FC Porto is set to launch a senior futsal team and register for the 2026/27 National Third Division. The competition will be contested by 50 clubs, with a maximum of three places allocated to clubs that have finished in the top 20 in the national professional football competitions over the past five seasons. The regulation published by the Portuguese Football Federation establishes that clubs that have finished in the top 20 in the national professional football competitions between the 2020/21 and 2024/25 seasons and that, in the 2025/26 season, do not have a senior futsal team participating in the National First, Second or Third Division of Futsal and that meet the participation criteria in the competition, in accordance with the respective Regulation, including obtaining the required certification level.