FC Porto — Overview (around 2016/17 season)

• Club name: Futebol Clube do Porto (FC Porto)
• Country: Portugal
• Stadium: Estádio do Dragão (Seating capacity ≈ 50,033)
• President (around 2016/17): Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
• Manager / Head Coach (appointed May 2017): Nuno Espírito Santo
• Club colors: Blue and white (vertical stripes)

Context about the 2016/17 season and Nuno Espírito Santo

• Nuno Espírito Santo was appointed FC Porto head coach on 2 May 2017 after the club dismissed manager Julen Lopetegui late in the 2016/17 season. His first games in charge were at the very end of that season; he then took charge for the 2017/18 season.
• During the 2016/17 Primeira Liga campaign Porto finished third, behind Benfica (champions) and Sporting CP. The season had been turbulent with managerial changes and inconsistent results, which prompted the club to change managers.
• Porto reached the quarter-finals of the 2016/17 Taça de Portugal and were eliminated in domestic cup competitions earlier than the club’s standards. In European competition that season, Porto competed in the UEFA Champions League group stage but did not progress to the knockout rounds, finishing third in their group and moving into the UEFA Europa League knockout phase.
• Nuno Espírito Santo arrived with a reputation developed from his time as manager of Rio Ave (Portugal) and later at Valencia (Spain). He was expected to stabilize Porto and return them to title contention, which he went on to contest in the 2017/18 season.

Notable players around 2016/17

• Iker Casillas (goalkeeper) — captain and veteran international
• Héctor Herrera (midfielder)
• Yacine Brahimi (winger)
• Óliver Torres (midfielder) — on loan from Atlético Madrid at the time
• Jackson Martínez (striker) — injured for much of the season and later departed
• Aboubakar (Vinícius Aboubakar) — forward who played significant minutes
• Rúben Neves (young midfielder) — emerging talent during this period

Immediate aftermath

• Nuno Espírito Santo stayed for the 2017/18 season but left Porto at the end of that season (May 2018) to join Wolverhampton Wanderers in England. His tenure at Porto is remembered for reorganizing the team and integrating younger players while battling Benfica and Sporting for domestic honours.

Sources & notes

• Summary assembled from public historical records of FC Porto and managerial timelines. Specific match results, league table details and transfer movements can be provided on request in a season-by-season breakdown.