FC Porto have 33 players on international duty over the next 14 days

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·22 September 2026

FC Porto have 33 players on international duty over the next 14 days

FC Porto will have 33 players involved in international duty over the next 14 days. Diogo Costa (Portugal), Jan Bednarek and Jakub Kiwior (Poland), Victor Froholdt (Denmark) and Trafim Melnichenka (Belarus) are part of their respective national teams for the opening matchdays of the Nations League group stage. Pablo Rosario (Dominican Republic) will be in action in the CONCACAF Nations League, while Inbeom Hwang (South Korea) and Santiago Gimenez (Mexico) have been called up for their national teams’ friendly matches.

At youth level, João Afonso, with Portugal’s under-21s, and Dominik Prpić, with Croatia’s under-21s, will compete in qualification for the 2027 European Championship. Gonçalo Ribeiro and Martim Cunha, both under-20s, will take part in the Elite League, while Domingos Muxito will represent Angola in the COSAFA Cup for that age group.

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Also called up were Martim Chelmik, Salvador Gomes, Bernardo Lima, Mateus Mide, Duarte Cunha, Cardoso Varela and Eduardo Ferreira for Portugal under-19s; Francisco Mendes, Francisco Ferreira, Rodrigo Teixeira and Gustavo Guerra for the under-18s; Salvador Oliveira, Gonçalo Fontes and António Pereira for the under-17s; and Luca Cocato, Salvador Valente, Simão Fonseca, Rodrigo Seca, Paulo Leite and Tiago Portugal for the under-16s. These players will face friendly matches and warm-up tournaments in Portugal.

Thursday, September 24

Friday, September 25

1:00am, CONCACAF Nations League: Dominican Republic-Nicaragua (Pablo Rosario)4:30pm, Under-21 Euro qualification: Bulgaria-Portugal (João Afonso)7:45pm, Nations League: Poland-Bosnia and Herzegovina (Jan Bednarek and Jakub Kiwior)

Saturday, September 26

1:00am, friendly: Mexico-Colombia (Santiago Gimenez)4:00pm, Under-21 Euro qualification: Croatia-Hungary (Dominik Prpić)5:00pm, Under-20 Elite League: Portugal-Poland (Gonçalo Ribeiro and Martim Cunha)7:45pm, Nations League: Albania-Belarus (Trafim Melnichenka)

Sunday, September 27

5:00pm, Nations League: Denmark-Wales (Victor Froholdt)7:45pm, Nations League: Norway-Portugal (Diogo Costa)

Monday, September 28

2:00am, CONCACAF Nations League: Trinidad and Tobago-Dominican Republic (Pablo Rosario)12:00pm, friendly: South Korea-Uruguay (Inbeom Hwang)7:45pm, Nations League: Sweden-Poland (Jan Bednarek and Jakub Kiwior)

Tuesday, September 29

11:00am, Under-20 Elite League: Portugal-Switzerland (Gonçalo Ribeiro and Martim Cunha)5:00pm, Nations League: Belarus-Finland (Trafim Melnichenka)6:15pm, Porto International Under-18 Tournament: Portugal-Uzbekistan (Francisco Mendes, Francisco Ferreira, Rodrigo Teixeira and Gustavo Guerra)

Wednesday, September 30

2:00am, friendly: Mexico-Peru (Santiago Gimenez)11:00am, Under-16 friendly: Portugal-Denmark (Luca Cocato, Salvador Valente, Simão Fonseca, Rodrigo Seca, Paulo Leite and Tiago Portugal)3:00pm, Under-17 friendly: Portugal-Saudi Arabia (Salvador Oliveira, Gonçalo Fontes and António Pereira)5:30pm, Under-19 friendly: Portugal-Netherlands (Martim Chelmik, Salvador Gomes, Bernardo Lima, Mateus Mide, Duarte Cunha, Cardoso Varela and Eduardo Ferreira)8:00pm, Under-21 Euro qualification: Portugal-Gibraltar (João Afonso)

Thursday, October 1

7:45pm, Nations League: Denmark-Portugal (Victor Froholdt and Diogo Costa)

Friday, October 2

1:00am, CONCACAF Nations League: Dominican Republic-Haiti (Pablo Rosario)12:00pm, friendly: South Korea-Venezuela (Inbeom Hwang)3:00pm, Under-20 Elite League: Portugal-Czechia (Gonçalo Ribeiro and Martim Cunha)5:00pm, Under-21 Euro qualification: Ukraine-Croatia (Dominik Prpić)5:15pm, Porto International Under-18 Tournament: Portugal-Romania (Francisco Mendes, Francisco Ferreira, Rodrigo Teixeira and Gustavo Guerra)7:45pm, Nations League: Poland-Romania (Jan Bednarek and Jakub Kiwior)

Saturday, October 3

11:00am, Under-16 friendly: Portugal-Romania (Luca Cocato, Salvador Valente, Simão Fonseca, Rodrigo Seca, Paulo Leite and Tiago Portugal)3:00pm, Under-17 friendly: Portugal-Qatar (Salvador Oliveira, Gonçalo Fontes and António Pereira)5:00pm, Nations League: Belarus-San Marino (Trafim Melnichenka)5:30pm, Under-19 friendly: Portugal-Denmark (Martim Chelmik, Salvador Gomes, Bernardo Lima, Mateus Mide, Duarte Cunha, Cardoso Varela and Eduardo Ferreira)

Sunday, October 4

3:00am, friendly: United States-Mexico (Santiago Gimenez)7:45pm, Nations League: Portugal-Norway (Diogo Costa)7:45pm, Nations League: Wales-Denmark (Victor Froholdt)

Monday, October 5

3:00am, CONCACAF Nations League: Nicaragua-Dominican Republic (Pablo Rosario)5:00pm, Porto International Under-18 Tournament: Portugal-Turkey (Francisco Mendes, Francisco Ferreira, Rodrigo Teixeira and Gustavo Guerra)7:45pm, Nations League: Bosnia and Herzegovina-Poland (Jan Bednarek and Jakub Kiwior)

Tuesday, October 6

11:00am, Under-16 friendly: Portugal-Turkey (Luca Cocato, Salvador Valente, Simão Fonseca, Rodrigo Seca, Paulo Leite and Tiago Portugal)12:00pm, friendly: South Korea-Uzbekistan (Inbeom Hwang)1:00pm, Under-17 friendly: Portugal-Denmark (Salvador Oliveira, Gonçalo Fontes and António Pereira)3:00pm, Under-19 friendly: Portugal-Austria (Martim Chelmik, Salvador Gomes, Bernardo Lima, Mateus Mide, Duarte Cunha, Cardoso Varela and Eduardo Ferreira)5:30pm, Under-21 Euro qualification: Portugal-Czechia (João Afonso)6:00pm, Under-21 Euro qualification: Lithuania-Croatia (Dominik Prpić)7:45pm, Nations League: Belarus-Finland (Trafim Melnichenka)