G.D. Chaves

Grupo Desportivo de Chaves, commonly known as Chaves (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʃavɨʃ] ^ⓘ), is a Portuguese professional football club from Chaves currently playing in the Primeira Liga. They were founded in 1949 and currently play at Estádio Municipal de Chaves. 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 Ricardo Soares. Chaves have been in the Portuguese First Division 13 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 name	Grupo Desportivo de Chaves
Nickname(s)	Flavienses Valentes Trasmontanos
Founded	27 September 1949; 74 years ago (27 September 1949)
Ground	Estádio Municipal de Chaves
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Bruno Carvalho
Manager	Moreno
League	Primeira Liga
2022–23	Primeira Liga, 7th of 18
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

History

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

Estádio Municipal de Chaves 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

• Portuguese Second Division
  • Champions (2): 2008–09, 2012–13
• Taça de Portugal
  • Runners-up (1): 2009–10

Players

Current squad

As of 10 October 2023^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   BRA Hugo Souza (on loan from Flamengo) 2 DF   CIV Habib Sylla 3 DF   BRA Ygor Nogueira 4 DF   POR Bruno Rodrigues 5 DF   MOZ Bruno Langa 6 MF   RSA Cafú Phete 7 MF   POR Benny 8 MF   POR João Pedro 9 FW   BRA Paulo Victor 10 FW   GNB Leandro Sanca 11 FW   GHA Issah Abass 18 MF   POR Pedro Pinho 19 DF   CAN Steven Vitória 20 MF   POR Rúben Ribeiro

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF   MOZ Guima 22 MF   POR Rúben Lameiras 23 FW   ESP Héctor Hernández 24 DF   POR Edu Borges 27 DF   POR Carraça 28 MF   NGA Kelechi Nwakali 30 GK   POR Gonçalo Pinto 31 GK   BRA Rodrigo Moura 33 DF   POR Sandro Cruz 44 DF   POR João Queirós 70 MF   POR Hélder Morim 77 DF   CPV João Correia (captain) 87 FW   POR Rodrigo Melro 99 FW   BRA Jô

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW   ANG Picas (at Feirense until 30 June 2024) 72 DF   BRA Guilherme Ferreira (at Feirense until 30 June 2024) 96 MF   BRA Ktatau (at Felgueiras until 30 June 2024)

Managerial history

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–present

Europe

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

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.

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

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

External links

• Official website (in Portuguese)
• ZeroZero GD Chaves profile & stats (in Portuguese)