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]
| Full name | Futebol Clube do Porto Juniors | |||
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| Short name | Porto Juniors | |||
| Ground | CTFD PortoGaia | |||
| Capacity | 3,000 | |||
| President | Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa | |||
| Manager | Nuno Capucho | |||
| League | Campeonato Nacional de Juniores | |||
| 2021–22 | 2nd | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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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
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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B = Also integrated in FC Porto B team.
Coaching staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Youth coordinator |  Fernando Gomes |
| Technical coordinator | Filipe Ribeiro |
| Head coach | Nuno Capucho |
| Assistant coaches | António Frasco Diogo Medeiros |
| Goalkeeping coach | Rafael Albuquerque |
| Fitness coach | David Lima |
| Match observer scout | Paulo Pinto |
Competitive record
UEFA Youth League
- As of match played 7 December 2021
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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | ||
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)
- 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)
- Winners (2): 1987–88, 1992–93
See also
References
- "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.
- "El FC Porto triunfa en Zúrich" [FC Porto triumphs in Zürich] (in Spanish). FIFA. 2 June 2011. Archived from the original on August 1, 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- "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.
- "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.
- "Futebol - Plantel - Sub 19" [Football - Squad - Under 19] (in Portuguese). FC Porto. 27 August 2021.
- "FC Porto U19 - Squad". playmakerstats.com. 27 October 2021.
External links
- Official website (in Portuguese, English, and Spanish)