Futebol Clube do Porto (Portuguese pronunciation: [futɨˈβɔl ˈkluβɨ ðu ˈpoɾtu]), commonly referred to as FC Porto (or FC Porto Fidelidade, for sponsorship purposes), or simply Porto, is a professional roller hockey team based in Porto, Portugal. They compete in the Portuguese First Division, the top-tier league in the country, and dispute their home matches at the Dragão Arena.
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| Full name | Futebol Clube do Porto Fidelidade | ||
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| Founded | 1955[1] | ||
| Home ground | Dragão Arena (Capacity 2,200) | ||
| Manager | Franklim Pais | ||
| Coach | Ricardo Ares | ||
| League | First Division | ||
| 2022–23 | First Division, Semi-finals | ||
| Website | fcporto.pt | ||
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In domestic competitions, they won 24 league titles (ten of which, conquered consecutively between the 2001–02 and 2010–11 seasons, a Portuguese roller hockey record), 19 Portuguese Cups, 23 Portuguese Super Cups and two Portuguese Elite Cups.[2] At international level, the team won three WSE Champions League titles, two WSE Cups, two CERH Cup Winners' Cups, two WSE Continental Cups and one Intercontinental Cup.[2]
Current squad edit
Squad for the 2023–24 season:[3]
Goalkeepers
- 1
Xavier Malián - 24
Leonardo Pais
Defenders / Midfielders
- 5 Telmo Pinto
- 6 Edu Lamas
- 78 Hélder Nunes
- 88 Diogo Barata
Forwards
- 7
Ezequiel Mena - 9 Rafael Costa
- 19
Carlo Di Benedetto - 29 Roc Pujadas
- 77 Gonçalo Alves
Technical staff edit
| Position | Name |
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| Section director |  Eurico Pinto
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| Assistant director | João Baldaia
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| Team manager | Franklim Pais
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| Head coach |  Ricardo Ares
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| Assistant coach |  Iván Jaquierz
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| Physical therapist | Pedro Quintas
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| Nurse | Daniel Cunha
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Honours edit
Domestic competitions edit
- Winners (24) – shared record: 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2021–22
- Winners (19) – record: 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2021–22, 2023–24
- Winners (23) – record: 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
- Portuguese Elite Cup
- Winners (2) – shared record: 2019, 2022
European competitions edit
- Winners (3): 1985–86, 1989–90, 2022–23
- Winners (2): 1993–94, 1995–96
- Winners (2): 1981–82, 1982–83
- Winners (2): 1986, 2023
World competitions edit
- Winners (1): 2021
References edit
- ^ Pinto, Armando (31 January 2017). "Inícios e consolidação do Hóquei em Patins do FC Porto (resumo histórico)" (in Portuguese). Memória Portista. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ a b "FC Porto Hóquei em Patins – Títulos" (in Portuguese). zerozero.pt.
- ^ "FC Porto Hóquei em Patins – Plantel" (in Portuguese). FC Porto.
External links edit
- Official website (in Portuguese)