FC Porto Juniors

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]

Porto Juniors
Full nameFutebol Clube do Porto Juniors
GroundCTFD PortoGaia
Capacity3,000
PresidentJorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
ManagerManuel Tulipa
LeagueU19 Championship
2018–191st
WebsiteClub website
Active sections of
Futebol Clube do Porto
Football
(A, B, Youth)		 Handball Roller hockey
Basketball Billiards Swimming
Cycling Adapted
sports		 Boxing

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 19 October 2019.[5][6]

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

No. Position Player
— GK Diogo Lopes
— GK Ivan Cardoso
— GK Tiago Estêvão
— DF Danilo Veiga
— DF David Vinhas
— DF Leandro Dias
— DF Ruca Amaral
— DF Tiago Matos
— DF Emmanuel Maviram
— DF Pedro Alves
— DF Rúben Cardoso
— DF Formose Mendy
— MF Bernardo Folha
— MF Diogo Abreu
— MF Manuel Mané
No. Position Player
— MF Alphonsus Ebuka
— MF Fernando Almeida
— MF Tomás Rosete
— FW João Pinto
— FW Mauro Ribeiro
— FW Francisco Conceição
— FW Pedro Vieira
— FW Nuno Ferrás
— FW Seco Sani
— FW Duarte Moreira
— FW Rodrigo Auzmendi
— FW Nélsio Correia
— FW Pierre-Noah Mabika
— FW Kristian Dobrev
— FW Johan Gomez

Coaching staff
Position Staff
Head coach Manuel Tulipa
Assistant coaches Adriano Teixeira
Israel Dionísio
José Violante
Goalkeeping coach Fernando Monteiro
Coordinator José Tavares

Last updated: 19 October 2019
Source: [5][6]

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)
  • Portuguese Championship
Winners (14) – record: 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. 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. "FC Porto Juniores A S19" [FC Porto Juniors A U19]. Zerozero (in Portuguese). 19 October 2019.
  6. "FC Porto Plantel S19" [FC Porto Squad U19]. FC Porto (in Portuguese). 19 October 2019.
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