Arouca
FCA1951- Country
- Portugal
- Venue
- Estádio Municipal de Arouca • Arouca
- Capacity
- 5,600
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Where the club stands among the world's teams on current strength. Moves after every match: beating a stronger side counts more.
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UEFA's official club ranking, from the last five seasons in European competitions. It decides the draw pots; it does not measure current form.
Key players
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The season's most-used players; the rating breaks ties on minutes.
José Fontán630′ · 7 apps · 2 g · 3 CS7.29
Ignacio de Arruabarrena630′ · 7 apps · 3 CS7.19
Tiago Esgaio628′ · 7 apps · 3 CS6.77
Taichi Fukui619′ · 7 apps · 3 CS7.08
Naïs Djouahra605′ · 7 apps · 4 a · 3 CS6.98
Orest Lebedenko556′ · 7 apps · 3 CS6.68
Alfonso Trezza539′ · 7 apps · 1 a · 3 CS6.73
Javi Sánchez519′ · 6 apps · 2 CS7.04Club Profile
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Basic facts from the provider: code, founding year, country, ground.
- Team
- Arouca
- Short code
- FCA
- Founded
- 1951
- Country
- Portugal
- Stadium
- Estádio Municipal de Arouca
- City
- Arouca
Stadium
Staff
Achievements
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Wins and podium places per competition; a card opens the competition.
Season Cycle
1 activei
Everything the club is in now, then the last finished seasons; a row opens the competition.
Active seasons
Season timeline
Liga PortugalAug 2025 – May 2026 · finished2025/2026Liga PortugalAug 2024 – May 2025 · finished2024/2025Liga PortugalAug 2023 – May 2024 · finished2023/2024
Europa Conference LeagueJul 2023 – May 2024 · finished2023/2024Liga PortugalAug 2022 – May 2023 · finished2022/2023Liga PortugalAug 2021 – May 2022 · finished2021/2022Liga PortugalAug 2016 – May 2017 · finished2016/2017
Europa LeagueJun 2016 – May 2017 · finished2016/2017Liga PortugalAug 2015 – May 2016 · finished2015/2016Liga PortugalAug 2014 – May 2015 · finished2014/2015Goalkeepers
3
Defenders
8
Midfielders
6
Forwards
9
Staff
Former coaches
Gonzalo GarcíaCoach · 2024
Daniel SousaCoach · 2023–2024Daniel Lopes RamosCoach · 2023Armando Macedo FreitasCoach · 2020–2023
Transfers
15
Gabriel RukavinaRijeka → 4 Sept 2026free / n/a
Fally MayuluBristol City → 2 Feb 2026free / n/aIgnacio de Arruabarrena13 Jan 2026free / n/aJavi SánchezReal Valladolid → 5 Jan 2026free / n/a
Espen van EeSC Heerenveen → 31 Aug 2025€300k
Diogo Monteiro11 Aug 2025free / n/a
Hyun-ju Lee23 Jul 2025€1.5M
Iván BarberoDeportivo A Coruña → 16 Jul 2025free / n/aNaïs DjouahraRijeka → 2 Jul 2025free / n/a
Brian Mansilla1 Jul 2025€800k
Boris PopovićCercle Brugge → 1 Jul 2025free / n/a
Dylan Nandín1 Jul 2025€1M
Jakub Vinarcik28 Jan 2025free / n/a
Pablo Gozálbez1 Jul 2024free / n/aTiago EsgaioSporting Braga → 1 Jul 2024€200kHow the current squad arrived, from SportMonks' transfer records.
Expiring contracts
7Contracts that run out within the next 12 months.
Season statistics
Liga Portugal 2026/2027- Played
- 7
- Wins
- 3 (H 2 · A 1) · 43%
- Draws
- 2 (H 0 · A 2)
- Losses
- 2 (H 1 · A 1)
- Goals scored
- 10 (H 7 · A 3) · 1.43/match
- Goals conceded
- 7 (H 3 · A 4) · 1/match
- Clean sheets
- 3 · 43%
- Both teams scored
- 43%
- Failed to score
- 29%
- Possession (avg)
- 51%
- Shots / match
- 11.0
- Corners / match
- 2.9
- Attacks / match
- 90.1
- Dangerous attacks / match
- 30.7
- Offsides / match
- 1.3
- Fouls / match
- 10.4
- Tackles / match
- 15.0
- Yellow cards
- 18
- Average rating
- 6.81
When the goals come
Goals scored (purple) and conceded (blue) in 15-minute bands.
- Season's best rated
- Boris Popović · 7.31
Elo strength
World rankingWhat is Elo?
Elo moves after every match by the gap between the expected and the actual result: an underdog's win is worth a lot, a favourite's little. The number is projected onto a 100 scale; the world ranking puts the club at #203 right now with 68.5 points. The 181 days shown are the window the provider gives.
Elo score over the window the provider gives; it moves after every match by the gap between the expected and the actual result.
Rankings
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Every ranking the club appears in, as the provider carries it.
Liga Portugal · Regular Season
currentRound 1 · 2026-08-07
Round 2 · 2026-08-14
Round 3 · 2026-08-22
Round 4 · 2026-08-28
Round 5 · 2026-09-04
Round 6 · 2026-09-12
Round 7 · 2026-09-19
Round 8 · 2026-10-09
Round 9 · 2026-10-23
Round 10 · 2026-10-30
Round 11 · 2026-11-06
Round 12 · 2026-11-27
Round 13 · 2026-12-06
Round 14 · 2026-12-13
Round 15 · 2026-12-20
Round 16 · 2026-12-27
Round 17 · 2027-01-10
Round 18 · 2027-01-17
Round 19 · 2027-01-24
Round 20 · 2027-01-31
Round 21 · 2027-02-07
Round 22 · 2027-02-14
Round 23 · 2027-02-21
Round 24 · 2027-02-28
Round 25 · 2027-03-07
Round 26 · 2027-03-14
Round 27 · 2027-03-21
Round 28 · 2027-04-04
Round 29 · 2027-04-11
Round 30 · 2027-04-18
Round 31 · 2027-04-25
Round 32 · 2027-05-02
Round 33 · 2027-05-09
Round 34 · 2027-05-16
Latest results
Upcoming fixtures
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