Football business

A plan by a Portuguese millionaire who made his fortune from chicken farming, to sell his shares in Benfica Football Club to a US tycoon, has been shown the red card by the football club itself. [...]

  Roberto Martínez, one of the leading lights in UK football over the first 15 years of this century, addressed members of the International Club of Portugal on Tuesday to talk about his [...]

Rui Costa has been re-elected to lead Portugal’s Benfica Football Club (SL Benfica) for a second four-year term. Among his pledges are to drum up revenues to €500 million while shaving €100 [...]

The President of Porto Football Club, Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, one of the most significant figures in Portuguese football died on Saturday at the age of 87 after a long battle against cancer. [...]

A leading Portuguese police inspector, who heads Portugal’s anti-corruption squad, says that the police are investigating how millions of euros that are invested in Portuguese football clubs come [...]

A decade ago, Portugal’s Professional Football League was on the brink of bankruptcy – rudderless and divided. Ten years later, celebrity referee Pedro Proença arrived and turned the ship [...]

Portugal’s Benfica Football Club (Benfica SAD) posted a negative net result of €31.36 million euros in 2023/24, according to economic and financial information reported to the Portuguese [...]

The US entrepreneur John Textor says he is no longer interested in becoming a major shareholder in Benfica football club, but now is interested in investing in FC Porto. The millionaire [...]

The leader of the ruling PS party in parliament has suggested that the Resolution Fund which was set up to support the capitalisation of Novobanco created after the collapse of Banco Espírito [...]

Portugal’s famous football club Sporting has already netted €40 million from floating 3,336 shares on the market which were eagerly snapped up by investors and fans. Half of the investors (56.4%) [...]