2014–15 FC Porto season

The 2014–15 FC Porto season was the club's 105th competitive season and the 81st consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. For the first time since the 1988–89 season, and the third during the presidency of Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, Porto did not win any official competition.

The pre-season began on 3 July 2014 and featured eight preparation matches: four in Portugal (including a presentation match on 27 July against Saint-Étienne) and four abroad, in the Netherlands, Belgium and England.

Porto started the official season on 15 August 2014 with a 2–0 home win against Marítimo for the 2014–15 Primeira Liga. For the first time in nine seasons, the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was not Porto's season-opening match, as the club failed to qualify for the 36th edition by not winning the 2013–14 Primeira Liga title or being present in the final of the 2013–14 Taça de Portugal (as Benfica made the double).

Porto also competed in other domestic competitions, such as the Taça de Portugal and the Taça da Liga. Together with the other Primeira Liga teams, they entered the 2014–15 Taça de Portugal in the third round, but were eliminated by Sporting CP after a 3–1 home loss. Beginning their 2014–15 Taça da Liga campaign in the third round, Porto topped their group and qualified for the semi-finals, where they were barred from a third final appearance after losing 2–1 away to Marítimo.

In UEFA competitions, Porto participated in the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League. They reached the group stage for the 19th time after eliminating French side Lille in the play-off round. Porto topped their group and secured qualification for the knockout phase. In the round of 16, they eliminated Basel with an aggregate score of 5–1. In doing so, Porto booked a place in the quarter-finals for the first time since 2008–09, where they faced Bayern Munich. After beating the Germans 3–1 for the first leg, in what was Porto's first-ever home win over Bayern Munich, the team lost the second leg 6–1 and were eliminated with a 7–4 aggregate score. This defeat was their worst ever defeat in UEFA competitions, together with a 6–1 away defeat against AEK Athens in the 1978–79 European Cup.

Players

Squad information

Transfers in No.Pos.NameNationalityAgePrevious clubWindowTypeDateUntilFee15MFEvandroEstoril (Portugal)SummerTransfer201824GKAcadémica de Coimbra (Portugal)SummerTransfer44DFStandard Liège (Belgium)SummerTransfer2018 —FWMarítimo (Portugal)SummerTransfer201830MFAtlético Madrid (Spain)SummerLoan201518FWAtlético Madrid (Spain)SummerTransfer20193DFFeyenoord (Netherlands)SummerTransfer201811FWBarcelona (Spain)SummerLoan20166MFCasemiroReal Madrid (Spain)SummerLoan20158MFGranada (Spain)SummerTransfer201914DFRoma (Italy)SummerTransfer2018 (50% rights)25GKOsasuna (Spain)SummerTransfer20185DFRubin Kazan (Russia)SummerTransfer201899FWLorient (France)SummerTransfer201822MFSampdoria (Italy)SummerLoan201517MFOtávioInternacional (Brazil)SummerTransfer201917FWHernâniVitória de Guimarães (Portugal)WinterTransfer2019

Total expending: €35.7 million

Transfers out No.Pos.NameNationalityAgeNew clubWindowTypeDateFee—MFKasımpaşa (Turkey)SummerTransfer—FWHellas Verona (Italy)SummerTransfer (45% rights)25MFFernandoManchester City (England)SummerTransfer (80% rights)—DFNacional (Uruguay)SummerTransfer—MFTozéEstoril (Portugal)SummerLoan—MFKrasnodar (Russia)SummerLoan—FWKonyaspor (Turkey)SummerLoan—GKGalatasaray (Turkey)SummerLoan19FWLicáRayo Vallecano (Spain)SummerLoan23DFRayo Vallecano (Spain)SummerLoan22DFManchester City (England)SummerTransfer (56.67% rights)8MFBursaspor (Turkey)SummerLoan35MFAnderlecht (Belgium)SummerTransfer17FWWest Bromwich Albion (England)SummerLoan20MFNice (France)SummerLoan11FWCórdoba (Spain)SummerLoan—FWKléberEstoril (Portugal)SummerLoan—FWBraga (Portugal)SummerLoan28FWKelvinPalmeiras (Brazil)WinterLoan44DFBeşiktaş (Turkey)WinterLoan17MFOtávioVitória de Guimarães (Portugal)WinterLoan80FWVitória de Guimarães (Portugal)WinterLoan—FWVitória de Guimarães (Portugal)WinterLoan

Total income: €80.25 million

Technical staff {| class=wikitable |- !Position !Staff |- |Head coach || Julen Lopetegui |- |Assistant coach || Julián CaleroJuan Carlos MartínezRui Barros |- |Goalkeeping coach || Juan Carlos Arévalo |- |Fitness coach || Raul Costa |- |Masseur || José Luís |- |Nurse || Eduardo BragaJosé Mário Almeida |- |Doctor || Nélson PugaJosé Carlos Esteves |- |Medical team || Paulo ColaçoPedro Vale |- |Director of football || Antero Henrique

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall record +Performance by competitionCompetitionStarting roundFinal position/roundFirst matchLast matchPrimeira Liga 2nd 15 August 2014 22 May 2015Taça de Portugal Third round Third round 18 October 2014Taça da Liga Third round Semi-finals 30 December 2014 2 April 2015UEFA Champions League Play-off round Quarter-finals 20 August 2014 21 April 2015

+ Statistics by competitionCompetitionPrimeira LigaTaça de PortugalTaça da LigaUEFA Champions LeagueTotal

Primeira Liga

League table

Results by round

Matches

Taça de Portugal

Third round

Taça da Liga

Third round

Semi-finals

UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

Group stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Statistics

Squad PlayerPrimeira LigaTaça de PortugalTaça da LigaEuropeTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1GKHelton7 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 04 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 011 0 0 0 02DFDanilo29 6 8 0 01 0 1 0 01 0 1 0 010 1 4 0 041 7 14 0 03DFBruno Martins Indi23 2 5 0 00 0 0 0 02 0 1 0 011 0 0 0 036 2 6 0 04DFMaicon26 0 2 0 11 0 0 0 01 0 0 0 011 0 2 0 039 0 4 0 15DFIván Marcano20 0 2 0 01 0 0 0 05 0 1 0 06 0 3 1 032 0 6 1 06MFCasemiro28 3 13 0 01 0 1 0 01 0 0 0 010 1 2 0 040 4 16 0 07FWRicardo Quaresma30 6 3 0 00 0 0 0 03 1 0 0 010 3 1 0 043 10 4 0 08MFYacine Brahimi28 7 0 0 01 0 0 0 02 0 0 0 011 6 0 0 042 13 0 0 09FWJackson Martínez30 21 3 0 01 1 0 0 01 2 1 0 010 8 1 0 042 32 5 0 010MFJuan Quintero20 2 0 0 01 0 0 0 04 1 0 0 05 0 0 0 030 3 0 0 011FWCristian Tello25 7 1 0 01 0 0 0 03 0 1 0 08 1 0 0 037 8 2 0 012GKFabiano28 0 2 0 10 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 010 0 0 0 038 0 2 0 113DFDiego Reyes3 0 1 0 00 0 0 0 04 0 0 1 02 0 0 0 09 0 1 1 014DFJosé Ángel7 0 0 0 01 0 0 0 04 0 1 0 00 0 0 0 012 0 1 0 015MFEvandro21 1 1 0 00 0 0 0 05 4 1 0 17 0 0 0 033 5 2 0 116MFHéctor Herrera33 3 3 0 01 0 0 0 01 0 0 0 011 4 1 0 046 7 4 0 017FWHernâni7 2 0 0 00 0 0 0 01 0 0 0 01 0 0 0 09 2 0 0 018FWAdrián9 0 0 0 01 0 0 0 03 0 0 0 05 1 0 0 018 1 0 0 021FWRicardo Pereira5 0 2 0 00 0 0 0 05 0 1 0 03 0 1 0 013 0 4 0 022MFJosé Campaña2 0 1 0 00 0 0 0 04 0 1 0 00 0 0 0 06 0 2 0 024GKRicardo0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 025GKAndrés Fernández1 0 0 0 01 0 0 0 01 0 0 0 01 0 0 0 04 0 0 0 026DFAlex Sandro28 1 8 1 00 0 0 0 01 0 0 0 011 0 3 0 040 1 11 1 030FWÓliver26 7 3 0 01 0 0 0 03 0 1 0 010 0 2 0 040 7 6 0 036MFRúben Neves24 1 1 0 01 0 0 0 03 0 0 0 09 0 0 0 037 1 1 0 039FWGonçalo Paciência1 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 03 1 0 0 00 0 0 0 04 1 0 0 080FWIvo Rodrigues0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 01 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 01 0 0 0 099FWVincent Aboubakar13 4 0 0 00 0 0 0 02 1 0 0 04 3 0 0 019 8 0 0 0Total — 73 58 1 2 — 1 2 0 0 — 10 12 1 1 — 28 20 1 0 — 112 92 3 3

Goalscorers RankPlayerPrimeira LigaTaça de PortugalTaça da LigaEuropeTotal1FW21128322MF7006133FW6013104FW40138FW700186DF60017MF30047FW700079MFEvandro1040510MFCasemiro3001411MF2010312FWHernâni20002DF2000214FW00011MF10001FW00101DFAlex Sandro10001 Total 73 1 10 28 112

Awards NameAward8MF Yacine BrahimiBBC African Footballer of the Year (2014)CAF Most Promising Talent of the Year (2014)9FW Jackson MartínezSJPF Player of the Month (December 2014)SJPF Player of the Month (January 2015)11FW Cristian TelloSJPF Player of the Month (March 2015)

2014–15 FC Porto season

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