2005–06 FC Porto season
season of football team
The 2005–06 season was Futebol Clube do Porto's 95th competitive season, 72nd consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, and 112th year in existence as a football club. Despite finishing bottom of their group in the UEFA Champions League group stage, Dutch coach Co Adriaanse led the Dragões to league and cup double.
Key dates
20 January 2005: Porto sign Lucho González from River Plate for a €7 million transfer fee. González would join Porto in the summer following the end of the 2004–05 Argentine Primera División.
15 April 2005: Porto sign Argentine forward Lisandro López from Racing for a €2.3 million transfer fee.
24 May 2005: Co Adriaanse is appointed as the new manager on a two-year contract, with immediate effect.
8 July 2005: Porto agree a deal with Turkish defender Fatih Sonkaya on a €1.5 million transfer deal from Beşiktaş.
21 August 2005: Porto win their first match of the Primeira Liga season at home to Estrela da Amadora.
31 August 2005: The transfer deadline day sees Marek Čech join from Sparta Prague.
13 September 2005: Porto lose their first UEFA Champions League group stage match 3–2, to Rangers at Ibrox.
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