2007–08 FC Porto season

Porto
2007–08 season
ChairmanPinto da Costa
ManagerJesualdo Ferreira
StadiumEstádio do Dragão
Primeira Liga1st
Taça de PortugalRunners-up
Taça da LigaThird round
UEFA Champions LeagueFirst knockout round
Supertaça Cândido de OliveiraRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Lisandro López (24)
All:
Lisandro López (27)
Highest home attendance50,199 vs Benfica
(15 October 2006)[1]
Lowest home attendance12,117 vs Gil Vicente
(24 February 2008)[2]

The 2007–08 season was Futebol Clube do Porto's 97th competitive season, 74th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, and 114th year in existence as a football club.

Porto's season began on 11 August 2007 with the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. The Azuis e Brancos were defeated by Sporting CP, 1–0.[3] Porto's league campaign began a week later on the 18. Going into the 2007–08 season, Porto were the holders of the Primeira Liga after claiming the league title on the last day of the season.[4] The 2007–08 league campaign saw the Portistas claim a 23rd Portuguese top-flight title on 5 April 2008 over Estrela da Amadora.[5][6]

Porto competed in the two domestic cups, the Taça de Portugal and the Taça da Liga. In the Taça de Portugal, the Dragões progressed through five rounds to reach the final, where they were defeated by Sporting CP at the Jamor.[7] Porto entered the Taça da Liga in the third round, where they were eliminated by Liga de Honra side Fátima.[8]

In Europe, Porto progressed through a group consisting of Liverpool, Marseille and Beşiktaş to reach the first knockout round. For a second consecutive season, Porto were eliminated at the first knockout round stage as they lost on penalties to German side Schalke after 1–1 scoreline over two legs.

First-team squad

2007-2008 Season

Stats as of the end of the 2007–08 season. Games played and goals scored only refers to appearances and goals in the Primeira Liga.

No. Name Nationality Position(s) Since Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Games Goals
Goalkeepers
0 Helton Brazil GK 2005 (1978-05-18)18 May 1978 (aged 30) Portugal União de Leiria 0 0
0 Mariano Gonzalez Argentina GK 2008 (1981-05-05)5 May 1981 (aged 27) Italy US Palermo 0 0
0 Nuno Espirito Santo Portugal GK 1974 (1974-01-25)25 January 1974 (aged 34) Portugal Desportivo Aves 0 0
0 Hugo Ventura Portugal GK 2007 (1988-01-14)14 January 1988 (aged 20) Portugal Porto Academy 0 0
Defenders
0 Milan Stepanov Serbia CB 2004 (1983-04-02)2 April 1983 (aged 25) Turkey Trabzonspor 0 0
0 Pedro Emanuel Portugal CB 2002 (1975-02-11)11 February 1975 (aged 33) Portugal Boavista 0 0
0 Marek Čech Slovakia LB 2005 (1983-01-26)26 January 1983 (aged 25) Czech Republic Sparta Prague 0 0
0 José Bosingwa Portugal RB 2003 (1982-08-24)24 August 1982 (aged 25) Portugal Boavista 0 0
0 Jorge Fucile Uruguay RB 2006 (1984-11-19)19 November 1984 (aged 23) Uruguay Liverpool de Montevideo 0 0
0 Bruno Alves (VC) Portugal CB 2001 (1981-11-27)27 November 1981 (aged 26) Portugal Porto Academy 0 0
0 Lino Brazil LB 2007 (1977-06-01)1 June 1977 (aged 30) Portugal Académica de Coimbra 0 0
0 Andre Pinto Portugal CB 2006 (1989-10-05)5 October 1989 (aged 18) Portugal Porto Academy 0 0
0 João Paulo Portugal CB 2006 (1981-06-06)6 June 1981 (aged 26) Portugal União de Leiria 0 0
Midfielders
0 Przemyslaw Kazmierczak Poland DM 2007 (1982-05-05)5 May 1982 (aged 26) Poland Pogon Szczecin 0 0
0 Lucho González (C) Argentina CM / AM 2005 (1981-01-19)19 January 1981 (aged 27) Argentina River Plate 0 0
0 Raul Meireles Portugal CM 2004 (1983-03-17)17 March 1983 (aged 25) Portugal Boavista 0 0
0 Paulo Assunção Brazil DM 2004 (1980-01-25)25 January 1980 (aged 28) Brazil Nacional 0 0
0 André Castro Portugal CM 2007 (1988-04-02)2 April 1988 (aged 20) Portugal Porto Academy 0 0
Forwards
0 Ricardo Quaresma Portugal LW / RW 2004 (1983-09-26)26 September 1983 (aged 24) Spain Barcelona 0 0
0 Lisandro López Argentina CF 2005 (1983-03-02)2 March 1983 (aged 25) Argentina Racing Club 0 0
0 Tarik Sektioui Morocco LW / RW 2006 (1977-05-13)13 May 1977 (aged 31) Netherlands AZ 0 0
0 Leandro Lima Brazil AM 2007 (1986-01-24)24 January 1986 (aged 22) Brazil São Caetano 0 0
0 Ernesto Farias Argentina CF 2007 (1980-05-29)29 May 1980 (aged 27) Argentina River Plate 0 0
0 Edgar Brazil CF 2007 (1979-01-03)3 January 1979 (aged 29) Portugal Marítimo 0 0
0 Rabiola Portugal CF 2007 (1989-07-25)25 July 1989 (aged 18) Brazil Vitória S.C. 0 0
0 Hélder Postiga Portugal CF 2004 (1982-08-02)2 August 1982 (aged 25) England Tottenham Hotspur 0 0
0 Adriano Brazil CF 2006 (1979-01-03)3 January 1979 (aged 29) Brazil Cruzeiro 0 0
0 Bruno Moraes Brazil CF 2003 (1984-07-07)7 July 1984 (aged 23) Brazil Santos 0 0

Key events

Brazilian central defender Pepe was signed by Real Madrid for €30 million.

May

June

  • 2: Porto announce the signing of Brazilian defensive midfielder Fernando from Vila Nova as a replacement for Anderson.[11]
  • 15: Porto sign Polish midfielder Przemysław Kaźmierczak from Pogoń Szczecin for €1.3 million. Kaźmierczak had been on loan to Portuguese side Boavista during the 2006–07 season where his displays attracted interest from several European clubs.[12]
Jorge Fucile (left) and Vieirinha (right) compete for the ball during the Porto–Leixões fixture on 29 October 2007.

July

  • 7: Porto defeat third side division side Tourizense in their first pre-season game of the season. In a match which saw nine goals, the Portistas would six score of those. Porto's goals came from Adriano, Edgar, Hélder Postiga, Ricardo Quaresma and Luis Aguiar, who scored twice.[13]
  • 10: Spanish club Real Madrid sign Pepe from Porto for €30 million.[14]
  • 11: In the first game of their tour of the Netherlands, Porto thrash amateur Dutch side Sportclub Irene 10–0.[15]
  • 14: Porto follow up their thrashing of Sportclub Irene, with a 4–0 victory over second division Den Bosch to claim their third consecutive pre-season win.[16]
  • 16: Argentine midfielder Mariano González signs for the Portistas from Italian side Palermo on a season-long loan.[17]
  • 18: Belgian side Genk inflict on the Azuis e Brancos their first defeat of the pre-season campaign.[18]
  • 19: Serbian defender Milan Stepanov signs from Trabzonspor for fee of €3.4 million.[19]
  • 21: In Porto's official presentation to its members of their 2007–08 squad, the Dragões defeat French side Monaco, 2–1. Lisandro López and Hélder Postiga scored Porto's goals.[20]
  • 26: Porto win the Centenarian Atlanta Tournament after claiming two 1–0 victories over Serbian side Red Star Belgrade and tournament hosts Atalanta.[21][22]
Tarik Sektioui (left) in action for Porto against Benfica on 1 December 2007.

August

September

  • 27: Porto suffer a shock third round exit at the hands of Fátima in the Taça da Liga. After the match ended 0–0 in normal time, the game proceeded to penalties where Fátima's Marinho scored the winning penalty to send his side through to the next round after Porto's Mariano González missed his spot kick.[30]

October

  • 29: The Azuis e Brancos defeat Leixões, 3–0 in game week 8 to win their eighth consecutive league game of the campaign.[31]

November

December

  • 1: Porto defeat Benfica on match day 12. Ricardo Quaresma's 42nd-minute strike gave Porto the victory over the Encarnados to give his team a seven-point lead over their Lisbon rivals.[32]

January

  • 15: After only two league starts during the first half of the 2007–08 season, Portuguese striker Hélder Postiga moves to Greek side Panathinaikos on a six-month loan.[33]

February

  • 10: Porto comfortably defeat fourth division side Sertanense 4–0 to progress to the quarter-finals of the cup. Ernesto Farías, Tarik Sektioui and Przemysław Kaźmierczak scored Porto's goals.[34]

March

April

  • 30: Porto renews the contracts of Tarik Sektioui and Leandro Lima. The Moroccan's contract was renewed for another season, whilst Lima's was renewed until 2013.[35][36]

May

Pre-season and friendlies

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Matches

7 July 2007 Friendly Porto 6–3 Tourizense Olival, Portugal
WEST Adriano
Edgar
Postiga
Aguiar ,
Quaresma 		(Report) D. Silva
Licá
Rui Miguel 		Stadium: CTFD PortoGaia
11 July 2007 Netherlands Tour Irene 0–10 Porto Tegelen, Netherlands
CET (Report) Adriano ,
Alves
Edgar
Postiga ,
López
Quaresma ,
Rentería 		Stadium: Sportpark De Bakenbos
14 July 2007 Netherlands Tour Den Bosch 0–4 Porto 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
CET López 2'
Postiga 50' (pen.)
Rentería 72'
Sektioui 80'		 (Report) Stadium: De Vliert
18 July 2007 Friendly Genk 1–0 Porto Genk, Belgium
20:00 CET Barda 15' (Report) Stadium: Cristal Arena
21 July 2007 Friendly Porto 2–1 Monaco Porto, Portugal
WEST López 37'
Postiga 52' (pen.)		 (Report) Pino 80' Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
26 July 2007 Centenarian Atlanta Tournament Porto 1–0 Red Star Belgrade Bergamo, Italy
20:35 CET Adriano 9' (Report) Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Referee: Emiliano Galione (Italy)
26 July 2007 Centenarian Atlanta Tournament Atalanta 0–1 Porto Bergamo, Italy
22:40 CET (Report) López 8' Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Referee: Emiliano Galione (Italy)
28 July 2007 Friendly Boavista 0–3 Porto Porto, Portugal
WEST (Report) Postiga 22'
Sektioui 78', 88'		 Stadium: Estádio do Bessa
3 August 2007 Rotterdam Tournament Porto 0–0 Feyenoord Rotterdam, Netherlands
CET (Report) Stadium: De Kuip
5 August 2007 Rotterdam Tournament Porto 3–0 Shanghai Shenhua Rotterdam, Netherlands
CET (Report) Sektioui 5'
Lima 38', 41'		 Stadium: De Kuip

Competitions

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overall

Competition Started round Final position / round First match Last match
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira Final Runners-up 11 August 2007
Primeira Liga 1st 18 August 2007 10 May 2008
Taça de Portugal Fourth round Runners-up 7 December 2007 18 May 2008
Taça da Liga Third round Third round 26 September 2007
UEFA Champions League Group stage First knockout round 18 September 2007 5 March 2008

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

11 August 2007 Porto 0–1 Sporting CP Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria
21:00 WEST (Report) Izmailov 75' Attendance: 21,863
Referee: Bruno Paixão (Setúbal)

Taça de Portugal

7 December 2007 4 Chaves 0–2 Porto Estádio Municipal de Chaves, Chaves
19:30 WET (Report) Postiga 53'
Adriano 90+2'		 Referee: Elmano Santos (Madeira)
19 January 2008 5 Porto 2–0 Desportivo das Aves Estádio do Dragão, Porto
WET (Report) Farías 31'
Quaresma 90+4'		 Attendance: 20,319
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)
10 February 2008 6 Sertanense 0–4 Porto Campo de Jogos Doutor Marques dos Santos, Sertã
WET (Report) Sektioui 8'
Farías 36', 49'
Kaźmierczak 45'		 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Setúbal)
27 February 2008 QF Porto 1–0 Gil Vicente Estádio do Dragão, Porto
WET Sektioui 22' (Report) Attendance: 12,117
Referee: Paulo Pereira (Viana do Castelo)
15 April 2008 SF Vitória de Setúbal 0–3 Porto Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal
20:30 WEST (Report) Jorginho 37' (o.g.)
L. González 51', 60'		 Referee: Pedro Proença
18 May 2008 F Porto 0–2 (a.e.t.) Sporting CP Estádio Nacional, Oeiras
17:00 WEST (Report) Tiuí 111', 117' Attendance: 37,600
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Leiria)

Taça da Liga

26 September 2007 3 Fátima 0–0
(4–2 p)		 Porto Estádio Municipal de Fátima, Fátima
19:15 WET (Report) Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)
Penalties
Xavier soccer ball with check mark
Saleiro soccer ball with check mark
Moreira soccer ball with check mark
Marinho soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark João Paulo
soccer ball with check mark Lima
soccer ball with red X Lino
soccer ball with red X M. González

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Portugal Porto 6 3 2 1 8 7 +1 11 Advance to knockout stage
2 England Liverpool 6 3 1 2 18 5 +13 10
3 France Marseille 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Turkey Beşiktaş 6 2 0 4 4 15 −11 6
Source: RSSSF
18 September 2007 1 Porto Portugal 1–1 England Liverpool Porto
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) L. González 8' (pen.) Report Kuyt 17' Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 41,208
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
3 October 2007 2 Beşiktaş Turkey 0–1 Portugal Porto Istanbul
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Quaresma 90+2' Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium
Attendance: 19,795
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)
24 October 2007 3 Marseille France 1–1 Portugal Porto Marseille
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Niang 70' Report L. González 79' (pen.) Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 46,458
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
6 November 2007 4 Porto Portugal 2–1 France Marseille Porto
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Sektioui 27'
López 78'		 Report Niang 47' Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 42,217
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
28 November 2007 5 Liverpool England 4–1 Portugal Porto Liverpool
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Torres 19', 78'
Gerrard 84' (pen.)
Crouch 87'		 Report López 33' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 41,095
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
11 December 2007 6 Porto Portugal 2–0 Turkey Beşiktaş Porto
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) L. González 44'
Quaresma 62'		 Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 39,608
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

Round of 16

19 February 2008 1st leg Schalke 04 Germany 1–0 Portugal Porto Gelsenkirchen
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Kurányi 4' Report Stadium: Arena AufSchalke
Attendance: 53,951
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)
5 March 2008 2nd leg Porto Portugal 1–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–1 agg.)
(1–4 p)		 Germany Schalke 04 Porto
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) López 86' Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 45,316
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Penalties
L. González soccer ball with check mark
Alves soccer ball with red X
López soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark Rafinha
soccer ball with check mark Rakitić
soccer ball with check mark Altıntop
soccer ball with check mark Jones

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