2023–24 S.C. Braga season

S.C. Braga
2023–24 season
President	António Salvador
Head coach	Artur Jorge
Stadium	Estádio Municipal de Braga
Primeira Liga	4th
Taça de Portugal	Fifth round
Taça da Liga	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Europa League	Knockout round play-offs
Top goalscorer	League: ; Simon Banza (21); All: ; Simon Banza (23)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season is the 103nd season in the history of S.C. Braga and their 28th consecutive season in the top flight. The club are participating in the Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal, Taça da Liga, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

On 27 January 2024, Braga defeated Estoril in the final of the Taça da Liga on penalties after a 1–1 draw to claim their third league cup title.^[1]

Players[edit]

As of 11 August 2023^[2]

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 (vice-captain)
2	DF	ESP	Víctor Gómez
3	DF	BRA	Vítor Tormena
4	DF	FRA	Sikou Niakaté
5	DF	TUR	Serdar Saatçı
6	DF	POR	José Fonte
7	FW	POR	Bruma
8	MF	LBY	Al-Musrati
9	FW	ESP	Abel Ruiz
10	MF	POR	André Horta
11	FW	POR	Roger Fernandes
12	GK	POR	Tiago Sá
14	FW	ESP	Álvaro Djaló


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	POR	Paulo Oliveira
16	MF	URU	Rodrigo Zalazar
17	DF	SWE	Joe Mendes
18	MF	BRA	Vitor Carvalho
19	DF	ESP	Adrián Marín
20	MF	POR	Rony Lopes
21	FW	POR	Ricardo Horta (captain)
22	MF	POR	Pizzi
23	FW	COD	Simon Banza
26	DF	COL	Cristian Borja
28	MF	POR	João Moutinho
88	MF	POR	André Castro
91	GK	CZE	Lukáš Horníček

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
31	MF	BRA	Lucas Piazon
47	DF	POR	Diogo Fonseca


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	GNB	Hernâni Infande

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
13	DF	POR	Tiago Esgaio (at Arouca until 30 June 2024)
25	MF	BRA	Lucas Mineiro (at Cuiabá until 31 December 2023)
29	MF	FRA	Jean-Baptiste Gorby (at Paços de Ferreira until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	POR	Rodrigo Gomes (at Estoril until 30 June 2024)

Transfers[edit]

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	11 August 2023		Matchday 1		29	18	5	6	61	40	+21	062.07
Taça de Portugal	19 October 2023	10 January 2024	Third round	Fifth round	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	066.67
Taça da Liga	1 November 2023	27 January 2024	Third round	Winners	4	2	2	0	6	3	+3	050.00
UEFA Champions League	8 August 2023	12 December 2023	Third qualifying round	Group stage	10	5	1	4	16	14	+2	050.00
UEFA Europa League	15 February 2024	22 February 2024	Knockout round play-offs	Knockout round play-offs	2	1	0	1	5	6	−1	050.00
Total					48	28	8	12	96	67	+29	058.33

Source: Liga Portugal

Primeira Liga[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Benfica (T)	31	24	4	3	71	25	+46	76	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Porto (Y)	30	19	5	6	55	24	+31	62^[a]	Qualification for the Europa League league stage
4	Braga (Y)	31	19	5	7	64	44	+20	62^[a]	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[b]
5	Vitória de Guimarães (Y)	31	18	6	7	46	32	+14	60	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
6	Arouca	31	13	6	12	53	42	+11	45

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2024. 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.
(T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated; (Y) Assured of at least Conference League
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Porto are ahead of Braga on head-to-head points: Porto 2–0 Braga
^ The 2023–24 Taça de Portugal winners (Porto or Sporting CP) qualify for the Europa League league stage (or the third-placed team if the Taça de Portugal winners finish in the top two).

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
27	17	5	5	60	37	+23	56	8	3	2	27	12	+15	9	2	3	33	25	+8

Source: Liga Portugal

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
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W
Position	13	9	5	6	8	6	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Points	0	3	4	7	7	10	13	16	17	20	23	26	29	29	32	33	33	36	37	40	40	43	46	49	50	53	56

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

Matches[edit]

11 August 2023 1	Braga	1–2	Famalicão	Braga
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	R. Horta 9'	Report	Rodrigues 67' Aranda 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 19,184 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

19 August 2023 2	Chaves	2–4	Braga	Chaves
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Héctor 42', 52'	Report	Bruma 16' R. Horta 58' Banza 80' Pizzi 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Chaves Attendance: 5,443 Referee: João Gonçalves

3 September 2023 4	Braga	1–1	Sporting CP	Braga
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Djaló 78'	Report	Gonçalves 25'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 22,781 Referee: Luís Godinho

9 September 2023 3	Moreirense	2–3	Braga	Moreira de Cónegos
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Luis 40' Madson 45+1'	Report	Rony 27' Banza 82' Al-Musrati 90+6'	Stadium: Parque Moreira de Cóngeos Attendance: 2,875 Referee: Cláudio Pereira

16 September 2023 5	Farense	3–1	Braga	Faro
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Bruno 31' Costa 44' Belloumi 58'	Report	Banza 56'	Stadium: Estádio de São Luís Attendance: 5,006 Referee: António Nobre

24 September 2023 6	Braga	4–1	Boavista	Braga
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	R. Horta 19', 58' Banza 37' Al-Musrati 54' (pen.)	Report	Morais 26'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 16,394 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

28 September 2023 7	Estrela Amadora	2–4	Braga	Amadora
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Kikas 75' Felipe 79'	Report	Djaló 12', 49' Banza 68' R. Horta 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio José Gomes Attendance: 3,630 Referee: Nuno Almeida

7 October 2023 8	Braga	2–1	Rio Ave	Braga
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Banza 90+1' A. Ruiz 90+5'	Report	L. Ruiz 5'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 16,093 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

28 October 2023 9	Gil Vicente	3–3	Braga	Barcelos
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Baturina 21' Dominguez 58' Wilson 89'	Report	Banza 72' A. Horta 79', 82'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 4,504 Referee: Hélder Malheiro

4 November 2023 10	Braga	6–1	Portimonense	Braga
20:30 WET (UTC+0)	R. Horta 47' Al-Musrati 52' (pen.) Djaló 59' Banza 83' (pen.), 87', 90'	Report	Pedrão 10'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 8,929 Referee: Luís Godinho

12 November 2023 11	Arouca	0–1	Braga	Arouca
18:00 WET (UTC+0)		Report	Djaló 36'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 1,525 Referee: João Gonçalves

3 December 2023 12	Braga	3–1	Estoril	Braga
15:30 WET (UTC+0)	R. Horta 31' Banza 51' Carné 90' (o.g.)	Report	Guitane 24'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 12,902 Referee: Bruno Vieira

8 December 2023 13	Vizela	1–3	Braga	Vizela
15:30 WET (UTC+0)	Essende 72'	Report	Banza 15', 56' Bruma 90+6'	Stadium: Estádio do Vizela Attendance: 3,785 Referee: Cláudio Pereira

17 December 2023 14	Braga	0–1	Benfica
20:30 WET (UTC+0)

30 December 2023 15	Casa Pia	1–3	Braga
18:00 WET (UTC+0)

6 January 2024 16	Braga	1–1	Vitória de Guimarães
20:30 WET (UTC+0)

14 January 2024 17	Porto	2–0	Braga
20:30 WET (UTC+0)

18 January 2024 18	Famalicão	1–2	Braga
18:45 WET (UTC+0)

31 January 2024 19	Braga	1–1	Chaves
20:45 WET (UTC+0)

4 February 2024 20	Braga	1–0	Moreirense
20:30 WET (UTC+0)

11 February 2024 21	Sporting CP	5–0	Braga
18:00 WET (UTC+0)

18 February 2024 22	Braga	2–1	Farense
20:30 WET (UTC+0)

26 February 2024 23	Boavista	0–4	Braga
20:15 WET (UTC+0)

2 March 2024 24	Braga	3–0	Estrela da Amadora
20:30 WET (UTC+0)

9 March 2024 25	Rio Ave	0–0	Braga
18:00 WET (UTC+0)

16 March 2024 26	Braga	2–1	Gil Vicente
18:00 WET (UTC+0)

1 April 2024 27	Portimonense	3–5	Braga
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)

Taça de Portugal[edit]

19 October 2023 Third round	Rebordosa	0–2	Braga	Rebordosa
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Rony 10' Djaló 62'	Stadium: Monte de Azevido Referee: Bruno José Costa

25 November 2023 Fourth round	Portimonense	1–4	Braga	Portimão
15:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Relvas 84'	Report	Djaló 13' R. Horta 47', 49' Rony 76'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Referee: André Narciso

10 January 2024 (2024-01-10) Fifth round	Benfica	3–2	Braga	Lisbon
20:45	Rafa Silva 42' Cabral 44' Aursnes 70'		João Mário 7' (o.g.)^[3] Zalazar 48'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz

Taça da Liga[edit]

Third round[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BRA	CAS	NAC
1	Braga	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	—
2	Casa Pia	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4		—	—	2–1
3	Nacional	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0		1–3	—	—

Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

1 November 2023 1	Braga	1–1	Casa Pia	Braga
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Pizzi 62'	Report	Clayton 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 6,005 Referee: André Narciso

22 December 2023 3	Nacional	1–3	Braga	Funchal
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Gomes 62'	Report	Moutinho 16' (pen.) Niakaté 24' Horta 44'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Attendance: 1,784 Referee: Miguel Nogueira

Semi-final[edit]

23 January 2024	Braga	1–0	Sporting CP	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria
19:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Ruiz 65'	Report		Attendance: 18,504 Referee: Nuno Almeida

Final[edit]

27 January 2024	Braga	1–1 (5–4 p)	Estoril	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria
19:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Horta 20'	Report	Cassiano 6' (pen.)	Attendance: 18,989 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo
	Penalties
	Horta Moutinho Ruiz Pizzi Al-Musrati		Feltes Marqués Tavares Pina Araújo

UEFA Champions League[edit]

Qualifying rounds[edit]

Third qualifying round[edit]

8 August 2023 First leg	Braga	3–0	TSC	Braga
21:00 WEST	Bruma 17' Pizzi 19' Djaló 87'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 22,186 Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

15 August 2023 Second leg	TSC	1–4 (1–7 agg.)	Braga	Bačka Topola, Serbia
20:00 CEST	Rakonjac 40'	Report	Pizzi 9' Bruma 13' Djaló 16' Al-Musrati 20'	Stadium: TSC Arena Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

Play-off round[edit]

23 August 2023 First leg	Braga	2–1	Panathinaikos	Braga
20:00 WEST	Ruiz 51' Djaló 73'	Report	Mancini 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 23,401 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

29 August 2023 Second leg	Panathinaikos	0–1 (1–3 agg.)	Braga	Athens, Greece
20:00 CEST		Report	Bruma 83'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 61,390 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Group stage[edit]

The draw for the group stage was held on 31 August 2023.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RMA	NAP	BRA	UBE
1	Real Madrid	6	6	0	0	16	7	+9	18	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–2	3–0	1–0
2	Napoli	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	10	Advance to knockout phase	2–3	—	2–0	1–1
3	Braga	6	1	1	4	6	12	−6	4	Transfer to Europa League	1–2	1–2	—	1–1
4	Union Berlin	6	0	2	4	6	10	−4	2		2–3	0–1	2–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

20 September 2023 1	Braga	1–2	Napoli	Braga
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Bruma 84'	Report	Di Lorenzo 45+1' Niakaté 88' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Attendance: 18,422 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

3 October 2023 2	Union Berlin	2–3	Braga	Berlin, Germany
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Becker 30', 37'	Report	Niakaté 41' Bruma 51' Castro 90+4'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 73,445 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)
Note: Union Berlin played their European home matches at the Olympiastadion, instead of their regular stadium, the Stadion An der Alten Försterei, which did not meet UEFA requirements.

24 October 2023 3	Braga	1–2	Real Madrid	Braga
21:00 UTC+2	Djaló 63'	Report	Rodrygo 16' Bellingham 61'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Attendance: 29,820 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

8 November 2023 4	Real Madrid	3–0	Braga	Madrid, Spain
21:00 UTC+1	Brahim 27' Vinícius 58' Rodrygo 61'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 68,509 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

29 November 2023 5	Braga	1–1	Union Berlin	Braga
20:00 WET (UTC+0)	Djaló 51'	Report	Gosens 42'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Attendance: 15,855 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

12 December 2023 6	Napoli	2–0	Braga	Naples, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Saatçı 9' (o.g.) Osimhen 33'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 37,841 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

UEFA Europa League[edit]

Knockout phase[edit]

Knockout round play-offs[edit]

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 18 December 2023.

15 February 2024 First leg	Braga	2–4	Qarabağ	Braga, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC+1)	Banza 44' Ruiz 45+2' Moutinho 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Janković 21' (pen.) Silva 30' Zoubir 54', 69' Juninho 65' Romão 76'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 12,122^[4] Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

22 February 2024 Second leg	Qarabağ	2–3 (a.e.t.) (6–5 agg.)	Braga	Baku, Azerbaijan
21:45 AZT (UTC+4)	Júlio Romão 35' Cafarguliyev 53' 57' Bayramov 85' Vešović 90+1' Silva 102' Mustafazada 111' Axundzadə 120+2'	Report	Gómez 55' Fernandes 70' Djaló 83', 100' Oliveira 86' Ndour 110' Banza 115' (pen.) 120+3'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

Statistics[edit]

Squad appearances and goals[edit]

As of 12 December 2023

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		UEFA Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	BRA	Matheus	23	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
12	GK	POR	Tiago Sá	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	BRA	Bernardo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
91	GK	CZE	Lukáš Horníček	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ESP	Víctor Gómez	19	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
4	DF	FRA	Sikou Niakaté	16	1	6	0	1	0	0	0	9	1
5	DF	TUR	Serdar Saatçı	13	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	3+2	0
6	DF	POR	José Fonte	20	0	8+1	0	2	0	1	0	8	0
15	DF	POR	Paulo Oliveira	8	0	5	0	1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
17	DF	SWE	Joe Mendes	13	0	3+2	0	0	0	1	0	2+5	0
19	DF	ESP	Adrián Marín	15	0	3+4	0	2	0	1	0	3+2	0
26	DF	COL	Cristian Borja	18	0	10+1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
47	DF	POR	Diogo Fonseca	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
Midfielders
8	MF	LBY	Al-Musrati	17	4	8+1	3	0	0	0	0	6+2	1
10	MF	POR	André Horta	19	2	4+6	2	1+1	0	1	0	1+5	0
16	MF	URU	Rodrigo Zalazar	22	0	7+4	0	1	0	0+1	0	5+4	0
18	MF	BRA	Vitor Carvalho	21	0	6+4	0	1+1	0	0	0	8+1	0
22	MF	POR	Pizzi	21	4	6+6	1	1+1	0	1	1	4+2	2
28	MF	POR	João Moutinho	18	0	3+7	0	2	0	1	0	3+2	0
88	MF	POR	André Castro	6	1	0+2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0+2	1
90	MF	SEN	Djibril Soumaré	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
Forwards
7	FW	POR	Bruma	21	7	8+3	2	0	0	0+1	0	8+1	5
9	FW	ESP	Abel Ruiz	22	2	4+6	1	2	0	1	0	4+5	1
11	FW	POR	Roger Fernandes	7	0	0+3	0	1+1	0	0	0	0+2	0
14	FW	ESP	Álvaro Djaló	25	12	10+3	5	1+1	2	1	0	7+2	5
20	FW	POR	Rony Lopes	14	3	1+7	1	1+1	2	0+1	0	0+3	0
21	FW	POR	Ricardo Horta	24	9	11	7	1+1	2	1	0	10	0
23	FW	COD	Simon Banza	23	13	10+3	13	0	0	0+1	0	4+5	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club

References[edit]

^ "Sp. Braga vence a Taça da Liga pela terceira vez" [Sp. Braga wins Taça da Liga for the third time]. Público (in Portuguese). 27 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
^ "Futebol - Equipa Principal" (in Portuguese). S.C. Braga.
^ Duas vagas ainda por preencher FPF (in Portuguese)
^ "Braga vs. Qarabağ" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

[table_hth_POR0.13880675525349-3] Porto are ahead of Braga on head-to-head points: Porto 2–0 Braga

[table_note_res_EL2Q0.13880675525349-4] The 2023–24 Taça de Portugal winners (Porto or Sporting CP) qualify for the Europa League league stage (or the third-placed team if the Taça de Portugal winners finish in the top two).

[1] "Sp. Braga vence a Taça da Liga pela terceira vez" [Sp. Braga wins Taça da Liga for the third time]. Público (in Portuguese). 27 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.

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

[5] Duas vagas ainda por preencher FPF (in Portuguese)

[6] "Braga vs. Qarabağ" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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