2005–06 FC Porto season

The 2005–06 season was Futebol Clube do Porto's 95th competitive season, 72nd consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, and 112th year in existence as a football club. Despite finishing bottom of their group in the UEFA Champions League group stage,[3] Dutch coach Co Adriaanse led the Dragões to league and cup double.[4][5]

Porto

2005–06 season
Chairman	Pinto da Costa
Manager	Co Adriaanse
Stadium	Estádio do Dragão
Primeira Liga	1st
Taça de Portugal	Winners
Champions League	Group Stage (4th place)
Top goalscorer	League: Lucho González (10) All: Lucho González (12)
Highest home attendance	50,109 vs Benfica (15 October 2005)[1]
Lowest home attendance	18,425 vs Marco (26 October 2005)[2]
Average home league attendance	39,063
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Key dates

• 20 January 2005: Porto sign Lucho González from River Plate for a €7 million transfer fee.[6] González would join Porto in the summer following the end of the 2004–05 Argentine Primera División.
• 15 April 2005: Porto sign Argentine forward Lisandro López from Racing for a €2.3 million transfer fee.[7]
• 24 May 2005: Co Adriaanse is appointed as the new manager on a two-year contract, with immediate effect.[8]
• 8 July 2005: Porto agree a deal with Turkish defender Fatih Sonkaya on a €1.5 million transfer deal from Beşiktaş.[9]
• 21 August 2005: Porto win their first match of the Primeira Liga season at home to Estrela da Amadora.[10]
• 31 August 2005: The transfer deadline day sees Marek Čech join from Sparta Prague.[11]
• 13 September 2005: Porto lose their first UEFA Champions League group stage match 3–2, to Rangers at Ibrox. Pepe scored both of Porto's goals.[12]
• 28 September 2005: Porto suffer a second consecutive Champions League group stage lose to UEFA Champions League debutants Artmedia Bratislava. Porto led the game 2–0, but the Slovak side clawed back to score three goals to give Artmedia all three points.[13]
• 15 October 2005: Porto suffer their first league defeat of the season, losing 2–0 to Benfica at the Estádio do Dragão.[14]
• 19 October 2005: Porto defeat Italian side Inter Milan in their third UEFA Champions League group stage match. A Marco Materazzi own goal and a Benni McCarthy strike saw Porto claim all three points.[15]
• 26 October 2005: Porto play host to Liga de Honra's Marco at the Estádio do Dragão, in a Taça de Portugal fourth round tie. The Dragões defeated the second division side 1–0. Ivanildo scored the only goal of the game.[16]
• 1 November 2005: Porto suffer a third Champions League group stage loss after falling to Inter at the San Siro. The Nerazzurri defeated the dragons 2–1. Hugo Almeida scored Porto's only goal of the game.[17]
• 19 November 2005: Porto demolish Académica de Coimbra, 5–1 in a Primeira Liga fixture.[18]
• 23 November 2005: A late Ross McCormack goal denies Porto a crucial win in their fifth Champions League group stage match against Rangers.[19]
• 2 December 2005: A second-half Jorginho strike grants Porto a draw against Sporting CP after Deivid had scored for the visitors.[20]
• 6 December 2005: A goalless draw at Artmedia Bratislava's Stadium FC Petržalka 1898 leaves Porto bottom of their group, and eliminates them from all European competitions.[21] Rangers would progress to the round of 16 whilst Artmedia would progress to the UEFA Cup round of 32.
• 11 January 2006: Porto defeat fellow Primeira Liga side Naval 2–1 at the Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa in a fifth round cup tie. Diego and Lucho González scored Porto's goals.[22]
• 15 January 2006: Estrela da Amadora inflict on Porto, their second league loss of the season. The Amadora outfit would defeat Porto at the Estádio José Gomes, 2–1. Lucho González would score Porto's goal.[23]
• 18 January 2006: Porto announce the signings of Brazilian duo Adriano and Anderson. Adriano would sign from Grêmio, whilst Anderson signed from Brazilian side Cruzeiro.[24]
• 26 February 2006: Porto suffer their third league loss of the season after being defeated by Benfica. The Encarnados would defeat the Portistas 1–0. French midfielder Laurent Robert scored the only goal of the game.[25]
• 15 March 2006: Porto progress to the Taça de Portugal semi-finals after beating Marítimo 2–1 at Estádio dos Barreiros. Benni McCarthy scored a goal in extra-time to grant Porto passage into the next round.[26]
• 22 March 2006: Porto progress to the Taça de Portugal final after defeating Sporting CP on penalties. The 90 minutes ended goalless, forcing extra-time. Liédson scored in the second half of extra-time. Benni McCarthy equalised five minutes from the end. After João Moutinho missed his penalty, Lisandro López scored Porto's fifth penalty to grant them passage into the final.[27]
• 8 April 2006: A late Jorginho strike gives Porto a crucial win over rivals Sporting CP.[28]
• 22 April 2006: Porto wins their 21st Primeira Liga title, clinching the title after defeating Penafiel 1–0.[29]
• 14 May 2006: Porto win the Taça de Portugal for the 13th time after beating Vitória de Setúbal 1–0 in the final. Adriano scored the only goal of the game.[30]

Players

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Portuguese Cup		Europe
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Helton	13	0	11	0	2	0	0	0
31	GK		Paulo Ribeiro	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
99	GK		Vítor Baía	32	0	24	0	2	0	6	0
Defenders
2	DF		Jorge Costa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Ricardo Costa	23	1	18	1	2	0	3	0
4	DF		Pedro Emanuel	36	0	26	0	5	0	5	0
5	DF		Marek Čech	21	1	14	1	5	0	2	0
12	DF		José Bosingwa	31	0	21	0	5	0	5	0
13	DF		Bruno Alves	11	0	7	0	1	0	3	0
14	DF		Pepe	33	3	24	1	4	0	5	2
15	DF		Nuno Valente	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF		César Peixoto	20	4	16	4	0	0	4	0
22	DF		Fatih Sonkaya	7	0	5	0	1	0	1	0
33	DF		Miguel Areias	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF		João Pedro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	DF		Leandro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Ibson	24	1	18	1	4	0	2	0
7	MF		Ricardo Quaresma	39	5	29	5	4	0	6	0
8	MF		Lucho González	40	12	30	10	4	1	6	1
16	MF		Raul Meireles	22	2	18	2	3	0	1	0
18	MF		Paulo Assunção	33	0	25	0	4	0	4	0
20	MF		Diego	24	3	18	1	2	1	4	1
30	MF		Anderson	5	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
37	MF		Hélder Barbosa	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF		Leandro Bonfim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	MF		Léo Lima	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	MF		Sandro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
66	MF		Nuno Coelho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Benni McCarthy	31	7	23	3	4	3	4	1
10	FW		Hélder Postiga	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Lisandro López	30	8	26	7	2	0	2	1
17	FW		Jorginho	36	4	28	4	2	0	6	0
19	FW		Tomo Šokota	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
25	FW		Ivanildo	16	1	14	0	1	1	1	0
27	FW		Alan	31	1	24	1	3	0	4	0
28	FW		Adriano	18	8	15	7	3	1	0	0
29	FW		Hugo Almeida	37	4	27	3	4	0	6	1
39	FW		Bruno Moraes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	FW		Bruno Gama	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
1	GK		Helton	27	Non-EU	União de Leiria	Transfer	Summer		€1.5M	Record.pt
8	MF		Lucho González	24	Non-EU	River Plate	Transfer	Summer	2010	€3.6M	UEFA.com
11	FW		Lisandro López	22	Non-EU	Racing Santander	Transfer	Summer	2009	€2.35M	Record.pt
13	DF		Bruno Alves	23	EU	AEK Athens	Loan Return	Summer
17	FW		Jorginho	28	Non-EU	Vitória de Setúbal	Transfer	Summer		Undisclosed Fee	ZeroZero.pt
18	MF		Paulo Assunção	25	Non-EU	AEK Athens	Loan Return	Summer
19	DF		Tomo Šokota	28	Non-EU	Benfica	Transfer	Summer	2011	Free	Record.pt
21	DF		César Peixoto	25	EU	Vitória de Guimarães	Loan Return	Summer
22	DF		Fatih Sonkaya	24	Non-EU	Beşiktaş	Transfer	Summer		€1.5 M	Record.pt
27	FW		Alan	25	Non-EU	Marítimo	Transfer	Summer		Undisclosed Fee	Record.pt
28	FW		Adriano	27	Non-EU	Cruzeiro	Loan	Winter	2006		Record.pt
29	FW		Bruno Moraes	25	Non-EU	Vitória de Setúbal	Loan Return	Summer	2008
30	FW		Anderson	17	Non-EU	Grêmio	Transfer	Winter		€7M	UEFA.com
35	DF		Marek Čech	22	EU	Sparta Prague	Transfer	Summer	2009	Undisclosed Fee	Record.pt
39	FW		Hugo Almeida	25	EU	Boavista	Loan Return	Summer
	MF		Sandro	28	Non-EU	Vitória de Setúbal	Transfer	Summer	2008	Undisclosed Fee	Record.pt
	DF		Leandro	26	Non-EU	Cruzeiro	Loan Return	Summer
	MF		Leandro Bonfim	21	Non-EU	PSV	Transfer	Summer
	MF		Léo Lima	23	Non-EU	Santos	Transfer	Summer			Record.pt

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
2	DF		Jorge Costa	33	EU	Standard Liège	Transfer	Summer	Free
15	DF		Nuno Valente	30	EU	Everton	Transfer	Summer	€2.2 M	UEFA.com
	GK		Paulo Santos	32	EU	Braga	Transfer	Summer
	MF		Manuel José	24	EU	Boavista	Transfer	Summer
	FW		António Alves	23	EU	Tourizense	Transfer	Summer
	MF		André Vilas Boas	22	EU	Rio Ave	Loan Finished	Summer		Record.pt
	MF		Maximiliano Asís	18	Non-EU	Boca Juniors	Transfer	Summer
	DF		Miguel Areias	28	EU	Boavista	Loan	Summer		Record.pt
	FW		Maciel	26	Non-EU	União de Leiria	Loan	Summer		Record.pt
	MF		Sandro	28	Non-EU	Manisaspor	Loan	Summer
	GK		Bruno Vale	22	EU	Estrela da Amadora	Loan	Summer		Record.pt
	MF		Paulo Machado	19	EU	Estrela da Amadora	Loan	Summer		Record.pt
	MF		Leandro Bonfim	21	Non-EU	Cruzeiro	Loan	Summer
	MF		Pitbull	23	Non-EU	Al-Ittihad	Loan	Summer		Record.pt
	FW		Luís Fabiano	24	Non-EU	Sevilla	Loan	Summer	€1.2 M
	MF		Pedro Oliveira	23	EU	Vitória de Setúbal	Transfer	Summer
	MF		Sérgio Organista	21	EU	Pontevedra	Loan	Summer
	FW		Vítor Silva	23	EU	Santa Clara	Transfer	Summer
	GK		Rui Sacramento	20	EU	Valdevez	Loan	Summer
	FW		Cleberson	21	Non-EU	União São João	Transfer	Summer
	DF		Vítor Rodrigues	22	EU	União da Madeira	Transfer	Summer
	DF		Joel N'Gako	19	Non-EU	Belasitsa Petrich	Transfer	Summer
	FW		José Furtado	22	Non-EU	Vihren Sandanski	Loan	Summer
	FW		Gonzalo Marronkle	20	Non-EU	Marco	Transfer	Summer
	MF		Cristóvão	22	EU	Penafiel	Loan	Summer
	MF		Pedro Nuno	23	EU	Maia	Transfer	Summer
	MF		Fausto Lourenço	18	EU	Académica	Transfer	Summer
	GK		Vasco Viana	20	EU	Lixa	Transfer	Summer
	MF		Márcio Sousa	19	EU	Sporting Covilhã	Loan	Summer
	DF		Raviola	21	EU	Joane	Loan	Summer
	FW		Tiago André	21	EU	Fafe	Transfer	Summer
	DF		Sandro	22	EU	Tourizense	Transfer	Summer
	DF		Diogo Ramos	18	EU	Freamunde	Transfer	Summer
	MF		Diogo Gomes	19	EU	Coritiba	Transfer	Summer
	DF		Pedro Silva	20	EU	Tourizense	Transfer	Summer
	DF		Tiago Costa	18	EU	Candal	Transfer	Summer
	FW		Pedro Dennis	18	EU	Maia	Transfer	Summer
	MF		Danilson	18	Non-EU	Padroense	Transfer	Summer
	FW		Pedro Saianda	17	EU	Barreirense	Transfer	Summer
	DF		Pedro Ribeiro	23	EU	Marco	Loan	Winter
	MF		Pitbull	24	Non-EU	Santos	Loan	Winter
	MF		Pitbull	24	Non-EU	Fluminense	Loan	Winter		Record.pt
	MF		Cristóvão	22	EU	Leixões	Loan	Winter
	MF		Sandro	28	Non-EU	Vitória de Setúbal	Loan	Winter		Record.pt
	MF		Vinícius	19	Non-EU	Paulista	Transfer	Winter
10	FW		Hélder Postiga	23	EU	Saint-Étienne	Loan	Winter		Record.pt
	FW		José Furtado	22	Non-EU	CSKA Sofia	Transfer	Winter
	FW		Vieirinha	19	EU	Marco	Loan	Winter
	DF		Nuno André Coelho	20	EU	Maia	Loan	Winter
	MF		Léo Lima	23	Non-EU	Santos	Transfer	Winter
	DF		Leandro	26	Non-EU	Santos	Loan	Winter

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Co Adriaanse
Assistant Manager	Rui Barros
Goalkeeper Coach	Wil Coort
Physio	António Dias
Scout	João Pinto
Doctor	Nélson Puga

Source: ZeroZero

Competitions

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto (C)	34	24	7	3	54	16	+38	79	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Sporting CP	34	22	6	6	50	24	+26	72
3	Benfica	34	20	7	7	51	29	+22	67	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Braga	34	17	7	10	38	22	+16	58	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Nacional	34	14	10	10	40	32	+8	52

Source: Foradejogo
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(C) Champion.

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
34	24	7	3	54	16	+38	79	13	3	1	32	7	+25	11	4	2	22	9	+13

Last updated: 14 May 2011.
Source: ZeroZero

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D
Position	7	4	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 15 April. Source: ZeroZero
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

21 August 2005 1	Porto	1 – 0	Estrela da Amadora	Porto
19:45 GMT	R. Costa  57'	(Report)		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 48,217 Referee: João Vilas Boas

26 August 2005 2	Naval	2 – 3	Porto	Figueira da Foz
21:30 GMT	Fogaça  55' Peixoto  85' (o.g.)	(Report)	Peixoto  45', 53' Almeida  82'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa Referee: Lucílio Baptista

10 September 2005 3	Porto	3 – 0	Rio Ave	Porto
19:30 GMT	Quaresma  87' Alan  90+3' Almeida  90+4'	(Report)		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 38,421 Referee: Elmano Santos

18 September 2005 4	Braga	0 – 0	Porto	Braga
21:15 GMT		(Report)		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Referee: António Costa

24 September 2005 5	Porto	2 – 0	Belenenses	Porto
21:15 GMT	McCarthy  18' Jorginho  56'	(Report)		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 41,109 Referee: Bruno Paixão

2 October 2005 6	Marítimo	2 – 2	Porto	Funchal
19:15 GMT	Manduca  7' Marcinho  86'	(Report)	López  74' Peixoto  76'	Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Referee: Duarte Gomes

15 October 2005 7	Porto	0 – 2	Benfica	Porto
21:00 GMT		(Report)	Nuno Gomes  55', 63'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 50,109 Referee: Lucílio Baptista

23 October 2005 8	Nacional	0 – 1	Porto	Funchal
21:15 GMT		(Report)	Almeida  47'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Referee: Hélio Santos

29 October 2005 9	Porto	0 – 0	Vitória de Setúbal	Porto
19:15 GMT		(Report)		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 29,316 Referee: António Resende

6 November 2005 10	Paços de Ferreira	0 – 1	Porto	Paços de Ferreira
21:15 GMT		(Report)	Quaresma  11'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Referee: Pedro Proença

19 November 2005 11	Porto	5 – 1	Académica	Porto
21:15 GMT	González  10', 89' López  19', 17' Peixoto  71'	(Report)	Marcel  90+4'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 30,108 Referee: Carlos Xistra

28 November 2005 12	Gil Vicente	0 – 1	Porto	Barcelos
20:30 GMT		(Report)	González  1'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 4,112 Referee: António Costa

2 December 2005 13	Porto	1 – 1	Sporting CP	Porto
21:00 GMT	Jorginho  66'	(Report)	Deivid  48'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 46,111 Referee: Lucílio Baptista

10 December 2005 14	União de Leiria	1 – 3	Porto	Leiria
21:15 GMT	Felício  35'	(Report)	Laranjeiro  40' (o.g.) López  42' Diego  90+1'	Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Attendance: 4,337 Referee: Pedro Henriques

17 December 2005 15	Porto	3 – 1	Penafiel	Porto
21:15 GMT	González  39', 44' (pen.) López  54'	(Report)	Amaro  1'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 30,108 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

22 December 2005 16	Vitória de Guimarães	0 – 2	Porto	Guimarães
21:30 GMT		(Report)	Quaresma  21' Jorginho  58'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 18,173 Referee: Paulo Baptista

8 January 2006 17	Porto	1 – 0	Boavista	Porto
20:45 GMT	Quaresma  22'	(Report)		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 41,207 Referee: Paulo Costa

15 January 2006 18	Estrela da Amadora	2 – 1	Porto	Amadora
20:45 GMT	Maurício  17' Coutinho  33'	(Report)	González  60'	Stadium: Estádio José Gomes Referee: Olegário Benquerença

21 January 2006 19	Porto	1 – 0	Naval	Porto
21:15 GMT	Fernando  30' (o.g.)	(Report)		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 32,128 Referee: João Vilas Boas

29 January 2006 20	Rio Ave	0 – 0	Porto	Vila do Conde
19:15 GMT		(Report)		Stadium: Estádio do Rio Ave FC Referee: Duarte Gomes

6 February 2006 21	Porto	1 – 1	Braga	Porto
20:30 GMT	González  55'	(Report)	Tomás  88' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 39,409 Referee: Bruno Paixão

11 February 2006 22	Belenenses	0 – 2	Porto	Lisbon
21:30 GMT		(Report)	Adriano  43', 52'	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Referee: Elmano Santos

19 February 2006 23	Porto	1 – 0	Marítimo	Porto
18:30 GMT	Meireles  21'	(Report)		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 31,116 Referee: Carlos Xistra

26 February 2006 24	Benfica	1 – 0	Porto	Lisbon
19:45 GMT	Robert  39'	(Report)		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 57,787 Referee: João Ferreira

5 March 2006 25	Porto	3 – 0	Nacional	Porto
18:30 GMT	McCarthy  17' Pepe  44' González  50'	(Report)		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 33,909 Referee: Paulo Pereira

10 March 2006 26	Vitória de Setúbal	0 – 2	Porto	Setúbal
21:30 GMT	Adriano  40' Meireles  50'	(Report)		Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Referee: Pedro Henriques

18 March 2006 27	Porto	3 – 0	Paços de Ferreira	Porto
21:30 GMT	McCarthy  30' Adriano  46' López  74'	(Report)		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 30,309 Referee: Hélio Santos

26 March 2006 28	Académica	0 – 1	Porto	Coimbra
18:30 GMT		(Report)	Almeida  71'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 13,069 Referee: António Costa

2 April 2006 29	Porto	3 – 0	Gil Vicente	Porto
20:15 GMT	Čech  45' Quaresma  78' Ibson  86'	(Report)		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 40,335 Referee: Paulo Baptista

8 April 2006 30	Sporting CP	0 – 1	Porto	Lisbon
20:45 GMT		(Report)	Jorginho  84'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 48,018 Referee: Duarte Gomes

14 April 2006 31	Porto	1 – 0	União de Leiria	Porto
19:45 GMT	Adriano  43'	(Report)		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 45,828 Referee: Elmano Santos

22 April 2006 32	Penafiel	0 – 1	Porto	Penafiel
19:15 GMT		(Report)	Adriano  47' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril Attendance: 45,828 Referee: Augusto Duarte

30 April 2006 33	Porto	3 – 1	Vitória de Guimarães	Porto
18:30 GMT	González  58', 87' Adriano  90+3'	(Report)	Antchouet  84'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 49,809 Referee: Hélio Santos

6 May 2006 34	Boavista	1 – 1	Porto	Porto
18:00 GMT	Paulo Jorge  71'	(Report)	López  21'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Referee: Pedro Henriques

Matches

26 October 2005 4	Porto	1 – 0	Marco	Estádio do Dragão, Porto
	Ivanildo  28'	(Report)		Attendance: 18,425 Referee: João Vilas Boas

11 January 2006 5	Naval	1 – 2	Porto	Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa, Figueira da Foz
20:45	Saulo  47' (pen.)	(Report)	Diego  60' González  78' (pen.)	Referee: Bruno Paixão

15 March 2006 QF	Marítimo	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Porto	Estádio dos Barreiros, Funchal
18:30	Kanú  33' (pen.)	(Report)	McCarthy  22', 96'	Referee: Lucílio Baptista

22 March 2006 SF	Porto (I)	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Sporting CP	Estádio do Dragão, Porto
20:45	McCarthy  115'	(Report)	Liédson  108'	Attendance: 48,416 Referee: Olegário Benquerença
	Penalties
	González McCarthy R. Costa Assunção López		Moutinho Custódio Deivid Tello Ricardo

14 May 2006 F	Porto	1 – 0	Vitória de Setúbal	Estádio Nacional, Oeiras
17:00	Adriano  39'	(Report)		Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Duarte Gomes

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Internazionale	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	13	Advance to knockout stage
2	Rangers	6	1	4	1	7	7	0	7
3	Artmedia	6	1	3	2	5	9	−4	6	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Porto	6	1	2	3	8	9	−1	5

Source: RSSSF

13 September 2005 1	Rangers	3 – 2	Porto	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
19:45 (UTC)	Løvenkrands  35' Pršo  59' Kyrgiakos  85'	(Report)	Pepe  47', 71'	Attendance: 48,600 Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

28 September 2005 2	Porto	2 – 3	Artmedia Bratislava	Estádio do Dragão, Porto
19:45 (UTC)	González  32' Diego  39'	(Report)	Petráš  45+1' Ján Kozák  54' Borbély  74'	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

19 October 2005 3	Porto	2 – 0	Inter Milan	Estádio do Dragão, Porto
19:45 (UTC)	Materazzi  22' (o.g.) McCarthy  35'	(Report)		Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

1 November 2005 4	Inter Milan	2 – 1	Porto	San Siro, Milan
19:45 (UTC)	Cruz  75' (pen.), 82'	(Report)	Almeida  16'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

23 November 2005 5	Porto	1 – 1	Rangers	Estádio do Dragão, Porto
19:45 (UTC)	López  60'	(Report)	McCormack  83'	Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

6 December 2005 6	Artmedia Bratislava	0 – 0	Porto	Tehelné pole, Bratislava
19:45 (UTC)		(Report)		Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

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