FC Porto U15s begin pre-season with José Miranda and 32 players | OneFootball

FC Porto began preparations for the 2026/27 season with the under-15 team, the current national champions, holding their first training session under José Miranda. The session took place at the CTFD Jorge Costa, in Olival, after the players had completed the usual medical examinations. In total, 32 players took to the synthetic pitch for the start of pre-season.

José Miranda will have Nuno Maia, José Semedo, Pedro Santos and Miguel Moreira as assistant coaches. Igor Bastos will be the goalkeeping coach, while André Oliveira will take charge of physical preparation.

“We feel the group is in a good place. They are very excited to begin this new cycle at under-15 level. We gave them a message that runs across the whole club, a message of great passion for what we do. We want them to feel that we are all here to help them develop and, one day, we want to see each of them in the first team and fully adapted to FC Porto’s winning mentality and victorious environment,” José Miranda told the blue-and-white club’s media.

“Representing this club, in whatever role, is always a privilege. Right now I am the head coach of the under-15s, but I have already been a coordinator and have also held other roles. Nothing changes, the standards and ambition are the same and, therefore, I expect another successful year with a lot of development. This generation has always seemed very competitive to me and I know they take special pleasure in playing well and representing FC Porto,” added the coach.

The players who began FC Porto under-15s’ pre-season

Goalkeepers: Alex Demianciuc, Daniel Alves, Francisco Silva and Tiago Santos;

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