Rio Ave
🌍 Portugal 📅 Founded 1939 🏷 RIO
🏟
Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube
· Vila do Conde · 12,815 cap.
League History
| League | 26/27 | 25/26 | 24/25 | 23/24 | 22/23 | 21/22 | 20/21 | 19/20 | 18/19 | 17/18 | 16/17 | 15/16 | 14/15 | 13/14 | 12/13 | 11/12 | 10/11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendlies Clubs cup | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | · | ✓ | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Primeira Liga | 5 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | · | 16 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 8 |
| Taça de Portugal cup | · | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Taça da Liga cup | · | · | · | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | · | ✓ | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Segunda Liga | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| UEFA Europa League cup | · | · | · | · | · | · | ✓ | · | ✓ | · | ✓ | · | ✓ | · | · | · | · |
Standings 2017
| League | # | P | Pts | GD | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primeira Liga | 5 | 22 | 36 | +5 |
Recent Fixtures 2017
FT
Rio Ave
1 – 0
SC Braga
FT
FT
Pacos Ferreira
0 – 0
Rio Ave
FT
FT
Rio Ave
2 – 1
Chaves
FT
FT
Moreirense
2 – 1
Rio Ave
FT
FT
Rio Ave
1 – 1
Tondela
FT
FT
Guimaraes
3 – 0
Rio Ave
FT
FT
Rio Ave
2 – 0
Estoril
FT
FT
Sporting CP
2 – 0
Rio Ave
FT
FT
Rio Ave
2 – 1
Feirense
FT
FT
Vitoria Setubal
1 – 0
Rio Ave
FT
Players by Country
Portugal
14
▾
Brazil
10
▾
Guinea-Bissau
3
▾
Angola
1
▾
Colombia
1
▾
Georgia
1
▾
Greece
1
▾
Nigeria
1
▾
Squad 2017
Goalkeeper
7
▾
| # | Player | Apps | Goals | Assists | Yellow | Red | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cássio
Brazil
|
29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
Rui Vieira
Portugal
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | ||
|
Cássio
Brazil
|
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
|
Rui Vieira
Portugal
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Carlos Alves
Portugal
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
|
Carlos Alves
Portugal
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
G. Makaridze
Georgia
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defender
16
▾
| # | Player | Apps | Goals | Assists | Yellow | Red | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marcelo
Brazil
|
30 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 7.1 | ||
José Lionn Barbosa de Lucena
Brazil
|
28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6.9 | ||
Nélson Monte
Portugal
|
26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.8 | ||
Yuri Ribeiro
Portugal
|
25 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6.9 | |
Marcão
Brazil
|
20 | 7 | 3 | 6.5 | |||
Bruno Martins Teles
Brazil
|
14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6.8 | ||
Nadjack
Guinea-Bissau
|
10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6.6 | |
|
Nélson Monte
Portugal
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
|
José Lionn Barbosa de Lucena
Brazil
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
|
Marcelo
Brazil
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
|
Bruno Martins Teles
Brazil
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
|
Yuri Ribeiro
Portugal
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
|
Nadjack
Guinea-Bissau
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
|
Marcão
Brazil
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Silvério
Portugal
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
K. John
Nigeria
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Midfielder
16
▾
| # | Player | Apps | Goals | Assists | Yellow | Red | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tarantini
Portugal
|
31 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 6.8 | |
Pelé
Guinea-Bissau
|
31 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 7.0 | |
Francisco Geraldes
Portugal
|
30 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 6.7 | |
João Novais
Portugal
|
29 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7.1 | |
Nuno Santos
Portugal
|
26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.8 | ||
Pedro Moreira
Portugal
|
18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | ||
Rúben Ribeiro
Portugal
|
16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7.3 | |
Diego Lopes
Brazil
|
12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.9 | ||
Leandrinho
Brazil
|
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | ||
|
Tarantini
Portugal
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
|
João Novais
Portugal
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
|
Francisco Geraldes
Portugal
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
|
Rúben Ribeiro
Portugal
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
|
Leandrinho
Brazil
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
|
Nuno Santos
Portugal
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Vitó
Portugal
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Attacker
12
▾
| # | Player | Apps | Goals | Assists | Yellow | Red | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hélder Tiago Pinto Moura Guedes
Portugal
|
32 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6.9 | |
O. Barreto
Colombia
|
26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6.6 | ||
Gabrielzinho
Brazil
|
11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.5 | ||
A. Karamanos
Greece
|
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 | ||
|
O. Barreto
Colombia
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
|
Hélder Tiago Pinto Moura Guedes
Portugal
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
Yazalde Gomes Pinto
Guinea-Bissau
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | ||
|
Yazalde Gomes Pinto
Guinea-Bissau
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jaime
Portugal
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
|
Gabrielzinho
Brazil
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ronan
Brazil
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
André Silva
Brazil
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Forward
2
▾
| # | Player | Apps | Goals | Assists | Yellow | Red | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gelson Dala
Angola
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | |||
|
Gelson Dala
Angola
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Transfers
▲ In
56
▾
| Date | Player | From | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2025 | J. Brabec | Free agent | |
| Sept 2025 | O. Richards | Loan | |
| Sept 2025 | Eric Emanuel da Silva Moreira | Loan | |
| Aug 2025 | Rafael Genuino | Transfer | |
| Jul 2025 | J. Panzo | Free Transfer | |
| Jan 2025 | Matheus Teixeira | Free | |
| Sept 2024 | E. Tıknaz | Loan | |
| Sept 2024 | Martim Neto | Loan | |
| Aug 2024 | Koka | Free | |
| Jul 2024 | João Novais | Free | |
| Jul 2024 | Ole Pohlmann | 1.6M | |
| Jan 2024 | C. Devenish | Loan | |
| Jan 2024 | João Teixeira | Loan | |
| Jul 2022 | João Ferreira | Loan | |
| Jul 2022 | Miguel Nóbrega | N/A | |
| Aug 2021 | A. Sylla | Free | |
| Aug 2021 | Rúben Marques | N/A | |
| Jun 2021 | Rúben Marques | N/A | |
| Feb 2021 | Sávio | N/A | |
| Jan 2021 | Anderson Cruz | N/A | |
| Aug 2020 | Léo Vieira | Free | |
| Aug 2020 | Aderllan Santos | Free | |
| Jul 2020 | Jonathan Buatu | N/A | |
| Jul 2020 | D. Furtado | N/A | |
| Mar 2020 | Rúben Gonçalves | Free | |
| Aug 2019 | Aderllan Santos | Loan | |
| Jul 2019 | M. Taremi | Free | |
| Jan 2019 | Messias | Loan | |
| Jul 2018 | D. Furtado | N/A | |
| Jul 2018 | João Schmidt | Loan | |
| Jul 2017 | Marcão | Loan | |
| Jul 2017 | Nuno Santos | Free | |
| Jul 2017 | Yuri Ribeiro | Loan | |
| Jul 2017 | José Postiga | N/A | |
| Jan 2017 | Bruno Martins Teles | Free | |
| Jul 2016 | Rúben Ribeiro | Free | |
| Feb 2016 | Hélder Manuel Marques Postiga | N/A | |
| Jul 2014 | P. Gouano | Loan | |
| Jul 2014 | Cássio | Free | |
| Jul 2014 | Jony Ñiguez | Free | |
| Jan 2014 | E. Velikonja | Loan | |
| Nov 2013 | Joeano | N/A | |
| Aug 2013 | Diego Lopes | N/A | |
| Jul 2013 | Nuno Miguel de Almeida Costa Lopes | N/A | |
| Jul 2013 | Roderick Miranda | Free | |
| Jul 2013 | Gus Ledes | N/A | |
| Jul 2013 | Renato Santos | N/A | |
| Jul 2013 | Júlio Alves | Free | |
| Jul 2013 | Soares | N/A | |
| Jul 2012 | Y. Del Valle | Free | |
| Jul 2012 | J. Oblak | Loan | |
| Jul 2012 | Filipe Augusto | N/A | |
| Jul 2012 | Diego Lopes | Loan | |
| Jan 2010 | Nélson Oliveira | Loan | |
| Aug 2009 | Sidnei Sciola | Free | |
| Jan 2009 | Fábio Coentrão | Loan |
▼ Out
69
▾
| Date | Player | To | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2026 | J. Panzo | Transfer | |
| Jan 2026 | Hiago | - | |
| Sept 2025 | João Novais | Free Transfer | |
| Sept 2025 | Valentim Sousa | Loan | |
| Sept 2025 | João Novais | Free agent | |
| Jul 2025 | Jorge Karse | Loan | |
| Jul 2025 | O. Richards | Back from Loan | |
| Jul 2025 | Martim Neto | N/A | |
| Jul 2025 | E. Tıknaz | Back from Loan | |
| Jun 2025 | Martim Neto | Return from loan | |
| Jan 2025 | Aderllan Santos | Free Transfer | |
| Aug 2024 | E. Boateng | Free | |
| Jul 2024 | Rui Pedro Pereira Morgado | Free | |
| Jul 2024 | João Teixeira | N/A | |
| Jul 2024 | C. Devenish | N/A | |
| Feb 2024 | Guga | N/A | |
| Jan 2023 | Pedro Amaral | N/A | |
| Jul 2022 | Gabrielzinho | Free | |
| Jul 2022 | Gelson Dala | N/A | |
| Aug 2021 | Gelson Dala | Loan | |
| Jul 2021 | S. Said | Free | |
| Feb 2021 | Rúben Marques | Loan | |
| Sept 2020 | Vitó | N/A | |
| Jul 2020 | Messias | N/A | |
| Jan 2020 | D. Furtado | Loan | |
| Jan 2020 | Jonathan Buatu | Loan | |
| Jul 2019 | Afonso Figueiredo | N/A | |
| Jul 2019 | Silvério | N/A | |
| Oct 2018 | Pedro Moreira | Free | |
| Jul 2018 | Marcão | N/A | |
| Jul 2018 | Rui Vieira | N/A | |
| Jul 2018 | Hélder Tiago Pinto Moura Guedes | Free | |
| Jul 2018 | Cássio | N/A | |
| Jul 2018 | Yuri Ribeiro | N/A | |
| Jan 2018 | Yazalde Gomes Pinto | Free | |
| Jul 2017 | Aníbal Araújo Capela | Free | |
| Jul 2017 | W. Jebor | N/A | |
| Jul 2017 | F. Krovinović | € 3M | |
| Jul 2017 | Pedrinho | Free | |
| Jan 2017 | Filipe Augusto | N/A | |
| Aug 2016 | Pedro Paulo | N/A | |
| Aug 2016 | José Postiga | Loan | |
| Jul 2016 | Ukra | Free | |
| Jul 2016 | Hélder Manuel Marques Postiga | Free | |
| Jul 2016 | Andrei Dashuk | Free | |
| Jul 2016 | R. Bressan | Free | |
| Jul 2016 | Y. Del Valle | Loan | |
| Aug 2015 | Tiago Miguel Baia Pinto | Free | |
| Jul 2015 | Renato Santos | N/A | |
| Jul 2015 | Ederson | € 500K | |
| Jul 2015 | Diego Lopes | € 2M | |
| Jan 2015 | Esmaël Gonçalves | N/A | |
| Jan 2015 | Nuno Miguel de Almeida Costa Lopes | N/A | |
| Aug 2014 | Hugo Ventura Ferreira Moura | Free | |
| Jul 2014 | André Filipe Aguiar Dias | N/A | |
| Jul 2014 | André Costa | Free | |
| Jul 2014 | Bruno Manuel Araújo Braga | Free | |
| Jul 2014 | Jeferson Miguel da Silva | Free | |
| Jul 2014 | E. Velikonja | N/A | |
| Aug 2013 | T. Obadeyi | Free | |
| Jul 2013 | Esmaël Gonçalves | Loan | |
| Jul 2013 | Soares | Loan | |
| Jan 2013 | Soares | Loan | |
| Aug 2012 | Éder | Loan | |
| Jul 2012 | Bruno China | N/A | |
| Jul 2011 | Ricardo Chaves | Free | |
| Jul 2011 | Ricardo Manuel Cardoso Martins | Loan | |
| Jul 2011 | Júlio Alves | € 2.5M | |
| Jul 2007 | Fábio Coentrão | € 900K |
