2011–12 FC Porto season

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
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

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.^[1] On 20 June 2011, Villas-Boas quit Porto to join Chelsea. The next day, Porto named Vítor Pereira as their new head coach.

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^[2]
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

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

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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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	Qualification to Champions League group stage
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.)^[3]
(C) Champions

Matches

Win Draw Loss

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Group stage

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

UEFA Europa League

References

^ "abola.pt". Archived from the original on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
^ "Todas as notícias de FC Porto na Liga NOS".
^ "Liga Portugal".

[1] "abola.pt". Archived from the original on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2011-05-14.

[2] "Todas as notícias de FC Porto na Liga NOS".

[3] "Liga Portugal".

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v t e 2011–12 in Portuguese football
Domestic leagues	Primeira Liga Liga de Honra Second Division Third Division
Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal (Final) Taça da Liga (Final) Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Super Cup
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2012 qualification (Group H) Paulo Bento
Club seasons
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