The 2015–16 season was

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's 106th competitive season and the 82nd consecutive season in the top flight of

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. 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. As in the previous season, Porto did not begin their campaign by playing the

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, as they failed to qualify for the 2015 edition by not winning the

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title (retained by Benfica) or the

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(won by

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). Their

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debut match was a 3–0 home win against

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, with Cameroon striker

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scoring the team's first official goal. 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, 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

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, they reach the final, five years after their last appearance, but were defeated 5–4 on penalties by

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, after a 2–2 draw at the end of

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. The team also participated in the

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, but were eliminated in the starting round after finishing last in their third-round group, with three defeats. In

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, Porto started the season in the

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, having qualified directly for the

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for the 20th time, a competition record shared with

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and

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. Having finished third in their group, Porto were demoted to the 2015–16 Europa League; they lost to

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with a 3–0 aggregate score and were eliminated in the round of 32.

Players

Squad information

Transfers

In

Loan in

Loan return

Out

Loan out

End of loan

Pre-season and friendlies

The pre-season started on 6 July 2015 and included seven preparation matches, six of which played outside Portugal. From 10 to 18 July, the team was based at Horst, Netherlands, and played two matches against Dutch and German opposition. Season preparations continued at

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, Germany, from 23 to 31 July, where Porto staged two more matches against top-flight German teams before competing at the inaugural Colonia Cup tournament on 1–2 August. The pre-season ended on 8 August with a match against

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at the

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, integrated in the team's presentation.

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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