Rio Ave 1996/1997

Portugal

mVila do Condemestablished in 1939

	G	W	D	L	GD
Primeira Liga	34	8	11	15	35-42
Portuguese Cup	1	0	0	1	1-4
	35	8	11	16	36-46

[Penalty shoot-outs (P.S.) and coin-toss decisions (CT) are considered draws]

Goalkeeper

Nélson

29 -yrs-old

Marco Aurélio

27 -yrs-old

Tiago Oliveira

18 -yrs-old

Defender

33 -yrs-old

24 -yrs-old

20 -yrs-old

27 -yrs-old

19 -yrs-old

28 -yrs-old

21 -yrs-old

29 -yrs-old

30 -yrs-old

29 -yrs-old

26 -yrs-old

26 -yrs-old

Midfielder

25 -yrs-old

21 -yrs-old

19 -yrs-old

23 -yrs-old

19 -yrs-old

31 -yrs-old

31 -yrs-old

26 -yrs-old

28 -yrs-old

26 -yrs-old

20 -yrs-old

Forward

25 -yrs-old

31 -yrs-old

29 -yrs-old

31 -yrs-old

24 -yrs-old

27 -yrs-old

Sérgio China

34 Games

2	Nito	32 G
3	Marcos	31 G
3	Baíca	31 G
5	Joaquim Martins	30 G

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Fernando

7 Goals Scored

1	Sob Dibo	7 G
3	Baíca	4 G
4	Helinho	3 G
4	Luís Coentrão	3 G

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An XI based on the most used players throughout the season. Minimum of 10 games.

NATIONALITIES

Country	Value
Portugal	19 (59.4%)
Brazil	7 (21.9%)
Ivory Coast	2 (6.2%)
Angola	2 (6.2%)
Yugoslavia	1 (3.1%)
Morocco	1 (3.1%)

Average scores

Item	Value
Players	32
Average Age	26.05
Average Height	178 cm
Average Weight	75 Kg

Manager

Henrique Calisto

43 -yrs-old

Manager

Carlos Brito

33 -yrs-old

Other Staff

Lúcio Pereira

Assistant Manager

Carlos Brito

Assistant Manager

Official Competitions

15º

Primeira Liga 1996/97

GamesTeam Stats

Portuguese Cup 1996/97

Games

NameRio Ave Futebol Clube

Nickname(s)Vilacondenses; Rioavistas

Foundation Year1939-05-10

City/TownVila do Conde

Country

Portugal

AssociationAF Porto

KitPuma

SponsorSolverde.pt

Kit

Other connections

Num.FPF0918

ChairmanAlexandrina Cruz

AddressPraça da República, 35 Apartado 42 4481-909 Vila do Conde Portugal Telefone: 252640590 Fax: 252640599

Official Sitehttp://rioavefc.pt

E-mail[email protected]

RankingsUEFA: 284 [2023/24]

Official Anthem

Player	Team	Amount
Nuno Morais	SC Vilar Pinheiro	-
Baíca	Alecrim	-
Jorge Laranjeira	Castêlo da Maia	-
Aziz		-
Mateus		-
Gabriel	Nacional	-
Dibo	Vejle	-
Nenad	Radnički	-
Moreira de Sá	Desp. Aves	-
Nito	Tirsense	-
Fernando	Moreirense	-
Peu	Bahia	-
Marco Aurélio	Santa Cruz	-

Out

Player	Team	Amount
Paulo Cruz	Alfenense	-
Nelson Lima	Ermesinde	-
José Manuel	Senhora da Hora	-
Bruno Rodrigues	At. Vilar	-
Paulo Campos	Castêlo da Maia	-
João Marafona	Bragança	-
Faria	Lobão	-
Renato Viegas	Bragança	-
Afonso	Guilhabreu	-
Rifa	Famalicão	-
Resende	Desp. Beja	-
Sérgio	Sp. Lamego (loan)	-
Mesquita	Leça	-
Omer	Beira-Mar	-
Graça	Sp. Lamego	-
Fernando	U. Leiria	-
Hélder Vasco	Cinfães	-
Marco Aurélio	Farense	-
Gamboa	Sp. Braga	-

Football

Futsal

Nine-a-side

Seven-a-side

Act. Lúdicas (Max. 5)

Beach Soccer

Estádio do Rio Ave FC (Arcos)

Vila do Conde

Capacity5300

Pitch size105x68

Founded1984

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Rio Ave 1996/1997

Summary(1996/97)

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Most Games

Most Goals

MOST USED XI

NATIONALITIES

Average scores

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1996/97

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