Porto’s third-best Primeira Liga start, ninth in all competitions | OneFootball

FC Porto secured today its third-best start in the I Liga (in 92 editions), by achieving its seventh victory, and also recorded the ninth-best season start in the club's history across all competitions, totaling eight wins.

In the national competition, whose first edition dates back to 1934/35, the 'blue and whites' only did better in 1939/40, with 13 consecutive victories under the command of Hungarian Mihaly Siska, and in 2007/08, when they started with eight wins led by Jesualdo Ferreira – both seasons ended with the title.

Interestingly, the best record occurred in a season where the 'dragons' shouldn't have even participated: after finishing third in the Porto Regional, when only the top two advanced to the I Liga, but, according to the 'chronicles' of the time, the Portuguese Football Federation expanded the competition from eight to 10 clubs to include them.

In that season, the 'blue and whites' only failed to win one match, losing 4-3 in Alvalade on the 14th matchday; in 2007/08 the series ended at Dragão with a 1-1 draw against Belenenses, managed by Jorge Jesus. In 2017/18, Sérgio Conceição also had seven initial wins, being then halted in Alvalade with a goalless draw against the 'lions'.

At the start of 2025/26, FC Porto won all seven I Liga matches played so far: Vitória de Guimarães (3-0, at home), Gil Vicente (2-0, away), Casa Pia (4-0, at home), Sporting (2-1, away), Nacional (1-0, at home), Rio Ave (3-0, away) and Arouca (4-0, away).

With the rout in Arouca – with goals from the Spaniard Samu (12′), the Turk Deniz Gül (51′), Francisco Moura (60′) and the Nigerian Zaidu (85′) -, the Italian newcomer Francesco Farioli equaled the record of Sérgio Conceição, who in 2017/18 also started the I Liga with seven victories.

Counting all competitions, Farioli's squad has eight wins in eight games – including the opening victory in the Europa League group stage (1-0 in Salzburg) – a start that ranks in the club's top-10, whose first participation dates back to 1913/14. The eight consecutive wins match the record of 1927/28 and constitute the best mark in an early season phase in 14 years, since 2010/11, when the club started with 11 wins under the current president (1 Super Cup + 6 I Liga + 4 Europa League).

The best starts for FC Porto remain the 14 victories of 1932/33 (12 in the Porto Regional Championship and 2 in the Portuguese Championship) and 1937/38 (10 in the Porto Regional and 4 in the I Liga).

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