2008–09 FC Porto season

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FC Porto
2008–09 season
Chairman Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
Manager Jesualdo Ferreira
Stadium Estádio do Dragão
Primeira Liga 1st
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira Winners
Taça de Portugal Winners
Taça da Liga Semi-finals
Champions League Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer Ernesto Farías (10)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

Left club during season

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

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