2007–08 FC Porto season

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
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]

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 edit

2007-2008 Season edit

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   GK 2005 (1978-05-18)18 May 1978 (aged 30)   União de Leiria 0 0
0 Mariano Gonzalez   GK 2008 (1981-05-05)5 May 1981 (aged 27)   US Palermo 0 0
0 Nuno Espirito Santo   GK 1974 (1974-01-25)25 January 1974 (aged 34)   Desportivo Aves 0 0
0 Hugo Ventura   GK 2007 (1988-01-14)14 January 1988 (aged 20)   Porto Academy 0 0
Defenders
0 Milan Stepanov   CB 2004 (1983-04-02)2 April 1983 (aged 25)   Trabzonspor 0 0
0 Pedro Emanuel   CB 2002 (1975-02-11)11 February 1975 (aged 33)   Boavista 0 0
0 Marek Čech   LB 2005 (1983-01-26)26 January 1983 (aged 25)   Sparta Prague 0 0
0 José Bosingwa   RB 2003 (1982-08-24)24 August 1982 (aged 25)   Boavista 0 0
0 Jorge Fucile   RB 2006 (1984-11-19)19 November 1984 (aged 23)   Liverpool de Montevideo 0 0
0 Bruno Alves (VC)   CB 2001 (1981-11-27)27 November 1981 (aged 26)   Porto Academy 0 0
0 Lino   LB 2007 (1977-06-01)1 June 1977 (aged 30)   Académica de Coimbra 0 0
0 Andre Pinto   CB 2006 (1989-10-05)5 October 1989 (aged 18)   Porto Academy 0 0
0 João Paulo   CB 2006 (1981-06-06)6 June 1981 (aged 26)   União de Leiria 0 0
Midfielders
0 Przemyslaw Kazmierczak   DM 2007 (1982-05-05)5 May 1982 (aged 26)   Pogon Szczecin 0 0
0 Lucho González (C)   CM / AM 2005 (1981-01-19)19 January 1981 (aged 27)   River Plate 0 0
0 Raul Meireles   CM 2004 (1983-03-17)17 March 1983 (aged 25)   Boavista 0 0
0 Paulo Assunção   DM 2004 (1980-01-25)25 January 1980 (aged 28)   Nacional 0 0
0 André Castro   CM 2007 (1988-04-02)2 April 1988 (aged 20)   Porto Academy 0 0
Forwards
0 Ricardo Quaresma   LW / RW 2004 (1983-09-26)26 September 1983 (aged 24)   Barcelona 0 0
0 Lisandro López   CF 2005 (1983-03-02)2 March 1983 (aged 25)   Racing Club 0 0
0 Tarik Sektioui   LW / RW 2006 (1977-05-13)13 May 1977 (aged 31)   AZ 0 0
0 Leandro Lima   AM 2007 (1986-01-24)24 January 1986 (aged 22)   São Caetano 0 0
0 Ernesto Farias   CF 2007 (1980-05-29)29 May 1980 (aged 27)   River Plate 0 0
0 Edgar   CF 2007 (1979-01-03)3 January 1979 (aged 29)   Marítimo 0 0
0 Rabiola   CF 2007 (1989-07-25)25 July 1989 (aged 18)   Vitória S.C. 0 0
0 Hélder Postiga   CF 2004 (1982-08-02)2 August 1982 (aged 25)   Tottenham Hotspur 0 0
0 Adriano   CF 2006 (1979-01-03)3 January 1979 (aged 29)   Cruzeiro 0 0
0 Bruno Moraes   CF 2003 (1984-07-07)7 July 1984 (aged 23)   Santos 0 0

Key events edit

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

May edit

June edit

  • 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 edit

 
Tarik Sektioui (left) in action for Porto against Benfica on 1 December 2007.

August edit

September edit

  • 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 edit

  • 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 edit

December edit

  • 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 edit

  • 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 edit

March edit

April edit

May edit

Pre-season and friendlies edit

Legend edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Matches edit

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 edit

Legend edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overall edit

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 edit

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 edit

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)
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)
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 edit

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  
Saleiro  
Moreira  
Marinho  
  João Paulo
  Lima
  Lino
  M. González

UEFA Champions League edit

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Porto 6 3 2 1 8 7 +1 11 Advance to knockout stage
2   Liverpool 6 3 1 2 18 5 +13 10
3   Marseille 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4   Beşiktaş 6 2 0 4 4 15 −11 6
Source: RSSSF
18 September 2007 1 Porto   1–1   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   0–1   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   1–1   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   2–1   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   4–1   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   2–0   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 edit

19 February 2008 1st leg Schalke 04   1–0   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   1–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–1 agg.)
(1–4 p)
  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  
Alves  
López  
  Rafinha
  Rakitić
  Altıntop
  Jones

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