2017–18 S.C. Braga season

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.

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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Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Varzim v Braga

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

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Primeira Liga

Main article: 2017–18 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:

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).
2. 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

Benfica v Braga

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

Braga v Portimonense

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

Desportivo das Aves v Braga

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

Braga v Porto

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

Vitória de Setúbal v Braga

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

Braga v Vitória de Guimarães

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

Tondela v Braga

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

Braga v Estoril

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

Moreirense v Braga

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

Braga v Chaves

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

Sporting CP v Braga

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

Braga v Feirense

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

Braga v Paços de Ferreira

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

Marítimo v Braga

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

Braga v Belenenses

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

Boavista v Braga

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

Braga v Rio Ave

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

Braga v Benfica

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

Portimonense v Braga

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

Braga v Desportivo das Aves

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

Porto v Braga

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

Braga v Vitória de Setúbal

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

Vitória de Guimarães v Braga

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

Braga v Tondela

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

Estoril v Braga

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

Braga v Moreirense

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

Chaves v Braga

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

Braga v Sporting CP

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

Feirense v Braga

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

Paços de Ferreira v Braga

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

Braga v Marítimo

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

Belenenses v Braga

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

Braga v Boavista

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

Rio Ave v Braga

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

Main article: 2017–18 Taça de Portugal

São Martinho v Braga

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

Rio Ave v Braga

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

Main article: 2017–18 Taça da Liga

Boavista v Braga

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

Benfica v Braga

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

Vitória de Setúbal v Braga

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

Braga v Portimonense

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

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying stages

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Third qualifying round

AIK v Braga

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)

Braga v AIK

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

FH v Braga

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)

Braga v FH

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

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group C

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			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

1899 Hoffenheim v Braga

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)

Braga v İstanbul Başakşehir

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)

Braga v Ludogorets Razgrad

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)

Ludogorets Razgrad v Braga

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)

Braga v Hoffenheim

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)

İstanbul Başakşehir v Braga

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

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Round of 32

Marseille v Braga

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)

Braga v Marseille

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)