André Villas-Boas Sworn In As FC Porto President

The ceremony starts at 12:00, at Estádio do Dragão, in Porto, and will culminate the entry into action of the new management bodies for the four-year period 2024-2028, elected on April 27th, with a clear triumph for list B in the most recent vote. disputed in the club's history.

André Villas-Boas will succeed Pinto da Costa as president of the board of directors of FC Porto, while António Tavares replaces José Lourenço Pinto as head of the General Assembly Board and Jorge Guimarães will give way to Angelino Ferreira on the Fiscal and Disciplinary Council.

Fernando Freire de Sousa was the first name nominated for the Superior Council, which has 20 effective members, of which 15 were elected by list B, four by the candidacy of Pinto da Costa (A) and one by the independent movement headed by the lawyer and professor university student Miguel Brás da Cunha (D), who only ran for the advisory body.

Villas-Boas became the 34th president in the history of FC Porto on April 27, by totaling 21,489 votes (80.28%) to prevail in the elections for the 'dragons' governing bodies, breaking a sequence of 15 mandates and 42 years of Pinto da Costa, who accumulated 5,224 (19.52%), with businessman and professor Nuno Lobo totaling 53 (0.2%).

The club's most popular election ever saw the participation of 26,876 members at Estádio do Dragão, with 73 blank votes and 37 invalid votes.

The unprecedented election of André Villas-Boas, aged 46, implies the end of the presidential 'reign' of Pinto da Costa, aged 86, who had already commanded FC Porto since April 17, 1982, becoming, since then, the manager with the most titles and longevity in world football.

In view of the deadlines imposed by the Commercial Companies Code and the Securities Market Code, only after the new governing bodies of the club have taken office can a General Shareholders' Meeting be called, 21 days in advance. minimum, for the investiture of the new composition of SAD, which has under its jurisdiction the administration of 'blue and white' professional football.