Futebol Clube do Porto
Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Port ...
's 95th competitive season, 72nd consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese
football
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, and 112th year in existence as a
football club
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Co Adriaanse
Jacobus "Co" Adriaanse (born 21 July 1947) is a Dutch association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former player who played as a centre-back.
Playing career
As a professional player, Adriaanse played for six seasons ...
led the ''Dragões'' to
league
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and
cup
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double.
Key dates
* 20 January 2005: Porto sign
Lucho González
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€
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7 million transfer fee. González would join Porto in the summer following the end of the
2004–05 Argentine Primera División
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Racing
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for a €2.3 million transfer fee.
* 24 May 2005:
Co Adriaanse
Jacobus "Co" Adriaanse (born 21 July 1947) is a Dutch association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former player who played as a centre-back.
Playing career
As a professional player, Adriaanse played for six seasons ...
is appointed as the new manager on a two-year contract, with immediate effect.
* 8 July 2005: Porto agree a deal with Turkish defender
Fatih Sonkaya
Fatih Sonkaya (born 1 July 1981) is a Turkish retired footballer who played as a right back.
He also held Dutch nationality, due to the many years spent in that country.
Club career
Although born in Oltu, Eastern Anatolia Region, Sonkaya spen ...
on a €1.5 million transfer deal from
Beşiktaş
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.
* 21 August 2005: Porto win their first match of the
Primeira Liga
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season at home to
Estrela da Amadora
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.
* 31 August 2005: The transfer deadline day sees Marek Čech join from
Sparta Prague
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It is the most successful club in the Czech Republic and one of the most successful in central Europe, winning t ...
Rangers
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Pepe
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scored both of Porto's goals.
* 28 September 2005: Porto suffer a second consecutive Champions League group stage lose to
UEFA Champions League
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debutants
Artmedia Bratislava
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. Porto led the game 2–0, but the Slovak side clawed back to score three goals to give Artmedia all three points.
* 15 October 2005: Porto suffer their first league defeat of the season, losing 2–0 to Benfica at the
Estádio do Dragão
The Estádio do Dragão (; ') is an all-seater football stadium in Porto, Portugal, and the home ground of FC Porto since 2003. It has a seating capacity of 50,033, making it the third-largest football stadium in Portugal.
Designed by Portugue ...
.
* 19 October 2005: Porto defeat Italian side
Inter Milan
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in their third UEFA Champions League group stage match. A
Marco Materazzi
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Early in his career, Materazzi played with various Italian teams in Serie B and Serie C, and w ...
own goal and a
Benni McCarthy
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strike saw Porto claim all three points.
* 26 October 2005: Porto play host to
Liga de Honra
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's
Marco
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at the Estádio do Dragão, in a
Taça de Portugal
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fourth round tie. The ''Dragões'' defeated the second division side 1–0. Ivanildo scored the only goal of the game.
* 1 November 2005: Porto suffer a third Champions League group stage loss after falling to Inter at the
San Siro
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. The ''Nerazzurri'' defeated the dragons 2–1.
Hugo Almeida
Hugo Miguel Pereira de Almeida (born 23 May 1984) is a Portuguese former professional association football, footballer who played as a centre-forward.
After failing to establish himself at FC Porto, Porto, being loaned several times during his ...
scored Porto's only goal of the game.
* 19 November 2005: Porto demolish
Académica de Coimbra
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, 5–1 in a Primeira Liga fixture.
* 23 November 2005: A late
Ross McCormack
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McCormack started his career with Scottish ...
goal denies Porto a crucial win in their fifth Champions League group stage match against Rangers.
* 2 December 2005: A second-half Jorginho strike grants Porto a draw against
Sporting CP
Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,
after Deivid had scored for the visitors.
* 6 December 2005: A goalless draw at Artmedia Bratislava's
Stadium FC Petržalka 1898
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leaves Porto bottom of their group, and eliminates them from all European competitions. Rangers would progress to the
round of 16
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whilst Artmedia would progress to the UEFA Cup round of 32.
* 11 January 2006: Porto defeat fellow Primeira Liga side
Naval
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2–1 at the
Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa
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Diego
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The name also has several patronymic derivations, listed below.
...
and
Lucho González
Luis Óscar "Lucho" González (; born 19 January 1981) is an Argentine former professional Association football, footballer, currently a Manager (association football), manager. A versatile midfielder who was able to play in different positions ...
scored Porto's goals.
* 15 January 2006: Estrela da Amadora inflict on Porto, their second league loss of the season. The
Amadora
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outfit would defeat Porto at the
Estádio José Gomes
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, 2–1. Lucho González would score Porto's goal.
* 18 January 2006: Porto announce the signings of Brazilian duo
Adriano
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...
and Anderson. Adriano would sign from Grêmio, whilst Anderson signed from Brazilian side Cruzeiro.
* 26 February 2006: Porto suffer their third league loss of the season after being defeated by Benfica. The ''Encarnados'' would defeat the ''Portistas'' 1–0. French
midfielder
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Laurent Robert
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scored the only goal of the game.
* 15 March 2006: Porto progress to the Taça de Portugal semi-finals after beating Marítimo 2–1 at Estádio dos Barreiros. Benni McCarthy scored a goal in extra-time to grant Porto passage into the next round.
* 22 March 2006: Porto progress to the Taça de Portugal final after defeating Sporting CP on penalties. The 90 minutes ended goalless, forcing extra-time.
Liédson
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Nicknamed ''Levezinho'' ("Slender one") due to his light frame (63 kg),
scored in the second half of extra-time. Benni McCarthy equalised five minutes from the end. After
João Moutinho
João Filipe Iria Santos Moutinho (; born 8 September 1986) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Primeira Liga club Braga.
Moutinho began his professional career with Sporting CP, moving in 2010 to Porto and winnin ...
missed his penalty, Lisandro López scored Porto's fifth penalty to grant them passage into the final.
* 8 April 2006: A late Jorginho strike gives Porto a crucial win over rivals Sporting CP.
* 22 April 2006: Porto wins their 21st Primeira Liga title, clinching the title after defeating
Penafiel
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1–0.
* 14 May 2006: Porto win the Taça de Portugal for the 13th time after beating
Vitória de Setúbal
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1–0 in the final.
Adriano
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Porto
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