Newly appointed FC Porto president Andre Villas-Boas will succeed Pinto da Costo as leader of SAD on May 28, the General Assembly of the society responsible for Porto’s professional football announced on Tuesday.
According to the notice published by the President of the Council of the General Assembly, José Lourenço Pinto, the session will take place in three weeks, at 11:30 am, in the auditorium of the Dragao stadium in Porto, and will include six points. on the agenda.
In addition to discussing the election of new governing bodies of the DAD Administration, the General Assembly Council, the Finance Council, the Advisory Council or the Remuneration Committee, the appointment of the Official Auditor will be formalized.
Elected on April 27, given the significant victory of list B in the most popular vote in the history of FC Porto, the new governing bodies of the club took office this Tuesday for the four-year period 2024-2028 in a meeting that ended with the decision of Villas. -Speech by Boas, which contains a request for the early resignation of the leaders of the SAD from their current positions.
Considering the deadlines set by the Code of Commercial Companies and the Code of the Securities Market, only after taking office in the club could a general meeting of shareholders be convened, no less than 21 days in advance, to inaugurate the new SAD team. a scenario that postpones the intentions of the former coach of the Porto football team, as well as the lack of resignations in the current management.
The handover will take place at the end of the month, two days after the Portuguese Cup final, in which Porto will face recent champions Sporting at the Estadio Nacional in Oeiras and attempt to win the Portuguese Cup. followed by the trophy for the third time.
This Tuesday, Pinto da Costa expressed his desire to symbolically follow this match on the Dragons’ bench, despite serving a 35-day suspension due to criticism of the refereeing after the defeat of Sergio Conceiço’s team in the visit to Estoril. Praia (1-0), March 30, as part of the 27th round of the I League.
This sanction applies to the technical areas of the facilities and extends beyond the date of the Portuguese Cup final, but the current President of FC Porto SAD can appeal it before the full Disciplinary Board of the Portuguese Football Federation, and this appeal will have a suspensive effect on the original decision determined by the professional department of this organ.
If the plenary upholds the current 35-day ban, Pinto da Costa also has the option of submitting a precautionary measure to the Court of Arbitration for Sport which, if accepted, would allow the leader to be present on the National Stadium pitch. .
Andre Villas-Boas became the 34th president in the history of FC Porto on April 27, winning 21,489 votes (80.28%) in the Dragons’ governing body elections, breaking Pinto’s streak of 15 terms and 42 years in office . da Costa with 5,224 (19.52%) and businessman and professor Nuno Lobo with 53 (0.2%).
The club’s most popular election ever saw 26,876 members take part at the Stadio Dragau, with 73 blank votes and 37 invalid votes.
The inauguration of Andre Villas-Boas, 46, marks the end of the presidential “reign” of 86-year-old Pinto da Costa, who first took office on April 23, 1982 and has since gone on to manage the most titles and longevity in world football.
In those 15,355 days, at all levels, Porto won 2,591 titles in 21 sports, 68 of which were in senior men’s football, including seven international ones.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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