FC Porto Celebrates Another Youth Title: "This is the Year of the Dragon"

After clinching the national junior (U19) championship, FC Porto has now also secured the youth (U17) title this Sunday. With only the U15 championship left to win, the club is on the verge of completing an immaculate year, painting all youth categories in blue and white across Portugal.

José João, the coach who led the young Dragons to the U17 title, expressed his "immense joy" after the match against Benfica and described the victory as "incredibly sweet," attributing it to the "hard work put in throughout the season."

Guiding a generation of "immense talent," the Porto manager praised the group of "exceptional players" he worked with all season. "We have great ambition, and we are all pulling in the same direction," he added in statements following the challenge at Benfica Campus.

João Brito, the U17 captain, confessed his pride in the achievement: "We are incredibly happy with what we've accomplished. There's an enormous sense of pride for what the team and coaching staff have done. This triumph reflects our season, marked by hard work, mutual support, and great ambition. I couldn't be prouder of this group. It's a title that eluded us for 14 years, and we've managed to bring it back to the Club. This is the year of the Dragon, the year of FC Porto and the city of Porto."

Rodrigo Morais spoke of "an inexplicable feeling," admitting he couldn't "put into words" the emotions within the blue and white squad.

Top scorer Tcherno Jamanca, who has netted 34 goals in 2025/26 and even featured for the U19s, emphasized: "We worked incredibly hard to get here, we believed until the very end, and we managed to hold onto the result. Now it's time to celebrate and enjoy it to the fullest. There are three games left, but we're still aiming to win. It's a source of immense pride to be a National Champion at both U19 and U17 levels in the same season. I'm grateful for the opportunity I was given, and I'm very proud of myself and everyone; we worked so hard."

"We truly are a family; we've worked exceptionally well since the start of the season, and this outcome is a reflection of that. We are National Champions. We tried to play with the Club's values in mind, with grit and ambition; that's our daily motto, and we succeeded," highlighted Gustavo Guerra.