Portal dos Dragões
·19 October 2025
Women's team edge Famalicão 4-3 in promotion battle

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·19 October 2025
FC Porto’s women’s team defeated Famalicão 4-3 on matchday four of the National Second Division Championship, maintaining their unbeaten lead in the Northern Series. The club has 12 points, with 13 goals scored and only three conceded. Still in the first half, Maria Ferreira, Lara Perruca, an own goal, and Lily Bryant put the blue and whites ahead.
At the end of a week in which she was called up to the U-23 national team, Maria Ferreira scored her first league goal for FC Porto, converting on the rebound from a penalty in the 5th minute. Famalicão briefly turned the score around with two goals in two minutes (23’ and 25’), but Lara Perruca leveled it at 28’. Lily Bryant stood out by forcing the visitors’ own goal at 35’ and assisting Eliza Turner for 4-2 at 38’. In first-half stoppage time, from the penalty spot, the Minho side reduced the deficit to 4-3, sealing the final score.
Daniel Chaves started with: Bárbara Marques, Ema Gonçalves, Mariana Queirós (replaced by Joana Ferreira, 53’), Mariana Azevedo, Lara Filipe, Eliza Turner, Angeline da Costa, Inês Oliveira (Maria Negrão, 53’), Maria Ferreira, Lily Bryant, and Lara Perruca (Cristina Ferreira, 75’).
On the bench were the following options: Cora Brendle, Karoline Lima, Joana Ferreira, Matilde Vaz, Catarina Pereira, Maria Negrão, Beatriz Amorim, Cristina Ferreira, and Verónica Khudyakova.
An international break now follows. Upon resumption, scheduled for the weekend of November 1 and 2, FC Porto will travel to CF Oliveira do Douro Stadium, a Gaia-based club competing in the fourth division.
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.
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