2006–07 FC Porto season

Porto
2006–07 season
Chairman	Pinto da Costa
Manager	Co Adriaanse; (until 9 August 2006); Rui Barros; (caretaker); Jesualdo Ferreira; (from 18 August 2006)
Stadium	Estádio do Dragão
Primeira Liga	1st
Taça de Portugal	Fourth round
UEFA Champions League	First knockout round
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Adriano (11); All: Adriano and Lucho González (12)
Highest home attendance	50,223 vs Benfica; (15 October 2006)
Lowest home attendance	26,309 vs Estrela da Amadora; (3 February 2007)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2005–06 2007–08 ⊟

The 2006–07 season was Futebol Clube do Porto's 96th competitive season, 73rd consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, and 113th year in existence as a football club.

Porto's victory in the 2005–06 Primeira Liga, qualified them for the 2006 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira and the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League group stage. Porto won their first piece of silverware of the season by winning the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira against Vitória de Setúbal.^[3] Jesualdo Ferreira would be appointed as manager shortly afterwards, after Rui Barros had been appointed caretaker manager after Dutch coach Co Adriaanse left the club in August.^[4]

The Dragões would progress through the Champions League group stage by finishing second in their group behind Arsenal. The Portistas would be eliminated in the following round, the first knockout round, by English side Chelsea who were led at the time by former Porto coach José Mourinho. Porto were defeated 3–2 on aggregate over two legs.^[5]^[6]

In the last game of the league season, the Azuis e Brancos would claim a twenty-second league title after a 4–1 home victory over Desportivo das Aves.^[7]

Key events

July

10: Portuguese center forward Hugo Almeida joins Bundesliga side Werder Bremen on a seasons long loan.^[8]
13: Porto announce the signings of Moroccan winger Tarik Sektioui and Brazilian full back Ezequias.^[9]
22: Porto draw 2–2 with Dutch side Groningen in a pre-season game held in the Netherlands.^[10]
27: A Bruno Moraes goal grants Porto victory over Dutch side Heracles Almelo in a pre-season friendly game.^[11]
28: Premier League side Blackburn Rovers announce the signing of South African striker Benni McCarthy for €3.7 million.^[12]
30: In Porto's official presentation to its members of their 2006–07 squad, the Dragões defeat Italian side Roma, 1–0.^[13]^[14]

August

9: Porto announce Co Adriaanse's resignation as manager,^[15] with assistant coach Rui Barros being appointed as caretaker coach.
18: The Portistas confirm the appointment of Jesualdo Ferreira as manager, with immediate effect.^[4]
19: Porto claim a fifteenth Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, after defeating Vitória de Setúbal 3–0, thanks to second half goals from Adriano, Anderson and Vieirinha.^[3]
24: Porto draws Arsenal, CSKA Moscow and Hamburg in the Champions League draw.^[16]
25: Porto win their first league game of the season, by claiming a 2–1 home win over União de Leiria at the Estádio do Dragão.^[17] Adriano and Ricardo Quaresma scored Porto's goals.
31: On the last day of the transfer window, Porto sign Uruguayan full back Jorge Fucile from Liverpool de Montevideo.^[18] The arrival of Fucile sees the departure of César Peixoto to Spanish side RCD Espanyol on a seasons long loan.^[19]

September

10: Porto win their second league game of the season, after defeating Estrela da Amadora 3–0.^[20] The match took place at Benfica's Estádio da Luz due to Estrela's home ground Estádio José Gomes being under renovation.^[21]
13: Porto draws their opening game of the UEFA Champions League group stage. The Portistas earned a point following a goalless match with Russian side CSKA Moscow.^[22]
17: A Mário Sérgio own goal and first half strike from left back Marek Čech gives Porto a 2–0 away win over Naval 1º de Maio.^[23]
22: Goals from Hélder Postiga, Lisandro López and Tarik Sektioui sees Porto secure their fourth consecutive win in the league over Beira-Mar.^[24]
26: Porto suffer their first loss of the season after they lose 2–0 to English side Arsenal in their second UEFA Champions League group stage match.^[25] Thierry Henry and Alexander Hleb scored Arsenal's goals which granted the Gunners with three points.

October

2: Jesualdo Ferreira's side suffer their first loss of the league season, by losing 2–1 to Braga at the Estádio Municipal de Braga.^[26]
17: Goals from Lisandro López, Lucho González and Hélder Postiga gives Porto their first Champions League win of the campaign as the Dragões defeat German side Hamburger SV at the Estádio do Dragão.^[27]
22: In the first Clássico game of the season, a second-half Ricardo Quaresma goal grants Porto a draw against Sporting CP after Yannick Djaló had scored for the home side.^[28]
28: A late headed goal from Brazilian striker Bruno Moraes gives the Azuis e Brancos a 3–2 home win over rivals Benfica in Porto's second Clássico game in the space of six days.^[29]

November

1: Porto earn a second consecutive Champions League group stage win after a 3–1 away win at Hamburg's Volksparkstadion.^[30] A first half wonder strike from Lucho González, and second half goals from Lisandro López and Bruno Moraes gave Porto the three points.
21: Porto obtain a third consecutive group stage win by defeating CSKA Moscow 2–0 at the Lokomotiv Stadium. Ricardo Quaresma and Lucho González scored Porto's goals.^[31]
28: Porto draws third division side Atlético CP in the fourth round of the Taça de Portugal.^[32]

December

6: Porto draw 0–0 at home with Arsenal in the last game of the Champions League group stage, and miss out on claiming first place in Group H.^[33] The Portistas would finish the group stage campaign with eleven points.
15: Porto draws English side Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League first knockout round.^[34]
22: Porto sign Argentinean full back Lucas Mareque on a three-year contract from River Plate for €1 million.^[35]

January

25: Porto sign Colombian striker Wason Rentería from Brazilian side Internacional on an undisclosed fee.^[36]
26: A 17th-minute goal from União de Leiria's Damien Tixier inflicts on Porto a second league loss of the season.^[37]

February

21: The Azuis e Brancos tie their first leg round of 16 tie against José Mourinho's Chelsea. Porto opened the scoring through Raul Meireles on twelve minutes, but their lead was cancelled out four minutes later through Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko.^[38]

March

6: Despite an early Quaresma goal in the second leg of Porto's Champions League tie at Stamford Bridge, Ferreira's side would bow out of the competition after second half goals from Dutch winger Arjen Robben and German midfielder Michael Ballack which provided the Blues with safe passage to the quarter-finals.^[39]
11: Porto release Croatian striker Tomo Šokota after two seasons at the club.^[40]

April

May

20: A 4–1 home win over Desportivo das Aves in the last game of the league season, sees the Dragões win a 22nd Primeira Liga title.^[41]^[42]

Squads

First team squad

Stats as of the end of the 2006–07 season. Games played and goals scored only refers to appearances and goals in the Primeira Liga.

No.	Name	Position(s)	Since	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Games	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Helton	GK	2005	(1978-05-18)18 May 1978 (aged 29)	União de Leiria	41	0
24	Paulo Ribeiro	GK	2005	(1984-06-06)6 June 1984 (aged 22)	Vitória de Setúbal	0	0
99	Vítor Baía	GK	1988	(1969-10-15)15 October 1969 (aged 37)	Porto Academy	406	0
Defenders
2	Ricardo Costa	CB / LB / RB	2002	(1981-05-16)16 May 1981 (aged 26)	Porto Academy	75	3
3	Pepe	CB	2004	(1983-02-26)26 February 1983 (aged 24)	Marítimo	64	6
4	Pedro Emanuel	CB	2002	(1975-02-11)11 February 1975 (aged 32)	Boavista	95	1
5	Marek Čech	LB	2005	(1983-01-26)26 January 1983 (aged 24)	Sparta Prague	36	2
12	José Bosingwa	RB	2003	(1982-08-24)24 August 1982 (aged 24)	Boavista	83	3
13	Jorge Fucile	RB	2006	(1984-11-19)19 November 1984 (aged 22)	Liverpool de Montevideo	18	1
14	Bruno Alves (VC)	CB	2001	(1981-11-27)27 November 1981 (aged 25)	Porto Academy	35	2
15	Ezequias	CB / LB	2006	(1981-01-28)28 January 1981 (aged 26)	Académica de Coimbra	1	0
25	Lucas Mareque	LB	2006	(1983-01-12)12 January 1983 (aged 24)	River Plate	4	0
26	João Paulo	CB	2006	(1981-06-06)6 June 1981 (aged 25)	União de Leiria	3	0
Midfielders
6	Ibson	CM	2005	(1983-11-07)7 November 1983 (aged 23)	Flamengo	33	2
8	Lucho González (C)	CM / AM	2005	(1981-01-19)19 January 1981 (aged 26)	River Plate	60	19
10	Anderson	AM	2006	(1988-04-13)13 April 1988 (aged 19)	Grêmio	18	2
16	Raul Meireles	CM	2004	(1983-03-17)17 March 1983 (aged 24)	Boavista	56	5
18	Paulo Assunção	DM	2004	(1980-01-25)25 January 1980 (aged 27)	Nacional	47	0
20	Jorginho	AM	2005	(1977-05-06)6 May 1977 (aged 30)	Vitória de Setúbal	28	3
31	Diogo Valente	LM	2006	(1984-09-23)23 September 1984 (aged 22)	Boavista	1	0
35	André Castro	CM	2007	(1988-04-02)2 April 1988 (aged 19)	Porto Academy	0	0
Forwards
7	Ricardo Quaresma	LW / RW	2004	(1983-09-26)26 September 1983 (aged 23)	Barcelona	87	15
9	Lisandro López	LW / RW / CF	2005	(1983-03-02)2 March 1983 (aged 24)	Racing Club	51	14
11	Tarik Sektioui	LW / RW	2006	(1977-05-13)13 May 1977 (aged 30)	AZ	4	1
17	Vieirinha	RW	2005	(1986-01-24)24 January 1986 (aged 21)	Porto Academy	8	0
19	Tomo Šokota	CF	2005	(1977-04-08)8 April 1977 (aged 30)	Benfica	2	0
21	Alan	AM / RW	2005	(1979-09-19)19 September 1979 (aged 27)	Marítimo	28	3
22	Wason Rentería	CF	2007	(1985-07-04)4 July 1985 (aged 21)	Internacional	6	0
23	Hélder Postiga	CF	2004	(1982-08-02)2 August 1982 (aged 24)	Tottenham Hotspur	108	36
28	Adriano	CF	2006	(1979-01-03)3 January 1979 (aged 28)	Cruzeiro	33	18
29	Bruno Moraes	CF	2003	(1984-07-07)7 July 1984 (aged 22)	Santos	17	2

Pre-season and friendlies

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Matches

18 July 2006 Netherlands Tour	Rhoda	0 – 6	Porto
		(Report)	Jorginho 12' Ibson 14' Meireles 18' Adriano 22' McCarthy 77', 88'

22 July 2006 Netherlands Tour	Groningen	2 – 2	Porto	Groningen
19:00 CET	Nevland 13', 64'	(Report)	Adriano 60' Bosingwa 90 2'	Stadium: Euroborg Referee: Roelof Luinge

27 July 2006 Netherlands Tour	Heracles Almelo	0 – 1	Porto	Oldenzaal
19:00 CET		(Report)	Moraes 40'	Stadium: Sportpark Vondersweijde Referee: Björn Kuipers

30 July 2006 Friendly	Porto	1 – 0	Roma	Porto
	Mexès 39' (o.g.)	(Report)		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão

4 August 2006 Amsterdam Tournament	Manchester United	3 – 1	Porto	Amsterdam
19:00 CET	Scholes 11' Rooney 19' Solskjær 73'	(Report)	Pepe 76'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Referee: Ruud Bossen

5 August 2006 Amsterdam Tournament	Inter Milan	3 – 2	Porto	Amsterdam
19:00 CET	Pizarro 7' Martins 8', 38'	(Report)	Adriano 80' Čech 90'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Referee: Kevin Blom

10 August 2006 England Tour	Portsmouth	1 – 2	Porto	Portsmouth
19:45 WEST	Todorov 22'	(Report)	López 11' Primus 56' (o.g.)	Stadium: Fratton Park

12 August 2006 England Tour	Manchester City	0 – 1	Porto	Manchester
15:00 WEST		(Report)	Adriano 42'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: Andre Marriner

Competitions

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	Final	Winners	19 August 2006
Primeira Liga		1st	25 August 2006	20 May 2007
Taça de Portugal	4th round	4th round	7 January 2007
UEFA Champions League	Group stage	First knockout round	13 September 2006	6 March 2007

Competition record

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primeira Liga	30	22	3	5	65	20	45	073.33
Taça de Portugal	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	100.00
UEFA Champions League	8	3	3	2	11	7	4	037.50
Total	40	26	6	8	79	28	51	065.00

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

19 August 2006	Porto	3 – 0	Vitória de Setúbal	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria
21:00 WEST	Adriano 53' Anderson 74' Vieirinha 89'	(Report)		Attendance: 8,890 Referee: Pedro Proença

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto (C)	30	22	3	5	65	20	45	69	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Sporting CP	30	20	8	2	54	15	39	68	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Benfica	30	20	7	3	55	20	35	67	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Braga	30	14	8	8	35	30	5	50	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Belenenses	30	15	4	11	36	29	7	49	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	22	3	5	65	20	45	69	13	0	2	38	9	29	9	3	3	27	11	16

Last updated: 20 May 2007.
Source: ZeroZero

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	W
Position	5	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2007. Source: ZeroZero
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

25 August 2006 1	Porto	2 – 1	União de Leiria	Porto
21:30 WET	Adriano 20' Quaresma 46'	(Report)	Sougou 68'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 40,728 Referee: Duarte Gomes

10 September 2006 2	Estrela da Amadora	0 – 3	Porto	Lisbon
19:15 WET		(Report)	Duarte 55' (o.g.) Meireles 81' González 89'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Elmano Santos

17 September 2006 3	Naval 1º de Maio	0 – 2	Porto	Figueira da Foz
21:15 WET		(Report)	Marek Čech 10' Mário Sérgio 25' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa Attendance: 2,515 Referee: Carlos Xistra

22 September 2006 4	Porto	3 – 0	Beira-Mar	Porto
19:15 WET	Postiga 53' López 78' Sektioui 90'	(Report)		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 31,423 Referee: Olegário Benquerença

2 October 2006 5	Braga	2 – 1	Porto	Braga
21:15 WET	Marcel 24' Luís Filipe 55'	(Report)	Postiga 42'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 13,740 Referee: Lucílio Batista

14 October 2006 6	Porto	3 – 0	Marítimo	Porto
19:15 WET	Postiga 34', 84' González 62' (pen.)	(Report)		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 33,023 Referee: Bruno Paixão

22 October 2006 7	Sporting CP	1 – 1	Porto	Lisbon
20:30 WET	Djaló 42'	(Report)	Quaresma 47'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 37,136 Referee: Pedro Proença

28 October 2006 8	Porto	3 – 2	Benfica	Porto
19:45 WET	López 11' Quaresma 21' Moraes 90 2'	(Report)	Katsouranis 62' Nuno Gomes 81'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 50,223 Referee: Lucílio Batista

6 November 2006 9	Vitória de Setúbal	0 – 3	Porto	Setúbal
21:15 WET	López 4' Postiga 6' Quaresma 77'	(Report)		Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Referee: Duarte Gomes

18 November 2006 10	Porto	2 – 1	Académica de Coimbra	Porto
21:15 WET	Postiga 4' Pepe 6'	(Report)	Álvarez 77'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 30,207 Referee: Paulo Paraty

26 November 2006 11	Belenenses	0 – 1	Porto	Lisbon
21:15 WET		(Report)	Postiga 41'	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Referee: Olegário Benquerença

2 December 2006 12	Porto	2 – 0	Boavista	Porto
20:30 WET	Quaresma 51' Postiga 73'	(Report)		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 38,729 Referee: Elmano Santos

11 December 2006 13	Nacional	1 – 2	Porto	Funchal
19:45 WET	Zé Vítor 37'	(Report)	Moraes 74' González 88'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Referee: Paulo Costa

17 December 2006 14	Porto	4 – 0	Paços de Ferreira	Porto
19:15 WET	Pepe 25', 67' Postiga 43' González 86'	(Report)		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 38,203 Referee: João Vilas Boas

14 January 2007 15	Desportivo das Aves	0 – 2	Porto	Vila das Aves
19:15 WET		(Report)	González 8' Quaresma 90'	Stadium: Estádio do CD das Aves Referee: Hélio Santos

26 January 2007 16	União de Leiria	1 – 0	Porto	Leiria
20:30 WET	Tixier 70'	(Report)		Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Attendance: 3,385 Referee: Elmano Santos

3 February 2007 17	Porto	0 – 1	Estrela da Amadora	Porto
19:15 WET		(Report)	Anselmo 90'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 26,309 Referee: Jorge Sousa

16 February 2007 18	Porto	4 – 0	Naval 1º de Maio	Porto
20:30 WET	López 19', 47' González 35' Adriano 90'	(Report)		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 29,309 Referee: Nuno Almeida

25 February 2007 19	Beira-Mar	0 – 5	Porto	Aveiro
20:15 WET		(Report)	López 17' González 70' Meireles 74' Alan 76' Adriano 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Aveiro Attendance: 14,540 Referee: Bruno Paixão

3 March 2007 20	Porto	1 – 0	Braga	Porto
19:15 WET	Adriano 8'	(Report)		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 41,228 Referee: Olegário Benquerença

11 March 2007 21	Marítimo	1 – 2	Porto	Funchal
19:15 WET	Douglas 85'	(Report)	Adriano 17' Meireles 27'	Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Referee: João Ferreira

17 March 2007 22	Porto	0 – 1	Sporting CP	Porto
20:30 WET		(Report)	Tello 71'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 49,428 Referee: Pedro Henriques

1 April 2007 23	Benfica	1 – 1	Porto	Lisbon
20:15 WET	González 84' (o.g.)	(Report)	Pepe 41'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 62,756 Referee: Pedro Proença

6 April 2007 24	Porto	5 – 1	Vitória de Setúbal	Porto
20:00 WET	Jorginho 4' Adriano 16', 35' Postiga 20' Anderson 76'	(Report)	B. Ribeiro 61'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 40,120 Referee: Pedro Henriques

14 April 2007 25	Académica de Coimbra	1 – 2	Porto	Coimbra
21:15 WET	Lino 76' (pen.)	(Report)	Alves 42' Adriano 70'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 16,115 Referee: Carlos Xistra

22 April 2007 26	Porto	3 – 1	Belenenses	Porto
19:15 WET	Adriano 9' González 45' (pen.) Alves 85'	(Report)	Nivaldo 49'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 44,728 Referee: João Vilas Boas

28 April 2007 27	Boavista	2 – 1	Porto	Porto
21:15 WET	R. Silva 14' Zé Manel 50'	(Report)	González 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Referee: Jorge Sousa

5 May 2007 28	Porto	2 – 0	Nacional	Porto
19:15 WET	Anderson 67' Fucile 88'	(Report)		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 39,628 Referee: Cosme Machado

13 May 2007 29	Paços de Ferreira	1 – 1	Porto	Paços de Ferreira
19:15 WET	Antunes 21'	(Report)	Adriano 76'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Referee: Paulo Paraty

20 May 2007 30	Porto	4 – 1	Desportivo das Aves	Porto
19:15 WET	Adriano 26' López 52', 89' J. Ribeiro 59' (o.g.)	(Report)	Moreira 33'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 50,429 Referee: Olegário Benquerença

Taça de Portugal

7 January 2007 4	Porto	0 – 1	Atlético CP	Estádio do Dragão, Porto
15:00 WEST		(Report)	Costa 59'	Attendance: 30,126 Referee: Paulo Pereira

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Arsenal	6	3	2	1	7	3	4	11	Advance to knockout stage
2	Porto	6	3	2	1	9	4	5	11	Advance to knockout stage
3	CSKA Moscow	6	2	2	2	4	5	−1	8	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Hamburger SV	6	1	0	5	7	15	−8	3

Source: RSSSF

13 September 2006 1	Porto	0 – 0	CSKA Moscow	Porto
20:45 CET		(Report)		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø

26 September 2006 2	Arsenal	2 – 0	Porto	London
20:45 CET	Henry 38' Hleb 48'	(Report)		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Referee: Stefano Farina

17 October 2006 3	Porto	4 – 1	Hamburger SV	Porto
20:45 CET	López 14', 81' González 45' (pen.) Postiga 69'	(Report)	Trochowski 89'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Referee: Alain Hamer

1 November 2006 4	Hamburger SV	1 – 3	Porto	Hamburg
20:45 CET	Van der Vaart 63'	(Report)	González 44' López 61' Moraes 87'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Referee: Laurent Duhamel

21 November 2006 6	CSKA Moscow	0 – 2	Porto	Moscow
20:45 CET		(Report)	Quaresma 2' González 61'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Referee: Kyros Vassaras

6 December 2006 6	Porto	0 – 0	Arsenal	Porto
20:45 CET		(Report)		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Referee: Markus Merk

First knockout round

21 February 2007 First leg	Porto	1 – 1	Chelsea	Porto
20:45 CET	Meireles 12'	(Report)	Shevchenko 16'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Massimo Busacca

6 March 2007 Second leg	Chelsea	2 – 1 (3 – 2 agg.)	Porto	London
20:45 CET	Robben 48' Ballack 79'	(Report)	Quaresma 15'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 39,041 Referee: Massimo Busacca

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of the end of the 2006–07 season.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal		Supertaça		Europe
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	BRA	Helton	39	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
24	GK	POR	Paulo Ribeiro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	GK	POR	Vítor Baía	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	POR	Ricardo Costa	11	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
3	DF	BRA	Pepe	34	4	25	4	0	0	1	0	8	0
4	DF	POR	Pedro Emanuel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	SVK	Marek Čech	29	1	22	1	1	0	1	0	5	0
12	DF	POR	José Bosingwa	32	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
13	DF	URU	Jorge Fucile	25	1	18	1	1	0	0	0	6	0
14	DF	POR	Bruno Alves	36	2	28	2	0	0	0	0	8	0
15	DF	BRA	Ezequias	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	DF	ARG	Lucas Mareque	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	POR	João Paulo	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	BRA	Ibson	17	0	13	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
8	MF	ARG	Lucho González	38	12	30	9	0	0	0	0	8	3
10	MF	BRA	Anderson	19	3	15	2	0	0	1	1	3	0
16	MF	POR	Raul Meireles	34	4	25	3	1	0	1	0	7	1
18	MF	BRA	Paulo Assunção	31	0	22	0	1	0	1	0	7	0
31	MF	POR	Diogo Valente	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	POR	André Castro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	MF	POR	Ricardo Quaresma	36	8	26	6	1	0	1	0	8	2
9	FW	ARG	Lisandro López	35	11	25	8	1	0	1	0	8	3
11	FW	MAR	Tarik Sektioui	5	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	FW	POR	Vieirinha	11	1	8	0	1	0	1	1	1	0
19	FW	CRO	Tomislav Šokota	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	BRA	Jorginho	20	1	16	1	0	0	1	0	3	0
21	FW	BRA	Alan	12	1	8	1	1	0	1	0	2	0
22	FW	COL	Wason Rentería	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	POR	Hélder Postiga	31	11	24	10	0	0	0	0	7	1
28	FW	BRA	Adriano	24	12	18	11	1	0	1	1	4	0
29	FW	BRA	Bruno Moraes	19	3	12	2	1	0	0	0	6	1

Clean sheets

As of the end of the 2006–07 season.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Primeira Liga	Supertaça	Champions League	Total
1	GK	1	Helton	13	1	3	17
2	GK	99	Vítor Baía	1	0	0	1
TOTALS				14	1	3	18

Disciplinary record

As of the end of the 2006–07 season.

Rnk	Pos.	No.	Player
Rnk	Pos.	No.	Player	Primeira Liga			Taça de Portugal			Supertaça			Europe			Total
1	MF	18	Paulo Assunção	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	11	0	0
2	DF	3	Pepe	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	0	0
3	DF	14	Bruno Alves	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
4	DF	12	José Bosingwa	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
5	FW	7	Ricardo Quaresma	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	8	0	1
6	MF	16	Raul Meireles	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
7	DF	5	Marek Čech	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	MF	8	Lucho González	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	FW	9	Lisandro López	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	FW	20	Jorginho	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
11	DF	13	Jorge Fucile	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0
12	FW	23	Hélder Postiga	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
13	GK	1	Helton	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
13	FW	28	Adriano	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
15	DF	2	Ricardo Costa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	MF	6	Ibson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	MF	10	Anderson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	DF	25	Lucas Mareque	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	DF	26	João Paulo	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	MF	31	Diogo Valente	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
TOTALS				60	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	10	0	0	73	0	1

Overview

As of the end of the 2006–07 season.

Games played	40 (30 Primeira Liga, 1 Taça de Portugal, 8 UEFA Champions League, 1 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira)
Games won	26 (22 Primeira Liga, 3 UEFA Champions League, 1 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira)
Games drawn	6 (3 Primeira Liga, 3 UEFA Champions League)
Games lost	8 (5 Primeira Liga, 1 Taça de Portugal, 2 UEFA Champions League)
Goals scored	79 (65 Primeira Liga, 11 UEFA Champions League, 3 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira)
Goals conceded	28 (20 Primeira Liga, 1 Taça de Portugal, 7 UEFA Champions League)
Goal difference	51 ( 45 Primeira Liga, -1 Taça de Portugal, 4 UEFA Champions League, 3 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira)
Clean sheets	17 (13 Primeira Liga, 1 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, 3 UEFA Champions League)
Yellow cards	73 (60 Primeira Liga, 1 Taça de Portugal, 10 UEFA Champions League, 2 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira)
Red cards	1 (1 Primeira Liga)
Worst discipline	Paulo Assunção (11 )
Best result(s)	W 5 – 0 (A) v Beira-Mar – Primeira Liga – 25 February 2007
Worst result(s)	L 0 – 2 (A) v Arsenal – UEFA Champions League – 26 September 2006
Most Appearances	Helton (39 appearances)
Top scorer(s)	Adriano & Lucho González (22 goals)

References

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^ "Sektioui e Ezequias assinam" [Sektioui and Ezequias sign]. Record (in Portuguese). 13 July 2006. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
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[2] "Superliga Bwin.com – Jornada 17" [Superleague Bwin.com – Gameweek 17]. ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

[FC_Porto_3-0_V._Setúbal-3] "FC Porto 3-0 V. Setúbal". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 December 2013.

[JesualdoAppointment-4] "Dragões confirmam Jesualdo" [Dragons confirm Jesualdo]. Record (in Portuguese). 18 August 2006. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

[5] "FC Porto 1-1 Chelsea". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 December 2013.

[6] "Chelsea 2-1 FC Porto". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 December 2013.

[7] "FC Porto 4-1 Desp. Aves". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 December 2013.

[8] "Hugo Almeida emprestado" [Hugo Almeida loaned out]. Record (in Portuguese). 10 July 2006. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

[9] "Sektioui e Ezequias assinam" [Sektioui and Ezequias sign]. Record (in Portuguese). 13 July 2006. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

[10] "GRONINGEN-FC PORTO, 2-2 (Nevland 13 e 64; Adriano 60, Bosingwa 90 2)" [GRONINGEN-FC PORTO, 2-2 (Nevland 13 and 64; Adriano 60, Bosingwa 90 2)]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 July 2006. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

[11] "HERACLES-FC PORTO, 0-1 (Bruno Moraes 40)" [HERACLES-FC PORTO, 0-1 (Bruno Moraes 40)]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 July 2006. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

[12] "Blackburn confirma McCarthy por 4 épocas" [Blackburn confirm McCarthy for 4 seasons]. Record (in Portuguese). 28 July 2006. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

[13] "FC PORTO-ROMA, 1-0 (Mexès p.b. 39)" [FC PORTO-ROMA, 1-0 (Mexès o.g. 39)]. Record (in Portuguese). 30 July 2006. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

[14] "FC Porto em vantagem" [FC Porto with the advantage]. Record (in Portuguese). 31 July 2006. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

[15] "Dragões confirmam demissão de Co Adriaanse" [Dragons confirm resignation of Co Adriaanse]. Record (in Portuguese). 9 August 2006. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

[16] "Champions League draw as it happened". The Guardian. 24 August 2006. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

[17] "FC Porto 2-1 U. Leiria". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 December 2013.

[18] "Dragões confirmam Jorge Fucile" [Dragons confirm Jorge Fucile]. Record (in Portuguese). 31 August 2006. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

[19] "Espanyol apresenta César Peixoto" [Espanyol present César Peixoto]. Record (in Portuguese). 31 August 2006. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

[20] "Est. Amadora 0-3 FC Porto". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 December 2013.

[21] "Três baixas confirmadas para recepção ao FC Porto" [Three downfalls confirmed in its meeting with FC Porto]. Record (in Portuguese). 8 September 2006. Retrieved 9 December 2013.

[22] "FC Porto 0-0 CSKA Moskva". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 December 2013.

[23] "Naval 0-2 FC Porto". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 December 2013.

[24] "FC Porto 3-0 Beira-Mar". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 December 2013.

[25] "Arsenal 2-0 FC Porto". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 December 2013.

[26] "SC Braga 2-1 FC Porto". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 December 2013.

[27] "FC Porto 4-1 Hamburger SV". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 December 2013.

[28] "Sporting 1-1 FC Porto". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 December 2013.

[29] "FC Porto 3-2 Benfica". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 December 2013.

[30] "Hamburger SV 1-3 FC Porto". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 December 2013.

[31] "CSKA Moskva 0-2 FC Porto". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 December 2013.

[32] "Grandes com caminho facilitado" [Giants with an easy journey]. Record (in Portuguese). 28 November 2006. Retrieved 9 December 2013.

[33] "FC Porto 0-0 Arsenal". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 December 2013.

[34] "FC Porto reencontra José Mourinho" [FC Porto re encounters José Mourinho]. Record (in Portuguese). 15 December 2006. Retrieved 9 December 2013.

[35] "Mareque já é dragão" [Mareque is a dragon]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 December 2006. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

[36] "Rentería fechado" [Rentería is closed]. Record (in Portuguese). 25 January 2007. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

[37] "U. Leiria 1-0 FC Porto". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 December 2013.

[38] "FC Porto 1-1 Chelsea". BBC. 21 February 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2013.

[39] "Chelsea 2-1 FC Porto". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 December 2013.

[40] "Sokota vai regressar ao Dínamo Zagreb" [Sokota is going to return to Dínamo Zagreb]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 March 2007. Archived from the original on 2013-12-11. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

[41] "FC PORTO-AVES, 4-1 (Adriano 26, Lisandro 52, 89, J. Ribeiro 59 p.b; Moreira 33)" [FC PORTO-AVES, 4-1 (Adriano 26, Lisandro 52, 89, J. Ribeiro 59 p.b; Moreira 33)]. Record (in Portuguese). 20 May 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2013.

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