Sandra Madureira sues FC Porto, seeks €30,000 | OneFootball

Sandra Madureira, wife of Fernando Madureira, former leader of the Super Dragões who was convicted in Operation Pretoriano, has filed a civil lawsuit against FC Porto, demanding payment of 30,000 euros.

The case was filed on 12 May and assigned the following day, 13 May, by random draw, to Porto’s Local Civil Court, Judge 2. The action is proceeding under the ordinary procedure and names the blue-and-white club as the defendant.

It should be recalled that, at a General Assembly held on 22 November 2025, after members rejected the appeal submitted by Sandra Madureira, the sanction proposed by the club’s Fiscal and Disciplinary Council was confirmed, determining her expulsion as a member of FC Porto. The vote ended with 908 votes in favor of upholding the penalty, 710 against, 60 abstentions, and three null or blank votes. The specific grounds of the lawsuit filed by Sandra Madureira against the Porto club are not officially known, but at the time she admitted she might take the matter to court in an attempt to reverse the decision.

The lawsuit comes at a particularly sensitive time in the relationship between FC Porto and former figures linked to the Super Dragões, following the judicial developments in Operation Pretoriano, a case in which Fernando Madureira was convicted.

The former leader of the Super Dragões was initially sentenced to three years and nine months in prison, a sentence that was later reduced by the Porto Court of Appeal to three years and four months. Following that decision, and because the maximum period of pretrial detention applicable to the case had been exceeded, Fernando Madureira was ultimately released.

His release, however, did not mean the end of the conviction. The decision had not yet become final, and if it does become definitive, Madureira may have to return to prison to serve the remainder of his sentence, minus the time already spent in custody.

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