Pedro Silva, Luís Maximiano, Pedro Empis, Miguel Luís and Pedro Delgado for Portugal

A total of five Sporting CP players will feature in the Portuguese under-20 squad for the coming World Cup, being held from the 20th of May to the 11th of June in South Korea.

Portugal is in Group C, along with Iran, Zambia and Costa Rica.

Squad list in full:

Goalkeepers: Pedro Silva (SPORTING), Diogo Costa (FC Porto) and Luís Maximiano (SPORTING);

Defenders: Pedro Empis (SPORTING), Diogo Dalot (FC Porto), Yuri Ribeiro (Benfica), Rúben Dias (Benfica), Jorge Fernandes (FC Porto) and Ferro (Benfica);

Midfielders: Pedro Rodrigues (Benfica), Florentino (Benfica), Gedson Fernandes (Benfica), Miguel Luís (SPORTING), Pedro Delgado (SPORTING), Xadas (Sp. Braga), Diogo Gonçalves (Benfica), Buta (Benfica) and Bruno Costa (FC Porto);

Forwards: Alexandre Silva (Vitória de Guimarães), José Gomes (Benfica) and André Ribeiro (Zurich).

Pedro Silva on the weekend's Ledman LigaPro action against Gil Vicente

Sporting CP B keeper Pedro Silva sat down with the press this Friday to look ahead to the weekend's Ledman LigaPro action, which will see his side face Gil Vicente.

"Gil Vicente are a hard team, especially when they play on a good pitch. We want to turn things around as quickly as we can and winning is our only option", said the Sporting CP B shotstopper, continuing to speak about the recent change of management: "João de Deus going took us by surprise, but the club thought it was the best decision for what we need right now. We already know the new coach and we are sure things will work out well. Change always brings hope in football."

Pedro Silva, Luís Maximiano, Pedro Empis, Pedro Delgado and Ronaldo Tavares feature in Emílio Peixe's list

Sporting CP goalkeepers Pedro Silva and Luís Maximiano, the defender Pedro Empis, midfielder Pedro Delgado and the forward Ronaldo Tavares all feature in the latest Portugal under-20 squad list.

Emílio Peixe's side will take on South Korea on January the 25th of January at 15h00, as part of preparations for World Cup 2017.

Pedro Silva on Friday's B derby

Sporting CP B goalkeeper Pedro Silva was in the Academy press room this Tuesday to speak about Friday's Lisbon derby against Benfica B.

“We don't need any extra motivation for the big games. The rivalry already gives us that. Obviously we will be looking to win", said Silva, going on to brush off last weekend's loss to FC Porto B: "Every game is special, but the big games deserve an extra bit of attention. There is a bit of a mini competition between the B teams and we want to be up to the challenge."

Draw with Russia leaves Portugal needing a win

The national under-19 team were held by Russia this weekend, on matchday two of Euro Elite Round Group 6.

With Alvalade stars Com Pedro Silva and Pedro Empis in Emílio Peixe's starting line-up, Portugal were actually leading 1-0 at the break, courtesy of a goal form Pedro Delgado (41’). However, the Russians managed to split the points with a last minute strike from Obolski.

The result means that Portugal must win on Tuesday if they are to move on in to the European Championship Finals.

Portugal open Euro qualifiers with dominating display

The national under-19 team opened their Euro Elite Round campaign off to a convincing start this week with a 4-0 win against Sweden in Vila do Conde.

With Alvalade stars Pedro Silva and Pedro Empis in the starting line-up, Portugal were already 3-0 up at half-time, courtesy of Alexandre Silva (13’) and Buta (23’ and 24’). Gonçalo Rodrigues finished off the scoresheet in the 64th minute.

The winner of each group will qualify for the Euro finals, to be played in Germany.

First under-20 training camp of the year

Goalkeeper Pedro Silva, the defender Ivanildo Fernandes and the midfielder Rafael Barbosa have all been called up by Edgar Borges for the first under-20 national football team training camp of the year, being held in Rio Maior.

The squad will gather at 14h30 on Monday for a total of four training sessions.

Portugal put four past Greece in Euro qualification tournament

The national under-19 squad finished Group 7 of the the European Championship Qualification Tournament in the best way possible this weekend, beating Greece 4-0 in Viseu.

Alvalade youngers Pedro Silva and Pedro Empis (substituted in the 66th minute for Fernando Fonseca) both started for Emílio Peixe's side, while Bubacar Djaló was introduced to the action with 13 minutes left on the clock in place of Renato Sanches. On target for Portugal were Gonçalo Rodrigues (15’), Rúben Dias (33’), Renato Sanches (70’) and Alexandre Silva (87’).

The result sees Portugal finish the mini tournament with three wins in three matches, having scored 10 and conceded none.

Also qualified for the next phase are Greece, Croatia, Montenegro, England, Italy, Turkey, Ukraine, Israel, Denmark, France, Holland Czech Republic, Serbia, Belgium and Sweden.

Portugal geating up for Euro Qualification Tournament

The national under-19 coach Emílio Peixe has included three Sporting players in his squad for the coming European Championship 2016 Qualification tournament.

Goalkeeper Pedro Silva, left-back Pedro Empis and defensive midfielder Bubacar Djaló are the Alvalade trio who will feature against Moldova (Nelas Municipal Stadium, 10th of November), Lithuania (Fontelo Municipal stadium, 12th of December) and Greece (Fontelo Municipal Stadium, 15th of November).

Squad list in full: Carlos Alves, Fábio Duarte, Pedro Silva; David Sualehe, Fernando Fonseca, TFrancisco Ferreira, Jorge Fernandes, Ruben Dias, Yuri Ribeiro, Bubacar Djaló, Gonçalo Rodrigues, João Carvalho, Pedro Empis, Pedro Rodrigues, Pedro Delgado, Renato Sanches, Alexandre Silva, André Ribeiro, Buta, Diogo Gonçalves and Luís Mata.

Sporting B shotstopper ahead of visit to Santa Clara

Sporting B travel to the Azores this weekend to take on Santa Clara, on II Liga matchday 12. Speaking with radio journalists before the trip to the Portuguese archipelago, goalkeeper Pedro Silva affirmed that his side is more than prepare to claim the three points.

“Unfortunately we are not going thought a good spell of results. We have been playing well, but we just haven’t been scoring. We want to get back to where we were. Santa Clara are a tough side, especially when they are playing at home. It is always hard to play away from home for us and the fans really give us a hard time.”

Santa Clara-Sporting B will get underway at 16h00GMT on Sunday, in Estádio de São Miguel.