G.D. Chaves

Template:Short description Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Template other Grupo Desportivo de Chaves (), commonly known as Chaves, is a Portuguese professional football club from Chaves currently playing in the Liga Portugal 2, following their relegation from the Primeira Liga in 2023–24. They were founded in 1949 and currently play at Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira. Their home kit is red-and-blue striped shirt with blue shorts and socks, and the away kit is all white. Their current president is Bruno Carvalho and their manager is Moreno. Chaves have competed in the Portuguese First Division 18 times and had their best finish of fifth-place in the 1989–90 season. They went to Europe in the 1987–88 season, where they played in the UEFA Cup, beating Romanian side Universitatea Craiova in the first round and losing to Hungarian team Budapest Honvéd in the next round.

History

Grupo Desportivo de Chaves was founded on 27 September 1949 and is one of the most experienced teams in the Portuguese Second Division, not just because of its old culture, but also many years in the top-flight Primeira Liga, doing quite well and playing in European tournaments, such as the UEFA Cup. Their best ever finish was in the Primeira Liga when they finished fifth in both 1986–87 and 1989–90. In the 1986–87 season, meanwhile, they had fantastic results, beating Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–1 at home in a memorable night at the Estádio Municipal de Chaves. After those fantastic seasons, they finished sixth, seventh and ninth before getting relegated in the 1992–93 season to the Liga de Honra. They returned for another few seasons but then again suffered relegation to the Liga de Honra until 2007, where they eventually got relegated to the Portuguese Second Division: Série A. In the previous season of 2007–08, they finished in fourth place, just missing out on promotion.

After a series of great results in 2008–09 that granted the team the lead of Série A, Chaves finally achieved promotion to the second-flight Liga de Honra with an aggregate 1–0 win over Penafiel, the winner of the Portuguese Second Division: Série B in a semi-final playoff. In the playoff final, it was between Chaves and Fátima, in which both were guaranteed promotion to the Liga de Honra, with the final set to determine the champions. Fátima won the match 2–1. Chaves spent the following three years in the third division before being crowned Segunda Divisão champions in 2012–13, thus gaining promotion back to the Segunda Liga. After missing out on promotion to the first division during a thrilling final day of the 2014–15 season, Chaves were promoted the following season back to the top-flight Primeira Liga for the first time in 17 years.

Stadium

Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira is a multi-use stadium in Chaves. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of G.D. Chaves. The stadium is able to hold 8,400 people. The stadium normally holds the Portugal national team youth games and also some under-21 games, and also very rarely the senior team. This stadium is famous because it is where Cristiano Ronaldo made his senior international debut with Portugal.

Honours

• Portuguese Second Division
  • Champions (2): 2008–09, 2012–13
• Taça de Portugal
  • Runners-up (1): 2009–10

Players

Current squad

As of 29 January, 2025

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
1	GK	Template:Fba/core	Vozinha
4	DF	Template:Fba/core	Bruno Rodrigues
5	DF	Template:Fba/core	Aarón Romero
8	MF	Template:Fba/core	Pedro Pinho
9	FW	Template:Fba/core	Tiago Reis
10	FW	Template:Fba/core	Leandro Sanca
11	MF	Template:Fba/core	Pedro Pelágio (on loan from Pafos)
12	MF	Template:Fba/core	Ktatau
13	DF	Template:Fba/core	Vasco Fernandes
14	MF	Template:Fba/core	Roan Wilson (on loan from Gil Vicente)
15	DF	Template:Fba/core	Carraça
19	DF	Template:Fba/core	Tiago Almeida
20	MF	Template:Fba/core	André Ricardo (on loan from PAOK)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	FW	Template:Fba/core	Wellington
23	FW	Template:Fba/core	Rui Gomes
25	MF	Template:Fba/core	Pedro Tiba
26	FW	Template:Fba/core	Alberto Soro (on loan from Dinamo București)
29	FW	Template:Fba/core	Platiny
30	GK	Template:Fba/core	Gonçalo Pinto
31	GK	Template:Fba/core	Rodrigo Moura
55	DF	Template:Fba/core	Kiko (on loan from Gil Vicente)
70	MF	Template:Fba/core	Hélder Morim
83	DF	Template:Fba/core	Mamadou Tounkara
87	FW	Template:Fba/core	Rodrigo Melro
88	FW	Template:Fba/core	Rúben Pina
95	FW	Template:Fba/core	Paul Ayongo

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
—	DF	Template:Fba/core	Edu (at Lusitânia until 30 June 2025)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	FW	Template:Fba/core	Paulo Victor (at D. Banská Bystrica until 30 June 2025)

Managerial history

Name Nationality Years Raul Águas Template:Flagu 1984–1988 João Fonseca Template:Flagu 1988–1989 José Romão Template:Flagu 1989–1990 Manuel Barbosa Template:Flagu 1990–1991 José Romão Template:Flagu 1991–1992 Henrique Calisto Template:Flagu 1992–1993 Carlos Garcia Template:Flagu 1993 António Jesus Template:Flagu 1993–1994 Vítor Urbano Template:Flagu 1994–1995 José Romão Template:Flagu 1995–1996 Joaquim Teixeira Template:Flagu 1996 José Romão Template:Flagu 1996–1997 Manuel Correia Template:Flagu 1997–1998 Porfírio Amorim Template:Flagu 1998 Álvaro Magalhães Template:Flagu 1998 Horácio Gonçalves Template:Flagu 1998–1999 Augusto Inácio Template:Flagu 1999 Diamantino Bráz Template:Flagu 1999 Francisco Vital Template:Flagu 1999–2000 Dito Template:Flagu 2000 António Jesus Template:Flagu 2000–2001 António Borges Template:Flagu 2001–2002 Rogério Gonçalves Template:Flagu 2002–2003 José Alberto Costa Template:Flagu 2003 Manuel Correia Template:Flagu 2003–2004 Daniel Ramos Template:Flagu 2004 António Amaral Template:Flagu 2004–2005

Name Nationality Years Vítor Maçãs Template:Flagu 2005 António Caldas Template:Flagu 2005–2006 Ricardo Formosinho Template:Flagu 2006 António Borges Template:Flagu 2006–2008 Leonardo Jardim Template:Flagu 2009 Emerson Carvalho Template:Flagu 2009 Ricardo Formosinho Template:Flagu 2009 Nuno Pinto Template:Flagu 2009–2010 Tulipa Template:Flagu 2010 Jorge Regadas Template:Flagu 2010 Luís Miguel Template:Flagu 2010–2011 João Eusébio Template:Flagu 2011 Filipe Casanova Template:Flagu 2011 Jorge Regadas Template:Flagu 2011–2012 Eduardo Oliveira Template:Flagu 2012 Hélder Fontes Template:Flagu 2012 Pedro Monteiro Template:Flagu 2012–2013 João Pinto Template:Flagu 2013 João Eusébio Template:Flagu 2013 Quim Machado Template:Flagu 2013–2014 Norton de Matos Template:Flagu 2014 Carlos Pinto Template:Flagu 2014–2015 Vítor Oliveira Template:Flagu 2015–2016 Jorge Simão Template:Flagu 2016 Ricardo Soares Template:Flagu 2016–2017 Luís Castro Template:Flagu 2017–2018 Daniel Ramos Template:Flagu 2018

Name Nationality Years Tiago Fernandes Template:Flagu 2018–2019 José Mota Template:Flagu 2019 César Peixoto Template:Flagu 2019–2020 Carlos Pinto Template:Flagu 2020–2021 Vítor Campelos Template:Flagu 2021–2023 José Gomes Template:Flagu 2023 Moreno Template:Flagu 2023–present

Europe

Season	Cup	Round	Opponent	Result	(1st leg)	Result	(2nd leg)	Aggregate	Notes
1987–88	UEFA Cup	1st round	Template:Flagicon Universitatea Craiova	2 – 3	Away (16/09)	2 – 1	Home (30/09)	4 – 4 (a)
		2nd round	Template:Flagicon Budapest Honvéd	1 – 2	Home (24/10)	1 – 3	Away (04/11)	2 – 5

League and cup history

The football section has 13 presences at the top level of Portuguese football. Its best position was two fifth-place finished, in the 1986–87 and 1989–90 seasons, the first earning Chaves its only presence in the European cups.

Domestic results

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86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Primeira Liga* Liga Portugal 2 Liga 3/Campeonato de Portugal ↓ relegation ↑ promotion

Season	Div	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Portuguese Cup	Portuguese League Cup	Europe	Notes
1985–86	I	6	30	11	7	12	28	38	29	Quarter-Finals	Template:Sort dash
1986–87	I	5	30	13	7	10	39	38	33	Quarter-Finals	Template:Sort dash
1987–88	I	7	38	13	14	11	51	31	40	Third Round	Template:Sort dash	Round 2
1988–89	I	13	38	12	10	16	37	41	34	Quarter-Finals	Template:Sort dash
1989–90	I	5	34	12	14	8	38	38	38	Fifth Round	Template:Sort dash
1990–91	I	8	38	10	14	14	49	52	34	Third Round	Template:Sort dash
1991–92	I	9	34	10	10	14	36	45	30	Sixth Round	Template:Sort dash
1992–93	I	18	34	4	8	22	34	61	16	Fifth Round	Template:Sort dash		Relegated
1993–94	II	3	34	19	7	8	44	25	45	Sixth Round	Template:Sort dash		Promoted
1994–95	I	14	34	10	7	17	33	49	27	Fourth Round	Template:Sort dash
1995–96	I	15	34	9	7	8	38	56	34	Fourth Round	Template:Sort dash
1996–97	I	10	34	12	10	12	39	45	46	Fifth Round	Template:Sort dash
1997–98	I	16	34	10	5	19	31	55	35	Fifth Round	Template:Sort dash
1998–99	I	17	34	5	10	19	39	70	25	Fourth Round	Template:Sort dash		Relegated
1999–00	II	12	34	11	11	12	46	45	44	Third Round	Template:Sort dash
2000–01	II	12	34	9	14	11	48	44	41	Third Round	Template:Sort dash
2001–02	II	5	34	16	4	14	52	44	52	Third Round	Template:Sort dash
2002–03	II	7	34	12	11	11	44	41	47	Sixth Round	Template:Sort dash
2003–04	II	10	34	11	11	12	37	45	44	Third Round	Template:Sort dash
2004–05	II	17	34	9	10	15	24	38	37	Fourth Round	Template:Sort dash
2005–06	II	8	34	13	11	10	40	36	50	Third Round	Template:Sort dash
2006–07	II	16	30	3	7	20	16	43	16	Third Round	Template:Sort dash		Relegated
2007–08	III	4	26	12	8	6	44	17	44	Fourth Round	Template:Sort dash
2008–09	III	1	32	19	8	5	53	22	87	Third Round	Template:Sort dash		Promoted
2009–10	II	15	30	6	10	14	28	37	28	Runners-up	First Round		Relegated
2010–11	III	3	30	13	12	5	34	21	51	First Round	Template:Sort dash
2011–12	III	3	30	15	9	6	41	26	54	Third Round	Template:Sort dash
2012–13	III	1	32	17	11	4	46	23	62	Second Round	Template:Sort dash		Promoted
2013–14	II	8	42	19	10	13	58	56	67	Fourth Round	First Round
2014–15	II	3	46	20	20	6	68	45	80	Fifth Round	Second Round
2015–16	II	2	46	21	18	7	60	39	81	Fourth Round	First Round		Promoted
2016–17	I	11	34	8	14	12	35	42	38	Semi-finals	Second Round
2017–18	I	6	34	13	8	13	47	55	47	Fourth Round	Second Round

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