Shakhtar Donetsk and FC Porto will both be fighting to stay alive in this season’s UEFA Champions League when they face off at the Donbass Arena. This season’s campaign has not gone to plan for either club who find themselves in the bottom two of Group G, Porto with four points and Shakhtar with two. [ Read More ]
Fans with long memories may recall FC Porto’s last meeting with FC Shakhtar Donetsk as the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League winners return to the UEFA Champions League in Group G. The teams’ only previous encounter came in the 1983/84 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup quarter-finals, António Morais’s Porto coming from 2-0 down to win the first [ Read More ]
The UEFA Referees Committee announced the referee for the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League final between FC Porto and SC Braga to be played at the Dublin Arena on Wednesday 18 May, kicking-off at 20.45 CET. The match will be handled by 40-year-old Spanish referee Carlos Velasco Carballo, who made his debut in the Spanish Liga [ Read More ]
The situation looks desperate for Villarreal CF as they bid to overturn a 5-1 semi-final first-leg defeat to reach the UEFA Europa League final at the expense of FC Porto. The Yellow Submarine led at half-time in the opener thanks to a header from Cani, but Falcao levelled from the penalty spot four minutes after [ Read More ]
The UEFA Europa League‘s most prolific remaining teams meet in the semi-finals with FC Porto looking to improve on a shaky recent home record against Spanish opponents as Villarreal CF come calling. Previous meetings The sides are meeting for the first time in UEFA club competition. Porto have played 34 games against Spanish sides in [ Read More ]
Arsenal Stadium, London Tuesday 9 March 2010 – 20.45CET (19.45 local time) First knockout round, second leg FC Porto will not want to dwell on their last trip to the Arsenal Stadium before the UEFA Champions League first knockout round tie return. They lost 4-0, continuing a run of disappointing results in England where they [ Read More ]
