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Futebol Clube do Porto (pron. IPA *) - short: FC Porto, FCP - is a Portuguese sports club, best known for its football section was said during the early 1990s to have been founded 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. There are no more references to the club until the previously agreed on foundation date, 1906 when Monteiro da Costa revived the club.

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. Porto have 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.

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

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, César Bonito, Paulo Pombo, Nascimento Cordeiro, Pinto Magalhães, Américo de Sá, Pinto da Costa

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 14 out of a possible 26. Many of these victories are shadowed by claims of corruption and bribery, even though the courts have opted to always drop the charges, some times on technicalites such as dropping of phone taps for not being regulamented in Portuguese law

International titles

1987 - European Champions Cup
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.

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.

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 Glasgow 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 Glasgow FC 3-2

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, 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.

2006/2007 squad

Number Player Position Previous club
Goalkeepers
1 Helton GK UD Leiria (2005)
31 Paulo Ribeiro GK Vitória FC (2005)
99 Vítor Baía GK FC Barcelona (1999)
Defenders
3 Ricardo Costa CD/LRD
4 Pedro Emanuel CD Boavista FC (2002)
12 Bosingwa DM/RM/RD Boavista FC (2003)
João Paulo CD União de Leiria (2006)
13 Bruno Alves CD AEK (2005)
14 Pepe CD CS Marítimo (2004)
35 Marek Čech LD/LM Sparta Prague (2005)
Ezequias LD Académica (2006)
Midfielders/Wingers
6 Ibson MC Flamengo (2005)
7 Quaresma RW FC Barcelona (2004)
Diogo Valente LW Boavista FC (2006)
8 Lucho González RW River Plate (2005)
16 Raul Meireles DM Boavista FC (2004)
17 Jorginho AM Vitória FC (2005)
Tarik Sektioui RW AZ Alkmaar (2006)
18 Paulo Assunção AM Nacional (2004)
27 Alan RW CS Marítimo (2005)
30 Anderson AM Grêmio (2006)
Forwards
9 Benni McCarthy CF Celta de Vigo (2003)
11 Lisandro Lopez F Racing Club (2005)
19 Tomislav Sokota F SL Benfica (2005)
28 Adriano CF Cruzeiro (2006)
29 Bruno Moraes CF Vitória FC (2005)
Manager
Co Adriaanse AZ Alkmaar, signed 24 May, 2005

Staff: Jan Olde Riekerink, Rui Barros and Wilhelmus Coort (assistant managers);

Players on loan

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

Famous players

Early Days
Pinga Virgílio Pedroto Barrigana
Hernâni Teofilo Cubillas Seninho Pavão
Pedroto and the European Conquest (1978 to 1989)
António Oliveira Frasco Costa
Fernando Gomes João Pinto Józef Młynarczyk Augusto Inácio
Celso António André Jaime Pacheco Jaime Magalhães
Madjer Futre Juary Branco
António Sousa Geraldão Rui Barros
Nineties
Paulinho Santos Rui Filipe Emerson Timofte
Domingos Kostadinov Ljubinko Drulovic Aloísio
Fernando Couto Jorge Costa Sérgio Conceição Zlatko Zahovic
Vítor Baía Jardel Paredes Deco
21st Century
Alenichev Derlei Ricardo Carvalho Paulo Ferreira
Costinha Maniche Pedro Emanuel Diego
Giourkas Seitaridis Ibson Benni McCarthy Carlos Alberto Gomes
Lucho González Quaresma Pepe Paulo Assunção
Deco

Famous managers

Honours

International

National

  • Portuguese First League Championship: 1
    • 1934/35

  • Portuguese First Division Championship (Current SuperLiga): 21
    • 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": 14
    • 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.

Other trophies

League and cup history

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup
1934-1935CL1st141022431922
1935-1936CL2nd14923501820
1936-1937CL4th14626313114
1937-1938CL2nd141112432223
1938-19391L1st141031572023
1939-19401L1st18171762134
1940-19411L2nd14842472720
1941-19421L4th221327774828
1942-19431L7th18549405614
1943-19441L4th181035463623
1944-19451L4th18927644820
1945-19461L6th229211654420
1946-19471L3th261538734533not held
1947-19481L5th261727734236
1948-19491L4th261619553733
1949-19501L5th2612212615226not held
1950-19511L2nd261547673234
1951-19521L3th261565683336
1952-19531L4th261646583536final
1953-19541L2nd261646833536
1954-19551L4th261268513430
1955-19561L1st261871772043winner
1956-19571L2nd261844862340
1957-19581L2nd262114642543winner
1958-19591L1st261772812241final
1959-19601L4th261349483630
1960-19611L3rd261457512833final
1961-19621L2nd261853571641
1962-19631L2nd261943612442
1963-19641L2nd261682512040
1964-19651L2nd261952882143
1965-19661L3rd261466412434
1966-19671L3rd261754562239
1967-19681L3rd261646602436winner
1968-19691L2nd261574392337
1969-19701L9th268612303722
1970-19711L3rd261655442137
1971-19721L5th3013710513233
1972-19731L4th301578562837
1973-19741L4th301875432243
1974-19751L2nd301965623044
1975-19761L4th301677733339
1976-19771L3rd301857722741winner
1977-19781L1st302271812151final
1978-19791L1st302181701950
1979-19801L2nd30226259950final
1980-19811L2nd292162531848final
1981-19821L3rd301794461743
1982-19831L2nd302073731847final
1983-19841L2nd30225365949winner
1984-19851L1st302631781355final
1985-19861L1st302253642049
1986-19871L2nd302064672246
1987-19881L1st382981881566winner
1988-19891L2nd3821143521756
1989-19901L1st342752721659
1990-19911L2nd383152772267winner
1991-19921L1st342482581156final
1992-19931L1st342464591754
1993-19941L2nd3421103561552winner
1994-19951L1st342941731562
1995-19961L1st342662842084
1996-19971L1st342743802485semi-final
1997-19981L1st342455753877winner
1998-19991L1st342473852679last 16
1999-20001L2nd342275662673winner
2000-20011L2nd342446732776winner
2001-20021L3rd342158663468last 8
2002-20031L1st342752732686winner
2003-20041L1st342572631982final
2004-20051L2nd3417116392662last 32
2005-20061L1st342473541679winner

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

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, with their second and last victory in 1990. Since then, Porto was a regular contender in the competitions' final-four. The most well known was in 1998, when FC Barcelona won at Porto's Pavilhão Rosa Mota, after which Porto fans invaded the arena, and tried to hit Barcelona's players.
While the new indoor arena is being built, Porto will play in the Pavilhão Municipal de Fânzeres, Gondomar.

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

Famous players

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

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

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.

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

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

Basketball

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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

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;

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

Athletics

External links

FC Porto | G-14 clubs | Porto | Portuguese football clubs | Rink hockey in Portugal

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