FOOTBALL • PORTUGAL
Rio Ave
RAFC1939- Country
- Portugal
- Venue
- Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube • Vila do Conde
- Capacity
- 5,300
33Players
7Trophies
#401Elo world rank
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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.
0Rivals
Key players
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The season's most-used players; the rating breaks ties on minutes.
Jalen Blesa618′ · 7 apps · 2 g · 1 a · 1 CS7.06
Francisco Petrasso616′ · 7 apps · 1 g · 1 CS6.65
Diogo Bezerra555′ · 7 apps · 3 a · 1 CS6.55
Ennio Van Der Gouw540′ · 6 apps · 1 CS6.66
Tamás Nikitscher521′ · 7 apps · 1 CS6.68
Georgios Liavas443′ · 5 apps · 1 CS6.40
Andreas Ntoi432′ · 6 apps · 1 CS6.41
Tamble Monteiro422′ · 7 apps · 1 g · 1 CS6.77Club Profile
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Basic facts from the provider: code, founding year, country, ground.
- Team
- Rio Ave
- Short code
- RAFC
- Founded
- 1939
- Country
- Portugal
- Stadium
- Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube
- City
- Vila do Conde
Stadium
Staff
Achievements
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Wins and podium places per competition; a card opens the competition.
Season Cycle
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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 · finished2023/2024Liga PortugalAug 2022 – May 2023 · finished2022/2023Liga PortugalSept 2020 – May 2021 · finished2020/2021
Europa LeagueAug 2020 – May 2021 · finished2020/2021Liga PortugalAug 2019 – Jul 2020 · finished2019/2020Liga PortugalAug 2018 – May 2019 · finished2018/2019Europa LeagueJun 2018 – May 2019 · finished2018/2019Liga PortugalAug 2017 – May 2018 · finished2017/2018Goalkeepers
5
Defenders
123
Simón GarcíaColombia5Andreas NtoiGreece6
Nelson AbbeyEngland13
Julien LombotoFrance14
Jakub BrabecCzech Republic17
Marios VrousaiCGreece20
João ToméPortugal23Francisco PetrassoArgentina24
Pedro AmaralPortugal39
Gustavo ManchaBrazil60
Caike Lourenço ValençaBrazil–
José Carlos Teixeira Lopes dos Reis GonçalvesPortugal
Simón GarcíaColombia5Andreas NtoiGreece6Nelson AbbeyEngland13Julien LombotoFrance14Jakub BrabecCzech Republic17Marios VrousaiCGreece20João ToméPortugal23Francisco PetrassoArgentina24Pedro AmaralPortugal39Gustavo ManchaBrazil60Caike Lourenço ValençaBrazil–José Carlos Teixeira Lopes dos Reis GonçalvesPortugalMidfielders
8Forwards
8
Staff
Former coaches
PetitCoach · 2024–2025
Luís Batalha FreireCoach · 2021–2024Absentees
2Transfers
15José Carlos Teixeira Lopes dos Reis GonçalvesTBC → 10 Sept 2026free / n/a
Vítor Hugo4 Sept 2026€1MSimón García4 Sept 2026€2.3M
R. Šiler4 Sept 2026free / n/a
Sebastian ClemmensenIFK Göteborg → 3 Sept 2026€1.4M
Malik SelloukiLaval → 26 Aug 2026free / n/aPedro AmaralEstoril → 25 Aug 2026free / n/a
R. Galčík16 Jul 2026free / n/a
Diogo NascimentoOlympiacos F.C. → 15 Jul 2026free / n/aEnnio Van Der GouwZulte-Waregem → 1 Jul 2026free / n/aTamble MonteiroPortimonense SAD → 2 Feb 2026€2MJalen BlesaCesena → 2 Feb 2026€1.7MGustavo ManchaOlympiacos F.C. → 2 Feb 2026free / n/a
RyanCruzeiro → 1 Feb 2026€2.5MDiogo BezerraOFK Beograd → 13 Jan 2026€1.8MHow the current squad arrived, from SportMonks' transfer records.
Expiring contracts
11João Toméends: 30 Jun 20279 months
Antzelo Sinaends: 30 Jun 20279 months
Brandon Aguileraends: 30 Jun 20279 months
Miguel Almeida Patrícioends: 30 Jun 20279 months
Antoine Junior Wenckends: 30 Jun 20279 monthsCaike Lourenço Valençaends: 30 Jun 20279 monthsGustavo Manchaends: 30 Jun 20279 monthsDiogo Nascimentoends: 30 Jun 20279 monthsJakub Brabecends: 30 Jun 20279 months
Cezary Misztaends: 30 Jun 20279 monthsMarios Vrousaiends: 30 Jun 20279 monthsContracts that run out within the next 12 months.
Season statistics
Liga Portugal 2026/20277Played
1Wins
5Goals
15Conceded
- Played
- 7
- Wins
- 1 (H 0 · A 1) · 14%
- Draws
- 1 (H 1 · A 0)
- Losses
- 5 (H 2 · A 3)
- Goals scored
- 5 (H 3 · A 2) · 0.71/match
- Goals conceded
- 15 (H 9 · A 6) · 2.14/match
- Clean sheets
- 1 · 14%
- Both teams scored
- 14%
- Failed to score
- 71%
- Possession (avg)
- 43%
- Shots / match
- 7.1
- Corners / match
- 3.1
- Attacks / match
- 72.4
- Dangerous attacks / match
- 27.4
- Offsides / match
- 0.7
- Fouls / match
- 9.1
- Tackles / match
- 14.7
- Yellow cards
- 10
- Red cards
- 1
- Average rating
- 6.59
When the goals come
0/40–15′
1/316–30′
1/131–45′
1/346–60′
1/161–75′
1/376–90′
Goals scored (purple) and conceded (blue) in 15-minute bands.
- Season's best rated
- Vítor Hugo · 7.39
Elo strength
World ranking#401Current rank
60.8Elo score
-50Change, 30 days
68.7Peak · 08-01
60.6Low · 09-22
#335Best rank · 04-16
What 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 #401 right now with 60.8 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.
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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