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===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 – 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 – [[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> – 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]].
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