O Jogo (Portuguese pronunciation: [u ˈʒoɣu]; English: The Game) is a Portuguese daily sport newspaper published in Porto.

O Jogo
Front page of O Jogo from 22 May 2008
TypeDaily Sports newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Global Media Group
Founded22 February 1985; 39 years ago (1985-02-22)
LanguagePortuguese
HeadquartersPorto
Circulation28,900 (2010)
Websitewww.ojogo.pt

History and profile

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O Jogo was first published on 22 February 1985 by the Jornal de Notícias company in Porto, and it is seen as appealing mainly to supporters of FC Porto,[1][2] being publicly criticized by Benfica,[3][4] suppressing the gap of the two other national sports newspapers, A Bola and Record. O Jogo has also a Lisbon edition.

O Jogo is published in tabloid format.[5] The paper was sold in 1995 to Lusomundo Media subsidiary Jornalinveste,[1] which was later absorbed into Controlinveste in 2005 after Lusomundo Media merged with Olivedesportos, before renaming itself as Global Media Group in 2015.

Circulation

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The circulation of O Jogo was 34,837 copies in 2002, 40,677 copies in 2003 and 49,809 copies in 2004.[6] The circulation of the paper was 44,878 copies in 2005, 41,473 copies in 2006 and 35,976 copies in 2007.[6] Its 2010 circulation was 28,900 copies.[7]

Player of the Year

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Player Club
2012
2013
2016
2017   Yacine Brahimi Porto
2018
2019   Bruno Fernandes Sporting CP

Teams of the Year

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Since 2012, O Jogo has organised the Team of the Year award, which distinguishes the best 11 players of the calendar year of the Primeira Liga.

2012

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Source:[8]

Pos. Player Club
GK   Helton Porto
RB   Maxi Pereira Benfica
CB   Nicolás Otamendi Porto
CB   Ezequiel Garay Benfica
LB   Alex Sandro Porto
DM   Fernando Porto
CM   Axel Witsel Benfica
CM   João Moutinho Porto
RW   James Rodríguez Porto
LW   Hulk Porto
CF   Jackson Martínez Porto
 

2013

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Source:[9]

Pos. Player Club
GK   Rui Patrício Sporting CP
RB   Danilo Porto
CB   Eliaquim Mangala Porto
CB   Ezequiel Garay Benfica
LB   Alex Sandro Porto
DM   Fernando Porto
CM   Enzo Pérez Benfica
CM   João Moutinho Porto
RW   James Rodríguez Porto
LW   Nicolás Gaitán Benfica
CF   Jackson Martínez Porto

2016

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Source:[10]

Pos. Player Club
GK   Ederson Benfica
RB   Nélson Semedo Benfica
CB   Victor Lindelöf Benfica
CB   Felipe Porto
LB   Álex Grimaldo Benfica
CM   João Mário Sporting CP
CM   Danilo Pereira Porto
CM   Adrien Silva Sporting CP
AM   Gelson Martins Sporting CP
CF   Jonas Benfica
CF   André Silva Porto
 

2017

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Source:[11]

Pos. Player Club
GK   Rui Patrício Sporting CP
RB   Ricardo Pereira Porto
CB   Iván Marcano Porto
CB   Felipe Porto
LB   Alex Telles Porto
DM   Danilo Pereira Porto
CM   Bruno Fernandes Sporting CP
RM   Gelson Martins Sporting CP
LM   Yacine Brahimi Porto
CF   Vincent Aboubakar Porto
CF   Bas Dost Sporting CP

References

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  1. ^ a b Prasidh Kumar Mishra (10 October 2010). Sports Journalism. Pinnacle Technology. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-61820-463-9.
  2. ^ "Benfica contra Oliveira, PT e Zon" [Benfica against [Joaquim] Oliveira, PT (Portugal Telecom) and ZON]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 4 September 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Comunicado: O Jogo e a falta de vergonha" [Press release: O Jogo and the lack of shame]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 13 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Comunicado" [Announcement]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 4 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  5. ^ "World Press Trends" (PDF). World Association of Newspapers. Paris. 2004. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  6. ^ a b Paulo Faustino. "Media Concentration, Market Dynamics and Pluralism of Information: the Portuguese case" (PDF). International Political Science Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  7. ^ Imprensa: Circulation Portugal 2010 Archived 11 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 22 August 2011 (pt)
  8. ^ "João Moutinho e mais dez craques" [João Moutinho and ten more aces]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 31 December 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  9. ^ "O melhor onze da I Liga" [The best eleven of the I League]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 1 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  10. ^ "Iniciativa O JOGO: eis o melhor onze de 2016" [O JOGO initiative: the best eleven of 2016]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 1 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  11. ^ "Iniciativa O JOGO: o onze do ano 2017" [The Game initiative: the eleven of 2017]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 1 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
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