2023–24 C.F. Os Belenenses season

C.F. Os Belenenses
2023–24 season
Manager	Bruno Dias; (until 4 November); Vasco Faísca; (from 6 November to 28 February); Mariano Barreto; (from 29 February)
Stadium	Estádio do Restelo
Liga Portugal 2	18th (relegated)
Taça de Portugal	Third round
Taça da Liga	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Ricardo Matos (5); All: Ricardo Matos (5)
Biggest defeat	Os Belenenses 0–5 União de Leiria; Nacional 5–0 Os Belenenses
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season was the 105th season in the history of Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses and first season back in the Liga Portugal 2.

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Date	Source
DF	Fabão	Portuguesa-RJ	1 July 2023
MF	Moha Keita	Sabadell	4 July 2023
DF	Cain Attard	Birkirkara	6 July 2023	^[2]
DF	Rui Correia	Estrela da Amadora	12 July 2023
FW	Zequinha	Vitória Setúbal	22 January 2024

Out[edit]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

7 July 2023 Friendly^[3]	Os Belenenses	3–1	Os Belenenses U19
	Chapi Romano Rúben Pina Midana Sambú

12 July 2023 Friendly	1º Dezembro	1–0	Os Belenenses
14:00

15 July 2023 Friendly	Estoril	2–1	Os Belenenses	Estoril
	Cassiano 45' Pereira 85'		Sambú 55'	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota

26 July 2023 Friendly

Os Belenenses

6–1

Oriental

2 August 2023 Friendly	Os Belenenses	1–3	Petro de Luanda	Lisbon
17:00	86'		Gilberto 57', 59' Apado 87'	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo

5 August 2023 Friendly	Os Belenenses	4–1	Estrela da Amadora	Oeiras
	Serra 4' Matos 60' Pina 63' Moninhas 90'	Report	Keliano 8'	Stadium: Cidade do Futebol

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Liga Portugal 2	12 August 2023	17 May 2024	Matchday 1	18th	34	6	8	20	28	59	−31	017.65
Taça de Portugal	24 September 2023	22 October 2023	Second round	Third round	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Taça da Liga	23 July 2023	29 July 2023	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	4	7	−3	050.00
Total					38	8	8	22	34	68	−34	021.05

Source: Competitions

Liga Portugal 2[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
14	Leixões	34	7	16	11	29	38	−9	37
15	Oliveirense	34	8	10	16	37	54	−17	34
16	Feirense (O)	34	8	7	19	31	49	−18	31	Qualification for relegation play-offs
17	Länk Vilaverdense^[a] (R)	34	8	4	22	30	59	−29	27	Relegation to Liga 3
18	Belenenses (R)	34	6	8	20	28	59	−31	26	Relegation to Liga 3

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2024. Source: Liga Portugal 2
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.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Länk Vilaverdense were deducted 1 point for financial irregularities.^[4]

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	6	8	20	28	59	−31	26	4	4	9	15	26	−11	2	4	11	13	33	−20

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round[edit]

Matches[edit]

The league fixtures were unveiled on 5 July 2023.^[5]

12 August 2023 1	AVS	1–0	Os Belenenses	Vila das Aves
18:00				Stadium: Estádio do CD Aves Referee: João Pedro Pinheiro

20 August 2023 2	Os Belenenses	1–1	Porto B	Lisbon
14:00				Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Referee: Bruno Pires Costa

26 August 2023 3	Os Belenenses	1–1	Mafra	Lisbon
15:30				Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Referee: Vitor Ferreira

1 September 2023 4	Tondela	0–1	Os Belenenses	Tondela
				Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa

17 September 2023 5	Os Belenenses	0–5	União de Leiria	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio do Restelo

2 October 2023 6

Torreense

2–2

Os Belenenses

8 October 2023 7	Os Belenenses	1–2	Marítimo	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio do Restelo

28 October 2023 8

Leixões

1–0

Os Belenenses

4 November 2023 9	Os Belenenses	0–2	Länk Vilaverdense	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio do Restelo

10 November 2023 10

Feirense

1–0

Os Belenenses

19 November 2023 11	Os Belenenses	2–0	Penafiel	Lisbon
14:00	Matos 7' Maxuel 90+6'			Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Referee: Márcio Torres

1 December 2023 12	Académico de Viseu	3–1	Os Belenenses	Viseu
18:00				Stadium: Estádio do Fontelo Referee: Ricardo Baixinho

10 December 2023 13	Os Belenenses	1–0	Oliveirense	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio do Restelo

16 December 2023 14	Nacional	5–0	Os Belenenses	Funchal
				Stadium: Estádio da Madeira

22 December 2023 15	Os Belenenses	0–0	Santa Clara	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio do Restelo

6 January 2024 16	Benfica B	2–1	Os Belenenses	Seixal
15:30				Stadium: Benfica Campus Referee: Rui Lima

13 January 2024 17	Os Belenenses	0–1	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
14:00			Fonte 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Referee: Flávio Duarte

20 January 2024 18	Os Belenenses	1–3	AVS	Lisbon
14:00	Carvalho 29'		Paraíba 8', 63' Nenê 47'	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Referee: João Afonso

28 January 2024 19	Porto B	3–0	Paços de Ferreira	Vila Nova de Gaia
15:30				Stadium: Estádio Luís Filipe Menezes Referee: Pedro Ramalho

2 February 2024 20	Mafra	1–1	Os Belenenses	Mafra
20:45				Stadium: Estádio Municipal Referee: Gonçalo Neves

11 February 2024 21	Os Belenenses	0–0	Tondela	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio do Restelo

17 February 2024 22

União de Leiria

4–2

Os Belenenses

25 February 2024 23	Os Belenenses	0–2	Torreense	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio do Restelo

5 March 2024 25	Marítimo	1–1	Os Belenenses	Funchal
	Euller 16'		Keita 71'	Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo

11 March 2024 25	Os Belenenses	1–2	Leixões	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio do Restelo

18 March 2024 26	Länk FC Vilaverdense	1–1	Os Belenenses	Coimbra
20:15				Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Referee: David Silva

29 March 2024 27	Os Belenenses	3–1	Feirense	Lisbon
11:00				Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Referee: Bruno Pires Costa

6 April 2024 28	Penafiel	3–0	Os Belenenses	Penafiel
11:00	André Silva 49' Robinho 54' (pen.) Gabriel Barbosa 81'			Stadium: Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril Referee: José Bessa

13 April 2024 29	Os Belenenses	1–0	Académico de Viseu	Lisbon
11:00	Matos 66'			Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Referee: Vitor Ferreira

21 April 2024 30	Oliveirense	1–2	Os Belenenses	Oliveira de Azeméis
11:00				Stadium: Estádio Carlos Osório Referee: Tiago Martins

28 April 2024 31	Os Belenenses	1–3	Nacional	Lisbon
15:30				Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Referee: António Nobre

3 May 2024 32	Santa Clara	2–0	Os Belenenses	Ponta Delgada
18:00	Calila 53' Almeida 63'			Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Referee: Fabio Melo

10 May 2024 33	Os Belenenses	2–3	Benfica B	Lisbon
18:00	Pina 35' (pen.) Matos 42'		Bajrami 44' Félix 63' Pereira 73'	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Referee: André Narciso

17 May 2024 34	Paços de Ferreira	2–1	Os Belenenses	Paços de Ferreira
18:00				Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Referee: Sérgio Guelho

Taça de Portugal[edit]

24 September 2023	Quarteirense SAD	0–1	Os Belenenses	Quarteira
15:00				Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Quarteira

22 October 2023	Os Belenenses	1–2	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
17:00	Sambú 1', 60' Maxuel 34' Manso 39'		Wilson 51' Baturina 68' Fujimoto 74', 87'	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Referee: Nuno Miguel Serrano Almeida

Taça da Liga[edit]

23 July 2023 First round	Os Belenenses	3–2	Famalicão	Lisbon
18:00	Attard 2', 14' Akas 61' Danny 72' Valente 90+11' (pen.) Keita 90+14'		Riccieli 31' Pablo 52' Cádiz 67' Sá 24' 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Referee: Fábio Melo

29 July 2023 Second round	Estoril	5–1	Os Belenenses	Estoril
20:30	Martins 45+2' Araújo 56' Feltes 64' João Carlos 74', 89'		Valente 1', 35' Sambú 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Referee: Anzhony Rodrigues

References[edit]

^ "Bruno Dias despedido do Belenenses". www.record.pt.
^ "Cain Attard joins Portuguese second division side Os Belenenses". Times of Malta. July 6, 2023.
^ "Belenenses vence equipa de sub-19 no primeiro teste da pré-época". www.record.pt.
^ "Lank Vilaverdense deducted one point for failure to pay wages". sapo.pt. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
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[table_note_LAN0.11923940764705-5] Länk Vilaverdense were deducted 1 point for financial irregularities.^[4]

[1] "Bruno Dias despedido do Belenenses". www.record.pt.

[2] "Cain Attard joins Portuguese second division side Os Belenenses". Times of Malta. July 6, 2023.

[3] "Belenenses vence equipa de sub-19 no primeiro teste da pré-época". www.record.pt.

[4] "Lank Vilaverdense deducted one point for failure to pay wages". sapo.pt. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.

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