2015–16 FC Porto season

The 2015–16 season was FC Porto's 106th competitive season and the 82nd consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 15 August 2015 and concluded on 22 May 2016. For the second consecutive season, Porto failed to win any of the official competitions it was involved. The last time the team had two successive trophyless seasons was from 1979–80 to 1980–81.

Porto
2015–16 season
PresidentJorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
Head coachJulen Lopetegui
(July 2015 – January 2016)
Rui Barros
(January 2016)
José Peseiro
(January 2016 – May 2016)
StadiumEstádio do Dragão
Primeira Liga3rd
Taça de PortugalRunners-up
Taça da LigaThird round
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Vincent Aboubakar (13)
All: Vincent Aboubakar (18)
Highest home attendance49,209[1]
Porto 1–0 Benfica

(20 September 2015)
Lowest home attendance4,863
Porto 2–0 Gil Vicente

(2 March 2016)
Average home league attendance32,324[2]

As in the previous season, Porto did not begin their campaign by playing the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, as they failed to qualify for the 2015 edition by not winning the 2014–15 Primeira Liga title (retained by Benfica) or the 2014–15 Taça de Portugal (won by Sporting CP). Their 2015–16 Primeira Liga debut match was a 3–0 home win against Vitória de Guimarães, with Cameroon striker Vincent Aboubakar scoring the team's first official goal.[3][4] Porto finished the league in third place with 73 points, 15 points behind three-time champions Benfica and 13 points behind runners-up Sporting CP,[5] thus failing to win the title for the third successive season, which had not happened since the 2001–02 season.

Besides the league, Porto competed in other domestic competitions. In the 2015–16 Taça de Portugal, they reach the final, five years after their last appearance, but were defeated 5–4 on penalties by Braga, after a 2–2 draw at the end of extra time.[6][7] The team also participated in the 2015–16 Taça da Liga, but were eliminated in the starting round after finishing last in their third-round group, with three defeats.[8][9]

In UEFA competitions, Porto started the season in the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League, having qualified directly for the group stage for the 20th time, a competition record shared with Barcelona, Manchester United and Real Madrid.[10] Having finished third in their group, Porto were demoted to the 2015–16 Europa League; they lost to Borussia Dortmund with a 3–0 aggregate score and were eliminated in the round of 32.[11][12]

Players

Squad information

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Since
App
Goals
Ends
Transfer fee
Notes
1 GK Helton42EU 2005 334 0 2017 Undisclosed Second nationality: Portugal
2 DF Maxi Pereira36EU 2015 42 1 2018 Free
3 DF Bruno Martins Indi28EU 2014 70 2 2018 €7.7M Second nationality: Portugal
5 DF Iván Marcano32EU 2014 65 2 2018 €2.65M
6 MF Rúben Neves23EU 2014 75 3 2019 Youth system
7 FW Silvestre Varela35EU 2009 179 50 2018 Undisclosed
8 MF Yacine Brahimi30EU 2014 86 22 2019 €6.5M Second nationality: France
9 FW Vincent Aboubakar28Non-EU 2014 62 26 2018 €3M
11 FW Moussa Marega29Non-EU 2016 13 1 2020 €3.8M
12 GK Iker Casillas39EU 2015 40 0 2017 Undisclosed
13 MF Sérgio Oliveira28EU 2015 18 3 2020 Undisclosed
14 DF José Ángel30EU 2014 29 0 2018 Free
15 MF Evandro33EU 2014 56 6 2018 €2.35M Second nationality: Serbia
16 MF Héctor Herrera30Non-EU 2013 115 19 2019 €8M
17 FW Jesús Corona27Non-EU 2015 35 8 2020 €10.5M
19 FW André Silva24EU 2015 14 3 2019 Youth system Also played for Porto B
20 MF André André30EU 2015 37 6 2019 €1.5M
21 DF Miguel Layún31EU 2015 41 6 2016 Undisclosed Loan from Watford; Second nationality: Spain
22 MF Danilo Pereira28EU 2015 45 6 2019 €2.8M
23 FW Alberto Bueno32EU 2015 8 2 2020 Free
39 FW Suk Hyun-jun27Non-EU 2016 14 2 2020 €1.5M
42 DF Víctor García26Non-EU 2013 5 0 2016 €1.8M Also played for Porto B
47 FW Ismael Díaz23Non-EU 2016 1 0 2016 Undisclosed Also played for Porto B
48 MF Francisco Ramos25EU 2016 4 0 2019 Youth system Also played for Porto B
63 DF Chidozie Awaziem23EU 2016 13 1 2020 Undisclosed Also played for Porto B

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Name Nationality Age Transferred from Window Until Fee Ref.
25 May 2015 FW Alberto Bueno  Spain 32 Rayo Vallecano (Spain) Summer 2020 Free (end of contract) [13]
25 May 2015 MF Sérgio Oliveira  Portugal 28 Paços de Ferreira Summer 2020 Undisclosed [14]
12 June 2015 MF André André  Portugal 30 Vitória de Guimarães Summer 2019 €1.5M [15][16]
1 July 2015 MF Giannelli Imbula  France 27 Marseille (France) Summer 2020 €20M [17]
2 July 2015 MF Danilo Pereira  Portugal 28 Portimonense Summer 2019 €2.8M (80% rights) [16][18]
11 July 2015 GK Iker Casillas  Spain 39 Real Madrid (Spain) Summer 2017 Undisclosed [19][20]
15 July 2015 DF Maxi Pereira  Uruguay 36 Benfica Summer 2018 Free (end of contract) [21][22]
5 August 2015 FW Dani Osvaldo  Italy 34 Southampton (England) Summer 2016 Free (end of contract) [23]
31 August 2015 FW Jesús Corona  Mexico 27 Twente (Netherlands) Summer 2020 €10.5M (70% rights) [24][25]
14 January 2016 FW Suk Hyun-jun  South Korea 28 Vitória de Setúbal Winter 2020 €1.5M (75% rights) [26]
25 January 2016 FW Moussa Marega  Mali 29 Marítimo Winter 2020 €3.8M [27][28]
25 January 2016 GK José Sá  Portugal 27 Marítimo Winter 2020 Undisclosed [27]

Loan in

Date Pos. Name Nationality Age Loaned from Window Until Ref.
5 August 2015 DF Aly Cissokho  France 32 Aston Villa (England) Summer 30 June 2016 [29]
31 August 2015 DF Miguel Layún  Mexico 31 Watford (England) Summer 30 June 2016 [30]

Loan return

Date Pos. Name Nationality Age Returned from Window Until Ref.
7 July 2015 FW Silvestre Varela  Portugal 34 Parma (Italy) Summer 2018 [31]

Out

Date Pos. Name Nationality Age Transferred to Window Fee Ref.
1 April 2015 DF Danilo  Brazil 28 Real Madrid (Spain) Summer €31.5M [32]
4 July 2015 MF Carlos Eduardo  Brazil 30 Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia) Summer Undisclosed [33]
14 July 2015 FW Kléber  Brazil 30 Beijing Guoan (China) Summer €3M [34]
15 July 2015 FW Jackson Martínez  Colombia 33 Atlético Madrid (Spain) Summer €35M (95% rights) [25][35]
21 July 2015 FW Ricardo Quaresma  Portugal 36 Beşiktaş (Turkey) Summer €1.2M [36]
13 August 2015 DF Daniel Opare  Ghana 29 FC Augsburg (Germany) Summer Free (terminated contract) [37]
20 August 2015 DF Alex Sandro  Brazil 29 Juventus (Italy) Summer €26M [38]
31 August 2015 DF Rolando  Portugal 29 Marseille (France) Summer Undisclosed [39]
31 August 2015 FW Djalma  Angola 33 Gençlerbirliği (Turkey) Summer Free (terminated contract) [40]
31 December 2015 FW Walter  Brazil 30 Atlético Paranaense (Brazil) Winter Undisclosed [41]
8 January 2016 FW Dani Osvaldo  Italy 34 Boca Juniors (Argentina) Winter Free (terminated contract) [42]
1 February 2016 MF Giannelli Imbula  France 27 Stoke City (England) Winter €24M [43][44]

Loan out

Date Pos. Name Nationality Age Loaned to Window Until Ref.
2 July 2015 DF Abdoulaye Ba  Senegal 29 Fenerbahçe (Turkey) Summer 30 June 2016 [45]
2 July 2015 GK Fabiano  Brazil 32 Fenerbahçe (Turkey) Summer 30 June 2016 [45]
10 July 2015 FW Nabil Ghilas  Algeria 30 Levante (Spain) Summer 30 June 2016 [46]
13 July 2015 MF Josué  Portugal 29 Bursaspor (Turkey) Summer 26 January 2016 [47]
16 July 2015 FW Licá  Portugal 31 Vitória de Guimarães Summer 30 June 2016 [48]
16 July 2015 FW Otávio  Brazil 25 Vitória de Guimarães Summer 30 June 2016 [49]
16 July 2015 GK Andrés Fernández  Spain 33 Granada (Spain) Summer 30 June 2016 [50]
20 July 2015 DF Diego Reyes  Mexico 27 Real Sociedad (Spain) Summer 30 June 2016 [51][52]
20 July 2015 FW Leocísio Sami  Guinea-Bissau 31 Akhisar Belediyespor (Turkey) Summer 30 June 2016 [53]
23 July 2015 GK Sinan Bolat  Turkey 31 Club Brugge (Belgium) Summer 30 June 2016 [54]
29 July 2015 FW Gonçalo Paciência  Portugal 25 Académica de Coimbra Summer 30 June 2016 [55]
31 July 2015 MF Tiago Rodrigues  Portugal 28 Marítimo Summer 30 June 2016 [56]
27 August 2015 GK Ricardo Nunes  Portugal 37 Vitória de Setúbal Summer 30 June 2016 [57]
31 August 2015 FW Adrián  Spain 32 Villarreal (Spain) Summer 30 June 2016 [58]
31 August 2015 MF Juan Quintero  Colombia 27 Rennes (France) Summer 30 June 2016 [59]
31 August 2015 FW Hernâni  Portugal 28 Olympiacos (Greece) Summer 30 June 2016 [60]
31 August 2015 FW Ricardo  Portugal 26 Nice (France) Summer 30 June 2017 [61]
22 January 2016 DF Igor Lichnovsky  Chile 26 Sporting Gijón (Spain) Winter 30 June 2016 [62]
26 January 2016 MF Josué  Portugal 29 Braga Winter 30 June 2016 [63]
4 February 2016 FW Kelvin  Brazil 27 São Paulo (Brazil) Winter 31 December 2016 [64]
10 February 2016 GK Raúl Gudiño  Mexico 24 União da Madeira Winter 30 June 2016 [65]
15 February 2016 DF Maicon  Brazil 31 São Paulo (Brazil) Winter 30 June 2016 [66]

End of loan

Date Pos. Name Nationality Age Returned to Window Ref.
8 May 2015 MF José Campaña  Spain 27 Sampdoria (Italy) Summer [67]
23 May 2015 MF Óliver  Spain 25 Atlético Madrid (Spain) Summer [68]
5 June 2015 MF Casemiro  Brazil 28 Real Madrid (Spain) Summer [69]
18 December 2015 DF Aly Cissokho  France 32 Aston Villa (England) Winter [70]
22 January 2016 FW Cristian Tello  Spain 28 Barcelona (Spain) Winter [71]

Pre-season and friendlies

The pre-season started on 6 July 2015 and included seven preparation matches, six of which played outside Portugal. From 10 to 18 July, the team was based at Horst, Netherlands, and played two matches against Dutch and German opposition. Season preparations continued at Marienfeld, Germany, from 23 to 31 July, where Porto staged two more matches against top-flight German teams before competing at the inaugural Colonia Cup tournament on 1–2 August.[72] The pre-season ended on 8 August with a match against Napoli at the Estádio do Dragão, integrated in the team's presentation.[73]

  Win   Draw   Loss

15 July 2015 FriendlyFortuna Sittard 1–5 PortoSittard, Netherlands
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Hutten  14' Report Silva  2', 25'
Varela  8' (pen.)
André  29'
Brahimi  88'
Stadium: Offermans Joosten-stadion
Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
18 July 2015 FriendlyMSV Duisburg 0–2 PortoDuisburg, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Brahimi  60'
Hernâni  64'
Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
Attendance: 7,020
Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)
27 July 2015 Friendly[74]Schalke 04 0–0 PortoGütersloh, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Heidewaldstadion
Referee: Martin Thomsen (Germany)
8 August 2015 Presentation[76]Porto 0–0 NapoliPorto
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 48,109
Referee: Vasco Santos

Competitions

Overall record

Performance by competition
Competition Starting round Final position/round First match Last match
Primeira Liga N/A3rd15 August 201514 May 2016
Taça de Portugal Third roundRunners-up17 October 201522 May 2016
Taça da Liga Third roundThird round (4th)29 December 201527 January 2016
UEFA Champions League Group stageGroup stage (3rd)16 September 20159 December 2015
UEFA Europa League Round of 32Round of 3218 February 201625 February 2016
Statistics by competition
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%
Primeira Liga 34 23 4 7 67 30 +37 067.65
Taça de Portugal 7 6 1 0 13 2 +11 085.71
Taça da Liga 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 000.00
UEFA Champions League 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 050.00
UEFA Europa League 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 000.00
Total 52 32 6 14 90 49 +41 061.54

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Benfica (C) 34 29 1 4 88 22 +66 88 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Sporting CP 34 27 5 2 79 21 +58 86
3 Porto 34 23 4 7 67 30 +37 73 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
4 Braga 34 16 10 8 54 35 +19 58 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
5 Arouca 34 13 15 6 47 38 +9 54 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
Source: Liga Portugal, Soccerway
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.)[77]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWDWWWDWDWWWWWWLDWLWWLWWWLWWLLWWLWW
Position2311111222222123333333333333333333
Source: Zerozero, Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

15 August 2015 1Porto3–0Vitória de GuimarãesPorto
20:45 WEST (UTC+01:00) Aboubakar  8', 62'
Varela  84'
Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 48,509
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo
22 August 2015 2Marítimo1–1PortoFunchal, Madeira
20:45 WEST (UTC+01:00) Costa  5' Report Herrera  34' Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros
Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Hugo Miguel
29 August 2015 3Porto2–0EstorilPorto
18:30 WEST (UTC+01:00) Aboubakar  7'
Maicon  62'
Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 40,609
Referee: Duarte Gomes
12 September 2015 4Arouca1–3PortoArouca
20:45 WEST (UTC+01:00) Maurides  83' Report Corona  15', 61'
Aboubakar  71'
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca
Attendance: 3,355
Referee: João Capela
20 September 2015 5Porto1–0BenficaPorto
19:15 WEST (UTC+01:00) André  86' Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 49,209
Referee: Artur Soares Dias
25 September 2015 6Moreirense2–2PortoMoreira de Cónegos
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00) Medeiros  50'
Fontes  88'
Report Maicon  18'
Corona  79'
Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas
Attendance: 4,425
Referee: Vasco Santos
4 October 2015 7Porto4–0BelenensesPorto
18:15 WEST (UTC+01:00) Corona  53'
Brahimi  56'
Osvaldo  80'
Marcano  88'
Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 34,109
Referee: Jorge Ferreira
25 October 2015 8Porto0–0BragaPorto
19:15 WET (UTC±00:00) Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 40,809
Referee: Artur Soares Dias
8 November 2015 10Porto2–0Vitória de SetúbalPorto
18:15 WET (UTC±00:00) Aboubakar  70'
Layún  84'
Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 32,211
Referee: Tiago Martins
28 November 2015 11Tondela0–1PortoAveiro
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00) Report Brahimi  28' Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Aveiro
Attendance: 3,449
Referee: Manuel Mota
2 December 2015 9União da Madeira0–4PortoFunchal, Madeira
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00) Report Herrera  12'
Brahimi  14'
Corona  22'
Danilo  90+1'
Stadium: Estádio da Madeira
Attendance: 2,277
Referee: Bruno Paixão
5 December 2015 12Porto2–1Paços de FerreiraPorto
18:30 WET (UTC±00:00) Corona  29'
Layún  64' (pen.)
Report Moreira  8' Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 28,617
Referee: Carlos Xistra
13 December 2015[upper-alpha 1] 13Nacional1–2PortoFunchal, Madeira
16:00 WET (UTC±00:00) Willyan  8' Report Marcano  6'
Brahimi  14'
Stadium: Estádio da Madeira
Attendance: 3,425
Referee: Jorge Sousa
20 December 2015 14Porto3–1AcadémicaPorto
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00) D. Pereira  7'
Aboubakar  53'
Herrera  72'
Report Rui Pedro  84' Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 32,122
Referee: Bruno Esteves
2 January 2016 15Sporting CP2–0PortoLisbon
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00) Slimani  27', 85' Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 49,382
Referee: Hugo Miguel
6 January 2016 16Porto1–1Rio AvePorto
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00) Herrera  22' Report Novais  33' Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 19,116
Referee: Rui Costa
10 January 2016 17Boavista0–5PortoPorto
18:15 WET (UTC±00:00) Report Herrera  11'
Corona  62'
Aboubakar  72', 81'
D. Pereira  90+3'
Stadium: Estádio do Bessa
Attendance: 7,483
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo
17 January 2016 18Vitória de Guimarães1–0PortoGuimarães
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00) Saré  4' Report Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
Attendance: 17,201
Referee: Manuel Oliveira
24 January 2016 19Porto1–0MarítimoPorto
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00) André  22' Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 32,120
Referee: Jorge Ferreira
30 January 2016 20Estoril1–3PortoEstoril
18:30 WET (UTC±00:00) Diego Carlos  3' Report Aboubakar  18'
D. Pereira  33'
André  82'
Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota
Attendance: 4,539
Referee: Tiago Martins
7 February 2016 21Porto1–2AroucaPorto
19:15 WET (UTC±00:00) Aboubakar  14' Report González  1', 66' Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 30,509
Referee: Rui Costa
12 February 2016 22Benfica1–2PortoLisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00) Mitroglou  18' Report Herrera  28'
Aboubakar  65'
Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 61,536
Referee: Artur Soares Dias
21 February 2016 23Porto3–2MoreirensePorto
18:15 WET (UTC±00:00) Layún  41' (pen.)
Suk  73'
Evandro  76'
Report Medeiros  10'
Espinho  28'
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 30,321
Referee: Luís Ferreira
28 February 2016 24Belenenses1–2PortoLisbon
19:15 WET (UTC±00:00) Juanto  60' Report Brahimi  9'
Tonel  19' (o.g.)
Stadium: Estádio do Restelo
Attendance: 7,392
Referee: João Capela
6 March 2016 25Braga3–1PortoBraga
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00) Hassan  72'
Silva  89'
Alan  90+4'
Report M. Pereira  86' Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 18,202
Referee: Carlos Xistra
12 March 2016 26Porto3–2União da MadeiraPorto
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00) Aboubakar  24'
Herrera  51'
Corona  87'
Report Dias  62', 67' Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 20,309
Referee: Manuel Oliveira
19 March 2016 27Vitória de Setúbal0–1PortoSetúbal
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00) Report Oliveira  45' Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim
Attendance: 4,483
Referee: Manuel Mota
4 April 2016 28Porto0–1TondelaPorto
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Report Luís Alberto  59' Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 16,297
Referee: Bruno Esteves
10 April 2016 29Paços de Ferreira1–0PortoPaços de Ferreira
18:15 WEST (UTC+01:00) Jota  80' Report Stadium: Estádio Capital do Móvel
Attendance: 3,070
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo
17 April 2016 30Porto4–0NacionalPorto
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00) Varela  2'
Herrera  9'
D. Pereira  67'
Aboubakar  85'
Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 27,207
Referee: Luís Ferreira
23 April 2016 31Académica1–2PortoCoimbra
16:15 WEST (UTC+01:00) Pedro Nuno  25' Report Neves  38'
Brahimi  66'
Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
Attendance: 5,085
Referee: Nuno Almeida
30 April 2016 32Porto1–3Sporting CPPorto
18:30 WEST (UTC+01:00) Herrera  35' (pen.) Report Slimani  23', 44'
Bruno César  85'
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 41,316
Referee: Artur Soares Dias
7 May 2016 33Rio Ave1–3PortoVila do Conde
16:15 WEST (UTC+01:00) Postiga  5' Report Layún  20' (pen.)
Oliveira  57'
Varela  88'
Stadium: Estádio do Rio Ave FC
Attendance: 3,201
Referee: Bruno Paixão
14 May 2016 34Porto4–0BoavistaPorto
11:45 WEST (UTC+01:00) D. Pereira  11'
Layún  56'
Brahimi  85' (pen.)
Silva  88'
Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 26,122
Referee: Carlos Xistra
  1. The match was abandoned during the second half due to heavy fog, and was resumed on 14 December 2015, 12:30, from the point of abandonment.[78]

Taça de Portugal

Third round

17 October 2015 Varzim0–2PortoPóvoa de Varzim
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00) Report Tello  20'
André  90'
Stadium: Estádio do Varzim SC
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Manuel Oliveira

Fourth round

21 November 2015 Angrense0–2PortoAngra do Heroísmo, Azores
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00) Report Bueno  14', 40' Stadium: Estádio João Paulo II
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Luís Ferreira

Fifth round

16 December 2015 Feirense0–1PortoSanta Maria da Feira
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00) Report Aboubakar  10' Stadium: Estádio Marcolino de Castro
Attendance: 4,639
Referee: Tiago Martins

Quarter-finals

13 January 2016 Boavista0–1PortoPorto
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00) Report Brahimi  24' Stadium: Estádio do Bessa
Attendance: 6,234
Referee: Nuno Almeida

Semi-finals

3 February 2016 1st legGil Vicente0–3PortoBarcelos
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00) Report Neves  45+1'
Suk  59'
Oliveira  70'
Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos
Attendance: 4,092
Referee: Manuel Mota
2 March 2016 2nd legPorto2–0
(5–0 agg.)
Gil VicentePorto
21:00 WET (UTC±00:00) Chidozie  11'
Marega  80'
Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 4,863
Referee: Sérgio Piscarreta

Final

22 May 2016 Porto2–2 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
BragaOeiras
17:15 WEST (UTC+01:00) Silva  61', 90+1' Report Fonte  12'
Josué  58'
Stadium: Estádio Nacional
Attendance: 35,390
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)
Man of the Match: André Silva
Penalties
Layún
Herrera
Neves
M. Pereira
P. Santos
Stojiljković
Hassan
Marcelo Goiano

Taça da Liga

Third round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Marítimo 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7 Advance to knockout phase
2 Feirense 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
3 Famalicão 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
4 Porto 3 0 0 3 1 6 5 0
Source: LPFP
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
29 December 2015 1Porto1–3MarítimoPorto
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00) Aboubakar  90+5' Report Fransérgio  48'
Soares  70'
Marega  90+3'
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 31,219
Referee: Vasco Santos
20 January 2016 2Famalicão1–0PortoVila Nova de Famalicão
19:45 WET (UTC±00:00) Alonso  58' Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho
Attendance: 3,491
Referee: Luís Ferreira
27 January 2016 3Feirense2–0PortoSanta Maria da Feira
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00) Castro  39' (pen.)
Porcellis  81'
Report Stadium: Estádio Marcolino de Castro
Attendance: 1,422
Referee: Cosme Machado

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CHL DKV POR MTA
1 Chelsea 6 4 1 1 13 3 +10 13 Advance to knockout phase 2–1 2–0 4–0
2 Dynamo Kyiv 6 3 2 1 8 4 +4 11 0–0 2–2 1–0
3 Porto 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 10 Transfer to Europa League 2–1 0–2 2–0
4 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 0 0 6 1 16 15 0 0–4 0–2 1–3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
16 September 2015 1Dynamo Kyiv 2–2 PortoKiev
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Husyev  20'
Buyalskyi  89'
Report Aboubakar  23', 81' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 52,369
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
29 September 2015 2Porto 2–1 ChelseaPorto
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) André  39'
Maicon  52'
Report Willian  45+2' Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 46,120
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
20 October 2015 3Porto 2–0 Maccabi Tel AvivPorto
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Aboubakar  37'
Brahimi  41'
Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 35,209
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
4 November 2015 4Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–3 PortoHaifa
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Zahavi  75' (pen.) Report Tello  19'
André  49'
Layún  72'
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
Attendance: 26,646
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
24 November 2015 5Porto 0–2 Dynamo KyivPorto
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Yarmolenko  35' (pen.)
González  64'
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 31,220
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
9 December 2015 6Chelsea 2–0 PortoLondon
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Marcano  12' (o.g.)
Willian  52'
Report Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,096
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

UEFA Europa League

Round of 32

18 February 2016 1st legBorussia Dortmund 2–0 PortoDortmund
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Piszczek  6'
Reus  71'
Report Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 65,851
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
25 February 2016 2nd legPorto 0–1
(0–3 agg.)
Borussia DortmundPorto
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Casillas  23' (o.g.) Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 32,707
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Statistics

Appearances and discipline

No. Pos. Nat. Player Primeira Liga Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Europe Total
Apps Apps Apps Apps Apps
1 GK Helton 2 (0)000 7 (0)200 3 (0)000 0 (0)000 12 (0)200
2 DF Maxi Pereira 32 (0)1000 3 (0)100 0 (0)000 7 (0)400 42 (0)1500
3 DF Bruno Martins Indi 23 (0)510 4 (1)100 0 (0)000 7 (0)200 34 (1)810
4 DF Maicon 14 (3)300 2 (0)100 3 (0)100 3 (0)200 22 (3)700
5 DF Iván Marcano 22 (0)600 4 (0)100 1 (0)000 6 (0)100 33 (0)800
6 MF Rúben Neves 22 (9)500 6 (4)000 2 (0)000 8 (1)100 38 (14)600
7 FW Silvestre Varela 22 (13)200 6 (0)000 3 (0)000 3 (1)100 34 (14)300
8 MF Yacine Brahimi 33 (4)600 4 (1)100 0 (0)000 7 (1)000 44 (6)700
9 FW Vincent Aboubakar 28 (4)310 5 (2)000 1 (1)000 8 (4)100 42 (11)410
10 FW Dani Osvaldo 7 (5)101 2 (0)000 0 (0)000 3 (3)000 12 (8)101
11 FW Cristian Tello 11 (7)000 3 (1)000 1 (0)000 5 (3)000 20 (11)000
11 FW Moussa Marega 9 (9)000 2 (0)000 0 (0)000 2 (0)000 13 (9)000
12 GK Iker Casillas 33 (0)100 0 (0)000 0 (0)000 7 (0)000 40 (0)100
13 MF Sérgio Oliveira 9 (1)300 5 (1)000 3 (0)100 1 (0)000 18 (2)400
14 DF José Ángel 7 (1)000 4 (1)000 3 (0)000 2 (0)100 18 (2)100
15 MF Evandro 11 (10)200 5 (0)100 1 (0)000 4 (2)200 21 (12)500
16 MF Héctor Herrera 29 (2)400 3 (1)000 0 (0)000 6 (3)000 38 (6)400
17 FW Jesús Corona 28 (2)300 1 (1)000 2 (2)000 4 (2)100 35 (7)400
19 FW André Silva 10 (5)100 2 (1)100 3 (0)000 0 (0)000 15 (6)200
20 MF André André 27 (7)600 3 (3)000 1 (0)000 6 (2)000 37 (12)600
21 DF Miguel Layún 27 (0)700 6 (0)100 0 (0)000 8 (1)000 41 (1)800
22 MF Danilo Pereira 33 (5)600 5 (1)100 0 (0)000 7 (1)300 45 (7)1000
23 FW Alberto Bueno 4 (3)000 4 (1)000 0 (0)000 0 (0)000 8 (4)000
24 DF Igor Lichnovsky 0 (0)000 2 (0)000 1 (0)000 0 (0)000 3 (0)000
25 MF Giannelli Imbula 10 (2)200 3 (1)001 3 (1)100 5 (1)100 21 (5)401
26 DF Alex Sandro 1 (0)000 0 (0)000 0 (0)000 0 (0)000 1 (0)000
28 DF Aly Cissokho 2 (0)200 1 (0)000 0 (0)000 0 (0)000 3 (0)200
39 FW Suk Hyun-jun 9 (5)000 1 (0)000 2 (0)000 2 (2)100 14 (7)100
42 DF Víctor García 0 (0)000 2 (0)000 3 (0)000 0 (0)000 5 (0)000
47 FW Ismael Díaz 0 (0)000 0 (0)000 1 (1)000 0 (0)000 1 (1)000
48 MF Francisco Ramos 3 (3)000 0 (0)000 1 (1)000 0 (0)000 4 (4)000
63 DF Chidozie Awaziem 10 (0)200 2 (0)100 1 (0)000 0 (0)000 13 (0)300
71 GK Raúl Gudiño 0 (0)000 0 (0)000 0 (0)000 0 (0)000 0 (0)000
Total  8021  1201  400  2000  11622

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Player Primeira Liga Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Europe Total
1 9 FW Vincent Aboubakar 13 1 1 3 18
2 8 FW Yacine Brahimi 7 1 0 1 9
16 MF Héctor Herrera 9 0 0 0 9
4 17 FW Jesús Corona 8 0 0 0 8
5 20 MF André André 3 1 0 2 6
21 DF Miguel Layún 5 0 0 1 6
22 MF Danilo Pereira 6 0 0 0 6
8 4 DF Maicon 2 0 0 1 3
13 MF Sérgio Oliveira 2 1 0 0 3
19 FW André Silva 1 2 0 0 3
7 FW Silvestre Varela 3 0 0 0 3
12 23 FW Alberto Bueno 0 2 0 0 2
5 DF Iván Marcano 2 0 0 0 2
39 FW Suk Hyun-jun 1 1 0 0 2
6 MF Rúben Neves 1 1 0 0 2
11 FW Cristian Tello 0 1 0 1 2
17 63 DF Chidozie Awaziem 0 1 0 0 1
13 MF Evandro 1 0 0 0 1
11 FW Moussa Marega 0 1 0 0 1
10 FW Dani Osvaldo 1 0 0 0 1
2 DF Maxi Pereira 1 0 0 0 1
Total66131989

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