Villas-Boas: “We’re very close to 190,000 members and want 200,000” | OneFootball

André Villas-Boas, president of FC Porto, used this Saturday’s 25th anniversary of the FC Porto Supporters’ Club of Chaves to set an ambitious goal for the club’s membership base. Pleased with the growth recorded since 2024, he set the bar at 200,000 members and said he wants to “reach 200,000 members as quickly as possible”.

Speaking to the Porto supporters gathered to mark the occasion, André Villas-Boas presented the rise in membership numbers as a sign of FC Porto’s strength both in Portugal and abroad. The message was one of confidence, but also of progression: first 200,000, then 250,000.

Addressing the membership trend, the president highlighted annual growth of around 20% since 2024. The club is, he explained, very close to 190,000 members, even before launching new recruitment campaigns.

“We are very pleased with the momentum surrounding membership at FC Porto, which has been growing by around 20% a year since 2024. Therefore, we are very close to reaching 190,000 members, representing different regions of the country as well as abroad,” he said. “We have a very clear objective of reaching 200,000 members as quickly as possible, and all this without yet having innovated or launched campaigns to recruit new members. Therefore, FC Porto wants to consolidate its position, particularly its membership position.”

The picture painted by Villas-Boas is of a growing and geographically diverse membership base. The absence, so far, of specific campaigns leaves room to accelerate growth that the board wants to turn into an increasingly solid position.

The president also announced a future renumbering of members, aimed at bringing greater balance to the figures and offering a real perspective on the numbers. Even so, he made it clear that this process does not alter the targets that have been set.

“In any case, that does not move us away from the goal of quickly reaching 200,000 members and then 250,000. That is our objective,” he stressed.

The renumbering will make it possible to clarify the true size of the membership base, without reducing the ambition behind the plan. Villas-Boas thus set out a clear sequence: quickly reach 200,000 members and then move on to 250,000.

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