2023–24 FC Porto season

The 2023–24 season was the 130th season in the existence of FC Porto and the club's 89th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. In addition to the domestic league, Porto participated in this season's editions of the Taça de Portugal, Taça da Liga, Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira and UEFA Champions League.

FC Porto
2023–24 season
PresidentJorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
Head coachSérgio Conceição
StadiumEstádio do Dragão
Primeira Liga3rd
Taça de PortugalWinners
Taça da LigaGroup stage
Supertaça Cândido de OliveiraRunners-up
UEFA Champions LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Evanilson (13)

All:
Evanilson (25)

Players

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Current squad

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As of 31 January 2024[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   POR Fábio Cardoso
3 DF   POR Pepe (captain)
5 DF   ESP Iván Marcano (vice-captain)
6 MF   CAN Stephen Eustáquio
8 MF   SRB Marko Grujić
9 FW   IRN Mehdi Taremi
10 FW   POR Francisco Conceição (on loan from Ajax)
11 DF   BRA Pepê
12 DF   NGA Zaidu Sanusi
13 FW   BRA Galeno
14 GK   POR Cláudio Ramos
15 DF   MEX Jorge Sánchez (on loan from Ajax)
16 MF   ESP Nico González
17 MF   ESP Iván Jaime
18 DF   BRA Wendell
19 FW   ENG Danny Namaso
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF   POR André Franco
22 MF   ARG Alan Varela
23 DF   POR João Mário
28 MF   POR Romário Baró
29 FW   ESP Toni Martínez
30 FW   BRA Evanilson
31 DF   BRA Otávio
55 DF   POR João Mendes
70 FW   POR Gonçalo Borges
71 GK   POR Francisco Meixedo
87 MF   POR Bernardo Folha
91 GK   POR Gonçalo Ribeiro
94 GK   BRA Samuel Portugal
97 DF   POR Zé Pedro
99 GK   POR Diogo Costa (3rd captain)

Technical staff

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Position Staff
Head coach   Sérgio Conceição
Assistant coaches   Vítor Bruno
  Siramana Dembélé
Goalkeeper coaches   Diamantino Figueiredo
  Vedran Runje
Exercise Physiologist   Eduardo Oliveira
Fitness coach   Telmo Sousa

Source: FC Porto

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Primeira Liga 14 August 2023 18 May 2024 Matchday 1 3rd 34 22 6 6 63 27 +36 064.71
Taça de Portugal 20 October 2023 26 May 2024 Third round Winners 7 7 0 0 18 3 +15 100.00
Taça da Liga 6 December 2023 23 December 2023 Group stage Group stage 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 050.00
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira 9 August 2023 Final Runners-up 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
UEFA Champions League 19 September 2023 12 March 2024 Group stage Round of 16 8 5 0 3 16 9 +7 062.50
Total 52 35 6 11 100 45 +55 067.31

Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sporting CP (C) 34 29 3 2 96 29 +67 90 Qualification for the Champions League league phase[a]
2 Benfica 34 25 5 4 77 28 +49 80
3 Porto 34 22 6 6 63 27 +36 72 Qualification for the Europa League league phase[b]
4 Braga 34 21 5 8 71 50 +21 68 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[c]
5 Vitória de Guimarães 34 19 6 9 52 38 +14 63 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[c]
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.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Since Atalanta, the winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League, qualified for the Champions League via league position, Benfica was promoted from the Champions League third qualifying round to the league phase, as the team with the highest coefficient out of all the teams in Champions League qualifying.
  2. ^ Porto qualified for the Europa League league phase by winning the 2023–24 Taça de Portugal.
  3. ^ a b Since the 2023–24 Taça de Portugal winners, Porto, finished in top three, the spot given to the third-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot given to the fourth-placed team (Conference League second qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.


Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 22 6 6 63 27  +36 72 11 4 2 35 13  +22 11 2 4 28 14  +14

Source: Liga Portugal

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
ResultWWWDWWLWWLWWWLWDWWWDLWDWWWLLDWDWWW
Position8322323333332333333333333333333333
Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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14 August 2023 1 Moreirense 1–2 Porto Moreira de Cónegos
18:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)
  • Frimpong   51'
Report
Stadium: Parque Moreira de Cónegos
Attendance: 5,674
Referee: Hélder Malheiro
20 August 2023 2 Porto 2–1 Farense Porto
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 48,129
Referee: Cláudio Pereira
28 August 2023 3 Rio Ave 1–2 Porto Vila do Conde
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos
Attendance: 4,811
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo
3 September 2023 4 Porto 1–1 Arouca Porto
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 46,516
Referee: Miguel Nogueira
15 September 2023 5 Estrela da Amadora 0–1 Porto Amadora
19:15 WEST (UTC+01:00) Report
Stadium: Estádio José Gomes
Attendance: 5,976
Referee: João Pinheiro
23 September 2023 6 Porto 2–1 Gil Vicente Porto
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 37,617
Referee: António Nobre
29 September 2023 7 Benfica 1–0 Porto Lisbon
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 62,247
Referee: João Pinheiro
8 October 2023 8 Porto 1–0 Portimonense Porto
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 43,230
Referee: Nuno Almeida
29 October 2023 9 Vizela 0–2 Porto Vizela
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00) Report
Stadium: Estádio do FC Vizela
Attendance: 4,435
Referee: Manuel Oliveira
3 November 2023 10 Porto 0–1 Estoril Porto
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00) Report
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 30,306
Referee: Tiago Martins
11 November 2023 11 Vitória de Guimarães 1–2 Porto Guimarães
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
Attendance: 21,353
Referee: Nuno Almeida
2 December 2023 12 Famalicão 0–3 Porto Vila Nova de Famalicão
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00) Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho
Attendance: 4,858
Referee: António Nobre
9 December 2023 13 Porto 3–1 Casa Pia Porto
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 29,130
Referee: João Gonçalves
18 December 2023 14 Sporting CP 2–0 Porto Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 44,385
Referee: Nuno Almeida
29 December 2023 15 Porto 1–0 Chaves Porto
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 41,529
Referee: Gustavo Correia
5 January 2024 16 Boavista 1–1 Porto Porto
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio do Bessa
Attendance: 13,945
Referee: Manuel Oliveira
14 January 2024 17 Porto 2–0 Braga Porto
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 41,402
Referee: Artur Soares Dias
20 January 2024 18 Porto 5–0 Moreirense Porto
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 34,218
Referee: Luís Godinho
28 January 2024 19 Farense 1–3 Porto Faro
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio de São Luís
Attendance: 6,356
Referee: João Pinheiro
3 February 2024 20 Porto 0–0 Rio Ave Porto
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00) Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 39,330
Referee: António Nobre
12 February 2024 21 Arouca 3–2 Porto Arouca
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca
Attendance: 3,157
Referee: Nuno Almeida
17 February 2024 22 Porto 2–0 Estrela da Amadora Porto
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 30,613
Referee: Tiago Martins
25 February 2024 23 Gil Vicente 1–1 Porto Barcelos
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos
Attendance: 7,121
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo
3 March 2024 24 Porto 5–0 Benfica Porto
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 49,013
Referee: João Pinheiro
8 March 2024 25 Portimonense 0–3 Porto Portimão
18:45 WET (UTC±00:00) Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão
Attendance: 2,811
Referee: Artur Soares Dias
16 March 2024 26 Porto 4–1 Vizela Porto
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 30,117
Referee: João Gonçalves
30 March 2024 27 Estoril 1–0 Porto Estoril
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota
Attendance: 4,578
Referee: António Nobre
7 April 2024 28 Porto 1–2 Vitória de Guimarães Porto
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 34,582
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo
13 April 2024 29 Porto 2–2 Famalicão Porto
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 30,510
Referee: Gustavo Correia
21 April 2024 30 Casa Pia 1–2 Porto Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Pina Manique
Attendance: 3,387
Referee: Manuel Oliveira
28 April 2024 31 Porto 2–2 Sporting CP Porto
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 45,230
Referee: Nuno Almeida
4 May 2024 32 Chaves 0–3 Porto Chaves
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00) Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Chaves
Attendance: 3,439
Referee: José Bessa
12 May 2024 33 Porto 2–1 Boavista Porto
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 33,031
Referee: Artur Soares Dias
18 May 2024 34 Braga 0–1 Porto Braga
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00) Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 23,284
Referee: Nuno Almeida

Taça de Portugal

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20 October 2023 Third round Vilar de Perdizes 0–2 Porto Chaves
20:45 WEST (UTC+01:00) Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Chaves
Referee: Carlos Macedo
24 November 2023 Fourth round Porto 4–0 Montalegre Porto
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Referee: Hélder Carvalho
9 January 2024 Fifth round Estoril 0–4 Porto Estoril
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)
Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo
29 February 2024 Quarter-finals Santa Clara 1–2 Porto Ponta Delgada
15:00 AZOT (UTC-01:00) Report
Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel
Referee: Gustavo Correia
3 April 2024 Semi-finals
First leg
Vitória de Guimarães 0–1 Porto Guimarães
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00) Report
Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
Attendance: 18,103
Referee: Nuno Almeida
17 April 2024 Semi-finals
Second leg
Porto 3–1
(4–1 agg.)
Vitória de Guimarães Porto
20:15 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 30,609
Referee: Artur Soares Dias
26 May 2024 Final Porto 2–1 (a.e.t.) Sporting CP Oeiras
17:15 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Nacional
Attendance: 37,593
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

Taça da Liga

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Third round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EST POR LEI
1 Estoril 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6 Advance to knockout phase 3–1
2 Porto 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 3 2–1
3 Leixões 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0 1–2
Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
6 December 2023 2 Estoril 3–1 Porto Estoril
18:00 WET (UTC±0)
Report
Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota
Attendance: 2,684
Referee: Hélder Malheiro
23 December 2023 3 Porto 2–1 Leixões Porto
20:30 WET (UTC±0)
Report
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: José Bessa

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

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9 August 2023 Final Benfica 2–0 Porto Aveiro
20:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Aveiro
Attendance: 30,300
Referee: Luís Godinho (Évora)

UEFA Champions League

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Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR POR SHK ANT
1   Barcelona 6 4 0 2 12 6 +6 12[a] Advance to knockout phase 2–1 2–1 5–0
2   Porto 6 4 0 2 15 8 +7 12[a] 0–1 5–3 2–0
3   Shakhtar Donetsk 6 3 0 3 10 12 −2 9 Transfer to Europa League 1–0 1–3 1–0
4   Antwerp 6 1 0 5 6 17 −11 3 3–2 1–4 2–3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Barcelona 6, Porto 0.
19 September 2023 1 Shakhtar Donetsk   1–3   Porto Hamburg, Germany
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 46,729
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
4 October 2023 2 Porto   0–1   Barcelona Porto, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 49,722
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
25 October 2023 3 Antwerp   1–4   Porto Antwerp, Belgium
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Bosuilstadion
Attendance: 13,651
Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)
7 November 2023 4 Porto   2–0   Antwerp Porto, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC±0)
Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 44,830
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)
28 November 2023 5 Barcelona   2–1   Porto Barcelona, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Attendance: 43,533
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
13 December 2023 6 Porto   5–3   Shakhtar Donetsk Porto, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC±0)
Report
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 48,113
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

Knockout phase

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Round of 16
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21 February 2024 First leg Porto   1‒0   Arsenal Porto, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC±0)
Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 49,111
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)
12 March 2024 Second leg Arsenal   1–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–1 agg.)
(4–2 p)
  Porto London, England
20:00 GMT (UTC±0)
Report Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 60,257
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
Penalties

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Primeira Liga Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
14 GK   POR Cláudio Ramos 8 0 1+1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
71 GK   POR Francisco Meixedo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
94 GK   BRA Samuel Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
99 GK   POR Diogo Costa 45 0 33 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
Defenders
2 DF   POR Fábio Cardoso 28 1 14+4 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 4 0
3 DF   POR Pepe 34 3 22 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 7 2
5 DF   ESP Iván Marcano 6 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
12 DF   NGA Zaidu Sanusi 10 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
15 DF   MEX Jorge Sánchez 22 0 6+8 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 0 0 1+4 0
18 DF   BRA Wendell 35 4 23+2 4 5 0 0+1 0 0 0 4 0
23 DF   POR João Mário 44 2 25+2 2 6+1 0 1 0 0+1 0 7+1 0
31 DF   BRA Otávio 17 0 11+1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
52 DF   POR Martim Fernandes 6 0 4 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
55 DF   POR João Mendes 9 0 3+2 0 1+1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
72 DF   POR Rodrigo Pinheiro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
97 DF   POR Zé Pedro 17 2 9+3 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 DF   CAN Stephen Eustáquio 40 3 16+12 2 0+2 0 1 0 1 0 6+2 1
8 MF   SRB Marko Grujić 21 0 3+7 0 2+3 0 2 0 1 0 0+3 0
16 MF   ESP Nico González 38 2 20+5 2 6+1 0 0+1 0 0 0 2+3 0
17 MF   ESP Iván Jaime 29 1 5+16 1 0+3 0 1 0 0 0 1+3 0
20 MF   POR André Franco 23 1 5+10 0 2+1 1 1 0 0 0 3+1 0
22 MF   ARG Alan Varela 44 2 28+2 2 5+1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
28 MF   POR Romário Baró 17 0 2+8 0 1+3 0 1 0 0+1 0 1 0
87 MF   POR Bernardo Folha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW   IRN Mehdi Taremi 35 11 15+8 6 1+1 2 1+1 1 1 0 6+1 2
10 FW   POR Francisco Conceição 42 8 21+6 5 4+2 1 2 1 0 0 2+5 1
11 FW   BRA Pepê 50 8 32+2 4 6 2 1+1 1 1 0 7 1
13 FW   BRA Galeno 45 16 20+8 10 7 1 1+1 0 1 0 7 5
19 FW   ENG Danny Loader 26 2 1+15 1 2+3 1 1 0 1 0 0+3 0
29 FW   ESP Toni Martínez 25 4 5+15 4 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+2 0
30 FW   BRA Evanilson 42 25 24+3 13 5+1 8 0+2 0 0 0 5+2 4
70 FW   POR Gonçalo Borges 28 0 1+17 0 2+4 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+2 0
Players who made an appearance and/or had a squad number but left the team.
4 DF   POR David Carmo 12 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
7 FW   BRA Gabriel Veron 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 FW   ESP Fran Navarro 10 1 1+5 0 1+1 1 0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
25 MF   POR Otávio 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

References

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  1. ^ "Plantel" (in Portuguese). FC Porto.