2011–12 FC Porto season

The 2011–12 season is the Futebol Clube do Porto's 78th season in the Primeira Liga, officially known as the Liga ZON Sagres for sponsorship reasons. Porto captured their 25th league title last season with their 3 April defeat of rivals Benfica. Manager André Villas-Boas became their manager on 2 July 2010 and won the league with no losses in their domestic campaign. On 20 June 2011, Villas-Boas quit Porto to join Chelsea. The next day, Porto named Vítor Pereira as their new head coach.

Squad changes in 2011–12
In


 * 🇦🇴 Djalma — Marítimo — Free transfer
 * 🇦🇷 Juan Iturbe — Cerro Porteño — €2.5 million
 * 🇧🇷 Kelvin — Paraná Clube — €2.5 million
 * 🇧🇷 Rafael Bracalli — Nacional — Free transfer
 * 🇧🇷 Kléber — Maritimo — €2.3 million
 * 🇧🇷 Alex Sandro — Santos — €9.6 million
 * 🇧🇷 Danilo — Santos — €13 million
 * 🇧🇪 Steven Defour — Standard Liège — €6 million
 * 🇫🇷 Eliaquim Mangala — Standard Liège — €7 million
 * 🇫🇷 Thibaut Vion — Metz — €300,000
 * 🇦🇷 Lucho González — Marseille — Free transfer
 * 🇦🇹 Marc Janko — Twente — €3 million

Out


 * 🇦🇷 Mariano González — Estudiantes de La Plata — End of contract
 * 🇸🇳 Coulibaly Yero — Gil Vicente — Undisclosed fee (Porto still holds a percentage of his rights)
 * 🇨🇴 Radamel Falcao — Atlético Madrid — €40 million
 * 🇵🇹 Rúben Micael — Atlético Madrid — €5 million

Group stage

 * Tiebreakers
 * APOEL and Zenit St. Petersburg are ranked by their head-to-head records, as shown below.