2021–22 FC Porto season

FC Porto
season
President	Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
Head coach	Sérgio Conceição
Stadium	Estádio do Dragão
Primeira Liga	3rd
Taça de Portugal	Third round
Taça da Liga	Third round
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season is the 128th season in the existence of FC Porto and the club's 88th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Porto will participate in this season's edition of the Taça de Portugal, the Taça da Liga and the UEFA Champions League.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 24 August 2021^[1]^[2]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ARG	Agustín Marchesín
2	DF	POR	Fábio Cardoso
3	DF	POR	Pepe (captain)
5	DF	ESP	Iván Marcano
7	FW	COL	Luis Díaz
8	MF	COL	Mateus Uribe
9	FW	IRN	Mehdi Taremi
10	FW	POR	Francisco Conceição
11	FW	BRA	Pepê
12	DF	NGA	Zaidu Sanusi
14	GK	POR	Cláudio Ramos
16	MF	SRB	Marko Grujić
17	MF	MEX	Jesús Corona


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	POR	Wilson Manafá
19	DF	COD	Chancel Mbemba
20	MF	POR	Vitinha
22	DF	BRA	Wendell
23	FW	POR	João Mário
25	MF	POR	Otávio
27	MF	POR	Sérgio Oliveira (vice-captain)
28	MF	POR	Bruno Costa
29	FW	ESP	Toni Martínez
30	FW	BRA	Evanilson
50	MF	POR	Fábio Vieira
71	GK	POR	Francisco Meixedo
99	GK	POR	Diogo Costa

Out on loan[]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	POR	Diogo Leite (at Braga until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	BRA	João Pedro (at Corinthians until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	ARG	Renzo Saravia (at Internacional until 31 December 2021)
—	MF	POR	Carraça (at Belenenses SAD until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	SEN	Mamadou Loum (at Alavés until 30 June 2022)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	POR	Romário Baró (at Estoril until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	JPN	Shoya Nakajima (at Portimonense until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	POR	Rodrigo Conceição (at Moreirense until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	BRA	Fernando Andrade (at Al-Fayha until 30 June 2022)

Transfers[]

In[]

Date	Pos.	Name	Nationality	Age	Transferred from	Window	Until	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2021	DF	Fábio Cardoso	Portugal	27	Santa Clara (Portugal)	Summer	2026	€2.2M	^[3]
1 July 2021	FW	Pepê	Brazil	24	Grêmio (Brazil)	Summer	2026	€15M	^[4]
6 July 2021	MF	Bruno Costa	Portugal	24	Portimonense (Portugal)	Summer	2024	Undisclosed	^[5]

Out[]

Date	Pos.	Name	Nationality	Age	Transferred to	Window	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2021	DF	Chidozie Awaziem	Nigeria	24	Boavista (Portugal)	Summer	€5M	^[6]
1 July 2021	MF	Danilo Pereira	Portugal	30	Paris Saint-Germain (France)	Summer	€16M	^[7]
1 July 2021	FW	Moussa Marega	Mali	30	Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia)	Summer	Free	^[8]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

17 July 2021 Friendly	Porto	3–2	Académico de Viseu	showFaro, Portugal
11:30 WEST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Vila Real de Santo António

20 July 2021 Friendly	Porto	Cancelled	Anadia	showVila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
12:00 WEST (UTC+1)				Stadium: CTFD PortoGaia

25 July 2021 Friendly	Porto	2–0	Lille	showFaro, Portugal
19:45 WEST (UTC+1)	Costa 53' Manafá 72' Fernando 78', 90'	Report	Djaló 16' Yılmaz 44' Sanches 48' Weah 76'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Attendance: 0

28 July 2021 Friendly	Porto	1–1	Roma	showSetúbal, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	B. Costa 69' Vitinha 89'	Report	Mancini 56' Mkhitaryan 69'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal da Bela Vista Attendance: 0 Referee: Rui Soares

31 July 2021 Friendly	Porto	5–3	Lyon	showPorto, Portugal
17:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Oliveira 4' (pen.) Vieira 30' Sanusi 45' Pepe 79' Martínez 83', 89' Taremi 84'	Report	Keïta 34' Marcelo 40' Toko Ekambi 54' Slimani 81'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Referee: Vitor Ferreira

Competitions[]

Overall record[]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primeira Liga	8 August 2021	May 2022	Matchday 1	5	3	2	0	9	3	+6	060.00
Taça de Portugal	October 2021		Third round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Taça da Liga	26 October 2021		Third round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Champions League	15 September 2021		Group stage	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Total				6	3	3	0	9	3	+6	050.00

Last updated: 15 September 2021
Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Benfica	5	5	0	0	13	2	+11	15	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Estoril	5	4	1	0	9	3	+6	13	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Porto	5	3	2	0	9	3	+6	11	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Sporting CP	5	3	2	0	9	3	+6	11	Qualification to Europa Conference League third qualifying round
5	Boavista	5	2	2	1	7	5	+2	8	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round

Updated to match(es) played on 13 September 2021. Source: Liga Portugal
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.

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
5	3	2	0	9	3	+6	11	2	0	0	5	0	+5	1	2	0	4	3	+1

Last updated: 11 September 2021.
Source: Liga Portugal

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5
Ground	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	D
Position	6	4	4	2	3

Updated to match(es) played on 28 August 2021. Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

8 August 2021 1	Porto	2–0	Belenenses SAD	showPorto
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Martínez 19' Oliveira 26' Díaz 53', 65'	Report	Boni 36' Calila 47' Teixeira 83'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 15,429 Referee: Gustavo Correia

15 August 2021 2	Famalicão	1–2	Porto	showVila Nova de Famalicão
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	55'	Report	Martínez 13', 43'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Attendance: 1,388 Referee: Nuno Almeida

22 August 2021 3	Marítimo	1–1	Porto	showFunchal
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Xadas 45+4'	Report	Díaz 35'	Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo Attendance: 3,591 Referee: João Pinheiro

28 August 2021 4	Porto	3–0	Arouca	showPorto
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Uribe 24' Taremi 34' Marcano 63'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 12,588 Referee: Hélder Malheiro

11 September 2021 5	Sporting CP	1–1	Porto	showLisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Santos 16'	Report	Díaz 71'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 18,723 Referee: Nuno Almeida

Taça de Portugal[]

Taça da Liga[]

Third round[]

Pos	Team	POR	RAV	STA
1	Porto	—	—
2	Rio Ave		—	—
3	Santa Clara	—		—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

26 October 2021 2	Santa Clara	v	Porto	showPonta Delgada
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel

15 December 2021 3	Porto	v	Rio Ave	showPorto
17:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Estádio do Dragão

UEFA Champions League[]

Group stage[]

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.^[9]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LIV	ATM	POR	MIL
1	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	3	Advance to round of 16	—	3 Nov	24 Nov	3–2
2	Atlético Madrid	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1^[a]	Advance to round of 16	19 Oct	—	0–0	24 Nov
3	Porto	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1^[a]	Transfer to Europa League	28 Sep	7 Dec	—	19 Oct
4	Milan	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	0		7 Dec	28 Sep	3 Nov	—

Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2021. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Disciplinary points: Atlético Madrid −3, Porto −11.

15 September 2021 1	Atlético Madrid	0–0	Porto	showMadrid, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Félix 51' Kondogbia 52' Felipe 71'	Report	Díaz 16' Sanusi 21' Uribe 41' Vitinha 67' Corona 76' Wendell 83' Mbemba 90+5'	Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

28 September 2021 2	Porto	v	Liverpool	showPorto, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Estádio do Dragão

19 October 2021 3	Porto	v	Milan	showPorto, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Estádio do Dragão

3 November 2021 4	Milan	v	Porto	showMilan, Italy
18:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: San Siro

24 November 2021 5	Liverpool	v	Porto	showLiverpool, England
20:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Stadium: Anfield

7 December 2021 6	Porto	v	Atlético Madrid	showPorto, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC±0)				Stadium: Estádio do Dragão

References[]

^ "Plantel" (in Portuguese). FC Porto.
^ "Futebol Clube do Porto, Futebol, SAD". Liga Portugal. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Fabio Cardoso recovers from Rangers flop as he secures shock Porto transfer". Daily Record. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
^ "Pepê é reforço para a próxima temporada" [Pepê is reinforcement for the next season]. FC Porto Official Website (in Portuguese). February 18, 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
^ https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/geral/06-07-2021/oficial-bruno-costa-regressa-ao-fc-porto
^ "Boavista garante Chidozie junto do FC Porto" [Boavista confirm Chidozie at FC Porto]. Record (in Portuguese). 5 September 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
^ Cassoly, Marius (5 October 2020). "L'option d'achat et la durée du contrat de Danilo se précisent" [Details of Danilo's buying option and length of contract] (in French). Culture PSG. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
^ ""موسى ماريغا" هلاليًا لثلاثة أعوام" (in Arabic). Al-Hilal. 10 May 2021.
^ "UEFA Champions League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 August 2021.

[table_hth_ATM0.54349229696369-10] Jump up to: ^a ^b Disciplinary points: Atlético Madrid −3, Porto −11.

[1] "Plantel" (in Portuguese). FC Porto.

[2] "Futebol Clube do Porto, Futebol, SAD". Liga Portugal. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

[3] "Fabio Cardoso recovers from Rangers flop as he secures shock Porto transfer". Daily Record. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.

[4] "Pepê é reforço para a próxima temporada" [Pepê is reinforcement for the next season]. FC Porto Official Website (in Portuguese). February 18, 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-25.

[5] ttps://maisfutebol.iol.pt/geral/06-07-2021/oficial-bruno-costa-regressa-ao-fc-porto

[6] "Boavista garante Chidozie junto do FC Porto" [Boavista confirm Chidozie at FC Porto]. Record (in Portuguese). 5 September 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

[7] Cassoly, Marius (5 October 2020). "L'option d'achat et la durée du contrat de Danilo se précisent" [Details of Danilo's buying option and length of contract] (in French). Culture PSG. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

[8] ""موسى ماريغا" هلاليًا لثلاثة أعوام" (in Arabic). Al-Hilal. 10 May 2021.

[9] "UEFA Champions League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 August 2021.

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