Portuguese Football in English
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Porto punish Estoril 4-0 to make it 10 straight wins in Liga Portugal
Porto maintained their perfect start in Liga Portugal after a regulation 4-0 win against Estoril at Estádio do Dragão. It took only four minutes for...
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Benfica win 3-1 in Estoril but Eagles’ undefeated season ends in Europa League spot
Benfica cruised to a 3-1 victory in Estoril to earn the unenviable record of going undefeated in Liga Portugal and finishing third. It was an...
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Benfica maintain pressure on league leaders with Vangelis Pavlidis’ hat-trick giving Eagles vital 3-1 victory against bold Estoril side
Benfica 3-1 Estoril Praia Saturday’s match between Benfica and Estoril was always going to be a thrilling encounter between two of Portugal’s most...
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Estoril Praia beat Arouca in seven-goal thriller
Estoril scored four goals for the second successive week to beat Arouca 4-3 in a thriller at the Estádio António Coimbra da Mota to jump up to 8th...
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Estoril Praia off the mark with a 3-1 victory over AFS
In a match that pitted together two teams yet to win in 2025-26 on a sunny September afternoon in Estoril, it was the home side that came out on...
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Gabriel Silva penalty sees Santa Clara beat Estoril
Santa Clara collected their first Liga Portugal win of the season with a second-half penalty by Gabriel Silva enough to earn the Azoreans all three...
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Kévin Boma – Estoril Praia’s rising defensive talisman
Kévin Boma is a 22-year-old Togolese centre-back, already capped six times by his national team. He arrived in Portugal in 2024/25 to join Estoril...
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Talk of the Town: Estoril Praia
PortuGOAL’s “Talk of the Town” series is back! The feature this time focuses on Estoril Praia on the back of a highly commendable season for the...
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Ian Cathro in his own words
“I really want the people who come to watch Estoril to enjoy the game.” Ian Cathro, Estoril Praia coach, 19 February 2025. Nothing could be simpler....
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Estoril Praia 2024/25: a season of two halves
Estoril Praia came into the season with an overhauled squad and a certain degree of trepidation among the fanbase, or at best a step into the...
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Six things to do in Estoril
Estoril makes for an ideal base from where you can explore the Lisbon coast, the Portuguese capital, the pretty seaside town of Cascais, and the...
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A brief history/overview of Estoril Praia
Estoril Praia was founded in 1939 by Fausto Cardoso de Figueiredo, a hugely important figure in the history of the town of Estoril and council of...
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Eagles soar after key home win over Estoril in the Primeira Liga
Benfica 3-1 Estoril Benfica have kept the pressure on Sporting at the top of the Primeira Liga table after returning to winning ways at home to...
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Porto made to sweat after Sporting triumph
FC Porto have held onto their six-point-lead at the top of the Primeira Liga table after overcoming Moreirense 1-0 away from home. The Dragons took...
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Winter of comebacks dominate Portuguese transfer window
Calling on big names and even bigger figures, the January transfer window swept through Europe in its best efforts to change the course of the...
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First taste of defeat for Sporting sets Porto three points clear
Sporting have fallen three points behind FC Porto in the race for the Primeira Liga title after losing their first league game of the season 3-2 to...
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Porto remain firm in first as Braga come out on top in fourth-place tussle
FC Porto have held onto their shared ownership of the Primeira Liga top spot after doing their business in a 3-0 victory away to Portimonense, hours...
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First league draw sees Benfica overtaken by Porto and Sporting
Benfica have been leapfrogged at the top of the Primeira Liga table after surrendering a lead late on to draw 1-1 away to Estoril Praia, this...
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Benfica prolong 100% win record with Porto and Sporting in hot pursuit
Benfica have extended their run of consecutive victories in the Primeira Liga this season to six after defeating Boavista 3-1 at the Estádio da Luz...
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FC Porto left waiting following Benfica and Sporting wins
Braga's form has been slept on for sometime now but, with Benfica coming to town defending just a three-point-advantage over the fourth-placed side,...