2020–21 S.C. Braga season

Braga
2020–21 season
President	António Salvador
Head coach	Carlos Carvalhal
Stadium	Estádio Municipal de Braga
Primeira Liga	4th
Taça de Portugal	Semi-finals
Taça da Liga	Runners-up
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ricardo Horta (5); All: ; Ricardo Horta (10)
Home colours	Away colours
	All statistics correct as of 29 January 2021.

The 2020–21 season is S.C. Braga's 100th season in existence and the club's 25th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. In addition to the domestic league, S.C. Braga are participating in this season's editions of the Taça de Portugal, the Taça da Liga and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 14 January 2021.[1]

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	Matheus
2	DF	POR	Zé Carlos
3	DF	BRA	Vítor Tormena
5	DF	POR	Nuno Sequeira
6	DF	POR	Rolando
7	MF	POR	João Novais
8	MF	LBY	Ali Elmusrati
9	FW	ESP	Abel Ruiz
10	MF	ARG	Nico Gaitán
12	GK	POR	Tiago Sá
11	FW	BRA	Lucas Piazon
15	MF	POR	André Horta
16	DF	POR	David Carmo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	POR	Rui Fonte
20	FW	POR	Paulinho
21	FW	POR	Ricardo Horta
27	MF	BRA	Fransérgio (captain)
34	DF	BRA	Raul Silva
36	DF	BRA	Bruno Viana
45	MF	POR	Iuri Medeiros (on loan from Nürnberg)
47	DF	POR	Ricardo Esgaio
74	DF	POR	Francisco Moura
88	MF	POR	André Castro
90	FW	BRA	Galeno
91	GK	CZE	Lukáš Horníček
95	FW	BRA	Guilherme Schettine

Others 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
—	DF	POR	Diogo Figueiras
—	MF	BRA	Eduardo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	BRA	Crislan

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
4	DF	POR	Bruno Wilson (at CD Tenerife until 30 June 2021)
11	FW	BRA	Murilo (at RCD Mallorca until 30 June 2021)
89	FW	POR	Leandro Sanca (at Académica OAF until 30 June 2021)
—	DF	BRA	Caju (at Goiás until 31 December 2020)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	POR	Fábio Martins (at Al-Shabab Riyadh until 30 June 2021)
—	DF	CRO	Andrej Lukić (at Sheriff Tiraspol until 31 December 2020)
—	MF	BRA	Ricardo Ryller (at Red Bull Bragantino until 30 June 2021)

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

2 September 2020 Friendly	Benfica	2–1	Braga	Lisbon, Portugal
19:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Taarabt 41' 69' Vinícius 56', 90+3'	Report	Paulinho 30' A. Horta 45+1'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0

5 September 2020 Friendly	Braga	Cancelled	Santa Clara	Fão, Portugal
19:00 WEST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Sports Complex Football Club Fão Attendance: 0

5 September 2020 Friendly	Braga	2–2	Valladolid	Braga, Portugal
19:00 WEST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga

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	19 September 2020	19 May 2021	Matchday 1		17	12	0	5	30	16	+14	070.59
Taça de Portugal	21 November 2020		Third round		4	4	0	0	16	2	+14	100.00
Taça da Liga	17 December 2020	23 January 2021	Quarter-finals	Runners-up	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	066.67
Europa League	22 October 2020		Group stage		6	4	1	1	14	10	+4	066.67
Total					30	22	1	7	65	31	+34	073.33

Last updated: 4 February 2021

Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting CP	17	14	3	0	36	9	+27	45	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Porto	17	12	3	2	39	17	+22	39	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Braga	17	12	0	5	30	16	+14	36	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Benfica	17	10	4	3	30	16	+14	34	Qualification to Europa Conference League play-off round
5	Paços de Ferreira	17	10	4	3	26	14	+12	34	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round

Updated to match(es) played on 5 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
17	12	0	5	30	16	+14	36	7	0	1	12	4	+8	5	0	4	18	12	+6

Last updated: 4 February 2021.
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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W
Position	17	17	12	6	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 4 February 2021. Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

19 September 2020 1	Porto	3–1	Braga	Porto
21:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Oliveira 45+1' Telles 45+3' (pen.), 89' (pen.)	Report	Castro 21'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 0 Referee: João Pinheiro

25 September 2020 2	Braga	0–1	Santa Clara	Braga
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)		Report	Thiago Santana 5'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 0 Referee: Rui Costa

3 October 2020 3	Tondela	0–4	Braga	Tondela
21:00 WEST (UTC+1)		Report	Viana 22' Galeno 26', 43' R. Horta 29'	Stadium: Estádio João Cardoso Attendance: 0 Referee: Nuno Almeida

17 October 2020 4	Braga	2–1	Nacional	Braga
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Fransérgio 28' Medeiros 42'	Report	Borges 86'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 0 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

25 October 2020 5	Vitória de Guimarães	0–1	Braga	Guimarães
20:00 WET (UTC±0)		Report	Esgaio 27'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 0 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

2 November 2020 6	Braga	1–0	Famalicão	Braga
18:45 WET (UTC±0)	Viana 74'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 0 Referee: Rui Costa

8 November 2020 7	Benfica	2–3	Braga	Lisbon
20:00 WET (UTC±0)	Seferović 68', 86' Gonçalves 79'	Report	Medeiros 11', 38' Esgaio 26' Moura 50', 63' Sequeira 56'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

29 November 2020 8	Braga	1–0	Farense	Braga
20:00 WET (UTC±0)	Carmo 3' Fransérgio 57' Novais 79' Elmusrati 87'	Report	Oudrhiri 47' Falcão 80' Gauld 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 0 Referee: António Nobre

6 December 2020 9	Belenenses SAD	2–1	Braga	Oeiras
20:00 WET (UTC±0)	Cardoso 33' Sousa 45+1' Teixeira 79' Phete 90+3'	Report	Carmo 62' Paulinho 70' (pen.) Fransérgio 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 0 Referee: Hélder Malheiro

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

28 December 2020 11	Boavista	1–4	Braga	Porto
21:00 WET (UTC±0)	Castro 66' Benguché 81'	Report	Paulinho 4' Medeiros 15' R. Horta 26', 70' Elmusrati 67'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 0 Referee: André Narciso

2 January 2021 12	Sporting CP	2–0	Braga	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±0)	Gonçalves 54' Nunes 78', 90+1' Porro 79' Antunes 90+2'	Report	Galeno 37' Silva 51' Elmusrati 58' Matheus 88'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

7 January 2021 13	Braga	2–1	Marítimo	Braga
21:00 WET (UTC±0)	R. Horta 29', 67' Medeiros 34' Fransérgio 52' Elmusrati 70'	Report	Renê 16' Andrade 50' Milson 77' Zainadine 79' Jean 88'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 0 Referee: Hélder Malheiro

16 January 2021 14	Paços de Ferreira	2–0	Braga	Paços de Ferreira
15:30 WET (UTC±0)	Costa 57' Ferreira 76' Diaby 90'	Report	Galeno 62' Medeiros 85'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 0 Referee: Nuno Almeida

26 January 2021 15	Braga	1–0	Gil Vicente	Braga
19:45 WET (UTC±0)	Paulinho 33' Viana 44' Medeiros 72' Novais 77' Sequeira 87' Galeno 90+1' Fransérgio 90+3'	Report	Pereira 60'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

1 February 2021 16	Moreirense	0–4	Braga	Moreira de Cónegos
19:45 WET (UTC±0)	Yan 86' Vitória 89'	Report	Fransérgio 6', 41' Castro 17' Silva 22' A. Horta 87'	Stadium: Parque Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 0 Referee: João Pinheiro

4 February 2021 17	Braga	2–1	Portimonense	Braga
21:00 WET (UTC±0)	Piazon 62' R. Horta 73' (pen.)	Report	Boa Morte 23' Ewerton 60' Henrique 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 0 Referee: Rui Costa

7 February 2021 18	Braga	v	Porto	Braga
20:45 WET (UTC±0)				Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga

Taça de Portugal

21 November 2020 Third round	Trofense	1–2	Braga	Trofa
19:30 WET (UTC±0)	Leão 25' 65' Yair Castro 29' Alan Júnior 50' (pen.) Serginho 70'	Report	Castro 18' Ruiz 44' A. Horta 62' Galeno 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio do CD Trofense Referee: Fabio Melo

14 December 2020 Fourth round	Olímpico Montijo	0–7	Braga	Montijo
20:15 WET (UTC±0)	Antunes 61'	Report	Ruiz 28', 61' Paulinho 30' Novais 71', 77' (pen.) R. Horta 73' Tormena 86' Galeno 87' Medeiros 90'	Stadium: Campo da Liberdade Referee: Gustavo Correia

13 January 2021 Fifth round	Braga	5–0	Torreense	Braga
15:30 WET (UTC±0)	Rolando 24' Ruiz 28', 61' Esgaio 52' Fransérgio 90+1' Oliveira 90+3' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Referee: Agostinho Silva

29 January 2021 Quarter-finals	Braga	2–1	Santa Clara	Braga
19:45 WET (UTC±0)	R. Horta 25', 40' Ruiz 43'	Report	Villanueva 90' Crysan 90+6'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Referee: Nuno Almeida

10 February 2021 Semi-finals First leg	Braga	v	Porto	Braga
20:15 WET (UTC±0)				Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga

2–4 March 2021 Semi-finals Second leg	Porto	v	Braga	Porto
--:-- WET (UTC±0)				Stadium: Estádio do Dragão

Taça da Liga

17 December 2020 Quarter-finals	Braga	3–1	Estoril	Braga
20:15 WET (UTC±0)	Paulinho 14', 59', 78' Viana 22' Galeno 90+3'	Report	Franco 64'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 0 Referee: Luís Godinho

20 January 2021 Semi-finals	Braga	2–1	Benfica	Leiria
19:45 WET (UTC±0)	Castro 20' Ruiz 28' Sequeira 34' Tormena 59' Esgaio 66' Fransérgio 90+4'	Report	Todibo 38' Pizzi 45' (pen.) Weigl 52' Jardel 83'	Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Attendance: 0 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

23 January 2021 Final	Sporting CP	1–0	Braga	Leiria
19:45 WET (UTC±0)	Cabral 24' Porro 41', 81' Mendes 76' Nunes 87' Gonçalves 90+5', 90+6' Neto 90+6'	Report	Sequeira 32' Elmusrati 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Attendance: 0 Referee: Tiago Martins

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LEI	BRA	ZOR	AEK
1	Leicester City	6	4	1	1	14	5	+9	13[lower-alpha 1]	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–0	3–0	2–0
2	Braga	6	4	1	1	14	10	+4	13[lower-alpha 1]	Advance to knockout phase	3–3	—	2–0	3–0
3	Zorya Luhansk	6	2	0	4	6	11	−5	6		1–0	1–2	—	1–4
4	AEK Athens	6	1	0	5	7	15	−8	3		1–2	2–4	0–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

Head-to-head points: Leicester City 4, Braga 1.

22 October 2020 1	Braga	3–0	AEK Athens	Braga, Portugal
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Galeno 44' Sequeira 55' Carmo 56' Esgaio 69' Paulinho 78' R. Horta 88'	Report	Mantalos 19' Nedelcearu 34' Oliveira 67'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Attendance: 2,196 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

29 October 2020 2	Zorya Luhansk	1–2	Braga	Zaporizhia, Ukraine
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Kocherhin 35' Kabayev 47' Ivanisenya 90+6'	Report	Paulinho 4' Gaitán 11' Carmo 29' Fransérgio 78' Raul Silva 85'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 853 Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

5 November 2020 3	Leicester City	4–0	Braga	Leicester, England
21:00 GMT (UTC±0)	Iheanacho 21', 48', 69' Albrighton 43' Praet 67' Maddison 78'	Report	Esgaio 45+2' Carmo 90+1'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

26 November 2020 4	Braga	3–3	Leicester City	Braga, Portugal
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Elmusrati 4', 65' Paulinho 24', 84' Fransérgio 90+1' Schettine 90+2'	Report	Barnes 9' Albrighton 52' Evans 53' Thomas 79' Vardy 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

3 December 2020 5	AEK Athens	2–4	Braga	Athens, Greece
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Oliveira 31' Vasilantonopoulos 58', 89' Insúa 70' Mantalos 74'	Report	Tormena 8' Esgaio 10', 74' Viana 30' R. Horta 45' Elmusrati 50' Castro 74' Galeno 83'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

10 December 2020 6	Braga	2–0	Zorya Luhansk	Braga, Portugal
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Abu Hanna 61' (o.g.) R. Horta 68'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2020.[3]

18 February 2021 First leg	Braga	v	Roma	Braga, Portugal
17:55 WET (UTC±0)				Stadium: Estádio Municipal

25 February 2021 Second leg	Roma	v	Braga	Rome, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		UEFA Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Matheus	19	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
12	GK		Tiago Sá	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
91	GK		Lukáš Horníček	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Zé Carlos	4	0	0+1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF		Vítor Tormena	14	2	3+3	0	2+1	1	1	0	3+1	1
5	DF		Nuno Sequeira	19	0	13	0	2	0	1	0	3	0
6	DF		Rolando	4	1	2+1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
16	DF		David Carmo	13	0	7+1	0	0	0	0	0	4+1	0
34	DF		Raul Silva	11	0	4+1	0	2	0	0	0	3+1	0
36	DF		Bruno Viana	20	2	11	2	2	0	1	0	5+1	0
47	DF		Ricardo Esgaio	22	3	13	1	1+2	1	1	0	5	1
74	DF		Francisco Moura	8	2	2+3	2	0	0	0	0	1+2	0
86	DF		Bruno Rodrigues	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF		João Novais	17	1	2+7	0	2+1	1	0+1	0	2+2	0
8	MF		Ali Elmusrati	20	2	8+3	1	2	0	0+1	0	3+3	1
10	MF		Nico Gaitán	4	1	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	1
15	MF		André Horta	17	0	1+7	0	2+1	0	0	0	2+4	0
27	MF		Fransérgio	18	3	10+1	2	0+1	0	1	0	3+2	1
45	MF		Iuri Medeiros	23	5	10+3	4	1+2	1	1	0	3+3	0
88	MF		André Castro	17	1	9+1	1	1	0	1	0	4+1	0
Forwards
9	FW		Abel Ruiz	12	4	1+5	0	3	4	0+1	0	2	0
18	FW		Rui Fonte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW		Paulinho	20	10	11	3	2	1	1	3	5+1	3
21	FW		Ricardo Horta	20	9	11	5	0+3	1	1	0	4+1	3
57	FW		Rodrigo Gomes	6	0	0+4	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
90	FW		Galeno	21	6	10+2	2	2+1	2	1	0	5	2
95	FW		Guilherme Schettine	17	0	1+8	0	1+1	0	0	0	1+5	0
99	FW		Vítor Oliveira	1	1	0	0	0+1	1	0	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club

Last updated: 13 January 2021
Source: soccerway

Goalscorers

As of 8 November 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Primeira Liga	Europa League	Total
1	90	FW	Galeno	2	1	3
2	36	DF	Bruno Viana	2	0	2
	74	DF	Francisco Moura	2	0	2
	45	MF	Iuri Medeiros	2	0	2
	20	FW	Paulinho	0	2	2
	21	FW	Ricardo Horta	1	1	2
3	47	DF	Ricardo Esgaio	1	0	1
	10	MF	Nicolás Gaitán	0	1	1
	27	MF	Fransérgio	1	0	1
	88	MF	André Castro	1	0	1
Totals				12	5	17

References

"Futebol - Equipa Principal" (in Portuguese). S.C. Braga.
"2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
"Europa League round of 32 draw: all you need to know". uefa.com. 14 December 2020.

External links

Official website

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[table_hth_LEI0.21500180299161-3] Head-to-head points: Leicester City 4, Braga 1.

[1] "Futebol - Equipa Principal" (in Portuguese). S.C. Braga.

[2] "2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

[4] "Europa League round of 32 draw: all you need to know". uefa.com. 14 December 2020.