2012–13 C.F. Os Belenenses season

The 2012–13 Belenenses season was the club's 95th competitive season, 5th in the Segunda Liga, and 95th year in existence as a football club.

Belenenses

2012–13 season
President	António Soares
Manager	Mitchell van der Gaag
Stadium	Estádio do Restelo
Segunda Liga	1st (promoted)
Taça de Portugal	Semi-finals
Taça da Liga	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Tiago Caeiro (13) All: Tiago Caeiro (14)

Along with the club's participation in the Segunda Liga, the club also competed in the Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga. On 30 March 2013, Belenenses won promotion back to the Primeira Liga, following a defeat over Penafiel.[1] Belenenses' campaign was also most notable for several records, namely, most points accumulated during a single season (94).[2]

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Mitchell van der Gaag
Assistant Manager	Jorge Simão
Technical Director	Rui Gregório
Goalkeeper Coach	Luís Ferreira
Fitness Coach	José Manuel Almeida
Scout	João Janeiro
	Rui Correia
Director of Scouting	Gonçalo Monteiro

Source: Belenenses

Other information

Chairman	António Soares
Chairman of the SAD	António Soares Rui Pedro Soares
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Estádio do Restelo (19,856 / 110 x 70 metres)
Training Ground	Estádio do Restelo

Source: Belenenses

First-team squad

Stats as of the end of the 2012–13 season. Games played and goals scored only refers to appearances and goals in domestic league campaigns.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Since	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Games	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Matt Jones		GK	2012	11 May 1986 (aged 27)	União da Madeira	41	0
12	Ricardo Fernandes		GK	2013	28 October 1994 (aged 18)	Youth System	0	0
76	Rafael Veloso		GK	2012	3 November 1993 (aged 19)	Sporting CP	1	0
77	Filipe Mendes		GK	2012	17 June 1985 (aged 27)	Lousada	1	0
Defenders
2	André Teixeira		RB	2012	14 August 1993 (aged 19)	Porto	4	0
3	Kay		CB	2012	5 January 1988 (aged 25)	Operário	35	5
4	Duarte Machado		LB / RB	2010	12 February 1983 (aged 30)	Fátima	74	0
6	João Meira		CB / DM	2012	30 April 1987 (aged 26)	Atlético CP	34	2
13	João Afonso		CB	2012	11 February 1982 (aged 31)	Mafra	16	2
20	Filipe Ferreira		LB / LM	2012	27 September 1990 (aged 22)	Atlético CP	14	0
21	Nélson Lenho		LB	2012	22 March 1984 (aged 29)	Santa Clara	35	0
24	Eridson		CB	2012	25 June 1990 (aged 22)	Portimonense	4	0
55	Daniel Martins		LB	2013	23 June 1993 (aged 19)	Benfica B	1	0
Midfielders
5	Ricardo Alves		CB / DM	2012	25 March 1993 (aged 20)	Porto	13	1
8	Ruizinho		CM	2012	13 March 1989 (aged 24)	Operário	7	0
14	Fernando Ferreira		CM / DM	2011	20 November 1986 (aged 26)	Tondela	63	11
18	Yacine Si Salem		AM	2012	10 January 1988 (aged 25)	Free agent	21	2
26	Zazá		CM / RB	2009	9 January 1990 (aged 23)	Youth System	22	3
28	Tiago Silva		AM	2012	2 June 1993 (aged 19)	Youth System	37	4
80	Mourtala Diakité		CB / DM	2012	10 October 1980 (aged 32)	Guangdong Sunray Cave	35	5
94	Fábio Sturgeon		AM / RM	2012	4 February 1994 (aged 19)	Youth System	4	0
Forwards
7	Arsénio Nunes		LW / RW	2012	30 August 1989 (aged 23)	Ribeirão	42	5
9	Tiago Caeiro		CF	2012	29 March 1984 (aged 29)	Atlético CP	30	13
10	Yves Desmarets		LM / LW	2012	19 July 1979 (aged 33)	Kerkyra	28	8
11	Fredy		LW / RW	2009	27 March 1990 (aged 23)	Youth System	92	12
17	Jordan Botaka		RW	2012	24 June 1993 (aged 19)	Club Brugge	0	0
19	Rambé		CF	2012	4 October 1989 (aged 23)	Pinhalnovense	15	2
23	Luís Zambujo		LW / RW	2012	29 September 1986 (aged 26)	Portimonense	9	0
25	Paulo Roberto		CF	2012	4 July 1985 (aged 27)	Mirandela	15	0
39	Mamadou Diawara		CF	2012	26 July 1989 (aged 23)	Akritas Chlorakas	31	5
70	Rodrigo Parreira		LW	2012	16 March 1993 (aged 20)	Youth System	0	0

Awards

No.	Pos	Name	Award	Month	Ref
1	GK	Matt Jones	LPFP Segunda Liga Goalkeeper of the Year	—	[3]
		Mitchell van der Gaag	LPFP Segunda Liga Manager of the Year	—	[3]

Competitions

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Segunda Liga		1st	22 August 2012	18 May 2013
Taça de Portugal	2nd round	Semi-finals	16 September 2012	17 April 2013
Taça da Liga	1st round		29 July 2012	5 August 2012

Competition record

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Segunda Liga	42	29	7	6	75	41	+34	069.05
Taça de Portugal	7	5	0	2	20	6	+14	071.43
Taça da Liga	3	1	1	1	2	2	+0	033.33
Total	52	35	8	9	97	49	+48	067.31

Matches

16 September 2012 2	Belenenses	4 – 0	Vizela	Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon
15:00 WEST	Diawara  5', 65' Meira  13' Fredy  71' (pen.)	(Report)		Referee: Duarte Gomes

21 October 2012 3	Anadia	2 – 5 (a.e.t.)	Belenenses	Estádio Municipal Engenheiro Sílvio Henriques Cerveira, Anadia
15:00 WEST	Moacir  66' Marito  83'	(Report)	Kay  9' T. Silva  33' R. Alves  105' (pen.) Caeiro  112' Fredy  118'	Referee: Luís Ferreira

18 November 2012 4	Belenenses	3 – 0	Pedras Rubras	Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon
15:00 WET	Rambé  70', 72' Zambujo  90'	(Report)		Referee: Carlos Xistra

2 December 2012 5	Belenenses	4 – 0	Fabril Barreiro	Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon
15:00 WET	Rambé  50', 73' Arsénio  77' Roberto  83'	(Report)		Attendance: 800 Referee: Hugo Miguel

17 January 2013 QF	Arouca	1 – 4	Belenenses	Estádio Municipal de Arouca, Arouca
18:45 WET	Claro  7'	(Report)	T. Silva  56' Diakité  65' Kay  77' F. Ferreira  90'	Attendance: 550 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

27 March 2013 SF (1st leg)	Belenenses	0 – 2	Vitória de Guimarães	Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon
20:00 WEST		(Report)	Ricardo  29', 76'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Hugo Pacheco

17 April 2013 SF (2nd leg)	Vitória de Guimarães	1 – 0	Belenenses	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães
20:00 WEST	Matias  13'	(Report)		Referee: Carlos Xistra

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos.	Name	League		Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Matt Jones	41	0	1	0	3	0	45	0	0	0
2	DF	André Teixeira	4	0	0	0	3	0	7	0	1	0
3	DF	Kay	35	5	5	2	2	0	42	7	14	0
4	DF	Duarte Machado	38(1)	1	4	0	3	0	45(1)	1	10	0
5	MF	Ricardo Alves	9(4)	1	2(2)	1	0(1)	0	11(7)	2	3	0
6	DF	João Meira	33(1)	2	4	1	0	0	37(1)	3	13	2
7	FW	Arsénio Nunes	27(15)	5	4(3)	1	3	0	34(18)	6	5	0
8	MF	Ruizinho	2(5)	0	0(2)	0	0(3)	0	2(10)	0	2	0
9	FW	Tiago Caeiro	23(7)	13	1(2)	1	0(2)	0	24(11)	14	4	0
10	MF	Yves Desmarets	17(11)	8	4	0	0	0	21(11)	8	3	0

References

1. "Belenenses derrotado mas promovido à I Liga" [Belenenses loses but is promoted to the I League]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 31 March 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
2. "Segunda Liga 2012/2013" [Second League 2012/2013]. ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 May 2016.
3. "Matic foi o melhor jogador da época 2012/13" [Matic was the best player of the 2012/13 season] (in Portuguese). Record. 4 July 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-07-06. Retrieved 5 July 2012.