Pedro Proença: FC Porto are a benchmark in Portugal and worldwide | OneFootball

FC Porto once again saw its training in men's football recognized as a center of excellence, obtaining a five-star certification for the 2024/25 season. The distinction was awarded at a ceremony at the Vila do Conde Municipal Theater, which honored a total of 258 training entities from AF Porto.

Present at the event, the president of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF), Pedro Proença, praised the blue and white club, describing it as «a reference in national and international terms». For the federation leader, this top classification is the «natural recognition» of the work developed by the dragons.

«FC Porto is a reference, not only in national terms but also internationally. Therefore, this recognition, which I would say is natural, of five stars, at the highest level of the Portuguese Football Federation, clearly shows the work that has been done, not only in training, in investments in infrastructure and in its capacity building, which then culminates in its ultimate affirmation in winning titles», stated Pedro Proença.

In turn, José Neves, president of AF Porto, highlighted the role of FC Porto as «a very big lever and spring» for football in the district and valued the club's recent investment in women's football and futsal, considering that this initiative «brought what was missing to the city and to the Porto Football Association».

«FC Porto is a lever, a very big spring in all this. FC Porto, with women's football and futsal, brought what was missing to the Porto district, what was missing to the city of Porto, and what was missing to the Porto Football Association, which was to have its affiliate, but also its founder, with women's football, with futsal and with these modalities», declared José Neves.

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