# 2010–11 FC Porto season

The 2010–11 season is Futebol Clube do Porto's 77th season in the Primeira Liga, officially known as the Liga ZON Sagres for sponsorship reasons. Porto captured their 25th league title with their 3 April defeat of rivals Benfica and won the Europa League. The team also won the Taça de Portugal, completing a treble. Manager Jesualdo Ferreira left Porto by mutual agreement after four years in charge, replaced by André Villas-Boas on 2 July.

## Team kits

The team kits for the 2010–11 season were produced by Nike. The home kit was revealed on 24 July 2011. This kit is a reinterpretation of the traditional blue and white stripes in order to guarantee a 3D effect. The away kit is orange for the first time since the 2005–06 season, and was revealed on 18 July 2011. Both kits were made entirely from polyester. This environmentally-friendly move see each shirt made from up to eight recycled plastic bottles.
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## Squad
### First team squad

    As of 15 September 2011. F.C. Porto First Team Squad 2010-11
| No. | Name | Position (s) | Date of Birth (Age at the start of the season) | Signed From |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Helton | GK | (1978-05-18)18 May 1978 (aged 32) | União de Leiria |
| 24 | Beto | GK | (1982-05-01)1 May 1982 (aged 28) | Leixões |
| 31 | Paweł Kieszek | GK | (1984-04-16)16 April 1984 (aged 26) | Braga |
| Defenders ||||||
| 13 | Jorge Fucile | RB / LB | (1984-11-19)19 November 1984 (aged 25) | Liverpool |
| 4 | Maicon | CB | (1988-09-14)14 September 1988 (aged 21) | Nacional |
| 5 | Álvaro Pereira | LB / LM | (1985-11-28)28 November 1985 (aged 24) | CFR Cluj |
| 14 | Rolando | CB | (1985-08-31)31 August 1985 (aged 24) | Belenenses |
| 15 | Emídio Rafael | LB | (1986-01-24)24 January 1986 (aged 24) | Académica de Coimbra |
| 16 | Henrique Sereno | CB | (1985-05-18)18 May 1985 (aged 25) | Real Valladolid |
| 21 | Cristian Săpunaru | RB / CB | (1984-04-05)5 April 1984 (aged 26) | Rapid București |
| 30 | Nicolás Otamendi | CB | (1988-02-12)12 February 1988 (aged 22) | Vélez Sársfield |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 23 | Souza | DM | (1989-02-11)11 February 1989 (aged 21) | Vasco da Gama |
| 6 | Fredy Guarín | CM / DM / AM | (1986-06-30)30 June 1986 (aged 24) | Saint-Étienne |
| 7 | Fernando Belluschi | AM | (1983-09-10)10 September 1983 (aged 26) | Olympiacos |
| 8 | João Moutinho | CM | (1986-09-08)8 September 1986 (aged 23) | Sporting CP |
| 10 | Cristian Rodríguez | LM / LW | (1985-09-30)30 September 1985 (aged 24) | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 11 | Mariano González | AM / LW | (1981-05-05)5 May 1981 (aged 29) | Palermo |
| 19 | James Rodríguez | LM / LW | (1991-07-12)12 July 1991 (aged 19) | Banfield |
| 25 | Fernando | DM | (1987-07-25)25 July 1987 (aged 23) | Vila Nova |
| 28 | Rúben Micael | AM | (1986-08-19)19 August 1986 (aged 23) | Nacional |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | Radamel Falcao | CF / ST | (1986-02-10)10 February 1986 (aged 24) | River Plate |
| 12 | Hulk | ST / RW | (1986-07-25)25 July 1986 (aged 24) | Tokyo Verdy |
| 17 | Silvestre Varela | LW / RW | (1985-02-02)2 February 1985 (aged 25) | Estrela da Amadora |
| 18 | Walter | CF / ST | (1989-07-22)22 July 1989 (aged 21) | Internacional |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Squad # | Position (s) | Name | Transferred From | Fee | Date |
| 23 | DM | Souza | Vasco da Gama | €3,500,000 | 22 June 2010 |
| 16 | CB | Henrique Sereno | Real Valladolid | Free | 1 July 2010 |
| 19 | LM / LW | James Rodríguez | Banfield | €5,100,000 | 6 July 2010 |
| 31 | GK | Paweł Kieszek | Braga | Free | 2 July 2010 |
| 8 | CM | João Moutinho | Sporting CP | €10,000,000 | 5 July 2010 |
| 15 | LB | Emídio Rafael | Académica de Coimbra | €500,000 | 10 July |
| 18 | CF / ST | Walter | Internacional | €6,000,000 | 28 July 2010 |
| 30 | CB | Nicolás Otamendi | Vélez Sársfield | €4,000,000 | 23 August 2010 |
Total spending: €29,100,000

### Transfers out

| Squad # | Position (s) | Name | Transferred To | Fee | Date |
| 33 | GK | Nuno | Unattached | Retired | 21 June 2010 |
| - | CB | Nuno André Coelho | Sporting CP | €1,000,000 | 5 July 2010 |
| - | CM | Pelé | Eskişehirspor | €420,000 | 10 July 2010 |
| 19 | CF / ST | Ernesto Farías | Cruzeiro | 50% of Maicon's rights | 22 July 2010 |
| 2 | CB | Bruno Alves | Zenit Saint Petersburg | €22,000,000 | 3 August 2010 |
| 4 | CB | Milan Stepanov | Bursaspor | Free | 5 August |
| 3 | CM | Raul Meireles | Liverpool | €13,000,000 | 29 August |
Total income: €36,420,000

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Primeira Liga | Primeira Liga | Europa League | Europa League | Taça de Portugal | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | Taça da Liga |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Helton | 42 | -25 | 25+0 | -9 | 15+0 | -14 | 1+0 | -2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Maicon | 35 | 3 | 18+3 | 2 | 7+1 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | URU | Álvaro Pereira | 36 | 1 | 21+0 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | COL | Fredy Guarín | 42 | 10 | 12+10 | 5 | 7+6 | 5 | 3+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ARG | Fernando Belluschi | 43 | 3 | 23+3 | 2 | 7+5 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | POR | João Moutinho | 48 | 2 | 26+1 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | COL | Radamel Falcao | 42 | 39 | 22+0 | 16 | 15+0 | 18 | 2+1 | 4 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | URU | Cristian Rodríguez | 27 | 2 | 1+12 | 1 | 7+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Mariano González | 12 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | BRA | Hulk | 50 | 35 | 26+0 | 23 | 14+1 | 8 | 6+0 | 3 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | URU | Jorge Fucile | 29 | 0 | 11+5 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | POR | Rolando | 48 | 2 | 29+0 | 0 | 14+0 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | POR | Emídio Rafael | 11 | 2 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 16 | DF | POR | Henrique Sereno | 13 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | POR | Silvestre Varela | 40 | 12 | 25+0 | 10 | 5+6 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | BRA | Walter | 24 | 10 | 3+10 | 5 | 1+3 | 0 | 2+2 | 4 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | COL | James Rodríguez | 30 | 3 | 10+5 | 2 | 4+4 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ROU | Cristian Săpunaru | 38 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | BRA | Souza | 22 | 1 | 4+8 | 0 | 3+4 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | POR | Beto | 11 | -6 | 5+1 | 0 | 1+0 | -2 | 3+0 | -2 | 1+0 | -2 |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Fernando | 38 | 2 | 18+3 | 0 | 13+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | POR | André Castro | 6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | POR | Ukra | 8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | POR | Rúben Micael | 35 | 4 | 8+11 | 0 | 5+2 | 3 | 4+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 30 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Otamendi | 31 | 6 | 13+2 | 5 | 11+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | POL | Paweł Kieszek | 3 | -2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | -2 |
Last updated: 16 May 2011 Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Position | Nation | Number | Name | Primeira Liga | Europa League | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | | 9 | Radamel Falcao | 16 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 39 |
| 2 | | 12 | Hulk | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 35 |
| 3 | | 17 | Silvestre Varela | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | | 18 | Walter | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| = | | 6 | Fredy Guarín | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | | 30 | Nicolás Otamendi | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | | 28 | Rúben Micael | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | | 19 | James Rodríguez | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| = | | 7 | Fernando Belluschi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | | 4 | Maicon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | | 14 | Rolando | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| = | | 10 | Cristian Rodríguez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | | 25 | Fernando | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| = | | 8 | João Moutinho | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | | 15 | Emídio Rafael | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | | 23 | Souza | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | | 5 | Álvaro Pereira | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| / | / | / | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | TOTALS | 71 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 136 |
Last updated: 16 May 2011 Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.
| Position | Number | Name | Primeira Liga | Primeira Liga | Europa League | Europa League | Taça de Portugal | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | Taça da Liga | Total | Total |
| GK | 1 | Helton | 4 | | 2 | | | | | | 6 | |
| DF | 4 | Maicon | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | 6 | 2 |
| DF | 5 | Álvaro Pereira | 6 | | 2 | | 1 | | | | 9 | |
| MF | 6 | Fredy Guarín | 4 | | 1 | | 2 | | | | 7 | |
| MF | 7 | Fernando Belluschi | 8 | | 1 | | | | | | 9 | |
| MF | 8 | João Moutinho | 9 | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 11 | |
| FW | 9 | Radamel Falcao | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 3 | |
| MF | 10 | Cristian Rodríguez | 1 | | 3 | 1 | 1 | | | | 5 | 1 |
| FW | 12 | Hulk | 7 | | | | 2 | | 1 | | 10 | |
| DF | 13 | Jorge Fucile | 7 | 1 | 1 | | | | 1 | | 9 | 1 |
| DF | 14 | Rolando | 4 | | 1 | | 2 | | | | 7 | |
| DF | 15 | Emídio Rafael | 2 | | | | 1 | | | | 3 | |
| DF | 16 | Henrique Sereno | 2 | | | | 2 | | 1 | | 5 | |
| MF | 17 | Silvestre Varela | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | |
| FW | 18 | Walter | 2 | | | | 1 | | 1 | | 4 | |
| MF | 19 | James Rodríguez | 2 | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 4 | |
| DF | 21 | Cristian Săpunaru | 5 | | 2 | | 3 | 1 | | | 10 | 1 |
| MF | 23 | Souza | 1 | | | | 1 | | 1 | | 3 | |
| GK | 24 | Beto | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| MF | 25 | Fernando | 4 | | 4 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | 10 | 1 |
| MF | 28 | Rúben Micael | 2 | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 4 | |
| DF | 30 | Nicolás Otamendi | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | 1 | | 9 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 81 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 138 | 7 |
Last updated: 16 May 2011 Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

## Pre-season

| Date | Match Type | Opponents | H / A | Result | Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 8 July | Friendly | Tourizense | CTFD PortoGaia | 4–1 | Castro, J. Rodríguez, Falcao, Hulk | – |
| 11 July | Friendly | Preußen Münster | Marienfeld | 1–1 | Hulk | 3,000 |
| 15 July | Friendly | Trabzonspor | Marienfeld | 1–0 | Hulk | 2,500 |
| 18 July | Friendly | Ajax | Estádio do Dragão | 1–0 | J. Rodríguez | 40,207 |
| 25 July | Friendly | Sampdoria | Estádio do Dragão | 2–1 | Hulk, Fernando | 39,425 |
| 31 July | Tournament of Paris | Paris Saint-Germain | Parc des Princes | 0–1 | | 10,000 |
| 1 August | Tournament of Paris | Bordeaux | Parc des Princes | 1–2 | Walter | |

## Competitions
### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Porto (C) | 30 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 73 | 16 | +57 | 84 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Benfica | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 61 | 31 | +30 | 63 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 48 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | Braga | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 46 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | Vitória de Guimarães | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 43 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 14 May 2011. Source: Liga ZON Sagres

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

Kickoff times are in GMT.
Win  Draw  Loss

### Taça de Portugal
#### Third round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Porto | 4–1 | Limianos |

#### Fourth round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Moreirense | 0–1 | Porto |

#### Last 16

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Porto | 4–0 | Juventude de Évora |
Match Results :
Porto v Limianos
23 October 19:00 GMT Porto 4–1 Limianos Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Walter 8', 60', 90' Varela 43'
Pedro Tiba 67'
Attendance: 41,000
Moreirense v Porto
21 November 18:00 GMT Moreirense 0–1 Porto Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas, Moreira de Cónegos
Falcao 75'
Porto v Juventude de Évora
11 December 18:00 GMT Porto 4–0 Juventude de Évora Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Falcao 11' Moutinho 41' Pereira 68' Walter 84'
Attendance: 20,000 :
Last updated: 13 December 2010. Source: Competitive Matches