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.[9]

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.[12]
  • 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.[13]
Jorge Fucile (left) and Vieirinha (right) compete for the ball during the Porto–Leixões fixture on 29 October 2007.

July

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.[31]

October

  • 29: The Azuis e Brancos defeat Leixões, 3–0 in game week 8 to win their eighth consecutive league game of the campaign.[32]

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.[33]

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.[34]

February

April

Pre-season and friendlies

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Matches

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)
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
Saleiro
Moreira
Marinho
João Paulo
Lima
Lino
M. González

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

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

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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