FC Porto: season ticket revenue up €3 million under Villas-Boas | OneFootball

«There are more and more Porto fans passionate about their club.» With this statement, André Villas-Boas highlights the strengthening of associativism at FC Porto, one of the high points in the presentation of the SAD accounts, which this Wednesday revealed a record net profit of 39.2 million euros.

For the first time, FC Porto sold all the annual seats at the Estádio do Dragão, selling out the 31,665 available seats (the capacity is around 50,000) and already having more than fifty people on the waiting list.

In comparison, in 2024/25, 27,622 annual seats were sold, and in 2023/24 – the last year of the previous management – there were 22,782. In revenues related to annual seats, the amount reached 6.5 million euros in 2024/25, an increase of 41% compared to 4.6 million in 2023/24. In the current season, revenue rose 17% compared to the previous year, reaching 7.6 million euros. In summary, in just over a year, the administration of André Villas-Boas managed to increase this category by about three million euros.

When considering all ticket sales – including annual seats and match-by-match tickets – revenues grew by 15%, rising from 11.9 million euros in 2023/24 to 13.6 million in 2024/25. In the area of corporate hospitality, corresponding to boxes with a 100% occupancy rate, the growth was more moderate, around 7%, with revenues increasing from 9.8 million in 2023/24 to 10.6 million in 2024/25.

«More passionate Porto fans» translates into growth in the number of members

The increase in members has also been notable: this season, FC Porto has 160,486 members, an increase of 14% compared to the 140,317 registered at the end of 2024/25, the first season of Villas-Boas, who had already achieved a 12% growth compared to the last year of the Pinto da Costa administration, when the number of members stood at 125,739.

For comparison, Sporting announced in June this year a total of 179,208 members, after renumbering, while Benfica announced in February the issuance of member card number 400,000.

«We must thank the members for the respect they have shown towards this administration and the club. For the growth of associativism, which is organic, as it happens before we launch any recruitment campaign. There are more and more Porto fans passionate about their club. More and more are registering as members, buying more annual seats, and attending more games,» stated Villas-Boas during the presentation of the SAD accounts for the 2024/25 fiscal year, held on Wednesday morning in the auditorium of the Estádio do Dragão.

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