Rio Ave
Portugal · Primeira Liga Lineups & starting XIs
Last 7 matches
Alverca L 0-1 Round 7 · Sep 19 · Away · 4-2-3-1 → 
Squad
Miszta 
Chamorro 
van der Gouw 
Sina 
Abbey 
Lomboto 
Brabec 
Petrasso 
Amaral 
Mancha 
Caike 
Cressi 
Sá 
Ntoi 
Guilherme 
Aguilera 
Vrousai 
Sellouki 
Tomé 
Graça 
Nikitscher 
Liavas 
Wenck 
Ferati 
Patricio 
Nascimento 
Colina 
Talla 
Bezerra 
Monteiro 
Blesa 
Lobato 
Medina 
Galcík 
Alves 
Spikic 
Rehmi 
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Vitoria de Guimaraes Common questions
Who starts for Rio Ave in the latest lineup?
Against Alverca, Rio Ave started Hugo, Tomé, Petrasso, García, Amaral, Nikitscher, Ntoi, Bezerra, Patricio, Galcík and Blesa, in a 4-2-3-1. The sheet above shows the same eleven with shirt numbers.
What formation does Rio Ave play?
Rio Ave lined up in a 4-2-3-1 most recently, and has also used 4-3-3 in recent matches.
Who captains Rio Ave?
Vrousai wears the armband in the current Rio Ave squad.
Can I build my own Rio Ave lineup?
Yes. The free web builder opens with Rio Ave loaded — pick the eleven, set the formation and export the image. The iOS and Android app adds ratings, goals, cards and up to 100 saved lineups.
Are the Rio Ave lineups up to date?
Every Primeira Liga matchday is published within hours of full time, and this page is rebuilt with it — lineups, results and the table.
About Rio Ave
Rio Ave are a football club from Portugal, playing in the Primeira Liga 2026/27. They are 16th in the table with 4 points from 7 matches, having won 1, drawn 1 and lost 5.
Their most recent lineup was a 4-2-3-1, a 0–1 away loss to Alverca on September 19, 2026. That XI read Hugo, Tomé, Petrasso, García, Amaral, Nikitscher, Ntoi, Bezerra, Patricio, Galcík and Blesa, the eleven Sylaidopoulos picked. Recent sheets also show a 4-3-3. Form over the last 5 matches, newest first, reads L-D-L-L-W, with 5 goals scored and 12 conceded.
The 37-player squad lists 4 goalkeepers, 9 defenders, 15 midfielders and 9 attackers. 19 nationalities are in it: 7 players from Brazil, and the rest from Portugal, Greece, Costa Rica, Netherlands, Albania and France and elsewhere. Rio Ave play Nacional next, on Sunday, October 11, 2026. This page is rebuilt after every Primeira Liga matchday, with the newest starting XI as an image, the result and the updated table.
Every player on this page is in the app, photos and ratings included. Build your XI, export the image, share it.