Rio Ave

Rio Ave

Portugal
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Global stats in Primeira Liga

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  • Appearances 28
  • Goals for 29
  • Penalty goal 3
  • Goals against 48
  • Yellow 70
  • Red 4
25%
7 win
32%
9 draws
43%
12 Losses
1.07 Points/match

Main formation

Starting eleven
  • 3-4-3 18 matches this season

Top players

Player stats
Top scorer
  • André Luiz 7
  • Jalen Blesa 6
Top assist
  • Clayton 4
  • D. Špikić 3
Awards
Venue
Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube
Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube - Vila do Conde
  • Year of construction: 1985
  • Surface: grass
  • Capacity: 12815
  • Average attendance: 2048
  • Maximum attendance: 9023
  • % sold: 16
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Information
  • Type club male
  • Names Rio Ave
  • Code RIO
  • Area Portugal
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Rio Ave on Football Today

Get all the necessary information about the Rio Ave team: live results, lineups one hour before kick-off and the full schedule of the team for the 2025/2026 season of Primeira Liga.

Rio Ave match result

The next match is Santa Clara vs Rio Ave and kicks-off at 18:00 on the Saturday 11 April 2026 as part of the the week 29 of Primeira Liga.

The latest result of Primeira Liga featured Rio Ave and Alverca and ended up in a 1-2 score.

Rio Ave is currently at rank 12. in the General table of Primeira Liga 2025/2026.

Main players

Ryan is the latest most expensive arrival, coming from Cruzeiro on the Sunday 01 February 2026 for a 2.5M € fee.

André Luiz is the latest biggest sale. He left to Olympiakos Piraeus on the Thursday 29 January 2026, a transfer which is valued at 6.8M €.

Clayton is the top scorer with 10 goals.

André Luiz has the most assists with 5 goal assists.

The full squad is as follows:

Goalkeepers: Paulo Vítor, Cezary Pawet Miszta, Kevin José Chamorro Rodríguez, Matheus Henrique Teixeira, Antzelo Sina and Ennio van der Gouw

Defenders: Richard Caimmy Marcondes dos Santos, Jonathan Panzo, Patrick William, Nelson Abbey, Marios Vrousai, João Tomé Esteves Baptista, João Costa, Francisco Petrasso, Leonardo Buta, Hélder Sá, Jakub Brabec, Gustavo Teixeira Lopes da Conceição and Omar Richards

Midfielders: Giorgos Okkas, Hiago Bagarolo Petronilho, Bruno Ventura, Rayan Andrew Pereira Goncalves, Anderson Cruz, Nicolaos Athanasiou, Andreas Richardos Ntoi, Diogo Bezerra de Oliveira, João Pedro Barradas Novais, Ryan, Vitor Gomes, Theofanis Bakoulas, Brandon Aguilera, André Luiz, Dario Špikić, Antonis Papakanellos, João Graça, Tobías Medina, Tamás Nikitscher, Georgios Liavas, Julien Lomboto Lompombi, Dijar Ferati, Olé Pohlmann and Vitó

Strikers: Gelson Dala, Saba Samushia, Eric Emanuel da Silva Moreira, Amine Rehmi, Clayton, Tamble Ulisses Folgado Monteiro, Jalen Aleix Miller Blesa, Karem Zoabi, Chukwudi Goodluck Igbokwe, Rafael Genuino Lobato and Marc Gual

Rio Ave schedule & next match

Following Santa Clara vs Rio Ave, the next match will be Rio Ave vs AVS on Friday 17 April 2026. The coach Sotiris Silaidopoulos will reveal its strategy and the match sheet a few hours ahead of the game. The team most of the time starts with a 3-4-3 starting eleven
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2025/2026

April 2026
Saturday 11/04
Santa Clara Santa Clara
Rio Ave Rio Ave
18:00
Friday 17/04
Rio Ave Rio Ave
AVS AVS
20:45
Sunday 26/04
Vitória Guimarães Vitória SC
Rio Ave Rio Ave
20:00
May 2026
Sunday 03/05
Rio Ave Rio Ave
Gil Vicente Gil Vicente
20:00
Sunday 10/05
Rio Ave Rio Ave
Sporting Clube de Portugal Sporting
20:00
Sunday 17/05
Casa Pia Casa Pia
Rio Ave Rio Ave
20:00
April 2026
Saturday 04/04
Rio Ave Rio Ave
1
Alverca Alverca
2
Played
March 2026
Sunday 22/03
Estoril Estoril
1
Rio Ave Rio Ave
2
Played
Sunday 15/03
Rio Ave Rio Ave
2
Estrela Estrela
1
Played
Monday 09/03
Tondela Tondela
0
Rio Ave Rio Ave
1
Played
Sunday 01/03
Rio Ave Rio Ave
0
Famalicão Famalicão
0
Played
February 2026
Sunday 22/02
Porto Porto
1
Rio Ave Rio Ave
0
Played
Monday 16/02
Rio Ave Rio Ave
1
Moreirense Moreirense
2
Played
Sunday 08/02
Sporting Braga Braga
3
Rio Ave Rio Ave
0
Played
January 2026
Saturday 31/01
Rio Ave Rio Ave
0
Arouca Arouca
3
Played
Sunday 25/01
Nacional Nacional
4
Rio Ave Rio Ave
0
Played
Saturday 17/01
Rio Ave Rio Ave
0
SL Benfica Benfica
2
Played
Sunday 04/01
Rio Ave Rio Ave
3
Casa Pia Casa Pia
1
Played
December 2025
Sunday 28/12
Sporting Clube de Portugal Sporting
4
Rio Ave Rio Ave
0
Played
Saturday 20/12
Gil Vicente Gil Vicente
2
Rio Ave Rio Ave
2
Played
Saturday 13/12
Rio Ave Rio Ave
0
Vitória Guimarães Vitória SC
1
Played
Saturday 06/12
AVS AVS
1
Rio Ave Rio Ave
2
Played
November 2025
Sunday 30/11
Rio Ave Rio Ave
1
Santa Clara Santa Clara
1
Played
Saturday 08/11
Alverca Alverca
1
Rio Ave Rio Ave
1
Played
Saturday 01/11
Rio Ave Rio Ave
0
Estoril Estoril
4
Played
October 2025
Saturday 25/10
Estrela Estrela
1
Rio Ave Rio Ave
2
Played
Sunday 19/10
Sintrense Sintrense
3
Rio Ave Rio Ave
2
Played
Sunday 05/10
Rio Ave Rio Ave
3
Tondela Tondela
0
Played
September 2025
Sunday 28/09
Famalicão Famalicão
0
Rio Ave Rio Ave
0
Played
Tuesday 23/09
SL Benfica Benfica
1
Rio Ave Rio Ave
1
Played
Friday 19/09
Rio Ave Rio Ave
0
Porto Porto
3
Played
Saturday 13/09
Moreirense Moreirense
3
Rio Ave Rio Ave
1
Played
August 2025
Sunday 31/08
Rio Ave Rio Ave
2
Sporting Braga Braga
2
Played
Saturday 23/08
Arouca Arouca
3
Rio Ave Rio Ave
3
Played
Sunday 17/08
Rio Ave Rio Ave
1
Nacional Nacional
1
Played
Thursday 07/08
Al Nassr Nassr
4
Rio Ave Rio Ave
0
Played
Cancelled
Rio Ave Rio Ave
Arouca Arouca
Cancelled
Saturday 02/08
Rio Ave Rio Ave
1
Gil Vicente Gil Vicente
3
Played
July 2025
Saturday 26/07
Rio Ave Rio Ave
4
SL Benfica Benfica II
1
Played
Wednesday 23/07
Rio Ave Rio Ave
1
AVS AVS
1
Played
Saturday 19/07
Rio Ave Rio Ave
5
Marinhense Marinhense
0
Played
Saturday 12/07
Rio Ave Rio Ave
5
Os Limianos Limianos
0
Played
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# Team Pts P W D L GF GA GD
1 Porto Porto 73 28 23 4 1 56 13 43
2 Sporting Sporting 68 27 21 5 1 72 17 55
3 Benfica Benfica 66 28 19 9 0 59 18 41
4 Braga Braga 49 27 14 7 6 54 27 27
5 Famalicão Famalicão 46 28 13 7 8 35 24 11
6 Gil Vicente Gil Vicente 45 28 12 9 7 42 28 14
7 Estoril Estoril 37 28 10 7 11 50 47 3
8 Moreirense Moreirense 35 28 10 5 13 31 40 -9
9 Vitória SC Vitória SC 35 28 10 5 13 34 42 -8
10 Arouca Arouca 32 28 9 5 14 37 57 -20
11 Alverca Alverca 32 28 8 8 12 29 46 -17
12 Rio Ave Rio Ave 30 28 7 9 12 29 48 -19
13 Estrela Estrela 28 28 6 10 12 33 47 -14
14 Santa Clara Santa Clara 28 28 7 7 14 26 35 -9
15 Nacional Nacional 25 28 6 7 15 31 39 -8
16 Casa Pia Casa Pia 25 27 5 10 12 27 49 -22
17 Tondela Tondela 20 27 4 8 15 19 44 -25
18 AVS AVS 11 28 1 8 19 18 61 -43
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  • Relegation
# Team Pts P W D L GF GA GD
1 Porto Porto 36 14 11 3 0 29 6 23
2 Sporting Sporting 34 13 11 1 1 40 6 34
3 Benfica Benfica 32 14 9 5 0 33 10 23
4 Gil Vicente Gil Vicente 27 14 8 3 3 25 12 13
5 Famalicão Famalicão 26 14 8 2 4 23 9 14
6 Vitória SC Vitória SC 25 15 7 4 4 24 18 6
7 Braga Braga 24 13 7 3 3 28 13 15
8 Estoril Estoril 23 14 6 5 3 27 19 8
9 Moreirense Moreirense 20 14 6 2 6 16 19 -3
10 Alverca Alverca 19 14 5 4 5 12 20 -8
11 Arouca Arouca 18 14 5 3 6 21 27 -6
12 Estrela Estrela 17 14 4 5 5 20 21 -1
13 Santa Clara Santa Clara 17 14 5 2 7 13 14 -1
14 Nacional Nacional 14 14 4 2 8 19 21 -2
15 Rio Ave Rio Ave 13 14 3 4 7 14 23 -9
16 Casa Pia Casa Pia 13 13 2 7 4 17 23 -6
17 Tondela Tondela 9 14 1 6 7 9 17 -8
18 AVS AVS 7 14 1 4 9 10 24 -14
# Team Pts P W D L GF GA GD
1 Porto Porto 37 14 12 1 1 27 7 20
2 Sporting Sporting 34 14 10 4 0 32 11 21
3 Benfica Benfica 34 14 10 4 0 26 8 18
4 Braga Braga 25 14 7 4 3 26 14 12
5 Famalicão Famalicão 20 14 5 5 4 12 15 -3
6 Gil Vicente Gil Vicente 18 14 4 6 4 17 16 1
7 Rio Ave Rio Ave 17 14 4 5 5 15 25 -10
8 Moreirense Moreirense 15 14 4 3 7 15 21 -6
9 Estoril Estoril 14 14 4 2 8 23 28 -5
10 Arouca Arouca 14 14 4 2 8 16 30 -14
11 Alverca Alverca 13 14 3 4 7 17 26 -9
12 Casa Pia Casa Pia 12 14 3 3 8 10 26 -16
13 Nacional Nacional 11 14 2 5 7 12 18 -6
14 Tondela Tondela 11 13 3 2 8 10 27 -17
15 Estrela Estrela 11 14 2 5 7 13 26 -13
16 Santa Clara Santa Clara 11 14 2 5 7 13 21 -8
17 Vitória SC Vitória SC 10 13 3 1 9 10 24 -14
18 AVS AVS 4 14 0 4 10 8 37 -29
Advanced standings Primeira Liga
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Coach
Sotiris Silaidopoulos
Sotiris Silaidopoulos Greece 47 years - 28 official matches
25%
7 win
29%
8 draws
46%
13 Losses
1.07 Points/match (in championship)
Overall
  • Squad size 54
  • Average age 24.9
  • Foreign players 41 (75.9%)
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Strikers
Loaned players - Defenders
Loaned players - Strikers
Other formations used in Primeira Liga
  • 4-2-3-1 7 time
  • 3-4-2-1 3 time
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Global stats
  • Appearances 28
  • Goals for 29
  • Penalty goal 3
  • Goals against 48
  • Yellow 70
  • Red 4
25%
7 win
32%
9 draws
43%
12 Losses
1.07 Points/match
12.
30 pts
15.
13 pts
7.
17 pts
Current form
Goal types (29 scored)
From inside box
25
86%
Right foot
17
59%
Left foot
7
24%
Headed
4
14%
Penalty
3
10%
From outside box
3
10%
Own accrued
1
3%
Set pieces
1
3%
Goals scored and conceded per match

Final Time

1st half

2nd half

Goals scored and conceded per time segments
Stats exact scores
Goal
Goals per game
13. Rio Ave
1
Full table
Penalty Goals per game
13. Rio Ave
0.1
Full table
Attacking
Shots On Target ( inc goals ) per game
10. Rio Ave
3.9
Full table
Successful Dribbles per game
5. Rio Ave
7.7
Full table
Passing
Possession Percentage (%)
13. Rio Ave
46%
Full table
Passing Accuracy (%)
6. Rio Ave
82%
Full table
Crossing Accuracy (%)
18. Rio Ave
19%
Full table
Defending
Duels won per game
12. Rio Ave
48.9
Full table
Tackles Won per game
11. Rio Ave
9.4
Full table
Foul
Yellow Cards per game
5. Rio Ave
2.5
Full table
Total Red Cards per game
4. Rio Ave
0.1
Full table
Goalkeeper
Goals Conceded per game
4. Rio Ave
1.7
Full table
Goal
Penalty Goals
1. Clayton
2
Full table
Passing
Goal Assists
Full table
Total Passes per game
60.9
Full table
Key Passes (Attempt Assists) per game
1.2
Full table
Attacking
Successful Dribbles per game
1.7
Full table
Touches per game
Full table
Defending
Duels won per game
6.1
Full table
Aerial Duels won per game
2.5
Full table
Tackles Won per game
1.8
Full table
Interceptions per game
1.8
Full table
Foul
Total Fouls Won per game
1. Clayton
3.1
Full table
Total Fouls Conceded per game
1. Clayton
2.3
Full table
Goalkeeper
Saves Made per game
3.9
Full table
Main
Games Played
26
Full table
Starts
25
Full table
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Transfers overview
Count Average age Amount
Arrivals 22 24 10.7M €
Departures 18 24 11.8M €
Total 40 24 1.1M €
Transfers