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2024 Taça De Portugal Final
The 2024 Taça de Portugal final was the last match of the 2023–24 Taça de Portugal, which decided the winner of the 84th season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier knockout cup competition in Portuguese football. It was played on 26 May 2024 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, between Primeira Liga sides Sporting CP and Porto. Sporting played their thirtieth final in the competition, having last appeared in the 2019 final when they defeated Porto on penalties for their seventeenth title. Porto played the decisive match for the 34th time and third consecutive season, having beaten Braga in the previous season's final to lift the trophy for the 19th time. Sporting and Porto have previously played each other in the Taça de Portugal final on five occasions, with Porto winning three and Sporting winning their most recent meeting in 2019. Porto went on to successfully defend their title and secure a third consecutive title by defeating Sporting 2–1, after extra time. Route ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023–24 Taça De Portugal
The 2023–24 Taça de Portugal (also known as Taça de Portugal Placard for sponsorship reasons) was the 84th edition of the Taça de Portugal, the premier knockout competition in Portuguese football. The winners qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League league stage. A total of 146 teams entered the cup. All teams from the top four tiers of the Portuguese football league system competed in this edition – excluding reserve or B teams, which were not eligible – together with representatives of the fifth-tier District leagues and cups. The competition began on 8 September 2023 with the first-round matches involving teams from the third, fourth and fifth tiers, and concluded on 26 May 2024 with the final at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras. Primeira Liga side Porto were the two-time defending champions, having beaten Braga 2–0 in the 2023 final. They would go on to successfully defend their title and secure a third consecutive title by defeating Sporting CP 2–1, aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western European Summer Time
Western European Summer Time (WEST, UTC+01:00) is a summer daylight saving time scheme, 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time and Coordinated Universal Time. It is used in: * the Canary Islands * Portugal (including Madeira but not the Azores) * the Faroe Islands The following countries also use the same time zone for their daylight saving time but use a different title: *United Kingdom, which uses British Summer Time (BST) *Ireland, which uses Irish Standard Time (IST) ( (ACÉ)). Also sometimes erroneously referred to as "Irish Summer Time" (). The scheme runs from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October each year. At both the start and end of the schemes, clock changes take place at 01:00 UTC+00:00. During the winter, Western European Time (WET, GMT+0 or UTC+00:00) is used. The start and end dates of the scheme are asymmetrical in terms of daylight hours: the vernal time of year with a similar amount of daylight to late October is mid-February, well before th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galeno
Wenderson Rodrigues do Nascimento Galeno (born 21 October 1997), commonly known as Galeno, is a Brazilian professional association football, footballer who plays as a winger (association football), winger for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli Saudi FC, Al-Ahli and the Brazil national football team, Brazil national team. After representing two Brazilian clubs, he has spent most of his career in Portugal, playing over 100 Primeira Liga games in two spells at Porto and for S.C. Braga, Braga, as well as loans at Portimonense S.C., Portimonense and Rio Ave F.C., Rio Ave. In the first quarter of 2025, he joined Saudi club Al-Ahli, where he won the AFC Champions League Elite in his debut season. Club career Early career Born in Barra do Corda, Maranhão, Galeno joined Trindade Atlético Clube, Trindade's youth setup in 2014. He made his senior debut for the club on 10 February 2016, playing the last 29 minutes and scoring a brace in a 3–0 away defeat of Associação Atlética Anapolina, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pepê (footballer, Born 1997)
Eduardo Gabriel Aquino Cossa (born 24 February 1997), commonly known as Pepê, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Primeira Liga club Porto and the Brazil national team. Mainly a winger, he can also play as a right-back. Formed at Foz do Iguaçu, he spent five years at Grêmio, where he made 144 appearances and scored 32 goals, while winning the Campeonato Gaúcho four consecutive times. Club career Foz do Iguaçu Born in Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná state, Pepê graduated from the youth academy of hometown club Foz do Iguaçu Futebol Clube and spent part of the 2016 season with Coritiba. Ahead of the 2015 season, he was promoted to the senior team. During the 2016 Paranaense, he scored three goals including a brace against Paraná. Grêmio On 4 April 2016, Pepê joined Série A side Grêmio. On 28 May 2017, he made his Série A debut, coming on as a substitute for Everton in a 4–3 victory against Sport Recife. On 3 December, he scored his first goal fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Conceição
Francisco Fernandes da Conceição (; born 14 December 2002) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Primeira Liga club Porto and the Portugal national team. Coming through Porto's youth system, Conceição was promoted to the first-team in 2021, winning a domestic double of the Primeira Liga and Taça de Portugal in 2022. In July 2022, he moved to Eredivise side Ajax, before returning to Porto in September 2023, on an initial one-year loan deal which was made permanent at the end of the season. He joined Juventus in August 2024 on an initial one-year loan deal wich was made permanent at the end of the season. Conceição is a former Portugal youth international, representing his country at various youth levels, being part of under-21 teams that finished as runners-up in the 2021 European Under-21 Championship. He made his senior international debut in 2024, representing Portugal at the UEFA Euro 2024. He won the UEFA Nations League in 2025. Club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nico González (footballer, Born 2002)
Nicolás González Iglesias (born 3 January 2002), sometimes known mononymously as Nico, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Manchester City. Club career Barcelona González was born in A Coruña, Galicia, and started his career with local side Montañeros at the age of seven. In December 2012, he agreed to a move to Barcelona, effective as of the following July. On 19 May 2019, aged just 17, González made his senior debut for the reserves, coming on as a late substitute for Kike Saverio in a 2–1 Segunda División B away loss against Castellón. In the 2020–21 season, he was initially a member of the ''Juvenil A'' before starting to feature regularly for the reserve team from November 2020 onwards. On 12 May 2021, González renewed his contract until 2024, with a €500 million buyout clause. After featuring in the main squad during the pre-season, he made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 15 August, replacing Serg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (association Football)
The captain of a association football, football/soccer team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband. In the 2024/25 edition of the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, it was made mandatory for each team to have a captain and for each captain to be identified by the previously traditional but non-mandatory captain's armband. Responsibilities The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game is to participate in the Coin flipping, coin toss prior to Kick-off (association football), kick-off (for choice of ends or to have kick-off) and prior to a penalty shoot-out (association football), penalty shoot-out. Captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Varela
Alan Gonzalo Varela (born 4 July 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defensive or central midfielder for Primeira Liga club Porto. Club career Boca Juniors Varela joined Boca Juniors in 2012 from Barcelona Luján; a subsidiary of Barcelona, who later became known as Barcelona Juniors following a partnership with Boca. After training with Boca's senior side during 2019, a year that also saw him sign his first professional contract, Varela made the breakthrough into Miguel Ángel Russo's first-team in 2020. He was an unused substitute seven times in all competitions between September and December, including for the first time on 17 September for a Copa Libertadores win over Libertad. Varela's senior debut came on 20 December in a Copa de la Liga Profesional game with Independiente. Porto On 16 August 2023, Primeira Liga club Porto announced the signing of Varela on a five-year contract, for a reported fee of €8 million + €3 million in performanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendell (footballer, Born 1993)
Wendell Nascimento Borges (born 20 July 1993), commonly known as Wendell, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club São Paulo and the Brazil national team. He began his career with Iraty, Londrina and Paraná of the Campeonato Paranaense and Campeonato Brasileiro Série B before transferring to Grêmio in 2013, where he debuted in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. In 2014 he signed for Bayer 04 Leverkusen of the German Bundesliga, playing 250 official games over seven years, a club record for a foreigner. He signed for Porto in 2021 for a fee of €4 million. Club career Early career Born in Fortaleza, Ceará, Wendell grew up in Camaçari near Salvador, Bahia. At age 14, he began his career at Iraty in Paraná. Remaining in the same state, he played for Londrina and Paraná Clube, the latter on loan in 2012 for the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B season. During Wendell's time at Londrina, he gained 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otávio (footballer, Born 2002)
Otávio Ataide da Silva (born 21 April 2002), known simply as Otávio, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Primeira Liga club Porto. Club career Flamengo During his youth career, Otávio played for Internacional and Flamengo. He made his professional debut for Flamengo's main team on 27 September 2020, starting in a 1–1 draw in a Série A match away at Palmeiras, after a COVID-19 outbreak ruled out most of the main squad. Sampaio Corrêa (loan) On 18 February 2022, Flamengo loaned Otávio to Série B club Sampaio Corrêa until the end of the 2022 season. However, he failed to break into the team, making just one appearance in the state championship and, in July 2022, the loan was cancelled and Otávio returned to Flamengo. Famalicão On 31 January 2023, Flamengo sent Otávio on loan to Portuguese Primeira Liga club Famalicão, until the end of the 2022–23 season. On 16 June 2023, he joined the side on a permanent deal, signin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
