The 2018–19 season was Futebol Clube do Porto's 109th competitive season and 85th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. It began on 4 August 2018 and concluded on 25 May 2019.
Porto started the season with a 3–1 victory in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira against the 2017–18 Taça de Portugal holders, Desportivo das Aves, which secured the club's 21st Supertaça win and first since 2013. Porto led the 2018–19 Primeira Liga for more than half of the season, but lost it to Benfica on 2 March 2019, after a 1–2 home defeat. Porto finished the league as runners-up with 85 points, two points behind Benfica. Porto reached the finals of the 2018–19 Taça da Liga and the 2018–19 Taça de Portugal, but were defeated on both occasions by Sporting CP after a penalty shootout, for the second consecutive season.
In UEFA competitions, Porto participated for the 8th consecutive and 23rd 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 winners, where they beat Italian side Roma to qualify for the quarter-finals for the first time since 2015. For the second consecutive season, they were eliminated from the competition after losing to English side Liverpool.
Players Squad information
Transfers and loans In Pos.NameNationalityAgeTransferred fromWindowFeeDFTondela (Portugal)Summer2022€2MDFPalmeiras (Brazil)Summer2023€4MMFPortimonense (Portugal)Summer2022UndisclosedFWLorient (France)Summer2022€5.2MDFSaint-Étienne (France)Summer2022€3MMFPortimonense (Portugal)Summer2022UndisclosedFWCoton Sport (Cameroon)Summer2022UndisclosedDF DR CongoNewcastle United (England)Summer2022€4.5MDFSão Paulo (Brazil)Summer2023€7MFWSanta Clara (Portugal)Winter2023€1.5MDFUnattachedWinter2021FreeDFPortimonense (Portugal)Winter2023Undisclosed
Total expending: €27.2 million
Out Pos.NameNationalityAgeTransferred toWindowFeeFWIvo RodriguesRoyal Antwerp (Belgium)SummerDFRicardo PereiraLeicester City (England)Summer€22MDFIván MarcanoRoma (Italy)SummerFreeDFWilly BolyWolverhampton Wanderers (England)Summer€12MFWSuk Hyun-junTroyes (France)Summer€2MDFDiogo DalotManchester United (England)Summer€22MDFUnattachedSummerFreeMFAndré AndréVitória de Guimarães (Portugal)SummerFreeFWSanta Clara (Portugal)SummerUndisclosedDFMiguel LayúnVillarreal (Spain)Summer€4MFWGonçalo PaciênciaEintracht Frankfurt (Germany)Summer€3MMFJoão Carlos TeixeiraVitória de Guimarães (Portugal)SummerFreeMFPortimonense (Portugal)SummerUndisclosed
Total income: €65 million
Loan in Pos.NameNationalityAgeLoaned fromWindowDFMonaco (France)Summer30 June 2019MFVfl Wolfsburg (Germany)Summer30 June 2019MFBraga (Portugal)Winter30 June 2019
Loan return Pos.NameNationalityAgeReturned fromWindowGKGil Vicente (Portugal)SummerDFNantes (France)SummerDFSevilla (Spain)SummerMFMálaga (Spain)SummerMFBraga (Portugal)SummerMFBursaspor (Turkey)SummerFWDeportivo La Coruña (Spain)SummerFWBoavista (Portugal)SummerFWVasco da Gama (Brazil)Winter
Loan out Pos.NameNationalityAgeLoaned toWindowDFTondela (Portugal)Summer30 June 2019DFVitória de Guimarães (Portugal)Summer30 June 2019FWRio Ave (Portugal)Summer30 June 2019MFPortimonense (Portugal)Summer30 June 2019GKCartagena (Spain)Summer30 June 2019FWNantes (France)Summer30 June 2019GKOlympiacos (Greece)Summer30 June 2019DFNottingham Forest (England)Summer30 June 2019MFVitória de Setúbal (Portugal)Summer30 June 2019DFÇaykur Rizespor (Turkey)Winter30 June 2019MFPAOK (Greece)Winter30 June 2019
Technical staff
{| class=wikitable |- !Position !Staff |- | Head coach || Sérgio Conceição |- |rowspan=2| Assistant coaches || Siramana Dembélé |- | Vítor Bruno |- |rowspan=3| Fitness coaches || Manuel Vítor |- | Telmo Sousa |- | Eduardo Oliveira |- | Goalkeeping coach || Diamantino Figueiredo
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions Overall record
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
Primeira Liga
League table
Results by round
Matches
Taça de Portugal
Third round
Fourth round
Fifth round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Taça da Liga
Third round
Semi-finals
Final
UEFA Champions League
Group stage
Knockout phase
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Statistics
Appearances and discipline Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
PlayerSupertaçaPrimeira LigaTaça de PortugalTaça da LigaChampions LeagueTotal1GK Iker Casillas1 (0) 0 0 031 (0) 4 0 00 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 010 (0) 0 0 042 (0) 4 0 02DF Maxi Pereira1 (0) 0 0 014 (4) 2 0 02 (0) 0 0 01 (0) 0 0 07 (1) 0 0 025 (5) 2 0 03DF Éder Militão0 (0) 0 0 029 (0) 0 0 05 (1) 0 0 03 (0) 0 0 09 (0) 2 0 045 (1) 2 0 04DF Diogo Leite1 (0) 0 0 03 (0) 2 0 00 (0) 0 0 01 (0) 1 0 01 (0) 0 0 06 (0) 3 0 06MF Bruno Costa0 (0) 0 0 00 (2) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 01 (1) 0 0 00 (2) 0 0 01 (5) 0 0 07FW Hernâni0 (0) 0 0 00 (10) 1 0 00 (3) 1 0 01 (3) 1 0 01 (5) 0 0 02 (21) 3 0 08FW Yacine Brahimi1 (0) 0 0 027 (5) 2 0 01 (2) 0 0 03 (1) 0 0 07 (2) 0 0 039 (10) 2 0 09FW Vincent Aboubakar1 (0) 0 0 06 (2) 1 0 00 (0) 0 0 00 (1) 1 0 01 (0) 0 0 08 (3) 2 0 010MF Óliver Torres0 (1) 0 0 013 (12) 2 0 05 (0) 1 0 02 (1) 1 0 04 (1) 1 0 024 (15) 5 0 011FW Moussa Marega0 (0) 0 0 028 (1) 5 0 02 (3) 1 0 04 (0) 3 0 09 (0) 1 0 043 (4) 10 0 012DF Wilson Manafá0 (0) 0 0 08 (6) 1 0 02 (1) 1 0 00 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 010 (7) 2 0 013DF Alex Telles1 (0) 0 0 033 (0) 4 0 05 (0) 1 0 04 (0) 1 0 010 (0) 1 0 053 (0) 7 0 014FW Marius Mouandilmadji0 (0) 0 0 00 (1) 0 0 00 (1) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 00 (2) 0 0 015MF Mamadou Loum0 (0) 0 0 00 (2) 0 0 00 (1) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 00 (3) 0 0 016MF Héctor Herrera1 (0) 0 0 029 (4) 5 0 06 (0) 0 0 04 (0) 0 0 09 (0) 3 0 049 (4) 8 0 017FW Jesús Corona0 (1) 1 0 026 (8) 4 0 14 (1) 0 0 04 (1) 1 0 07 (1) 3 0 041 (12) 9 0 119DF Chancel Mbemba0 (0) 0 0 01 (2) 0 0 01 (1) 0 0 01 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 03 (3) 0 0 020FW Adrián López0 (0) 0 0 03 (8) 0 0 06 (1) 0 0 02 (1) 1 0 01 (3) 0 0 012 (13) 1 0 021FW André Pereira1 (0) 0 0 03 (6) 0 0 05 (0) 1 0 03 (0) 1 0 00 (4) 0 0 012 (10) 2 0 022MF Danilo Pereira0 (0) 0 0 024 (2) 2 0 03 (1) 2 0 02 (1) 0 0 010 (0) 2 0 039 (4) 6 0 023DF João Pedro0 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 01 (0) 0 0 02 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 03 (0) 0 0 025MF Otávio1 (0) 0 0 019 (9) 3 0 04 (1) 0 0 02 (0) 1 0 06 (2) 2 0 032 (12) 6 0 026GK Vaná0 (0) 0 0 03 (0) 0 0 01 (0) 0 0 05 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 09 (0) 0 0 028DF Felipe1 (0) 0 0 031 (0) 10 0 07 (0) 1 1 04 (0) 2 0 010 (0) 2 0 053 (0) 15 1 029FW Soares0 (1) 0 0 024 (4) 5 0 03 (2) 1 0 00 (3) 1 0 03 (1) 1 0 030 (11) 8 0 031GK Diogo Costa0 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 033DF Pepe0 (0) 0 0 013 (0) 4 0 03 (0) 1 0 02 (0) 0 0 03 (0) 2 0 021 (0) 7 0 037FW Fernando0 (0) 0 0 01 (11) 1 0 03 (1) 0 0 00 (2) 0 0 01 (3) 0 0 05 (17) 1 0 040GK Fabiano0 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 06 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 00 (0) 0 0 06 (0) 0 0 0Totals 1 0 0 58 0 1 11 1 0 16 0 0 20 0 0 106 1 1
Goalscorers RankPlayerSupertaçaPrimeira LigaTaça de PortugalTaça da LigaChampions LeagueTotal 129FW 01542122 211FW 01122621 38FW 11011013 416MF 061029 517FW 130037 613DF 04101625MF 03102620FW 014016 93DF 030025 1028DF 0120147FW 0121049FW 040004 1322MF 02100321FW 011103 1533DF 02000210MF 02000237FW 000202 184DF 0100012DF 10000112DF 01000114FW 010001 Totals 3 72 20 9 19 123
Clean sheets PlayerSupertaçaPrimeira LigaTaça de PortugalTaça da LigaChampions LeagueTotal1 Iker Casillas0 18 0 0 1 1940 Fabiano0 0 3 0 0 326 Vaná0 2 0 0 0 2Totals0 20 3 0 1 24
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