1 June 2003: at the Antas, FC Porto signed off in style: 2-0 v Sporting | OneFootball

On June 1, 2003, FC Porto closed the season at the Antas with a 2-0 win over Sporting CP in a Portuguese League match played in Porto.

The image from that day became associated with a group photograph of the team on the pitch, taken during the last match at the Antas in a hugely successful season for the Dragons. The game marked a campaign that had already secured the league title and the UEFA Cup, in a season that would later be completed with victory in the Portuguese Cup.

The win over Sporting reinforced the symbolic nature of the farewell to the historic Estádio das Antas during a particularly positive period in the club’s history. Against one of Portuguese football’s direct rivals, FC Porto ended a season of domestic and European success at home.

That 2-0 victory over the Lions therefore remains one of the defining moments of 2002/03: a farewell in a festive atmosphere, with the team gathered for the final photograph in a stadium that marked generations and in a season that remains in Porto fans’ memory.

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