Grupo Desportivo de Chaves, commonly known as Chaves (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʃavɨʃ] ), 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.

Chaves
Full nameGrupo Desportivo de Chaves
Nickname(s)Flavienses
Valentes
Trasmontanos
Founded27 September 1949; 75 years ago (27 September 1949)
GroundEstádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira
Capacity8,396
ChairmanBruno Carvalho
ManagerMarco Alves
LeagueLiga Portugal 2
2023–24Primeira Liga, 18th of 18 (relegated)
Websitegdchaves.pt
Current season

History

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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.[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.[2]

Stadium

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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 12,000 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.[3]

Honours

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Players

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Current squad

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As of 2 September 2024[4]

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   CPV Vozinha
4 DF   POR Bruno Rodrigues
5 DF   ESP Aarón Romero
6 MF   CMR Brice Eboudjé
7 FW   BRA Paulo Victor
8 MF   POR Pedro Pinho
10 FW   GNB Leandro Sanca
11 MF   POR Pedro Pelágio (on loan from Pafos)
12 MF   BRA Ktatau
13 DF   POR Vasco Fernandes
14 MF   CRC Roan Wilson (on loan from Gil Vicente)
15 DF   POR Carraça
17 MF   ANG David Kusso
19 DF   POR Tiago Almeida
20 MF   POR André Ricardo (on loan from PAOK)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW   BRA Wellington
23 FW   POR Rui Gomes
25 MF   POR Pedro Tiba
29 FW   BRA Platiny
30 GK   POR Gonçalo Pinto
31 GK   BRA Rodrigo Moura
40 DF   NGA Junior Pius
55 DF   POR Kiko (on loan from Gil Vicente)
70 MF   POR Hélder Morim
80 MF   COD Victoire Ushindi
83 DF   MLI Mamadou Tounkara
87 FW   POR Rodrigo Melro
88 FW   POR Rúben Pina
95 FW   GHA Paul Ayongo
99 FW   BRA

Out on loan

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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   POR Edu (at Lusitânia until 30 June 2025)

Managerial history

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Name Nationality Years
Raul Águas   Portugal 1984–1988
João Fonseca   Portugal 1988–1989
José Romão   Portugal 1989–1990
Manuel Barbosa   Portugal 1990–1991
José Romão   Portugal 1991–1992
Henrique Calisto   Portugal 1992–1993
Carlos Garcia   Portugal 1993
António Jesus   Portugal 1993–1994
Vítor Urbano   Portugal 1994–1995
José Romão   Portugal 1995–1996
Joaquim Teixeira   Portugal 1996
José Romão   Portugal 1996–1997
Manuel Correia   Portugal 1997–1998
Porfírio Amorim   Portugal 1998
Álvaro Magalhães   Portugal 1998
Horácio Gonçalves   Portugal 1998–1999
Augusto Inácio   Portugal 1999
Diamantino Bráz   Portugal 1999
Francisco Vital   Portugal 1999–2000
Dito   Portugal 2000
António Jesus   Portugal 2000–2001
António Borges   Portugal 2001–2002
Rogério Gonçalves   Portugal 2002–2003
José Alberto Costa   Portugal 2003
Manuel Correia   Portugal 2003–2004
Daniel Ramos   Portugal 2004
António Amaral   Portugal 2004–2005
 
Name Nationality Years
Vítor Maçãs   Portugal 2005
António Caldas   Portugal 2005–2006
Ricardo Formosinho   Portugal 2006
António Borges   Portugal 2006–2008
Leonardo Jardim   Portugal 2009
Emerson Carvalho   Brazil 2009
Ricardo Formosinho   Portugal 2009
Nuno Pinto   Portugal 2009–2010
Tulipa   Portugal 2010
Jorge Regadas   Portugal 2010
Luís Miguel   Portugal 2010–2011
João Eusébio   Portugal 2011
Filipe Casanova   Portugal 2011
Jorge Regadas   Portugal 2011–2012
Eduardo Oliveira   Portugal 2012
Hélder Fontes   Portugal 2012
Pedro Monteiro   Portugal 2012–2013
João Pinto   Portugal 2013
João Eusébio   Portugal 2013
Quim Machado   Portugal 2013–2014
Norton de Matos   Portugal 2014
Carlos Pinto   Portugal 2014–2015
Vítor Oliveira   Portugal 2015–2016
Jorge Simão   Portugal 2016
Ricardo Soares   Portugal 2016–2017
Luís Castro   Portugal 2017–2018
Daniel Ramos   Portugal 2018
 
Name Nationality Years
Tiago Fernandes   Portugal 2018–2019
José Mota   Portugal 2019
César Peixoto   Portugal 2019–2020
Carlos Pinto   Portugal 2020–2021
Vítor Campelos   Portugal 2021–2023
José Gomes   Portugal 2023
Moreno   Portugal 2023–present

Europe

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

League and cup history

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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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5
7
13
5
8
9
18
3
14
15
10
16
17
12
12
5
7
10
17
8
16
4
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3
1
8
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11
6
16
12
6
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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
1986–87 I 5 30 13 7 10 39 38 33 Quarter-Finals
1987–88 I 7 38 13 14 11 51 31 40 Third Round Round 2
1988–89 I 13 38 12 10 16 37 41 34 Quarter-Finals
1989–90 I 5 34 12 14 8 38 38 38 Fifth Round
1990–91 I 8 38 10 14 14 49 52 34 Third Round
1991–92 I 9 34 10 10 14 36 45 30 Sixth Round
1992–93 I 18 34 4 8 22 34 61 16 Fifth Round Relegated
1993–94 II 3 34 19 7 8 44 25 45 Sixth Round Promoted
1994–95 I 14 34 10 7 17 33 49 27 Fourth Round
1995–96 I 15 34 9 7 8 38 56 34 Fourth Round
1996–97 I 10 34 12 10 12 39 45 46 Fifth Round
1997–98 I 16 34 10 5 19 31 55 35 Fifth Round
1998–99 I 17 34 5 10 19 39 70 25 Fourth Round Relegated
1999–00 II 12 34 11 11 12 46 45 44 Third Round
2000–01 II 12 34 9 14 11 48 44 41 Third Round
2001–02 II 5 34 16 4 14 52 44 52 Third Round
2002–03 II 7 34 12 11 11 44 41 47 Sixth Round
2003–04 II 10 34 11 11 12 37 45 44 Third Round
2004–05 II 17 34 9 10 15 24 38 37 Fourth Round
2005–06 II 8 34 13 11 10 40 36 50 Third Round
2006–07 II 16 30 3 7 20 16 43 16 Third Round Relegated
2007–08 III 4 26 12 8 6 44 17 44 Fourth Round
2008–09 III 1 32 19 8 5 53 22 87 Third Round 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
2011–12 III 3 30 15 9 6 41 26 54 Third Round
2012–13 III 1 32 17 11 4 46 23 62 Second Round 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

References

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  1. ^ "GD Chaves Historia". GD Chaves.pt. Archived from the original on 2014-07-22.
  2. ^ "Desportivo de Chaves subiu à I Liga". cmjornal.xl.pt. Archived from the original on 2016-06-09. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  3. ^ "Lucky rebound gives Portugal narrow win over Kazakhstan". China Daily. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
  4. ^ "PLANTEL PRINCIPAL". G.D. Chaves. Archived from the original on 2022-01-08. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
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