What is Canal 11?
Canal 11 is the television channel of the Federação Portuguesa de Futebol (FPF). UEFA reported on 8 September 2020: “O Canal 11, da Federação Portuguesa de Futebol (FPF), primeiro canal televisivo operado por uma federação-membro da UEFA, celebrou o seu primeiro aniversário em Agosto de 2020.” That is, UEFA described it as the first television channel operated by one of its member associations.[1]
The FPF's own home page, as retrieved on 26 September 2026, links to it at canal11.pt.[2]
The FPF's consolidated accounts for 2023/2024, signed in Lisbon on 7 October 2024, list among the companies it holds at 100 per cent “C11 – Multimédia, Unipessoal Lda, constituída em janeiro de 2019 com capital social de 50.000€ e com objeto a organização, ou seleção e agregação, de serviços de programas televisivos com vista à sua transmissão, destinada a receção pelo público em geral”. They state that the ERC issued the company a licence for 15 years. That is the position at 30 June 2024; no later ownership statement was retrieved.[6]
UEFA's report states: “O Canal 11 é uma inovadora plataforma de conteúdos, com 50 profissionais a ela dedicados.” That is a 2020 staffing figure, as UEFA reported it.[1]
What does Canal 11 cover?
UEFA's 2020 report states: “O canal televisivo promove o futebol português através de mais de 600 transmissões de jogos em directo (que não das duas principais divisões nacionais e da selecção principal), com conteúdo e entrevistas exclusivas a jogadores portugueses famosos, como Cristiano Ronaldo, Bernardo Silva, João Félix e muitos outros.” That is, more than 600 live match broadcasts, excluding the two main national divisions and the senior national team.[1]
The two excluded divisions are the professional competitions of the Liga Portugal, the Liga Portugal Betclic and the Liga Portugal 2 Meu Super.[5] UEFA's report continues: “O Canal 11 não só promove o futebol como também mostra que há interesse e mercado para competições com menos visibilidade, como o futebol feminino, futsal, escalões de formação e ligas não profissionais.” That is, women's football, futsal, youth levels and non-professional leagues.[1]
UEFA's page for the federation dates the first women's national championship to 1985 and records under 2018 that Portugal's futsal team won its first European title.[4]
How large is Canal 11's audience?
Television audiences in Portugal are measured for CAEM, with GfK data supplied through Mediamonitor. No annual share for Canal 11 was retrieved.
ECO reported on 6 January 2026, from that data, in its passage on cable channels, which opens “No cabo, destaque para a CMTV”: “A mancha dos 15 programas mais vistos é preenchida na quase totalidade pela CMTV, com apenas duas exceções: o Futebol Sub-17 – Euro 2025 França X Portugal e Futsal – Liga Placard Sporting X Benfica, ambos no Canal 11.” That is, in ECO's account of cable, the fifteen most-watched programmes of the year were almost all on CMTV, with two exceptions, both on Canal 11: the under-17 European Championship match between France and Portugal and the futsal league match between Sporting and Benfica.[3] ECO's report gives no viewer figures for those two broadcasts in the passage retrieved.
Since when has Canal 11 existed?
UEFA's report of 8 September 2020 states that the channel celebrated its first anniversary in August 2020, which places its start in 2019 on UEFA's account.[1] The FPF's 2023/2024 consolidated accounts date the company, C11 – Multimédia, to January 2019; they give no broadcast launch date.[6]
UEFA's report gives the aim as “Emissão 24 horas por dia, 7 dias por semana”, round-the-clock broadcasting, and describes the channel as the pillar of the FPF's content innovation project, which also includes the Portugal Football School.[1]
The federation behind it is older: UEFA's page for the FPF states under 1914: “Portuguese Football Union, now named Portuguese Football Federation (FPF), founded on 31 March.”[4]
Why does Canal 11 matter in Portugal's sport?
Canal 11 is the national federation's own television channel, and on UEFA's account it shows women's football, futsal, youth football and non-professional leagues rather than the two main national divisions or the senior national team.[1] In ECO's passage on cable channels in 2025, from CAEM data, it held two of the fifteen most-watched programmes of the year, one a youth international and one a futsal league match.[3]
Its funding has been linked to UEFA. UEFA quoted Pedro Dias, described as a director of the FPF: “Sem o apoio do programa HatTrick da UEFA, não teríamos sido capazes de chegar tão longe e fazer tantas coisas.” That is, without UEFA's HatTrick programme the channel could not have gone as far; it is the FPF director's statement as UEFA reported it in 2020.[1]
It sits beside UEFA's own record of the federation's national teams, which lists the futsal team's first European title in 2018 and the senior women's team's first participation at a UEFA Women's EURO in 2017.[4]
References
- UEFA — Canal 11: O pioneiro canal televisivo da FPF (8 September 2020). Accessed 2026-09-26.
- Federação Portuguesa de Futebol — fpf.pt home page (link to canal11.pt; as retrieved 26 September 2026). Accessed 2026-09-26.
- ECO — Audiências. TVI vence o ano por três décimas de diferença (Carla Borges Ferreira, 6 January 2026; data Yumi/CAEM_TV, source Mediamonitor/GfK). Accessed 2026-09-26.
- UEFA — National associations: Portugal (Portuguese Football Federation; association history and national team competitions). Accessed 2026-09-26.
- Liga Portugal — Sobre a Liga (Liga Portugal Betclic and Liga Portugal 2 Meu Super). Accessed 2026-09-26.
- Federação Portuguesa de Futebol — Contas Consolidadas do Exercício de 2023/2024 (PDF; signed 7 October 2024): C11 – Multimédia, Unipessoal Lda, 100%, constituted January 2019; ERC licence. Accessed 2026-09-26.