FC Porto will comply with the ban on the cheerleader sectors at the reception to the Academic of Viseu, on Wednesday, in the final rooms of the League Cup, the club said. The measure covers the Dragon Stadium areas for organized groups of Super Dragons and Ultras 95 fans.
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24/10/2026
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O FC Porto will fulfill the ban on the sectors of cheerleaders in reception to the Academic of Viseu, on Wednesday, in the final rooms of the Cup of the Football League, informed the club.
In a note published on the official website of the club on the Internet, on Friday, FC Porto confirmed the fulfillment of the sanction of a game, which covers the zones of the Dragon Stadium, in Porto, designated to the organized groups of fans Super Dragons and Collective Ultras 95.
The club also assured that it will contact members with an annual seat in the sectors covered and the supporters who purchased tickets to those locations, to repay the amount corresponding to the game, in terms and deadlines to be disclosed in due time.
The ban was the result of a disciplinary process of the Discipline Council of the Portuguese Football Federation, concerning the incidents on the benches during Sporting-FC Porto, the fourth day of the edition 2025/26 of the I Liga, on August 30, 2025, at José de Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon.
At the time of the first goal of FC Porto, of a match that the ‘dragons’ would win by 2-1, there was a break in glass from the body guard of the area where the visiting fans were, on the top floor of the bench, which eventually hit the Leon fans who were below, with 17 of them being injured.
The FC Porto faces the Academic of Viseu, counting to the final rooms of the League Cup, next Wednesday, from 20:30, in the Stadium of the Dragon, in Porto.