2021–22 F.C. Arouca season

F.C. Arouca
2021–22 season
Chairman	Carlos Pinho
Manager	Armando Evangelista
Stadium	Estádio Municipal
Primeira Liga	15th
Taça de Portugal	Third round
Taça da Liga	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; André Silva (9); All: ; André Silva (10)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was the 72nd season in the existence of F.C. Arouca and the club's first season in the top flight of Portuguese football. In addition to the domestic league, Arouca participated in this season's editions of the Taça de Portugal and the Taça da Liga.

Players

First-team squad

As of 18 February 2022^[1]

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	Victor Braga
3	DF	BRA	Brunão
4	DF	VEN	José Manuel Velázquez
5	MF	POR	David Simão
6	DF	BRA	Mateus Quaresma
7	FW	BRA	André Silva
8	FW	POR	Arsénio
10	FW	COD	André Bukia
11	FW	BRA	Adílio
12	GK	LTU	Emilijus Zubas
13	DF	BRA	João Basso
14	MF	POR	Pité
15	FW	PLE	Oday Dabbagh
17	MF	GHA	Yaw Moses
18	MF	CIV	Eboue Kouassi (on loan from Genk)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	ISR	Or Dasa
20	MF	POR	Pedro Moreira
21	MF	POR	Leandro Silva
22	FW	ARG	Alan Ruiz
23	MF	BRA	Wellington Nem
27	MF	BRA	Antony
30	GK	CMR	Norbert Haymamba
31	DF	POR	Tiago Esgaio (on loan from Braga)
44	DF	CRO	Nino Galović
53	DF	SEN	Abdoulaye Ba
60	MF	CPV	Marco Soares
72	DF	BRA	Thales
78	FW	POR	Tiago Araújo (on loan from Benfica)
97	GK	BRA	Fernando Castro
99	FW	BRA	Bruno Marques (on loan from Santos)

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
—	FW	BRA	Heliardo (at Varzim until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

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	7 August 2021	15 May 2022	Matchday 1	15th	34	7	10	17	30	54	−24	020.59
Taça de Portugal	17 October 2021		Third round	Third round	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Taça da Liga	25 July 2021	1 August 2021	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	050.00
Total					37	8	11	18	34	56	−22	021.62

Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	Portimonense	34	10	8	16	31	45	−14	38^[a]
14	Vizela	34	7	12	15	37	58	−21	33
15	Arouca	34	7	10	17	30	54	−24	31
16	Moreirense (R)	34	7	8	19	33	51	−18	29	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
17	Tondela (R)	34	7	7	20	41	67	−26	28	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:

^ Head-to-head points: Marítimo 10, Paços de Ferreira 8, Boavista 7, Portimonense 6.

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
34	7	10	17	30	54	−24	31	5	4	8	15	29	−14	2	6	9	15	25	−10

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	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	D
Position	12	18	13	15	13	13	15	16	16	12	13	9	10	12	13	14	17	14	14	15	16	17	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

7 August 2021 1	Arouca	0–2	Estoril	Arouca
12:45 WEST (UTC+1)		Report	Franco 4' Meshino 90+6'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 513 Referee: Hugo Silva

14 August 2021 2	Benfica	2–0	Arouca	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Waldschmidt 38' Yaremchuk 44' Morato 85'	Report	Braga 8'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 13,973 Referee: Manuel Mota

20 August 2021 3	Arouca	2–1	Famalicão	Arouca
19:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Basso 66' (pen.) Silva 89'	Report	Rodrigues 23'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 648 Referee: David Silva

28 August 2021 4	Porto	3–0	Arouca	Porto
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Uribe 24' Taremi 34' Marcano 63'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 12,588 Referee: Hélder Malheiro

13 September 2021 5	Marítimo	2–2	Arouca	Funchal
19:00 WEST (UTC+1)	André Vidigal 7' 87' Ricardinho 35' Xadas 36' Alipour 45+11' (pen.) Rossi 49' Vítor Costa 90+1'	Report	Bukia 8' L. Silva 36' A. Silva 45+3', 82' Araújo 47' Basso 61' Kouassi 85' Dabbagh 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo Attendance: 2,056 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

18 September 2021 6	Arouca	2–2	Vitória de Guimarães	Arouca
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Thales 54' Dabbagh 75' Pité 90+4'	Report	Quaresma 7', 37' Fernandes 23' Tiago Silva 72'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 1,589 Referee: Nuno Miguel Serrano Almeida

25 September 2021 7	Moreirense	2–1	Arouca	Moreira de Cónegos
15:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Walterson 25', 29' Vitória 61' André Luis 64' Lacerda 74' Pires 78' Kewin 90+3'	Report	Ba 15' A. Silva 82' Kouassi 90+3'	Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 863 Referee: Fábio Melo

2 October 2021 8	Arouca	1–2	Sporting CP	Arouca
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Arsénio 45+1' Dabbagh 51' L. Silva 63' Araújo 85'	Report	Nunes 14' Sarabia 45' Nuno Santos 54' Paulinho 62' Porro 63' Bragança 77' Tomás 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 3,338 Referee: Rui Costa

24 October 2021 9	Paços de Ferreira	0–0	Arouca	Paços de Ferreira
15:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Nuno Santos 14' 55' Denílson 53' Hélder Ferreira 57' Antunes 68' Delgado 88' Ibrahim 90+7'	Report	Arsénio 33' João Basso 90+7'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 1,886 Referee: António Nobre

29 October 2021 10	Arouca	2–0	Tondela	Arouca
20:15 WEST (UTC+1)	Basso 31' (pen.) Bukia 68'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 574 Referee: Luís Godinho

5 November 2021 11	Gil Vicente	1–1	Arouca	Barcelos
19:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Navarro 47' Talocha 70'	Report	Arsénio 16' Quaresma 22' A. Silva 35' 83' Moreira 66' Kouassi 77'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 1,694 Referee: Hélder Malheiro

27 November 2021 12	Arouca	2–1	Boavista	Arouca
18:00 WET (UTC±0)	Dabbagh 11', 49' Bukia 68' Campi 69' Antony 90+1'	Report	Yusupha 28' Vukotić 36' Musa 54' Makouta 71' Malheiro 89'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 988 Referee: João Pinheiro

5 December 2021 13	Santa Clara	2–1	Arouca	Ponta Delgada
14:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Crysan 21' (45+5) Marco 47' Nené 49' Ramos 58' Boateng 63'	Report	Quaresma 16' Arsénio 45+1', 90+4' Eugeni 70' Campi 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 687 Referee: António Nobre

13 December 2021 14	Arouca	1–4	Vizela	Arouca
20:15 WET (UTC±0)	A. Silva 14' Bukia 61' Araújo 90+1'	Report	Zag 5' Samu 9' Ba 16' (o.g.) Guilherme 19', 38', 63' Ofori 42' Kouao 61'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 723 Referee: Tiago Martins

18 December 2021 15	Portimonense	1–1	Arouca	Portimão
15:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Willyan 11' Candé 69' Luquinha 70' Carlinhos 88'	Report	A. Silva 51' Bukia 21' Campi 81' Leandro 87' Kouassi 88'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 767 Referee: Miguel Nogueira

30 December 2021 16	Arouca	0–6	Braga	Arouca
19:00 WET (UTC±0)		Report	V. Oliveira 6', 12', 26' Medeiros 70' (pen.) Fernandes 75', 79'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 622 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

9 January 2022 17	Belenenses SAD	2–1	Arouca	Oeiras
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Phete 11' 18' Sithole 45+2' A. Sousa 53' Calila 57' Nuno 65' Safira 70' Nilton 73' Tavares 86' Camará 90+3' Ramalho 90+5'	Report	A. Silva 6' Dabbagh 37', 59' 76' Arsénio 43'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 323 Referee: David Silva

21 January 2022 19	Arouca	0–2	Benfica	Arouca
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Basso 41' Adílio 46' Moreira 56' Quaresma 90+1' Ba 90+3' Kouassi 90+5'	Report	Núñez 32' (pen.) Grimaldo 43' Ramos 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 2,387 Referee: Nuno Almeida

27 January 2022 18	Estoril Praia	1–2	Arouca	Estoril
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Ba 6' (o.g.) Joãozinho 26' André Franco 67' Francisco Geraldes 90+6'	Report	Ba 54' Pedro Moreira 75' A. Silva 89' Kouassi 90+7'	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Attendance: 458 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

31 January 2022 20	Famalicão	0–0	Arouca	Vila Nova de Famalicão
21:15 WEST (UTC+1)	Alex 75' Adrián Marín 90+5'	Report	Basso 37' Bukia 54' Esgaio 59'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Attendance: 2,760 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

6 February 2022 21	Arouca	0–2	Porto	Arouca
18:00 WET (UTC±0)	Kouassi 1' Basso 45+3' Pedro Moreira 61' A. Silva 68' Antony 90+10'	Report	Pepê 53' Vitinha 54' Mbemba 57' Zaidu 75' Marchesín 90+3' Eustáquio 90+7'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 3,753 Referee: Hélder Malheiro

14 February 2022 22	Arouca	0–3	Marítimo	Arouca
20:15 WET (UTC±0)	Ba 18' Arsénio 24'	Report	Alipour 9', 79', 79' Tagueu 27' Henrique 47' 56' Vítor Costa 51'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 347 Referee: Miguel Nogueira

19 February 2022 23	Vitória de Guimarães	1–3	Arouca	Guimarães
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Estupiñán 26' Nelson 67' Quaresma 79' Janvier 86' Fernandes 88'	Report	Basso 13' Kouassi 28' Antony 35' Bukia 41' Galović 49' Simão 70' Leandro Silva 89'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 8,865 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

26 February 2022 24	Arouca	1–1	Moreirense	Arouca
20:30 WET (UTC±0)	Kouassi 67' Marques 78', 85' Arsénio 90+3'	Report	Yan 44' Paulinho 45+3' Pacheco 56' 65'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 1,154 Referee: João Pinheiro

5 March 2022 25	Sporting CP	2–0	Arouca	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±0)	Slimani 46', 52'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 25,254 Referee: António Nobre

12 March 2022 26	Arouca	0–1	Paços de Ferreira	Arouca
18:00 WET (UTC±0)		Report	Gaitán 33'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 1,108 Referee: Rui Costa

19 March 2022 27	Tondela	2–2	Arouca	Tondela
15:30 WET (UTC±0)	Quaresma 16' Agra 45+4'	Report	A. Silva 4', 69'	Stadium: Estádio João Cardoso Attendance: 2,186 Referee: João Pinheiro

2 April 2022 28	Arouca	2–1	Gil Vicente	Arouca
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	A. Silva 55', 59'	Report	Cunha 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 790 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

9 April 2022 29	Boavista	1–0	Arouca	Porto
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Gorré 12'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 10,128 Referee: Vítor Ferreira

15 April 2022 30	Arouca	1–1	Santa Clara	Arouca
15:30 WEST (UTC+1)	A. Silva 54'	Report	Tagawa 72'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 1,453 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

22 April 2022 31	Vizela	2–1	Arouca	Vizela
20:15 WEST (UTC+1)	Guilherme 38', 72'	Report	Ruiz 49'	Stadium: Estádio do FC Vizela Attendance: 2,795 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

30 April 2022 32	Arouca	1–0	Portimonense	Arouca
15:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Simão 50'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 1,791 Referee: Luís Godinho

8 May 2022 33	Braga	1–0	Arouca	Braga
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	R. Horta 87'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 16,237 Referee: Tiago Martins

15 May 2022 34	Arouca	0–0	Belenenses SAD	Arouca
16:30 WEST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca

Taça de Portugal

17 October 2021 Third round	Leça	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–1 p)	Arouca	Leça da Palmeira
15:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Barbosa 33'	Report	Kouassi 89'	Stadium: Estádio do Leça FC Referee: João Pinheiro

Taça da Liga

25 July 2021 First round	Vilafranquense	0–3	Arouca	Rio Maior
17:30 WEST (UTC+1)		Report	Valderrama 6' André Silva 30' Basso 86' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior Attendance: 0 Referee: Fábio Melo

1 August 2021 Second round	Arouca	0–1	Rio Ave	Arouca
17:00 WEST (UTC+1)		Report	Santos 38'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 358 Referee: Miguel Nogueira

References

^ "F.C. Arouca squad". soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[table_hth_MAR0.3719461710993-2] Head-to-head points: Marítimo 10, Paços de Ferreira 8, Boavista 7, Portimonense 6.

[1] "F.C. Arouca squad". soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

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