2017–18 S.C. Braga season

Braga
Chairman	António Salvador
Manager	Abel Ferreira
Stadium	Estádio Municipal de Braga
Primeira Liga	4th
Taça de Portugal	Round of 32
Taça da Liga	Group stage
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Paulinho (13); All: ; Paulinho (17)
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During the 2017–18 S.C. Braga season, the club competed in the Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal, Taça da Liga and UEFA Europa League.

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

5 July 2017 Friendly	Varzim	1–0	Braga
10:00		Summary

Competitions

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Benfica	34	25	6	3	80	22	+58	81	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Sporting CP	34	24	6	4	63	24	+39	78	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
4	Braga	34	24	3	7	74	29	+45	75	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
5	Rio Ave	34	15	6	13	40	42	−2	51	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
6	Chaves	34	13	8	13	47	55	−8	47^[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. (Note: only criteria 1, 5, 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Desportivo das Aves qualified for the Europa league group stage by winning the 2017–18 Taça de Portugal. However, since they failed to obtain a license for European competitions, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team, 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 was passed to the fifth-placed team (Europa league second qualifying round).
^ Chaves finished ahead of Marítimo on head-to-head points: Chaves 4–1 Marítimo, Marítimo 1–2 Chaves.

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	24	3	7	74	29	+45	75	14	1	2	37	8	+29	10	2	5	37	21	+16

Last updated: 20 January 2018.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by matchday

Matchday	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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	L
Position	16	8	5	7	9	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4

Updated to match(es) played on 20 January 2018. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

9 August 2017 1	Benfica	3–1	Braga	Lisbon
21:00	Seferovic 15' Jonas 30', 52' Eliseu 39' Salvio 57'	Report	Fonte 29' Jefferson 37' Kouka 44' Danilo 78'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 58,826 Referee: Carlos Xistra

13 August 2017 2	Braga	2–1	Portimonense	Braga
18:00	Bruno Viana 37' Xadas 45+2' Vukčević 50' Fonte 68' Silva 82'	Report	Paulinho 25', 38' Sá 29' Manafá 79'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 10,421 Referee: João Capela

20 August 2017 3	Desportivo das Aves	0–2	Braga	Aves
20:00	Amilton 42' Lenho 88'	Report	Danilo 57' Esgaio 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio do CD Aves Attendance: 2,781 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

27 August 2017 4	Braga	0–1	Porto	Braga
20:15	Fransérgio 28' Xadas 30' Sequeira 82'	Report	Corona 7', 39' Óliver 24' D. Pereira 90+2' R. Pereira 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 21,382 Referee: Carlos Xistra

10 September 2017 5	Vitória de Setúbal	2–0	Braga	Setúbal
16:00	Paciência 24' (pen.) Amaral 26' Issoko 49' Fernandes 61' Podstawski 90'	Report	Danilo 29' Marcelo Goiano 82' Teixeira 85'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 2,636 Referee: Luís Ferreira

17 September 2017 6	Braga	2–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Braga
20:15	Teixeira 14' Paulinho 23' Kouka 45+1' Silva 54' Danilo 90'	Report	Raphinha 37' Wakaso 39' Pedrão 48' García 75'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 14,185 Referee: Rui Costa

24 September 2017 7	Tondela	1–2	Braga	Tondela
18:00	Moufi 4' Murilo 18' Cardoso 30' Tomané 70'	Report	Kouka 44', 59' Costa 46' (o.g.) Rosić 51' Martins 62'	Stadium: Estádio João Cardoso Attendance: 1,921 Referee: Tiago Martins

1 October 2017 8	Braga	6–0	Estoril	Braga
17:15	Sousa 17' Silva 41' Martins 55' Xadas 57' R. Horta 62', 84'	Report	Kléber 56' Eduardo 64'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 10,651 Referee: Hélder Malheiro

23 October 2017 9	Moreirense	0–1	Braga	Moreira de Cónegos
19:00	Belkaroui 49' Cádiz 68' Schons 89'	Report	Kouka 38' Martins 89' Esgaio 90+4'	Stadium: Parque Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 1,595 Referee: Jorge Sousa

29 October 2017 10	Braga	1–0	Chaves	Braga
16:00	Esgaio 26' Jefferson 45+2' Bruno Viana 58' Paulinho 69'	Report	Maraš 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 11,620 Referee: Bruno Esteves

5 November 2017 11	Sporting CP	2–2	Braga	Lisbon
20:15	Dost 66' Pinto 82' Fernandes 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Silva 34' Esgaio 45' Vukčević 68' Sousa 85' (pen.) Danilo 89'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 42,844 Referee: Carlos Xistra

27 November 2017 12	Braga	3–1	Feirense	Braga
19:00	Bruno Viana 9' Paulinho 36', 38'	Report	Etebo 36', 45+2' Cris 66'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 7,845 Referee: Vasco Santos

3 December 2017 13	Braga	3–0	Paços de Ferreira	Braga
18:00	Esgaio 39' Bruno Viana 70' R. Horta 80' Sousa 87', 87'	Report	Góis 54' Silva 55' 65'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 18,483 Referee: Rui Oliveira

11 December 2017 14	Marítimo	1–0	Braga	Funchal
21:00	Júnior 55' Charles 77' Pacheco 80'	Report	Marcelo Goiano 43' Silva 82' Vukčević 90+6'	Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo Attendance: 6,327 Referee: Rui Costa

16 December 2017 15	Braga	4–0	Belenenses	Braga
20:30	Martins 37' Sousa 56' Silva 88' Kouka 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 7,803 Referee: Hugo Miguel

3 January 2018 16	Boavista	1–3	Braga	Porto
18:15	Espinho 26' Róbson 41' 78' Kuca 50' Rochinha 66' Vagner 79'	Report	Danilo 14' Silva 27' 59' Jefferson 62' Matheus 65' Vukčević 65' Esgaio 68' Paulinho 79' A. Horta 88'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 4,379 Referee: Jorge Sousa

6 January 2018 17	Braga	2–1	Rio Ave	Braga
20:30	R. Horta 19' Kouka 29' Martins 83' Rosić 85' A. Horta 90' Matheus 90+4'	Report	Novais 42' Marcelo 54' Marcão 64' Ribeiro 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 8,513 Referee: Vasco Santos

13 January 2018 18	Braga	1–3	Benfica	Braga
20:30	Esgaio 41' Paulinho 74' Teixeira 85'	Report	Salvio 11' Almeida 52' Pizzi 56' Jonas 64' Fejsa 89' Jiménez 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 20,407 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

20 January 2018 19	Portimonense	1–2	Braga	Portimão
20:30	Fabrício 56' (pen.) Sá 81'	Report	Paulinho 8' Eduardo 10' Danilo 42' Sequeira 65' Bruno Viana 74' Vukčević 79'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 2,833 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

30 January 2018 20	Braga	2–0	Desportivo das Aves	Braga
19:00	Silva 7' Esgaio 47'	Report	Tissone 59'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 7,607 Referee: Nuno Almeida

4 February 2018 21	Porto	3–1	Braga	Porto
20:30	Oliveira 13' Reyes 37' Aboubakar 73' Herrera 84'	Report	Silva 30' Paulinho 42' Danilo 80'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 43,627 Referee: Hugo Miguel

10 February 2018 22	Braga	3–1	Vitória de Setúbal	Braga
18:15	Silva 25' Paulinho 65' Vukčević 74' Esgaio 83' Figueiras 89'	Report	Edinho 35' Semedo 81' Pereira 87', 87' Pinto 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 7,801 Referee: Jorge Sousa

18 February 2018 23	Vitória de Guimarães	0–5	Braga	Guimarães
20:15	Wakaso 30' Tallo 36'	Report	Sousa 12' Kouka 33' Vukčević 43' Eduardo 48' Esgaio 60'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 21,057 Referee: Bruno Paixão

26 February 2018 24	Braga	1–0	Tondela	Braga
19:00	Marcelo Goiano 21' Bruno Viana 24' Esgaio 35' R. Horta 83'	Report	Delgado 38' Fernandes 86'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 6,050 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

3 March 2018 25	Estoril	0–6	Braga	Estoril
20:30	Kléber 22' Allano 47' Dankler 89'	Report	Eduardo 7' Silva 36' Paulinho 44', 68' R. Horta 45+2', 90+3' Martins 77'	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Attendance: 1,043 Referee: Luís Godinho

9 March 2018 26	Braga	3–0	Moreirense	Braga
20:30	Eduardo 15', 64' Vukčević 25' R. Horta 66'	Report	Ângelo Neto 19' Abarhoun 59'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 5,237 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

18 March 2018 27	Chaves	1–4	Braga	Chaves
18:00	Platiny 76' Duarte 82'	Report	Bruno Viana 28' R. Horta 39', 90+1' Paulinho 73' Esgaio 75'	Stadium: Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira Attendance: 4,219 Referee: Bruno Paixão

31 March 2018 28	Braga	1–0	Sporting CP	Braga
20:30	A. Horta 30' Vukčević 34' Bruno Viana 40' Silva 88'	Report	Piccini 57' 84' Coentrão 78'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 16,557 Referee: Luís Godinho

7 April 2018 29	Feirense	2–2	Braga	Santa Maria da Feira
18:15	Ramos 10' Machado 61' Silva 88' Briseño 90+3'	Report	Lukić 5' Marcelo Goiano 24' Paulinho 30' Bruno Viana 54' Vukčević 59' Sousa 83' Martins 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio Marcolino de Castro Attendance: 4,674 Referee: João Capela

15 April 2018 30	Paços de Ferreira	1–5	Braga	Paços de Ferreira
20:30	Góis 7' Correia 45+1' Luiz Phellype 57'	Report	Eduardo 17', 20' Danilo 32', 72' Lukić 59' R. Horta 62' Kouka 83' Jefferson 89' Sousa 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 4,013 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

20 April 2018 31	Braga	2–0	Marítimo	Braga
20:30	Bruno Viana 18' Vukčević 52', 90+2' Paulinho 86'	Report	Baiano 8' Abedzadeh 68' Jean Cléber 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 12,564 Referee: Nuno Almeida

29 April 2018 32	Belenenses	0–1	Braga	Lisbon
20:15	Yebda 90+2'	Report	R. Horta 11' Silva 11' Paulinho 70'	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Attendance: 2,633 Referee: Tiago Martins

4 May 2018 33	Braga	1–1	Boavista	Braga
20:30	Silva 69' Sousa 73'	Report	Njie 45' Mateus 88' Branco 90+3' Talocha 90+7'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 11,872 Referee: Bruno Esteves

13 May 2018 34	Rio Ave	1–0	Braga	Vila do Conde
18:00	Tarantini 42', 90' Geraldes 89'	Report	Bruno Viana 38' Marcelo Goiano 66' R. Horta 90' Silva 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 7,452 Referee: Rui Costa

Taça de Portugal

14 October 2017 Last 64	São Martinho	2 - 3	Braga	Aves
18:00	Luther King 52' D. Alves 56'	Summary	Sousa 11', 39' Martins 53'	Stadium: Estádio do CD Aves Referee: Manuel Oliveira

18 November 2017 Last 32	Rio Ave	1 - 0	Braga	Vila do Conde
20:30	Cássio 10' Guedes 36', 45' 90' Pelé 42'	Report	Esgaio 64' Silva 64'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Tiago Martins

Taça da Liga

3 September 2017 Round 2	Boavista	1 - 2	Braga	Porto
19:00	Santos 11' Acevedo 35' Branco 73'	Report	Danilo 18' Martins 32' Paulinho 80'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 4,185 Referee: Rui Oliveira

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vitória de Setúbal	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7	Advanced to knockout phase
2	Benfica	3	0	3	0	5	5	0	3
3	Braga	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
4	Portimonense	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2

Source: LPFP
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

20 September 2017 Match 1	Benfica	1–1	Braga	Lisbon
21:15	Jiménez 11' Samaris 90+5'	Report	Teixeira 53' Ferreira 68' Paulinho 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 24,160 Referee: Bruno Esteves

22 December 2017 Match 2	Vitória de Setúbal	2–1	Braga	Setúbal
20:30	Paciência 32', 50' (pen.), 84' Pedrosa 87' Trigueira 90+7'	Report	Marcelo Goiano 10' Costinha 45+2' (o.g.) Martins 47' Xadas 54' Vukčević 64' Silva 89' A. Horta 90+7'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 1,495 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

29 December 2017 Match 3	Braga	2–2	Portimonense	Braga
16:00	Eduardo 6' Bruno Viana 31'	Report	Dener 39', 79'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 2,994 Referee: Manuel Mota

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying stages

Third qualifying round

27 July 2017 First leg	AIK	1–1	Braga	Solna
18:00	Sundgren 18' (pen.)	Report	Silva 11' Rosić 25' Santos 59'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 12,456 Referee: Marius Avram (Romania)

3 August 2017 Second leg	Braga	2–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 agg.)	AIK	Braga
21:00	Fonte 74' Silva 112', 120+1' Matheus 120+3'	Report	Obasi 13' Ishizaki 73' Johansson 120+1' Olsson 120+3'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 13,851 Referee: Frank Schneider (France)

Play-off round

17 August 2017 First leg	FH	1–2	Braga	Hafnarfjörður
18:45	Ólafsson 15' Viðarsson 28' Björnsson 39' Pálsson 82'	Report	Vukčević 58' Paulinho 62' Stojiljković 79' Fransérgio 90' Jefferson 90+4'	Stadium: Kaplakriki Attendance: 1,432 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

24 August 2017 Second leg	Braga	3–2 (5–3 agg.)	FH	Braga
19:45	Paulinho 39', 80' Rosić 85' Silva 86' Sousa 90+3'	Report	Böðvarsson 16', 51', 79' Doumbia 42' Viðarsson 60'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 10,937 Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BRA	LUD	IBS	HOF
1	Braga	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	10	Advance to knockout phase	—	0–2	2–1	3–1
2	Ludogorets Razgrad	6	2	3	1	7	5	+2	9	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	1–2	2–1
3	İstanbul Başakşehir	6	2	2	2	7	8	−1	8		2–1	0–0	—	1–1
4	TSG Hoffenheim	6	1	2	3	8	10	−2	5		1–2	1–1	3–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

14 September 2017 1	1899 Hoffenheim	1–2	Braga	Sinsheim
19:00	Wagner 24' Nordtveit 42' Demirbay 89'	Report	Teixeira 45+1' Sousa 50' Silva 87'	Stadium: WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 15,714 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

28 September 2017 2	Braga	2–1	İstanbul Başakşehir	Braga
20:05	Marcelo Goiano 24' Kouka 26' Silva 27' Fransérgio 89'	Report	Belözoğlu 28' Costa 32'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 10,376 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

19 October 2017 3	Braga	0–2	Ludogorets Razgrad	Braga
20:05	Ferreira 45' Esgaio 49' Paulinho 86'	Report	Moți 25' Natanael 47' Silva 56' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 8,623 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

2 November 2017 4	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–1	Braga	Razgrad
18:00	Marcelinho 68' Cicinho 77'	Report	Marcelo Goiano 32' Xadas 49' Ferreira 80' Fransérgio 82', 83'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 7,544 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

23 November 2017 Match 5	Braga	3–1	Hoffenheim	Braga
20:05	Marcelo Goiano 1', 83' Teixeira 75' Esgaio 80' Fransérgio 81', 90+3' Kouka 90+6' Ferreira 90+7'	Report	Grillitsch 62' Demirbay 69' Uth 74', 89' Amiri 79' Szalai 85' 90+7' Schulz 90+6'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 10,054 Referee: Andre Marriner (England)

7 December 2017 6	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–1	Braga	Istanbul
18:00	Višća 10' Belözoğlu 77' (pen.), 89'	Report	Silva 45', 55' Jefferson 66' Vukčević 73'	Stadium: Fatih Terim Stadium Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

Knockout stage

Round of 32

15 February 2018 First leg	Marseille	3–0	Braga	Marseille, France
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Germain 4', 69' Amavi 13' Thauvin 74'	Report	Vukčević 74'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 21,731 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

22 February 2018 Second leg	Braga	1–0 (1–3 agg.)	Marseille	Braga, Portugal
20:05 WET (UTC+00:00)	Kouka 18' R. Horta 31' Paulinho 65' Esgaio 74'	Report	Lopez 33'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Attendance: 9,016 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

References

[table_note_res_ELGS0.82498547007562-1] Desportivo das Aves qualified for the Europa league group stage by winning the 2017–18 Taça de Portugal. However, since they failed to obtain a license for European competitions, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team, 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 was passed to the fifth-placed team (Europa league second qualifying round).

[table_hth_CHA0.82498547007562-2] Chaves finished ahead of Marítimo on head-to-head points: Chaves 4–1 Marítimo, Marítimo 1–2 Chaves.

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