Porto 2014–15 football season
The 2014–15 FC Porto season was the club's 105th competitive season and the 81st consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football . For the first time since the 1988–89 season, and the third during the presidency of Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa , Porto did not win any official competition.[3]
The pre-season began on 3 July 2014 and featured eight preparation matches : four in Portugal (including a presentation match on 27 July against Saint-Étienne ) and four abroad, in the Netherlands, Belgium and England.[4]
Porto started the official season on 15 August 2014 with a 2–0 home win against Marítimo for the 2014–15 Primeira Liga .[5] For the first time in nine seasons, the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was not Porto's season-opening match, as the club failed to qualify for the 36th edition by not winning the 2013–14 Primeira Liga title or being present in the final of the 2013–14 Taça de Portugal (as Benfica made the double ).
Porto also competed in other domestic competitions, such as the Taça de Portugal and the Taça da Liga . Together with the other Primeira Liga teams, they entered the 2014–15 Taça de Portugal in the third round, but were eliminated by Sporting CP after a 3–1 home loss.[6] Beginning their 2014–15 Taça da Liga campaign in the third round, Porto topped their group and qualified for the semi-finals, where they were barred from a third final appearance after losing 2–1 away to Marítimo.[7]
In UEFA competitions , Porto participated in the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League . They reached the group stage for the 19th time after eliminating French side Lille in the play-off round .[8] Porto topped their group and secured qualification for the knockout phase .[9] In the round of 16, they eliminated Basel with an aggregate score of 5–1.[10] In doing so, Porto booked a place in the quarter-finals for the first time since 2008–09, where they faced Bayern Munich . After beating the Germans 3–1 for the first leg, in what was Porto's first-ever home win over Bayern Munich,[11] the team lost the second leg 6–1 and were eliminated with a 7–4 aggregate score.[12] This defeat was their worst ever defeat in UEFA competitions, together with a 6–1 away defeat against AEK Athens in the 1978–79 European Cup .[13]
Players [ ]
Squad information [ ]
Last updated: 22 May 2015
Source: FCPorto.pt
Ordered by squad number.
Transfers in [ ]
Total expending: €35.7 million
Transfers out [ ]
Total income: €80.25 million
Technical staff [ ]
Position
Staff
Head coach
Julen Lopetegui
Assistant coach
Julián Calero Juan Carlos MartínezRui Barros
Goalkeeping coach
Juan Carlos Arévalo
Fitness coach
Raul Costa
Masseur
José Luís
Nurse
Eduardo Braga José Mário Almeida
Doctor
Nélson Puga José Carlos Esteves
Medical team
Paulo Colaço Pedro Vale
Director of football
Antero Henrique
Pre-season and friendlies [ ]
Win
Draw
Loss
Porto v Valadares
Genk v Porto
19 July 2014 Friendly Genk 1–3 Porto show Genk , Belgium 19:00 CEST
Vossen 10'
Report
Quaresma 8' Sami 62' , 78'
Stadium: Cristal Arena Referee: Luc Wouters (Belgium )
Everton v Porto
West Bromwich Albion v Porto
Competitions [ ]
Porto players before UEFA Champions League match against Shakhtar Donetsk
Overall record [ ]
Primeira Liga [ ]
League table [ ]
Source:
LPFP Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points in matches between tied teams; 3) goal difference in matches between tied teams; 4) away goals in matches between tied teams; 5) goal difference; 6) wins; 7) goals scored. The
LPFP decided that only criteria 1, 5, 6 and 7 would be applied to establish the classification during the competition.
[50] Qualification for the 2015–16 Europa League has changed:
[51] the best-placed non-qualified domestic championship club will enter the UEFA Europa League from the 2015–16 season, rather than the domestic cup runners-up, should the domestic cup winners also qualify for the UEFA Champions League via the final championship standings.
(C) Champion
Notes:
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 31 32 33 34 Ground H A H A H A H A H A H A H H A H A A H A H A H A H A H A H A A H A H Result W W W D D D W W W D W W L W W W W L W W W W W W W D W W W D W W D W Position 4 4 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2015. Source:
LPFP A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Matches [ ]
Taça de Portugal [ ]
Third round [ ]
Taça da Liga [ ]
Third round [ ]
Semi-finals [ ]
UEFA Champions League [ ]
Play-off round [ ]
Lille v Porto
Porto v Lille
Group stage [ ]
Round of 16 [ ]
Basel v Porto
Porto v Basel
Quarter-finals [ ]
Porto v Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich v Porto
Statistics [ ]
Squad [ ]
No.
Pos.
Nat.
Player
Primeira Liga
Taça de Portugal
Taça da Liga
Europe
Total
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
1
GK
Helton
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
0
0
0
0
2
DF
Danilo
29
6
8
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
10
1
4
0
0
41
7
14
0
0
3
DF
Bruno Martins Indi
23
2
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
11
0
0
0
0
36
2
6
0
0
4
DF
Maicon
26
0
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
11
0
2
0
0
39
0
4
0
1
5
DF
Iván Marcano
20
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
5
0
1
0
0
6
0
3
1
0
32
0
6
1
0
6
MF
Casemiro
28
3
13
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
10
1
2
0
0
40
4
16
0
0
7
FW
Ricardo Quaresma
30
6
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
10
3
1
0
0
43
10
4
0
0
8
MF
Yacine Brahimi
28
7
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
11
6
0
0
0
42
13
0
0
0
9
FW
Jackson Martínez
30
21
3
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
10
8
1
0
0
42
32
5
0
0
10
MF
Juan Quintero
20
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
30
3
0
0
0
11
FW
Cristian Tello
25
7
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
8
1
0
0
0
37
8
2
0
0
12
GK
Fabiano
28
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
0
0
0
0
38
0
2
0
1
13
DF
Diego Reyes
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
9
0
1
1
0
14
DF
José Ángel
7
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
4
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
12
0
1
0
0
15
MF
Evandro
21
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
4
1
0
1
7
0
0
0
0
33
5
2
0
1
16
MF
Héctor Herrera
33
3
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
11
4
1
0
0
46
7
4
0
0
17
FW
Hernâni
7
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
9
2
0
0
0
18
FW
Adrián
9
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
5
1
0
0
0
18
1
0
0
0
21
FW
Ricardo Pereira
5
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
1
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
13
0
4
0
0
22
MF
José Campaña
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
2
0
0
24
GK
Ricardo
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
25
GK
Andrés Fernández
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
26
DF
Alex Sandro
28
1
8
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
11
0
3
0
0
40
1
11
1
0
30
FW
Óliver
26
7
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
10
0
2
0
0
40
7
6
0
0
36
MF
Rúben Neves
24
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
9
0
0
0
0
37
1
1
0
0
39
FW
Gonçalo Paciência
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
0
80
FW
Ivo Rodrigues
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
99
FW
Vincent Aboubakar
13
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
4
3
0
0
0
19
8
0
0
0
Total
—
73
58
1
2
—
1
2
0
0
—
10
12
1
1
—
28
20
1
0
—
112
92
3
3
Goalscorers [ ]
Awards [ ]
See also [ ]
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