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Porto Juniors
Full nameFutebol Clube do Porto Juniors
Short namePorto Juniors
Ground CTFD PortoGaia
Capacity3,000
President André Villas-Boas
Manager Nuno Capucho
League Campeonato Nacional de Juniores
2023–244th
Website Club website

Futebol Clube do Porto "Juniors" ( Portuguese: Juniores), commonly known as Porto Juniors, is the under-19 football team comprised in the youth department of Portuguese club FC Porto. Based in Olival and Crestuma, two local civil parishes part of the Vila Nova de Gaia municipality, they hold home matches at the club's training complex, CTFD PortoGaia. [1]

Domestically, Porto have won 23 Campeonato Nacional de Juniores titles. Internationally, they won the Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup in 2011 [2] and the UEFA Youth League in 2019. [3] In the latter, they became the first Portuguese club to conquer the competition and were also distinguished with the "UEFA's Best Educational Action" award. [4]

Between the department's several development teams, two other youth categories complete the three main age groups, the Juvenis (under-17) and the Iniciados (under-15), who compete in their respective national leagues organised by the Portuguese Football Federation.

Players

Current squad

As of 18 August 2022 [5] [6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Portugal  POR Diogo Fernandes (B)
GK Portugal  POR Gonçalo Ribeiro (B)
GK Portugal  POR Pedro Virgínia
DF Portugal  POR António Ribeiro
DF Portugal  POR Bernardo Ferreira
DF Portugal  POR Francisco Silva
DF Portugal  POR Gabriel Brás (B)
DF Portugal  POR Guilherme Venâncio
DF Portugal  POR Luís Gomes
DF Guinea-Bissau  GNB Suleimane Djaló
MF Portugal  POR André Oliveira
MF Portugal  POR Bruno Pires
MF Portugal  POR Francisco Guedes
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Portugal  POR Gil Martins
MF Portugal  POR Guilherme Belinha
MF Portugal  POR Mariano Regal
MF Portugal  POR Martim Silva
MF Portugal  POR Tiago Campas
MF Portugal  POR Ussumane Djaló
FW Portugal  POR Afonso Leite
FW Portugal  POR Alfa Baldé
FW Portugal  POR Dinis Rodrigues
FW Sweden  SWE Jeremy Agbonifo
FW Portugal  POR Joel Carvalho
FW Portugal  POR Tiago Andrade
FW Guinea-Bissau  GNB Umaro Candé (B)
Key

B = Also integrated in FC Porto B team.

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Technical coordinator Portugal Filipe Ribeiro
Head coach Portugal Nuno Capucho
Assistant coaches Portugal António Frasco
Portugal Diogo Medeiros
Goalkeeping coach Portugal Rafael Albuquerque
Fitness coach Portugal David Lima
Match observer scout Portugal Paulo Pinto

Last updated: 18 August 2022
Source: [5] [6]

Competitive record

UEFA Youth League

As of match played 19 April 2024

Note: Porto score is always listed first.

Honours

Winners (23): 1952–53, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1989–90, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2006–07, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19
Winners (1): 2018–19
Winners (1): 2011

Other youth honours

Juvenis (under-17)
Winners (20) – record: 1965–66, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1994–95, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12
Iniciados (under-15)
Winners (14): 1974–75, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1985–86, 1989–90, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2010–11
Infantis (under-13)
Winners (2): 1987–88, 1992–93

See also

References

  1. ^ "Centro de Treino e Formação Desportiva Olival/Crestuma" [Sports Training and Training Center Olival/Crestuma] (in Portuguese). Vila Nova de Gaia Municipality. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  2. ^ "El FC Porto triunfa en Zúrich" [FC Porto triumphs in Zürich] (in Spanish). FIFA. 2 June 2011. Archived from the original on August 1, 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  3. ^ "FC Porto vence Youth League e sagra-se campeão europeu de Sub-19" [FC Porto wins the Youth League and becomes european under-19 champion] (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Youth League vale nova distinção ao FC Porto" [Youth League worth new distinction to FC Porto] (in Portuguese). Renascença. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Futebol - Plantel - Sub 19" [Football - Squad - Under 19] (in Portuguese). FC Porto. 27 August 2021.
  6. ^ a b "FC Porto U19 - Squad". playmakerstats.com. 27 October 2021.

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