2016–17 FC Porto season

The 2016–17 FC Porto season was the club's 107th competitive season and the 83rd consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. It began on 12 August 2016 and concluded on 21 May 2017. For the third consecutive season, Porto failed to win any of the official competitions in which it was involved. The last time the team had at least three successive seasons without winning a trophy was before 1976–77.

As in the previous two seasons, Porto did not begin their campaign by playing the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, as they failed to qualify for the 2016 edition by not winning either the 2015–16 Primeira Liga title (retained by Benfica) or the 2015–16 Taça de Portugal (final lost to Braga). Their 2016–17 Primeira Liga debut match was a 3–1 away win against Rio Ave, with Mexican winger Jesús Corona scoring the team's first league goal. Porto finished the league in second place with 76 points, 6 points behind four-time champions Benfica, thus failing to win the title for the fourth successive season, which had not happened since the 1982–83 season.

Besides competing for the Primeira Liga title, Porto participated in other domestic competitions. In the 2016–17 Taça de Portugal, they were eliminated in the fourth round by Chaves, losing 3–2 after a penalty shootout. The team also participated in the 2016–17 Taça da Liga, but were eliminated in the starting round for the second consecutive season after finishing last in their third-round group.

In UEFA competitions, Porto secured their sixth consecutive and 21st overall participation in the UEFA Champions League group stage – a record shared with Barcelona and Real Madrid – after overcoming the play-off round. They reached the round of 16, where they were eliminated by eventual losing finalists Juventus.

Players

Squad information

Transfers

In Pos.NameNationalityAgeTransferred fromWindowFeeDFWatford (England)Summer2019MFLiverpool (England)Summer2020DFCorinthians (Brazil)Summer2021FWBoavista (Portugal)SummerUndisclosedDFGalatasaray (Turkey)Summer2021FWGent (Belgium)Summer2020DFBraga (Portugal)Summer2021FWVitória de Guimarães (Portugal)Winter2021

Loan in Pos.NameNationalityAgeLoaned fromWindowMFAtlético Madrid (Spain)Summer31 December 2017FWAtlético Madrid (Spain)Summer30 June 2017

Loan return Pos.NameNationalityAgeReturned fromWindowMFVitória de Guimarães (Portugal)Summer30 June 2021FWVillarreal (Spain)Summer30 June 2019FWSão Paulo (Brazil)Winter30 June 2018

Out Pos.NameNationalityAgeTransferred toWindowFeeFWNottingham Forest (England)SummerMFHull City (England)WinterMFKayserispor (Turkey)Winter

Loan out Pos.NameNationalityAgeLoaned toWindowMFNacional (Portugal)Summer30 June 2017GKChaves (Portugal)Summer30 June 2017GKFenerbahçe (Turkey)Summer30 June 2017FWVitória de Guimarães (Portugal)Summer30 June 2017FWVitória de Setúbal (Portugal)Summer30 June 2017GKVillarreal (Spain)Summer30 June 2017DFVillarreal (Spain)Summer30 June 2017DFAlanyaspor (Turkey)Summer25 January 2017FWAkhisar Belediyespor (Turkey)Summer30 June 2017DFValladolid (Spain)Summer30 June 2017FWTrabzonspor (Turkey)Summer30 June 2017MFGalatasaray (Turkey)Summer30 June 2017FWVitória de Guimarães (Portugal)Summer30 June 2017FWBeşiktaş (Turkey)Summer30 June 2017GKNacional (Portugal)Summer30 June 2017DFStoke City (England)Summer30 June 2017DFEspanyol (Spain)Summer30 June 2017FWGranada (Spain)Summer31 January 2017FWGaziantepspor (Turkey)Summer30 June 2018MFIndependiente Medellín (Colombia)Summer31 December 2017FWVillarreal (Spain)Winter30 June 2017DF1860 Munich (Germany)Winter30 June 2017FWLeganés (Spain)Winter30 June 2017MFNantes (France)Winter30 June 2017FWVasco da Gama (Brazil)Winter30 June 2018

Technical staff

{| class=wikitable |- !Position !Name |- | Head coach || Nuno Espírito Santo |- | Assistant coach(es) || Rui Barros Rui Pedro Silva |- | Goalkeeping coach || Rui Barbosa |- | Fitness coach || António Dias

Pre-season and friendlies Porto announced their pre-season fixture list on 22 June 2016.

Competitions

Overall record +Performance by competitionCompetitionStarting roundFinal position/roundFirst matchLast matchPrimeira Liga 2nd 12 August 2016 21 May 2017Taça de Portugal Third round Fourth round 15 October 2016 18 November 2016Taça da Liga Third round Third round (4th) 29 November 2016 3 January 2017UEFA Champions League Play-off round Round of 16 17 August 2016 14 March 2017

+ Statistics by competitionCompetitionPrimeira LigaTaça de PortugalTaça da LigaUEFA Champions LeagueTotal

Primeira Liga

League table

Results by round

Matches

Taça de Portugal

Third round

Fourth round

Taça da Liga

Third round

UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

Group stage

Round of 16

Statistics Appearances and discipline PlayerPrimeira LigaTaça de PortugalTaça da LigaChampions LeagueTotal1GKIker Casillas33 (0) 2 0 00 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 010 (0) 0 0 043 (0) 2 0 02DFMaxi Pereira23 (1) 8 1 12 (0) 1 0 02 (0) 2 0 07 (0) 2 0 134 (1) 13 1 23MFSérgio Oliveira1 (1) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 01 (1) 1 0 02 (2) 1 0 04DFWilly Boly4 (0) 0 0 01 (0) 0 0 02 (0) 1 0 01 (1) 0 0 08 (1) 1 0 05DFIván Marcano32 (0) 5 0 02 (0) 1 0 02 (0) 0 0 010 (0) 2 0 046 (0) 8 0 06MFRúben Neves13 (7) 4 0 00 (0) 0 0 02 (0) 1 0 03 (2) 0 0 018 (9) 5 0 07FWSilvestre Varela4 (3) 0 0 01 (0) 0 0 01 (0) 0 0 01 (1) 0 0 07 (4) 0 0 08MFYacine Brahimi22 (6) 2 0 11 (1) 0 0 03 (0) 3 1 05 (2) 0 0 031 (9) 5 1 19FWLaurent Depoitre7 (5) 0 0 02 (2) 0 0 03 (0) 0 0 01 (1) 0 0 013 (8) 0 0 010FWAndré Silva32 (4) 3 0 02 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 010 (0) 3 0 044 (4) 6 0 011FWAdrián López5 (4) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 01 (1) 0 0 03 (1) 0 0 09 (6) 0 0 012GKJosé Sá1 (0) 2 0 02 (0) 0 0 03 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 06 (0) 2 0 013DFAlex Telles32 (0) 6 1 02 (0) 0 0 02 (0) 1 0 09 (0) 2 1 045 (0) 9 2 015MFEvandro0 (0) 0 0 01 (1) 1 0 01 (0) 0 0 02 (2) 0 0 04 (3) 1 0 016MFHéctor Herrera23 (9) 1 0 01 (0) 1 0 03 (0) 0 0 08 (2) 3 0 035 (11) 5 0 017FWJesús Corona29 (9) 4 0 01 (1) 0 0 02 (1) 0 0 09 (5) 1 0 041 (16) 5 0 018MFJoão Carlos Teixeira8 (8) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 02 (1) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 010 (9) 0 0 019FWDiogo Jota27 (12) 3 0 02 (0) 0 0 01 (1) 0 0 08 (4) 1 0 038 (17) 4 0 020MFAndré André25 (6) 7 0 01 (0) 1 0 02 (0) 0 0 05 (1) 2 0 033 (7) 10 0 021DFMiguel Layún16 (4) 3 0 01 (1) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 08 (4) 2 0 025 (9) 5 0 022MFDanilo Pereira28 (1) 4 0 02 (0) 0 0 01 (0) 2 1 010 (0) 1 0 041 (1) 7 1 023FWKelvin1 (1) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 01 (1) 0 0 024GKJoão Costa0 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 025MFOtávio23 (7) 3 0 02 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 08 (1) 1 0 033 (8) 4 0 028DFFelipe32 (0) 9 0 01 (0) 0 0 02 (0) 1 0 010 (0) 2 0 045 (0) 12 0 029FWSoares15 (0) 1 0 00 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 02 (0) 0 0 017 (0) 1 0 030MFÓliver Torres29 (5) 1 0 01 (0) 0 0 02 (1) 0 0 07 (0) 0 0 039 (6) 1 0 045DFInácio0 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 01 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 01 (0) 0 0 059FWRui Pedro9 (9) 1 0 00 (0) 0 0 03 (3) 0 0 01 (1) 0 0 013 (13) 1 0 0Total  69 2 2  5 0 0  7 2 0  23 1 1  105 5 3

Goalscorers RankPlayerPrimeira LigaTaça de PortugalTaça da LigaChampions LeagueTotal 110FW1600521 229FW1200012 319FW80019 48MF60017 517FW31026 65DF40105 722MF40004 828DF2001321DF1002330MF3000325MF11013 129FW1100216MF2000259FW200022DF20002 1620MF100016MF1000113DF10001 Total 70 3 1 13 87

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