15	Portimonense	17	4	3	10	14	23	−9	15
16	Boavista	17	2	8	7	17	29	−12	14	Qualification to Relegation Play-off

Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2021. 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.

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
14	3	6	5	10	16	−6	15	2	2	2	6	6	0	1	4	3	4	10	−6

Last updated: 15 January 2021.
Source: Liga Portugal

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	D
Position	10	11	13	16	10	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 15 January 2021. Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

27 September 2020 2	Rio Ave	0–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Vila do Conde
21:00 WEST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos

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 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 Referee: João Pinheiro

25 October 2020 5	Farense	0–1	Rio Ave	Faro
15:00 WET (UTC±0)			Mané 20'	Stadium: Estádio de São Luís Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

31 October 2020 6	Rio Ave	2–0	Moreirense	Vila do Conde
18:00 WET (UTC±0)	Piazon 14', 83' (pen.)			Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0 Referee: Iancu Vasilica

6 November 2020 7	Belenenses	0–0	Rio Ave	Oeiras
20:30 WET (UTC±0)				Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 0 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

29 November 2020 8	Gil Vicente	2–0	Rio Ave	Barcelos
15:00 WET (UTC±0)				Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 0

6 December 2020 9	Rio Ave	0–0	Boavista	Vila do Conde
17:30 WET (UTC±0)				Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0

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 Referee: João Pinheiro

28 December 2020 11	Rio Ave	1–3	Marítimo	Vila do Conde
18:45 WET (UTC±0)				Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0

3 January 2021 12	Paços de Ferreira	2–0	Rio Ave	Paços de Ferreira
19:00 WET (UTC±0)	Douglas 24', 56'			Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 0

8 January 2021 13	Rio Ave	3–0	Portimonense	Vila do Conde
21:00 WET (UTC±0)				Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0

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 Referee: Hélder Malheiro

25 January 2021 15	Rio Ave	v	Santa Clara	Vila do Conde
16:30 WET (UTC±0)				Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos

Taça de Portugal

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

12 December 2020 Fourth round	Rio Ave	2–1	Famalicão	Vila do Conde
15:00 WET (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos 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 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' Hernández 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

References

External links

Official website

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