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.[1] 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
ChairmanJorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
ManagerVítor Pereira
Primeira Liga1st
Taça de PortugalFourth round
Taça da LigaSemi-finals
Supertaça Cândido de OliveiraWinners
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 32
UEFA Super CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Hulk (16)
All:
Hulk (21)

Squad

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Brazil BRA Helton
2 DF Brazil BRA Danilo
3 MF Argentina ARG Lucho González
4 DF Brazil BRA Maicon
5 DF Uruguay URU Álvaro Pereira
6 MF Colombia COL Fredy Guarín
7 FW Argentina ARG Fernando Belluschi
8 MF Portugal POR João Moutinho
10 MF Uruguay URU Cristian Rodríguez
11 FW Brazil BRA Kléber
12 FW Brazil BRA Hulk
13 DF Uruguay URU Jorge Fucile
14 DF Portugal POR Rolando
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Portugal POR Emídio Rafael
16 DF Portugal POR Henrique Sereno
17 FW Portugal POR Silvestre Varela
18 FW Brazil BRA Walter
19 FW Colombia COL James Rodríguez
20 MF Angola ANG Djalma
21 DF Romania ROU Cristian Săpunaru
22 DF France FRA Eliaquim Mangala
23 MF Brazil BRA Souza
25 MF Brazil BRA Fernando
26 DF Brazil BRA Alex Sandro
29 FW Austria AUT Marc Janko
30 DF Argentina ARG Nicolás Otamendi
31 GK Brazil BRA Rafael Bracalli
35 MF Belgium BEL Steven Defour
58 FW France FRA Thibaut Vion

Squad changes in 2011–12

In

Out

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Portugal POR Hugo Ventura (to Olhanense)
— DF Senegal SEN Abdoulaye Ba (to Académica)
— DF Portugal POR André Pinto (to Olhanense)
— DF Portugal POR Ivo Pinto (to União de Leiria)
— MF Portugal POR Pedro Moreira (to Gil Vicente)
— MF Portugal POR Edú (to Trofense)
— MF Portugal POR Sérgio Oliveira (to Mechelen)
— DF Portugal POR Henrique Sereno (to 1. FC Köln)
— MF Brazil BRA Soares (to Recreativo de Huelva)
— DF Portugal POR Miguel Lopes (to Braga)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Portugal POR Ukra (to Braga)
— MF Brazil BRA Kelvin (to Rio Ave)
— MF Portugal POR André Castro (to Sporting Gijón)
— MF Ghana GHA Christian Atsu (to Rio Ave)
— MF Portugal POR David Bruno (to Trofense)
— GK Poland POL Paweł Kieszek (to Roda JC)
— DF Ghana GHA David Addy (to Panetolikos)
— MF Colombia COL Fredy Guarín (to Internazionale)
— MF Argentina ARG Fernando Belluschi (to Genoa)

Competitions

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

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
Main article: 2011 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
Main article: 2011 UEFA Super Cup
26 August 2011 Final Barcelona Spain 2–0 Portugal 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.)[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 Yellow card 41'
Moutinho Yellow card 43'
González Yellow card 47'
Janko 51'
Săpunaru Yellow card 52'		 Summary Camará Yellow card 15'
Dias Yellow card 32'
Bura Yellow card 35'		 Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 33,412
Referee: Bruno Esteves
29 April 2012 28 Marítimo 0–2 Porto Funchal
20:15 Rafael Yellow card 20' Yellow-red card 89'
Ferreira Yellow card 32'
Robson Yellow card 48'
Benachour Yellow card 67'
Olberdam Yellow card 70'
Héldon Yellow card 84'		 Summary Hulk 16' (pen.), 89' (pen.), Yellow card 74'
Alex Sandro Yellow card 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 Yellow card 14'
Moutinho Yellow card 41'
Fernando Yellow card 43' Yellow-red card 90+2'
González Yellow card 49'
Hulk 82' (pen.), 89', Yellow card 83'		 Summary Carrillo Yellow card 16'
Onyewu Yellow card 20' Yellow-red card 67'
Polga Red card 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', Yellow card 74'		 Report Djalma 14', Yellow card 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
Cyprus APOEL 62316609
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 623175+29
Portugal Porto 62227708
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 612368−25
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
Cyprus APOEL 211021+14
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 201112−11
13 September 2011 1 Porto Portugal 2–1 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Porto, Portugal
20:45 Hulk 28'
Pereira Yellow card 34'
Kléber 51'		 Report Luiz Adriano 12', Yellow card 27'
Chyhrynskyi Yellow card 31' Yellow-red card 80'
Srna Yellow card 34'
Rakytskiy Red card 40'		 Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 36,612
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
28 September 2011 2 Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 3–1 Portugal Porto Saint Petersburg, Russia
18:00 Shirokov 20', 63'
Hubočan Yellow card 61'
Danny 72'		 Report J. Rodríguez 10'
Fucile Yellow card 25' Yellow-red card 45+1'
Otamendi Yellow card 62'
Belluschi Yellow card 69'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 21,450
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
19 October 2011 3 Porto Portugal 1–1 Cyprus APOEL Porto, Portugal
20:45 Hulk 13', Yellow card 90+4'
Otamendi Yellow card 29'
Kléber Yellow card 45+2'
Rolando Yellow card 49'
J. Rodríguez Yellow card 54'
Săpunaru Yellow card 73'
Pereira Yellow card 78'
Guarín Yellow card 84'		 Report Aílton 19'
Pinto Yellow card 27'
Tričkovski Yellow card 47'
Kaká Yellow card 84'		 Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 32,512
Referee: Antony Gautier (France)
1 November 2011 4 APOEL Cyprus 2–1 Portugal Porto Nicosia, Cyprus
20:45 Aílton 42' (pen.)
Poursaitidis Yellow card 62'
Manduca Yellow card 76', 90'
Charalambidis Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Varela Yellow card 3'
Mangala Yellow card 42'
Hulk 89' (pen.)		 Stadium: GSP Stadium
Attendance: 22,301
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
23 November 2011 5 Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 0–2 Portugal Porto Donetsk, Ukraine
20:45 Eduardo Yellow card 50'
Jádson Yellow card 65'
Kobin Yellow card 75'		 Report J. Rodríguez Yellow card 35'
Hulk 79'
Raț 90+2' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Donbass Arena
Attendance: 42,565
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
6 December 2011 6 Porto Portugal 0–0 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg Porto, Portugal
20:45 Helton Yellow card 38'
Otamendi Yellow card 48'
Hulk Yellow card 71'		 Report Anyukov Yellow card 28'
Fayzulin Yellow card 40'
Malafeev Yellow card 76'		 Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 46,512
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

References
  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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