# 2022–23 FC Porto season

The 2022–23 season was the 129th season in the existence of FC Porto and the club's 89th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. In addition to the domestic league, they participated in this season's editions of the Taça de Portugal, Taça da Liga, Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira and UEFA Champions League.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 6 July 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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 |
| 8 | MF | COL | Mateus Uribe |
| 9 | FW | IRN | Mehdi Taremi |
| 10 | FW | POR | Francisco Conceição |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Pepê |
| 12 | DF | NGA | Zaidu Sanusi |
| 13 | FW | BRA | Galeno |
| 14 | GK | POR | Cláudio Ramos |
| 16 | MF | SRB | Marko Grujić |
| 18 | DF | POR | Wilson Manafá |
| — | DF | POR | Diogo Leite |
| — | MF | POR | Carraça |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Wendell |
| 23 | MF | POR | João Mário |
| 25 | MF | POR | Otávio (vice-captain) |
| 28 | MF | POR | Bruno Costa |
| 29 | FW | ESP | Toni Martínez |
| 30 | FW | BRA | Evanilson |
| 38 | FW | BRA | Fernando Andrade |
| 46 | MF | CAN | Stephen Eustáquio |
| 71 | GK | POR | Francisco Meixedo |
| 99 | GK | POR | Diogo Costa |
| — | MF | POR | Romário Baró |
| — | MF | JPN | Shoya Nakajima |
| — | MF | POR | Sérgio Oliveira |
| — | MF | SEN | Mamadou Loum |
| — | FW | POR | Rodrigo Conceição |

### Transfers
#### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | Nationality | Age | Transferred from | Window | Until | Fee |
| 1 July 2022 | MF | Stephen Eustáquio | Canada | 25 | Paços de Ferreira (Portugal) | Summer | 2027 | €3.5M |
| 5 July 2022 | DF | David Carmo | Portugal | 22 | Braga (Portugal) | Summer | 2027 | €20M |
| 5 July 2022 | FW | Gabriel Veron | Brazil | 19 | Palmeiras (Brazil) | Summer | 2027 | €10.5M |

#### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | Nationality | Age | Transferred to | Window | Fee |
| 1 July 2022 | MF | Fábio Vieira | Portugal | 22 | Arsenal (England) | Summer | €35M |
| 1 July 2022 | MF | Vitinha | Portugal | 22 | Paris Saint-Germain (France) | Summer | €41.5M |
| 1 July 2022 | DF | Chancel Mbemba | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 27 | Marseille (France) | Summer | Free |

#### Loan return

| Date | Pos. | Name | Nationality | Age | Returned from | Window |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | Mamadou Loum | Senegal | 25 | Alavés (Spain) | Summer |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | Carraça | Portugal | 29 | Belenenses SAD (Portugal) | Summer |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | Shoya Nakajima | Japan | 27 | Portimonense (Portugal) | Summer |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | Romário Baró | Portugal | 22 | Estoril (Portugal) | Summer |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | Diogo Leite | Portugal | 23 | Braga (Portugal) | Summer |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | Sérgio Oliveira | Portugal | 30 | Roma (Italy) | Summer |

## Technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Sérgio Conceição |
| Assistant coaches | Vítor Bruno |
| Assistant coaches | Siramana Dembélé |
| Goalkeeper coaches | Diamantino Figueiredo Vedran Runje |
| Exercise Physiologist | Eduardo Oliveira |
| Fitness coach | Telmo Sousa |
Source: FC Porto

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Primeira Liga | 6 August 2022 | 27 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 73 | 22 | +51 | 079.41 |
| Taça de Portugal | 16 October 2022 | 4 June 2023 | Third round | Winners | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | +18 | 100.00 |
| Taça da Liga | 25 November 2022 | 28 January 2023 | Group stage | Winners | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 083.33 |
| Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira | 30 July 2022 | 30 July 2022 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 7 September 2022 | 14 March 2023 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 56 | 44 | 6 | 6 | 124 | 35 | +89 | 078.57 |
Source: Soccerway

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Benfica (C) | 34 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 82 | 20 | +62 | 87 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Porto | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 73 | 22 | +51 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Braga | 34 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 75 | 30 | +45 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 71 | 32 | +39 | 74 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Arouca | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa Conference 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 |
Source: Liga Portugal

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### Taça da Liga
#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | POR | MAF | VIZ | CHA |
| 1 | Porto | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–2 | 4–0 | — |
| 2 | Mafra | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | | — | — | 1–1 | — |
| 3 | Vizela | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 | | — | — | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | Chaves | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | — |

#### Final
### Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | POR | BRU | LEV | ATM |
| 1 | Porto | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–4 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 5 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–3 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 5 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Bayer Leverkusen 4, Atlético Madrid 1.

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Primeira Liga | Primeira Liga | Taça de Portugal | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | Taça da Liga | Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira | Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | GK | POR | Cláudio Ramos | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | GK | POR | Francisco Meixedo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | GK | BRA | Samuel Portugal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | POR | Diogo Costa | 41 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | POR | Fábio Cardoso | 31 | 3 | 14+3 | 2 | 4+1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | POR | Pepe | 34 | 0 | 22+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | POR | David Carmo | 15 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Iván Marcano | 40 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | NGA | Zaidu Sanusi | 30 | 1 | 10+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | POR | Rodrigo Conceição | 25 | 0 | 6+10 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | POR | Wilson Manafá | 10 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Wendell | 43 | 2 | 24+2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | POR | João Mário | 27 | 1 | 3+9 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | COL | Mateus Uribe | 50 | 5 | 29+2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | SRB | Marko Grujić | 36 | 1 | 14+10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | POR | Otávio | 43 | 6 | 25+2 | 5 | 3+1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | POR | Bruno Costa | 13 | 1 | 4+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | CAN | Stephen Eustáquio | 36 | 5 | 19+10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | MF | POR | Vasco Sousa | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | POR | Bernardo Folha | 13 | 1 | 1+4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | BRA | Gabriel Veron | 25 | 1 | 2+15 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | IRN | Mehdi Taremi | 50 | 31 | 31+2 | 22 | 2+3 | 2 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Pepê | 54 | 5 | 28+6 | 4 | 5+1 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | BRA | Galeno | 51 | 15 | 20+11 | 8 | 5+1 | 2 | 3+2 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 7+1 | 2 |
| 19 | FW | CMR | Danny Loader | 36 | 7 | 5+17 | 3 | 3+2 | 3 | 4+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | POR | André Franco | 24 | 3 | 6+11 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ESP | Toni Martínez | 49 | 13 | 10+21 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4+2 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | BRA | Evanilson | 40 | 10 | 18+5 | 7 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6+2 | 1 |
| 50 | FW | BRA | Wendel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | POR | Gonçalo Borges | 20 | 0 | 0+10 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 98 | FW | NGA | Abraham Marcus | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who made an appearance and/or had a squad number but left the team. ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ARG | Agustín Marchesín | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |