2018–19 S.C. Braga season

Braga
2018–19 season
President	António Salvador
Manager	Abel Ferreira
Stadium	Estádio Municipal de Braga
Primeira Liga	4th
Taça de Portugal	Semi-finals
Taça da Liga	Semi-finals
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Dyego Sousa (15); All: ; Dyego Sousa (20)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →
	All statistics correct as of 19 May 2019.

During the 2018–19 S.C. Braga season, the club competed in the Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal, Taça da Liga and UEFA Europa League.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 September 2018

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
2	DF	POR	Diogo Figueiras
4	DF	BRA	Lucas Cunha
5	DF	POR	Nuno Sequeira
6	DF	BRA	Ailton
7	FW	ANG	Wilson Eduardo
8	MF	BRA	Ricardo Ryller
10	MF	POR	Xadas
11	MF	BRA	Eduardo Teixeira
12	GK	POR	Tiago Sá
14	DF	BRA	Pablo Renan
17	MF	POR	João Novais
19	FW	BRA	Murilo
20	FW	POR	Paulinho


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	POR	Ricardo Horta
24	DF	POR	Ricardo Ferreira
25	MF	BRA	Claudemir
26	FW	POR	Fábio Martins
27	MF	BRA	Fransérgio
28	GK	POR	Marafona
34	DF	BRA	Raul Silva
36	DF	BRA	Bruno Viana
47	DF	POR	Ricardo Esgaio
60	MF	POR	João Palhinha
77	FW	POR	Francisco Trincão
87	DF	BRA	Marcelo Goiano (Captain)
99	FW	POR	Dyego Sousa
—	FW	BRA	Crislan
—	GK	POR	Eduardo

Competitions

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Porto	34	27	4	3	74	20	+54	85	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Sporting CP	34	23	5	6	72	33	+39	74	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
4	Braga	34	21	4	9	56	37	+19	67	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
5	Vitória de Guimarães	34	15	7	12	46	34	+12	52^[b]	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
6	Moreirense	34	16	4	14	39	44	−5	52^[b]

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.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Since the winners of the 2018–19 Taça de Portugal, Sporting CP, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.
^ ^a ^b Vitória de Guimarães finished ahead of Moreirense on head-to-head points: Vitória de Guimarães 1–0 Moreirense, Moreirense 1–3 Vitória de Guimarães.

Taça de Portugal

21 October 2018 (2018-10-21) Third round	Felgueiras 1932	0–1	Braga	Felgueiras
20:00		Report	Sousa 86'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Dr. Machado Matos Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

25 November 2018 (2018-11-25) Fourth round	Braga	2–1	Praiense	Braga
19:30	Novais 47' Paulinho 89'	Report	João Peixoto 29' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Referee: João Pinto

18 December 2018 (2018-12-18) Fifth round	Vitória de Setúbal	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Braga	Setúbal
19:00		Report	Pablo 94'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Referee: Luís Godinho

15 January 2019 (2019-01-15) Quarter-finals	Desportivo das Aves	1–2	Braga	Vila das Aves
18:00	Falcão 70'	Report	Eduardo 11', 40'	Stadium: Estádio do CD Aves Referee: Tiago Martins

26 February 2019 (2019-02-26) Semi-finals 1st leg	Porto	3–0	Braga	Porto
20:15	Telles 37' (pen.) Soares 64' Brahimi 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Referee: João Pinheiro

2 April 2019 (2019-04-02) Semi-finals 2nd leg	Braga	1–1 (1–4 agg.)	Porto	Braga
20:15	Paulinho 41'	Report	D. Pereira 71'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Referee: Manuel Mota

Taça da Liga

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BRA	TON	VSE	NAC
1	Braga	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9	Advanced to knockout phase	—	2–1	—	5–0
2	Tondela	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6		—	—	—	2–1
3	Vitória de Setúbal	3	0	1	2	4	9	−5	1		0–4	1–2	—	—
4	Nacional	3	0	1	2	4	10	−6	1		—	—	3–3	—

Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

15 September 2018 1	Braga	2–1	Tondela	Braga
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Sousa 57' (pen.) Martins 78'	Report	Xavier 8'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 7,704 Referee: João Capela

30 October 2018 2	Braga	5–0	Nacional	Braga
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Sousa 5', 41' Sequeira 21' Paulinho 43', 46'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 5,753 Referee: António Nobre

28 December 2018 3	Vitória de Setúbal	0–4	Braga	Setúbal
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report	Paulinho 53', 59' Eduardo 75' Pablo 88'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 1,474 Referee: António Nobre

Semi-final

23 January 2019	Braga	1–1 (3–4 p)	Sporting CP	Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga
19:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Sousa 3'	Report	Coates 37'	Attendance: 10,087 Referee: Manuel Oliveira
	Penalties
	R. Horta Paulinho Murilo Marcelo Goiano Sousa Claudemir Ricardo Ryller		Dost Coates B. Fernandes Nani Raphinha Ristovski Jefferson

UEFA Europa League

9 August 2018 (2018-08-09) Third qualifying round 1st leg	Zorya Luhansk	1–1	Braga	Slavutych-Arena, Zaporizhia^{[note 1]}
20:30 (21:30 EEST)	Karavayev 72'	Report	Horta 69'	Attendance: 5,365^[1] Referee: Tobias Welz (Germany)

16 August 2018 (2018-08-16) Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Braga	2–2 (3–3 agg.)	Zorya Luhansk	Estádio Municipal, Braga
21:30 (20:30 WEST)	João Novais 65' Horta 73'	Report	Ratão 70' Karavayev 83'	Attendance: 12,224^[1] Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 17 May 2019^[2]

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Primeira Liga	Taça de Portugal	Taça da Liga	Europa League	Total
1	99	FW	Dyego Sousa	15	1	4	0	20
2	7	FW	Wilson Eduardo	13	2	1	0	16
3	21	MF	Ricardo Horta	9	0	0	2	11
4	11	FW	Paulinho	4	2	4	0	10
5	14	DF	Pablo	2	1	1	0	4
6	17	MF	João Novais	1	1	0	1	3
6	19	FW	Murilo Costa	3	0	0	0	3
8	25	MF	Claudemir	2	0	0	0	2
8	27	MF	Fransérgio	2	0	0	0	2
10	5	DF	Nuno Sequeira	0	0	1	0	1
	10	MF	Xadas	1	0	0	0	1
	26	MF	Fábio Martins	0	0	1	0	1
	34	DF	Raul Silva	1	0	0	0	1
	60	MF	João Palhinha	1	0	0	0	1
	87	DF	Marcelo Goiano	1	0	0	0	1
Totals				55	7	12	3	77