was signed by
Real Madrid for €30 million.
May •
25: After five years at the club where he was primarily used as a back up in the full-back position to
Nuno Valente,
Pedro Emanuel and
Ricardo Costa,
César Peixoto leaves the
Dragões to join Primeira Liga club
Braga on a free transfer. •
31: English club
Manchester United sign Brazilian midfielder
Anderson for €30 million.
June •
2: Porto announce the signing of Brazilian defensive midfielder
Fernando from
Vila Nova as a replacement for Anderson. •
15: Porto sign Polish midfielder
Przemysław Kaźmierczak from
Pogoń Szczecin for €1.3 million. Kaźmierczak had been on loan to Portuguese side
Boavista during the 2006–07 season where his displays attracted interest from several European clubs. (left) and
Vieirinha (right) compete for the ball during the Porto–Leixões fixture on 29 October 2007.
July •
7: Porto defeat
third side division side
Tourizense in their first pre-season game of the season. In a match which saw nine goals, the
Portistas would six score of those. Porto's goals came from
Adriano,
Edgar,
Hélder Postiga,
Ricardo Quaresma and
Luis Aguiar, who scored twice. •
10: Spanish club
Real Madrid sign
Pepe from Porto for €30 million. •
11: In the first game of their tour of the Netherlands, Porto thrash amateur Dutch side Sportclub Irene 10–0. •
14: Porto follow up their thrashing of Sportclub Irene, with a 4–0 victory over
second division Den Bosch to claim their third consecutive pre-season win. •
16: Argentine midfielder
Mariano González signs for the
Portistas from Italian side
Palermo on a season-long loan. •
18: Belgian side
Genk inflict on the
Azuis e Brancos their first defeat of the pre-season campaign. •
19: Serbian defender
Milan Stepanov signs from
Trabzonspor for fee of €3.4 million. •
21: In Porto's official presentation to its members of their 2007–08 squad, the
Dragões defeat French side
Monaco, 2–1.
Lisandro López and Hélder Postiga scored Porto's goals. •
26: Porto win the Centenarian Atlanta Tournament after claiming two 1–0 victories over Serbian side
Red Star Belgrade and tournament hosts
Atalanta. (left) in action for Porto against
Benfica on 1 December 2007.
August •
3: Porto start off their last tournament of the pre-season campaign with a 0–0 draw against
Feyenoord in the Rotterdam Tournament. •
5: Porto claim a 3–0 a victory over Chinese side
Shanghai Shenhua, to win the Rotterdam pre-season tournament. •
11: The
Dragões begin their season with a defeat to
Sporting CP in the
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. •
18: Porto start off their 2007–08 league campaign with a 2–1 win away to Braga.
Ricardo Quaresma's late free-kick provided the away side with the three points. •
26: Just two weeks after losing the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira to
Sporting CP, Porto defeat the
Lisbon side 1–0.
Raul Meireles scored Porto's only goal of the game. •
30: Porto draws
Beşiktaş,
Liverpool and
Marseille in the
Champions League draw.
September •
27: Porto suffer a shock third round exit at the hands of
Fátima in the
Taça da Liga. After the match ended 0–0 in normal time, the game proceeded to penalties where Fátima's
Marinho scored the winning penalty to send his side through to the next round after Porto's Mariano González missed his spot kick.
October •
29: The
Azuis e Brancos defeat
Leixões, 3–0 in game week 8 to win their eighth consecutive league game of the campaign.
November December •
1: Porto defeat
Benfica on match day 12. Ricardo Quaresma's 42nd-minute strike gave Porto the victory over the
Encarnados to give his team a seven-point lead over their Lisbon rivals.
January •
15: After only two league starts during the first half of the 2007–08 season, Portuguese striker Hélder Postiga moves to Greek side
Panathinaikos on a six-month loan.
February •
10: Porto comfortably defeat fourth division side
Sertanense 4–0 to progress to the quarter-finals of the cup.
Ernesto Farías,
Tarik Sektioui and Przemysław Kaźmierczak scored Porto's goals.
March April •
30: Porto renews the contracts of
Tarik Sektioui and
Leandro Lima. The Moroccan's contract was renewed for another season, whilst Lima's was renewed until 2013.
May ==Pre-season and friendlies==