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 Football
(B team)		 Football
(Youth)
Adapted
sports		 Basketball Billiards
Boxing Cycling Handball
Roller
hockey		 Swimming Volleyball
(Women's)

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