2011–12 FC Porto season

The 2011–12 season is the Futebol Clube do Porto's 78th season in the Primeira Liga, officially known as the Liga ZON Sagres for sponsorship reasons. Porto captured their 25th league title last season with their 3 April defeat of rivals Benfica. Manager André Villas-Boas became their manager on 2 July 2010 and won the league with no losses in their domestic campaign. On 20 June 2011, Villas-Boas quit Porto to join Chelsea. The next day, Porto named Vítor Pereira as their new head coach.

Porto

2011–12 season
Chairman	Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
Manager	Vítor Pereira
Primeira Liga	1st
Taça de Portugal	Fourth round
Taça da Liga	Semi-finals
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
UEFA Super Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Hulk (16) All: Hulk (21)
Home colours Away colours

Squad

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BRA	Helton
2	DF	BRA	Danilo
3	MF	ARG	Lucho González
4	DF	BRA	Maicon
5	DF	URU	Álvaro Pereira
6	MF	COL	Fredy Guarín
7	FW	ARG	Fernando Belluschi
8	MF	POR	João Moutinho
10	MF	URU	Cristian Rodríguez
11	FW	BRA	Kléber
12	FW	BRA	Hulk
13	DF	URU	Jorge Fucile
14	DF	POR	Rolando

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	POR	Emídio Rafael
16	DF	POR	Henrique Sereno
17	FW	POR	Silvestre Varela
18	FW	BRA	Walter
19	FW	COL	James Rodríguez
20	MF	ANG	Djalma
21	DF	ROU	Cristian Săpunaru
22	DF	FRA	Eliaquim Mangala
23	MF	BRA	Souza
25	MF	BRA	Fernando
26	DF	BRA	Alex Sandro
29	FW	AUT	Marc Janko
30	DF	ARG	Nicolás Otamendi
31	GK	BRA	Rafael Bracalli
35	MF	BEL	Steven Defour
58	FW	FRA	Thibaut Vion

Squad changes in 2011–12

In

• Djalma — Marítimo — Free transfer
• Juan Iturbe — Cerro Porteño — €2.5 million
• Kelvin — Paraná Clube — €2.5 million
• Rafael Bracalli — Nacional — Free transfer
• Kléber — Maritimo — €2.3 million
• Alex Sandro — Santos — €9.6 million
• Danilo — Santos — €13 million
• Steven Defour — Standard Liège — €6 million
• Eliaquim Mangala — Standard Liège — €7 million
• Thibaut Vion — Metz — €300,000
• Lucho González — Marseille — Free transfer
• Marc Janko — Twente — €3 million

Out

• Mariano González — Estudiantes de La Plata — End of contract
• Coulibaly Yero — Gil Vicente — Undisclosed fee (Porto still holds a percentage of his rights)
• Radamel Falcao — Atlético Madrid — €40 million
• Rúben Micael — Atlético Madrid — €5 million

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	POR	Hugo Ventura (to Olhanense)
—	DF	SEN	Abdoulaye Ba (to Académica)
—	DF	POR	André Pinto (to Olhanense)
—	DF	POR	Ivo Pinto (to União de Leiria)
—	MF	POR	Pedro Moreira (to Gil Vicente)
—	MF	POR	Edú (to Trofense)
—	MF	POR	Sérgio Oliveira (to Mechelen)
—	DF	POR	Henrique Sereno (to 1. FC Köln)
—	MF	BRA	Soares (to Recreativo de Huelva)
—	DF	POR	Miguel Lopes (to Braga)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	POR	Ukra (to Braga)
—	MF	BRA	Kelvin (to Rio Ave)
—	MF	POR	André Castro (to Sporting Gijón)
—	MF	GHA	Christian Atsu (to Rio Ave)
—	MF	POR	David Bruno (to Trofense)
—	GK	POL	Paweł Kieszek (to Roda JC)
—	DF	GHA	David Addy (to Panetolikos)
—	MF	COL	Fredy Guarín (to Internazionale)
—	MF	ARG	Fernando Belluschi (to Genoa)

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies

Date	Match Type	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorer(s)	Attendance
6 July	Friendly	Tourizense	CTFD PortoGaia	7–0	Hulk (2), Maicon, Kelvin, James Rodríguez, Kléber, Danilo (o.g.)	–
10 July	Friendly	FC Gütersloh	Heidewaldstadion	1–10	Kléber, Djalma, Hulk (3), Rúben Micael, Walter (3), Maicon	–
16 July	Friendly	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Niederrheinstadion	0–0	–	–
17 July	Friendly	SC Verl	Stadion an der Poststraße	1–3	Kléber (2), Hulk	–
21 July	Friendly	Rio Ave	Estádio dos Arcos	1–3	Kléber (2), João Moutinho	–
24 July	Friendly	Peñarol	Estádio do Dragão	3–0	Kléber, Hulk, Walter	–
31 July	Friendly	Lyon	Stade de Genève	2–1	Rúben Micael	–

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Main article: 2011 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Porto v Vitória de Guimarães

7 August 2011 Final	Porto	2–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Aveiro
21:00 GMT	Rolando 4', 41'		Toscano 33'	Stadium: Municipal de Aveiro Attendance: 18,303 Referee: Pedro Proença

UEFA Super Cup

Main article: 2011 UEFA Super Cup

Barcelona v Porto

26 August 2011 Final	Barcelona	2–0	Porto	Monaco
20:45 CEST	Messi 39' Fàbregas 88'	Report		Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 18,048 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Primeira Liga

Main article: 2011–12 Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto (C)	30	23	6	1	69	19	+50	75	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Benfica	30	21	6	3	66	27	+39	69
3	Braga	30	19	5	6	59	29	+30	62	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4	Sporting CP	30	18	5	7	47	26	+21	59	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5	Marítimo	30	14	8	8	41	38	+3	50	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round

Source: LPFP (in Portuguese)
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.
(Note: LPFP decided that only criteria 1, 5, 6 and 7 would be applied to establish the classification during the competition.)
(C) Champions

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Vitória de Guimarães v Porto

14 August 2011 1	Vitória de Guimarães	0–1	Porto	Guimarães
19:00 GMT		SportTV1	Hulk 45+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Referee: Olegário Benquerença

Porto v Gil Vicente

19 August 2011 2	Porto	3–1	Gil Vicente	Porto
20:15 GMT	Hulk 11' (pen.), 50' Săpunaru 16'	SportTV1	Vilela 3' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 43,913 Referee: Rui Silva

União de Leiria v Porto

6 September 2011 3	União de Leiria	2–5	Porto	Leiria
20:15 GMT	Almeida 51' Diego Gaúcho 78'	SportTV1	J. Rodríguez 28', 56' Kléber 36', 74' Varela 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Referee: Cosme Machado

Porto v Vitória de Setúbal

11 September 2011 4	Porto	3–0	Vitória de Setúbal	Porto
GMT	Moutinho 53' J. Rodríguez 76' Belluschi 88'	SportTV1		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Marco Ferreira

Feirense v Porto

21 September 2011 5	Feirense	0–0	Porto	Santa Maria da Feira
18:15 GMT		TVI		Stadium: Estádio Marcolino de Castro Attendance: 15,000

Porto v Benfica

25 September 2011 6	Porto	2–2	Benfica	Porto
GMT	Kléber 37' Otamendi 50'	Sport TV1	Cardozo 47' Gaitán 82'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Jorge Sousa

Académica de Coimbra v Porto

4 October 2011 7	Académica de Coimbra	0–3	Porto	Coimbra
GMT		Sport TV1	Walter 27' J. Rodríguez 33' Guarín 57'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Referee: Paulo Baptista

Porto v Nacional

25 October 2011 8	Porto	5–0	Nacional	Porto
GMT	Defour 24' Walter 40' Săpunaru 67' Kléber 90' Hulk 90+2'	TVI		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão

Porto v Paços de Ferreira

30 October 2011 9	Porto	3–0	Paços de Ferreira	Porto
20:15 GMT	Melgarejo 45' (o.g.) Kléber 64' Moutinho 84'	Sport TV1		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Hugo Miguel

Olhanense v Porto

7 November 2011 10	Olhanense	0–0	Porto	Olhão
20:30 GMT		TVI		Stadium: Estádio José Arcanjo Attendance: 3,275

Porto v Braga

14 November 2011 11	Porto	3–2	Braga	Porto
18:15 GMT	Hulk 37', 78' Kléber 82'	TVI	Lima 89' (pen.), 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 44,000

Beira-Mar v Porto

27 November 2011 12	Beira-Mar	1–2	Porto	Aveiro
18:30 GMT	Zhang 33'	Sport TV1	J. Rodríguez 40' Hulk 58'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Aveiro Attendance: 4,628

Porto v Marítimo

6 December 2011 13	Porto	2–0	Marítimo	Porto
20:30 GMT	C. Rodríguez 80' Otamendi 83'	TVI		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Duarte Gomes

Sporting CP v Porto

19 December 2011 14	Sporting CP	0–0	Porto	Lisbon
20:15 GMT		TVI		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 48,855 Referee: Pedro Proença

Porto v Rio Ave

14 January 2012 15	Porto	2–0	Rio Ave	Porto
20:30 GMT	J. Rodríguez 42', 80'	TVI		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 24,919

Porto v Vitória de Guimarães

22 January 2012 16	Porto	3–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Porto
18:15 GMT	Rolando 19' Moutinho 46' J. Rodríguez 77' (pen.)	TVI	Abdelghni 59'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 34,914 Referee: Hugo Miguel

Gil Vicente v Porto

29 January 2012 17	Gil Vicente	3–1	Porto	Barcelos
19:15 GMT	Cláudio 15', 45+1' (pen.) Cunha 52'		Varela 77'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 7,439 Referee: Bruno Paixão

Porto v União de Leiria

12 February 2012 18	Porto	4–0	União de Leiria	Porto
20:15 GMT	Janko 65' J. Rodríguez 75' Pereira 86' Maicon 89'			Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 27,829 Referee: Rui Silva

Vitória de Setúbal v Porto

19 February 2012 19	Vitória de Setúbal	1–3	Porto	Setúbal
18:15 GMT	Meyong 75'		Janko 3' Fernando 26' Varela 79'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 4,703 Referee: Paulo Baptista

Porto v Feirense

26 February 2012 20	Porto	2–0	Feirense	Porto
20:15	Maicon 68' J. Rodríguez 72'	Summary		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 34,229 Referee: João Ferreira dos Santos

Benfica v Porto

2 March 2012 21	Benfica	2–3	Porto	Lisbon
20:15	Cardozo 42', 48'	Summary	Hulk 7' J. Rodríguez 64' Maicon 87'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 58,222 Referee: Pedro Proença

Porto v Académica de Coimbra

10 March 2012 22	Porto	1–1	Académica de Coimbra	Porto
20:15	Hulk 90+2' (pen.)	Summary	Edinho 39'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 36,019 Referee: Marco Ferreira

Nacional v Porto

16 March 2012 23	Nacional	0–2	Porto	Funchal
19:00		Summary	Janko 21' Alex Sandro 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Attendance: 3,257 Referee: Carlos Miguel Taborda Xistra

Paços de Ferreira v Porto

25 March 2012 24	Paços de Ferreira	1–1	Porto	Paços de Ferreira
20:15	Melgarejo 79'	Summary	Ricardo 47' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 3,594 Referee: Hugo Rodrigues Pacheco

Porto v Olhanense

31 March 2012 25	Porto	2–0	Olhanense	Porto
19:00	González 24' J. Rodríguez 66'	Summary		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 31,903 Referee: Manuel Mota

Braga v Porto

7 April 2012 26	Braga	0–1	Porto	Braga
21:30		Summary	Hulk 55'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 25,971 Referee: Olegário Benquerença

Porto v Beira-Mar

22 April 2012 27	Porto	3–0	Beira-Mar	Porto
21:15	Hulk 33' (pen.), 55' Defour  41' Moutinho  43' González  47' Janko 51' Săpunaru  52'	Summary	Camará  15' Dias  32' Bura  35'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 33,412 Referee: Bruno Esteves

Marítimo v Porto

29 April 2012 28	Marítimo	0–2	Porto	Funchal
20:15	Rafael  20'  89' Ferreira  32' Robson  48' Benachour  67' Olberdam  70' Héldon  84'	Summary	Hulk 16' (pen.), 89' (pen.),  74' Alex Sandro  55'	Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Attendance: 4,400 Referee: Paulo Batista

Porto v Sporting CP

5 May 2012 29	Porto	2–0	Sporting CP	Porto
21:30 CET (UTC+01)	Săpunaru  14' Moutinho  41' Fernando  43'  90+2' González  49' Hulk 82' (pen.), 89',  83'	Summary	Carrillo  16' Onyewu  20'  67' Polga  81'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 50,212 Referee: Pedro Proença

Rio Ave v Porto

12 May 2012 30	Rio Ave	2–5	Porto	Vila do Conde
19:30 CET (UTC+01)	Tomás 43' (pen.) Atsu 66',  74'	Report	Djalma 14',  42' J. Rodríguez 17' Kléber 50', 75', 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio do Rio Ave FC Attendance: 5,454 Referee: Jorge Ferreira

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group G

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
APOEL	6	2	3	1	6	6	0	9
Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	2	3	1	7	5	+2	9
Porto	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8
Shakhtar Donetsk	6	1	2	3	6	8	−2	5

Tiebreakers

• APOEL and Zenit St. Petersburg are ranked by their head-to-head records, as shown below.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
APOEL	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
Zenit Saint Petersburg	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Porto v Shakhtar Donetsk

13 September 2011 1	Porto	2–1	Shakhtar Donetsk	Porto, Portugal
20:45	Hulk 28' Pereira  34' Kléber 51'	Report	Luiz Adriano 12',  27' Chyhrynskyi  31'  80' Srna  34' Rakytskiy  40'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 36,612 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Porto

28 September 2011 2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–1	Porto	Saint Petersburg, Russia
18:00	Shirokov 20', 63' Hubočan  61' Danny 72'	Report	J. Rodríguez 10' Fucile  25'  45+1' Otamendi  62' Belluschi  69'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,450 Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Porto v APOEL

19 October 2011 3	Porto	1–1	APOEL	Porto, Portugal
20:45	Hulk 13',  90+4' Otamendi  29' Kléber  45+2' Rolando  49' J. Rodríguez  54' Săpunaru  73' Pereira  78' Guarín  84'	Report	Aílton 19' Pinto  27' Tričkovski  47' Kaká  84'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 32,512 Referee: Antony Gautier (France)

APOEL v Porto

1 November 2011 4	APOEL	2–1	Porto	Nicosia, Cyprus
20:45	Aílton 42' (pen.) Poursaitidis  62' Manduca  76', 90' Charalambidis  90+2'	Report	Varela  3' Mangala  42' Hulk 89' (pen.)	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 22,301 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Shakhtar Donetsk v Porto

23 November 2011 5	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–2	Porto	Donetsk, Ukraine
20:45	Eduardo  50' Jádson  65' Kobin  75'	Report	J. Rodríguez  35' Hulk 79' Raț 90+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: Donbass Arena Attendance: 42,565 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Porto v Zenit Saint Petersburg

6 December 2011 6	Porto	0–0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Porto, Portugal
20:45	Helton  38' Otamendi  48' Hulk  71'	Report	Anyukov  28' Fayzulin  40' Malafeev  76'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 46,512 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)