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

In

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

Pre-season and friendlies

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

Overall record

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

League table

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


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

Matches

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

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

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

^ "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_LAN0.6834534777717-5] 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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2023–24 season
Manager	Bruno Dias (until 4 November)^[1] 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 →