O Jogo Explained

O Jogo
Type:	Daily Sports newspaper
Format:	Tabloid
Owners:	Global Media Group
Language:	Portuguese
Circulation:	28,900 (2010)
Headquarters:	Porto

O Jogo (pronounced as /pt/; English: The Game) is a Portuguese daily sport newspaper published in Porto.

History and profile

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

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

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

Teams of the Year

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

Source:^[8]

Pos.	Player	Club
GK		Porto
RB		Benfica
CB		Porto
CB		Benfica
LB		Porto
DM		Porto
CM
CM
RW
LW
CF		Porto

2013

Source:^[9]

Pos.	Player	Club
GK		Sporting CP
RB		Porto
CB		Porto
CB		Benfica
LB		Porto
DM		Porto
CM
CM
RW
LW
CF		Porto

2016

Source:^[10]

Pos.	Player	Club
GK		Benfica
RB		Benfica
CB		Benfica
CB		Porto
LB		Benfica
CM		Sporting CP
CM
CM
AM
CF
CF		Porto

2017

Source:^[11]

Pos.	Player	Club
GK		Sporting CP
RB		Porto
CB		Porto
CB		Porto
LB		Porto
DM
CM		Sporting CP
RM
LM		Porto
CF		Porto
CF

Notes and References

Book: Prasidh Kumar Mishra. Sports Journalism. 10 October 2010. Pinnacle Technology. 978-1-61820-463-9. 167.
Web site: Benfica contra Oliveira, PT e Zon . Benfica against [Joaquim] Oliveira, PT (Portugal Telecom) and ZON. pt. 4 September 2012. Correio da Manhã. 12 January 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130304055609/http://www.novidadestv.com/2012/09/04/benfica-contra-oliveira-pt-e-zon. 4 March 2013 .
Web site: Comunicado: O Jogo e a falta de vergonha. Press release: O Jogo and the lack of shame. 13 January 2014. pt. S.L. Benfica. 12 January 2014.
Web site: Comunicado . pt. Announcement. 4 February 2015. S.L. Benfica. 5 February 2015.
Web site: World Press Trends. World Association of Newspapers. 15 February 2015. Paris. 2004.
Web site: Paulo Faustino. Media Concentration, Market Dynamics and Pluralism of Information: the Portuguese case. International Political Science Association. 4 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000251/http://paperroom.ipsa.org/papers/paper_16597.pdf. 4 March 2016. dead.
http://www.ligateamedia.pt/LigateaMedia/Artigos/Imprensa/ArticleItem.aspx?tabid=2414&code=pt&ItemId=315 Imprensa: Circulation Portugal 2010
News: João Moutinho e mais dez craques. João Moutinho and ten more aces. O Jogo. pt. 31 December 2012. 12 February 2013.
News: O melhor onze da I Liga. The best eleven of the I League. O Jogo. pt. 1 January 2014. 1 January 2014.
News: Iniciativa O JOGO: eis o melhor onze de 2016. O JOGO initiative: the best eleven of 2016. O Jogo. pt. 1 January 2017. 4 January 2017.
News: Iniciativa O JOGO: o onze do ano 2017. The Game initiative: the eleven of 2017. O Jogo. pt. 1 January 2018. 2 January 2018.