# 2009–10 FC Porto season

The 2009–10 season is Futebol Clube do Porto's 76th season in the Primeira Liga, officially known as the Liga Sagres for sponsorship reasons. Porto won their fourth consecutive title last season and will be aiming to match their national record of winning five titles in a row. They are also the current Taça de Portugal holders after defeating Paços de Ferreira 1–0 last season at the Estádio do Jamor.

## Club
### Kit

Supplier: Nike Sponsor(s): tmn, meo, Super Bock
| Home | Away | Gk Home | Gk Away |
Last updated: 20 July 2009. Source: FCPorto.pt

### Other information

| Public Affairs | Rui Cerqueira |
| Club Ambassador | Vítor Baía |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Estádio do Dragão (50,818 / 105m x 68m) |
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## Squad
### Players

As of 3 February 2009.
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 | BRA | Helton |
| 2 | DF | POR | Bruno Alves (captain) |
| 3 | MF | POR | Raul Meireles |
| 4 | DF | SRB | Milan Stepanov |
| 5 | DF | URU | Jorge Fucile |
| 6 | MF | COL | Fredy Guarín |
| 7 | MF | ARG | Fernando Belluschi |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Diego Valeri |
| 9 | FW | COL | Radamel Falcao |
| 10 | MF | URU | Cristian Rodríguez |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Mariano González |
| 12 | FW | BRA | Hulk |
| 14 | DF | POR | Rolando |
| 15 | DF | URU | Álvaro Pereira |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Maicon |
| 17 | FW | POR | Silvestre Varela |
| 18 | DF | POR | Nuno André Coelho |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Ernesto Farías |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Tomás Costa |
| 21 | DF | GHA | David Addy |
| 22 | DF | POR | Miguel Lopes |
| 24 | GK | POR | Beto |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Fernando |
| 28 | MF | POR | Rúben Micael |
| 29 | FW | POR | Orlando Sá |
| 31 | GK | POL | Paweł Kieszek |
| 33 | GK | POR | Nuno |

### Transfers
#### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2009 | DF | Miguel Lopes | Rio Ave | €600,000 (50%) |
| 1 July 2009 | FW | Silvestre Varela | Estrela da Amadora | Free |
| 1 July 2009 | FW | Orlando Sá | Braga | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2009 | DF | Maicon | Nacional | €1,100,000 |
| 1 July 2009 | DF | Álvaro Pereira | CFR Cluj | €4,500,000 (80%) |
| 1 July 2009 | GK | Beto | Leixões | €750,000 |
| 6 July 2009 | MF | Fernando Belluschi | Olympiacos | €5,000,000 (50%) |
| 15 July 2009 | FW | Radamel Falcao | River Plate | €3,930,000 (60%) |
| 15 July 2009 | MF | Diego Valeri | Lanús | €2,300,000 (loan) |
| 23 July 2009 | MF | Sebastián Prediguer | Colón | €3,300,000 |
| 18 January 2010 | MF | Rúben Micael | Nacional | €3,400,000 |
| 1 February 2010 | DF | David Addy | Randers | |
Total spending: €24,900,000

#### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 6 July 2008 | MF | Paulo Assunção | Atlético Madrid | €3,500,000 |
| 30 June 2009 | MF | Diego | Juventus | €250,000 (1%) |
| 30 June 2009 | MF | Paulo Machado | Toulouse | €3,500,000 |
| 30 June 2009 | DF | Pedro Emanuel | Unattached | Retired |
| 30 June 2009 | MF | Tarik Sektioui | Ajman Club | Free |
| 30 June 2009 | MF | Lucho González | Marseille | €18,000,000 $^{(€6,000,000bonus)}$ |
| 7 July 2009 | FW | Lisandro López | Lyon | €24,000,000 $^{(€4,000,000bonus)}$ |
| 11 July 2009 | MF | Bruno Gama | Rio Ave | Free |
| 11 July 2009 | MF | Vieirinha | PAOK | €300,000 |
| 15 July 2009 | MF | Ibson | Spartak Moscow | €5,000,000 |
| 17 July 2009 | GK | Ruca | Marítimo | Free |
| 18 July 2009 | DF | Aly Cissokho | Lyon | €15,000,000 |
| 22 July 2009 | MF | Przemysław Kaźmierczak | Vitória de Setúbal | Free |
| 4 August 2009 | DF | João Paulo | Le Mans | €1,500,000 |
| 18 August 2009 | FW | Ivanildo | Portimonense | Free |
| 24 August 2009 | FW | Adriano | Braga | Free |
| 18 January 2010 | MF | Mario Bolatti | Fiorentina | €3,500,000 |
Total income: €74,550,000

#### Loan out

| Date From | Date To | Pos. | Name | Moving To |
| 1 July 2009 | 30 June 2010 | FW | Rui Pedro | Gil Vicente |
| 6 July 2009 | 30 June 2010 | DF | Bernardo Tengarrinha | Olhanense |
| 6 July 2009 | 30 June 2010 | MF | Hugo Ventura | Olhanense |
| 6 July 2009 | 30 June 2010 | MF | André Castro | Olhanense |
| 6 July 2009 | 30 June 2010 | FW | Rabiola | Olhanense |
| 7 July 2009 | 30 June 2010 | DF | André Pinto | Vitória de Setúbal |
| 10 July 2009 | 30 June 2010 | DF | Nuno Coelho | Villarreal |
| 10 July 2009 | 30 June 2010 | MF | Daniel Candeias | Recreativo de Huelva |
| 16 July 2009 | 30 June 2010 | MF | Hélder Barbosa | Vitória de Setúbal |
| 20 July 2009 | 30 June 2010 | MF | Pelé | Real Valladolid |
| 31 January 2010 | 30 June 2010 | FW | Wason Rentería | Braga |
| 22 July 2009 | 30 June 2010 | MF | Pitbull | Marítimo |
| 25 July 2009 | 30 June 2010 | DF | Milan Stepanov | Málaga |
| 17 August 2009 | 30 June 2010 | DF | Nelson Benítez | Leixões |
| 31 January 2010 | 30 June 2010 | DF | Cristian Săpunaru | Rapid București |
| 27 January 2010 | 30 June 2010 | MF | Sebastián Prediguer | Boca Juniors |

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    Last updated on 22 February 2010.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Primeira Liga | Primeira Liga | Champions League | Champions 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 | 25 | -17 | 19+0 | -14 | 6+0 | -3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | POR | Bruno Alves | 29 | 4 | 19+0 | 3 | 7+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | POR | Raul Meireles | 26 | 2 | 17+0 | 1 | 7+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | COL | Fredy Guarín | 24 | 0 | 2+11 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ARG | Fernando Belluschi | 24 | 2 | 15+2 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Diego Valeri | 13 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | COL | Radamel Falcao | 42 | 34 | 28 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | URU | Cristian Rodríguez | 22 | 3 | 7+6 | 2 | 5+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Mariano González | 27 | 3 | 11+4 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | BRA | Hulk | 21 | 7 | 12+1 | 2 | 6+1 | 3 | 1+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | URU | Jorge Fucile | 27 | 1 | 19+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | POR | Rolando | 29 | 5 | 19+0 | 2 | 6+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | URU | Álvaro Pereira | 31 | 1 | 18+0 | 1 | 7+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Maicon | 10 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | POR | Silvestre Varela | 24 | 11 | 12+3 | 8 | 2+2 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | POR | Nuno André Coelho | 5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Ernesto Farías | 22 | 7 | 3+12 | 5 | 0+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Tomás Costa | 19 | 1 | 2+8 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ROU | Cristian Săpunaru | 9 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | POR | Miguel Lopes | 7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | POR | Beto | 6 | -6 | 1+0 | -1 | 1+0 | -1 | 4+0 | -4 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Fernando | 27 | 0 | 18+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ARG | Sebastián Prediguer | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | POR | Rúben Micael | 8 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | POR | Orlando Sá | 7 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 33 | GK | POR | Nuno | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | POR | Sérgio Oliveira | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| | DF | GHA | David Addy | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

    Last updated on 22 February
| Position | Nation | Number | Name | Primeira Liga | Champions League | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | Total |
| 1 | | 9 | Radamel Falcao | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| 2 | | 17 | Silvestre Varela | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | | 12 | Hulk | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| = | | 19 | Ernesto Farías | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | | 14 | Rolando | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | | 2 | Bruno Alves | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| / | / | / | Own goals | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

### Disciplinary record

    Last updated on 22 February
| Position | Number | Name | Primeira Liga | Primeira Liga | Champions League | Champions League | Taça de Portugal | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | Taça da Liga | Total | Total |
| GK | 1 | Helton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 2 | Bruno Alves | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| MF | 3 | Raul Meireles | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| MF | 6 | Fredy Guarín | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | 9 | Radamel Falcao | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | 10 | Cristian Rodríguez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| MF | 11 | Mariano González | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| FW | 12 | Hulk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| DF | 13 | Jorge Fucile | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | 14 | Rolando | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | 15 | Álvaro Pereira | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| DF | 16 | Maicon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 17 | Silvestre Varela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 20 | Tomás Costa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | 21 | Cristian Săpunaru | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 22 | Miguel Lopes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GK | 24 | Beto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 25 | Fernando | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| MF | 28 | Rúben Micael | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 42 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 69 | 4 |

### Start formations

| Qnt | Formation | Match(es) |
| 12 | 4–3–3 | 1–10 Primeira Liga, 1–3 UEFA Champions League, 1 Taça de Portugal |

### Starting 11
## Pre-season
### Fixtures

| Game | Date | Competition | Venue | Opponent | Result F–A | Attendance | Man of the Match |
| 1 | 11 July | Friendly | CTFD PortoGaia | Tourizense | 3–1 | 0 | Hulk |
| 2 | 15 July | Friendly | Municipal de Aveiro | Leixões | 3–1 | 13,032 | Hulk |
| 3 | 18 July | Friendly | Estádio do Dragão | Monaco | 3–0 | 38,211 | Pereira |
| 4 | 23 July | Friendly | Municipal de Albufeira | Dinamo București | 1–0 | 6,000 | Varela |
| 5 | 27 July | Peace Cup | Nuevo Colombino | Lyon | 0–2 | | Hulk |
| 6 | 29 July | Peace Cup | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán | Beşiktaş | 0–0 | | |
| 7 | 31 July | Peace Cup | La Rosaleda | Aston Villa | 1–2 | | |
| 8 | 9 August | Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira | Municipal de Aveiro | Paços de Ferreira | 2–0 | 15,722 | Farías |

### Peace Cup
#### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | POR | BEŞ | LYO |
| Porto | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4 | | | 2–0 |
| Beşiktaş | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0–0 | | |
| Lyon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | | 1–1 | |

#### Semi-final
## Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira | — | — | Winner | 9 August | 9 August |
| Primeira Liga | — | 3rd | | 13 August | 9 May |
| UEFA Champions League | Group stage | Round of 16 | | 15 September | |
| Taça de Portugal | Third Round | Semi-finals | | 17 October | |
| Taça da Liga | Third Round | Final | | 5 January | 20 March |
Updated to match played 10 February Source: Competitions

## Primeira Liga
### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Benfica (C) | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 78 | 20 | +58 | 76 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Braga | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 48 | 20 | +28 | 71 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Porto | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 70 | 26 | +44 | 68 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 42 | 26 | +16 | 48 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Marítimo | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 41 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
* ↑ Porto qualified for the play-off round of 2010–11 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2009–10 Taça de Portugal.
* ↑ Marítimo ahead of Vitória de Guimarães on head-to-head record; Vitória de Guimarães–Marítimo 1–2, Marítimo–Vitória de Guimarães 0–1.

### Results

Summary
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 February. Source: Liga Sagres
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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Matches
## UEFA Champions League
### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CHE | POR | ATM | APO |
| 1 | Chelsea | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 |
| 2 | Porto | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 3 | Transfer to Europa League | 2–2 | 0–3 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | APOEL | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |

### First knockout round
#### Second leg

Arsenal advances 6–2 on aggregate.

## Taça da Liga
### Third round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Porto | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Académica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Leixões | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | |
| 4 | Estoril | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |