SC Braga and The Pursuit of the Top Three
When the curtain closed on the 2022/23 Primeira Liga season, it was a real cause for celebration for SC Braga. Os Arsenalistas finished in the top three for the first time since 2019/20, picked up a record 78 points from 34 matches and scored 75 goals – a club record for most goals in a […]
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Portugal Make History With First FIFA Women’s World Cup Win
Portugal ran out 2-0 winners against Vietnam to earn their first ever win in a FIFA Women’s World Cup match. Telma Encarnação and Kika Nazareth scored the goals for Francisco Neto’s side. There was an explosion of relief and joy when Telma Encarnação got on the end of a delightful Lúcia Alves cross after just […]
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Liga Portugal Release Fixtures for Round 1 of the 2023/24 Primeira Liga Season
The 2023/24 Liga Portugal Betclic season kicks off on the 11th of August and today the league released the dates and times for the first round of games. Famalicão’s visit to the Estádio Municipal to take on SC Braga is the inaugural match of the 2023/24 season and it will take place on Friday, 11th […]
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Your Seleção Guide to the Summer
The 2022/23 season has concluded in Portugal and across most of Europe but there is still plenty of action to sink your teeth into during the summer as far as the Seleção is concerned. There are three tournaments across different age groups that Portuguese teams will be involved in, including the women’s senior team who […]
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Estoril Praia U23: A Closer Look at the Project Which Helped Launch the Careers of André Franco, Matheus Nunes and Toti Gomes
Próxima Jornada examines the U23 project that has helped launched the careers of André Franco, Matheus Nunes and Toti Gomes. The beginning In 2018/19, Liga Portugal decided to shake things up at youth level and created a new competition called Liga Revelação, a place for young players to develop in a competitive environment against those […]
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Portugal Squad Announcement: Roberto Martínez Names His Seleção Squad for June Matches
Portugal manager Roberto Martínez today announced his latest Portugal squad for the upcoming games against Bosnia & Herzegovina and Iceland in June. The squad is as follows: Diogo Costa, José Sa, Rui Patrício, António Silva, Danilo, Diogo Dalot, Gonçalo Inácio, João Cancelo, Nélson Semedo, Pepe, Raphäel Guerriero, Rúben Dias, Toti Gomes, Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes, […]
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Your Guide to the UEFA U17 Euros: Portugal Kick Off Their Campaign
At 19:00 on Wednesday, 17th May, Filipe Ramos’ Portugal side will kick off their UEFA Euro U17 campaign against Germany in Debrecen, Hungary. This young Seleção side breezed through both rounds of qualification and come into the competition with confidence. In the first round of qualifying, Portugal won all three of their matches – beating […]
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‘Here at Boavista, the fans live for football’: Exclusive Interview with Boavista’s Bruno Lourenço
Boavista head into Saturday’s match against SC Braga looking to end the season strongly. Petit’s side are currently 11th in the Primeira Liga and are looking to improve on last season’s 10th-placed finish with two games left to play. At the Estádio do Bessa XXI in particular they have been excellent this season, losing just […]
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Vitória SC Guarantee European Football for Next Season
Thanks to their 1-0 win in Vila do Conde against Rio Ave on Sunday, Vitória SC have guaranteed their presence in European competition for the second season in a row. Moreno’s side are currently in fifth position on 50 points, should they finish the season in this position they will enter the UEFA Europa Conference […]
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‘I Don’t Want to Be in My Comfort Zone’: Exclusive Interview With Levante UD and Portugal Star Tatiana Pinto
To say things are going well for Tatiana Pinto would be a colossal understatement. The 29-year-old midfielder helped Portugal qualify for their first-ever FIFA Women’s World Cup back in February, last month she made her 100th appearance for the national team in front of a record crowd in Guimarães and just a couple of days […]
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Exclusive Interview: Independiente del Valle Coach Ricardo Manuel Pinto Pereira on Goalkeeping, Life Lessons, Dealing with Failure and Passion For Football
The 49-year-old goalkeeping coach has a wealth of experience in the game, starting his coaching career at Benfica over a decade ago, since then he has worked all over the world at the likes of Standard Liege, Nottingham Forest, Legia Warsaw, and Al-Fateh and he has worked with the likes of Éderson, Guillermo Ochoa, Artur […]
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Portugal Drop to Seventh Place in the Coefficient Rankings and Will Lose a UEFA Champions League Spot From 2024/25
Portugal have been overtaken by the Netherlands and have dropped to seventh place in the European coefficient table and as a consequence, will lose a UEFA Champions League spot from the 2024/25 season. Only the winner of the Primeira Liga will qualify directly for the UEFA Champions League, the team who finishes second will have […]
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