Can Pedro Martins build off of his success last season? Photo: Maisfutebol
In the second installment of our five-part Season Preview series, Rui Miguel Martins (@futebolfactory) assesses Vitória Guimarães for the upcoming season. To see more of Rui Miguel Martins’ work, go to his website futebolfactory.com. Continue reading
Can Abel lead Braga through a successful season? Photo: SC Braga
After a hiatus last season, PortugalFutbol returns with our yearly Season Previews for the largest clubs in Portugal. This season, we’ve expanded to include Vitória Guimarães and Braga, who finished 4th and 5th in the league last season, respectively. First up is Braga, whose preview was completed by Justino Flores. Follow him @LordEder7 to see more of his work, and keep your eyes peeled for the Vitória Guimarães preview (from @futebolfactory) tomorrow. Continue reading
The editors of PortugalFutbol.net and FutebolFactory.com are proud to announce our annual list of 10 players to watch this season. After much deliberation, we whittled down the pool of talented domestic players to ten, but couldn’t help but add some honorable mentions. These are players who we believe have a realistic shot at making it to the senior Portuguese National Team by the end of the season. So, without further ado, here’s the 2016/2017 edition of “10 Players Who Can Break Out This Season.” Continue reading
Aboubakar celebrating his goal for Porto
The Benfica-Porto rivalry is one that needs little introduction in the footballing world. Two of the country’s powerhouses over the past decade, Benfica and Porto have lately gone neck and neck for the Liga title. The fixture between the two is one to behold, and one that Mike Martyns can give us a glimpse into.
Jorge Jesus’s arrival at Sporting has been one of the most interesting story lines of Portuguese football for some time.
The 2015/2016 Primeira Liga season is shaping up to be one of the most exciting in recent memory. Here at PortugalFutbol, we’ve highlighted what fans can expect from Benfica and Porto this season. To shed light on Sporting’s chances, PortugalFutbol has brought in Sporting expert SportingSoul (@Sporting_Soul).
Much is expected of Giannelli Imbula, seen here in Marseille colors, who made the move to Porto this summer.
With the start of the new Primeira Liga season now less than two weeks away, clubs are finishing their preparations for the new season. PortugalFutbol.net’s own FC Porto expert and creator of TripeiroNation, Mitchell Rua gives some extensive insight into what we can expect from the Dragons this season. Continue reading
Danilo (left) was superb this season at Maritimo
Two weeks ago, PortugalFutbol announced Part I of the Primeira Liga’s Top 10 Under 24 from last season. In Part I, we announced who were the honorable mentions, and promised the full list to follow. These are ten of the best under-24 Portuguese players from last season playing outside of the “Big Three.” The data has been gathered and the decisions made. Here’s the list. Continue reading
Can Rui Vitória lead Benfica to another title?
With the start of the new Primeira Liga season now less than two weeks away, clubs are finishing up their preparations for the new season. Benfica expert Alfredo Fumacas, a host and creator of Benfica Podcast, took some time out of his busy schedule to give PortugalFutbol some insight into what we can expect from Benfica this season. Continue reading
Ricardo Valente (right), pictured here celebrating a goal scored against arch-rivals SC Braga this season.
At the end of last season, PortugalFutbol.net outlined the Primeira Liga’s top 5 under-24 Portuguese players playing outside of Portugal’s “Big Three” clubs (Sporting, Porto, Benfica). The purpose of this list was to shed to light some of the league’s lesser-talked about up-and-coming talent. For instance, out of the five players listed in last year’s edition, four of them have made their National Team debut since last season. This year, PortugalFutbol has expanded this list to ten.
For the purposes of brevity, we’ve split this year’s list into two parts. Part I outlines the honorable mentions, while Part II will reveal the actual Top 10 players listing. Continue reading
Clockwise from the upper left: Ivan Cavaleiro, Éder, Nani, and Bruma
With the transfer window now open, some of the rumors that have filled the news in June have become true. Now more than two weeks into the transfer window, clubs have wasted no time finalizing deals. Here are the most noteworthy transfers thus far this window. Continue reading
