2021–22 F.C. Paços de Ferreira season

F.C. Paços de Ferreira

2021–22 season
Chairman	Paulo Meneses
Manager	Jorge Simão
Stadium	Estádio da Mata Real
Primeira Liga	9th
Taça de Portugal	Pre-season
Taça da Liga	Third round
UEFA Europa Conference League	Play-off round
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2021–22 season is the 72nd season in the existence of F.C. Paços de Ferreira and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. In addition to the domestic league, Paços de Ferreira will participate in this season's edition of the Taça de Portugal, Taça da Liga, and the Europa Conference League.

Players

First-team squad

As of 17 February 2022

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	BRA	Jordi
2	DF	POR	Marco Baixinho
3	DF	POR	Nuno Lima
4	DF	POR	Pedro Ganchas
5	DF	POR	Vitorino Antunes
6	DF	BRA	Maracás
7	FW	POR	Hélder Ferreira
8	MF	NGA	Abbas Ibrahim
9	FW	BRA	Zé Uilton
10	FW	BRA	Denílson
11	FW	CIV	N'Dri Koffi (on loan from Reims)
12	GK	BRA	Jeimes
13	GK	POR	André Ferreira
15	MF	CHI	Juan Delgado
16	MF	POR	Matchoi Djaló

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	ESP	Adrián Butzke (on loan from Granada)
20	DF	POR	Luís Bastos
21	DF	POR	Jorge Silva
22	MF	BRA	Luíz Carlos
23	FW	BRA	Lucas Silva
24	MF	FRA	Mohamed Diaby
26	MF	POR	Rui Pires (on loan from Troyes)
27	DF	POR	João Vigário
29	DF	POR	Fernando Fonseca
32	DF	BRA	Flávio Ramos
77	MF	POR	Nuno Santos (on loan from Benfica)
98	GK	SVN	Igor Vekić (on loan from Bravo)
—	MF	FRA	Noa Cervantes (on loan from Reims)
—	MF	ARG	Nicolás Gaitán

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
—	GK	POR	José Oliveira (to Sanjoanense until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	POR	Adriano Castanheira (to Chaves until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	POR	David Sualehe (to Académica until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	POR	Simão Rocha (to SC União Torreense until 30 June 2022)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	CAN	Stephen Eustáquio (to Porto until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	AUS	Samuel Silvera (to Newcastle Jets until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	ISR	Dor Jan (to Maccabi Petah Tikva until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	POR	Pedro Martelo (to Amora until 30 June 2022)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Braga v Paços de Ferreira

24 July 2021 Friendly	Braga	2–1	Paços de Ferreira	Braga, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Ruiz 53' González 86'	Report	Silva 58'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primeira Liga	August 2021	May 2022	Matchday 1		27	8	9	10	25	32	−7	029.63
Taça de Portugal	17 October 2021	19 November 2021	Third round	Fourth round	2	1	0	1	4	4	+0	050.00
Taça da Liga	30 July 2021	28 October 2021	Second round	Third round	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	000.00
UEFA Europa Conference League	5 August 2021	26 August 2021	Third qualifying round	Play-off round	4	2	0	2	5	4	+1	050.00
Total					36	11	11	14	36	43	−7	030.56

Last updated: 20 March 2022
Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

Main article: 2021–22 Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Estoril	34	9	12	13	36	43	−7	39
10	Marítimo	34	9	11	14	39	44	−5	38
11	Paços de Ferreira	34	9	11	14	29	44	−15	38
12	Boavista	34	7	17	10	39	52	−13	38
13	Portimonense	34	10	8	16	31	45	−14	38

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.
Notes:

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: August 2021.
Source: Liga Portugal

Results by round

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on August 2021. Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Taça de Portugal

Main article: 2021–22 Taça de Portugal

Taça da Liga

Main article: 2021–22 Taça da Liga

Paços de Ferreira v Gil Vicente F.C.

30 July 2021 Second round	Paços de Ferreira	1–1 (4–3 p)	Gil Vicente F.C.	Paços de Ferreira
20:15 WEST (UTC+1)	Denílson 47'	Report	Bilel Aouacheria 58'	Stadium: Estádio Capital do Móvel Attendance: 0 Referee: Rui Costa
	Penalties
	Douglas Tanque Uilton João Pedro Juan Delgado Maracás		Talocha Paulinho Mota Pedrinho Rúben Fernandes Kanya Fujimoto

UEFA Europa Conference League

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021.

Paços de Ferreira v Larne

5 August 2021 First leg	Paços de Ferreira	4–0	Larne	Paços de Ferreira, Portugal
19:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Denílson 44', 70' Eustáquio 73' Lucas Silva 90'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 1,577 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Larne v Paços de Ferreira

12 August 2021 Second leg	Larne	1–0 (1–4 agg.)	Paços de Ferreira	Larne, Northern Ireland
19:30 BST (UTC+1)	Randall 83'	Report		Stadium: Inver Park Attendance: 1,150 Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021.

Paços de Ferreira v Tottenham Hotspur

19 August 2021 First leg	Paços de Ferreira	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Paços de Ferreira, Portugal
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ferreira  35' Silva 45' Antunes  66' Delgado  74'	Report	Davies  31' Gil  90'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 2,284 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

Tottenham Hotspur v Paços de Ferreira

26 August 2021 Second leg	Tottenham Hotspur	3–0 (3–1 agg.)	Paços de Ferreira	Tottenham, England
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Kane 9', 35' Romero  30' Gil  63' Lo Celso 70'	Report	Denílson  41' Antunes  50' Pires  64'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 30,215 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)