2009–10 F.C. Porto season

Porto
2009–10 season
Chairman Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
Manager Jesualdo Ferreira
Liga Sagres 3rd
Millennium Cup Semi-finals
Carlsberg Cup Final
SuperCup Winners
Champions League 1st knockout round
Top goalscorer League:
Radamel Falcao (25)
All:
Radamel Falcao (34)
Home colours
Away colours

The 2009–10 season is Futebol Clube do Porto's 76th season in the Portuguese Liga, officially known as the Liga Sagres for sponsorship reasons. Porto won their fourth consecutive title last season and will be aiming to match their national record of winning five titles in a row. They are also the current Portuguese Cup holders after beating Paços de Ferreira 1–0 last season at the Estádio do Jamor.

Contents

Club

Technical Staff

Position Staff
Head Coach Jesualdo Ferreira
Assistant Coach José Gomes
João Pinto
Rui Barros
Goalkeeping Coach Wil Coort

Last updated: 19 June
Source: FCPorto.pt

Medical Staff

Position Staff
Doctor José Carlos Esteves
Nelson Puga
Nurse José Mário
Eduardo Braga
José Luís
Physioterapist Ângelo Castro

Last updated: 19 June
Source: FCPorto.pt

Board of Directors

Position Staff
President Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
Vice-President Reinaldo Teles
Chief Administrative Adelino Caldeira
Chief Executive Antero Henrique
Chief Financial Angelino Ferreira

Last updated: 04 February
Source: FC Porto.pt

Kit

Supplier: Nike
Sponsor(s): tmn, meo, Super Bock

Home
Away
Gk Home
Gk Away

Last updated: 20 July 2009.
Source: FCPorto.pt

Other Information

Public Affairs Rui Cerqueira
Club Ambassador Vítor Baía
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Estádio do Dragão (50,818 / 105m x 68m)

Source:

Squad

Players

As of 3 February 2009. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Helton
2 DF Bruno Alves (captain)
3 MF Raul Meireles
6 MF Freddy Guarín
7 MF Fernando Belluschi
8 MF Diego Valeri
9 FW Falcao
10 MF Cristian Rodríguez
11 MF Mariano González
12 FW Hulk
13 DF Jorge Fucile
14 DF Rolando
15 DF Álvaro Pereira
No. Position Player
16 DF Maicon
17 FW Silvestre Varela
18 DF Nuno André Coelho
19 FW Ernesto Farías
20 MF Tomás Costa
22 DF Miguel Lopes
23 DF David Addy
24 GK Beto
25 MF Fernando
28 MF Rúben Micael
29 FW Orlando Sá
33 GK Nuno

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
1 July 2009 DF Miguel Lopes Rio Ave €0.6M (50%)
1 July 2009 FW Silvestre Varela Estrela da Amadora Free
1 July 2009 FW Orlando Sá Braga Undisclosed
1 July 2009 DF Maicon Nacional €1.1M
1 July 2009 DF Álvaro Pereira CFR Cluj €4.5M (80%)
1 July 2009 GK Beto Leixões €750,000
6 July 2009 MF Fernando Belluschi Olympiacos €5M (50%)
15 July 2009 FW Falcao River Plate €3.93M (60%)
15 July 2009 MF Diego Valeri Lanús €2.3M (loan)
23 July 2009 MF Sebastián Prediguer Colón €3.3M
18 January 2010 MF Rúben Micael Nacional €3.4M
1 February 2010 DF David Addy Randers

Total spending: €24.9 million

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
6 July 2008 MF Paulo Assunção Atlético Madrid €3.5M
30 June 2009 MF Diego Juventus €0.25M (1%)
30 June 2009 MF Paulo Machado Toulouse €3.5M
30 June 2009 DF Pedro Emanuel Unattached Retired
30 June 2009 MF Tarik Sektioui Ajman Club Free
30 June 2009 MF Lucho González Marseille €18M (€6M bonus)
7 July 2009 FW Lisandro López Lyon €24M (€4M bonus)
11 July 2009 MF Bruno Gama Rio Ave Free
11 July 2009 MF Vieirinha PAOK €0.3M
15 July 2009 MF Ibson Spartak Moscow €5M
17 July 2009 GK Ruca Marítimo Free
18 July 2009 DF Aly Cissokho Lyon €15M
22 July 2009 MF Przemysław Kaźmierczak Vitória de Setúbal Free
4 August 2009 DF João Paulo Le Mans €1.5M
18 August 2009 FW Ivanildo Portimonense Free
24 August 2009 FW Adriano Braga Free
18 January 2010 MF Mario Bolatti Fiorentina €3.5M

Total income: €74.55M

Loan out

Date From Date To Pos. Name Moving To
1 July 2009 30 June 2010 FW Rui Pedro Gil Vicente
6 July 2009 30 June 2010 DF Tengarrinha Olhanense
6 July 2009 30 June 2010 MF Hugo Ventura Olhanense
6 July 2009 30 June 2010 MF André Castro Olhanense
6 July 2009 30 June 2010 FW Rabiola Olhanense
7 July 2009 30 June 2010 DF André Pinto Vitória de Setúbal
10 July 2009 30 June 2010 DF Nuno Coelho Villarreal
10 July 2009 30 June 2010 MF Candeias Recreativo de Huelva
16 July 2009 30 June 2010 MF Hélder Barbosa Vitória de Setúbal
20 July 2009 30 June 2010 MF Pelé Valladolid
31 January 2010 30 June 2010 FW Wason Rentería Braga
22 July 2009 30 June 2010 MF Pitbull Marítimo
25 July 2009 30 June 2010 DF Milan Stepanov Málaga
17 August 2009 30 June 2010 DF Nelson Benítez Leixões
31 January 2010 30 June 2010 DF Cristian Săpunaru Rapid Bucureşti
27 January 2010 30 June 2010 MF Sebastián Prediguer Boca Juniors

Statistics

Squad Stats

Last updated on 22 February 2010.
No. Nat Pos Player Total Liga Sagres Champions League Millennium Cup Carlsberg Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Helton 25 -17 19+0 -14 6+0 -3 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Bruno Alves 29 4 19+0 3 7+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0
3 MF Raul Meireles 26 2 17+0 1 7+0 0 2+0 1 0+0 0
6 MF Freddy Guarín 24 0 2+11 0 2+4 0 0+1 0 2+2 0
7 MF Fernando Belluschi 24 2 15+2 1 3+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 1
8 MF Diego Valeri 13 0 0+6 0 1+1 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
9 FW Falcao 42 34 28 25 8 4 5 5 0+1 0
10 MF Cristian Rodríguez 22 3 7+6 2 5+0 0 3+0 1 0+1 0
11 MF Mariano González 27 3 11+4 1 3+1 0 2+2 1 4+0 1
12 FW Hulk 21 7 12+1 2 6+1 3 1+0 2 0+0 0
13 DF Jorge Fucile 27 1 19+0 0 4+0 0 3+0 1 1+0 0
14 DF Rolando 29 5 19+0 2 6+0 1 3+0 2 1+0 0
15 DF Álvaro Pereira 31 1 18+0 1 7+0 0 3+0 0 2+1 0
16 DF Maicon 10 0 2+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 3+1 0
17 FW Silvestre Varela 24 11 12+3 8 2+2 1 3+0 1 1+1 1
18 DF Nuno André Coelho 5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
19 FW Ernesto Farías 22 7 3+12 5 0+4 0 1+1 2 1+0 0
20 MF Tomás Costa 19 1 2+8 1 1+2 0 1+1 0 4+0 0
21 DF Cristian Săpunaru 9 0 4+1 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF Miguel Lopes 7 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
24 GK Beto 6 -6 1+0 -1 1+0 -1 4+0 -4 0+0 0
25 MF Fernando 27 0 18+0 0 6+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF Prediguer 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
28 MF Rúben Micael 8 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
29 FW Orlando Sá 7 1 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+2 1
33 GK Nuno 4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
45 MF Sergio Oliveira 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+3 0
DF David Addy 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Top scorers

Last updated on 22 February
Position Nation Number Name Liga Sagres Champions League Millenium Cup Carlsberg Cup Total
1 9 Falcao 16 4 3 0 23
2 17 Varela 8 1 1 1 11
3 12 Hulk 2 3 2 0 7
= 19 Ernesto Farías 5 0 2 0 7
5 14 Rolando 2 1 2 0 5
6 2 Bruno Alves 3 1 0 0 4
/ / / Own goals 3 1 0 0 4

Disciplinary record

Last updated on 22 February
Position Nation Number Name Liga Sagres Champions League Millennium Cup Carlsberg Cup Total
GK 1 Helton 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF 2 Bruno Alves 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
MF 3 Raul Meireles 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 9 0
MF 6 Freddy Guarín 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
FW 9 Falcao 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
MF 10 Cristian Rodríguez 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 1
MF 11 Mariano González 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
FW 12 Hulk 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
DF 13 Jorge Fucile 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
DF 14 Rolando 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
DF 15 Álvaro Pereira 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 9 0
DF 16 Maicon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF 17 Silvestre Varela 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF 20 Tomás Costa 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
DF 21 Cristian Săpunaru 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF 22 Miguel Lopes 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
GK 24 Beto 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF 25 Fernando 6 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 11 1
MF 28 Rúben Micael 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
TOTALS 42 1 12 2 11 1 4 0 69 4

Start formations

Qnt Formation Match(es)
12 4-3-3 1-10 Liga Sagres, 1-3 UEFA Champions League, 1 Millennium Cup

Last updated: 24 November
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Starting 11

No.
Pos
Nat
Name
GS Notes
1 GK BRA Helton 25
13 DF URU Fucile 27
2 DF POR Bruno Alves 29
14 DF POR Rolando 29
15 DF URU Álvaro 30
27 MF BRA Fernando 24
3 MF POR R. Meireles 26
7 MF ARG Belluschi 21 Rúben Micael has 7 starts
12 FW BRA Hulk 19
9 FW COL Falcao 26
11 FW ARG Mariano 20 Varela has 18 starts

Last updated: 2010-02-10
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Pre-season

Fixtures

Game Date Competition Venue Opponent Result
F–A
Attendance Man of the Match
1 11 July Friendly CTFD PortoGaia Tourizense 3 – 1 0 Hulk
2 15 July Friendly Municipal de Aveiro Leixões 3 – 1 13,032 Hulk
3 18 July Friendly Estádio do Dragão Monaco 3 – 0 38,211 Álvaro
4 23 July Friendly Municipal de Albufeira Dinamo Bucureşti 1 – 0 6,000 Varela
5 27 July Peace Cup Nuevo Colombino Lyon 0 – 2 Hulk
6 29 July Peace Cup Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Beşiktaş 0 – 0
7 31 July Peace Cup La Rosaleda Aston Villa 1 – 2
8 9 August SuperCup Municipal de Aveiro Paços de Ferreira 2 – 0 15,722 Farías

Peace Cup

Group

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Porto 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 4
Beşiktaş 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
Lyon 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 1
  Porto Beşiktaş Lyon
Porto - 2-0
Beşiktaş 0-0
Lyon - 1–1

Semi-final

31 July 2009
19:30 GMT
Porto 1–2 Aston Villa La Rosaleda, Málaga
Referee: Michail Koukoulakis
Hulk  90' (pen.) Report Heskey  14'
Sidwell  37'

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Super Cup Winners 9 August
Liga Sagres 3rd 13 August 9 May
UEFA Champions League Group stage Round of 16 15 September
Millennium Cup Third Round Semi Finals 17 October
Carlsberg Cup Third Round Final 5 January 20 march

Last updated: 10 February
Source: Competitions

SuperCup

       See also: Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

9 August 2009
20:45 GMT
Porto 2 – 0 Paços de Ferreira Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro
Attendance: 15722
Referee: Jorge Sousa
Farías  59'
Bruno Alves  89'
Report

Liga Sagres

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Benfica 23 18 4 1 60 12 +48 58 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Sporting de Braga 23 17 4 2 34 14 +20 55 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 Porto 23 14 5 4 47 21 +26 47 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
4 Sporting CP 23 10 8 5 30 17 +13 38 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
5 Vitória de Guimarães 23 9 6 8 24 25 −1 33

Updated to games played on 15 March 2010
Source: Liga Sagres (Liga Portugal)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
The winner of the 2009–10 Taça de Portugal will earn a place in the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
20 13 4 3 43 15 +28 43 9 2 0 28 9 +19 4 2 3 15 6 +9

Last updated: 22 February
Source: Liga Sagres

By Round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Ground A H A H A H A H H A H A H A H H A H A H A H A A H A H A H A
Result D W W W L W W W D L W W W L W D W W D W
Position 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Last updated: 7 February.
Source: Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

16 August 2009
18:00 GMT
Paços de Ferreira 1 – 1 Porto Estádio da Mata Real, Paços de Ferreira
Attendance: 4,654
Referee: Carlos Xistra
Fucile  11' (o.g.)
Danielson 53'
William 56'
(Report) Hulk  17', 55'
Falcao  79'
Mariano 90'

23 August 2009
20:15 GMT
Porto 3 – 0 Nacional Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 40,309
Referee: João Ferreira
R. Meireles 21'
Falcao  68' (pen.)
Rolando  78'
Rodríguez  86'
(Report) Cléber  40', 64'
Patacas 64'

29 August 2009
21:15 GMT
Naval 1 – 3 Porto Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa, Figueira da Foz
Attendance: 4,261
Referee: Elmano Santos
Ouattara 65'
Rolando  75' (o.g.)
(Report) Falcao  8'
Varela  61'
Farías  77'

12 September 2009
19:00 GMT
Porto 4 – 1 Leixões Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 38,117
Referee: Vasco Santos
Varela  20'
Hulk  23' (pen.)
Fernando 28'
Rolando  32'
Falcao  41'
(Report) Laranjeiro 22'
Hugo Morais 23'
Faioli 52'
Pouga  76'

21 September 2009
21:15 GMT
Braga 1 – 0 Porto Estádio AXA, Braga
Attendance: 17,215
Referee: Pedro Proença
Mossoro 36'
J. Pereira 45'
Alan  69'
Matheus 82'
(Report) Falcao 26'
Hulk 28'

26 September 2009
19:15 GMT
Porto 1 – 0 Sporting CP Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 46,511
Referee: Duarte Gomes
Falcao  3'
R. Meireles 12'
Bruno Alves 56'
Fucile 65'
Costa 78'
(Report) M. Veloso  26', 90+2'
Â. Polga  34', 52'
Abel 36'

4 October 2009
20:15 GMT
Olhanense 0 – 3 Porto Estádio José Arcanjo, Olhão
Attendance: 7,987
Referee: Pedro Henriques
Rui Duarte 52'
Guga 78'
(Report) Falcao  13'84'
Álvaro 37'
Bruno Alves  45'
Guarín 78'

25 October 2009
20:15 GMT
Porto 3 – 2 Académica Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 29,209
Referee: Hugo Miguel
Mariano  64'
Bruno Alves 66'
Farías  67'81'
(Report) Nuno Coelho 70'
Miguel Pedro  76'
Berger 86'
Sougou  90+2'

30 October 2009
20:15 GMT
Porto 1 – 1 Belenenses Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 31,819
Referee: Olegário Benquerença
Farías  62'
Bruno Alves 74'
(Report) Lima 45+1'
Ivan 64'
Nélson 84'

11 November 2009
18:00 GMT
Marítimo 1 – 0 Porto Estádio dos Barreiros, Funchal
Attendance: 4,900
Referee: Paulo Baptista
Rolando  29' (o.g.)
Diawara 56'
Roberto Souza 90+1'
(Report) Săpunaru 73'
Álvaro 75'
Costa 85'

29 November 2009
20:45 GMT
Porto 2 – 1 Rio Ave Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 22,512
Referee: Paulo Costa
Hulk  23'
Álvaro 69'
Varela  81'
Maicon 85'
Beto 90+3'
(Report) Silvio  11'
João Tomás  25'
Gaspar 37'
Bruno Gama 73'
Carlos 77'
Tarantini 80'

4 December 2009
20:15 GMT
Vitória de Guimarães 1 – 4 Porto Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães
Attendance: 18,110
Referee: Jorge Sousa
Andrezinho  45+1'
Serginho 50'
Douglas 50'
Nuno Assis 90+3'
(Report) Varela  10'
Falcao  31'
R. Meireles 40'
Fernando 44'
Bruno Alves  66'
Rodríguez  87'

13 December 2009
20:15 GMT
Porto 2 – 0 Vitória de Setúbal Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 32,519
Referee: Pedro Henriques
Farías  10'
Varela  31'
(Report) Ruben Lima 26'
Zoro 36'

20 December 2009
20:15 GMT
Benfica 1 – 0 Porto Estadio da Luz, Lisboa
Attendance: Lucílio Baptista
Referee: 58,659
Saviola  22'
David Luiz 25'
Saviola 43'
M. Pereira 86'
(Report) Falcao 68'
Fernando 80'
Bruno Alves 86'
Rodríguez 86'

10 January
20:15 GMT
Porto 3 – 2 União de Leiria Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 24,209
Referee: Elmano Santos
Falcao  15'64'
Bruno Alves  37'
Fernando  90', 90+1'
(Report) Diego Gaúcho  31'
Ronny  52'
Vinícius 59' Ronny 65'
Ðuričić

16 January 2010
19:15 GMT
Porto 1 – 1 Paços de Ferreira Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 26,706
Referee: Rui Costa
R. Meireles 78'
Falcao  85'
Guarín 90+4'
Bruno Alves 90+4'
(Report) Danielson 11'
Ozeia  58', 88'
Pedrinha 59'
William 88'
Cássio 90+2'

30 January 2010
17:00 GMT
Nacional 0 – 4 Porto Estádio da Madeira, Funchal
Attendance: 3,204
Referee: Carlos Xistra
Alex Bruno  9', 28'
Bruno Patacas 76'
Luís Alberto 77'
(Report) Varela  30' (pen.)84'
Falcao  54'61'
Mariano 54'
Fernando 68'

7 February 2010
20:15 GMT
Porto 3 – 0 Naval Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Referee: Hugo Miguel
Costa  39'
Falcao 68'  79'
Álvaro 78'
Varela  88'
(Report) Alex Hauw 25'
Daniel Cruz 68'

13 February 2010
21:15 GMT
Leixões 0 – 0 Porto Estádio do Mar, Porto
Attendance: 4,802
Referee: Bruno Paixão
Zé Manel 7'
Pouga 71'
Nélson 71'
Paulo Tavares 75'
(Report) Rúben Micael 31'
Rolando 54'

21 February 2010
20:15 GMT
Porto 5 – 1 Braga Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 46,403
Referee: Olegário Benquerença
R. Meireles  15' 39'
Álvaro  34'
Falcao  35'72'
Fucile 50'
Belluschi  83'
(Report) Mossoró 8'
Paulo César 53'
Paulão 54'
Filipe Oliveira 58'
Rafael Bastos 84'
Alan  90+1'

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Chelsea 6 4 2 0 11 4 +7 14
Porto 6 4 0 2 8 3 +5 12
Atlético Madrid 6 0 3 3 3 12 −9 3
APOEL 6 0 3 3 4 7 −3 3
15 September 2009
19:45 GMT
Chelsea 1 – 0 Porto Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 41,597
Referee: Konrad Plautz
Essien 15'
Malouda 18'
Anelka  48'
(Report) Fernando  78', 90'

30 September 2009
20:45
Porto 2 – 0 Atlético Madrid Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 37,609
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
Falcao  75'
Rolando  82'
(Report) Assunção 36'
Perea 48'

21 October 2009
20:45
Porto 2 – 1 APOEL Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 31,212
Referee: Felix Brych
Hulk  33'48' (pen.)
Mariano  73'
Helton 90+1'
(Report) Álvaro  22' (o.g.)
Satsias 23'
Grnčarov 36'
Breška 55'
Broerse 81'

3 November 2009
20:45
APOEL 0 – 1 Porto GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 20,825
Referee: Damir Skomina
Charalambides 51'
Elia 52'
Pinto 74'
(Report) Falcao  83'
Álvaro 86'

25 November 2009
20:45
Porto 0 – 1 Chelsea Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 38,410
Referee: Jonas Eriksson
Fernando 51'
R. Meireles 79'
(Report) Ballack 58'
Anelka  69'

8 December 2009
20:45
Atlético Madrid 0 – 3 Porto Vicente Calderón, Madrid
Attendance: 24,603
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy
Simão 43'
Agüero 44'
Juanito 88'
(Report) Bruno Alves  1'
Falcao  14'
Hulk  76'
Guarín 72'

First knockout round

First leg

17 February 2010
19:45 GMT
Porto 2 – 1 Arsenal Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 40,717
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)
Varela  11'
Falcao  51'
(Report) Campbell  18'

Second leg

9 March 2010
19:45 GMT
Arsenal 5 – 0 Porto Emirates Stadium, London
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
Bendtner  10'25'90+1' 44'
Vermaelen 38'
Nasri  63'
Eboué  66'
Report Falcao 24'
Álvaro 59'
J. Fucile 90'

Arsenal advances 6–2 on aggregate.

Millennium Cup

Third Round

17 October 2009
20:15 GMT
Porto 4 – 0 Sertanense Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: João Capela
Hulk  5'87'
Farías  10'39' (pen.)
(Report)

Fourth Round

2 January 2010
20:15 GMT
Oliveirense 0 – 2 Porto Estádio Municipal de Águeda, Águeda
Referee: Carlos Xistra
(Report) Fernando
R. Meireles  43' 69'
Rolando  64'

Fifth Round

20 January 2010
20:45 GMT
Belenenses 2 – 2 Porto Estádio do Restelo, Lisboa
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Olegário Benquerença
Lima  13'80'
Pelé 9'
Dević 24'
Barge 42'
Gabriel Gómez 55'
Celsestino 106'
(Report) Falcao  15'
Rodríguez  85'  23', 89'
Fucile 45+1'
R. Meireles 61'
Álvaro 118'
  Penalties  
9 – 10

Quarter-finals

2 February 2010
20:45 GMT
Porto 5 – 2 Sporting CP Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 36,614
Referee: Paulo Baptista
Rolando  19' 32'
Falcao  34'42'
Varela  48' 48'
Mariano  57'
(Report) Izmailov  22'
Adrien 23'
Grimi 31'
Carriço 38'

Semi Finals

First leg

24 March 2010
GMT
Rio Ave Porto Estádio dos Arcos, Vila do Conde

Second leg

14 April 2010
GMT
Porto 4 – 0 Rio Ave Estádio do Dragão, Porto

Carlsberg Cup

Third Round

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Porto 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7
Académica 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7
Leixões 3 0 1 2 1 3 –2 1
Estoril Praia 3 0 1 2 2 5 –3 1
  Porto Leixões Estoril Praia Académica
Porto 1–0
Leixões 0–1
Estoril Praia 2–0 1–1
Académica 0–0 2–1

Semi Final

10 February 2010
20:15 GMT
Porto 1 – 0 Académica Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 22,702
Referee: Pedro Proença
Álvaro 26'
Guarín 56'
Mariano  82'
Vouho 45+1'
João Ribeiro 80'
Ricardo 90'
Pedrinho 90+3'

Final

21 March 2010
19:15 BST
Benfica 3 – 0 Porto Estádio Algarve, Faro
Attendance: 23,430
Referee: Jorge Sousa
Amorim  10'
C. Martins  44'
Cardozo  90+2'

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