Marítimo

Taça De Portugal

Founded:	1910
Stadium:	Estádio dos Barreiros
Coach:	Armando Gonçalves Teixeira
Liga Portugal Form:
Overall Form:

Marítimo home ground venue is Estádio dos Barreiros.

Armando Gonçalves Teixeira is the current coach for Marítimo.

Marítimo Liga Portugal Match Fixtures and Results

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Marítimo have played a total of 30 matches in Portugal Liga Portugal. Their current statistics is 9 win, 11 draw and 10 lose.

Marítimo did not lose their last two matches in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze Marítimo results for their home or away matches in Liga Portugal 2012/2013.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
Marítimo	30	9	11	10

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
19/05/2013	Olhanense	0 - 0	Marítimo	0-0	H2H	O	+
			15' Sami
			15' Sami
			44' Artur Moreira
			44' Artur Moreira
Targino 58'
Targino 58'
			69' Rúben Brígido
			69' Rúben Brígido
Evandro Brandão 70'
Evandro Brandão 70'
11/05/2013	Marítimo	1 - 0	Vitória SC	1-0	H2H	O	+
Danilo Dias 25'		1 - 0
Danilo Dias 25'		2 - 0
Rafael Miranda 39'
Rafael Miranda 39'
			43' André André
			43' André André
Igor Rossi 48'
Igor Rossi 48'
Sérgio Marakis 62'
Sérgio Marakis 62'
Artur Moreira 64'
Artur Moreira 64'
05/05/2013	Beira-Mar	4 - 2	Marítimo	2-2	H2H	O	+
Nildo Petrolina 1'		1 - 0
Nildo Petrolina 1'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	2' Sami
		2 - 2	2' Sami
Nildo Petrolina 14'		3 - 2
Nildo Petrolina 14'		4 - 2
			31' Briguel
			31' Briguel
		4 - 3	37' Sami
		4 - 4	37' Sami
			49' Márcio Rozário
			49' Márcio Rozário
Javier Balboa 50'		5 - 4
Javier Balboa 50'		6 - 4
			57' Rafael Miranda
			57' Rafael Miranda
			61' V. Roberge
			61' V. Roberge
Dani Abalo 69'		7 - 4
Dani Abalo 69'		8 - 4
Dani Abalo 74'
Dani Abalo 74'
Rúben Ribeiro 87'
Rúben Ribeiro 87'
29/04/2013	Marítimo	1 - 2	Benfica	1-1	H2H	O	+
Márcio Rozário 4'
Márcio Rozário 4'
		0 - 1	5' Lima
		0 - 2	5' Lima
Igor Rossi 21'
Igor Rossi 21'
Artur Moreira 27'
Artur Moreira 27'
Igor Rossi 41'		1 - 2
Igor Rossi 41'		2 - 2
			43' E. Garay
			43' E. Garay
			68' Luisão
			68' Luisão
		2 - 3	72' Igor Rossi
		2 - 4	72' Igor Rossi
			90+1' O. Cardozo
			90+1' O. Cardozo
21/04/2013	Nacional	2 - 1	Marítimo	0-0	H2H	O	+
João Aurélio 20'
João Aurélio 20'
Moreno 31'
Moreno 31'
			37' V. Roberge
			37' V. Roberge
			40' Sérgio Semedo
			40' Sérgio Semedo
		0 - 1	50' Suk Hyun-Jun
		0 - 2	50' Suk Hyun-Jun
			60' Rúben Ferreira
			60' Rúben Ferreira
Claudemir 61'		1 - 2
Claudemir 61'		2 - 2
Fernando Marçal 65'
Fernando Marçal 65'
Candeias 69'		3 - 2
Candeias 69'		4 - 2
Gottardi 84'
Gottardi 84'
05/04/2013	Marítimo	1 - 1	Paços de Ferreira	1-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	9' Cicero
		0 - 2	9' Cicero
David Simão 12'
David Simão 12'
Héldon 22'		1 - 2
Héldon 22'		2 - 2
			32' Ricardo
			32' Ricardo
			45+2' Vítor Silva
			45+2' Vítor Silva
			52' Luiz Carlos
			52' Luiz Carlos
Sami 77'
Sami 77'
			90+2' Vítor Silva
			90+2' Vítor Silva
30/03/2013	Vitória FC	2 - 4	Marítimo	0-3	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	7' Artur Moreira
		0 - 2	7' Artur Moreira
		0 - 3	25' Héldon
		0 - 4	25' Héldon
		0 - 5	36' Suk Hyun-Jun
		0 - 6	36' Suk Hyun-Jun
		0 - 7	57' Sami
		0 - 8	57' Sami
			69' Danilo Dias
			69' Danilo Dias
Pedro Santos 71'
Pedro Santos 71'
José Pedro 79'		1 - 8
José Pedro 79'		2 - 8
José Pedro 83'		3 - 8
José Pedro 83'		4 - 8
Amoreirinha 89'
Amoreirinha 89'
17/03/2013	Marítimo	1 - 1	Porto	1-1	H2H	O	+
			27' Alex Sandro
			27' Alex Sandro
		0 - 1	33' J. Rodríguez
		0 - 2	33' J. Rodríguez
			36' N. Otamendi
			36' N. Otamendi
Suk Hyun-Jun 38'		1 - 2
Suk Hyun-Jun 38'		2 - 2
			42' L. González
			42' L. González
Héldon 64'
Héldon 64'
			79' Danilo
			79' Danilo
			80' J. Rodríguez
			80' J. Rodríguez
Rúben Ferreira 84'
Rúben Ferreira 84'
09/03/2013	Sporting Braga	2 - 0	Marítimo	1-0	H2H	O	+
			28' Héldon
			28' Héldon
			34' Márcio Rozário
			34' V. Roberge
			34' Márcio Rozário
			34' V. Roberge
Hugo Viana 41'		1 - 0
Hugo Viana 41'		2 - 0
			69' Rúben Ferreira
			69' Rúben Ferreira
Leandro Salino 73'
Leandro Salino 73'
			80' Olberdam
			80' Olberdam
Custodio 82'
Custodio 82'
Alan 90+4'		3 - 0
Alan 90+4'		4 - 0
03/03/2013	Marítimo	1 - 1	Moreirense	0-0	H2H	O	+
			35' F. Hanin
			35' F. Hanin
		0 - 1	66' Filipe Gonçalves
		0 - 2	66' Filipe Gonçalves
Kukula 67'		1 - 2
Kukula 67'		2 - 2
			70' Ricardo Pessoa
			70' Ricardo Pessoa
V. Roberge 78'
V. Roberge 78'
25/02/2013	Académica	2 - 3	Marítimo	1-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	6' Danilo Dias
		0 - 2	6' Danilo Dias
		0 - 3	25' Artur Moreira
		0 - 4	25' Artur Moreira
			37' Márcio Rozário
			37' Márcio Rozário
			45+1' Artur Moreira
			45+1' David Simão
			45+1' Artur Moreira
			45+1' David Simão
Edinho 45+2'		1 - 4
Edinho 45+2'		2 - 4
		2 - 5	48' Sami
		2 - 6	48' Sami
			61' R. Salin
			61' R. Salin
			67' Briguel
			67' Briguel
Wilson Eduardo 90+4'		3 - 6
Wilson Eduardo 90+4'		4 - 6
17/02/2013	Marítimo	2 - 1	Estoril	2-0	H2H	O	+
Sami 8'		1 - 0
Sami 8'		2 - 0
Suk Hyun-Jun 11'
Suk Hyun-Jun 11'
			16' Diogo Amado
			16' Diogo Amado
			20' João Pedro
			20' João Pedro
David Simão 22'		3 - 0
David Simão 22'		4 - 0
Márcio Rozário 25'
Márcio Rozário 25'
			51' Carlos Eduardo
			51' Carlos Eduardo
Suk Hyun-Jun 54'
Suk Hyun-Jun 54'
Rúben Ferreira 57'
Rúben Ferreira 57'
		4 - 1	58' Evandro
		4 - 2	58' Evandro
			71' Yohan Tavares
			71' Yohan Tavares
			75' Yohan Tavares
			75' Yohan Tavares
Kukula 83'
Kukula 83'
10/02/2013	Sporting CP	0 - 1	Marítimo	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	18' Suk Hyun-Jun
		0 - 2	18' Suk Hyun-Jun
Adrien Silva 27'
Adrien Silva 27'
			48' João Diogo
			48' João Diogo
			56' Sami
			56' Sami
			61' Rúben Ferreira
			61' Rúben Ferreira
			77' R. Salin
			77' R. Salin
			88' Suk Hyun-Jun
			88' Suk Hyun-Jun
			90+2' Kukula
			90+2' Kukula
03/02/2013	Gil Vicente	4 - 2	Marítimo	2-0	H2H	O	+
			6' V. Roberge
			6' V. Roberge
Joao Vilela 7'		1 - 0
			7' David Simão
Joao Vilela 7'		2 - 0
			7' David Simão
André Cunha 21'
André Cunha 21'
Luis Carlos 36'		3 - 0
Luis Carlos 36'		4 - 0
Sandro 43'
Sandro 43'
Luís Martins 49'
Luís Martins 49'
		4 - 1	50' David Simão
Joao Vilela 50'
		4 - 2	50' David Simão
Joao Vilela 50'
Luis Carlos 66'
Luis Carlos 66'
Hugo Vieira 72'		5 - 2
Hugo Vieira 72'		6 - 2
Hugo Vieira 77'		7 - 2
Hugo Vieira 77'		8 - 2
Joao Vilela 80'
Joao Vilela 80'
		8 - 3	90+5' Rafael Miranda
		8 - 4	90+5' Rafael Miranda
27/01/2013	Marítimo	1 - 1	Rio Ave	1-1	H2H	O	+
V. Roberge 41'		1 - 0
V. Roberge 41'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	42' Koka
		2 - 2	42' Koka
Rafael Miranda 51'
Rafael Miranda 51'
			58' Tarantini
			58' Tarantini
			65' Marcelo
			65' Marcelo
20/01/2013	Marítimo	1 - 0	Olhanense	1-0	H2H	O	+
Adilson 8'		1 - 0
Adilson 8'		2 - 0
Sérgio Marakis 46'
Sérgio Marakis 46'
Kukula 67'
Kukula 67'
			69' André Micael
			69' André Micael
			78' J. Yontcha
			78' J. Yontcha
Rafael Miranda 81'
Rafael Miranda 81'
12/01/2013	Vitória SC	1 - 1	Marítimo	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	2' Danilo Dias
		0 - 2	2' Danilo Dias
			40' V. Roberge
			40' V. Roberge
			45' Rúben Ferreira
			45' Rúben Ferreira
D. Addy 45+4'
D. Addy 45+4'
			57' Sami
			57' Sami
			58' Ricardo Ferreira
			58' Ricardo Ferreira
Ricardo Pereira 61'
Ricardo Pereira 61'
Amido Baldé 70'
			70' Márcio Rozário
Amido Baldé 70'
			70' Márcio Rozário
			72' Márcio Rozário
			72' Márcio Rozário
Leonel Olímpio 84'
Leonel Olímpio 84'
Amido Baldé 90+5'		1 - 2
Amido Baldé 90+5'		2 - 2
06/01/2013	Marítimo	1 - 1	Beira-Mar	0-0	H2H	O	+
João Guilherme 18'
João Guilherme 18'
			37' D. Fleurival
			37' D. Fleurival
João Diogo 42'
João Diogo 42'
		0 - 1	52' Sérginho
		0 - 2	52' Sérginho
Fidélis 58'		1 - 2
Fidélis 58'		2 - 2
			66' Sérginho
			66' Sérginho
			87' Camará
			87' Camará
15/12/2012	Benfica	4 - 1	Marítimo	1-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	25' Rodrigo Antônio
		0 - 2	25' Rodrigo Antônio
André Gomes 30'
André Gomes 30'
O. Cardozo 34'		1 - 2
O. Cardozo 34'		2 - 2
			35' Rúben Ferreira
			35' Rúben Ferreira
M. Pereira 41'
M. Pereira 41'
			45' Danilo Dias
			45' Danilo Dias
			56' V. Roberge
			56' V. Roberge
			65' V. Roberge
			65' V. Roberge
O. Cardozo 66'		3 - 2
			66' Fidélis
O. Cardozo 66'		4 - 2
			66' Fidélis
O. Cardozo 69'		5 - 2
O. Cardozo 69'		6 - 2
L. Melgarejo 71'
L. Melgarejo 71'
Rodrigo 88'		7 - 2
Rodrigo 88'		8 - 2
			90+3' Sami
			90+3' Sami
09/12/2012	Marítimo	2 - 0	Nacional	0-0	H2H	O	+
Márcio Rozário 5'
Márcio Rozário 5'
			13' M. Rondón
			13' M. Rondón
João Diogo 26'
			26' Moreno
João Diogo 26'
			26' Moreno
Fidélis 47'		1 - 0
			47' V. Giljen
			47' Revson
Fidélis 47'		2 - 0
			47' V. Giljen
			47' Revson
Sami 68'		3 - 0
Sami 68'		4 - 0
			81' Mateus
			81' Mateus
27/11/2012	Paços de Ferreira	2 - 2	Marítimo	1-1	H2H	O	+
Antunes 15'		1 - 0
Antunes 15'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	23' Rafael Miranda
		2 - 2	23' Rafael Miranda
			38' Rúben Ferreira
			38' Rúben Ferreira
Antunes 44'
Antunes 44'
		2 - 3	54' David Simão
		2 - 4	54' David Simão
Cicero 63'
Cicero 63'
Tony 66'
Tony 66'
			69' Fidélis
			69' Fidélis
			72' João Diogo
			72' João Diogo
			77' Sami
			77' Sami
			82' David Simão
			82' David Simão
Luiz Carlos 86'		3 - 4
Luiz Carlos 86'		4 - 4
12/11/2012	Marítimo	1 - 1	Vitória FC	0-1	H2H	O	+
V. Roberge 13'
V. Roberge 13'
		0 - 1	16' A. Meyong
		0 - 2	16' A. Meyong
João Luiz 49'
João Luiz 49'
			54' Pedro Queirós
			54' Pedro Queirós
David Simão 61'		1 - 2
David Simão 61'		2 - 2
João Luiz 65'
João Luiz 65'
			66' Bruno Gallo
			66' Bruno Gallo
Briguel 72'
Briguel 72'
Márcio Rozário 74'
			74' Cristiano
			74' Cristiano
Márcio Rozário 74'
			79' A. Meyong
			79' A. Meyong
			81' Ricardo Silva
			81' Ricardo Silva
02/11/2012	Porto	5 - 0	Marítimo	2-0	H2H	O	+
J. Martínez 4'		1 - 0
Silvestre Varela 35'		2 - 0
			54' V. Roberge
			54' V. Roberge
J. Martínez 59'		3 - 0
N. Otamendi 63'
N. Otamendi 63'
			67' João Luiz
			67' João Luiz
J. Rodríguez 72'		4 - 0
J. Rodríguez 77'		5 - 0
			83' Danilo Dias
			83' Danilo Dias
28/10/2012	Marítimo	0 - 2	Sporting Braga	0-0	H2H	O	+
			19' Leandro Salino
			19' Leandro Salino
			33' Paulo Vinicius
			33' Paulo Vinicius
			39' E. Echiejile
			39' E. Echiejile
		0 - 1	54' Éder
		0 - 2	54' Éder
V. Roberge 56'
V. Roberge 56'
			61' Hélder Barbosa
			61' Hélder Barbosa
			82' Beto
			82' Beto
		0 - 3	86' Éder
R. Salin 86'
R. Salin 86'
		0 - 4	86' Éder
R. Salin 86'
R. Salin 86'
08/10/2012	Moreirense	0 - 1	Marítimo	0-0	H2H	O	+
			2' Fidélis
			2' Fidélis
			15' João Luiz
			15' João Luiz
Diego Gaúcho 37'
Diego Gaúcho 37'
		0 - 1	47' Rafael Miranda
		0 - 2	47' Rafael Miranda
Ricardo Ribeiro 67'
Ricardo Ribeiro 67'
			73' R. Salin
			73' R. Salin
Wagner 83'
Wagner 83'
30/09/2012	Marítimo	0 - 2	Académica	0-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	11' Wilson Eduardo
		0 - 2	11' Wilson Eduardo
			27' João Dias
			27' João Dias
Danilo Dias 36'
Danilo Dias 36'
		0 - 3	43' Marinho
		0 - 4	43' Marinho
			60' Marinho
			60' Marinho
			68' Wilson Eduardo
			68' Wilson Eduardo
Héldon 78'
Héldon 78'
24/09/2012	Estoril	3 - 1	Marítimo	2-0	H2H	O	+
			4' Rúben Ferreira
			4' Rúben Ferreira
S. Vitoria 24'
S. Vitoria 24'
Carlitos 25'
Carlitos 25'
Luís Leal 28'		1 - 0
Luís Leal 37'		2 - 0
			44' Fidélis
			44' Fidélis
			45+1' Sami
			45+1' Sami
Luís Leal 61'		3 - 0
Carlitos 66'
Carlitos 66'
		3 - 1	79' Adilson
João Coimbra 86'
João Coimbra 86'
			90+3' João Guilherme
			90+3' João Guilherme
16/09/2012	Marítimo	1 - 1	Sporting CP	0-0	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	54' R. van Wolfswinkel
		0 - 2	54' R. van Wolfswinkel
V. Roberge 57'
V. Roberge 57'
			61' G. Fernandes
			61' G. Fernandes
			64' M. Izmailov
			64' M. Izmailov
João Guilherme 86'		1 - 2
João Guilherme 86'		2 - 2
Rafael Miranda 90+3'
Rafael Miranda 90+3'
26/08/2012	Marítimo	0 - 0	Gil Vicente	0-0	H2H	O	+
			55' Daniel
			55' Daniel
			74' Luis Carlos
			74' Luis Carlos
			79' Cláudio
			79' Cláudio
			90+1' César Peixoto
			90+1' César Peixoto
			90+2' Leonardo
			90+2' Leonardo
18/08/2012	Rio Ave	0 - 1	Marítimo	0-0	H2H	O	+
Nivaldo 19'
Nivaldo 19'
			66' Briguel
			66' Briguel
			72' João Luiz
			72' João Luiz
		0 - 1	87' João Guilherme
		0 - 2	87' João Guilherme
			90' David Simão
			90' David Simão

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of Marítimo in Liga Portugal.

Statistics & Analysis of Marítimo

Sami is the leading top goal scorer for Marítimo with 12 goals.

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	3
Longest losing streak	3
Longest run without loss	4
Longest run without win	4
Clean sheets	8
Matches over 2.25 goals	11
Matches under 2.25 goals	19
Matches First Half Over 0.5	20
Matches First Half Under 0.5	10
Matches odd	11
Matches even	19
Average goals scored	1.13
Average goals allowed	1.5
Failure to score	6
Biggest victory	2 - 4
Biggest defeat	5 - 0
Missed penalties	0
Penalty goals	8
Own goals	0
Goalless draw at home match	1 (7%)
Goalless draw at away match	1 (7%)
Comeback win	0
Top Goal Scorer	Sami
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Liga Portugal 2012/2013 - Regular Season Table

Marítimo are in the 10th position of Liga Portugal.

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Porto	30	24	6	0	70	14	+56	78
2	Benfica	30	24	5	1	77	20	+57	77
3	Paços de Ferreira	30	14	12	4	42	29	+13	54
4	Sporting Braga	30	16	4	10	60	44	+16	52
5	Estoril	30	13	6	11	47	37	+10	45
6	Sporting CP	30	11	9	10	36	36	+0	42
7	Rio Ave	30	12	6	12	35	42	-7	42
8	Nacional	30	11	7	12	45	51	-6	40
9	Vitória SC	30	11	7	12	36	47	-11	40
10	Marítimo	30	9	11	10	34	45	-11	38
11	Académica	30	6	10	14	33	45	-12	28
12	Vitória FC	30	7	5	18	30	55	-25	26
13	Olhanense	30	5	10	15	26	42	-16	25
14	Gil Vicente	30	6	7	17	31	54	-23	25
15	Moreirense	30	5	9	16	30	51	-21	24
16	Beira-Mar	30	5	8	17	35	55	-20	23

Marítimo Squad

Detailed statistics of each Marítimo player with their photo, nationality, jersey number, position and caps.

If you want to bet on the players, you should see who are the Marítimo top goal scorers and which players have a disciplinary problem with the the most yellow or red cards.

Click on the players to get in-depth players' profile. Such as the players' age, place of birth, height, weight and his entire soccer career path.

#	Name of Player	A
1	Wellington de Lima Gomes	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	João Diogo Gomes de Freitas	36	838	10	1	1	0	4	0	0
3	Márcio Nascimento Rozário	40	1751	20	0	1	0	8	1	0
4	Igor Rossi Branco	35	465	6	1	0	1	2	0	0
5	Rafael Miranda da Conceição	39	2416	28	1	1	3	5	0	0
6	Sérgio Marakis	32	503	7	1	3	0	2	0	0
7	Sérgio Manuel Monteiro Semedo	36	377	10	6	4	0	1	0	0
8	Gonçalo Nuno da Silva Abreu	37	92	3	2	1	0	0	0	0
9	Philipe Fidélis dos Santos	34	996	17	6	4	2	4	0	0
10	Héldon Augusto Almeida Ramos	35	1433	22	5	9	2	3	0	0
11	Ibrahim Olanrewaju Obayomi	31	74	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
13	Olberdam de Oliveira Serra	39	158	7	7	0	0	1	0	0
16	Valentin Roberge	36	2318	27	1	0	1	11	1	0
17	Leocisio Julio Sami	35	2217	29	3	11	6	7	0	0
18	Luis Miguel de Olim Andrade	42	749	13	6	1	0	0	0	0
20	João Luiz Ramires Vieira	38	748	10	0	4	0	4	1	0
21	Nuno Miguel Pereira Sousa	45	1977	24	2	1	0	4	0	0
26	Adilson Tibes Granemann	42	287	10	8	1	2	0	0	0
27	Rodrigo Antônio do Nascimento	36	388	8	3	5	1	0	0	0
28	Rúben Luís Maurício Brígido	32	45	2	2	0	0	1	0	0
30	Danilo Leandro Dias	38	1791	29	10	10	3	4	0	0
33	Ytalo José Oliveira dos Santos	36	103	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
37	Ricardo Ferreira	34	720	8	0	0	0	1	0	0
41	Rúben Ferreira	34	2015	24	1	0	0	8	0	1
44	João Guilherme Leme Amorim	38	929	12	2	0	2	2	0	0
74	Erson Stiven Dias Costa	31	313	11	9	2	1	3	0	0
77	R. Salin	39	1976	22	0	0	0	4	1	0
84	Artur Filipe Bernardes Moreira	40	1029	17	4	13	2	4	0	0
90	David Simão	33	1701	26	4	16	4	5	0	0
91	Suk Hyun-Jun	32	1097	14	2	1	4	2	1	0
99	José Pedro Malheiro de Sá	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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