2017–18 FC Porto season

The 2017–18 FC Porto season was the club's 108th competitive season and the 84th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. The season began on 9 August 2017 and concluded on 12 May 2018.

Porto

2017–18 season
President	Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
Head coach	Sérgio Conceição
Stadium	Estádio do Dragão
Primeira Liga	1st
Taça de Portugal	Semi-finals
Taça da Liga	Semi-finals
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Moussa Marega (22 goals) All: Vincent Aboubakar (26 goals)
Highest home attendance	50,027[1] Porto 2–1 C.D Feirense (6 May 2018)
Lowest home attendance	26,207 Porto 0–0 Leixões (24 October 2017)
Average home league attendance	42,674[2]
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Porto won the 2017–18 Primeira Liga title in the penultimate matchday following a draw between direct rivals Benfica and Sporting CP.[3] In so doing, they secured their first league title since the 2012–13 season and first overall title since the 2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. Porto also competed in the 2017–18 Taça da Liga and the 2017–18 Taça de Portugal; in both competitions, they reached the semi-finals but were eliminated by Sporting CP after a penalty shootout.

In UEFA competitions, Porto participated for the 7th consecutive and 22nd overall time in the UEFA Champions League group stage, a record shared with Barcelona and Real Madrid. They advanced to the round of 16 as group runners-up, behind Beşiktaş, where they were eliminated by Liverpool.

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Iker Casillas	39	EU	2015	114	0	2018	Undisclosed
2	DF		Maxi Pereira	36	EU	2015	96	4	2018	Free
5	DF		Iván Marcano	33	EU	2014	149	12	2018	€2.65M
6	MF		Paulinho	26	Non-EU	2018	2	0	2018	Undisclosed
7	FW		Hernâni	29	EU	2015	27	3	2019	€2.9M
8	FW		Yacine Brahimi	30	EU	2014	158	39	2019	€6.5M	Second nationality: France
9	FW		Vincent Aboubakar	29	Non-EU	2014	100	52	2018	€3M
10	MF		Óliver Torres	26	EU	2014	100	10	2021	€20M
11	FW		Moussa Marega	29	Non-EU	2016	49	22	2020	€3.8M
12	GK		José Sá	28	EU	2016	27	0	2020	Undisclosed
13	DF		Alex Telles	28	EU	2016	82	3	2021	€6.5M	Second nationality: Italy
14	FW		Gonçalo Paciência	26	EU	2014	11	1	2019	Youth system
16	MF		Héctor Herrera	30	Non-EU	2013	184	25	2019	€8M
17	FW		Jesús Corona	28	Non-EU	2015	113	16	2020	€10.5M
18	FW		Majeed Waris	29	Non-EU	2018	8	0	2018	Undisclosed
20	MF		André André	31	EU	2015	93	9	2019	€1.5M
21	FW		Ricardo Pereira	27	EU	2013	70	4	2019	€1.6M	Second nationality: Cape Verde
22	MF		Danilo Pereira	29	EU	2015	115	14	2019	€2.8M
23	DF		Diego Reyes	28	Non-EU	2013	45	3	2018	€7M
24	DF		Yordan Osorio	26	Non-EU	2018	0	0	2018	Undisclosed
25	MF		Otávio	25	Non-EU	2014	49	5	2021	€2.5M
26	GK		Vaná	29	Non-EU	2017	0	0	2021	Undisclosed
27	MF		Sérgio Oliveira	28	EU	2015	44	6	2020	Undisclosed
28	DF		Felipe	31	Non-EU	2016	82	7	2021	€6M
29	FW		Soares	30	Non-EU	2017	43	23	2021	€5.6M
30	DF		Diogo Dalot	21	EU	2017	8	0	2019	Youth system
40	GK		Fabiano	32	Non-EU	2013	67	0	2019	Undisclosed
44	DF		Jorge Fernandes	23	EU	2017	1	0	Undisclosed	Youth system	Also plays for Porto B
50	MF		Luizão	22	Non-EU	2017	1	0	2022	Youth system	Also plays for Porto B
87	MF		Bruno Costa	23	EU	2018	1	0	2022	Youth system	Also plays for Porto B
90	FW		Galeno	23	Non-EU	2017	3	1	2022	Youth system	Also plays for Porto B

• Last updated: 17 March 2018
• Source:FC Porto, Thefinalball.com
• Ordered by squad number.

In

Date	Pos.	Name	Nationality	Age	Transferred from	Window	Until	Fee	Ref.
15 July 2017	GK	Vaná	Brazil	29	Feirense (Portugal)	Summer	2021	Undisclosed	[4]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	Nationality	Age	Transferred to	Window	Fee	Ref.
7 June 2017	DF	Pité	Portugal	26	Tondela (Portugal)	Summer	Free (terminated contract)	[5]
8 June 2017	DF	David Bruno	Portugal	28	Tondela (Portugal)	Summer	Free (terminated contract)	[6]
12 June 2017	FW	André Silva	Portugal	25	Milan (Italy)	Summer	€38M	[7]
12 June 2017	MF	Tomás Podstawski	Portugal	26	Vitória de Setúbal (Portugal)	Summer	Free (terminated contract)	[8]
21 June 2017	GK	Andrés Fernández	Spain	34	Villarreal (Spain)	Summer	€2M	[9]
22 June 2017	DF	Igor Lichnovsky	Chile	26	Necaxa (Mexico)	Summer	€1.8M	[10]
23 June 2017	FW	Laurent Depoitre	Belgium	32	Huddersfield Town (England)	Summer	£3.5M	[11]
27 June 2017	FW	Joris Kayembe	Belgium	26	Nantes (France)	Summer	Free (terminated contract)	[12]
30 June 2017	MF	Francisco Ramos	Portugal	25	Vitória de Guimarães (Portugal)	Summer	Free (terminated contract)	[13]
1 July 2017	MF	Tiago Rodrigues	Portugal	29	CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria)	Summer	Free (terminated contract)	[14]
3 July 2017	MF	Leocísio Sami	Guinea-Bissau	32	Aves (Portugal)	Summer	Free (terminated contract)	[15]
8 July 2017	MF	Rúben Neves	Portugal	23	Wolverhampton Wanderers (England)	Summer	€18M	[16][17]
14 July 2017	DF	José Ángel	Spain	31	Eibar (Spain)	Summer	Free (terminated contract)	[18]
11 August 2017	DF	Bruno Martins Indi	Netherlands	28	Stoke City (England)	Summer	€7.7M	[19]
30 August 2017	DF	Abdoulaye Ba	Senegal	30	Rayo Vallecano (Spain)	Summer	Undisclosed	[20]
31 January 2018	DF	Rafa Soares	Portugal	25	Portimonense (Portugal)	Winter	Undisclosed	[21]

Loan in

Date	Pos.	Name	Nationality	Age	Loaned from	Window	Until	Ref.
19 January 2018	FW	Majeed Waris	Ghana	29	Lorient (France)	Winter	30 June 2018	[22]
22 January 2018	MF	Paulinho	Brazil	26	Portimonense (Portugal)	Winter	30 June 2018	[23]
29 January 2018	DF	Yordan Osorio	Venezuela	26	Tondela (Portugal)	Winter	30 June 2018	[24]

Loan return

Date	Pos.	Name	Nationality	Age	Returned from	Window	Ref.
1 July 2017	DF	Bruno Martins Indi	Netherlands	28	Stoke City (England)	Summer	[25]
1 July 2017	DF	Diego Reyes	Mexico	28	Espanyol (Spain)	Summer	[26]
1 July 2017	DF	Rafa Soares	Portugal	28	Rio Ave (Portugal)	Summer	[27]
1 July 2017	MF	Sérgio Oliveira	Portugal	28	Nantes (France)	Summer	[28]
1 July 2017	FW	Moussa Marega	Mali	29	Vitória de Guimarães (Portugal)	Summer	[29]
1 July 2017	FW	Hernâni	Portugal	29	Vitória de Guimarães (Portugal)	Summer	[30]
1 July 2017	FW	Vincent Aboubakar	Cameroon	29	Beşiktaş (Turkey)	Summer	[31]
1 July 2017	FW	Ricardo Pereira	Portugal	27	Nice (France)	Summer	[32]
28 January 2018	FW	Gonçalo Paciência	Portugal	26	Vitória de Setúbal (Portugal)	Winter	[33]

Loan out

Date	Pos.	Name	Nationality	Age	Loaned to	Window	Until	Ref.
5 July 2017	DF	Chidozie Awaziem	Nigeria	24	Nantes (France)	Summer	30 June 2018	[34]
8 July 2017	DF	Willy Boly	France	30	Wolverhampton Wanderers (England)	Summer	30 June 2018	[35]
7 August 2017	MF	Mikel Agu	Nigeria	27	Bursaspor (Turkey)	Summer	30 June 2018	[36]
11 August 2017	FW	Adrián López	Spain	33	Deportivo La Coruña (Spain)	Summer	30 June 2018	[37]
22 August 2017	DF	Rafa Soares	Portugal	25	Fulham (England)	Summer	30 June 2018	[38]
30 August 2017	FW	Suk Hyun-jun	South Korea	29	Troyes (France)	Summer	30 June 2018	[39]
31 August 2017	MF	João Carlos Teixeira	Portugal	28	Braga (Portugal)	Summer	30 June 2018	[40]
1 January 2018	FW	Kelvin	Brazil	27	Vasco da Gama (Brazil)	Winter	31 December 2018	[41]
22 January 2018	GK	João Costa	Portugal	25	Gil Vicente (Portugal)	Winter	30 June 2018	[42]
24 January 2018	MF	Juan Quintero	Colombia	28	River Plate (Argentina)	Winter	31 December 2018	[43]
29 January 2018	DF	Miguel Layún	Mexico	32	Sevilla (Spain)	Summer	30 June 2018	[44]
31 January 2018	FW	André Pereira	Portugal	25	Vitória de Setúbal (Portugal)	Winter	30 June 2018	[45]

End of loan

Date	Pos.	Name	Nationality	Age	Returned to	Window	Ref.
1 July 2017	FW	Diogo Jota	Portugal	24	Atlético Madrid (Spain)	Summer	[46]

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Sérgio Conceição
Assistant coach	Siramana Dembélé
Goalkeeping coach	Diamantino Figueiredo
Fitness coach	Vítor Bruno
Physiologist	Eduardo Oliveira

Last updated: 30 July 2017
Source: FC Porto, O Jogo (in Portuguese)

Pre-season and friendlies

Porto began their pre-season on 3 July 2017. The fixture list was announced on 18 June 2017 and included a participation in a tournament in Mexico. The traditional presentation match was played on 30 July against Spanish La Liga side Deportivo de La Coruña.[47]

  Win   Draw   Loss

17 July 2017 Supercopa Tecate	Cruz Azul	0–0 (3–2 p)	Porto	Mexico City, Mexico
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Estadio Azul Referee: José Soto

19 July 2017 Supercopa Tecate	Guadalajara	2–2	Porto	Guadalajara, Mexico
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Macías  57' Fierro  84'	Report	Aboubakar  2' Otávio  38'	Stadium: Estadio Chivas Referee: Paul Delgadillo

23 July 2017 Guimarães Trophy	Vitória de Guimarães	0–2	Porto	Guimarães, Portugal
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Aboubakar  21' Soares  26'	Stadium: Estadio D. Afonso Henriques Referee: Jorge Sousa, João Pinheiro

27 July 2017 Friendly	Portimonense	1–5	Porto	Portimão, Portugal
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ewerton  33'	Report	Soares  8' Aboubakar  11' Brahimi  22', 72' Hernâni  85'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Referee: Sérgio Piscarreta

30 July 2017 Presentation	Porto	4–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Porto, Portugal
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Aboubakar  14', 43' Corona  55' Marega  88'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Referee: Fábio Veríssimo, Jorge Sousa

2 August 2017 Friendly	Gil Vicente	1–3	FC Porto	Barcelos, Portugal
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rubio  30'	Report	Soares  3', 86', 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Referee: Joel Vale (Braga)

Competitions

As of 13 May 2018

Overall record

Performance by competition

Competition	Starting round	Final position/round	First match	Last match
Primeira Liga	N/A	1st	9 August 2017	13 May 2018
Taça de Portugal	Third round	Semi-finals	14 October 2017	18 April 2018
Taça da Liga	Third round	Semi-finals	24 October 2017	24 January 2018
UEFA Champions League	Group stage	Round of 16	13 September 2017	6 March 2018

Statistics by competition

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Primeira Liga	34	28	4	2	82	18	+64	082.35
Taça de Portugal	6	5	0	1	16	4	+12	083.33
Taça da Liga	4	2	2	0	6	2	+4	050.00
UEFA Champions League	8	3	2	3	15	15	+0	037.50
Total	52	38	8	6	119	39	+80	073.08

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto (C)	34	28	4	2	82	18	+64	88	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Benfica	34	25	6	3	80	22	+58	81	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Sporting CP	34	24	6	4	63	24	+39	78	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
4	Braga	34	24	3	7	74	29	+45	75	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5	Rio Ave	34	15	6	13	40	42	−2	51	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]

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. (Note: only criteria 1, 5, 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Desportivo das Aves qualified for the Europa league group stage by winning the 2017–18 Taça de Portugal. However, since they failed to obtain a license for European competitions, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team was passed to the fifth-placed team (Europa league second qualifying round).

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	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2018. Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

9 August 2017 1	Porto	4–0	Estoril	Porto
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marega  35', 62' Brahimi  54' Marcano  71'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 48,011 Referee: Hugo Miguel

13 August 2017 2	Tondela	0–1	Porto	Tondela
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Aboubakar  37'	Stadium: Estádio João Cardoso Attendance: 4,987 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

20 August 2017 3	Porto	3–0	Moreirense	Porto
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Aboubakar  18', 21', 77'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 46,509 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

27 August 2017 4	Braga	0–1	Porto	Braga
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Corona  7'	Stadium: Estádio AXA Referee: Carlos Xistra

10 September 2017 5	Porto	3–0	Chaves	Porto
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Aboubakar  49' Soares  86' Marega  88'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 43,109 Referee: Rui Oliveira

17 September 2017 6	Rio Ave	1–2	Porto	Vila do Conde
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Santos  80'	Report	D. Pereira  54' Marega  67'	Stadium: Estádio do Rio Ave F.C. Attendance: 8,052 Referee: Jorge Sousa

24 September 2017 7	Porto	5–2	Portimonense	Porto
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marcano  20' Aboubakar  22' Marega  25' Brahimi  49', 67'	Report	Shoya  36' Fernandes  72'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 38,105 Referee: Luís Ferreira

1 October 2017 8	Sporting CP	0–0	Porto	Lisbon
19:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 47,017 Referee: Carlos Xistra

22 October 2017 9	Porto	6–1	Paços de Ferreira	Porto
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	R. Pereira  3' Felipe  17' Marega  25', 33' Corona  65' Aboubakar  72'	Report	Welthon  7'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 40,121 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

29 October 2017 10	Boavista	0–3	Porto	Porto
21:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Aboubakar  50' Marega  80' Brahimi  85'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 14,676 Referee: Hugo Miguel

5 November 2017 11	Porto	2–0	Belenenses	Porto
21:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Herrera  43' Aboubakar  90'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 38,516 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

26 November 2017 12	Desportivo das Aves	1–1	Porto	Vila das Aves
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gomes  63'		R. Pereira  6'	Stadium: Estádio do CD Aves Attendance: 5,393 Referee: Manuel Rui Costa

3 December 2017 13	Porto	0–0	Benfica	Porto
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 49,809 Referee: Jorge Sousa

10 December 2017 14	Vitória de Setúbal	0–5	Porto	Setúbal
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Aboubakar  31', 45+3' (pen.), 69' Marega  40', 83'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 4,228 Referee: Tiago Martins

17 December 2017 15	Porto	3–1	Marítimo	Porto
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Reyes  19' Marega  45', 78'	Report	Pacheco  26'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 34,123 Referee: Manuel Mota

3 January 2018 16	Feirense	1–2	Porto	Santa Maria da Feira
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rocha  26'	Report	Aboubakar  21' Felipe  75'	Stadium: Estádio Marcolino de Castro Attendance: 5,113 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

7 January 2018 17	Porto	4–2	Vitória de Guimarães	Porto
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Aboubakar  57' Brahimi  62' Marega  79', 83'	Report	Raphinha  22' Héldon  88'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 40,309 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

15 January 2018 18	Estoril	1–0[upper-alpha 1]	Porto	Estoril
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Eduardo  16'	Report		Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota

20 January 2018 19	Porto	1–0	Tondela	Porto
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Marega  13'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 32,711 Referee: Luís Godinho

30 January 2018 20	Moreirense	0–0	Porto	Moreira de Cónegos
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 3,232 Referee: Luís Ferreira

3 February 2018 21	Porto	3–1	Braga	Porto
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Oliveira  13' Reyes  38' Aboubakar  73'	Report	Silva  31'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 43,627 Referee: Hugo Miguel

11 February 2018 22	Chaves	0–4	Porto	Chaves
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Soares  14', 28' Marega  57' Oliveira  91'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira Referee: Artur Soares Dias

18 February 2018 23	Porto	5–0	Rio Ave	Porto
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Oliveira  2' Soares  22', 86' Marega  34', 72'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 42,127 Referee: Carlos Xistra

21 February 2018 18	Estoril	1–3	Porto	Estoril
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Eduardo  16'	Report	Telles  52' Soares  59', 65'	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Attendance: 4,437 Referee: Vasco Santos

25 February 2018 24	Portimonense	1–5	Porto	Portimão
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Marega  10', 44' Otávio  16' Soares  59' Brahimi  66'	Report	Possignolo  90+2'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 5,517 Referee: Jorge Sousa

2 March 2018 25	Porto	2–1	Sporting CP	Porto
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Marcano  29' Brahimi  49'	Report	Leão  45+1'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 48,405 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

11 March 2018 26	Paços de Ferreira	1–0	Porto	Paços de Ferreira
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vieira  34'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 7,232 Referee: Bruno Paixão

18 March 2018 27	Porto	2–0	Boavista	Porto
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Felipe  2' Herrera  62'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 45,428 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

31 March 2018 28	Belenenses	2–0	Porto	Lisbon
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Nathan  10' Maurides  70'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Attendance: 12,851 Referee: Hugo Miguel

7 April 2018 29	Porto	2–0	Desportivo das Aves	Porto
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Telles  8' Otávio  11'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 39,213 Referee: Nuno Almeida

15 April 2018 30	Benfica	0–1	Porto	Lisbon
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Herrera  90'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 63,526 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

22 April 2018 31	Porto	5–1	Vitória de Setúbal	Porto
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marega  5' Marcano  13' Brahimi  15' Corona  35' Telles  72'	Report	Amaral  23'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 45,311 Referee: João Pinheiro

29 April 2018 32	Marítimo	0–1	Porto	Funchal, Madeira
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Marega  89'	Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Attendance: 10,535 Referee: Carlos Xistra

6 May 2018 33	Porto	2–1	Feirense	Porto
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Oliveira  37' Brahimi  59'	Report	Valencia  90'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 50,027 Referee: Luís Godinho

12 May 2018 34	Vitória de Guimarães	0–1	Porto	Guimarães
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Marcano  69'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 20090 Referee: João Capela

Notes:

1. The match was abandoned at half-time due to safety reasons involving one of the stadium stands that forced evacuation of spectators onto the pitch.[48]

Taça de Portugal

Third round

13 October 2017	Lusitano Évora (D)	0–6	(I) Porto	Lisbon
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Aboubakar  20', 21' Marcano  49' Otávio  55' Galeno  59' Hernâni  90'	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Referee: Hélder Malheiro

Fourth round

17 November 2017	Porto (I)	3–2	(I) Portimonense	Porto
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	D. Pereira  4' Aboubakar  90+1' Brahimi  90+6'	Report	Wellington  30' Sá  69'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Fifth round

14 December 2017	Porto (I)	4–0	(I) Vitória de Guimarães	Porto
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Aboubakar  12' (pen.) D. Pereira  58' André  64', 83'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Referee: Carlos Xistra

Quarter-finals

11 January 2018	Moreirense (I)	1–2	(I) Porto	Moreira de Cónegos
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Edno  73'	Report	Herrera  8' Layún  20'	Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Referee: Manuel Moreira

Semi-finals

7 February 2018 First leg	Porto (I)	1–0	(I) Sporting CP	Porto
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Soares  60'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 32,855 Referee: João Pinheiro

18 April 2018 Second leg	Sporting CP (I)	1–0 (a.e.t.) (1–1 agg.) (5–4 p)	(I) Porto	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Coates  86'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Jorge Sousa
	Penalties
	Fernandes B. Ruiz Mathieu Coates Montero		Marcano Telles Felipe Reyes Oliveira

Taça da Liga

Third round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Porto	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Advanced to knockout phase
2	Leixões	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Rio Ave	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
4	Paços de Ferreira	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Source: LPFP
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

24 October 2017	Porto	0–0	Leixões	Porto
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 26,207 Referee: Vasco Santos

21 December 2017	Porto	3–0	Rio Ave	Porto
21:15 WET (UTC+00:00)	Soares  11' Marega  21' Aboubakar  90+1' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 27,911 Referee: Nuno Almeida

30 December 2017	Paços de Ferreira	2–3	Porto	Paços de Ferreira
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Luiz Phellype  30', 45'	Report	Reyes  17' Brahimi  21' Aboubakar  49'	Stadium: Estádio Capital do Móvel Attendance: 5,227 Referee: Bruno Esteves

Semi-finals

24 January 2018	Sporting CP	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Porto	Braga
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 26,536 Referee: Nuno Almeida
	Penalties
	Dost Fernandes Mathieu Coates Carvalho B. Ruiz		Telles Marcano Herrera Waris Aboubakar Brahimi

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Beşiktaş	6	4	2	0	11	5	+6	14	Advance to knockout phase
2	Porto	6	3	1	2	15	10	+5	10
3	RB Leipzig	6	2	1	3	10	11	−1	7	Transfer to Europa League
4	Monaco	6	0	2	4	6	16	−10	2

Source: UEFA

13 September 2017 1	Porto	1–3	Beşiktaş	Porto
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tošić  21' (o.g.)	Report	Talisca  13' Tosun  28' Babel  86'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 42,429 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

26 September 2017 2	Monaco	0–3	Porto	Monaco
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Aboubakar  31', 69' Layún  89'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 11,703 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

17 October 2017 3	RB Leipzig	3–2	Porto	Leipzig
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Orbán  8' Forsberg  38' Augustin  41'	Report	Aboubakar  18' Marcano  44'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 41,496 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

1 November 2017 4	Porto	3–1	RB Leipzig	Porto
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Herrera  13' D. Pereira  61' M. Pereira  90+3'	Report	Werner  48'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 41,616 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

21 November 2017 5	Beşiktaş	1–1	Porto	Istanbul
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Talisca  41'	Report	Felipe  29'	Stadium: Vodafone Park Attendance: 36,919 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

6 December 2017 6	Porto	5–2	Monaco	Porto
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Aboubakar  9', 33' Brahimi  45' Telles  65' Soares  88'	Report	Glik  61' (pen.) Falcao  78'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 42,509 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

14 February 2018 First leg	Porto	0–5	Liverpool	Porto, Portugal
19:45 GMT		Report	Mané  25', 53', 85' Salah  29' Firmino  69'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 47,718 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

6 March 2018 Second leg	Liverpool	0–0	Porto	Liverpool, England
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 48,768 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Statistics

As of 6 May 2018

Appearances and discipline

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Primeira Liga				Taça de Portugal				Taça da Liga				Champions League				Total
				Apps				Apps				Apps				Apps				Apps
1	GK		Iker Casillas	19 (1)	0	0	0	5 (0)	0	0	0	3 (0)	0	0	0	3 (0)	1	0	0	30 (1)	1	0	0
2	DF		Maxi Pereira	12 (3)	2	0	0	2 (0)	0	0	0	2 (0)	0	0	0	3 (1)	1	0	0	19 (4)	3	0	0
5	DF		Iván Marcano	24 (1)	5	0	0	4 (0)	1	0	0	3 (0)	0	0	0	7 (0)	0	0	0	38 (1)	6	0	0
6	MF		Paulinho	2 (1)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	0	0
7	FW		Hernâni	10 (9)	1	0	0	4 (1)	1	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0	2 (2)	0	0	0	17 (12)	2	0	0
8	FW		Yacine Brahimi	26 (1)	1	0	0	4 (1)	0	0	0	4 (1)	0	0	0	7 (0)	1	0	0	41 (3)	2	0	0
9	FW		Vincent Aboubakar	24 (1)	2	0	0	4 (1)	0	0	0	4 (3)	0	0	0	6 (0)	0	0	0	38 (5)	2	0	0
10	MF		Óliver Torres	13 (6)	2	0	0	3 (1)	0	0	0	2 (1)	1	0	0	3 (1)	0	0	0	21 (9)	3	0	0
11	FW		Moussa Marega	24 (2)	1	0	0	2 (0)	0	0	0	4 (1)	1	0	0	6 (0)	0	0	0	36 (3)	2	0	0
12	GK		José Sá	14 (0)	1	0	1	1 (0)	0	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0	5 (0)	0	0	0	21 (0)	1	0	1
13	DF		Alex Telles	23 (0)	1	0	0	4 (0)	1	0	0	3 (0)	0	0	0	7 (0)	0	0	0	37 (0)	2	0	0
14	FW		Gonçalo Paciência	4 (3)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	2 (2)	0	0	0	7 (6)	0	0	0
16	MF		Héctor Herrera	22 (3)	6	0	0	3 (0)	0	0	0	3 (0)	0	0	1	6 (0)	1	0	0	34 (3)	7	0	1
17	FW		Jesús Corona	23 (7)	5	1	0	3 (0)	0	0	0	3 (2)	0	0	0	8 (5)	0	0	0	37 (14)	5	1	0
18	FW		Majeed Waris	5 (4)	2	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	0	0	8 (6)	2	0	0
19	DF		Miguel Layún	7 (4)	1	0	0	2 (1)	1	0	0	3 (2)	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	0	0	15 (8)	2	0	0
20	MF		André André	12 (9)	1	0	0	4 (2)	0	0	0	3 (1)	0	0	0	4 (2)	3	0	0	23 (14)	4	0	0
21	DF		Ricardo Pereira	21 (1)	1	0	0	4 (1)	1	0	0	3 (0)	0	0	0	7 (1)	1	0	0	35 (3)	3	0	0
22	MF		Danilo Pereira	18 (0)	5	0	0	3 (0)	0	0	0	2 (0)	2	1	0	6 (0)	2	0	0	29 (0)	9	1	0
23	DF		Diego Reyes	11 (3)	2	0	0	3 (0)	0	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0	6 (4)	0	0	0	21 (7)	2	0	0
24	DF		Yordan Osorio	0 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0
25	MF		Otávio	11 (6)	4	0	0	2 (1)	0	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	0	0	16 (8)	4	0	0
26	GK		Vaná	1 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0
27	MF		Sérgio Oliveira	13 (4)	2	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0	5 (1)	3	0	0	20 (5)	5	0	0
28	DF		Felipe	24 (0)	5	1	0	3 (0)	1	0	0	3 (0)	1	0	0	7 (0)	0	0	1	37 (0)	7	1	1
29	FW		Soares	17 (12)	1	0	0	3 (1)	0	0	0	3 (0)	1	0	0	3 (1)	0	0	0	26 (14)	2	0	0
30	DF		Diogo Dalot	6 (2)	0	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	1 (0)	1	0	0	8 (2)	1	0	0
40	GK		Fabiano	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
44	DF		Jorge Fernandes	0 (0)	0	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0
50	MF		Luizão	0 (0)	0	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0
87	MF		Bruno Costa	0 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0
90	FW		Galeno	2 (2)	0	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	3 (2)	0	0	0
95	FW		André Pereira	1 (1)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	2 (2)	0	0	0
Total					54	2	1		6	0	0		6	1	1		14	0	1		80	3	3

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Primeira Liga	Taça de Portugal	Taça da Liga	Champions League	Total
1	9	FW		Vincent Aboubakar	15	4	2	5	26
2	11	FW		Moussa Marega	20	0	1	0	21
3	29	FW		Soares	8	1	1	1	11
4	8	FW		Yacine Brahimi	7	1	1	1	10
5	28	DF		Felipe	3	0	0	1	4
	16	MF		Héctor Herrera	2	1	0	1	4
	5	DF		Iván Marcano	3	1	0	1	5
	22	MF		Danilo Pereira	1	2	0	1	4
9	27	MF		Sérgio Oliveira	3	0	0	0	3
	23	DF		Diego Reyes	2	0	1	0	3
11	20	MF		André André	0	2	0	0	2
	17	FW		Jesús Corona	2	0	0	0	2
	19	DF		Miguel Layún	0	1	0	1	2
	25	MF		Otávio	1	1	0	0	1
	21	DF		Ricardo Pereira	2	0	0	0	2
16	90	FW		Galeno	0	1	0	0	1
	7	FW		Hernâni	0	1	0	0	1
	2	DF		Maxi Pereira	0	0	0	1	1
	13	DF		Alex Telles	0	0	0	1	1
Total					70	16	6	14	106

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition
Vincent Aboubakar	Moreirense (H)	3–0	20 August 2017	Primeira Liga
	Vitória de Setúbal (A)	0–5	10 December 2017	Primeira Liga

(H) – Home; (A) – Away

Clean sheets

No.	Player	Primeira Liga	Taça de Portugal	Taça da Liga	Champions League	Total
1	Iker Casillas	11	2	2	2	17
12	José Sá	7	1	1	0	9
26	Vaná	0	0	0	0	0
40	Fabiano	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		18	3	3	2	26

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