2022–23 Boavista F.C. season

Boavista F.C.
2022–23 season
Owner	Gérard López
President	Vítor Murta
Head coach	Petit
Stadium	Estádio do Bessa
Primeira Liga	9th
Taça de Portugal	Third round
Taça da Liga	Quarter-finals
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 120th in the history of Boavista F.C. and their ninth consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Primeira Liga, the Taça de Portugal, and the Taça da Liga.

Players

As of 13 January 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	BRA	Rafael Bracali
2	DF	USA	Reggie Cannon
4	DF	BRA	Robson Reis (on loan from Santos)
6	MF	GUI	Ibrahima Camará
7	FW	CUW	Kenji Gorré
8	MF	POR	Bruno Lourenço
9	FW	SVK	Róbert Boženík (on loan from Feyenoord)
10	MF	POR	Miguel Reisinho
11	FW	GAM	Yusupha Njie
12	GK	BRA	César
13	MF	JPN	Masaki Watai (on loan from Tokushima Vortis)
16	MF	POR	Joel Silva
18	MF	MNE	Ilija Vukotić
19	DF	POR	Ricardo Mangas
20	DF	POR	Filipe Ferreira


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	FW	POR	Salvador Agra
23	DF	FRA	Vincent Sasso
24	MF	COL	Seba Pérez
26	DF	URU	Rodrigo Abascal
42	MF	CGO	Gaius Makouta
55	DF	GNB	Julio Dabo
59	FW	POR	Martim Tavares
62	DF	POR	Pedro Gomes
70	DF	NGA	Sopuruchukwu Onyemaechi (on loan from Feirense)
77	FW	POR	Luis Santos
79	DF	POR	Pedro Malheiro
80	MF	POR	Berna
97	FW	VEN	Adalberto Peñaranda
99	GK	POR	João Gonçalves

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
—	DF	POR	Gonçalo Almeida (on loan at Vila Meã until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	NGA	Chidozie Awaziem (on loan at Hajduk Split until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	VEN	Jeriel De Santis (on loan at Cartagena until 30 June 2023)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	POR	Tiago Morais (on loan at Leixões until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	POR	Manuel Namora (on loan at Felgueiras 1932 until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	DOM	Diego Llorente (on loan at Leça until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

16 July 2022 Friendly	Boavista	0–2	Arouca	Porto
10:00 WEST (UTC+1)		Report	Antony 45' Bruno Marques 54'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa

20 July 2022 Friendly	Boavista	1–0	Nacional	Porto
16:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Njie 42'	Report		Stadium: Campo de Treinos do Bessa Attendance: 300

23 July 2022 Friendly	Boavista	0–1	Leixões	Porto
10:30 WEST (UTC+1)		Report	Cannon 47' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa

26 July 2022 Friendly	Boavista	1–1	Marítimo	Lousada
15:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Gorré	Report	Beltrame	Stadium: Complexo Desportivo de Lousada

30 July 2022 Friendly	Boavista	0–3	Varzim	Porto
10:30 WEST (UTC+1)		Report	Onyeka Osemene Latón Iván Quivira	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 0

30 July 2022 Friendly	Trofense	1–2	Boavista	Trofa
19:00 WEST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Estádio do CD Trofense

3 August 2022 Friendly	Boavista	3–3 (6–7 p)	Bolívar	Porto
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Bozeník 11' Malheiro 19' Santos 48'	Report	Miranda 54', 56', 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Referee: Manuel Oliveira

7 December 2022 Friendly	Celta Vigo	1–1	Boavista	Vigo, Spain
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Aspas 36' Bozeník 68' De la Torre 76' Domínguez 68'		Bozeník 41' Makouta 68' Njie 70' Reisinho 71'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Atletismo de Balaídos

16 December 2022 Friendly	Boavista	0–2	Bordeaux	Vila Real de Santo António
15:30 WET (UTC±0)			Davitashvili 33' Maja 63'	Stadium: Complexo Desportivo de VRSA

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 2022	27 May 2023	Matchday 1	9th	34	12	8	14	43	54	−11	035.29
Taça de Portugal	16 October 2022		Third round	Third round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Taça da Liga	18 November 2022	20 December 2022	Group stage	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	050.00
Total					39	14	9	16	48	59	−11	035.90

Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Chaves	34	12	10	12	35	40	−5	46
8	Famalicão	34	13	5	16	39	47	−8	44
9	Boavista	34	12	8	14	43	54	−11	44
10	Casa Pia	34	11	8	15	31	40	−9	41
11	Vizela	34	11	7	16	34	38	−4	40^[a]

Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Matches won; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.
Notes:

^ Vizela finished ahead of Rio Ave on head-to-head points: Rio Ave 0–1 Vizela, Vizela 3–1 Rio Ave.

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	12	8	14	43	54	−11	44	8	6	3	23	21	+2	4	2	11	20	33	−13

Last updated: 27 May 2023.
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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	W
Position	7	4	4	9	5	4	4	5	6	7	7	12	12	12	9	10	9	9	9	9	11	8	8	10	13	13	12	12	11	12	10	10	10	9

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2023. Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 5 July 2022.^[2]

7 August 2022 1	Portimonense	0–1	Boavista	Portimão
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Njie 9'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 2,590 Referee: Claúdio Pereira

14 August 2022 2	Boavista	2–1	Santa Clara	Porto
15:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Njie 62' Tavares 66'	Report	Rildo 34'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 5,520 Referee: Hélder Malheiro

21 August 2022 3	Casa Pia	2–0	Boavista	Lisbon
15:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Martins 62' Godwin 67'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Pina Manique Attendance: 1,136 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

27 August 2022 4	Boavista	0–3	Benfica	Porto
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Morato 30' João Mário 67', 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 10,939 Referee: João Pinheiro

5 September 2022 5	Boavista	1–0	Paços de Ferreira	Porto
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Boženík 58'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 4,831 Referee: Claúdio Pereira

11 September 2022 6	Arouca	1–2	Boavista	Arouca
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Mújica 27'	Report	Sasso 31' Tavares 70'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 1,395 Referee: João Gonçalves

17 September 2022 7	Boavista	2–1	Sporting CP	Porto
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Lourenço 45+2', 83'	Report	Edwards 55'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 8,480 Referee: João Pinheiro

2 October 2022 8	Famalicão	4–0	Boavista	Vila Nova de Famalicão
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Rodrigues 25' Rodríguez 43' Youssouf 52' Assunção 85'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Attendance: 3,783 Referee: Gustavo Correia

9 October 2022 9	Boavista	1–1	Marítimo	Porto
15:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Pérez 23'	Report	Vidigal 527'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 11,295 Referee: Luís Godinho

23 October 2022 10	Vitória de Guimarães	3–2	Boavista	Guimarães
--:-- WEST (UTC+1)	Silva 20' Janvier 87' Amaro 90+3'	Report	Sasso 45+3' Agra 71'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 11,359 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

30 October 2022 11	Boavista	2–2	Vizela	Porto
15:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Njie 4' Watai 77'	Report	Pereira 7' Zohi 27'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 5,764 Referee: Tiago Martins

6 November 2022 12	Rio Ave	1–0	Boavista	Vila do Conde
15:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Paulo Vitor 22' Pedro Amaral 60' Boateng 64' João Ferreira 73'	Report	Onyemaechi 45+1' Pérez 62'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 2,546 Referee: Rui Costa

12 November 2022 13	Boavista	1–4	Porto	Porto
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Cannon 24' 58' Camará 53' Bruno Lourenço 59' Gorré 90+1' Makouta 90+3'	Report	Iván Marcano 41' Eustáquio 64' Galeno 83' 90+2' Uribe 90'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 11,335 Referee: Luis Godinho

8 January 2023 15	Boavista	1–0	Gil Vicente	Porto
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Ricardo Mangas 8' Onyemaechi 20' Njie 31' Cannon 57' 76'	Report	Kevin Villodres 36' Tomás Araújo 71'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Referee: Manuel Mota

14 January 2023 16	Braga	1–0	Boavista	Braga
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Paulo Oliveira 45' Vitinha 46' Al-Musrati 77'	Report	Ricardo Mangas 15' Pedro Malheiro 40' Abascal 80'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 12,357 Referee: André Narciso

23 January 2023 17	Boavista	1–1	Chaves	Porto
20:15 WEST (UTC+1)	Njie 27' Makouta 32' Onyemaechi 70'	Report	Guima 66' Euller 70' Nélson Monte 81' Jô 88' 89'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 4,011 Referee: João Pinheiro

29 January 2023 18	Boavista	4–2	Portimonense	Porto
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Abascal 20' Njie 50' 81' Onyemaechi 53' Ricardo Mangas 75' Pérez 83'	Report	Pedrão 9' Moufi 55' Paulo Estrela 83' Welinton Júnior 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 4,371 Referee: João Ferreira

4 February 2023 19	Santa Clara	2–2	Boavista	Ponta Delgada
15:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Allano 12' Diogo Calila 38' Gabriel Silva 60' 86'	Report	Sasso 13' 64' Onyemaechi 23' Camará 70' Ricardo Mangas 73'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 1,680 Referee: Vitor Ferreira

9 February 2023 14	Estoril	2–1	Boavista	Estoril
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Tiago Araújo 49' Mexer 55' Pedro Álvaro 58' Tiago Gouveia 76'	Report	Njie 4' Camará 41' Vukotić 45' Miguel Reisinho 86'	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Attendance: 956 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

13 February 2023 20	Boavista	0–0	Casa Pia	Porto
21:15 WEST (UTC+1)	Pérez 30' 65' Abascal 87'	Report	Diogo Pinto 29' Afonso Taira 45+2'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 3,575 Referee: Manuel Mota

20 February 2023 21	Benfica	3–1	Boavista	Lisbon
21:15 WEST (UTC+1)	Gilberto 55' João Mário 73' Gonçalo Ramos 82' Musa 90+2'	Report	Bruno Lourenço 14' Camará 18' Njie 58' Sasso 72' Gorré 77' Onyemaechi 88'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 56,413 Referee: Hélder Malheiro

26 February 2023 22	Paços de Ferreira	1–3	Boavista	Paços de Ferreira
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Holsgrove 15' Adrián Butzke 61' Delgado 69' Antunes 90+1' Matchoi Djaló 90+7'	Report	Pedro Malheiro 14' Abascal 16' Njie 28' 90+1' Ricardo Mangas 47' Gorré 57' 63' Makouta 67' Salvador Agra 89' Cannon 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 54,406 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

3 March 2023 23	Boavista	0–0	Arouca	Porto
19:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Makouta 41' Salvador Agra 63'	Report	Weverson 40' Tiago Esgaio 56' Ruiz 58' Milovanov 67' Galović 89'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 4,689 Referee: Luis Godinho

12 March 2023 24	Sporting CP	3–0	Boavista	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Nuno Santos 17' Ricardo Esgaio 20' Salvador Agra 43' (o.g.) Diomande 77' Paulinho 90+3'	Report	Watai 76'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 27,535 Referee: João Pinheiro

19 March 2023 25	Boavista	1–2	Famalicão	Porto
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Boženík 72' Cannon 82'	Report	Iván Jaime 57' (pen.) 88' Dobre 60'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 5,530 Referee: Ricardo Baixinho

2 April 2023 26	Marítimo	4–2	Boavista	Funchal
15:30 WEST (UTC+1)	André Vidigal 3' 50' Félix Correia 22' Xadas 48' Mosquera 80' Vítor Costa 85' Riascos 90+6'	Report	Salvador Agra 59' Cannon 65' Boženík 81' Bruno Lourenço 87'	Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo Attendance: 9,679 Referee: Luis Godinho

7 April 2023 27	Boavista	2–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Porto
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Bruno Lourenço 8' Salvador Agra 19' 61' Makouta 37' 86' Abascal 63' 90+11' Pedro Malheiro 83' Boženík 90+9' Luís Santos 90+9'	Report	Miguel Maga 45+2' André André 60' 68' Afonso Freitas 65' Dani Silva 65' Bamba 84' 90+2' Bruno Gaspar 90+12'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 5,756 Referee: António Nobre

17 April 2023 28	Vizela	1–1	Boavista	Vizela
20:15 WEST (UTC+1)	Pedro Ortiz 31' Osama Rashid 83' 87'	Report	Bruno Lourenço 56' Pérez 57' Njie 71' 85' Sasso 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio do FC Vizela Attendance: 3,403 Referee: Hélder Carvalho

22 April 2023 29	Boavista	3–2	Rio Ave	Porto
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Njie 9' Bruno Lourenço 12' Ricardo Mangas 35' Joel Silva 86'	Report	Hernâni 15' Josué Sá 42' Ruiz 62' Boateng 85' 88'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 6,260 Referee: João Ferreira

Taça de Portugal

16 October 2022 Third round	Machico	1–0	Boavista	Machico
15:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Gouveia 45'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Machico Referee: Andre Narciso

Taça da Liga

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Boavista	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to the quarter-finals
2	Vitória de Guimarães	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
3	B-SAD	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
4	Vilafranquense	3	0	2	1	0	1	−1	2

Source: Soccerway

18 November 2022 1	B-SAD	2–3	Boavista	Oeiras
20:30 WET (UTC±0)	Edgar Pacheco 20' Saramago 25' Silva 53' Kikas 65' Jójó 69' Tomás Castro 71' Francisco Teixeira 76'	Report	Luís Santos 32' Ricardo Mangas 37' Gorré 50' Bruno Lourenço 58'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Referee: João Ferreira

27 November 2022 2	Boavista	1–0	Vilafranquense	Porto
20:45 WET (UTC±0)	Cannon 33' Pérez 37' Njie 79' Camará 86'	Report	Luís Silva 24' Léo Alaba 28' Leandro Tipote 37' Gabriel Pereira 55'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Referee: Manuel Mota

12 December 2022 3	Boavista	0–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Porto
20:30 WET (UTC±0)	Pedro Malheiro 46' Makouta 76' Abascal 81' Robson Reis 83'	Report	Jorge Fernandes 27' Jota Silva 70' 71' Safira 87'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Referee: Carlos Macedo

Quarter Finals

20 December 2022 Quarter-finals	Académico de Viseu	2–1	Boavista	Viseu
20:15 WET (UTC±0)	Nduwarugira 56' Igor Milioransa 59' Rafael Fonseca 62' Messeguem 74' Ott 90+7'	Report	Pedro Malheiro 20' Abascal 74' Cannon 74' Onyemaechi 90+6'	Stadium: Estádio do Fontelo Attendance: 2,009 Referee: João Pinheiro

References

[table_hth_VIZ0.66808247550767-2] Vizela finished ahead of Rio Ave on head-to-head points: Rio Ave 0–1 Vizela, Vizela 3–1 Rio Ave.

[1] "FUTEBOL | BOAVISTA Futebol Clube".

[3] "O calendário completo da Liga 2022/23".

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