2008–09 FC Porto season

FC Porto
2008–09 season
ChairmanJorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
ManagerJesualdo Ferreira
StadiumEstádio do Dragão
Primeira Liga1st
Supertaça Cândido de OliveiraRunners-up
Taça de PortugalWinners
Taça da LigaSemi-finals
Champions LeagueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerErnesto Farías (10)

During the 2008–09 Portuguese football season, FC Porto competed in the Primeira Liga.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Brazil BRA Helton
2 DF Portugal POR Bruno Alves
3 DF Portugal POR Pedro Emanuel[notes 1]
4 DF Serbia SRB Milan Stepanov
5 DF Argentina ARG Nelson Benítez
6 MF Colombia COL Fredy Guarín
8 MF Argentina ARG Lucho González
9 FW Argentina ARG Lisandro López
10 MF Uruguay URU Cristian Rodríguez
11 MF Argentina ARG Mariano González (on loan from Palermo)
12 FW Brazil BRA Hulk
13 DF Uruguay URU Jorge Fucile
14 DF Portugal POR Rolando[notes 2]
16 MF Portugal POR Raul Meireles
17 MF Morocco MAR Tarik Sektioui
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Argentina ARG Ernesto Farías
20 MF Argentina ARG Tomás Costa
21 DF Romania ROU Cristian Săpunaru
22 MF Argentina ARG Andrés Madrid (on loan from Braga)
24 GK Portugal POR Hugo Ventura
25 MF Brazil BRA Fernando
28 DF France FRA Aly Cissokho
29 FW Portugal POR Rabiola
33 GK Portugal POR Nuno Espírito Santo[notes 3]
34 DF Portugal POR Ivo Pinto
35 DF Brazil BRA Rafhael (on loan from Figueirense)
37 MF Portugal POR Josué
39 MF Portugal POR Ricardo Dias
50 MF Portugal POR Diogo Viana
52 MF Portugal POR Sérgio Oliveira

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
7 MF Portugal POR Ricardo Quaresma (to Inter Milan)
15 DF Brazil BRA Lino (to PAOK)
18 MF Argentina ARG Mario Bolatti (on loan to Huracán)
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF Portugal POR Daniel Candeias (on loan to Rio Ave)
26 DF Portugal POR Bernardo Tengarrinha (on loan to Estrela da Amadora)
30 MF Portugal POR Pelé (on loan to Portsmouth)

References

  1. ^ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/portugal/2008-2009/superl/porto.htm Porto squad for 2008–09 season

Notes

  1. ^ Emanuel was born in Luanda, Angola, but also qualified to represent Portugal internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
  2. ^ Rolando was born in São Vicente, Cape Verde, but was raised in Portugal from the age of 14 and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Portugal in 2009.
  3. ^ Nuno was born in São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe, but also qualified to represent Portugal internationally and represented them at U-21 level.