2023–24 F.C. Famalicão season

F.C. Famalicão
2023–24 season
Manager	João Pedro Sousa
Stadium	Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho
Primeira Liga	8th
Taça de Portugal	Fourth round
Taça da Liga	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jhonder Cádiz (15); All: ; Jhonder Cádiz (16)
Biggest win	AD Camacha 0–5 Famalicão
Biggest defeat	Famalicão 0–3 Porto
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season was F.C. Famalicão's 93rd season in existence and fifth consecutive in the Primeira Liga. They are also competing in the Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga.

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 26 September 2023^[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	RUS	Ivan Zlobin
4	DF	ALB	Enea Mihaj
5	DF	POR	Rúben Lima
6	MF	FRA	Tom Lacoux (on loan from Bordeaux)
7	FW	PAN	Puma Rodríguez
8	MF	SRB	Mirko Topić
9	FW	POR	Henrique Araújo (on loan from Benfica)
10	MF	POR	Chiquinho (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
11	FW	ESP	Óscar Aranda
12	MF	BRA	Gustavo Assunção
13	DF	BRA	Otávio
15	DF	BRA	Riccieli (captain)
16	DF	NED	Justin de Haas
17	FW	POR	Afonso Rodrigues


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	FIN	Otso Liimatta
20	MF	POR	Gustavo Sá
22	DF	BRA	Nathan (on loan from Santos)
23	FW	ROU	Alex Dobre
28	MF	FRA	Zaydou Youssouf
29	FW	VEN	Jhonder Cádiz
31	GK	BRA	Luiz Júnior
32	DF	ESP	Martín Aguirregabiria
51	GK	BRA	Zé Henrique
70	MF	POR	Martim Almeida
74	DF	POR	Francisco Moura
77	FW	POR	Pablo
90	GK	POR	Hugo Cunha
95	FW	POR	Théo Fonseca

Other players under contract[edit]

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	ESP	Dani Morer
—	MF	BRA	João Neto


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	JPN	Toki Yukutomo (on loan from Ehime)

Out on loan[edit]

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	ARG	Hernán de la Fuente (at Atlético Tucumán until 31 December 2023)
—	MF	POR	André Simões (at Leixões until 30 June 2024)
—	MF	POR	David Tavares (at Torreense until 30 June 2024)

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Mirko Topić	Vojvodina	€1,000,000	1 July 2023	^[2]
DF	Francisco Moura	Braga	€1,000,000	18 July 2023
FW	Henrique Araújo	Benfica	Loan	18 July 2023
MF	Chiquinho	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loan	1 September 2023

Out[edit]

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Alexandre Penetra	AZ Alkmaar	€4,200,000	24 July 2023
MF	Iván Jaime	Porto	€10,000,000	31 August 2023

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

15 July 2023 Friendly	Famalicão	1–0	Trofense
17:00

4 August 2023 Friendly

Chaves

0–1

Famalicão

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

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	16 August 2023	19 May 2024	Matchday 1		13	4	5	4	12	14	−2	030.77
Taça de Portugal	25 November 2023	25 November 2023	Third round	Fourth round	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	050.00
Taça da Liga	23 July 2023		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Total					16	5	5	6	19	19	+0	031.25

Last updated: 9 December 2023
Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Moreirense	34	16	7	11	36	35	+1	55
7	Arouca	34	13	7	14	54	50	+4	46
8	Famalicão	34	10	12	12	37	41	−4	42
9	Casa Pia	34	10	8	16	38	50	−12	38
10	Farense	34	10	7	17	46	51	−5	37^[a]

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:

^ Head-to-head points: Farense 4, Rio Ave 1.

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	10	12	12	37	41	−4	42	6	6	5	21	21	0	4	6	7	16	20	−4

Last updated: 17 May 2024.
Source: Superliga

Results by round[edit]

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	L
Position	7	6	9	7	7	5	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	7	8	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2024. Source: Liga Portugal Betclic
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

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

11 August 2023 1	Braga	1–2	Famalicão	Braga
20:15 WET	Ricardo Horta 9' Borja 83' Zalazar 83' Álvaro Djaló 90+5' Saatçı 90+8'	Report	Youssouf 7' Afonso Rodrigues 67' Gustavo Assunção 73' Luiz Júnior 81' Cádiz 88' Óscar Aranda 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 19,184 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

21 August 2023 2	Famalicão	0–0	Moreirense	Vila Nova de Famalicão
20:15 WET	Pablo 21' 45+5' Henrique Araújo 30' Topić 87'	Report	Gonçalo Franco 23' Pedro Aparício 76' Ofori 83'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Attendance: 4,640 Referee: António Nobre

27 August 2023 3	Sporting CP	1–0	Famalicão	Lisbon
20:30 WET	Gyökeres 23' Coates 45+1' Paulinho 52' Morita 90+2'	Report	Riccieli 31' Topić 68'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 40,287 Referee: André Narciso

10 February 2024 21	Farense	1–1	Famalicão	Faro
15:30	Bruno 90+2'		Sorriso 19'	Stadium: Estádio de São Lúis Referee: Hélder Malheiro

16 February 2024 22	Famalicão	2–1	Rio Ave	Vila Nova de Famalicão
20:15	Cádiz 17', 66'		Yakubu 14' (pen.) Silva 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Taça de Portugal[edit]

18 November 2023 Third Round	Camacha	0–5	Famalicão	Santa Cruz
14:15 WET	Wellyson Nunes 19' Luís Miguel 37' Gabriel Fraga 38' Fábio Faria 65' Cristiano Abreu 67' Kenedy Có 80'	Report	Francisco Moura 20' Pablo 29' 90+1' Youssouf 45' Gustavo Sá 50' Dobre 90'	Stadium: Campo Municipal da Nogueira Referee: Bruno Vieira

25 November 2023 Fourth Round	Benfica	2–0	Famalicão	Lisbon
20:45 WET	Riccieli 72' (o.g.) Di María 76' Rafa Silva 77'	Report	Youssouf 42' Otávio 74' Luiz Júnior 77'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 52,609 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

Taça da Liga[edit]

23 July 2023 First Round	Belenenses	3–2	Famalicão	Lisbon
18:00 WET	Attard 2' 14' Akas 61' Danny Tavares 72' Duarte Valente 90+11' (pen.) Moha Keita 90+14'	Report	Gustavo Sá 24' 90+1' Riccieli 31' Pablo 52' Cádiz 67'	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Attendance: 1,358 Referee: Fábio Melo

References[edit]

^ "Plantel" [Squad] (in Portuguese). FC Famalicão. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
^ "Famalicão Mirko Topic já está em Portugal | Abola.pt". Abola.pt. June 29, 2023.
^ "Calendários da Liga e da Liga 2 de futebol 2023/24 definidos esta quarta-feira | Flashscore.pt". www.flashscore.pt.

External links[edit]

Official website

[table_hth_FAR0.33302468076955-3] Head-to-head points: Farense 4, Rio Ave 1.

[1] "Plantel" [Squad] (in Portuguese). FC Famalicão. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

[2] "Famalicão Mirko Topic já está em Portugal | Abola.pt". Abola.pt. June 29, 2023.

[4] "Calendários da Liga e da Liga 2 de futebol 2023/24 definidos esta quarta-feira | Flashscore.pt". www.flashscore.pt.

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