F.C. Porto

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Porto

Full name

Futebol Clube do Porto

Nickname(s)

Dragões
(The Dragons)
Azuis e Brancos
(Blue and White)
Tripeiros
(Gutt Eaters)

Founded

1893

Ground

Estádio do Dragão
(Dragon Stadium)

Capacity

52,948

Chairman

Manager

League

1st Liga, Champions





Home colours





Away colours

Futebol Clube do Porto (pron. IPA: [futɨ'bɔɫ 'klub(ɨ) du 'poɾtu]) - short: FC Porto, FCP - is a Portuguese sports club, best known for its football section which is currently the best-ranked Portuguese football team in the world by IFFHS. It was found during the early 1990s to have been established in Porto in 1893 by a wine-salesman António Nicolau de Almeida. He first had contact with the game of football in one of his trips to England. The club was revived in 1906 by Monteiro da Costa.

The football home ground is now the Estádio do Dragão (finished in 2003 as a venue for Euro 2004) after 51 years playing in the Estádio das Antas. Porto is, along with Sporting Lisbon and Benfica, one of the "Big Three" clubs in Portugal. The has the best international record by a Portuguese team and has the second best internal record (just behind rivals Benfica) in the Portuguese Championship, having participated in it 72 times, playing 1988 games, winning 1287, drawing 369, losing 332, scoring 4427 goals and conceading 1876, having 3204 points as of the end of the 2005-06 season. Porto won the UEFA Champions League twice (one still as the ECC) and the UEFA Cup once. It was the first team since the Liverpool 76-77 squad to win the Champions League after winning the UEFA Cup.

FC Porto is also a leading force in other sports: the handball and basketball team are regular contenders in the Portuguese national titles, and the rink hockey section is amongst the best in the sport. The new arena near the stadium will be completed soon; in past years the non-professional home grounds were scattered in northwestern cities of Portugal (such as Gondomar and Espinho).

Commercially, FC Porto has several stores called Loja Azul (Blue Store) scattered around Porto including two used with official supplier Nike. Since 1994 a merchandising goods fair called Portomania is organized during the pre-season, and edits one of the older club related publications in Europe, a monthly 60-page full colour magazine called Dragões (Dragons) that has existed since the early '80s..

Porto supporters and players are often called the tripeiros, though the term the Andrades is also popular after a family with that name sponsored the club for several years. However, since the 1980s, it is seen as somewhat derogatory.

[edit] The public company

After going public in 1998, FC Porto created several satellite companies around the club to improve the efficience of the club.

FCPorto - Junior football, handball, rink hockey, atletism, magazine, etc.
FCPorto - Futebol SAD and FCPorto - Basquetebol SAD (professional football and basketball)
PortoEstádio (Estádio do Dragão)
PortoMultimédia (official site and multimedia products)
PortoComercial (Merchandising)
PortoSeguro (Insurances)

The FCPorto SAD is rated in the Euronext Lisbon

[edit] Presidents

Nicolau d`Almeida, Monteiro da Costa, Dummond Villares, Carmo Pacheco, Borges de Avelar, Henrique da Mesquita, Pinto de Faria, Neves Reis, Urgel Horta, Carlos Costa, Angelo César, Ferreira Alves, Júlio Ribeiro, Cesario Bonito, Paulo Pombo, Nascimento Cordeiro, Pinto Magalhães, Américo de Sá, Pinto da Costa

[edit] Football

Its first official trophy, the "Union of the North cup", was conquered in 1911 In the following years it became one of the most important clubs in Portugal, but with less presence in comparison with the Lisbon rivals. In spite of this, the team still went on to win the first two Portuguese championships. Only four titles followed until the beginning of the 1980s.

In 1982 Pinto da Costa took control of Porto. The next decades turned what was the fourth team in the overall history of Portuguese football into the biggest title cruncher of the past 20 years. Since 1982, Porto has won 14 titles, achieving the record Penta (five leagues in a row) in 1999, eight Portuguese cups, and has a majority of Supercups, having won 15 out of a possible 27. Some of these victories are said by the very partisan (mainly the supporters of the big Lisbon clubs and the Lisbon media) to have been shadowed by corruption and bribery, even though the courts have opted to always drop the charges. Much the same is said in Oporto of the methods whereby Benfica especially have achieved some of their success.

[edit] International titles

[edit] 1987 - European Champions Cup

Rabah Madjer scores the equalizer with his back-heel for FC Porto in the 1987 final

When Pinto da Costa joined as president, Porto was the only club from the "big three" without European honours, but that quickly changed. The first final was played against Juventus F.C. for the 1984 Cup Winners' Cup, but Porto lost. Three years later, the team led by Artur Jorge, the name hand-picked by Pedroto, won its first European honour, in a thrilling 2-1 victory over Bayern Munich in the European Cup 1986-87.

Stage	Opponent	Home	Away
1/16	Rabat Ajax	9-0	1-0
1/8	TJ Vitkovice	0-1	3-0
1/4	Brøndby IF	1-0	1-1
1/2	Dinamo Kiev	2-1	2-1
Final	FC Bayern Munich	2-1

The following year Porto won the European Super Cup, against Ajax Amsterdam, and the Intercontinental Cup, against Peñarol, making them the first Portuguese winners of the two cups.

[edit] 1988-2002

The following 16 years saw Porto as a midrange team - often in the final 16, but not progressing much further. The exception was in 1994, when Porto reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League. The semi-final, decided on a single game, resulted in a heavy loss (3-0) at the hands of Johann Cruyff's FC Barcelona, in the Nou Camp.

[edit] 2003 - UEFA Cup

In 2003, under the guidance of José Mourinho, Porto made a thrilling UEFA Cup run, topped with a victory in a fantastic final against Celtic in Seville.

Stage	Opponent	Home	Away
1/64	KS Polonia Warszawa	6-0	0-2
1/32	FK Austria Wien	1-0	2-0
1/16	RC Lens	3-0	0-1
1/8	Denizlispor K.	6-1	2-2
1/4	Panathinaikos FC	0-1	2-0
1/2	SS Lazio	4-1	0-0
Final	Celtic FC	3-2

[edit] 2004 - Champions League

The following season meant a higher challenge, but despite a slow start which included a 1-3 loss against Real Madrid, Porto never lost again in the Champions League, relegating O. Marseille to the UEFA Cup (where they reached the final), Manchester United at the Old Trafford in the dying minutes of play, O. Lyon and Depor. Porto beat Monaco 3-0 in the Final played in Arena AufSchalke, becoming the first team to win the competition outside the Big 5 since Ajax in the year of 1995.

Stage	Opponent	Home	Away
Group stage	FK Partizan Belgrade	2-1	1-1
Group stage	Real Madrid CF	1-3	1-1
Group stage	Olympique de Marseille	1-0	3-2
1/8	Manchester United FC	2-1	1-1
1/4	Olympique Lyonnais	2-0	2-2
1/2	RC Deportivo La Coruña	0-0	1-0
Final	AS Monaco FC	3-0

After the victory, Porto became the Portuguese side with the most European cups won - 2 CL/ECC plus a UEFA Cup, compared with the two ECC by Benfica and the one CWC by Sporting.

However the victory was the pinnacle of their success, as José Mourinho left to take over as coach at Chelsea FC, many players also departed. They also went through several coaching changes during the 2004/05 season, ending up finishing second to Benfica in the league (place achieved in the last matchday, after trailing third during most of the season), and were eliminated in their Champions League cup defense in the Round of 16 by Internazionale.

On December 12, 2004, FC Porto won the last-held Intercontinental Cup, by beating Once Caldas from Colombia at an impressive 8-7 after penalty shoot-out.

Porto is also one of the founding members of G-14.

[edit] Estádio do Dragão

Estádio do Dragão (English: Dragon Stadium, literally: Stadium of the Dragon) is a football stadium in Porto, Portugal that has an all-seated capacity of 50,948.

Estádio do Dragao on opening night (note: the cranes and suspended ropes used by acrobats that night)

A complet view on the Estádio do Dragão,when empty.

The stadium was built as a replacement for FC Porto's old ground, Estadio das Antas (Dolmens' Stadium), and as a venue for EURO 2004. It was completed in 2003, some months after what was expected since in the February 2001, Porto mayor Rui Rio changed the estate distribution, criticizing the plan because it included high-scale housing and shopping for the area and forcing the chairman of FC Porto Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa to halt all building operations, which were only resumed after a consensus was agreed. As of today, the stadium, housing and shopping areas have been built but the city hall has apparently let go of its interest to build the school and public gardens which are part of the plan, resurfacing old arguments about the mayor's decision in 2001. As requested by UEFA, the old stadium was demolished, and the space used for the media during the Euro 2004, and in the following months, the construction of the buildings that will form the new urban settlement called "Cidade das Antas" (City of Antas) progressively started.

Main Entrance

Designed by Manuel Salgado and built by the Grupo Amorim, it cost €97.755.318, of which €18.430.956 was supported by the Portuguese taxpayers. To support costs, each stand carries one or two sponsor names, edp for the South (Sul) end, tmn and Sapo adsl in the East (Nascente) stand, PT and TV Cabo for the West (Poente) stand and finally Coca-Cola in the North (Norte) Stand. Away fans are placed in the left corner of the North stand, while FC Porto supporter groups (SuperDragões and Colectivo Ultras 95) are one on each top, although initially both groups were in the South stand.

The stadium's name is derived from the presence of a dragon on the crest of FC Porto, which is composed of an old football under the old crest of the City of Porto. It is also the nickname of FC Porto fans. Other alternatives were considered, such as Estádio das Antas (officially, unlike the former stadium) or named after Artur de Sousa Pinga, José Maria Pedroto (former players and managers) or Pinto da Costa (running president for over 20 years).

Bronze logo

Inaugurated in 16 November 2003 against FC Barcelona, FC Porto won 2-0 with goals by Derlei and Hugo Almeida. However, due to severe turf problems, FC Porto was forced to play in the Estádio das Antas, until the turf was replanted by mid February 2004.

The stadium further cemented its reputation as an all-round sports and entertainment venue when it secured the Portuguese leg of The Rolling Stones 2006 world tour, fighting off competition from stadia in Lisbon. This represents something of a coup for the city of Porto over the capital.

[edit] 2006/2007 squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Helton da Silva Arruda
2	DF	Ricardo Miguel Moreira Costa
3	DF	Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira "Pepe"
4	DF	Pedro Emanuel dos Santos Martins Silva [C]
5	DF	Marek Čech
6	MF	Ibson Barreto Silva
7	MF	Ricardo Andrade Quaresma Bernardo
8	MF	Luis "Lucho" Oscar González
9	FW	Lisandro Lopez
10	MF	Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira
11	MF	Tarik Sektioui
12	DF	José Bosingwa da Silva
13	DF	Jorge Ciro Fucile Perdomo
14	DF	Bruno Eduardo Regufe Alves

No.	Position	Player
15	DF	Ezequias Roosevelt Tavares de Melo
16	MF	Raul José Trindade Meireles
17	MF	Adelino André Vieira de Freitas "Vieirinha"
18	MF	Paulo Assunção da Silva
19	FW	Tomislav "Tomo" Šokota
20	MF	Jorge Luiz Pereira de Sousa "Jorginho"
21	MF	Alan Osório da Costa Silva
23	FW	Hélder Manuel Marques Postiga
24	GK	Paulo António Silva Ribeiro
26	DF	João Paulo Andrade
28	FW	Adriano Vieira Louzada
29	FW	Bruno dos Santos Moraes
31	MF	Diogo Jorge Moreno Valente
99	GK	Vítor Manuel Martins Baía

[edit] Squad Changes for 2006/07 season

In:

Jorge Fucile - Signed from Montevideo
Vieirinha - Signed from FC Porto B
Tarik Sektioui - Signed from AZ Alkmaar
Hélder Postiga - Return from AS Saint-Étienne
Diogo Valente - Signed from Boavista FC
Ezequias - Signed from Académica
João Paulo - Signed from UD Leiria

Out:

Benni McCarthy - Signed to Blackburn Rovers -2,5M€
Diego - Signed to Werder Bremen -6,5M€

[edit] Players on loan

Paulo Machado on loan to CF Estrela da Amadora
Maciel on loan to Sporting C. de Braga
Leandro do Bonfim on loan to Cruzeiro EC
Ivanildo on loan to União D. de Leiria
Areias on loan to R. Standard de Liège
Nuno Coelho on loan to R. Standard de Liège
Hélder Barbosa on loan to A. Académica de Coimbra
Hugo Almeida on loan to SV Werder Bremen
Leandro on loan to Cruzeiro EC
Fatih Sonkaya on loan to A. Académica de Coimbra
Bruno Vale on loan to União D. de Leiria
Bruno Gama on loan to Sporting C. de Braga
César Peixoto on loan to RCD Espanyol
Cláudio Pitbull on loan to Fluminense FC
Leo Lima on loan to Grêmio Porto-Alegre

[edit] Notes

The first letter in the position refers position in the field, then the side
Players with previous club in italic returned from loan

[edit] Famous players


Early Days (1893 to 1977)
* Barrigana	* Hernâni	* Pavão	* Pedroto
* Pinga	* Seninho	* Virgílio	* Teofilo Cubillas
Pedroto and the European Conquest (1978 to 1989)
* António André	* Rui Barros	* Celso	* Costa
* Geraldão	* Fernando Gomes	* Frasco	* Futre
* Augusto Inácio	* Juary	* Jaime Magalhães	* António Oliveira
* Jaime Pacheco	* João Pinto	* António Sousa	* Madjer
* Branco	* Józef Młynarczyk
The Nineties (1990 to 1999)
* Aloísio	* Vítor Baía	* Sérgio Conceição	* Jorge Costa
* Fernando Couto	* Deco	* Domingos	* Rui Filipe
* Paulinho Santos	* Emerson	* Jardel	* Kostadinov
* Paredes	* Timofte	* Ljubinko Drulovic	* Zlatko Zahovic

21st century (2000 - )
* Ricardo Carvalho	* Costinha	* Pedro Emanuel	* Paulo Ferreira
* Maniche	* Quaresma	* Lucho González	* Pepe
* Derlei	* Diego	* Alenitchev	* Deco
* Benni McCarthy	* Anderson	* Hélder Postiga

[edit] Famous managers

[edit] Honours

[edit] International

European Cup/Champions' League: 2
- 1986/87
  - Final: FC Porto 2 - 1 Bayern Munich (at Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria)
  - Goals by Madjer, Juary; Kögl
- 2003/04
  - Final: FC Porto 3 - 0 AS Monaco (at Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany)
  - Goals by Carlos Alberto, Deco, Dmitri Alenichev

European Super Cup: 1
- 1986/87
  - Ajax 0 - 1 FC Porto Goal by Rui Barros
  - FC Porto 1 - 0 Ajax Goal by Sousa
- 2003
  - A.C. Milan 1 - 0 FC Porto (at Stade Louis II, Monaco)
  - Goal by Shevchenko
- 2004
  - FC Porto 1 - 2 Valencia, (at Stade Louis II, Monaco)
  - Goals by Quaresma; Baraja, Di Vaio

Intercontinental Cup: 2
- 1987
  - FC Porto 2 - 1 Peñarol (aet)
  - Goals by Gomes, Madjer; Vieira
- 2004
  - FC Porto 0 - 0 Once Caldas (8-7 on penalties)

UEFA Cup: 1
- 2002/03
  - Final: FC Porto 3 - 2 Celtic (aet) (at Olimpico Sevilla, Seville, Spain)
  - Goals by Derlei (2), Alenitchev; Henrik Larsson (2)

This was the first match ever decided under UEFA's new silver goal rule.

Cup Winners' Cup: none
- 1983/84
  - Final: FC Porto 1 - 2 Juventus (at St. Jakob Park, Basel, Switzerland)
  - Goals by Sousa; Vignola, Boniek

[edit] National

Portuguese First League Championship: 1
- 1934/35

Portuguese First Division Championship (Currently Portuguese Liga, BWINLIGA for sponsorship reasons): 20
- 1938/39; 1939/40; 1955/56; 1958/59; 1977/78; 1978/79; 1984/85; 1985/86; 1987/88; 1989/90; 1991/92; 1992/93; 1994/95; 1995/96; 1996/97; 1997/98; 1998/99; 2002/03, 2003/04, 2005/06

Portuguese Championship (predecessor to the Portuguese Cup): 4
- 1921/22; 1924/25; 1931/32; 1936/37

Portuguese Cup: 13
- 1955/56; 1957/58; 1967/68; 1976/77; 1983/84; 1987/88; 1990/91; 1993/94; 1997/98; 1999/00; 2000/01; 2002/03; 2005/06

Portuguese Super Cup "Cândido de Oliveira": 15
- 1980/81; 1982/83; 1983/84; 1985/86; 1989/90; 1990/91; 1992/93; 1993/94; 1995/96; 1997/98; 1998/99; 2000/01; 2002/03; 2003/04; 2005/2006

[edit] Other trophies

Juan Gamper Tournament - Barcelona, Spain
- 1987
  - FC Porto 2 - 1 FC Barcelona
  - FC Porto 2 - 0 Bayern Munich

Viareggio Tournament - Viareggio, Italy
- 1989
  - FC Porto 1 - 1 Inter Milan
  - FC Porto 1 - 1 Fiorentina (Porto won on penalties)

Teresa Herrera Cup - Coruña, Spain
- 1991
  - FC Porto 2 - 1 Real Madrid
  - FC Porto 1 - 0 Deportivo de La Coruña

"Ciudad de Sevilla" Tournament - Seville, Spain
- 1992
  - FC Porto 2 - 0 Sevilla FC
  - FC Porto 2 - 2 Atlético Madrid
  - FC Porto 2 - 0 Betis(Final)

Centennial Cup - Porto, Portugal
- 1993
  - FC Porto 3 - 1 Cruzeiro

Thailand Premier Cup - Bangkok, Thailand
- 1997
  - FC Porto 2 - 1 Inter Milan
  - FC Porto 4 - 2 Boca Juniors (After penalties)

[edit] League and cup history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup		Europe	Coach(es)
1934-1935	CL	1st	14	10	2	2	43	19	22
1935-1936	CL	2nd	14	9	2	3	50	18	20
1936-1937	CL	4th	14	6	2	6	31	31	14
1937-1938	CL	2nd	14	11	1	2	43	22	23
1938-1939	1L	1st	14	10	3	1	57	20	23
1939-1940	1L	1st	18	17	0	1	76	21	34
1940-1941	1L	2nd	14	8	4	2	47	27	20
1941-1942	1L	4th	22	13	2	7	77	48	28
1942-1943	1L	7th	18	5	4	9	40	56	14
1943-1944	1L	4th	18	10	3	5	46	36	23
1944-1945	1L	4th	18	9	2	7	64	48	20
1945-1946	1L	6th	22	9	2	11	65	44	20
1946-1947	1L	3th	26	15	3	8	73	45	33	not held
1947-1948	1L	5th	26	17	2	7	73	42	36
1948-1949	1L	4th	26	16	1	9	55	37	33
1949-1950	1L	5th	26	12	2	12	61	52	26	not held
1950-1951	1L	2nd	26	15	4	7	67	32	34
1951-1952	1L	3th	26	15	6	5	68	33	36
1952-1953	1L	4th	26	16	4	6	58	35	36	final
1953-1954	1L	2nd	26	16	4	6	83	35	36
1954-1955	1L	4th	26	12	6	8	51	34	30
1955-1956	1L	1st	26	18	7	1	77	20	43	winner	-
1956-1957	1L	2nd	26	18	4	4	86	23	40		ECC	prelimary round
1957-1958	1L	2nd	26	21	1	4	64	25	43	winner	-
1958-1959	1L	1st	26	17	7	2	81	22	41	final	-
1959-1960	1L	4th	26	13	4	9	48	36	30		ECC	qualifying round
1960-1961	1L	3rd	26	14	5	7	51	28	33	final	-
1961-1962	1L	2nd	26	18	5	3	57	16	41		-
1962-1963	1L	2nd	26	19	4	3	61	24	42		FC	1st round
1963-1964	1L	2nd	26	16	8	2	51	20	40		FC	1st round
1964-1965	1L	2nd	26	19	5	2	88	21	43		CWC	2nd round
1965-1966	1L	3rd	26	14	6	6	41	24	34		FC	2nd round
1966-1967	1L	3rd	26	17	5	4	56	22	39		FC	1st round
1967-1968	1L	3rd	26	16	4	6	60	24	36	winner	FC	1st round
1968-1969	1L	2nd	26	15	7	4	39	23	37		CWC	2nd round
1969-1970	1L	9th	26	8	6	12	30	37	22		FC	2nd round
1970-1971	1L	3rd	26	16	5	5	44	21	37		-
1971-1972	1L	5th	30	13	7	10	51	32	33		UC	1st round
1972-1973	1L	4th	30	15	7	8	56	28	37		UC	3rd round
1973-1974	1L	4th	30	18	7	5	43	22	43		-
1974-1975	1L	2nd	30	19	6	5	62	30	44		UC	2nd round
1975-1976	1L	4th	30	16	7	7	73	33	39		UC	3rd round
1976-1977	1L	3rd	30	18	5	7	72	27	41	winner	UC	1st round	José Maria Pedroto
1977-1978	1L	1st	30	22	7	1	81	21	51	final	CWC	quarter-finals	José Maria Pedroto
1978-1979	1L	1st	30	21	8	1	70	19	50		ECC	1st round	José Maria Pedroto
1979-1980	1L	2nd	30	22	6	2	59	9	50	final	ECC	2nd round	José Maria Pedroto
1980-1981	1L	2nd	29	21	6	2	53	18	48	final	UC	2nd round	Hermann Stessl
1981-1982	1L	3rd	30	17	9	4	46	17	43		CWC	quarter-finals	Hermann Stessl
1982-1983	1L	2nd	30	20	7	3	73	18	47	final	UC	2nd round	José Maria Pedroto
1983-1984	1L	2nd	30	22	5	3	65	9	49	winner	CWC	final	José Maria Pedroto
1984-1985	1L	1st	30	26	3	1	78	13	55	final	CWC	1st round	Artur Jorge
1985-1986	1L	1st	30	22	5	3	64	20	49		ECC	2nd round	Artur Jorge
1986-1987	1L	2nd	30	20	6	4	67	22	46		ECC	winner	Artur Jorge
1987-1988	1L	1st	38	29	8	1	88	15	66	winner	ECC	2nd round	Tomislav Ivic
1988-1989	1L	2nd	38	21	14	3	52	17	56		ECC	2nd round	Tomislav Ivic
1989-1990	1L	1st	34	27	5	2	72	16	59		UC	3rd round	Artur Jorge
1990-1991	1L	2nd	38	31	5	2	77	22	67	winner	ECC	quarter-finals	Artur Jorge
1991-1992	1L	1st	34	24	8	2	58	11	56	final	CWC	2nd round	Carlos Alberto Silva
1992-1993	1L	1st	34	24	6	4	59	17	54		ECC	group stage	Carlos Alberto Silva
1993-1994	1L	2nd	34	21	10	3	56	15	52	winner	ECC	semifinals
1994-1995	1L	1st	34	29	4	1	73	15	62		CWC	quarter-finals	Bobby Robson
1995-1996	1L	1st	34	26	6	2	84	20	84		ECC	group stage	Bobby Robson
1996-1997	1L	1st	34	27	4	3	80	24	85	winner	ECC	quarter-finals	António Oliveira
1997-1998	1L	1st	34	24	5	5	75	38	77	semi-final	ECC	group stage	António Oliveira
1998-1999	1L	1st	34	24	7	3	85	26	79	last 16	ECC	group stage	Fernando Santos
1999-2000	1L	2nd	34	22	7	5	66	26	73	winner	ECC	quarter-finals	Fernando Santos
2000-2001	1L	2nd	34	24	4	6	73	27	76	winner	UC	quarter-finals	Fernando Santos
2001-2002	1L	3rd	34	21	5	8	66	34	68	last 8	ECC	2nd group stage	Octávio Machado, José Mourinho
2002-2003	1L	1st	34	27	5	2	73	26	86	winner	UC	winner	José Mourinho
2003-2004	1L	1st	34	25	7	2	63	19	82	final	ECC	winner	José Mourinho
2004-2005	1L	2nd	34	17	11	6	39	26	62	last 32	ECC	last 16	Luigi del Neri, Victor Fernandez, José Couceiro
2005-2006	1L	1st	34	24	7	3	54	16	79	winner	ECC	group stage	Co Adriaanse

CL = Campeonato da Liga (winners weren't considered Portuguese champions); 1L = First League

ECC = European Champion's Cup / Champions League; CWC = Cup Winner's Cup; UC = UEFA Cup ; FC = Fairs Cup

[edit] Records

Participations in the Portuguese main division: 72
- Games played: 1988
- Games won: 1287
- Games drawn: 369
- Games lost: 332
- Goals scored: 4427 (average 2,23 per game)
- Goals conceaded: 1876 (average 0,94 per game)
- Best position: Champion (21 times)
- Worst position: 9th (1969/70)
- Season with more points: 67 in 1990/91 (2 pts per win) and 86 in 2002/03 (3 pts per win)
- Player with most games: João Pinto with 407
- Player with most goals: Fernando Gomes with 288
- Manager with most games: Pedroto with 236

[edit] Rink hockey

Main article: FC Porto (rink hockey)

Rink hockey, Portugal's second sport, is one of the most important sections in the club. Started in 1955, FCPorto is one of the Portuguese sides who won the European Champions' Cup/League, with their second and last victory in 1990, after having won in 1986. Since then, Porto was a regular contender in the competitions' final-four.
While the new indoor arena is being built, Porto will play in the Pavilhão Municipal de Fânzeres, Gondomar.

[edit] Players and staff

Name		Position
Edo Bosch		Goalkeeper
Tiago Sousa		Goalkeeper
Ricardo Figueira		Defender
Filipe Santos		Defender
Reinaldo Ventura		Forward
Ricardo Oliveira (Caio)		Forward
Reinaldo Garcia		Forward
Emanuel Garcia		Forward
Pedro Gil		Forward
Franklim Pais		Coach
Ilídio Borges Pinto		Vice-president in charge of the section

See 2005-06 in Portuguese Rink Hockey

[edit] Famous players

Franklim Pais
Tó Neves
Vítor Hugo
Realista
António Alves
Pedro Alves
Paulo Alves
António Livramento (manager)

[edit] Honours

European Champions Cup (2): 1985-86, 1989-90
European Cup Winners' Cup (2): 1981-82, 1982-83
CERS Cup (2): 1993-94, 1995-96
European Supercup (1): 1986-1987
Portuguese Championships (15): 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
Portuguese Cups (11): 1982-83, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1995-96, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2004-05, 2005-06
Portuguese Supercup (13): 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1995-96, 1997-98, 1999-2000, 2005-06

[edit] Handball

Main article: FC Porto (handball)

While not as popular as football or rink hockey, the celebrations of the 1998-99 titles were only passed by the celebrations of the Penta of the football team, as the previous victory in the championship was in 1968, after dominating the league in much of the 50s. To support costs, like in other clubs, the section also bears the name of a sponsor: FC Porto Vitalis.

[edit] 2005-06 squad

Name		Position
Ricardo Candeias		Goalkeeper
Hugo Laurentino		Goalkeeper
Ricardo Ribeiro		Left wing
Carlos Resende		Center left
Álvaro Rodrigues		Center left
Tomic Dusan		Center right
Rui Rocha		Left wing
Manuel Arezes		Pivot
David Tavares		Right wing
Tiago Rocha		Pivot
Ricardo Moreira		Right wing
Sérgio Lopes		Left wing/center left
Carlos Martingo		Center

[edit] Honours

National championship (11): 1953-54, 1956-57, 1957-58, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1967-68, 1998-99 and 2001-02
Professional Championship (2): 2002-03 and 2003-04
Portuguese cups (6): 1975-76, 1976-77, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1993-94 and 2005-06
Portuguese supercups (4): 1994-95, 1999-00, 2000-01 and 2002-03
Portuguese league cups (2):2003-04 and 2004-05

[edit] Basketball

Main article: FC Porto (basketball)

[edit] 2005-06 squad

Name		H	Position
Augusto Sobrinho		1m90	*
Heshimu Evans		2m00	*
Paulo Cunha		1m99	*
José Costa		1m90	*
Rodrigo Mascarenhas	-	1m98	*
Jimmy Mackey		1m90	*
Élvis Évora		2m05	*
Ian Stanback	-	2m00	*
Anastácio Sami	-	2m07	*
Fábio Fernandes		2m00	*
Sérgio Silva		1m74	*
Gustavo Mota		1m92	*

[edit] Honours

Professional league (4): 1995-96, 1996-97, 1998-99; 2003-04
First Division (6): 1951-52, 1952-53, 1971-72, 1978-79, 1979-80 and 1982-83;
Second Division (2): 1947-48 and 1949-50;

[edit] Billiards

National championship - 3 Tabelas (9): 1982/83, 1983/84, 1987/88, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1996/97, 1999/2000, 2001/02, 2002/03
National championship - Pool (3): 2000/01, 2001/02, 2002/03