Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM, commonly known as FC Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football.
Ricardo Andrade Quaresma Bernardo is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a winger.
João Filipe Iria Santos Moutinho is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Primeira Liga club Braga.
Kepler Laveran de Lima Ferreira, known as Pepe, is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is widely regarded as one of the best centre-backs of his generation.
Alberto Undiano Mallenco is a retired Spanish football referee. He was a full international referee for FIFA from 2004 to 2019. Undiano is also a part-time sociologist.
Fernando Francisco Reges, known simply as Fernando, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Internacional.
Serge Gumienny is a former Belgian football referee. He frequently operates in the Belgian First Division, Belgian Second Division and Belgian Cup. Occasionally he referees a matches in the Dutch Eredivisie, the UEFA Intertoto Cup, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Champions League. He also has whistled matches overseas and frequently operates as fourth official in the games refereed by Frank De Bleeckere. On 25 December 2008, he was promoted to the European A-category. He has whistled 250 games in the Belgian first division.
The 2011 UEFA Europa League final was the final match of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, the 40th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the second season since it was renamed from UEFA Cup to UEFA Europa League. The match was played at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, on 18 May 2011, between two Portuguese teams – Porto and Braga – for the first time in UEFA competition finals.
Felix Brych is a German football referee. He referees for SV Am Hart München of the Bavarian Football Association. He is a former FIFA referee and was ranked as a UEFA elite category referee.
Cédric Ricardo Alves Soares, known simply as Cédric, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a full-back.
Nemanja Gudelj is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for La Liga side Sevilla and the Serbia national team.
Danilo Luís Hélio Pereira, sometimes known as simply Danilo, is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad and the Portugal national team.
Milorad Mažić is a former Serbian international association football referee. He became a FIFA referee in 2009. Beside working in the Serbian football league system, Mažić officiated numerous matches in the UEFA Champions League and the Europa League, as well as the 2016 UEFA Super Cup. He refereed matches at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2016, 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup. He was selected as a referee for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He was awarded a Silver Medal for Merits of the Republic of Serbia. He was selected the best Serbian referee nine consecutive times.
The 2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was the 35th edition of the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, the annual Portuguese football season-opening match contested by the winners of the previous season's top league and cup competitions. It took place on 10 August 2013 at the Estádio Municipal de Aveiro in Aveiro, and was contested between Porto, the 2012–13 Primeira Liga winners, and Vitória de Guimarães, the 2012–13 Taça de Portugal winners.
Ivo Tiago dos Santos Rodrigues is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Primeira Liga club Arouca.
The 2016 Taça de Portugal Final was the last match of the 2015–16 Taça de Portugal, which decided the winner of the 76th season of the Taça de Portugal. It was played on 22 May 2016 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, between Porto and Braga.
David Mota Veiga Teixeira do Carmo is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Super League Greece club Olympiacos on loan from Nottingham Forest.
François Letexier is a French football referee who officiates in the Ligue 1. He has been a FIFA referee since 2017 and is ranked as a UEFA elite category referee.
Juan Martínez Munuera is a Spanish football referee who officiates in La Liga. He has been a FIFA referee since 2015, and is ranked as a UEFA second category referee.
The 2021–22 UEFA Europa League knockout phase began on 17 February with the knockout round play-offs and ended on 18 May 2022 with the final at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium in Seville, Spain, to decide the champions of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League. A total of 24 teams competed in the knockout phase.
