First Portuguese Football Players Fund


First Portuguese Football Players Fund was an investment fund dedicated for football. Unlike Serie A and Premier League, third-party ownership is allowed in Portugal. Clubs sold part of the economic rights of their current players to the fund for cash to re-invest on new signing. Clubs also partnered with the fund to sign new players. It was set up by First Portuguese SGPS S.A.,. and a year later became Orey Financial. The company also set up Football Fund PSV Management BV in 2006 and forest fund as well as other field.
The FC Porto section of the fund increased 37.82% in summer 2004, after Ricardo Carvalho, Paulo Ferreira, Deco and Pedro Mendes were sold by Porto for a total €74 million; the Sporting CP and Boavista sections that year, meanwhile, were minus 8.87% and minus 3% respectively.
The fund closed in January 2008 after a new FIFA Regulation on the Status and Transfer of Players came in force on 1 January 2008, which the article 18bis wrote: "No club shall enter into a contract which enables any other party to that contract or any third party to acquire the ability to influence in employment and transfer-related matters its independence, its policies or the performance of its teams."

Porto players

The follow transaction were known:
DateNameNationalityPercentageMoving fromMoving toFee
Portugal16.67%PortoThe Fund€6.165M
Guinea–Bissau16.67%PortoThe Fund€6.165M
Portugal16.67%PortoThe Fund€6.165M
Portugal16.67%PortoThe Fund€6.165M
Portugal13.33%PortoThe Fund€6.165M
Portugalreported 12.5%PortoThe Fund€6.165M
Portugalreported 10%PortoThe Fund€6.165M
Portugalreported 16.67%PortoThe Fund€6.165M
Portugalreported 1.67%PortoThe Fund€6.165M
Brazil10%PortoThe Fund€6.165M
South Africa13.33%PortoThe Fund€6.165M
Portugalreported 10%The Fund Chelseareported €2M
Portugalreported 1.67%The Fund Barcelonareported €350,000
Portugalreported 16.67%The Fund Tottenham Hotspurreported €500,000
Portugalreported 12.5%The Fund Chelseareported €3.75M
Portugal9%PortoThe Fund€2.5M
Brazil8.5%PortoThe Fund€2.5M
Brazil2.5%PortoThe Fund€2.5M
Portugal10%PortoThe Fund€2.5M
Greece8%PortoThe Fund€2.5M
Brazil2.5%The Fund CorinthiansUndisclosed
Greece8%The Fund Dynamo Moscow€800,000
Brazil8.5%The Fund Werder Bremen€510,000
Portugal16.67%The Fund Werder BremenUndisclosed
Portugal13.33%The Fund VfL WolfsburgUndisclosed
South Africa13.33%The Fund Blackburn RoversUndisclosed
Portugal10%The FundPortoUndisclosed
Brazil10%The FundPortoUndisclosed
Portugal9%The FundPorto€1.7M
Portugal16.67%The FundPorto€1.7M
Guinea–Bissau16.67%The FundPorto€1.7M
Portugal16.67%The FundPorto€1.7M

Sporting CP players

Boavista players