This Friday, coach Artur Jorge extended his contract with Sporting de Braga for one more season, until June 30, 2025, the Minho club announced.
“The coach of Sporting de Braga, Artur Jorge, renewed his contractual relationship with the club, which will be valid until 2025,” reads the statement from the Braga crest.
Artur Jorge, 51, leads the main team of Sporting de Braga for the second consecutive season, after having achieved last season the highest score in the club’s history (78 points), which earned it third place in the I Liga .
Former captain and central defender of Sporting de Braga, he led the club’s youth ranks until reaching the main team, in the last five days of 2019/20, succeeding Custódio Castro and finishing the I Liga in third place, before returning to secondary training. Minho schools.
In the announcement of the renewal with the coach, Sporting de Braga, in addition to the specific record in the 2022/23 I Liga, also highlights the qualification for the group stage of the Champions League, for the third time in history, and the records for victories (35) and goals scored (107) in a sports season, as well as the coach who “fasterly achieved 50 victories for the club.”
This announcement comes two days after Braga lost 3-1 on their visit to Real Madrid in the Champions League, leaving the club in third place in Group C, with three points, nine from the meringues and four from the Naples, Italian champion, after four games.
In the I Liga, with 10 games played, Sporting de Braga remains in fourth place, with 20 points, eight behind the leader Sporting.
Source: TSF