2022–23 F.C. Paços de Ferreira season

F.C. Paços de Ferreira
2022–23 season
Chairman	Paulo Meneses
Manager	César Peixoto ; (until 16 October) ; José Mota ; (18 October - 15 December) ; César Peixoto ; (from )
Stadium	Estádio da Mata Real
Primeira Liga	16th
Taça de Portugal	Third round
Taça da Liga	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Adrián Butzke (6); All: Adrián Butzke (6)
Highest home attendance	8,060 vs Benfica ; (26 January 2023)
Lowest home attendance	655 vs Casa Pia ; (20 November 2022)
Average home league attendance	4,349 (7 May 2023)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →
	All statistics correct as of 6 February 2023.

The 2022–23 season is the 72nd season in the history of F.C. Paços de Ferreira and their fourth consecutive season in the top flight. The club are participating in the Primeira Liga, the Taça de Portugal, and the Taça da Liga.

Squad

As of match played 27 May 2023

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
24	José Oliveira	GK	(2002-04-06)6 April 2002 (aged 21)	Academy	2019		6	0
28	José Marafona	GK	(1987-05-08)8 May 1987 (aged 36)	Alanyaspor	2023		35	0
98	Igor Vekić	GK	(1998-05-06)6 May 1998 (aged 25)	on loan from Bravo	2022	2023	15	0
Defenders
3	Nuno Lima	DF	(2001-03-16)16 March 2001 (aged 22)	Academy	2020		47	1
4	Pedro Ganchas	DF	(2000-05-31)31 May 2000 (aged 22)	Benfica	2022		8	0
5	Vitorino Antunes	DF	(1987-04-01)1 April 1987 (aged 36)	Sporting CP	2021		111	10
20	Luís Bastos	DF	(2001-09-10)10 September 2001 (aged 21)	Academy	2020		20	0
21	Jorge Silva	DF	(1996-03-22)22 March 1996 (aged 27)	Leixões	2019		58	0
23	Erick Ferigra	DF	(1999-02-07)7 February 1999 (aged 24)	Las Palmas	2022		18	0
25	Maracás	DF	(1994-04-27)27 April 1994 (aged 29)	on loan from Al Wahda	2023	2023	101	2
27	João Vigário	DF	(1995-11-20)20 November 1995 (aged 27)	Nacional	2021		3	0
32	Flávio Ramos	DF	(1994-05-12)12 May 1994 (aged 29)	Feirense	2021		23	1
33	Vasco Sousa	DF	(2004-04-06)6 April 2004 (aged 19)	Academy	2021		1	0
Midfielders
6	Jordan Holsgrove	MF	(1999-09-10)10 September 1999 (aged 23)	Celta de Vigo	2022		27	2
10	Nicolás Gaitán	MF	(1988-02-23)23 February 1988 (aged 35)	Peñarol	2022		35	5
15	Juan Delgado	MF	(1993-03-05)5 March 1993 (aged 30)	Necaxa	2021		74	2
16	Matchoi Djaló	MF	(2003-04-10)10 April 2003 (aged 20)	Academy	2019		61	3
18	Tiago Ribeiro	MF	(2002-03-14)14 March 2002 (aged 21)	on loan from AS Monaco	2023	2023	5	0
22	Luíz Carlos	MF	(1985-07-05)5 July 1985 (aged 37)	Ankaraspor	2019		229	7
26	Rui Pires	MF	(1998-03-22)22 March 1998 (aged 25)	Troyes	2022		61	0
55	Paulo Bernardo	MF	(2002-01-24)24 January 2002 (aged 21)	on loan from Benfica	2023	2023	13	2
70	Hernâni Infande	MF	(2001-04-03)3 April 2001 (aged 22)	on loan from Braga	2023	2023	10	1
Forwards
7	Nigel Thomas	FW	(2001-02-01)1 February 2001 (aged 22)	PSV Eindhoven	2022		37	4
9	Zé Uilton	FW	(1992-07-25)25 July 1992 (aged 30)	Grêmio Anápolis	2018		167	11
11	Fábio Gomes	FW	(1997-05-25)25 May 1997 (aged 26)	on loan from Atlético Mineiro	2023	2023	9	0
17	Adrián Butzke	FW	(1999-03-30)30 March 1999 (aged 24)	on loan from Granada	2022	2023	29	6
30	Alexandre Guedes	FW	(1994-02-11)11 February 1994 (aged 29)	Albirex Niigata	2023		16	1
41	Mauro Couto	FW	(2005-11-15)15 November 2005 (aged 17)	Academy	2022		8	0
Out on loan
	Jeimes	GK	(2001-04-28)28 April 2001 (aged 22)	Santos	2019		2	0
	Guilherme Pio	DF	(2003-09-22)22 September 2003 (aged 19)	Academy	2021		1	0
	Adriano Castanheira	MF	(1998-01-30)30 January 1998 (aged 25)	Covilhã	2020		38	2
	Miguel Mota	MF	(2003-08-26)26 August 2003 (aged 19)	Academy	2021		0	0
	Cristian Parano	FW	(1999-08-16)16 August 1999 (aged 23)	San Antonio	2021		0	0
	Edmilson Mendes	FW	(2003-03-20)20 March 2003 (aged 20)	Academy	2021		2	0
Left during the season
1	Jordi	GK	(1993-09-03)3 September 1993 (aged 29)	Vasco da Gama	2020		43	0
8	Abbas Ibrahim	MF	(1998-01-02)2 January 1998 (aged 25)	Academy	2018		52	1
11	Kayky	FW	(2003-06-11)11 June 2003 (aged 19)	on loan from Manchester City	2022	2023	9	0
13	Arthur Sales	FW	(2002-07-03)3 July 2002 (aged 20)	on loan from Lommel	2022	2023	14	0
14	Bastien Toma	MF	(1999-06-24)24 June 1999 (aged 23)	on loan from Genk	2022	2023	17	0
19	N'Dri Koffi	FW	(2002-03-09)9 March 2002 (aged 21)	on loan from Stade de Reims	2022	2023	15	2
23	Lucas Silva	FW	(1998-01-30)30 January 1998 (aged 25)	Flamengo	2020		49	4
29	Fernando Fonseca	DF	(1997-03-14)14 March 1997 (aged 26)	Gil Vicente	2020		71	0
34	Tiago Ilori	DF	(1993-02-26)26 February 1993 (aged 30)	on loan from Sporting CP	2022	2023	4	0

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	BRA	Jeimes (at Montalegre until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	POR	Guilherme Pio (at Montalegre until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	POR	Adriano Castanheira (at Penafiel until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	POR	Miguel Mota (at Montalegre until 30 June 2023)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	POR	Bruno Silva (at Bragança until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	ARG	Cristian Parano (at San Antonio until 30 November 2022)
—	FW	GNB	Edmilson Mendes (at Montalegre until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
27 June 2022	MF	Jordan Holsgrove	Celta de Vigo	Undisclosed	^[1]
28 June 2022	FW	João Magno	Canelas 2010	Undisclosed	^[2]
7 July 2022	FW	Nigel Thomas	PSV Eindhoven	Undisclosed	^[3]
23 August 2022	DF	Erick Ferigra	Las Palmas	Free	^[4]
15 December 2022	FW	Alexandre Guedes	Albirex Niigata	Undisclosed	^[5]
4 January 2023	GK	José Marafona	Alanyaspor	Undisclosed	^[6]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
19 July 2022	FW	Arthur Sales	Lommel	9 March 2023	^[7]^[8]
22 July 2022	DF	Tiago Ilori	Sporting CP	17 February 2023	^[9]
11 August 2022	FW	N'Dri Koffi	Stade de Reims	31 December 2022	^[10]
13 August 2022	FW	Kayky	Manchester City	31 December 2022	^[11]
24 August 2022	FW	Adrián Butzke	Granada	30 June 2023	^[12]
31 August 2022	MF	Bastien Toma	Genk	31 January 2023	^[13]^[14]
1 September 2022	GK	Igor Vekić	NK Bravo	30 June 2023	^[15]
3 January 2023	DF	Maracás	Al Wahda	30 June 2023	^[16]
15 January 2023	FW	Fábio Gomes	Atlético Mineiro	30 June 2023	^[17]
31 January 2023	MF	Paulo Bernardo	Benfica	30 June 2023	^[18]
31 January 2023	MF	Hernâni Infande	Braga	30 June 2023	^[19]
31 January 2023	MF	Tiago Ribeiro	AS Monaco	30 June 2023	^[20]

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
22 June 2022	MF	Samuel Silvera	Central Coast Mariners	Undisclosed	^[21]
5 July 2022	MF	Stephen Eustáquio	Porto	Undisclosed	^[22]
20 July 2022	GK	André Ferreira	Granada	Undisclosed	^[23]
31 July 2022	FW	João Magno	F91 Dudelange	Undisclosed
4 August 2022	MF	Mohamed Diaby	Portimonense	Undisclosed	^[24]
16 August 2022	FW	Lucas Silva	Avaí	Undisclosed
5 September 2022	FW	Dor Jan	Ashdod	Undisclosed
4 February 2023	MF	Abbas Ibrahim	Zira	Undisclosed	^[25]
2 April 2023	GK	Jordi	Novorizontino	Undisclosed

Loans out

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date
1 July 2022	MF	Adriano Castanheira	Penafiel	30 June 2023
1 August 2022	DF	Guilherme Pio	Montalegre	30 June 2023
1 August 2022	DF	Miguel Mota	Montalegre	30 June 2023
1 August 2022	FW	Edmilson Mendes	Montalegre	30 June 2023
17 August 2022	MF	Cristian Parano	San Antonio	30 November 2022
30 August 2022	MF	Bruno Silva	Bragança	30 June 2023
31 August 2022	GK	Jeimes	Montalegre	30 June 2023

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref
15 February 2023	DF		Fernando Fonseca

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

2 July 2022 Friendly	Paços de Ferreira	3–0	Seleção Concelhia	Paços de Ferreira
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Martelo 2' Jan 45' Delgado 60'			Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real

9 July 2022 Friendly	Oliveirense	0–1	Paços de Ferreira	Oliveira de Azeméis
10:30 WEST (UTC+1)			Djaló 20'	Stadium: Estádio Carlos Osório

13 July 2022 Friendly	Moreirense	0–0	Paços de Ferreira	Moreira de Cónegos
10:30 WEST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas

16 July 2022 Friendly	Rio Ave	0–0	Paços de Ferreira	Vila do Conde
10:30 WEST (UTC+1)

20 July 2022 Friendly	Paços de Ferreira	1–0	Santa Clara	Paços de Ferreira
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Martelo 68'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real

23 July 2022 Friendly	Paços de Ferreira	1–0	Famalicão	Paços de Ferreira
10:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Sales 66'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real

23 July 2022 Friendly	Paços de Ferreira	0–1	Trofense	Paços de Ferreira
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)			Pachu 68'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real

30 July 2022 Solverde Cup	Paços de Ferreira	1–2	Vizela	Paços de Ferreira
10:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Uilton 90+2'		Mendez 22' Moreira 82'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real

Competitions

Overall record

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	8 August 2022	27 May 2023	Matchday 1	17th	34	6	5	23	26	62	−36	017.65
Taça de Portugal	16 October 2022		Third round	Third round	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Taça da Liga	20 November 2022	11 December 2022	Group stage	Group stage	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	000.00
Total					38	6	7	25	28	68	−40	015.79

Last updated: 27 May 2023
Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Estoril	34	10	5	19	33	49	−16	35
15	Portimonense	34	10	4	20	25	48	−23	34
16	Marítimo (R)	34	7	5	22	32	63	−31	26	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
17	Paços de Ferreira (R)	34	6	5	23	26	62	−36	23	Relegation to Liga Portugal 2
18	Santa Clara (R)	34	5	7	22	26	58	−32	22	Relegation to Liga Portugal 2

Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Matches won; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.
(R) Relegated

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	6	5	23	26	62	−36	23	3	2	12	13	33	−20	3	3	11	13	29	−16

Last updated: 27 May 2023.
Source: Liga Portugal

Results by round

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	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L
Position	15	16	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2023. Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 5 July 2022.^[26]

7 August 2022 1	Gil Vicente	1–0	Paços de Ferreira	Barcelos
20:15 WEST (UTC+1)	Gomes 65' Alipour 85'	Report	Pires 32' Delgado 45' Holsgrove 53' Antunes 63' Jordi 67' Matchoi 81'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 4,871 Referee: André Narciso

15 August 2022 2	Paços de Ferreira	0–3	Portimonense	Paços de Ferreira
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Uilton 16' Matchoi 45+2' Delgado 66' Holsgrove 73'	Report	Cariello 32' Estrela 50' Willyan 55' Portugal 60' Welinton Júnior 66' Relvas 66' Luquinha 80' Ewerton 84'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 2,661 Referee: João Pinheiro

26 August 2022 4	Paços de Ferreira	0–3	Estoril	Paços de Ferreira
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Kayky 15' Matchoi 53' Butzke 77' 89'	Report	Carlos 26', 43' Siliki 72'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 2,469 Referee: Carlos Macedo

30 August 2022 3	Benfica	3–2	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
20:15 WEST (UTC+1)	R. Silva 16' Neres 42' João Mário 45+4' (pen.) Ramos 56' Fernández 83'	Report	Holsgrove 14' Ramos 34' Koffi 39', 80' Oliveira 45+2' Ibrahim 89'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 55,151 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

5 September 2022 5	Boavista	1–0	Paços de Ferreira	Porto
19:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Sasso 22' Lourenço 39' Boženík 44' 58' Cannon 65'	Report	Matchoi 13' Lima 45+1' Uilton 45+5'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 4,831 Referee: Claúdio Pereira

11 September 2022 6	Paços de Ferreira	2–3	Casa Pia	Paços de Ferreira
15:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Butzke 18', 90+6' Delgado 55' Lima 66'	Report	V.Fernandes 43' Bolgado 52' Godwin 58' Neto 60' 65' Clayton 75' 90'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 4,112 Referee: Tiago Martins

17 September 2022 7	Santa Clara	1–1	Paços de Ferreira	Ponta Delgada
14:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Silva 7' Henrique 13' Calila 63' Allano 72' Carvalho 90+3'	Report	Matchoi 41' 53' Thomas 57' Delgado 65'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 2,123 Referee: Rui Costa

2 October 2022 8	Paços de Ferreira	1–1	Arouca	Paços de Ferreira
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Pires 11' Antunes 28' Ibrahim 54' Gaitán 60'	Report	Antony 75' Esgaio 78' Dabbagh 84'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 4,431 Referee: Hélder Malheiro

8 October 2022 9	Paços de Ferreira	0–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Paços de Ferreira
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Pires 11' Matchoi 52' Antunes 60' 89' Ferigra 76' Lima 86' 90+3'	Report	Nelson da Luz 8' Amaro 24' 41' Bamba 45+2' Safira 63' André 74' Afonso 87' Jota 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 5,346 Referee: Nuno Almeida

22 October 2022 10	Famalicão	2–1	Paços de Ferreira	Vila Nova de Famalicão
15:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Kadile 20' Youssouf 42' Moura 46' Rodríguez 66'	Report	Thomas 23' Pires 31' Antunes 64' Toma 66'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Attendance: 2,380 Referee: Miguel Nogueira

28 October 2022 11	Paços de Ferreira	0–1	Marítimo	Paços de Ferreira
20:15 WEST (UTC+1)	Matchoi 55' Butzke 73'	Report	Ramírez 28' V.Costa 72' Afonso 74' Beltrame 90+1' E.Costa 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 3,067 Referee: André Narciso

5 November 2022 12	Porto	4–0	Paços de Ferreira	Porto
18:00 WET (UTC)	Evanilson 4', 39' Taremi 31' Delgado 55' (o.g.) Grujić 68' Mário 82'	Report	Pires 44' Delgado 69' Matchoi 88'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 41,730 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

13 November 2022 13	Paços de Ferreira	0–2	Vizela	Paços de Ferreira
15:30 WET (UTC)	Ibrahim 35'	Report	Igor Julião 11' Guzzo 36' Etim 48' Ferigra 52' (o.g.) Mendez 72' Samu 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 5,182 Referee: Nuno Almeida

28 December 2022 14	Sporting CP	3–0	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
15:30 WET (UTC)	Porro 3' Santos 22' Paulinho 44' Gonçalves 68' Essugo 82'	Report	Ferigra 24' Gaitán 30' Matchoi 76' Holsgrove 90'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 31,005 Referee: António Nobre

8 January 2023 15	Paços de Ferreira	1–1	Chaves	Paços de Ferreira
15:30 WET (UTC)	Uilton 4' 74' Luíz Carlos 17' Delgado 26' Antunes 28' Holsgrove 53' Maracás 55'	Report	Issah 29' Teixeira 37' Juninho 67' Habib 83' Langa 89' Vítor 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 2,466 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

14 January 2023 16	Rio Ave	0–1	Paços de Ferreira	Vila do Conde
18:00 WET (UTC)	Sá 27' Samaris 41' Graça 68' Guga 90+3' Boateng 90+6'	Report	Thomas 15' 34' Antunes 41' Marafona 44' Matchoi 49' Uilton 74' Lima 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 2,310 Referee: Ricardo Baixinho

21 January 2023 17	Paços de Ferreira	1–2	Braga	Paços de Ferreira
15:30 WET (UTC)	Luíz Carlos 37' Holsgrove 68' Marafona 83' Maracás 90+9'	Report	Sequeira 20' Horta 37' Vitinha 58' 81' Banza 90+8' S.Carvalho 90+12'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 5,904 Referee: Claúdio Pereira

26 January 2023 18	Paços de Ferreira	0–2	Benfica	Paços de Ferreira
20:15 WET (UTC)		Report	Grimaldo 7' João Mário 11' Guedes 37' Luís 71'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 8,060 Referee: Luís Godinho

31 January 2023 19	Paços de Ferreira	2–1	Gil Vicente	Paços de Ferreira
19:00 WET (UTC)	Butzke 34' Lima 58' Pires 80' Marafona 81'	Report	Alipour 42' Fran Navarro 68' T.Araújo 89'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 2,901 Referee: Bruno José Costa

6 February 2023 20	Portimonense	1–0	Paços de Ferreira	Portimão
19:00 WET (UTC)	Klismahn 64' Maurício 90+7'	Report	Maracás 39' 47' Delgado 69'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 745 Referee: Miguel Nogueira

18 February 2023 21	Estoril	1–3	Paços de Ferreira	Alcabideche
18:00 WET (UTC)	Geraldes 50'	Report	Butzke 16' Thomas 26' Luíz Carlos 45+1' Holsgrove 63' 64' Uilton 72'	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Attendance: 2,052 Referee: Nuno Almeida

26 February 2023 22	Paços de Ferreira	1–3	Boavista	Paços de Ferreira
18:00 WET (UTC)	Holsgrove 15' Butzke 62' Delgado 69' Antunes 90+1' Matchoi 90+7'	Report	Malheiro 14' Abascal 16' Njie 28' 90+1' Mangas 47' Gorré 57' 63' Makouta 67' Agra 89' Cannon 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 5,406 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

6 March 2023 23	Casa Pia	2–1	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC)	Soma 34' Zolotić 39' Maracás 67' (o.g.) Varela 76' Batista 90+3'	Report	Bernardo 45+3' 55' Holsgrove 68'	Stadium: Estádio Pina Manique Attendance: 530 Referee: João Pinheiro

11 March 2023 24	Paços de Ferreira	1–0	Santa Clara	Paços de Ferreira
15:30 WET (UTC)	Pires 45+2' Antunes 53' (pen.) Gaitán 59' Marafona 65' Thomas 73' Maracás 80'	Report	Rildo 35' Jordão 52' Henrique 61' MT 64' Bobsin 71' Allano 73'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 3,635 Referee: António Nobre

18 March 2023 25	Arouca	1–1	Paços de Ferreira	Arouca
18:00 WET (UTC)	Antony 43' Mújica 55' Soro 73' Esgaio 90+2'	Report	Maracás 38' Gaitán 75' Antunes 82' Matchoi 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Attendance: 1,048 Referee: Vítor Ferreira

1 April 2023 26	Vitória de Guimarães	0–0	Paços de Ferreira	Guimarães
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Tiago Silva 40' Safira 45+1'	Report	Pires 45+1' Delgado 50' Maracás 51' Marafona 77' 77'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 14,784 Referee: Gustavo Correia

8 April 2023 27	Paços de Ferreira	1–3	Famalicão	Paços de Ferreira
18:00 WET (UTC)	Hernâni 34' Lima 50' Bernardo 68'	Report	Cádiz 41' Jaime 70', 87'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 4,992 Referee: Rui Costa

15 April 2023 28	Marítimo	3–1	Paços de Ferreira	Funchal
15:30 WET (UTC)	Vidigal 29' Riascos 35' Val 42' Afonso 52' Vítor Costa 69' Carné 61' Paulinho 84'	Report	Gaitán 41' Butzke 78' Delgado 80' Maracás 81' Antunes 84'	Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo Attendance: 9,093 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

22 April 2023 29	Paços de Ferreira	0–2	Porto	Paços de Ferreira
20:30 WET (UTC)	Lima 38' Pires 40' Holsgrove 45+1' 45+3' Delgado 50'	Report	Taremi 65' Marcano 68' Martínez 83'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 7,852 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

29 April 2023 30	Vizela	1–2	Paços de Ferreira	Vizela
18:00 WET (UTC)	Kiki 9' Lacava 77' Fernandes 85'	Report	Gaitán 16' Bernardo 33' Carlos 77' Ferigra 87' Antunes 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio do FC Vizela Attendance: 4,423 Referee: Claúdio Pereira

7 May 2023 31	Paços de Ferreira	0–4	Sporting CP	Paços de Ferreira
20:30 WET (UTC)	Delgado 57'	Report	Marafona 7' (o.g.) Santos 33' Morita 39' Trincão 61' Chermiti 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 4,791 Referee: Nuno Almeida

13 May 2023 32	Chaves	2–0	Paços de Ferreira	Chaves
15:30 WET (UTC)	Obiora 52' Teixeira 79'	Report	Bernardo 33' 42' Antunes 90+4' Ribeiro 90+4'	Stadium: Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira Attendance: 2,475 Referee: João Pinheiro

21 May 2023 33	Paços de Ferreira	3–1	Rio Ave	Paços de Ferreira
18:00 WET (UTC)	Thomas 1' Santos 48' (o.g.) Holsgrove 50' Guedes 85' Pires 90' Ribeiro 90+6'	Report	William 3' Pantalon 42' Pereira 79' Costinha 81'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 2,032 Referee: Hélder Malheiro

28 May 2023 34	Braga	3–0	Paços de Ferreira	Braga
15:30 WET (UTC)	Djaló 8' Horta 29' Banza 51'	Report	Ribeiro 75'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 14,481 Referee: Manuel Mota

Taça de Portugal

16 October 2022 Third Round	Vitória de Setúbal	2–0	Paços de Ferreira	Paços de Ferreira
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Santos 14' Varela 35' 46' Lima 47' François 71'	Report	Toma 26' Delgado 31' Jordi 35' Pires 37' Matchoi 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Referee: Carlos Macedo

Taça da Liga

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Braga	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9	Advance to the quarter-finals
2	Casa Pia	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	Paços de Ferreira	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
4	Trofense	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Source: Soccerway

20 November 2022 Group Stage	Paços de Ferreira	1–1	Casa Pia	Paços de Ferreira
20:15 WET (UTC)	Antunes 31' 40' Luíz Carlos 33' Koffi 89'	Report	Varela 47'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 655 Referee: Cláudio Pereira

3 December 2022 Group Stage	Trofense	1–1	Paços de Ferreira	Trofa
20:45 WET (UTC)	I.Maïga 27' Liberal 56'	Report	Ferigra 25' 53' Valente 57' (o.g.) M.Couto 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio do CD Trofense Attendance: 537 Referee: Gustavo Correia

11 December 2022 Group Stage	Braga	2–0	Paços de Ferreira	Braga
19:00 WET (UTC)	Ruiz 34' 45+1' Djaló 42' Gómez 55'	Report	Holsgrove 37' Pires 68' Bastos 75'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 4,998 Referee: Rui Costa

Squad statistics

As of match played 27 May 2023

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
3	DF	POR	Nuno Lima	31	1	27+1	1	0	0	3	0
4	DF	POR	Pedro Ganchas	6	0	2+3	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF	POR	Vitorino Antunes	35	2	32	1	0	0	2+1	1
6	MF	SCO	Jordan Holsgrove	27	2	21+3	2	0	0	2+1	0
7	FW	NED	Nigel Thomas	37	4	23+10	4	0+1	0	2+1	0
9	FW	BRA	Zé Uilton	32	1	15+14	1	1	0	2	0
10	MF	ARG	Nicolás Gaitán	28	3	24+2	3	0	0	2	0
11	FW	BRA	Fábio Gomes	9	0	1+8	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	CHI	Juan Delgado	34	0	31	0	1	0	1+1	0
16	MF	POR	Matchoi Djaló	24	1	14+8	1	1	0	1	0
17	FW	ESP	Adrián Butzke	29	6	13+12	6	1	0	2+1	0
18	MF	POR	Tiago Ribeiro	5	0	1+4	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	POR	Luís Bastos	10	0	4+4	0	1	0	1	0
21	DF	POR	Jorge Silva	20	0	3+14	0	0	0	3	0
22	MF	BRA	Luíz Carlos	22	0	13+7	0	0	0	1+1	0
23	DF	ECU	Erick Ferigra	17	0	11+4	0	0	0	2	0
24	GK	POR	José Oliveira	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
25	DF	BRA	Maracás	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	POR	Rui Pires	33	0	30+1	0	1	0	1	0
27	DF	POR	João Vigário	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
28	GK	POR	José Marafona	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	POR	Alexandre Guedes	16	1	10+6	1	0	0	0	0
32	DF	BRA	Flávio Ramos	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	POR	Vasco Sousa	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
41	FW	POR	Mauro Couto	8	0	1+4	0	0	0	0+3	0
55	MF	POR	Paulo Bernardo	13	2	9+4	2	0	0	0	0
70	MF	GNB	Hernâni Infande	10	1	4+6	1	0	0	0	0
98	GK	SVN	Igor Vekić	11	0	10+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players away on loan:
Players who appeared for Paços de Ferreira but left during the season:
1	GK	BRA	Jordi	9	0	6	0	1	0	2	0
8	MF	NGA	Abbas Ibrahim	9	0	3+4	0	0	0	2	0
11	FW	BRA	Kayky	9	0	4+4	0	0+1	0	0	0
13	FW	BRA	Arthur Sales	14	0	3+8	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
14	MF	SUI	Bastien Toma	17	0	4+9	0	1	0	1+2	0
19	FW	CIV	N'Dri Koffi	15	2	7+5	2	0+1	0	0+2	0
23	FW	BRA	Lucas Silva	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	POR	Fernando Fonseca	7	0	2+4	0	1	0	0	0
34	DF	POR	Tiago Ilori	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Primeira Liga	Taça da Liga	Total
1	FW	17	Adrián Butzke	6	0	6
2	FW	7	Nigel Thomas	4	0	4
3	MF	10	Nicolás Gaitán	3	0	3
4	FW	19	N'Dri Koffi	2	0	2
	MF	6	Jordan Holsgrove	2	0	2
	MF	55	Paulo Bernardo	2	0	2
	DF	5	Vitorino Antunes	1	1	2
			Own goal	1	1	2
9	MF	16	Matchoi Djaló	1	0	1
	FW	9	Zé Uilton	1	0	1
	DF	3	Nuno Lima	1	0	1
	MF	70	Hernâni Infande	1	0	1
	FW	30	Alexandre Guedes	1	0	1
Total				26	2	28

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Primeira Liga	Taça de Portugal	Taça da Liga	Total
1	GK		28	José Marafona	2	0	0	2
TOTALS					2	0	0	2

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		Total
Number	Nation	Position	Name
3		DF	Nuno Lima	7	1	0	0	0	0	7	1
5		DF	Vitorino Antunes	12	1	0	0	0	0	12	1
6		MF	Jordan Holsgrove	11	1	0	0	1	0	12	1
7		FW	Nigel Thomas	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
9		FW	Zé Uilton	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
10		MF	Nicolás Gaitán	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
15		MF	Juan Delgado	12	0	1	0	0	0	13	0
16		MF	Matchoi Djaló	11	1	1	0	0	0	12	1
17		MF	Adrián Butzke	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
18		MF	Tiago Ribeiro	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
20		DF	Luís Bastos	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
22		MF	Luíz Carlos	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
23		DF	Erick Ferigra	3	0	0	0	2	1	5	1
24		GK	José Oliveira	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25		DF	Maracás	7	2	0	0	0	0	7	2
26		MF	Rui Pires	10	0	1	0	1	0	12	0
28		GK	José Marafona	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
32		DF	Flávio Ramos	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
41		FW	Mauro Couto	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
55		MF	Paulo Bernardo	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
Players away on loan:
Players who left Paços de Ferreira during the season:
1		GK	Jordi	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
8		MF	Abbas Ibrahim	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
11		FW	Kayky	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		MF	Bastien Toma	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
19		FW	N'Dri Koffi	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Total				109	10	5	0	8	1	122	11

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[6] "MARAFONA REFORÇA A BALIZA PACENSE". fcpf.pt (in Portuguese). F.C. Paços de Ferreira. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.

[7] "ARTHUR SALES NO ATAQUE PACENSE". www.fcpf.pt (in Portuguese). F.C. Paços de Ferreira. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

[8] "Contrato assinado" [Contract signed] (in Brazilian Portuguese). EC Bahia. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.

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