FC Porto plot 2026/27: pre-season start date revealed | OneFootball

The 2025/26 season ended in a celebratory mood for FC Porto after winning the national championship, but at the Dragão the focus is already fully on next season.

The blue-and-white hierarchy, led by André Villas-Boas, is putting the finishing touches on every detail of the pre-season, and a date has already been set for the return to work.

According to information reported by A BOLA, the national champions will return to the CTFD Jorge Costa in Olival on July 1, in what will be the first session led by Francesco Farioli as preparations begin for 2026/27.

The first day should be reserved mainly for fitness assessments and medical examinations, the usual procedure at this stage of the season, but the bid to retain the title officially begins at that moment. Within the club, there is a belief that a strong season is built from the very way it is prepared over the summer.

With that in mind, Francesco Farioli is said to have left a very clear message to the squad before the start of the holidays.

The Italian coach wants the players to use this period to recover physically and mentally, spend time with their families, and switch off from competitive pressure, without forgetting the demands and responsibility of representing FC Porto.

At the same time, the details of the pre-season training camp are also still being worked out, and it is expected to once again take place outside Portugal during July.

Austria is once again emerging as one of the main possibilities, after hosting the Dragons over the last two seasons, first in Bad Tatzmannsdorf and then in Aigen im Ennstal.

However, the blue-and-white hierarchy is also evaluating other alternatives and, according to what has been learned, Germany and England are also on the table. FC Porto have not held a training camp on German soil since 2016, still in the era of Nuno Espírito Santo, while the last preparation in England dates back to 2014, when the team was coached by Julen Lopetegui.

The intention of the club’s decision-makers is to hold the camp with some new faces already integrated into the squad, at a time when the club remains active in the market and is preparing several moves to strengthen the team.

After regaining the national title, FC Porto now want to consolidate Francesco Farioli’s project, mount a successful title defense, and reassert themselves in the Champions League.

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