Editing FC Porto (section)

==History==
{{Disputed section|date=May 2019}}

===Early years (1893–1921)===
[[File:António Nicolau d'Almeida.jpg|thumb|upright|António Nicolau de Almeida, club founder]]
The club was founded on 28 September 1893 as ''Foot-Ball Club do Porto'' by António Nicolau de Almeida, a local [[port wine]] merchant and avid sportsman, who became fascinated with [[association football|football]] during his trips to England.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|pp=9–10}}<ref name="uefa profile">{{cite web|title=FC Porto|url=https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/teams/50064--porto/|publisher=UEFA|access-date=28 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Clubs&nbsp;– FC Porto|url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=31015/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131130023419/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=31015/|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 November 2013|publisher=FIFA|access-date=28 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Glória e Vida de Três Gigantes|year=1995|language=pt|author1=Simões, António|author2=Serpa, Homero|author3=do Carmo Francisco, José|publisher=[[A Bola]]|volume=1|url=http://www.abola.pt/publica/3gran/port/index.asp?n=1&titulos=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051104025259/http://www.abola.pt/publica/3gran/port/index.asp?n=1&titulos=1|archive-date=4 November 2005}}</ref> Porto played its first matches with other Portuguese clubs, including one against Lisbon's ''Foot-Ball Club Lisbonense'' on 2 March 1894. This match had the patronage of King [[Carlos I of Portugal|Carlos I]] and Queen [[Amélie of Orléans]], who travelled to Porto to witness the event and present a trophy to the winners.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|pp=9–10}}<ref>{{cite web|last1=Martins|first1=Paulo|title=Taça D. Carlos I 1894|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/portold.html|access-date=21 June 2014|website=[[RSSSF]]|date=15 September 2004}}</ref>

Almeida's enthusiasm and involvement with the club waned due to family pressure, and by the turn of the century, Porto had entered a period of inactivity.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|pp=9–10}} In 1906, José Monteiro da Costa returned to Porto after finishing his studies in England. Like Almeida, thirteen years before, he was also captivated by the English game, and together with some associates, decided to reintroduce the practice of football in the city, outside of the British circles. On 2 August 1906, Porto was revived and Monteiro da Costa appointed its president. Although football was the driving force, the club also promoted other sports, including gymnastics, weightlifting and wrestling, athletics and swimming.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=11}} Shortly after, Porto rented its first ground and recruited a French coach named Adolphe Cassaigne,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pereira da Silva|first1=Joaquim|title=O Tripeiro|issue=5|date=1 March 1926|page=113|language=pt}}</ref> who would stay in the club until 1925.{{sfn|Bandeira|2012|pp=40, 81}}

On 15 December 1907, Porto played its first match against a foreign team, hosting Spain's [[Real Fortuna Foot-ball Club|Real Fortuna]].{{sfn|Bandeira|2012|p=164}} In the following month, Porto returned the visit and played its first match abroad.{{sfn|Bandeira|2012|p=73}} Four years later, the club won the inaugural staging of the [[Taça José Monteiro da Costa]],<ref name="taça josé monteiro da costa">{{cite web|last1=Martins|first1=Paulo|last2=Nunes|first2=João|title=Taça José Monteiro da Costa|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/portregchamp.html|access-date=21 June 2014|website=[[RSSSF]]|date=26 June 2004}}</ref> securing its first-ever major title.{{sfn|Bandeira|2012|p=70}} In 1912, Porto joined efforts with [[Leixões S.C.|Leixões]] to establish the [[Porto Football Association]], which began organising the [[Porto Football Association#Porto Championship|regional championship]] in the following year.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=37}} Porto finished the first season as runners-up, behind local rivals [[Boavista F.C.|Boavista]], but in the following season the club won its first championship. By the end of the 1920–21 season, Porto had been regional champions six times in seven years,<ref name="regional championship">{{cite web|last1=Martins|first1=Paulo|last2=Nunes|first2=João|title=Campeonato do Porto (Oporto Championship)|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/portregchamp.html|access-date=21 June 2014|website=[[RSSSF]]|date=26 June 2004}}</ref> and outright winners of the Taça José Monteiro da Costa, after claiming a third consecutive victory in 1916.<ref name="taça josé monteiro da costa" />

===First national titles and drought years (1921–1977)===
The 1921–22 season was marked by the creation of the first nationwide football competition&nbsp;– the [[Campeonato de Portugal (1922–1938)|Campeonato de Portugal]].{{sfn|Tovar|2011|pp=49–50}} Organised by the [[Portuguese Football Federation|national federation]], this knockout tournament gathered the winners of the regional championships to determine the Portuguese champion.<ref name="FPF history">{{cite web|title=História|url=https://www.fpf.pt/Institucional/Sobre-FPF/Hist%C3%B3ria|website=FPF.pt|publisher=[[Portuguese Football Federation]]|access-date=22 June 2014|language=pt|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715035454/http://www.fpf.pt/Institucional/Sobre-FPF/Hist%C3%B3ria|archive-date=15 July 2014}}</ref> After clinching its fourth consecutive regional title, Porto defeated [[Sporting CP]] in the [[1922 Campeonato de Portugal|inaugural edition]] and became the first national champions.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|pp=49–50}}<ref name="campeonato portugal">{{cite web|last1=Claro|first1=Paulo|title=Campeonato de Portugal 1921–1938|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/portchamp.html|access-date=22 June 2014|website=[[RSSSF]]|date=15 May 2004}}</ref> While a dominant regional force,{{efn|Porto won the regional championship consecutively between 1918 and 1939.<ref name="regional championship" />}} the club faced stronger opposition in the national championship, winning it only three more times in a span of sixteen years (1925, 1932 and 1937).<ref name="campeonato portugal" /> In 1933–34, Porto was denied participation in the Campeonato de Portugal by its football association for refusing to release players for a match between the Porto and Lisbon regional teams.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=89}}

In the following season, a second nationwide competition named "Campeonato da Primeira Liga" (English: Premier League Championship), or simply [[Primeira Liga]], was provisionally established by the national federation to increase the number of matches per season and improve the competitiveness of Portuguese football.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=92}} As the regional champion, Porto qualified for the first edition of the new round-robin competition, winning it with 10 victories in 14 matches.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Teixeira|first1=Jorge Miguel|title=Portugal 1934–35|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/porthist193435.html|access-date=23 June 2014|website=[[RSSSF]]|date=11 August 1999}}</ref>{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=96}} Due to the success of its format, the Primeira Liga was made an official championship competition for the 1938–39 season&nbsp;– its name changed to "Campeonato Nacional da Primeira Divisão" (English: First Division National Championship) or simply Primeira Divisão&nbsp;– and replaced the Campeonato de Portugal, which in turn was converted into the [[Taça de Portugal]], the main domestic cup competition.<ref name="FPF history" /><ref name="campeonato portugal" /> Porto won the inaugural edition of the new league championship and successfully defended the title in the next season, despite almost failing to take part.{{efn|An administrative battle arose between Porto and [[Académico F.C.|Académico]] after a 1939–40 regional championship match between both clubs, which ended prematurely due to numerical inferiority of Porto's team,{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=121}} was repeated by decision of the Porto FA and won by Porto. To solve this situation, the Portuguese Football Federation decided to annul the result from the repetition match&nbsp;– causing Porto to lose the regional title to [[Leixões S.C.|Leixões]] and finish in third place, behind Académico. However, the Federation also decided to expand the Primeira Divisão from eight to ten teams, accepting an additional team from the Porto and Setúbal FAs, which resulted in the top-three teams from the Porto regional championship qualifying for the 1939–40 Primeira Divisão.<ref>Stadium Newspaper, 10 January 1940</ref>}} The club failed to secure a third consecutive title, and after nearly missing again a place in the Primeira Divisão in [[1941–42 Primeira Divisão|1941–42]],{{efn|Before the 1941–42 season, the federation decided to expand the Primeira Divisão to ten teams, to admit the [[Braga Football Association|Braga FA]] and [[Algarve Football Association|Algarve FA]] champions, for the first time. That season, Porto finished the regional championship in third place, which did not grant entry into the Primeira Divisão. However, after consulting every district football association and receiving no opposition to the idea, the federation approved a new expansion of the top-tier league, to twelve teams, which enabled the club to participate.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=136}}}} it would only return to a top-three finish in the 1946–47 season. In 1948, Porto defeated English champions [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] 3–2 in a friendly match. To commemorate this victory, the associates offered the club a massive trophy made of {{convert|250|kg|lb|abbr=on}} of silver and wood&nbsp;– the Arsenal Cup.{{sfn|Bandeira|2012|p=22}}

Having endured a 16-year title drought period, Porto returned to winning ways by taking the [[1955–56 Primeira Divisão]] on head-to-head advantage over runners-up [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]. Later that season, Porto beat [[S.C.U. Torreense|Torreense]] to win its first Taça de Portugal and achieved its first [[Double (association football)|double]].{{sfn|Tovar|2011|pp=219–222}}<ref name="taça de portugal">{{cite web|last1=Claro|first1=Paulo|title=Portugal&nbsp;– List of Cup Winners|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/portcuphist.html|access-date=5 July 2014|website=[[RSSSF]]|date=22 May 2014}}</ref> As the Portuguese league winner, Porto made its debut in European competitions by qualifying for the [[1956–57 European Cup]]. The club's first participation was short-lived, ending in the preliminary round with two defeats against Spanish champions [[Athletic Bilbao]].{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=224}}<ref>{{cite web|title=1956–57 UEFA Champions League|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1956/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924071336/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1956/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 September 2011|publisher=UEFA|access-date=24 June 2014}}</ref> A year later, Porto lifted its second Taça de Portugal by beating Benfica 1–0 in the final.<ref name="taça de portugal" /> In 1958, [[Béla Guttmann]] took charge as coach of Porto and helped them overhaul a five-point lead enjoyed by Benfica to win the [[Portuguese Liga|Portuguese League]] title in 1959.<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=https://sportal.co.in/2019/09/revolutionary-coach-who-survived-nazi-labour-camp-to-become-worlds-first-superstar-manager/|title=Revolutionary coach who survived Nazi labour camp to become world's first superstar manager |work= Sportal – World Sports News|date=16 July 2023 }}</ref> The two clubs met in the season's final, but this time Benfica took the trophy and denied a second double for Porto that had won the [[1958–59 Primeira Divisão]] three months before.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=236}}

Shortly after, the club entered another lacklustre period of its history, the highest point of which was a victory in the 1968 Taça de Portugal final. During this time, Porto had its worst-ever league classification, a ninth place in 1969–70,{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=304}} while its best league record in that period consisted of six runner-up finishes (four consecutive between 1961–62 and 1964–65).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Claro|first1=Paulo|title=Portugal&nbsp;– List of champions|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/portchamp.html|access-date=25 June 2014|website=[[RSSSF]]|date=15 May 2014}}</ref> In European competitions, the club participated for the first time in the [[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]] (and its successor, the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]]) and in the [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]], without getting past the third round.<ref name="uefa history">{{cite web|title=FC Porto&nbsp;– History|url=http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/club=50064/profile/history/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130223042739/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/club=50064/profile/history/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 February 2013|publisher=UEFA|access-date=25 June 2014}}</ref>
One of the club's most tragic moments occurred on 16 December 1973, when during a league match against [[Vitória F.C.|Vitória de Setúbal]], the 26-year-old captain [[Fernando Pascoal Neves|Pavão]] fell unconscious on the pitch and died later at the hospital.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=330}}<ref>{{cite web|last1=Marques Simões|first1=Rui|title=FC Porto–Setúbal à jornada 13: é dia de lembrar Pavão|trans-title=FC Porto–Setúbal on matchday 13: a day to remember Pavão|url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/fc-porto/interior/fc-porto-setubal-a-jornada-13-e-dia-de-lembrar-pavao-1446236.html|website=dn.pt|publisher=[[Diário de Notícias]]|access-date=26 June 2014|language=pt|date=13 September 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427012524/https://www.dn.pt/desporto/fc-porto/interior/fc-porto-setubal-a-jornada-13-e-dia-de-lembrar-pavao-1446236.html|archive-date=27 April 2014}}</ref> The following month, Porto presented Peruvian international [[Teófilo Cubillas]], who became one of the club's most successful players, scoring 65 goals in 108 games.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=655}}

===International affirmation (1977–1988)===
[[File:FC Porto (in verband met wedstrijd om Super Cup tegen Ajax) speler Madjer (l) e, Bestanddeelnr 934-1340 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Rabah Madjer]] was a key figure in Porto's [[1987 European Cup Final]] victory.]]
The return of [[José Maria Pedroto]]&nbsp;– a former Porto player and head coach in the late 1960s&nbsp;– in the 1976–77 season started a new chapter in the club's history. Responsible for the previous cup triumph in 1968, Pedroto guided Porto to its fourth title in the competition.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=349}} In the following season, he put an end to Porto's league title drought, winning the championship 19 years after having played in the team that took the last title.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=355}} Internationally, Porto reached the quarter-finals of the [[1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup|1977–78 Cup Winners' Cup]], beating [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] along the way,<ref>{{cite web|title=1977/78: Two out of three for Anderlecht|url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season=1977/intro.html|publisher=UEFA|access-date=26 June 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503064813/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season%3D1977/intro.html|archive-date=3 May 2010}}</ref> but suffered its heaviest defeat (6–1) against [[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]] in the [[1978–79 European Cup|subsequent season's European Cup]].<ref name="uefa profile"/> A poor run of performances in the latter part of the season&nbsp;– resulting in the loss of the league and cup titles&nbsp;– sparked a conflict between the technical staff and president Américo de Sá, which ended with the resignation of Pedroto and his replacement by [[Hermann Stessl]].{{sfn|Tovar|2011|pp=368, 377}} In December 1981, Porto overcame Benfica to win the inaugural staging of the Portuguese Super Cup, the [[Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira]].<ref name="supertaça">{{cite web|last1=Claro|first1=Paulo|title=Portugal&nbsp;– List of Super Cup winners|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/portsupcuphist.html|access-date=26 June 2014|website=[[RSSSF]]|date=15 August 2013}}</ref>

Pedroto returned in April 1982 by the hand of the club's newly elected president [[Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa]], who had resigned as director of football, two years before, in solidarity with the coach.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=391}} The previous month, Porto fell again in the Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals against one of the eventual finalists,<ref>{{cite web|title=1981/82: Home sweet home for Barcelona|url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season=1981/intro.html|publisher=UEFA|access-date=26 June 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503061957/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season%3D1981/intro.html|archive-date=3 May 2010}}</ref> but needed only two years to finally reach the [[1984 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|competition's final]]. On 16 May 1984, Porto played its first major European final in Basel's [[St. Jakob Stadium]], losing 2–1 to [[Michel Platini]]'s [[Juventus FC|Juventus]].<ref>{{cite web |title=1983/84: Star-studded Juventus make their mark |url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season=1983/intro.html |publisher=UEFA |access-date=26 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503062002/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season%3D1983/intro.html |archive-date=3 May 2010 }}</ref> Already without Pedroto, who stepped down due to illness, Porto won that season's Taça and Supertaça but lost the championship to Benfica.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=398}} Under the steering of Pedroto's apprentice, [[Artur Jorge (footballer, born 1946)|Artur Jorge]], the following season brought the Primeira Divisão title back to the club and crowned homegrown striker [[Fernando Gomes (Portuguese footballer)|Fernando Gomes]] as [[European Golden Shoe|Europe's top goalscorer]] for the second time, after first taking the award in 1983.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|pp=391, 406}}<ref name="golden shoe">{{cite web|title=Golden Shoe|url=http://www.eusm.eu/item/goldenshoe_winners.htm|publisher=[[European Sports Media]]|access-date=27 June 2014|archive-date=4 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904215705/http://www.eusm.eu/item/goldenshoe_winners.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Porto retained the league title in 1986, securing an entry to the [[1986–87 European Cup]]. In the first game, the club recorded its biggest win in European competitions: 9–0 against Maltese side [[Rabat Ajax F.C.|Rabat Ajax]].<ref name="uefa profile" /> [[FC Vítkovice|Vítkovice]] of Czechoslovakia, [[Brøndby IF|Brøndby]] of Denmark, and [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]] of the Soviet Union were successively eliminated as Porto advanced to its first European Cup final, against [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]. Trailing the Germans 1–0 until the 79th minute, Porto scored twice in two minutes&nbsp;– the first goal through a famous backheel from former Algerian international [[Rabah Madjer]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Classic Players&nbsp;– Madjer the magnificent|url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/players/do-you-remember/newsid=911200/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512223433/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/players/do-you-remember/newsid=911200/|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 May 2014|publisher=FIFA|access-date=27 June 2014}}</ref> who assisted [[Juary]] for the second&nbsp;– to secure a surprising win and the European Cup title.<ref name="ec1987">{{cite web|title=1986/87: Madjer inspires Porto triumph|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1986/overview/index.html#198687+madjer+inspires+porto+triumph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206181335/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1986/overview/index.html#198687+madjer+inspires+porto+triumph|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 December 2011|publisher=UEFA|access-date=27 June 2014}}</ref>
The following season, under new coach [[Tomislav Ivic]], the club completed a treble of international trophies by beating [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]] for the [[1987 European Super Cup]] and Uruguay's [[Peñarol]] for the [[1987 Intercontinental Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1987: Sousa makes sure for Porto|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/history/season=1987/index.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120527094438/http://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/history/season=1987/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 May 2012|publisher=UEFA|access-date=27 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Madjer lobs Porto to glory in the snow|url=https://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/news/newsid/197/033/0/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225113513/http://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/news/newsid/197/033/0/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 December 2013|publisher=FIFA|access-date=27 June 2014|date=13 December 2012}}</ref> 
The 1987–88 season was one of the most successful for the club, who also won the [[1988 Taça de Portugal Final|Taça de Portugal]] and an expanded 20-team Primeira Divisão with a [[List of FC Porto records and statistics|record number]] of goals scored (88) and distance in points to the runners-up (15).{{efn|Until the 1995–96 season, league wins were worth two points.}}{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=428}}

===''Tri, Tetra, Penta'' (1988–2001)===
In contrast to the previous season, Porto failed to win a trophy in 1988–89, with many of its players struck down with injuries, such as Madjer and Gomes.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=436}} Fifteen years after his first-team debut, Gomes made his last season for Porto, where he became the all-time top goalscorer with 352 goals in 455 matches.{{sfn|Bandeira|2012|pp=21, 176}} The club brought back Artur Jorge, who recovered the Primeira Divisão title in the following season and added the [[1991 Taça de Portugal Final|Taça]] and [[1991 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|Supertaça]] trophies in 1991.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|pp=444, 453}} His successor, Brazilian [[Carlos Alberto Silva]], won back-to-back league titles in two seasons and qualified Porto for the [[1992–93 UEFA Champions League|first UEFA Champions League]].{{sfn|Tovar|2011|pp=462, 470}}<ref>{{cite web|title=UEFA Champions League 1992/93|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1992/index.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105085759/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1992/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 January 2013|publisher=UEFA|access-date=29 June 2014}}</ref>

[[File:Bobby Robson Cropped.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Bobby Robson]] won the first two of Porto's record five consecutive league titles.]]
Midway through the 1993–94 season, Porto hired former England manager [[Bobby Robson]], who had been sacked by Sporting CP. The club closed the gap to league winners Benfica, reached the [[1993–94 UEFA Champions League]] semi-finals, and ended the season with a victory over Sporting CP in the [[1994 Taça de Portugal Final|Taça de Portugal final]].{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=478}}
In Robson's first full season, Porto claimed the [[1994–95 Primeira Divisão]] title with a win at Sporting CP's ground and played Benfica four times to secure both the [[1993 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|1993]] and [[1994 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|1994 stagings]] of the Supertaça.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=486}}<ref name="supertaça" /> The beginning of the season had been clouded by the death of 26-year-old midfielder [[Rui Filipe]], who had scored the club's first league goal.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=486}} Robson's increasing health problems barred him from leading Porto in the first months of the 1995–96 season, but he returned in time to revalidate the league title. Striker [[Domingos Paciência]] became the club's top goalscorer for the second consecutive time and won that season's ''[[Bola de Prata (Portugal)|Bola de Prata]]'', the last win by a Portuguese player.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|pp=494, 501–502}}

To fill the void left by the departure of Robson for [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]], Porto hired former club captain and Portugal national team manager [[António Luís Alves Ribeiro Oliveira|António Oliveira]]. Under his command, Porto made history by winning a third consecutive league title (the ''Tri'') for the first time, leaving the runners-up at a distance of 13 points. The club's eighth Supertaça win over Benfica was achieved with a solid performance at the [[Estádio da Luz (1954)|Estádio da Luz]] that resulted in a 5–0 scoreline.<ref name="supertaça" />{{sfn|Tovar|2011|pp=503, 510}} The arrival of Brazilian players Artur and [[Mário Jardel]] proved highly productive in the [[1996–97 UEFA Champions League]], as their goals helped Porto beat [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] in Italy and win its group without defeats.<ref>{{cite web|title=UEFA Champions League 1996/97&nbsp;– History&nbsp;– Standings|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1996/standings/round=76/group=18/index.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914072816/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1996/standings/round=76/group=18/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 September 2012|publisher=UEFA|access-date=29 June 2014}}</ref> In addition, Jardel would win the first of four consecutive ''Bola de Prata'' awards while at Porto.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|pp=503, 510}} In Oliveira's second and last season at the club, Porto won the Primeira Divisão for the fourth straight season (the ''Tetra''), matching Sporting CP's achievement in the early 1950s, and secured its third double after beating [[S.C. Braga|Braga]] in the [[1998 Taça de Portugal Final]].<ref name="taça de portugal" />{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=511}}

For the 1998–99 season, Porto tasked Portuguese coach [[Fernando Santos (football coach)|Fernando Santos]] with winning the club's fifth successive Primeira Divisão title (the ''Penta'')&nbsp;– a Portuguese football record. He accomplished this feat, becoming thereafter known as the "''Penta'' engineer" (a pun to his academic degree),<ref>{{cite web|title=Fernando Santos deixa selecção da Grécia após o Mundial do Brasil|trans-title=Fernando Santos selected from Greece after the World Cup in Brazil|url=http://www.publico.pt/desporto/noticia/fernando-santos-deixa-seleccao-grega-apos-o-mundial-do-brasil-1626405|work=[[Público (Portugal)|Público]]|access-date=29 June 2014|language=pt|date=27 February 2014}}</ref> and saw Jardel's 36 goals win him the European Golden Shoe.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=519}}<ref name="golden shoe"/> Porto lost the chance to win its sixth straight league title, after finishing four points behind [[1999–2000 Primeira Liga]] champions Sporting, but overcame them to lift its [[2000 Taça de Portugal Final|tenth Taça de Portugal trophy]].{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=527}}<ref name="taça de portugal" /> Despite winning the Portuguese cup for the second time in two years, continued failure to retake the league title led to the resignation of Santos at the end of the 2000–01 season.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=539}}

===Mourinho's golden years (2001–2004)===
[[File:Mourinho in Moscow.jpg|thumb|upright|[[José Mourinho]] led Porto to consecutive [[2003 UEFA Cup Final|UEFA Cup]] and [[2004 UEFA Champions League Final|UEFA Champions League]] titles.]]
The appointment of former club player and assistant coach [[Octávio Machado]] to head Porto back to the league title appeared to pay off as the team began the season with a [[2001 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|Supertaça win]] against the [[2000–01 Primeira Liga]] winners, Boavista.<ref name="supertaça" /> However, this would be the only major achievement in a lacklustre season that would culminate with a third place in the league classification&nbsp;– the lowest in 20 years. The elimination from the [[2001–02 Taça de Portugal]], four days after losing away for the Primeira Liga, precipitated the sacking of Machado after 36 matches in charge.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|pp=548–556}}

Two days later, Porto signed [[U.D. Leiria|União de Leiria]]'s coach, [[José Mourinho]], who had previously worked for the club alongside Robson.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mourinho ready for Porto challenge|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0181-0e6a37118e13-338c11382ce2-1000--mourinho-ready-for-porto-challenge/|publisher=UEFA|access-date=30 June 2014|date=23 January 2002}}</ref> In his presentation, Mourinho promptly showcased his personality by stating unequivocally that the club would win next season's league title.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|pp=548–556}} He kept true to his promise and delivered one of the club's most successful seasons. Fielding the likes of [[Deco]], [[Ricardo Carvalho]], [[Maniche]], and less known players hired from other Portuguese clubs, such as [[Paulo Ferreira]], [[Pedro Emanuel]], [[Nuno Valente]] and [[Derlei]], Porto won the [[2002–03 Primeira Liga]] with relative comfort, finishing 11 points ahead of second-placed Benfica.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=557}} The club also won the [[2003 UEFA Cup Final|UEFA Cup]], defeating [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] in a dramatic extra-time final, to win its second major European title.<ref>{{cite web|title=2002/03: Mourinho makes his mark|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2002/overview/index.html#200203+mourinho+makes+mark|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110115220/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2002/overview/index.html#200203+mourinho+makes+mark|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 November 2011|publisher=UEFA|access-date=1 July 2014|date=1 June 2003}}</ref> Mourinho then secured an unprecedented [[Treble (association football)|treble]] for Porto by winning the [[2003 Taça de Portugal Final|Taça de Portugal final]] against his previous club.<ref name="taça de portugal" />

The 2003–04 season began with another [[2003 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|1–0 win over União de Leiria]], which gave the club its 13th Supertaça.<ref name="supertaça" /> Weeks later, Porto failed to repeat this success in the [[2003 UEFA Super Cup]], losing 1–0 to Milan.<ref>{{cite web|title=2003: Shevchenko steals the show|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/history/season=2003/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704100743/http://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/history/season=2003/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 July 2010|publisher=UEFA|access-date=2 July 2014}}</ref> The departure of striker [[Hélder Postiga]] was compensated by the signing of South Africa's [[Benni McCarthy]], whose 20 league goals helped Porto in its league title defense and crowned him the competition's top scorer.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=561}}

Porto entered the [[2003–04 UEFA Champions League]] directly into the group stage. Porto finished second in its group, losing only once to [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]], and advanced to the round-of-16 where they met Manchester United. After narrowly winning at home (2–1), Porto was on the verge of elimination, being behind by 1–0 till the last minute of official playtime at the second leg at [[Old Trafford]]. However, Porto scored the equalizer in the 90th minute of the second leg to draw 1–1 and to advance to the quarter-finals with a 3–2 aggregate win. The team then overcame [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]] and [[Deportivo de La Coruña|Deportivo La Coruña]] to reach [[2004 UEFA Champions League Final|the Champions League final]]. Porto defeated [[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]] 3–0 to lift the club's second [[European Champion Clubs' Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|title=UEFA Champions League 2003/04&nbsp;– History|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2003/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924080537/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2003/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 September 2011|publisher=UEFA|access-date=2 July 2014}}</ref> A 2–1 loss to Benfica in the [[2004 Taça de Portugal Final|Taça de Portugal final]], held 10 days before, prevented another treble-winning season.<ref name="taça de portugal"/>

===Life after Mourinho (2004–2010)===
The successful European performances of Mourinho's Porto enhanced the reputations of the coach and players like Carvalho, Ferreira and Deco, all of whom left the club in the aftermath of the Champions League victory.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mourinho checks in at Chelsea|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/025a-0eaac134a07d-80c40e8db091-1000--mourinho-checks-in-at-chelsea/|publisher=UEFA|access-date=2 July 2014|date=3 June 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Burt|first1=Jason|title=Chelsea sign Carvalho from Porto in £20m deal|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/chelsea-sign-carvalho-from-porto-in-pound20m-deal-6164708.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708033523/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/chelsea-sign-carvalho-from-porto-in-pound20m-deal-6164708.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 July 2013|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=2 July 2014|date=28 July 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Chelsea to sign Ferreira|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/3782871.stm|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|access-date=2 July 2014|date=23 June 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Chelsea sign Barca playmaker Deco|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7482359.stm|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|access-date=2 July 2014|date=30 June 2008}}</ref> The following season was an atypical one, as the club had three coaches: [[Luigi Delneri]],{{efn|Delneri never took charge of the team in a competitive match; he was sacked before the start of the season, two months after signing for Porto.<ref>{{cite news|title=Porto dump coach Del Neri|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/3544000.stm|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|access-date=3 July 2014|date=7 August 2004}}</ref>}} [[Víctor Fernández]] and [[José Couceiro]]. Under Férnandez, Porto won the [[2004 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira]] and the [[2004 Intercontinental Cup]], but lost the [[2004 UEFA Super Cup]] to [[Valencia CF|Valencia]] and was eliminated prematurely in the [[2004–05 Taça de Portugal]]. Recording only 17 wins in 34 matches, Porto lost the Primeira Liga title to [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]] by three points.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|pp=575–582}} During this period, Porto was directly involved in the corruption scandal [[Apito Dourado]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/dec/26/deniscampbell.theobserver|title=Portuguese football champions shaken by corruption charges|last1=Gonçalves|first1=Eduardo|last2=Campbell|first2=Denis|date=26 December 2004|work=The Guardian|access-date=29 September 2015}}</ref>

In 2005–06, Dutch coach [[Co Adriaanse]] was picked to reorganise the team and return the club to the top of Portuguese football. His tactical discipline and the contribution of new signings [[Lucho González]] and [[Lisandro López (footballer, born 1983)|Lisandro López]] led the club to not only retake the Primeira Liga title but also secure its fifth domestic double, after beating holders Vitória de Setúbal in the [[2006 Taça de Portugal Final|Taça de Portugal final]].{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=583}} Adriaanse's domestic success did not transfer to the [[2005–06 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]], as Porto finished in the bottom of its group.<ref>{{cite web|title=UEFA Champions League 2005/06&nbsp;– History&nbsp;– Standings|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2005/standings/round=2201/group=2533/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111223163725/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2005/standings/round=2201/group=2533/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 December 2011|publisher=UEFA|access-date=2 July 2014}}</ref>

The club began the 2006–07 season with a new coach, [[Jesualdo Ferreira]], signed from neighbours Boavista. Before Ferreira assumed his role, Porto won the season-opening [[2006 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|Supertaça]], with former club player [[Rui Barros]] acting as interim coach.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=591}} An experienced head coach, Ferreira had never achieved major club level success, but in his first season in Porto he became national champion for the first time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jesualdo Ferreira|url=http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=838099.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140707115510/http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=838099.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2014|publisher=UEFA|access-date=3 July 2014|date=1 June 2010}}</ref> The [[2006–07 Primeira Liga]] title was only secured in a frantic final day, as Porto finished one point above Sporting and two above Benfica.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=597}} The following season, the club achieved the ''Tri'' for the second time in its history&nbsp;– with López clinching the top goalscorer award&nbsp;– but lost the [[2008 Taça de Portugal Final|Taça]] and [[2007 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|Supertaça finals]] to Sporting CP.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=598}} In May 2008, as result of Apito Dourado, a legal investigation on [[match fixing]] in Portuguese football, Porto was fined €150,000 and punished with the loss of six points, while Pinto da Costa was suspended for two years.<ref name=apito>{{cite web|title=Apito Final&nbsp;– FC Porto perde seis pontos, Pinto da Costa suspenso por dois anos, Boavista despromovido|trans-title=Final Whistle&nbsp;– FC Porto lose six points, Pinto da Costa suspended for two years, Boavista relegated|url=https://noticias.sapo.pt/lusa/artigo/5f4b0a43f4bc115e718378.html|website=SAPO Notícias|publisher=SAPO|access-date=4 July 2014|language=pt|date=9 May 2008|archive-date=16 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916081517/http://noticias.sapo.pt/lusa/artigo/5f4b0a43f4bc115e718378.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Porto did not appeal the decision.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web3.cmvm.pt/sdi2004/emitentes/docs/FR18564.pdf|title=Comunicado|date=9 May 2009|website=[[CMVM]]|publisher=F.C. Porto|language=pt|trans-title=Announcement}}</ref>

Having claimed a sixth league and cup double in the 2008–09 season,{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=606}} Porto was on course to emulate the ''Penta'' of the late 1990s, but the series was broken by Benfica in [[2009–10 Primeira Liga|the following season]].{{sfn|Tovar|2011|pp=615–623}} Although Ferreira won his first [[2009 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|Supertaça]] and [[2009 Taça de Portugal Final|defended the Taça de Portugal title]], the team's failure to claim a fifth consecutive league&nbsp;– finishing third, outside the Champions League-qualifying places&nbsp;– and a 3–0 defeat against Benfica in [[2010 Taça da Liga Final|the final]] of the [[Taça da Liga]] contributed to his resignation at the end of the season. A home win against Benfica prevented the rivals from celebrating the league title at the [[Estádio do Dragão]].{{sfn|Tovar|2011|pp=615–623}} Under Ferreira's steering, Porto always qualified for the Champions League knockout stage, reaching the [[2008–09 UEFA Champions League|quarter-finals in 2008–09]], where it was eliminated by holders Manchester United.<ref>{{cite web|title=UEFA Champions League 2008/09&nbsp;– History|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2009/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924062416/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2009/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 September 2011|publisher=UEFA|access-date=5 July 2014}}</ref>

===Villas-Boas, Pereira and subsequent years (2010–2017)===
[[File:Villas-Boas.JPG|thumb|upright|[[André Villas-Boas]] won four trophies in one season with Porto, including the UEFA Europa League.|alt=André Villas-Boas during a press conference as Porto coach]]
The arrival of Mourinho's former assistant [[André Villas-Boas]], in the spring of 2010, set the stage for a highly successful 2010–11 season, which began with a 2–0 victory over Benfica for the [[2010 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|Supertaça]].<ref name="supertaça" /> Spearheaded by [[João Moutinho]], [[Silvestre Varela]], [[Radamel Falcao|Falcao]] and [[Hulk (footballer)|Hulk]] (the ''Bola de Prata'' winner), Porto performed strongly in the Primeira Liga and assured its 25th title with five matches to play, after beating Benfica in its stadium.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=627}} In addition, the club broke a number of records: biggest distance between champions and runners-up (21 points), the most consecutive league wins (16), and the highest percentage of points in a 30-game season (93.33%), dropping only six points and finishing the league without defeats, for the first time in its history.<ref>{{cite web|last=Assunção|first=Manuel|title=FC Porto invicto confirmou na Madeira o seu lugar na história do campeonato|trans-title=Undefeated FC Porto confirmed in Madeira its place in Portuguese league history|url=http://desporto.publico.pt/noticia.aspx?id=1494186|access-date=6 July 2014|work=[[Público (Portugal)|Público]]|date=14 May 2011|language=pt}}</ref>

Eight years after the 2003 triumph, Porto returned to the UEFA Cup (renamed UEFA Europa League) and reached [[2011 UEFA Europa League Final|the final]] in Dublin's [[Aviva Stadium]]. In an all-Portuguese affair, Porto beat Braga with a goal from the competition's top goalscorer Falcao and lifted the trophy for the second time,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fifield|first1=Dominic|title=Falcao strikes to bring Europa League glory to Porto|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/may/18/porto-braga-europa-league-final-match-report|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=6 July 2014|date=18 May 2011}}</ref> as Villas-Boas became the youngest UEFA competition-winning coach.<ref>{{cite web|last=Atkin|first=John|title=The rise of new Chelsea manager Villas-Boas|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01f2-0e78bc858d28-b6fc8600819e-1000--the-rise-of-new-chelsea-manager-villas-boas/|publisher=UEFA|access-date=6 July 2014|date=22 June 2011}}</ref> Four days later, Porto won its [[2011 Taça de Portugal Final|third consecutive Taça de Portugal]] with a convincing 6–2 scoreline,<ref name="taça de portugal" /> securing their fourth trophy of the season.{{sfn|Tovar|2011|p=627}}

As Villas-Boas left for Chelsea, Porto recruited the services of his assistant, [[Vítor Pereira (footballer, born 1968)|Vítor Pereira]]. For the third straight year, the club began the season with another [[2011 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|Supertaça]] title,<ref name="supertaça" /> which was followed by a 2–0 loss to Barcelona for the [[2011 UEFA Super Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2011: Number four for Barcelona|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/history/season=2011/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830184614/http://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/history/season=2011/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 August 2012|publisher=UEFA|access-date=6 July 2014}}</ref> Although lacking the goalscoring prolificacy of Falcao (sold to [[Atlético Madrid]]), Porto was able to revalidate the Primeira Liga title,<ref>{{cite web|title=Classificação Liga ZON Sagres 2011–2012|url=http://www.ligaportugal.pt/oou/classificacao/20112012/primeiraliga|publisher=[[Portuguese League for Professional Football|LPFP]]|access-date=6 July 2014|language=pt}}</ref> but was eliminated prematurely from the [[2011–12 Taça de Portugal|Taça]] and [[2011–12 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] competitions. Transferred to the [[2011–12 UEFA Europa League|Europa League]], Porto failed to defend its title after being knocked out by Manchester City.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hart|first1=Simon|title=Slick City end Porto's UEFA Europa League defence|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/01fa-0e7cfb5c4de1-0169101f0bb1-1000--slick-city-end-porto-s-uefa-europa-league-defence/|publisher=UEFA|access-date=6 July 2014|date=22 February 2012}}</ref>
In the following season, the club went a stage further in both domestic cup competitions and in the Champions League, where it fell to [[Málaga CF|Málaga]] in the [[2012–13 UEFA Champions League#Round of 16|last-16 round]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Jonathan|title=Malaga 2–0 FC Porto (agg 2–1)|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/21762058|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|access-date=6 July 2014|date=13 March 2013}}</ref> In the [[2012–13 Primeira Liga]], Porto reduced the distance to leaders Benfica to two points, before hosting them in the penultimate matchday. In a dramatic turn of events, Porto won with a goal in stoppage time and moved to the top of the league table.<ref>{{cite web|title=Primeira Liga: Porto stun Benfica with late goal to go top of table|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/22498681|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|access-date=6 July 2014|date=11 May 2013}}</ref> An away victory in the last game confirmed the ''Tri'' and Porto's 27th league title&nbsp;– the second without defeats.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sousa|first1=Hugo Daniel|title=FC Porto é o terceiro campeão sem derrotas|url=http://www.publico.pt/desporto/noticia/fc-porto-campeao-estoril-na-europa-olhanense-e-beiramar-descem-1594890#/0|work=[[Público (Portugal)|Público]]|access-date=6 July 2014|language=pt|date=19 May 2013}}</ref>

Porto entered the 2013–14 season with a new head coach&nbsp;– [[Paulo Fonseca]], signed from 2012 to 2013 Primeira Liga third-placed [[F.C. Paços de Ferreira|Paços de Ferreira]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Porto appoint Fonseca|url=https://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/news/newsid/210/535/3/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716083451/http://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/news/newsid/210/535/3/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 July 2014|publisher=FIFA|access-date=6 July 2014|date=10 June 2013}}</ref>&nbsp;– but continued the trend of the previous four seasons by [[2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|winning the Supertaça]].<ref name="supertaça" /> This title would be the highlight of the season, as the club underperformed in every other competition it was involved. In the league, Porto led with five points over its pursuers, but a series of compromising results pushed the club down to third place, resulting in the sacking of Fonseca.<ref>{{cite web|title=Porto sack coach Paulo Fonseca after nine months in charge|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/26456059|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|access-date=6 July 2014|date=5 March 2014}}</ref> Failing to overcome the [[2013–14 UEFA Champions League group stage|Champions League group stage]], Porto reached the [[2013–14 UEFA Europa League#Quarter-finals|Europa League quarter-finals]], where they lost 4–1 to the eventual winners [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Aitken|first1=Nick|title=Sevilla surge past Porto and into semis|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/025a-0ea7dc1a32d2-c18b9a265769-1000--sevilla-surge-past-porto-and-into-semis/|publisher=UEFA|access-date=6 July 2014|date=10 April 2014}}</ref> In the following weeks, two semi-final losses against Benfica closed the doors to the finals of the [[2014 Taça de Portugal Final|Taça de Portugal]] and [[2014 Taça da Liga Final|Taça da Liga]], the latter at home on penalties.<ref name="taça de portugal" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Assunção|first1=Manuel|title=Benfica aguentou com menos um e teve prémio nos penáltis|url=http://www.publico.pt/desporto/noticia/taca-da-liga-benfica-reduzido-a-dez-elimina-fc-porto-nos-penaltis-1633803|work=[[Público (Portugal)|Público]]|access-date=6 July 2014|language=pt|date=27 April 2014}}</ref>

Porto started the 2014–15 season with their biggest budget ever,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/fc-porto/interior/o-maior-teste-do-formador-lopetegui-4529894.html|title=O maior teste do "formador" Lopetegui|trans-title=The biggest test of "former" Lopetegui|publisher=[[Diário de Notícias]]|language=pt|date=26 April 2015|access-date=19 May 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520153625/https://www.dn.pt/desporto/fc-porto/interior/o-maior-teste-do-formador-lopetegui-4529894.html|archive-date=20 May 2015}}</ref> hiring Spanish head coach [[Julen Lopetegui]]. Despite the signing of many new players, they failed to win any silverware, contributing to the biggest hiatus during Pinto da Costa's presidency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.record.xl.pt/Futebol/Nacional/1a_liga/Porto/interior_premium.aspx?content_id=944723|title=O maior jejum da era Pinto da Costa|trans-title=The biggest fasting in Pinto da Costa era|work=[[Record (Portuguese newspaper)|Record]]|language=pt|date=17 May 2015|access-date=17 July 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713161058/http://www.record.xl.pt/Futebol/Nacional/1a_liga/Porto/interior_premium.aspx?content_id=944723|archive-date=13 July 2015}}</ref> They also equalized, in terms of goals conceded, their biggest defeat in European competitions (6–1 against [[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]]) and suffered their biggest defeat in the UEFA Champions League (6–1 against [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]], after the 5–0 loss against Arsenal in 2010).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/fc-porto/interior/o-maior-teste-do-formador-lopetegui-4529894.html|title=FC Porto iguala a pior derrota europeia da sua história|trans-title=FC Porto equals worst European defeat in its history|publisher=SAPO|language=pt|date=21 April 2015|access-date=19 May 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520153625/https://www.dn.pt/desporto/fc-porto/interior/o-maior-teste-do-formador-lopetegui-4529894.html|archive-date=20 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.futebol365.pt/artigo/131858-sintese-fc-porto-sofre-a-sua-derrota-mais-pesada-na-champions-e-e-afastado/ |title=Síntese: FC Porto sofre a sua derrota mais pesada na Champions e é afastado |language=pt |trans-title=Porto suffer their biggest defeat in the Champions League and are eliminated |date=30 July 2015 |publisher=futebol365 |access-date=30 July 2015}}</ref> Porto continued their losing trend in the [[2015–16 FC Porto season|2015–16 season]], making it the second consecutive trophyless season, with the contribution of [[José Peseiro]], who had replaced Julen Lopetegui in January 2016. After the season was over, Peseiro was replaced by [[Nuno Espírito Santo]].

===Conceição era (2017–2024)===
[[File:Sérgio_Conceição.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Former Porto player [[Sérgio Conceição]] has won eight honours as the club's manager, including three league titles]]
In the [[2017–18 FC Porto season|2017–18 season]], after almost five years without winning any trophy, Porto won their 28th league title with the contribution of coach [[Sérgio Conceição]], a former player of the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publico.pt/2018/05/06/desporto/noticia/e-o-penta-vai-para-sergio-conceicao-1827321|title=E o "penta" vai para Sérgio Conceição|trans-title=And the "penta" goes to Sérgio Conceição|work=Público|first1=Augusto|last1=Bernardino|language=pt|date=6 May 2018|access-date=28 May 2018}}</ref> The following year, in the [[2018–19 UEFA Champions League]], Porto managed to reach the quarter-finals of the competition, but were defeated by 6–1 on aggregate against the eventual winners [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2027156--porto-vs-liverpool/?referrer=%2Fuefachampionsleague%2Fseason%3D2019%2Fmatches%2Fround%3D2000982%2Fmatch%3D2027156%2Findex |title=Porto 1–4 Liverpool |publisher=UEFA |date=17 April 2019 }}</ref>

In the [[2019–20 FC Porto season|2019–20 season]], Porto managed to recapture the league title, winning it for the 29th time and added for the first time in eleven years the Portuguese cup along with it. However, despite their national success, FC Porto did not reach the group phase of the Champions League and did poorly in their Europa League campaign.

In the [[2020–21 UEFA Champions League]] round of 16, Porto won on away goals rule (4–4 on aggregate) against [[Juventus FC|Juventus]], to reach the quarter-finals.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/56325263 |title=Juventus 3–2 FC Porto |publisher=BBC Sport |date=9 March 2021 }}</ref> The season would, however, end with only one national trophy, the [[2020 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|Supertaça]].

After having lost the national title to Sporting in the previous season, Porto's [[2021–22 FC Porto season|2021–22 season]] saw them reach various successes at domestic level: with Conceição at the helm for the 5th season in a row, the team recaptured the [[2021-22 Primeira Liga|Primeira Liga]], achieving a record 91 points. During the season, the Dragons also set a new record for longest unbeaten run in the league, with 58 matches, a sequence that had been started during the first half of the 2020–21 edition. One week after the league's conclusion, they added the [[2021-22 Taça de Portugal|domestic cup]], thus securing the second double in Conceição's reign.

On 28 January 2023, still under Conceição, and on their fifth try, Porto won their first ever [[Taça da Liga]] title, defeating Sporting CP in the [[2022-23 Taça da Liga|final]], thus winning every national trophy available.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/futebol-nacional/fc-porto-vence-taca-da-liga-pela-primeira-vez_d1463354 | title=FC Porto vence Taça da Liga pela primeira vez | date=28 January 2023 }}</ref> On 17 December 2023, the team qualified (along with Benfica) to the [[2025 FIFA Club World Cup]] for the first time, as they were the highest-ranked Portuguese club in the UEFA 4-year ranking. At the end of the 2023–2024 season, after having won the [[Taça de Portugal]] and coached the team for seven years, Conceição was let go by the newly elected president of FC Porto, Andre Villas-Boas.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-04 |title=Adeus amargo e regado a traição. Conceição deixa FC Porto com polémica |url=https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/desporto/2573960/adeus-amargo-e-regado-a-traicao-conceicao-deixa-fc-porto-com-polemica |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=Notícias ao Minuto |language=pt}}</ref>

=== New club president, André Villas-Boas (2024 – present) ===
On 27 April 2024, André Villas-Boas, who had coached Porto during the 2010–2011 season, was elected the 32º president of Futebol Clube do Porto, succeeding Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa. He won 80% of the election, with 21,489 out of 26,876 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Villas-Boas é o novo presidente do FC Porto após vitória esmagadora com 80%: os resultados das eleições |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/fc-porto/detalhe/villas-boas-e-o-novo-presidente-do-fc-porto-apos-vitoria-esmagadora-com-80-os-resultados-das-eleicoes |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=Record.pt |language=pt-PT}}</ref> Villas-Boas was keen on making immediate changes at the club, starting with selecting a new coach, [[Vítor Bruno (football manager)|Vitor Bruno]], who had previously served as the assistant coach under Sérgio Conceição at Porto. Villas-Boas introduced the first women's football team to represent FC Porto,<ref name="ojogo.pt">{{Cite web |title=Equipa sénior feminina do FC Porto vai começar na III Divisão |url=https://www.ojogo.pt/5517024470/equipa-senior-feminina-do-fc-porto-vai-comecar-na-iii-divisao/ |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=O Jogo |date=21 May 2024 |language=pt}}</ref> incentivized the promotion of several B team and U-19 players to the main team, and the creation of initiatives to bring the fans closer to the club.<ref name="ojogo.pt"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-07 |title=FC Porto - Notícias - Lucky Fan: quando o FC Porto bate à porta |url=https://www.fcporto.pt/pt/noticias/20240607-pt-lucky-fan-quando-o-fc-porto-bate-a-porta |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=fcporto.pt}}</ref>