2019–20 S.C. Braga season

The 2019–20 season was Sporting Clube de Braga's 99th season in existence and the club's 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. In addition to the domestic league, Braga participated in this season's editions of the Taça de Portugal, the Taça da Liga, and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 25 July 2020.[6]

Braga
2019–20 season
PresidentAntónio Salvador
ManagerSá Pinto
(until 23 December)[1]
Rúben Amorim
(from 27 December until 4 March)[2][3]
Custódio
(from 5 March until 30 June)[4]
Artur Jorge
(from 1 July )[5]
StadiumEstádio Municipal de Braga
Primeira Liga3rd
Taça de PortugalFifth round
Taça da LigaWinners
UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Paulinho (17)

All:
Paulinho (25)

Players

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Current squad

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As of 7 February 2020.[7]

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   BRA Matheus
3 DF   BRA Vítor Tormena
4 DF   POR Bruno Wilson
5 DF   POR Nuno Sequeira
7 MF   ANG Wilson Eduardo
9 FW   ESP Abel Ruiz (loan from Barcelona)
11 DF   POR Diogo Viana
12 GK   POR Tiago Sá
13 DF   BRA Wallace (loan from Lazio)
15 MF   POR André Horta
17 MF   POR João Novais
18 FW   POR Rui Fonte
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW   POR Paulinho
21 FW   POR Ricardo Horta
27 MF   BRA Fransérgio (captain)
34 DF   BRA Raul Silva
36 DF   BRA Bruno Viana
47 DF   POR Ricardo Esgaio
60 MF   POR João Palhinha (loan from Sporting CP)
77 FW   POR Francisco Trincão
82 GK   POR Eduardo
90 FW   BRA Galeno
92 DF   POR David Carmo

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   CRO Andrej Lukić (at Sheriff Tiraspol)
DF   BRA Pablo (at Rubin Kazan)
DF   POR Rui Silva (at Santa Clara)
DF   POR Diogo Figueiras (at Rio Ave)
MF   BRA Alef (at APOEL)
MF   POR Xadas (at Maritimo)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   BRA Murilo (at Sporting de Gijón)
MF   BRA Ricardo Ryller (at Red Bull Bragantino)
FW   POR Fábio Martins (at Famalicão)
FW   RSA Luther Singh (at Moreirense)
FW   SRB Nikola Stojiljković (at Boavista)
FW   EGY Ahmed Hassan (at Olympiacos)

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

16 July 2019 Friendly Millwall   1–2   Braga Albufeira, Portugal
19:00 WEST
  • O'Brien   36'
Stadium: Estádio da Nora
19 July 2019 Friendly Braga   0–2   Lille Albufeira, Portugal
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Albufeira
24 July 2019 Friendly Braga   0–0   Monaco Braga, Portugal
21:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
31 July 2019 Friendly Porto   1–0   Braga Olival, Portugal
19:00 WEST
Report Stadium: CTFD PortoGaia

Competitions

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Primeira Liga 11 August 2019 25 July 2020 Matchday 1 3rd 34 18 6 10 61 40 +21 052.94
Taça de Portugal 19 October 2019 18 December 2019 Third round Fifth round 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 066.67
Taça da Liga 7 October 2019 25 January 2020 Third round Winners 5 5 0 0 12 4 +8 100.00
Europa League 8 August 2019 26 February 2020 Third qualifying round Round of 32 12 8 2 2 27 17 +10 066.67
Total 54 33 8 13 105 64 +41 061.11

Last updated: 25 July 2020
Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Porto (C) 34 26 4 4 74 22 +52 82 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Benfica 34 24 5 5 71 26 +45 77 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Braga 34 18 6 10 61 40 +21 60[a] Qualification for the Europa League group stage[b]
4 Sporting CP 34 18 6 10 49 34 +15 60[a] Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[b]
5 Rio Ave 34 15 10 9 48 36 +12 55 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[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.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head away goals: Braga 1, Sporting 0
  2. ^ a b c Since the winners of the 2019–20 Taça de Portugal, Porto, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, 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 (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 18 6 10 61 40  +21 60 11 3 3 34 21  +13 7 3 7 27 19  +8

Last updated: 25 July 2020.
Source: Liga Portugal

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWLDLLDWWLDWWLLWWWWWDWWWWLLDWLWWDLW
Position2971316161181010967865553433333344444443
Updated to match(es) played on 25 July 2020. Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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11 August 2019 1 Braga 3–1 Moreirense Braga
21:00 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 13,223
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo
18 August 2019 2 Sporting CP 2–1 Braga Lisbon
21:00 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 35,692
Referee: Luis Godinho
25 August 2019 3 Gil Vicente 1–1 Braga Barcelos
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos
Attendance: 6,769
Referee: Hugo Miguel
1 September 2019 4 Braga 0–4 Benfica Braga
21:00 WEST (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 15,499
Referee: Nuno Almeida
13 September 2019 5 Vitória de Setúbal 1–0 Braga Setúbal
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim
Attendance: 3,527
Referee: Artur Soares Dias
23 September 2019 6 Braga 2–2 Marítimo Braga
19:00 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 8,184
Referee: Manuel Oliveira
29 September 2019 7 Portimonense 0–1 Braga Portimão
18:00 WEST (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão
Attendance: 3,430
Referee: Hugo Miguel
28 October 2019 8 Braga 2–0 Santa Clara Braga
20:15 WET (UTC±0)
Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 6,785
Referee: Rui Costa
31 October 2019 9 Boavista 2–0 Braga Porto
20:15 WET (UTC±0)
Report Stadium: Estádio do Bessa
Attendance: 8,452
Referee: Tiago Martins
3 November 2019 10 Braga 2–2 Famalicão Braga
20:15 WET (UTC±0)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 9,285
Referee: Jorge Sousa
10 November 2019 11 Vitória de Guimarães 0–2 Braga Guimarães
20:00 WET (UTC±0) Report
Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
Attendance: 24,429
Referee: Hugo Miguel
2 December 2019 12 Braga 2–0 Rio Ave Braga
18:45 WET (UTC±0)
Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 7,274
Referee: Nuno Almeida
7 December 2019 13 Aves 1–0 Braga Aves
20:30 WET (UTC±0)
Report Stadium: Estádio do CD Aves
Attendance: 1,632
Referee: Rui Costa
15 December 2019 14 Braga 0–1 Paços de Ferreira Braga
20:00 WET (UTC±0) Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 5,909
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo
4 January 2020 15 Belenenses 1–7 Braga Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±0)
Report
Stadium: Estádio do Restelo
Attendance: 3,190
Referee: Tiago Martins
12 January 2020 16 Braga 2–1 Tondela Braga
20:00 WET (UTC±0)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 9,002
Referee: Jorge Sousa
17 January 2020 17 Porto 1–2 Braga Porto
19:00 WET (UTC±0)
Report
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 35,611
Referee: Carlos Xistra
29 January 2020 18 Moreirense 1–2 Braga Moreira de Cónegos
20:15 WET (UTC±0)
Report
Stadium: Parque Joaquim de Almeida Freitas
Attendance: 1,711
Referee: Manuel Mota
2 February 2020 19 Braga 1–0 Sporting CP Braga
WET (UTC±0)
Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 18,379
Referee: Jorge Sousa
8 February 2020 20 Braga 2–2 Gil Vicente Braga
18:00 WET (UTC±0)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 13,633
Referee: Rui Costa
15 February 2020 21 Benfica 0–1 Braga Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±0) Report
Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 59,371
Referee: Hugo Miguel
23 February 2020 22 Braga 3–1 Vitória de Setúbal Braga
20:00 WET (UTC±0)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 11,185
Referee: Hélder Malheiro
1 March 2020 23 Marítimo 1–2 Braga Funchal
17:30 WET (UTC±0)
Report
Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo
Attendance: 6,530
Referee: Tiago Martins
6 March 2020 24 Braga 3–1 Portimonense Braga
20:30 WET (UTC±0)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 8,684
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo
5 June 2020 25 Santa Clara 3–2 Braga Ponta Delgada
19:00 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel
Attendance: 0
Referee: Artur Soares Dias
13 June 2020 26 Braga 0–1 Boavista Braga
21:00 WEST (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 0
Referee: Luís Godinho
19 June 2020 27 Famalicão 0–0 Braga Vila Nova de Famalicão
21:15 WEST (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho
Attendance: 0
Referee: Hugo Miguel
25 June 2020 28 Braga 3–2 Vitória de Guimarães Braga
21:00 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tiago Martins
30 June 2020 29 Rio Ave 4–3 Braga Vila do Conde
21:30 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nuno Almeida
4 July 2020 30 Braga 4–0 Aves Braga
21:30 WEST (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 0
Referee: Manuel Mota
10 July 2020 31 Paços de Ferreira 1–5 Braga Paços de Ferreira
21:30 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carlos Xistra
15 July 2020 32 Braga 1–1 Belenenses Braga
19:15 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 0
Referee: André Narciso
20 July 2020 33 Tondela 1–0 Braga Tondela
19:15 WEST (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Estádio João Cardoso
Attendance: 0
Referee: Artur Soares Dias
25 July 2020 34 Braga 2–1 Porto Braga
21:15 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jorge Sousa

Taça de Portugal

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Third round

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19 October 2019 Leça 1–3 Braga Leça da Palmeira
20:45 WEST (UTC+1)
Stadium: Estádio do Leça Futebol Clube

Fourth round

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23 November 2019 Braga 1–0 Gil Vicente Braga
18:30 WET (UTC±0)
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga

Fifth round

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18 December 2019 Benfica 2–1 Braga Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC±0)
Report
Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Taça da Liga

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Third round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BRA PAÇ MAR PEN
1 Braga 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9 Advance to knockout phase 2–1
2 Paços de Ferreira 3 1 1 1 4 6 −2 4 1–4 1–1
3 Marítimo 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2 0–0
4 Penafiel 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1 1–3 1–2
Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
7 October 2019 1 Penafiel 1–3 Braga Penafiel
16:00 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril
Attendance: 1,103
Referee: Cláudio Pereira
13 October 2019 2 Braga 2–1 Marítimo Braga
15:00 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 5,041
Referee: Nuno Almeida
22 December 2019 3 Paços de Ferreira 1–4 Braga Paços de Ferreira
17:00 WET (UTC±0) Report
Stadium: Estádio Capital do Móvel
Attendance: 2,472
Referee: Luís Godinho

Semi-finals

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21 January 2020 Braga 2–1 Sporting CP Braga
19:45 WET (UTC±0)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 10,047
Referee: Nuno Almeida

Final

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25 January 2020 Braga 1–0 Porto Braga
19:45 WET (UTC±0)
Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 23,794
Referee: Luís Godinho

UEFA Europa League

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Third qualifying round

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8 August 2019 First leg Brøndby   2–4   Braga Brøndbyvester, Denmark
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Brøndby Stadium
Attendance: 15,642[8]
Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)
15 August 2019 Second leg Braga   3–1
(7–3 agg.)
  Brøndby Braga, Portugal
19:45 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estadio Municipal
Attendance: 11,964[8]
Referee: Aleksei Eskov (Russia)

Play-off round

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22 August 2019 First leg Braga   1–0   Spartak Moscow Braga, Portugal
19:45 WEST (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Estadio Municipal
Attendance: 11,667[9]
Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (Spain)
29 August 2019 Second leg Spartak Moscow   1–2
(1–3 agg.)
  Braga Moscow, Russia
20:15 MSK (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Otkritie Arena
Attendance: 38,176[9]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Braga 6 4 2 0 15 9 +6 14 Advance to knockout phase
2   Wolverhampton Wanderers 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13
3   Slovan Bratislava 6 1 1 4 10 13 −3 4
4   Beşiktaş 6 1 0 5 6 15 −9 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
19 September 2019 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers   0–1   Braga Wolverhampton, England
20:00 BST (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 28,314[10]
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)
3 October 2019 2 Braga   2–2   Slovan Bratislava Braga, Portugal
17:55 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal
Attendance: 9,077[11]
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland)
24 October 2019 3 Beşiktaş   1–2   Braga Istanbul, Turkey
19:55 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Vodafone Park
Attendance: 20,956[12]
Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)
7 November 2019 4 Braga   3–1   Beşiktaş Braga, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC±0)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal
Attendance: 8,833[13]
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)
28 November 2019 5 Braga   3–3   Wolverhampton Wanderers Braga, Portugal
17:55 WET (UTC±0)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal
Attendance: 12,058[14]
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
12 December 2019 6 Slovan Bratislava   2–4   Braga Bratislava, Slovakia
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Tehelné pole
Attendance: 10,856[15]
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

Knockout phase

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Round of 32
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20 February 2020 First leg Rangers   3–2   Braga Glasgow, Scotland
21:00 GMT (UTC±0)
Report
Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 49,378[16]
Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (Spain)
26 February 2020 Second leg Braga   0–1
(2–4 agg.)
  Rangers Braga, Portugal
17:00 WET (UTC±0) Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal
Attendance: 18,113[17]
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Primeira Liga Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga UEFA
Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   BRA Matheus 41 0 29 0 0 0 4 0 8 0
12 GK   POR Tiago Sá 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
82 GK   POR Eduardo 9 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
Defenders
3 DF   BRA Vítor Tormena 9 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1+2 0
4 DF   POR Bruno Wilson 7 1 3+3 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
5 DF   POR Nuno Sequeira 41 0 24+1 0 2 0 4 0 10 0
6 DF   POR Rolando 3 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 DF   POR Diogo Viana 8 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0+1 0
34 DF   BRA Raul Silva 15 1 8+3 1 0 0 2 0 2 0
36 DF   BRA Bruno Viana 49 1 29 0 3 0 5 0 12 1
47 DF   POR Ricardo Esgaio 49 1 28+2 1 2 0 5 0 12 0
70 DF   BRA Fabino 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
81 DF   POR Pedro Amador 9 0 7+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
92 DF   POR David Carmo 19 0 16+2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Midfielders
15 MF   POR André Horta 38 1 21+4 0 1+1 0 1+1 1 9 0
17 MF   POR João Novais 38 0 11+12 0 0+1 0 3+1 0 4+6 0
27 MF   BRA Fransérgio 42 7 23+3 4 2 0 4 1 9+1 2
60 MF   POR João Palhinha 44 5 24+3 3 2 0 4 1 11 1
85 MF   POR Samuel Costa 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW   ESP Abel Ruiz 8 2 0+6 1 0 0 0 0 1+1 1
18 FW   POR Rui Fonte 37 6 6+19 4 2+1 0 2+2 1 1+4 1
20 FW   POR Paulinho 48 25 27+2 17 1+2 0 4 2 11+1 6
21 FW   POR Ricardo Horta 52 24 31+2 12 3 2 5 4 10+1 6
77 FW   POR Francisco Trincão 40 9 17+10 8 2+1 0 1+2 0 3+4 1
89 FW   POR Leandro Sanca 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
90 FW   BRA Galeno 41 7 16+11 6 1 0 4 0 5+4 1
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
6 MF   BRA Claudemir 7 0 4+1 0 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
7 MF   ANG Wilson Eduardo 30 8 6+12 3 2+1 2 0+2 1 4+3 2
9 FW   EGY Ahmed Hassan 7 1 4+2 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
8 MF   NGA Uche Agbo 6 0 0+1 0 1 0 0+2 0 1+1 0
10 MF   POR Xadas 3 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
13 DF   BRA Wallace 16 0 8 0 3 0 1+1 0 3 0
14 DF   BRA Pablo 20 1 9+1 0 0 0 2 1 7+1 0
19 FW   BRA Murilo 14 0 4+3 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 1+3 0
95 DF   BRA Caju 6 0 1+1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
  • Last updated: 25 July 2020
  • Source: soccerway

References

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