Arouca
Full nameFutebol Clube de Arouca
Nickname(s)Arouquenses
Founded25 December 1951 (1951-12-25)
GroundEstádio Municipal
Capacity5,000
ChairmanCarlos Pinho
ManagerDaniel Sousa
LeaguePrimeira Liga
2022–23Primeira Liga, 5th of 18
WebsiteClub website

Futebol Clube de Arouca (pronounced [ɐˈɾokɐ]) is a professional football club based in Arouca, a town and a municipality in the Metropolitan Area of Porto, in the Norte Region of Portugal and in the Aveiro District. Founded in 1951, the club plays in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at Estádio Municipal de Arouca, with a 5,000-seat capacity.

History

Founded on 25 December 1951, as a FC Porto subsidiary,[1] Arouca spent the first five decades of its existence in the Aveiro regional leagues. In only two years (2006–08) it managed to reach the third division, being managed by television (RTP) presenter Jorge Gabriel for a few months during that timeframe.[2]

Arouca managed its fourth promotion in only seven years at the end of 2012–13, reaching the Primeira Liga for the first time in its history.[3][4] Subsequently, the Arouca Municipality awarded the club the Medal of Gold Merit for its achievement,[5] with the organization also being granted extra financial means to renovate and expand its stadium.[6]

In 2015–16 under Lito Vidigal, Arouca finished a best-ever fifth place, qualifying for the first time to the UEFA Europa League.[7] After beating Heracles Almelo of the Netherlands on the away goals rule, they lost the play-off 3–1 after extra time to Olympiacos of Greece.[8] A year after their peak finish, Arouca were relegated, ending their four years at the top.[9]

A two-year spell in the second division for Arouca ended in May 2019 when on the last day of the season, they lost to U.D. Oliveirense and Varzim S.C. defeated Académica de Coimbra; this ended nine years in the professional leagues.[10] The 2019–20 season was truncated due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Arouca and Vizela were due to be promoted because of their final position; competitors Olhanense successfully appealed at the Court of Arbitration for Sport for these promotions to be suspended.[11]

Players

Current squad

As of 1 January 2024

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 Portugal POR João Valido
2 MF Guinea GUI Morlaye Sylla
4 DF Spain ESP Javi Montero (on loan from Beşiktaş)
5 MF Portugal POR David Simão (captain)
6 DF Brazil BRA Mateus Quaresma
7 FW Nigeria NGA Yusuf Lawal
8 MF Ivory Coast CIV Eboue Kouassi
9 FW Uruguay URU Alfonso Trezza
10 FW Spain ESP Jason
11 FW Spain ESP Miguel Puche
12 GK Uruguay URU Ignacio de Arruabarrena
13 DF Uruguay URU Matías Rocha
14 MF Spain ESP Oriol Busquets
16 GK Brazil BRA Thiago
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Ghana GHA Yaw Moses
18 FW United States USA Benji Michel
19 FW Spain ESP Rafa Mújica
20 MF Portugal POR Pedro Moreira
22 DF Ukraine UKR Bohdan Milovanov
23 FW Spain ESP Cristo González
25 DF Algeria ALG Yanis Hamache
26 DF Brazil BRA Weverson
28 DF Portugal POR Tiago Esgaio (on loan from Braga)
30 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD André Bukia
43 MF Brazil BRA Vitinho
44 DF Croatia CRO Nino Galović
64 DF Portugal POR Rafael Fernandes
89 MF Portugal POR Pedro Santos

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Ghana GHA Jerome Opoku (at İstanbul Başakşehir until 30 June 2024)

Top scorers

As of 6 October 2021
RankPlayerPenaltiesGoals
1 State of Palestine Oday Dabbagh 0 4
Democratic Republic of the Congo André Bukia 0 3
2 Brazil André Silva 0 2
Brazil João Basso 2 2
Portugal Arsénio 0 2
3 Brazil Antony 0 1
Portugal Leandro Silva 0 1
Portugal Pité 0 1
Ivory Coast Eboué Kouassi 0 1

Managerial history

  • Portugal Acácio Figueiredo (2000–2001)
  • Portugal Francisco Batista (2001–2002)
  • Portugal Artur Quaresma (2003 – June 2004)
  • Portugal Vasco Coelho (1 July 2004 – 1 November 2004)
  • Portugal Rui Correia (1 July 2006 – 30 June 2007)
  • Portugal Jorge Gabriel (1 July 2007 – 4 February 2008)
  • Portugal José Pedro (4 February 2008 – 30 June 2009)
  • Portugal Carlos Secretário (1 July 2009 – 7 December 2009)
  • Portugal Henrique Nunes (9 December 2009 – 20 September 2011)
  • Portugal Vítor Oliveira (21 September 2011 – 30 June 2013)
  • Portugal Pedro Emanuel (1 July 2013 – 25 May 2015)
  • Angola Lito Vidigal (1 July 2015 – 11 February 2017)
  • Portugal Manuel Machado (11 February 2017 – 21 March 2017)
  • Portugal Jorge Leitão (22 March 2017 – 30 June 2017)
  • Portugal Jorge Costa (1 July 2017 – 14 September 2017)
  • Portugal Miguel Leal (15 September 2017 – 26 September 2018)
  • Portugal Quim Machado (27 September 2018 – 30 June 2019)
  • Portugal Henrique Nunes (1 July 2019 – 30 June 2020)
  • Portugal Armando Evangelista (1 July 2020 – 11 June 2023)
  • Portugal Daniel Ramos (1 July 2023 – 15 November 2023)
  • Portugal Daniel Sousa (15 November 2023 – present)

Honours

Seasons

Season Tier Domestic League Cup Other Cups Europe / Other Top goalscorer(s)[lower-alpha 1]
League Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Name Goals
1985–86 4 Aveiro I Norte 33 8 9 16 29 54 58 16th — Aveiro Cup
1986–87 5 Aveiro II Norte 26 20 5 1 78 10 71 1st — Aveiro Cup
1987–88 ? — Aveiro Cup
1988–89 ? — Aveiro Cup
1989–90 ? — Aveiro Cup
1990–91 ? — Aveiro Cup
1991–92 ? — Aveiro Cup
1992–93 ? — Aveiro Cup
1993–94 ? — Aveiro Cup
1994–95 ? — Aveiro Cup
1995–96 ? — Aveiro Cup
1996–97 5 Aveiro I A 30 4 2 24 17 55 14 15th — Aveiro Cup
1997–98 6 Aveiro I B Norte 30 79 1st — Aveiro Cup
1998–99 5 Aveiro I A 30 13 5 12 32 37 44 5th — Aveiro Cup
1999–00 30 11th — Aveiro Cup
2000–01 30 18 8 4 44 18 62 1st — Aveiro Cup
Play-Off 6 3 2 1 10 10 11 2nd
2001–02 4 III Divisão C 34 11 6 17 44 60 39 15th R1 —
2002–03 5 Aveiro I 38 89 1st — Aveiro Cup
2003–04 4 III Divisão C 34 11 7 16 41 46 40 15th R2 —
2004–05 5 Aveiro I 38 21 12 5 54 29 75 3rd — Aveiro Cup
2005–06 38 19 8 11 68 42 65 5th — Aveiro Cup
2006–07 34 25 6 3 67 18 81 1st — Aveiro Cup
2007–08 4 III Divisão C 36 21 9 6 59 26 48 1st R2 —
Play-Off Cancelled due to financial constraints Shared
2008–09 3 II Divisão B 22 9 2 11 26 23 29 7th R4 —
Play-Out 10 5 1 4 12 13 31 7th
2009–10 II Divisão Centro 30 17 6 7 41 23 57 1st R2 —
Play-Off 4 2 0 2 4 5 6 1st
2010–11 2 II Liga 30 11 10 9 47 41 57 5th R3 League Cup R3 N'Jock; Kiko 12
2011–12 30 7 13 10 32 36 34 13th R2 League Cup R1 Joeano 19
2012–13 42 21 10 11 65 48 73 2nd QF League Cup R1 Joeano 27
2013–14 1 I Liga 30 8 7 15 28 42 31 12th R5 League Cup R2 Roberto 9
2014–15 34 7 7 20 26 50 28 16th R3 League Cup R3 Roberto 6
2015–16 34 13 15 6 47 38 54 5th QF League Cup R3 Walter González 7
2016–17 34 9 5 20 33 57 32 17th R3 League Cup R3 EL PO Kuca 8
2017–18 2 II Liga 38 16 11 11 42 37 59 6th R4 League Cup R2 Roberto Rodrigo 11
2018–19 34 10 10 13 40 45 40 16th R4 League Cup R2 Fábio Fortes 9
2019–20 3 C. Portugal. D 25 18 4 3 49 19 58 1st[lower-alpha 2] R4 Fábio Fortes 18
2020–21 2 II Liga 34 20 10 4 55 26 70 3rd R3 André Silva 7
Play-off 2 2 0 0 5 0 1st[lower-alpha 3]
2021–22 1 I Liga 34 7 10 17 30 54 31 15th R3 League Cup R2 André Silva 10
2022–23 34 15 9 10 36 37 54 5th R5 League Cup SF Rafa Mújica 14
2023–24 34 League Cup R3 ECL PO
Champions Runners-up Qualified for the Europa League Qualified for the Europa Conference League Promoted Qualified for Play-Off Relegated

Last updated: 10 November 2023

Key Meaning Key Meaning
PPlayedQRQualifying Round
WGames wonGSGroup Stage
DGames drawnRRound
LGames lostQFQuarter-Finals
GFGoals forSFSemi-Finals
GAGoals againstRURunner Up
PtsPointsWWinner
PosFinal position?No information
  1. ↑ Goals in all competitions (Liga Portuguesa, Taça de Portugal, League Cup, County FA leagues and cups, and European) are counted.
  2. ↑ Campeonato de Portugal suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
  3. ↑ Beat Rio Ave in the play-off and was promoted to I Liga

European record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2016–17 UEFA Europa League Netherlands Heracles Almelo 0–0 1–1 1–1 (a)
Greece Olympiacos 0–1 1–2 (a.e.t.) 1–3
2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League Norway Brann 2–1 1–3 3–4
Notes
  • 3Q: Third qualifying round
  • PO: Play-off

References

  1. ↑ "História" [History] (in Portuguese). Arouca's official website. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Jorge Gabriel não esquece passagem por Arouca (Jorge Gabriel does not forget time in Arouca); Metro News, 17 June 2008 (in Portuguese)
  3. ↑ Vitor Oliveira: o especialista das subidas (Vitor Oliveira: the promotion specialist) Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine; Record, 12 May 2013 (in Portuguese)
  4. ↑ "Arouca sobe à I Liga pela primeira vez na sua história" [Arouca rises to the I League for the first time in their history]. Público (in Portuguese). 12 May 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  5. ↑ Câmara de Arouca atribui medalha de mérito ao clube (Arouca City Hall gives medal of merit to club) Archived 2013-06-10 at the Wayback Machine; Record, 4 June 2013 (in Portuguese)
  6. ↑ Arouca: estádio renovado em contrarrelógio (Arouca: renovated stadium against the clock) Archived 2014-08-12 at the Wayback Machine; Mais Futebol, 18 May 2013 (in Portuguese)
  7. ↑ "Académica desce à II Liga, Arouca conquista Liga Europa" [Académica go down to II Liga, Arouca conquer Europa League]. Público (in Portuguese). 7 May 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "Chori saves Olympiacos". Agona Sport. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  9. ↑ "Arouca perde no Estoril e desce à segunda divisão" [Arouca lose in Estoril and go down to second division] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  10. ↑ "Arouca perde em Oliveira de Azeméis e desce ao Campeonato de Portugal" [Arouca lose in Oliveira de Azeméis and go down to Campeonato de Portugal]. Observador (in Portuguese). 19 May 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  11. ↑ "Tribunal Arbitral do Desporto suspende subidas de Vizela e Arouca à II Liga" [Court of Arbitration for Sport suspends Vizela and Arouca's promotions to II Liga]. Público (in Portuguese). 28 July 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.

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