G.D. Chaves


Grupo Desportivo de Chaves, commonly known as Chaves, is a Portuguese football club from Chaves currently playing in the LigaPro. 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.

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. 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.

Stadium

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.

Honours

Current squad

Out on loan

Managerial history

Europe

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.
SeasonPortuguese CupPortuguese League CupEuropeNotes
1985–86I63011712283829Quarter-Finals
1986–87I53013710393833Quarter-Finals
1987–88I738131411513140Third RoundRound 2
1988–89I1338121016374134Quarter-Finals
1989–90I53412148383838Fifth Round
1990–91I838101414495234Third Round
1991–92I934101014364530Sixth Round
1992–93I18344822346116Fifth RoundRelegated
1993–94II3341978442545Sixth RoundPromoted
1994–95I143410717334927Fourth Round
1995–96I1534978385634Fourth Round
1996–97I1034121012394546Fifth Round
1997–98I163410519315535Fifth Round
1998–99I173451019397025Fourth RoundRelegated
1999–00II1234111112464544Third Round
2000–01II123491411484441Third Round
2001–02II53416414524452Third Round
2002–03II734121111444147Sixth Round
2003–04II1034111112374544Third Round
2004–05II173491015243837Fourth Round
2005–06II834131110403650Third Round
2006–07II16303720164316Third RoundRelegated
2007–08III4261286441744Fourth Round
2008–09III1321985532287Third RoundPromoted
2009–10II153061014283728Runners-upFirst RoundRelegated
2010–11III33013125342151First Round
2011–12III3301596412654Third Round
2012–13III13217114462362Second RoundPromoted
2013–14II842191013585667Fourth RoundFirst Round
2014–15II34620206684580Fifth RoundSecond Round
2015–16II24621187603981Fourth RoundFirst RoundPromoted
2016–17I113481412354238Semi-finalsSecond Round
2017–18I63413813475547Fourth RoundSecond Round