2015–16_FC_Porto_season

Porto
2015–16 season
President	Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
Head coach	Julen Lopetegui; (July 2015 – January 2016); Rui Barros; (January 2016); José Peseiro; (January 2016 – May 2016)
Stadium	Estádio do Dragão
Primeira Liga	3rd
Taça de Portugal	Runners-up
Taça da Liga	Third round
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Vincent Aboubakar (13); All: Vincent Aboubakar (18)
Highest home attendance	49,209; Porto 1–0 Benfica; (20 September 2015)
Lowest home attendance	4,863; Porto 2–0 Gil Vicente; (2 March 2016)
Average home league attendance	32,324
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 FC Porto season

Porto 2015–16 football season

The 2015–16 season was FC Porto's 106th competitive season and the 82nd consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 15 August 2015 and concluded on 22 May 2016. For the second consecutive season, Porto failed to win any of the official competitions it was involved. The last time the team had two successive trophyless seasons was from 1979–80 to 1980–81.

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As in the previous season, Porto did not begin their campaign by playing the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, as they failed to qualify for the 2015 edition by not winning the 2014–15 Primeira Liga title (retained by Benfica) or the 2014–15 Taça de Portugal (won by Sporting CP). Their 2015–16 Primeira Liga debut match was a 3–0 home win against Vitória de Guimarães, with Cameroon striker Vincent Aboubakar scoring the team's first official goal.^[3]^[4] Porto finished the league in third place with 73 points, 15 points behind three-time champions Benfica and 13 points behind runners-up Sporting CP,^[5] thus failing to win the title for the third successive season, which had not happened since the 2001–02 season.

Besides the league, Porto competed in other domestic competitions. In the 2015–16 Taça de Portugal, they reach the final, five years after their last appearance, but were defeated 5–4 on penalties by Braga, after a 2–2 draw at the end of extra time.^[6]^[7] The team also participated in the 2015–16 Taça da Liga, but were eliminated in the starting round after finishing last in their third-round group, with three defeats.^[8]^[9]

In UEFA competitions, Porto started the season in the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League, having qualified directly for the group stage for the 20th time, a competition record shared with Barcelona, Manchester United and Real Madrid.^[10] Having finished third in their group, Porto were demoted to the 2015–16 Europa League; they lost to Borussia Dortmund with a 3–0 aggregate score and were eliminated in the round of 32.^[11]^[12]

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Appearances and discipline

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No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Primeira Liga				Taça de Portugal				Taça da Liga				Europe				Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Apps				Apps				Apps				Apps				Apps
1	GK		Helton	2 (0)	0	0	0	7 (0)	2	0	0	3 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	12 (0)	2	0	0
2	DF		Maxi Pereira	32 (0)	10	0	0	3 (0)	1	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	7 (0)	4	0	0	42 (0)	15	0	0
3	DF		Bruno Martins Indi	23 (0)	5	1	0	4 (1)	1	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	7 (0)	2	0	0	34 (1)	8	1	0
4	DF		Maicon	14 (3)	3	0	0	2 (0)	1	0	0	3 (0)	1	0	0	3 (0)	2	0	0	22 (3)	7	0	0
5	DF		Iván Marcano	22 (0)	6	0	0	4 (0)	1	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0	6 (0)	1	0	0	33 (0)	8	0	0
6	MF		Rúben Neves	22 (9)	5	0	0	6 (4)	0	0	0	2 (0)	0	0	0	8 (1)	1	0	0	38 (14)	6	0	0
7	FW		Silvestre Varela	22 (13)	2	0	0	6 (0)	0	0	0	3 (0)	0	0	0	3 (1)	1	0	0	34 (14)	3	0	0
8	MF		Yacine Brahimi	33 (4)	6	0	0	4 (1)	1	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	7 (1)	0	0	0	44 (6)	7	0	0
9	FW		Vincent Aboubakar	28 (4)	3	1	0	5 (2)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	8 (4)	1	0	0	42 (11)	4	1	0
10	FW		Dani Osvaldo	7 (5)	1	0	1	2 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	3 (3)	0	0	0	12 (8)	1	0	1
11	FW		Cristian Tello	11 (7)	0	0	0	3 (1)	0	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0	5 (3)	0	0	0	20 (11)	0	0	0
11	FW		Moussa Marega	9 (9)	0	0	0	2 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	2 (0)	0	0	0	13 (9)	0	0	0
12	GK		Iker Casillas	33 (0)	1	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	7 (0)	0	0	0	40 (0)	1	0	0
13	MF		Sérgio Oliveira	9 (1)	3	0	0	5 (1)	0	0	0	3 (0)	1	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0	18 (2)	4	0	0
14	DF		José Ángel	7 (1)	0	0	0	4 (1)	0	0	0	3 (0)	0	0	0	2 (0)	1	0	0	18 (2)	1	0	0
15	MF		Evandro	11 (10)	2	0	0	5 (0)	1	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0	4 (2)	2	0	0	21 (12)	5	0	0
16	MF		Héctor Herrera	29 (2)	4	0	0	3 (1)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	6 (3)	0	0	0	38 (6)	4	0	0
17	FW		Jesús Corona	28 (2)	3	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	2 (2)	0	0	0	4 (2)	1	0	0	35 (7)	4	0	0
19	FW		André Silva	10 (5)	1	0	0	2 (1)	1	0	0	3 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	15 (6)	2	0	0
20	MF		André André	27 (7)	6	0	0	3 (3)	0	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0	6 (2)	0	0	0	37 (12)	6	0	0
21	DF		Miguel Layún	27 (0)	7	0	0	6 (0)	1	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	8 (1)	0	0	0	41 (1)	8	0	0
22	MF		Danilo Pereira	33 (5)	6	0	0	5 (1)	1	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	7 (1)	3	0	0	45 (7)	10	0	0
23	FW		Alberto Bueno	4 (3)	0	0	0	4 (1)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	8 (4)	0	0	0
24	DF		Igor Lichnovsky	0 (0)	0	0	0	2 (0)	0	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	3 (0)	0	0	0
25	MF		Giannelli Imbula	10 (2)	2	0	0	3 (1)	0	0	1	3 (1)	1	0	0	5 (1)	1	0	0	21 (5)	4	0	1
26	DF		Alex Sandro	1 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0
28	DF		Aly Cissokho	2 (0)	2	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	3 (0)	2	0	0
39	FW		Suk Hyun-jun	9 (5)	0	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0	2 (0)	0	0	0	2 (2)	1	0	0	14 (7)	1	0	0
42	DF		Víctor García	0 (0)	0	0	0	2 (0)	0	0	0	3 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	5 (0)	0	0	0
47	FW		Ismael Díaz	0 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0
48	MF		Francisco Ramos	3 (3)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	4 (4)	0	0	0
63	DF		Chidozie Awaziem	10 (0)	2	0	0	2 (0)	1	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	13 (0)	3	0	0
71	GK		Raúl Gudiño	0 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0
Total					80	2	1		12	0	1		4	0	0		20	0	0		116	2	2

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[table_note_res_ELGS0.26010682585654-77] Braga qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Taça de Portugal.

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Date	Pos.	Name	Nationality	Age	Transferred from	Window	Until	Fee	Ref.
25 May 2015	FW	Alberto Bueno	Spain	36	Rayo Vallecano (Spain)	Summer	2020	Free (end of contract)	^[13]
25 May 2015	MF	Sérgio Oliveira	Portugal	31	Paços de Ferreira	Summer	2020	Undisclosed	^[14]
12 June 2015	MF	André André	Portugal	34	Vitória de Guimarães	Summer	2019	€1.5M	^[15]^[16]
1 July 2015	MF	Giannelli Imbula	France	31	Marseille (France)	Summer	2020	€20M	^[17]
2 July 2015	MF	Danilo Pereira	Portugal	32	Portimonense	Summer	2019	€2.8M (80% rights)	^[16]^[18]
11 July 2015	GK	Iker Casillas	Spain	42	Real Madrid (Spain)	Summer	2017	Undisclosed	^[19]^[20]
15 July 2015	DF	Maxi Pereira	Uruguay	39	Benfica	Summer	2018	Free (end of contract)	^[21]^[22]
5 August 2015	FW	Dani Osvaldo	Italy	38	Southampton (England)	Summer	2016	Free (end of contract)	^[23]
31 August 2015	FW	Jesús Corona	Mexico	31	Twente (Netherlands)	Summer	2020	€10.5M (70% rights)	^[24]^[25]
14 January 2016	FW	Suk Hyun-jun	South Korea	32	Vitória de Setúbal	Winter	2020	€1.5M (75% rights)	^[26]
25 January 2016	FW	Moussa Marega	Mali	33	Marítimo	Winter	2020	€3.8M	^[27]^[28]
25 January 2016	GK	José Sá	Portugal	31	Marítimo	Winter	2020	Undisclosed	^[27]

Date	Pos.	Name	Nationality	Age	Loaned from	Window	Until	Ref.
5 August 2015	DF	Aly Cissokho	France	36	Aston Villa (England)	Summer	30 June 2016	^[29]
31 August 2015	DF	Miguel Layún	Mexico	35	Watford (England)	Summer	30 June 2016	^[30]

Date	Pos.	Name	Nationality	Age	Transferred to	Window	Fee	Ref.
1 April 2015	DF	Danilo	Brazil	32	Real Madrid (Spain)	Summer	€31.5M	^[32]
4 July 2015	MF	Carlos Eduardo	Brazil	34	Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia)	Summer	Undisclosed	^[33]
14 July 2015	FW	Kléber	Brazil	33	Beijing Guoan (China)	Summer	€3M	^[34]
15 July 2015	FW	Jackson Martínez	Colombia	37	Atlético Madrid (Spain)	Summer	€35M (95% rights)	^[25]^[35]
21 July 2015	FW	Ricardo Quaresma	Portugal	40	Beşiktaş (Turkey)	Summer	€1.2M	^[36]
13 August 2015	DF	Daniel Opare	Ghana	33	FC Augsburg (Germany)	Summer	Free (terminated contract)	^[37]
20 August 2015	DF	Alex Sandro	Brazil	33	Juventus (Italy)	Summer	€26M	^[38]
31 August 2015	DF	Rolando	Portugal	33	Marseille (France)	Summer	Undisclosed	^[39]
31 August 2015	FW	Djalma	Angola	36	Gençlerbirliği (Turkey)	Summer	Free (terminated contract)	^[40]
31 December 2015	FW	Walter	Brazil	34	Atlético Paranaense (Brazil)	Winter	Undisclosed	^[41]
8 January 2016	FW	Dani Osvaldo	Italy	38	Boca Juniors (Argentina)	Winter	Free (terminated contract)	^[42]
1 February 2016	MF	Giannelli Imbula	France	31	Stoke City (England)	Winter	€24M	^[43]^[44]

Date	Pos.	Name	Nationality	Age	Loaned to	Window	Until	Ref.
2 July 2015	DF	Abdoulaye Ba	Senegal	33	Fenerbahçe (Turkey)	Summer	30 June 2016	^[45]
2 July 2015	GK	Fabiano	Brazil	36	Fenerbahçe (Turkey)	Summer	30 June 2016	^[45]
10 July 2015	FW	Nabil Ghilas	Algeria	34	Levante (Spain)	Summer	30 June 2016	^[46]
13 July 2015	MF	Josué	Portugal	33	Bursaspor (Turkey)	Summer	26 January 2016	^[47]
16 July 2015	FW	Licá	Portugal	35	Vitória de Guimarães	Summer	30 June 2016	^[48]
16 July 2015	FW	Otávio	Brazil	29	Vitória de Guimarães	Summer	30 June 2016	^[49]
16 July 2015	GK	Andrés Fernández	Spain	37	Granada (Spain)	Summer	30 June 2016	^[50]
20 July 2015	DF	Diego Reyes	Mexico	31	Real Sociedad (Spain)	Summer	30 June 2016	^[51]^[52]
20 July 2015	FW	Leocísio Sami	Guinea-Bissau	35	Akhisar Belediyespor (Turkey)	Summer	30 June 2016	^[53]
23 July 2015	GK	Sinan Bolat	Turkey	35	Club Brugge (Belgium)	Summer	30 June 2016	^[54]
29 July 2015	FW	Gonçalo Paciência	Portugal	29	Académica de Coimbra	Summer	30 June 2016	^[55]
31 July 2015	MF	Tiago Rodrigues	Portugal	32	Marítimo	Summer	30 June 2016	^[56]
27 August 2015	GK	Ricardo Nunes	Portugal	41	Vitória de Setúbal	Summer	30 June 2016	^[57]
31 August 2015	FW	Adrián López	Spain	36	Villarreal (Spain)	Summer	30 June 2016	^[58]
31 August 2015	MF	Juan Quintero	Colombia	31	Rennes (France)	Summer	30 June 2016	^[59]
31 August 2015	FW	Hernâni	Portugal	32	Olympiacos (Greece)	Summer	30 June 2016	^[60]
31 August 2015	FW	Ricardo Pereira	Portugal	30	Nice (France)	Summer	30 June 2017	^[61]
22 January 2016	DF	Igor Lichnovsky	Chile	30	Sporting Gijón (Spain)	Winter	30 June 2016	^[62]
26 January 2016	MF	Josué	Portugal	33	Braga	Winter	30 June 2016	^[63]
4 February 2016	FW	Kelvin	Brazil	30	São Paulo (Brazil)	Winter	31 December 2016	^[64]
10 February 2016	GK	Raúl Gudiño	Mexico	28	União da Madeira	Winter	30 June 2016	^[65]
15 February 2016	DF	Maicon	Brazil	35	São Paulo (Brazil)	Winter	30 June 2016	^[66]

Date	Pos.	Name	Nationality	Age	Returned to	Window	Ref.
8 May 2015	MF	José Campaña	Spain	30	Sampdoria (Italy)	Summer	^[67]
23 May 2015	MF	Óliver Torres	Spain	29	Atlético Madrid (Spain)	Summer	^[68]
5 June 2015	MF	Casemiro	Brazil	32	Real Madrid (Spain)	Summer	^[69]
18 December 2015	DF	Aly Cissokho	France	36	Aston Villa (England)	Winter	^[70]
22 January 2016	FW	Cristian Tello	Spain	32	Barcelona (Spain)	Winter	^[71]

2015–16_FC_Porto_season

2015–16 FC Porto season

Players

Squad information

Transfers

In

Loan in

Loan return

Out

Loan out

End of loan

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

Primeira Liga

League table

Results by round

Matches

Taça de Portugal

Third round

Fourth round

Fifth round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Taça da Liga

Third round

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

UEFA Europa League

Round of 32

Statistics

Appearances and discipline

Goalscorers

References

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N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Helton	45	EU	2005	334	0	2017	Undisclosed	Second nationality: Portugal
2	DF	Maxi Pereira	39	EU	2015	42	1	2018	Free
3	DF	Bruno Martins Indi	32	EU	2014	70	2	2018	€7.7M	Second nationality: Portugal
5	DF	Iván Marcano	36	EU	2014	65	2	2018	€2.65M
6	MF	Rúben Neves	27	EU	2014	75	3	2019	Youth system
7	FW	Silvestre Varela	39	EU	2009	179	50	2018	Undisclosed
8	MF	Yacine Brahimi	34	EU	2014	86	22	2019	€6.5M	Second nationality: France
9	FW	Vincent Aboubakar	32	Non-EU	2014	62	26	2018	€3M
11	FW	Moussa Marega	33	Non-EU	2016	13	1	2020	€3.8M
12	GK	Iker Casillas	42	EU	2015	40	0	2017	Undisclosed
13	MF	Sérgio Oliveira	31	EU	2015	18	3	2020	Undisclosed
14	DF	José Ángel	34	EU	2014	29	0	2018	Free
15	MF	Evandro	37	EU	2014	56	6	2018	€2.35M	Second nationality: Serbia
16	MF	Héctor Herrera	34	Non-EU	2013	115	19	2019	€8M
17	FW	Jesús Corona	31	Non-EU	2015	35	8	2020	€10.5M
19	FW	André Silva	28	EU	2015	14	3	2019	Youth system	Also played for Porto B
20	MF	André André	34	EU	2015	37	6	2019	€1.5M
21	DF	Miguel Layún	35	EU	2015	41	6	2016	Undisclosed	Loan from Watford; Second nationality: Spain
22	MF	Danilo Pereira	32	EU	2015	45	6	2019	€2.8M
23	FW	Alberto Bueno	36	EU	2015	8	2	2020	Free
39	FW	Suk Hyun-jun	31	Non-EU	2016	14	2	2020	€1.5M
42	DF	Víctor García	29	Non-EU	2013	5	0	2016	€1.8M	Also played for Porto B
47	FW	Ismael Díaz	26	Non-EU	2016	1	0	2016	Undisclosed	Also played for Porto B
48	MF	Francisco Ramos	29	EU	2016	4	0	2019	Youth system	Also played for Porto B
63	DF	Chidozie Awaziem	27	EU	2016	13	1	2020	Undisclosed	Also played for Porto B

15 July 2015 Friendly	Fortuna Sittard	1–5	Porto	Sittard, Netherlands
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hutten 14'	Report	Silva 2', 25' Varela 8' (pen.) André 29' Brahimi 88'	Stadium: Offermans Joosten-stadion Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

18 July 2015 Friendly	MSV Duisburg	0–2	Porto	Duisburg, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Brahimi 60' Hernâni 64'	Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Attendance: 7,020 Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)

24 July 2015 Friendly	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–1	Porto	Mönchengladbach, Germany
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Stindl 20' Traoré 39'	Report	Aboubakar 49'	Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Referee: Guido Winkmann (Germany)

27 July 2015 Friendly^[74]	Schalke 04	0–0	Porto	Gütersloh, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Heidewaldstadion Referee: Martin Thomsen (Germany)

1 August 2015 Colonia Cup^[75]	Valencia	0–0 (4–5 p)	Porto	Cologne, Germany
17:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)
	Penalties
	Parejo De Paul Fuego Feghouli Negredo Cancelo		Varela Maicon Oliveira Imbula Neves Martins Indi

2 August 2015 Colonia Cup^[75]	Porto	3–0	Stoke City	Cologne, Germany
17:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Aboubakar 33' Bueno 38' Brahimi 71' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Referee: Guido Winkmann (Germany)

8 August 2015 Presentation^[76]	Porto	0–0	Napoli	Porto
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 48,109 Referee: Vasco Santos

Competition	Starting round	Final position/round	First match	Last match
Primeira Liga	—	3rd	15 August 2015	14 May 2016
Taça de Portugal	Third round	Runners-up	17 October 2015	22 May 2016
Taça da Liga	Third round	Third round (4th)	29 December 2015	27 January 2016
UEFA Champions League	Group stage	Group stage (3rd)	16 September 2015	9 December 2015
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32	Round of 32	18 February 2016	25 February 2016

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Primeira Liga	34	23	4	7	67	30	+37	067.65
Taça de Portugal	7	6	1	0	13	2	+11	085.71
Taça da Liga	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	000.00
UEFA Champions League	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	050.00
UEFA Europa League	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	000.00
Total	52	32	6	14	90	49	+41	061.54

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	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	W
Position	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

12 September 2015 4	Arouca	1–3	Porto	Arouca
20:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Maurides 83'	Report	Corona 15', 61' Aboubakar 71'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 3,355 Referee: João Capela

25 September 2015 6	Moreirense	2–2	Porto	Moreira de Cónegos
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Medeiros 50' Fontes 88'	Report	Maicon 18' Corona 79'	Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 4,425 Referee: Vasco Santos

28 November 2015 11	Tondela	0–1	Porto	Aveiro
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report	Brahimi 28'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Aveiro Attendance: 3,449 Referee: Manuel Mota

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Benfica (C)	34	29	1	4	88	22	+66	88	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Sporting CP	34	27	5	2	79	21	+58	86	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Porto	34	23	4	7	67	30	+37	73	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
4	Braga	34	16	10	8	54	35	+19	58	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Arouca	34	13	15	6	47	38	+9	54	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round

15 August 2015 1	Porto	3–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Porto
20:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Aboubakar 8', 62' Varela 84'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 48,509 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

22 August 2015 2	Marítimo	1–1	Porto	Funchal, Madeira
20:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Costa 5'	Report	Herrera 34'	Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Hugo Miguel

29 August 2015 3	Porto	2–0	Estoril	Porto
18:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Aboubakar 7' Maicon 62'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 40,609 Referee: Duarte Gomes

20 September 2015 5	Porto	1–0	Benfica	Porto
19:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	André 86'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 49,209 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

4 October 2015 7	Porto	4–0	Belenenses	Porto
18:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Corona 53' Brahimi 56' Osvaldo 80' Marcano 88'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 34,109 Referee: Jorge Ferreira

25 October 2015 8	Porto	0–0	Braga	Porto
19:15 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 40,809 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

8 November 2015 10	Porto	2–0	Vitória de Setúbal	Porto
18:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Aboubakar 70' Layún 84'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 32,211 Referee: Tiago Martins

2 December 2015 9	União da Madeira	0–4	Porto	Funchal, Madeira
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report	Herrera 12' Brahimi 14' Corona 22' D. Pereira 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Attendance: 2,277 Referee: Bruno Paixão

5 December 2015 12	Porto	2–1	Paços de Ferreira	Porto
18:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Corona 29' Layún 64' (pen.)	Report	Moreira 8'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 28,617 Referee: Carlos Xistra

13 December 2015^{[upper-alpha 1]} 13	Nacional	1–2	Porto	Funchal, Madeira
16:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Willyan 8'	Report	Marcano 6' Brahimi 14'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Attendance: 3,425 Referee: Jorge Sousa

20 December 2015 14	Porto	3–1	Académica	Porto
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	D. Pereira 7' Aboubakar 53' Herrera 72'	Report	Rui Pedro 84'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 32,122 Referee: Bruno Esteves

2 January 2016 15	Sporting CP	2–0	Porto	Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Slimani 27', 85'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 49,382 Referee: Hugo Miguel

6 January 2016 16	Porto	1–1	Rio Ave	Porto
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Herrera 22'	Report	Novais 33'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 19,116 Referee: Rui Costa

10 January 2016 17	Boavista	0–5	Porto	Porto
18:15 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report	Herrera 11' Corona 62' Aboubakar 72', 81' D. Pereira 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 7,483 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

17 January 2016 18	Vitória de Guimarães	1–0	Porto	Guimarães
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Saré 4'	Report		Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 17,201 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

24 January 2016 19	Porto	1–0	Marítimo	Porto
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	André 22'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 32,120 Referee: Jorge Ferreira

30 January 2016 20	Estoril	1–3	Porto	Estoril
18:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Diego Carlos 3'	Report	Aboubakar 18' D. Pereira 33' André 82'	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Attendance: 4,539 Referee: Tiago Martins

7 February 2016 21	Porto	1–2	Arouca	Porto
19:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Aboubakar 14'	Report	González 1', 66'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 30,509 Referee: Rui Costa

12 February 2016 22	Benfica	1–2	Porto	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Mitroglou 18'	Report	Herrera 28' Aboubakar 65'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 61,536 Referee: Artur Soares Dias