2009–10 FC Porto season

Porto

2009–10 season
Chairman	Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
Manager	Jesualdo Ferreira
Liga Sagres	3rd
Millennium Cup	Semi-finals
Carlsberg Cup	Final
SuperCup	Winners
Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Radamel Falcao (25) All: Radamel Falcao (34)
Home colours Away colours
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The 2009–10 season is Futebol Clube do Porto's 76th season in the Portuguese Liga, officially known as the Liga Sagres for sponsorship reasons. Porto won their fourth consecutive title last season and will be aiming to match their national record of winning five titles in a row. They are also the current Portuguese Cup holders after beating Paços de Ferreira 1–0 last season at the Estádio do Jamor.

Club

Kit

Supplier: Nike
Sponsor(s): tmn, meo, Super Bock

Home

Away

Gk Home

Gk Away

Last updated: 20 July 2009.
Source: FCPorto.pt

Other Information

Public Affairs	Rui Cerqueira
Club Ambassador	Vítor Baía
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Estádio do Dragão (50,818 / 105m x 68m)

Source:

Squad

Players

As of 3 February 2009. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Helton 2 DF Bruno Alves (captain) 3 MF Raul Meireles 6 MF Fredy Guarín 7 MF Fernando Belluschi 8 MF Diego Valeri 9 FW Radamel Falcao 10 MF Cristian Rodríguez 11 MF Mariano González 12 FW Hulk 13 DF Jorge Fucile 14 DF Rolando 15 DF Álvaro Pereira

No. Position Player 16 DF Maicon 17 FW Silvestre Varela 18 DF Nuno André Coelho 19 FW Ernesto Farías 20 MF Tomás Costa 22 DF Miguel Lopes 23 DF David Addy 24 GK Beto 25 MF Fernando 28 MF Rúben Micael 29 FW Orlando Sá 33 GK Nuno

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2009	DF	Miguel Lopes	Rio Ave	€0.6M (50%)
1 July 2009	FW	Silvestre Varela	Estrela da Amadora	Free
1 July 2009	FW	Orlando Sá	Braga	Undisclosed
1 July 2009	DF	Maicon	Nacional	€1.1M
1 July 2009	DF	Álvaro Pereira	CFR Cluj	€4.5M (80%)
1 July 2009	GK	Beto	Leixões	€750,000
6 July 2009	MF	Fernando Belluschi	Olympiacos	€5M (50%)
15 July 2009	FW	Radamel Falcao	River Plate	€3.93M (60%)
15 July 2009	MF	Diego Valeri	Lanús	€2.3M (loan)
23 July 2009	MF	Sebastián Prediguer	Colón	€3.3M
18 January 2010	MF	Rúben Micael	Nacional	€3.4M
1 February 2010	DF	David Addy	Randers

Total spending: €24.9 million

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
6 July 2008	MF	Paulo Assunção	Atlético Madrid	€3.5M
30 June 2009	MF	Diego	Juventus	€0.25M (1%)
30 June 2009	MF	Paulo Machado	Toulouse	€3.5M
30 June 2009	DF	Pedro Emanuel	Unattached	Retired
30 June 2009	MF	Tarik Sektioui	Ajman Club	Free
30 June 2009	MF	Lucho González	Marseille	€18M (€6M bonus)
7 July 2009	FW	Lisandro López	Lyon	€24M (€4M bonus)
11 July 2009	MF	Bruno Gama	Rio Ave	Free
11 July 2009	MF	Vieirinha	PAOK	€0.3M
15 July 2009	MF	Ibson	Spartak Moscow	€5M
17 July 2009	GK	Ruca	Marítimo	Free
18 July 2009	DF	Aly Cissokho	Lyon	€15M
22 July 2009	MF	Przemysław Kaźmierczak	Vitória de Setúbal	Free
4 August 2009	DF	João Paulo	Le Mans	€1.5M
18 August 2009	FW	Ivanildo	Portimonense	Free
24 August 2009	FW	Adriano	Braga	Free
18 January 2010	MF	Mario Bolatti	Fiorentina	€3.5M

Total income: €74.55M

Loan out

Date From	Date To	Pos.	Name	Moving To
1 July 2009	30 June 2010	FW	Rui Pedro	Gil Vicente
6 July 2009	30 June 2010	DF	Tengarrinha	Olhanense
6 July 2009	30 June 2010	MF	Hugo Ventura	Olhanense
6 July 2009	30 June 2010	MF	André Castro	Olhanense
6 July 2009	30 June 2010	FW	Rabiola	Olhanense
7 July 2009	30 June 2010	DF	André Pinto	Vitória de Setúbal
10 July 2009	30 June 2010	DF	Nuno Coelho	Villarreal
10 July 2009	30 June 2010	MF	Daniel Candeias	Recreativo de Huelva
16 July 2009	30 June 2010	MF	Hélder Barbosa	Vitória de Setúbal
20 July 2009	30 June 2010	MF	Pelé	Real Valladolid
31 January 2010	30 June 2010	FW	Wason Rentería	Braga
22 July 2009	30 June 2010	MF	Pitbull	Marítimo
25 July 2009	30 June 2010	DF	Milan Stepanov	Málaga
17 August 2009	30 June 2010	DF	Nelson Benítez	Leixões
31 January 2010	30 June 2010	DF	Cristian Săpunaru	Rapid București
27 January 2010	30 June 2010	MF	Sebastián Prediguer	Boca Juniors

Statistics

Squad Stats

Last updated on 22 February 2010.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Liga Sagres		Champions League		Millennium Cup		Carlsberg Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Helton	25	-17	19+0	-14	6+0	-3	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF		Bruno Alves	29	4	19+0	3	7+0	1	2+0	0	1+0	0
3	MF		Raul Meireles	26	2	17+0	1	7+0	0	2+0	1	0+0	0
6	MF		Fredy Guarín	24	0	2+11	0	2+4	0	0+1	0	2+2	0
7	MF		Fernando Belluschi	24	2	15+2	1	3+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	1
8	MF		Diego Valeri	13	0	0+6	0	1+1	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
9	FW		Radamel Falcao	42	34	28	25	8	4	5	5	0+1	0
10	MF		Cristian Rodríguez	22	3	7+6	2	5+0	0	3+0	1	0+1	0
11	MF		Mariano González	27	3	11+4	1	3+1	0	2+2	1	4+0	1
12	FW		Hulk	21	7	12+1	2	6+1	3	1+0	2	0+0	0
13	DF		Jorge Fucile	27	1	19+0	0	4+0	0	3+0	1	1+0	0
14	DF		Rolando	29	5	19+0	2	6+0	1	3+0	2	1+0	0
15	DF		Álvaro Pereira	31	1	18+0	1	7+0	0	3+0	0	2+1	0
16	DF		Maicon	10	0	2+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	3+1	0
17	FW		Silvestre Varela	24	11	12+3	8	2+2	1	3+0	1	1+1	1
18	DF		Nuno André Coelho	5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
19	FW		Ernesto Farías	22	7	3+12	5	0+4	0	1+1	2	1+0	0
20	MF		Tomás Costa	19	1	2+8	1	1+2	0	1+1	0	4+0	0
21	DF		Cristian Săpunaru	9	0	4+1	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF		Miguel Lopes	7	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
24	GK		Beto	6	-6	1+0	-1	1+0	-1	4+0	-4	0+0	0
25	MF		Fernando	27	0	18+0	0	6+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
26	MF		Sebastián Prediguer	3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
28	MF		Rúben Micael	8	0	4+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
29	FW		Orlando Sá	7	1	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	2+2	1
33	GK		Nuno	4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
45	MF		Sérgio Oliveira	3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+3	0
	DF		David Addy	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Top scorers

Last updated on 22 February

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Liga Sagres	Champions League	Millenium Cup	Carlsberg Cup	Total
1		9	Radamel Falcao	16	4	3	0	23
2		17	Silvestre Varela	8	1	1	1	11
3		12	Hulk	2	3	2	0	7
=		19	Ernesto Farías	5	0	2	0	7
5		14	Rolando	2	1	2	0	5
6		2	Bruno Alves	3	1	0	0	4
/	/	/	Own goals	3	1	0	0	4

Disciplinary record

Last updated on 22 February

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Liga Sagres		Champions League		Millennium Cup		Carlsberg Cup		Total
GK		1	Helton	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF		2	Bruno Alves	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
MF		3	Raul Meireles	6	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	9	0
MF		6	Fredy Guarín	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
FW		9	Radamel Falcao	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
MF		10	Cristian Rodríguez	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	4	1
MF		11	Mariano González	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
FW		12	Hulk	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
DF		13	Jorge Fucile	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
DF		14	Rolando	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
DF		15	Álvaro Pereira	5	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	9	0
DF		16	Maicon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF		17	Silvestre Varela	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
MF		20	Tomás Costa	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
DF		21	Cristian Săpunaru	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF		22	Miguel Lopes	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
GK		24	Beto	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF		25	Fernando	6	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	11	1
MF		28	Rúben Micael	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
			TOTALS	42	1	12	2	11	1	4	0	69	4

Start formations

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)
12	4-3-3	1-10 Liga Sagres, 1-3 UEFA Champions League, 1 Millennium Cup

Last updated: 24 November
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Starting 11

No. Pos Nat Name MS Notes 1 GK Helton 25 13 DF Fucile 27 2 DF Bruno Alves 29 14 DF Rolando 29 15 DF Álvaro 30 27 MF Fernando 24 3 MF R. Meireles 26 7 MF Belluschi 21 Rúben Micael has 7 starts 12 FW Hulk 19 9 FW Falcao 26 11 FW Mariano 20 Varela has 18 starts

Helton Fucile Bruno Alves Rolando Álvaro R. Meireles Fernando Rúben Micael Falcao Mariano Hulk

Last updated: 2010-02-10
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Pre-season

Fixtures

Game	Date	Competition	Venue	Opponent	Result F–A	Attendance	Man of the Match
1	11 July	Friendly	CTFD PortoGaia	Tourizense	3 – 1	0	Hulk
2	15 July	Friendly	Municipal de Aveiro	Leixões	3 – 1	13,032	Hulk
3	18 July	Friendly	Estádio do Dragão	Monaco	3 – 0	38,211	Pereira
4	23 July	Friendly	Municipal de Albufeira	Dinamo Bucureşti	1 – 0	6,000	Varela
5	27 July	Peace Cup	Nuevo Colombino	Lyon	0 – 2		Hulk
6	29 July	Peace Cup	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	Beşiktaş	0 – 0
7	31 July	Peace Cup	La Rosaleda	Aston Villa	1 – 2
8	9 August	SuperCup	Municipal de Aveiro	Paços de Ferreira	2 – 0	15,722	Farías

Peace Cup

Group

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Porto 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 4 Beşiktaş 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 Lyon 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 1

Porto Beşiktaş Lyon Porto – - 2-0 Beşiktaş 0-0 – – Lyon - 1–1 –

Semi-final

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Super Cup	—	—	Winners	9 August
Liga Sagres	—	3rd		13 August	9 May
UEFA Champions League	Group stage	Round of 16		15 September
Millennium Cup	Third Round	Semi Finals		17 October
Carlsberg Cup	Third Round	Final		5 January	20 March

Last updated: 10 February
Source: Competitions

SuperCup

       See also: Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Liga Sagres

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Benfica !Benfica	23	18	4	1	60	12	+48	58	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Braga !Braga	23	17	4	2	34	14	+20	55	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3	Porto !Porto	23	14	5	4	47	21	+26	47	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
4	Sporting CP !Sporting CP	23	10	8	5	30	17	+13	38	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
5	Vitória de Guimarães !Vitória de Guimarães	23	9	6	8	24	25	−1	33

Updated to games played on 15 March 2010.
Source: Liga Sagres (Liga Portugal)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
The winner of the 2009–10 Taça de Portugal will earn a place in the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

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
20	13	4	3	43	15	+28	43	9	2	0	28	9	+19	4	2	3	15	6	+9

Last updated: 22 February.
Source: Liga Sagres

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W
Position	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Last updated: 7 February.
Source: Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

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UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Chelsea	6	4	2	0	11	4	+7	14
Porto	6	4	0	2	8	3	+5	12
Atlético Madrid	6	0	3	3	3	12	−9	3
APOEL	6	0	3	3	4	7	−3	3

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First knockout round

First leg

Second leg

Arsenal advances 6–2 on aggregate.

Millennium Cup

Third Round

Fourth Round

Fifth Round

Quarter-finals

Semi Finals

First leg

Second leg

Carlsberg Cup

Third Round

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Porto 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7 Académica 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7 Leixões 3 0 1 2 1 3 –2 1 Estoril 3 0 1 2 2 5 –3 1

Porto Leixões Estoril Académica Porto – 1–0 – – Leixões – – – 0–1 Estoril 2–0 1–1 – – Académica 0–0 – 2–1 –

Semi Final

Final

External links

• FC Porto official website
• UEFA Champions League
• Portal dos Dragões
• Social networking for FC Porto fans
• FCPorto-videos.net