2018–19 Rio Ave F.C. season

Rio Ave
2018-19 season
Manager	Miguel Cardoso ; (until 13 June); José Gomes ; (13 June - 22 December); Daniel Ramos ; (from 1 January)
Stadium	Estádio dos Arcos
Primeira Liga	7th
Taça de Portugal	Fifth round (vs Sporting CP)
Taça da Liga	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Carlos Vinícius (8); All: Carlos Vinícius (14)

The 2018–19 season is Rio Ave's eleventh season back in the Primeira Liga.

Season events

During the pre-season, manager Miguel Cardoso resigned on 13 June 2018,^[1] with José Gomes being appointed as his replacement the same day.^[2] Six months later, 22 December 2018, Gomes resigned to take the vacant manager's position at English Championship club Reading,^[3] with Daniel Ramos being appointed as his replacement on 1 January 2019.^[4]

Squad

As of 31 January 2019

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	DF	BRA	Matheus Reis
3	DF	POR	Rúben Semedo (on loan from Villarreal)
4	DF	POR	Nélson Monte
5	DF	ANG	Jonathan Buatu
6	DF	CRO	Toni Borevković
7	FW	BRA	Murilo
8	MF	POR	Tarantini (captain)
9	FW	POR	Bruno Moreira
10	MF	BRA	Diego Lopes
11	FW	POR	Nuno Santos
12	DF	BRA	Junio (on loan from Internacional)
13	FW	BRA	Carlos
14	FW	GHA	Ahmed Said
17	MF	POR	Fábio Coentrão
18	MF	BRA	Filipe Augusto
19	FW	BRA	Ronan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	GK	BRA	Léo (on loan from Grêmio)
21	MF	BRA	Leandrinho
22	DF	GNB	Eliseu Cassamá
23	MF	CRO	Nikola Jambor
25	DF	POR	Afonso Figueiredo
26	FW	BRA	Gabrielzinho
29	GK	BRA	Paulo Vítor
30	MF	POR	Joca
33	DF	BRA	Messias (on loan from América)
55	DF	POR	Tiago André
57	FW	ANG	Gelson (on loan from Sporting CP)
81	MF	POR	Víto Ferreira
88	MF	POR	Diogo Teixeira
90	FW	BRA	Galeno (on loan from Porto)
99	MF	BRA	André Silva

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
3	DF	POR	Miguel Rodrigues (at Estoril until 30 June 2019)
91	FW	FRA	Damien Furtado (at Famalicão until 30 June 2019)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	POR	Silvério (at Varzim until 30 June 2019)
—	FW	CRO	Tomislav Štrkalj (at Rudeš until 30 June 2019)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
8 June 2018	DF	Toni Borevković	Rudeš	Undisclosed	^[5]
14 June 2018	MF	Murilo	Mirassol	Undisclosed	^[6]
15 June 2018	DF	Afonso Figueiredo	Rennes	Undisclosed	^[7]
19 June 2018	DF	Jonathan Buatu	Waasland-Beveren	Undisclosed	^[8]
25 June 2018	DF	Matheus Reis	São Paulo	Undisclosed	^[9]
7 July 2018	MF	Nikola Jambor	Slaven Belupo	Undisclosed	^[10]
27 July 2018	MF	Joca	Braga B	Undisclosed	^[11]
29 August 2018	GK	Paulo Vítor	Varzim	Undisclosed	^[12]
31 August 2018	DF	Fábio Coentrão	Real Madrid	Free	^[13]
16 January 2019	FW	Tomislav Štrkalj	NK Osijek	Undisclosed	^[14]
30 January 2019	MF	Filipe Augusto	Benfica	Free	^[15]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
26 June 2018	GK	Léo	Grêmio		^[16]
27 June 2018	DF	Junio	Internacional	End of Season	^[17]
6 July 2018	MF	João Schmidt	Atalanta	2 February 2019	^[18]^[19]
11 July 2018	FW	Galeno	Porto	End of season	^[20]
17 July 2018	FW	Gelson	Sporting CP	End of season	^[21]
24 August 2018	FW	Carlos Vinícius	Napoli	30 January 2019	^[22]^[23]
29 January 2019	DF	Rúben Semedo	Villarreal	End of season	^[24]
30 January 2019	DF	Messias	América Mineiro	June 2020	^[25]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
6 July 2018	MF		Pelé	Monaco	Undisclosed	^[26]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date	Ref.
30 August 2018	DF	Silvério	Varzim	End of season	^[27]
16 January 2019	FW	Tomislav Štrkalj	Rudeš		^[14]
23 January 2019	MF	Damien Furtado	Famalicão	End of season	^[28]
29 January 2019	DF	Miguel Rodrigues	Estoril	End of season	^[29]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
15 January 2019^[30]	GK		Giorgi Makaridze	Vitória de Setúbal

Competitions

Primeira Liga

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Vitória de Guimarães	34	15	7	12	46	34	+12	52^[a]	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[b]
6	Moreirense	34	16	4	14	39	44	−5	52^[a]
7	Rio Ave	34	12	9	13	50	52	−2	45
8	Boavista	34	13	5	16	34	40	−6	44
9	Belenenses SAD	34	10	13	11	42	51	−9	43

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.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Vitória de Guimarães finished ahead of Moreirense on head-to-head points: Vitória de Guimarães 1–0 Moreirense, Moreirense 1–3 Vitória de Guimarães.
^ Since the winners of the 2018–19 Taça de Portugal, Sporting CP, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.

Result 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	12	9	13	50	52	−2	45	5	6	6	26	28	−2	7	3	7	24	24	0

Last updated: 18 May 2019.
Source: Results

Results

12 August 2018 1	Feirense	2–0	Rio Ave	Santa Maria da Feira
16:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Edson Paraíba 12' T. Silva 20' Edinho 33'	Report	Cassamá 32' Gelson 65'	Stadium: Estádio Marcolino de Castro Referee: António Nobre

19 August 2018 2	Rio Ave	3–1	Marítimo	Vila do Conde
16:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Moreira 12' Gelson 40' Buatu 72' Furtado 87'	Report	Bebeto 17' Baiano 42' Joel 73' (pen.), 88'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Vitor Ferreira

26 August 2018 3	Tondela	1–1	Rio Ave	Tondela
18:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Peña 58' Fernandes 62' Monteiro 75' Tomané 90+1'	Report	Junio 12' Galeno 17' Gelson 30'	Stadium: Estádio João Cardoso Referee: Manuel Mota

2 September 2018 4	Rio Ave	2–1	Portimonense	Vila do Conde
16:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Borevković 4' Gabrielzinho 48' Buatu 52' Gelson 90+6', 90+7'	Report	Dener 12', 24' Manafá 55' 86' Lucas 59'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Artur Soares Dias

22 September 2019 5	Santa Clara	1–3	Rio Ave	Ponta Delgada
16:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Fernando 24' Vinícius 78' (o.g.) Lucas 90+1' César 90+5'	Report	Jambor 19' Schmidt 31', 90+5' (pen.) Junio 58' 77' Carlos Vinícius 70' Galeno 74'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Referee: João Capela

29 September 2018 6	Rio Ave	2–1	Boavista	Vila do Conde
19:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Carlos Vinícius 14', 40' Cassamá 42' Schmidt 86'	Report	Sparagna 30' Obiora 60' Lopes 75' Simão 90' Carraça 90'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Hugo Miguel

6 October 2018 7	Braga	1–1	Rio Ave	Braga
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Horta 27' Marcelo Goiano 45+2' Esgaio 62' 90+2' Paulinho 86' Eduardo 90+7'	Report	Lopes 6' Gelson 34' Galeno 53' Tarantini 69' Léo 89'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Referee: Tiago Martins

27 October 2018 8	Rio Ave	1–0	Chaves	Vila do Conde
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Galeno 66', 90+3' Lopes 77' Coentrão 90+7'	Report	Eustáquio 49' Paulinho 58' Perdigão 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Hélder Malheiro

5 November 2018 9	Rio Ave	3–3	Nacional	Vila do Conde
19:00 WET (UTC)	Lopes 7' Carlos Vinícius 45+4' (pen.), 67' Reis 60' Coentrão 90+1'	Report	Gorré 24' Júlio César 35' Lopes 45+3' Camacho 55' Róchez 79' (pen.) Witi 89' Marakis 90+1' Guimarães 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: João Pinto

10 November 2018 10	Desportivo das Aves	2–1	Rio Ave	Aves
15:30 WET (UTC)	Soares 16' (pen.) Galo 45+2' Ferreira 66' Braga 89' Amilton 90+2'	Report	Cassamá 14' Reis 53' Lopes 54' Galeno 62' Moreira 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio do CD Aves Referee: Luís Godinho

3 December 2018 11	Rio Ave	1–3	Sporting CP	Vila do Conde
20:15 WET (UTC)	Schmidt 12', 59' Borevković 60' Carlos Vinícius 88'	Report	Fernandes 8' Acuña 15' Dost 23', 56' Gudelj 29' Coates 48' Diaby 64' Cabral 72'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Carlos Xistra

9 December 2018 12	Vitória de Guimarães	3–2	Rio Ave	Guimarães
17:30 WET (UTC)	André 17' (pen.), 43' (pen.), 79' Guedes 20' Pedrão 74', 87' Sacko 83'	Report	Carlos Vinícius 22' (pen.) Gabrielzinho 53' Coentrão 73' Lopes 86'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Referee: Nuno Almeida

16 December 2018 13	Rio Ave	2–2	Belenenses	Vila do Conde
15:00 WET (UTC)	Silva 28' (pen.) Reis 31' Buatu 45+3' Coentrão 49' Gelson 64'	Report	Viana 31' Licá 58' Fredy 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Manuel Mota

23 December 2018 14	Porto	2–1	Rio Ave	Porto
15:00 WET (UTC)	Brahimi 16' Marega 26' M. Pereira 90+3'	Report	Carlos Vinícius 12' Coentrão 55' 90+3' Tarantini 55' Monte 58'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Referee: Tiago Martins

2 January 2019 15	Rio Ave	1–2	Moreirense	Vila do Conde
20:15 WET (UTC)	Carlos Vinícius 33' Gabrielzinho 36' Galeno 43' Coentrão 90+3'	Report	Loum 43' Tavares 66', 69' Aurélio 76' Arsénio 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

6 January 2019 16	Benfica	4–2	Rio Ave	Lisbon
17:30 WET (UTC)	Seferovic 27', 70' Félix 30', 31', 64' Almeida 46' Fejsa 88'	Report	Gabrielzinho 17' Moreira 20', 36' Cassamá 30' Reis 58'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Luís Godinho

13 January 2019 17	Rio Ave	1–1	Vitória de Setúbal	Vila do Conde
20:00 WET (UTC)	Galeno 27', 66' Reis 45+1' 63' Carlos Vinícius 52' Schmidt 90+1'	Report	Dankler 25' Artur Jorge 30' Semedo 52' Pereira 72', 84' Cascardo 90+4' Rúben Micael 90+6'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Manuel Mota

20 January 2019 18	Rio Ave	0–0	Feirense	Vila do Conde
20:00 WET (UTC)		Report	Petkov 13' Diga 45+1' Silva 45+2' Alampasu 81'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: João Pinheiro

28 January 2019 19	Marítimo	0–2	Rio Ave	Funchal
17:00 WET (UTC)	Pinho 33' Bebeto 85' Lucas Áfrico 90'	Report	Lopes 29', 52' Silva 69' Schmidt 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo Referee: Hugo Miguel

1 February 2019 20	Rio Ave	2 – 2	Tondela	Vila do Conde
20:30 WET (UTC)	Galeno 9' Tarantini 16' Monte 49' Moreira 74', 77' Ronan 90+5' Schmidt 90+6'	Report	Delgado 24', 36' Alves 28' 60' Tomané 52' Jaquité 77'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: João Capela

9 February 2019 21	Portimonense	0–1	Rio Ave	Portimão
18:00 WET (UTC)	Lucas 52' Sá 55' Paulinho 66' 73' Wellington 68'	Report	Moreira 31' Murilo 41'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Referee: Hélder Malheiro

15 February 2019 22	Rio Ave	1–2	Santa Clara	Vila do Conde
20:30 WET (UTC)	Monte 26' Filipe Augusto 42' Semedo 45+1'	Report	Ukra 6' Patrick 9' Cardoso 27' Guilherme 64'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Vítor Ferreira

24 February 2019 23	Boavista	1–0	Rio Ave	Porto
17:30 WET (UTC)	Costa 12' (pen.) Carraça 32' Mateus 69' Neris 70' Machado 89'	Report	Tarantini 27' Monte 28' Filipe Augusto 36' 64' Coentrão 65' Lopes 90+6'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

3 March 2019 24	Rio Ave	1–2	Braga	Vila do Conde
17:30 WET (UTC)	Jambor 39' 56' Carlos 49' Coentrão 89'	Report	Silva 29' Viana 62' Paulinho 77', 90+3' Marcelo Goiano 79' Eduardo 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Artur Soares Dias

8 March 2019 25	Chaves	1–1	Rio Ave	Chaves
20:30 WET (UTC)	William 8' Djavan 17' Costinha 24' Jefferson 35' Niltinho 82'	Report	Filipe Augusto 8' 22' Semedo 27' Galeno 33' Tarantini 36' Coentrão 40' Léo 71' Cassamá 72' Ronan 90'	Stadium: Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira Referee: Rui Costa

17 March 2019 26	Nacional	0–1	Rio Ave	Funchal
15:00 WET (UTC)	Cerqueira 48' Gonçalves 70'	Report	Ronan 36' Carlos 64' Cassamá 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Referee: António Nobre

31 March 2019 27	Rio Ave	0–2	Desportivo das Aves	Vila do Conde
17:30 WET (UTC)	Said 21'	Report	Derley 30' Soares 36' (pen.), 49' Baldé 56', 83' Jorge Fellipe 61'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Vítor Ferreira

7 April 2019 28	Sporting CP	3–0	Rio Ave	Lisbon
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Luiz Phellype 12' Fernandes 36' (pen.) Wendel 54'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Luís Godinho

14 April 2019 29	Rio Ave	2–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Vila do Conde
15:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Filipe Augusto 31' (pen.) Tarantini 42' Coentrão 45' 90+6' Santos 48' Gabrielzinho 69'	Report	Tozé 40', 88' (pen.) Amoah 66' Mattheus 77'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Manuel Oliveira

20 April 2019 30	Belenenses	1–3	Rio Ave	Lisbon
15:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Ljujić 42' Sasso 73' Bergdich 90+4'	Report	Moreira 20', 35' Filipe Augusto 21' Borevković 48'	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Referee: Nuno Almeida

26 April 2019 31	Rio Ave	2–2	Porto	Vila do Conde
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Junio 38' Jambor 80' 90+4' Santos 84' Ronan 90+1'	Report	Brahimi 18' Marega 21', 22'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Artur Soares Dias

3 May 2019 32	Moreirense	1–2	Rio Ave	Moreira de Cónegos
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Halliche 28' Pedro Nuno 36' Chiquinho 51'	Report	Santos 19' Junio 57' Tarantini 62' Gelson 66' Semedo 88'	Stadium: Parque Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Referee: João Pinto

12 May 2019 33	Rio Ave	2–3	Benfica	Vila do Conde
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Junio 41' Coentrão 45+3' Tarantini 45+4', 50' Ronan 84'	Report	Silva 3' Dias 45+1' Félix 45+2' Pizzi 56', 79' Grimaldo 86' Vlachodimos 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Hugo Miguel

18 May 2019 34	Vitória de Setúbal	1–3	Rio Ave	Setúbal
15:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Fernandes 53' Bessa 75'	Report	Moreira 50', 90+1' Filipe Augusto 69' Borevković 77' Said 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Referee: Cláudio Pereira

Taça de Portugal

21 October 2018 Third Round	Torreense	1–5	Rio Ave	Torres Vedras
15:00 WEST (UTC+1)	P. Moreno 24' Bonifácio 28', 66' T. Silva 43' Vaz 58'	Report	Galeno 4' Lopes 25', 90' Reis 45' Carlos Vinícius 56', 65' Moreira 90'	Stadium: Estádio Manuel Marques

25 November 2018 Fourth Round	Rio Ave	7–0	Silves	Vila do Conde
15:00 WET (UTC)	Schmidt 6', 44' Lopes 10' Gelson 26' Junio 64' Buatu 74' Carlos Vinícius 77', 88' L. Oliveira 90+1' (o.g.)	Report	J. Simões 37' G. Semedo 81'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Vítor Ferreira

19 December 2018 Fifth Round	Sporting CP	5–2	Rio Ave	Lisbon
19:30 WET (UTC)	Diaby 4', 78' Gaspar 23' Dost 32', 62' Mathieu 35' Fernandes 42' Coates 82' Acuña 85'	Report	Galeno 9' Gaspar 45' (o.g.) Carlos Vinícius 84' (pen.) Murilo 87' Coentrão 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: João Pinheiro

Taça da Liga

Second round

5 August 2018	Portimonense	0–2	Rio Ave	Portimão
16:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Wellington 85' Ryuki 90+1'	Report	Gabrielzinho 45+3' Tarantini 90+1' Furtado 90+6'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 1,266 Referee: Cláudio Pereira

Third round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Benfica	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advanced to knockout phase
2	Desportivo das Aves	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5
3	Paços de Ferreira	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2
4	Rio Ave	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

15 September 2018 1	Benfica	2–1	Rio Ave	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Semedo 16' Salvio 21' (pen.), 35' Silva 50' Samaris 79'	Report	Galeno 37' Gabrielzinho 51' Carlos Vinícius 60' Buatu 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 30,132 Referee: Rui Oliveira

13 October 2018 2	Desportivo das Aves	3–0	Rio Ave	Vila das Aves
15:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Derley 36' V.Gomes 64' Baldé 76' Braga 78' R.Rodrigues 87', 88'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do CD Aves Attendance: 1,134 Referee: Nuno Almeida

28 December 2018 3	Rio Ave	1–1	Paços de Ferreira	Vila do Conde
21:15 WET (UTC)	Galeno 51' Ferreira 72'	Report	Valente 9' 67' M. Rodrigues 30' (o.g.) Pedrinho 63'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 1,078 Referee: Nuno Almeida

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Second qualifying round

26 July 2018 First leg	Jagiellonia Białystok	1–0	Rio Ave	Białystok, Poland
18:20 WEST (UTC+1)	Machaj 9' Kwiecień 30' Romanczuk 76'	Report	Gabrielzinho 80'	Stadium: Białystok City Stadium Attendance: 13,725^[31] Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Spain)

2 August 2018 Second leg	Rio Ave	4–4 (4–5 agg.)	Jagiellonia Białystok	Vila do Conde, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Galeno 27', 45+2', 40' Gelson 63' Furtado 84'	Report	Sheridan 6' Machaj 34' Romanczuk 56', 79' Frankowski 62' Pospíšil 72' Burliga 87'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 5,930^[31] Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)

Statistics

As of match played 18 May 2019

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
2	DF	BRA	Matheus Reis	27	0	18+4	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
3	DF	POR	Rúben Semedo	14	2	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	POR	Nélson Monte	19	0	12+2	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
5	DF	ANG	Jonathan Buatu	28	0	19+2	0	2	0	3	0	2	0
6	DF	CRO	Toni Borevković	24	1	19	1	2	0	2	0	1	0
7	MF	BRA	Murilo	12	0	5+4	0	0+2	0	1	0	0	0
8	MF	POR	Tarantini	30	1	22+2	1	2	0	2	0	2	0
9	FW	POR	Bruno Moreira	37	10	19+11	9	0+1	1	3+1	0	1+1	0
10	MF	BRA	Diego Lopes	25	4	17+2	2	3	2	1+1	0	1	0
11	FW	POR	Nuno Santos	8	3	6+2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	BRA	Junio	14	0	10	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
13	FW	BRA	Carlos	7	1	3+4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	ITA	Ahmed Said	4	1	1+3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	POR	Fábio Coentrão	22	0	19+1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
18	MF	BRA	Filipe Augusto	12	1	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	BRA	Ronan	9	3	3+6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	GK	BRA	Léo	38	0	33	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
21	MF	BRA	Leandrinho	16	0	7+4	0	0	0	3	0	2	0
22	DF	GNB	Eliseu Cassamá	28	0	24	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
23	MF	CRO	Nikola Jambor	30	0	13+11	0	1+1	0	2+1	0	0+1	0
25	DF	POR	Afonso Figueiredo	15	0	8+2	0	0+1	0	4	0	0	0
26	FW	BRA	Gabrielzinho	36	4	17+10	3	2+1	0	4	1	2	0
29	GK	BRA	Paulo Vítor	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
30	MF	POR	Joca	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	BRA	Messias	7	0	5+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
57	FW	ANG	Gelson	26	7	13+6	5	2+1	1	1+1	0	2	1
77	FW	POR	Ricardo Schutte	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
81	MF	POR	Víto Ferreira	4	0	0+3	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
90	FW	BRA	Galeno	36	9	23+4	5	3	1	3+1	1	2	2
99	MF	BRA	André Silva	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players away on loan:
3	DF	POR	Miguel Rodrigues	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
91	MF	FRA	Damien Furtado	11	3	0+5	1	0	0	1+3	1	0+2	1
Players who left Rio Ave during the season:
1	GK	GEO	Giorgi Makaridze	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15	MF	BRA	João Schmidt	25	5	17+2	3	3	2	1+1	0	0+1	0
95	FW	BRA	Carlos Vinícius	20	14	13+1	8	1+2	5	1+2	1	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Primeira Liga	Taça de Portugal	Taça da Liga	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	FW	95	Carlos Vinícius	8	5	1	0	14
2	FW	9	Bruno Moreira	9	1	0	0	10
3	FW	90	Galeno	5	1	1	2	9
4	FW	57	Gelson	5	1	0	1	7
5	MF	15	João Schmidt	3	2	0	0	5
6	FW	26	Gabrielzinho	3	0	1	0	4
6	MF	10	Diego Lopes	2	2	0	0	4
8	FW	11	Nuno Santos	3	0	0	0	3
	FW	19	Ronan	3	0	0	0	3
	MF	91	Damien Furtado	1	0	1	1	3
			Own goal	1	2	0	0	3
12	DF	3	Rúben Semedo	2	0	0	0	2
13	FW	13	Carlos	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	18	Filipe Augusto	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	6	Toni Borevković	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	8	Tarantini	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	14	Ahmed Said	1	0	0	0	1
			TOTALS	50	14	4	4	72

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		UEFA Europa League		Total
2		DF	Matheus Reis	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
3		DF	Rúben Semedo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4		DF	Nélson Monte	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
5		DF	Jonathan Buatu	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
6		DF	Toni Borevković	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
7		MF	Murilo	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8		MF	Tarantini	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	0
9		FW	Bruno Moreira	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10		MF	Diego Lopes	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
12		DF	Junio	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
13		FW	Carlos	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		FW	Ahmed Said	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17		DF	Fábio Coentrão	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	2
18		MF	Filipe Augusto	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2
19		FW	Ronan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
20		GK	Léo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22		DF	Eliseu Cassamá	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
23		MF	Nikola Jambor	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
26		FW	Gabrielzinho	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0
57		FW	Gelson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
84		MF	Víto Ferreira	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
90		FW	Galeno	6	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	9	0
99		MF	André Silva	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Rio Ave during the season:
15		MF	João Schmidt	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
95		FW	Carlos Vinícius	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
			TOTALS	93	11	7	0	5	0	2	0	107	11

References

^ "Miguel Cardoso já rescindiu com o Rio Ave" [Miguel Cardoso already rescinded with Rio Ave] (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^ "José Gomes é o novo treinador do Rio Ave FC" [José Gomes is the new manager of Rio Ave FC] (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
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^ "Nikola Jambor assina por 5 anos". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
^ "Joca assina por 3 anos". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
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^ ^a ^b "Tomislav Štrkalj contratado e cedido ao NK Rudes". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
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^ "Obrigado Vinicius". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
^ "Ruben Semedo chega cedido pelo Villarreal". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
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^ "Damien Furtado cedido ao FC Famalicão". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
^ "Miguel Rodrigues cedido ao Estoril Praia". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
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^ ^a ^b "Summary UEFA Europa League - Round 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[table_hth_VGU0.89623285732057-31] Vitória de Guimarães finished ahead of Moreirense on head-to-head points: Vitória de Guimarães 1–0 Moreirense, Moreirense 1–3 Vitória de Guimarães.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.89623285732057-32] Since the winners of the 2018–19 Taça de Portugal, Sporting CP, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.

[1] "Miguel Cardoso já rescindiu com o Rio Ave" [Miguel Cardoso already rescinded with Rio Ave] (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

[2] "José Gomes é o novo treinador do Rio Ave FC" [José Gomes is the new manager of Rio Ave FC] (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

[3] "Jose Gomes: Reading name Rio Ave boss as new manager". BBC Sport. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

[4] "Daniel Ramos é o novo treinador do Rio Ave FC". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

[5] "Toni Borevkovic é o novo reforço". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

[6] "Murilo assina por 3 épocas". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

[7] "Bem-Vindo Afonso Figueiredo". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 15 June 2018. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

[8] "Buatu assina por 4 anos". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

[9] ""Prometo dar 100% no mínimo"". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

[10] "Nikola Jambor assina por 5 anos". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

[11] "Joca assina por 3 anos". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

[12] "Paulo Vitor assina por 3 épocas". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

[13] "O regresso de Coentrão". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 31 August 2018. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

[Tomislav_Štrkalj-14] "Tomislav Štrkalj contratado e cedido ao NK Rudes". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

[15] "Filipe Augusto de regresso a casa". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

[16] "Leo Jardim para a baliza". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

[17] "Junio Rocha vem do Internacional". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

[18] "João Schmidt chega da Atalanta". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 6 July 2018. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

[19] "Obrigado Schmidt". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 2 February 2019. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

[20] "Galeno chega por empréstimo". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

[21] "Gelson Dala está de volta". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

[22] "Aí está Vinícius". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 24 August 2018. Archived from the original on 29 October 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

[23] "Obrigado Vinicius". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

[24] "Ruben Semedo chega cedido pelo Villarreal". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

[25] "Rio Ave-POR oficializa contratação do zagueiro Messias, ex-América-MG" [Rio Ave-POR officializes contracting of the defender Messias, ex-América-MG] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Terra. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

[26] "Obrigado Pelé". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

[27] "Silvério cedido ao Varzim". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

[28] "Damien Furtado cedido ao FC Famalicão". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

[29] "Miguel Rodrigues cedido ao Estoril Praia". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

[30] "Makaridze e Rio Ave FC acertam rescisão de contrato". rioavefc.pt/ (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

[AttendanceQR2-33] "Summary UEFA Europa League - Round 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

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