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
  • 7: Porto defeat third side division side Tourizense in their first pre-season game of the season. In a match which saw nine goals, the Portistas would six score of those. Porto's goals came from Adriano, Edgar, Hélder Postiga, Ricardo Quaresma and Luis Aguiar, who scored twice.[14]
  • 10: Spanish club Real Madrid sign Pepe from Porto for €30 million.[15]
  • 11: In the first game of their tour of the Netherlands, Porto thrash amateur Dutch side Sportclub Irene 10–0.[16]
  • 14: Porto follow up their thrashing of Sportclub Irene, with a 4–0 victory over second division Den Bosch to claim their third consecutive pre-season win.[17]
  • 16: Argentine midfielder Mariano González signs for the Portistas from Italian side Palermo on a season-long loan.[18]
  • 18: Belgian side Genk inflict on the Azuis e Brancos their first defeat of the pre-season campaign.[19]
  • 19: Serbian defender Milan Stepanov signs from Trabzonspor for fee of €3.4 million.[20]
  • 21: In Porto's official presentation to its members of their 2007–08 squad, the Dragões defeat French side Monaco, 2–1. Lisandro López and Hélder Postiga scored Porto's goals.[21]
  • 26: Porto win the Centenarian Atlanta Tournament after claiming two 1–0 victories over Serbian side Red Star Belgrade and tournament hosts Atalanta.[22][23]
Tarik Sektioui (left) in action for Porto against Benfica on 1 December 2007.

August
  • 3: Porto start off their last tournament of the pre-season campaign with a 0–0 draw against Feyenoord in the Rotterdam Tournament.[24]
  • 5: Porto claim a 3–0 a victory over Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua,[25] to win the Rotterdam pre-season tournament.[26]
  • 11: The Dragões begin their season with a defeat to Sporting CP in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.[27]
  • 18: Porto start off their 2007–08 league campaign with a 2–1 win away to Braga. Ricardo Quaresma's late free-kick provided the away side with the three points.[28]
  • 26: Just two weeks after losing the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira to Sporting CP, Porto defeat the Lisbon side 1–0. Raul Meireles scored Porto's only goal of the game.[29]
  • 30: Porto draws Beşiktaş, Liverpool and Marseille in the Champions League draw.[30]

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]

November

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

March

April

May

Pre-season and friendlies

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Matches
7 July 2007 FriendlyPorto6–3TourizenseOlival, Portugal
WEST Adriano
Edgar
Postiga
Aguiar ,
Quaresma 		(Report) D. Silva
Licá
Rui Miguel 		Stadium: CTFD PortoGaia
11 July 2007 Netherlands TourIrene0–10PortoTegelen, Netherlands
CET (Report) Adriano ,
Alves
Edgar
Postiga ,
López
Quaresma ,
Rentería 		Stadium: Sportpark De Bakenbos
14 July 2007 Netherlands TourDen Bosch0–4Porto's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
CET López  2'
Postiga  50' (pen.)
Rentería  72'
Sektioui  80'		 (Report) Stadium: De Vliert
18 July 2007 FriendlyGenk1–0PortoGenk, Belgium
20:00 CET Barda  15' (Report) Stadium: Cristal Arena
21 July 2007 FriendlyPorto2–1MonacoPorto, Portugal
WEST López  37'
Postiga  52' (pen.)		 (Report) Pino  80' Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
26 July 2007 Centenarian Atlanta TournamentPorto1–0Red Star BelgradeBergamo, Italy
20:35 CET Adriano  9' (Report) Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Referee: Emiliano Galione (Italy)
26 July 2007 Centenarian Atlanta TournamentAtalanta0–1PortoBergamo, Italy
22:40 CET (Report) López  8' Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Referee: Emiliano Galione (Italy)
28 July 2007 FriendlyBoavista0–3PortoPorto, Portugal
WEST (Report) Postiga  22'
Sektioui  78', 88'		 Stadium: Estádio do Bessa
3 August 2007 Rotterdam TournamentPorto0–0FeyenoordRotterdam, Netherlands
CET (Report) Stadium: De Kuip
5 August 2007 Rotterdam TournamentPorto3–0Shanghai ShenhuaRotterdam, 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
Main article: 2007 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
11 August 2007 Porto0–1Sporting CPEstádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria
21:00 WEST (Report) Izmailov  75' Attendance: 21,863
Referee: Bruno Paixão (Setúbal)

Taça de Portugal
Main article: 2007–08 Taça de Portugal
7 December 2007 4Chaves0–2PortoEstádio Municipal de Chaves, Chaves
19:30 WET (Report) Postiga  53'
Adriano  90+2'		 Referee: Elmano Santos (Madeira)
19 January 2008 5Porto2–0Desportivo das AvesEstádio do Dragão, Porto
WET (Report) Farías  31'
Quaresma  90+4'		 Attendance: 20,319
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)
10 February 2008 6Sertanense0–4PortoCampo de Jogos Doutor Marques dos Santos, Sertã
WET (Report) Sektioui  8'
Farías  36', 49'
Kaźmierczak  45'		 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Setúbal)
27 February 2008 QFPorto1–0Gil VicenteEstádio do Dragão, Porto
WET Sektioui  22' (Report) Attendance: 12,117
Referee: Paulo Pereira (Viana do Castelo)
15 April 2008 SFVitória de Setúbal0–3PortoEstádio do Bonfim, Setúbal
20:30 WEST (Report) Jorginho  37' (o.g.)
L. González  51', 60'		 Referee: Pedro Proença
18 May 2008 FPorto0–2 (a.e.t.)Sporting CPEstádio Nacional, Oeiras
17:00 WEST (Report) Tiuí  111', 117' Attendance: 37,600
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Leiria)

Taça da Liga
Main article: 2007–08 Taça da Liga
26 September 2007 3Fátima0–0
(4–2 p)		PortoEstádio 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

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