Category Archives: The Action in Portugal

FC Porto today announced the arrival of Danny Loader on a two-year-deal, becoming the first English player to sign for the club in its entire history. The 19-year-old had been involved in lengthy contract negotiations with his previous club Reading FC, ultimately he decided not to renew and left the Royals at the end ofContinue reading “FC Porto sign first Englishman in club’s history”

Yesterday, Vitória SC announced their latest signing, a hot prospect in the form of South African attacker Lyle Foster. The 19-year-old arrives in Guimarães from French club AS Monaco on a five-year-deal having been recently nominated for the prestigious Golden Boy award earlier in the season.  This signing is the latest in a line ofContinue reading “The Youthful Revolution at Vitória SC”

Whilst the UEFA Champions League 2019/20 campaign heads for the home straight in Lisbon, the 2020/21 campaign has already begun with the first round qualifiers kicking off on Saturday 8th August. For the 2020/21 season, two Portuguese clubs qualified for the tournament in the form of FC Porto and SL Benfica, with the Dragões qualifyingContinue reading “UEFA Champions League 2020/21: How it looks for Portuguese teams so far”

In a shocking twist that has broken in the last couple of minutes, both Desportivo Das Aves and Vitória FC (Setúbal) have been relegated to the Campeonato de Portugal, the third division of Portuguese football, due to “non-fulfilment of the necessary requirements for the registration of the respective teams in professional championships.” As a result,Continue reading “Vitória FC and Desportivo das Aves Relegated to the Campeonato de Portugal”

The Taça da Liga is drastically changing for the 2020/21 season, going from its usual 32 team format to just eight teams. The change comes after a majority vote at the general assembly. 32 teams voted in favour of a slimmed down Taça da Liga, two teams voted against. The reduction in teams is anContinue reading “Taça da Liga 2020/21 to feature just EIGHT teams”

SC Braga has announced Carlos Carvalhal as their new manager. The 54-year-old signs initially on a two-year deal at the club he previously worked at in 2006. This move comes after Carvalhal’s highly successful season as manager of Rio Ave where he managed to break the club’s record points total in Primeira Liga (55) guidingContinue reading “Carlos Carvalhal Announced as SC Braga Manager”