FC Porto (youth)

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. They play their home matches at the Estádio Municipal Jorge Sampaio in Pedroso, Vila Nova de Gaia.^[1]

Porto Juniors

Full name	Futebol Clube do Porto Juniors
Short name	Porto Juniors
Ground	Estádio Municipal Jorge Sampaio
Capacity	8,272
President	André Villas-Boas
Manager	Sérgio Ferreira
League	Campeonato Nacional de Juniores
2023–24	4th
Website	fcporto.pt
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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 17 September 2024^[5][6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  POR Denis Gutu — GK  POR Francisco Barroso — GK  POR Gonçalo Silva — GK  POR Martim Pereira — DF  POR Duarte Nogueira — DF  POR Fábio Amaral — DF  POR Gonçalo Paiva — DF  POR Ivandro Silva — DF  POR José Domingues — DF  GNB Mamadu Queta — DF  POR Martim Chelmik — DF  POR Miguel Rocha — DF  POR Pedro Davide — DF  POR Rodrigo Pinto — DF  POR Tomé Almeida — DF  POR Vasco Santos — MF  POR Amadu Camará

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  POR Bernardo Lima — MF  POR Gonçalo Pinto — MF  POR João Abreu — MF  POR Manuel Miranda — MF  POR Rodrigo Gonçalves — MF  POR Tiago Silva — MF  POR Tomás Peixoto — FW  POR André Miranda — FW  POR Francisco Curvelo — FW  POR João Pedra — FW  POR Léo Fajardo — FW  POR Leonardo Santos — FW  POR Mateus Mide — FW  POR Miguel Silva — FW  POR Rodrigo Silva — FW  GNB Umaro Buaró — FW  POR Vasco Sousa

Staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Sérgio Ferreira
Assistant coaches	Luís Magalhães Pedro Brito Silvestre Varela Vítor Moreira
Goalkeeper coach	Leonardo Tavares
Physiologists and fitness coaches	João Magalhães Pedro Abreu
Analysts	João Santos Paulo Pinto
Club doctor	Filipe Puga
Physiotherapist	Tiago Graça

Last updated: 17 September 2024
Source: FC Porto Playmakerstats

Competitive record

UEFA Youth League

As of match played 19 April 2024

Note: Porto score is always listed first.

Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away
2013–14	GS	Austria Wien	0–0	0–3
		Atlético Madrid	3–1	2–3
		Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–2	2–1
2014–15	GS	BATE Borisov	2–0	0–0
		Shakhtar Donetsk	1–1	1–1
		Athletic Bilbao	2–0	1–3
	R16	Real Madrid	—	1–1 (aet) (3–1 p)
	QF	Anderlecht	—	0–5
2015–16	GS	Dynamo Kyiv	0–1	1–2
		Chelsea	3–3	0–0
		Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–0	2–1
2016–17	GS	Copenhagen	4–1	1–3
		Leicester City	2–1	2–0
		Club Brugge	1–3	2–0
	R16	Viitorul Constanța	3–0	—
	QF	Barcelona	—	1–2
2017–18	GS	Beşiktaş	5–1	1–0
		Monaco	2–1	2–3
		RB Leipzig	3–2	2–0
	R16	Red Bull Salzburg	3–1	—
	QF	Tottenham Hotspur	—	2–0
	SF	Chelsea	2–2 (aet) (4–5 p)
2018–19	GS	Schalke 04	3–0	3–0
		Galatasaray	2–2	2–0
		Lokomotiv Moscow	2–1	1–2
	R16	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	—
	QF	Midtjylland	3–0	—
	SF	1899 Hoffenheim	3–0
	F	Chelsea	3–1
2019–20	R1	Liepāja	4–2	3–0
	R2	Domžale	2–2	3–0
	PO	Red Bull Salzburg	1–1 (aet) (6–7 p)	—
2020–21	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
2021–22	GS	Atlético Madrid	1–2	2–1
		Liverpool	1–1	0–4
		Milan	3–1	1–0
2022–23	GS	Atlético Madrid	1–2	0–1
		Club Brugge	2–1	2–1
		Bayer 04 Leverkusen	3–1	3–1
	PO	Panathinaikos	—	1–0
	R16	Liverpool	—	1–1 (aet) (5–6 p)
2023–24	GS	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–0	4–1
		Barcelona	0–2	4–0
		Antwerp	3–1	4–1
	R16	AZ Alkmaar	—	1–1 (aet) (4–3 p)
	QF	Mainz 05	—	4–1
	SF	Milan	2–2 (aet) (3–4 p)

Honours

• Portuguese Championship

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

• UEFA Youth League

Winners (1): 2018–19

• Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup

Winners (1): 2011

Other youth honours

Juvenis (under-17)

• Portuguese Championship

Winners (20): 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): 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)

• Portuguese Championship

Winners (2): 1987–88, 1992–93

See also

• FC Porto B