FC Porto (billiards) explained

Clubname:FC Porto Billiards Section
Fullname:Futebol Clube do Porto
Shortname:Porto
Founded:1950
Chairman:Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
Manager:Alípio Jorge Fernandes
League:Portuguese Championship
Season:2018–19
Position:1st – Three-cushion (Men)
1st – Pool (Women)
Website:https://www.fcporto.pt/pt/modalidades/bilhar/noticias

The Billiards Section of Futebol Clube do Porto is a professional billiards team based in Porto, Portugal, founded in 1950. The team competes in the Portuguese Billiards League and in European Championships, in both carom billiards (three-cushion) and pool (eight-ball and nine-ball) events. They play their home games in the former headquarters of the club and they also have a billiards school, the first in the country.

The most important achievements in this section history were the four silver medals won in 1998–99, 2007–08, 2011–12 and 2015–16 in the European Cup, having also achieved six bronze medals in this competition in 1971–72, 1995–96, 2004–05, 2010–11, 2013–14 and 2014–15.

In Portugal, the men's and women's squads have achieved many championships, as well as many other trophies making the section one of the most titled in the country. One of the greatest players of this section, Alípio Jorge Fernandes, received the Galardão de Ouro in representation of the president Pinto da Costa, a trophy attributed to the club because of its accomplishments.

Current squads

According to the official website.[1]

SquadsNat.PlayersBirth date and ageRef.
Three cushion (Men)Alípio Jorge Fernandes6 June 1949[2]
Daniel Sánchez (C)3 March 1974[3]
Dick Jaspers23 July 1965[4]
Fernando Cunha16 August 1952[5]
João Ferreira17 January 1994[6]
Manuel Santos Oliveira30 March 1952[7]
Myung-Woo Cho18 August 1998[8]
Ruben Legazpi27 July 1982[9]
Rui Manuel Costa24 May 1960[10]
Torbjörn Blomdahl26 October 1962[11]
Hugo Costa5 May 1994[12]
Jorge Costa18 May 1993[13]
José Miguel Soares13 September 1994[14]
Pool (Women)Ágata Castro6 December 1974[15]
Amália Matas2 February 1988[16]
Kamila Khodjaeva21 February 1996[17]
Mariana Marinho24 April 1982[18]
Vânia Franco (C)11 May 1978[19]
Marta Tavares9 June 1989[20]

Honours

According to Porto's official website and the Portuguese Billiards Federation Portal.[21] [22]

Three-cushion (Men)

Domestic competitions

Winners (27): 1971–72, 1975–76, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23

Winners (21): 1983–84, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24

Winners (18): 1994, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022

Winners (8): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20

European competitions

Winners (3): 2016–17, 2021–22, 2022–23

2nd place (5): 1998–99, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2018–19

3rd place (7): 1971–72, 1995–96, 2004–05, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18

Pool (Men)

Winners (3): 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03

Winners (2): 2001–02, 2002–03

Winners (2): 2001–02, 2002–03

Pool (Women)

Winners (15): 1997–98, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2023–24

Winners (15): 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2020–21

Winners (14): 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021

Snooker (Men)

Winners (2): 2015–16, 2016–17

Winners (1): 2016–17

Winners (1): 2015–16

External links

Official website:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FC Porto - Pool. FC Porto. 4 August 2019.
  2. Web site: Carom Billiard Player Profile of Alípio Jorge Fernandes. Kozoom.com.
  3. Web site: Carom Billiard Player Profile of Daniel Sánchez. Kozoom.com.
  4. Web site: Carom Billiard Player Profile of Dick Jaspers. Kozoom.com.
  5. Web site: Carom Billiard Player Profile of Fernando Cunha. Kozoom.com.
  6. Web site: Carom Billiard Player Profile of João Ferreira. Kozoom.com.
  7. Web site: Carom Billiard Player Profile of Manuel Santos Oliveira. Kozoom.com.
  8. Web site: Carom Billiard Player Profile of Myung-Woo Cho. Kozoom.com.
  9. Web site: Carom Billiard Player Profile of Ruben Legazpi. Kozoom.com.
  10. Web site: Carom Billiard Player Profile of Rui Manuel Costa. Kozoom.com.
  11. Web site: Carom Billiard Player Profile of Torbjörn Blomdahl. Kozoom.com.
  12. Web site: Carom Billiard Player Profile of Hugo Costa. Kozoom.com.
  13. Web site: Carom Billiard Player Profile of Jorge Costa. Kozoom.com.
  14. Web site: Carom Billiard Player Profile of José Miguel Soares. Kozoom.com.
  15. Web site: US Pool Billiard Player Profile of Ágata Castro. Kozoom.com.
  16. Web site: US Pool Billiard Player Profile of Amália Matas. Kozoom.com.
  17. Web site: US Pool Billiard Player Profile of Kamila Khodjaeva. Kozoom.com.
  18. Web site: US Pool Billiard Player Profile of Mariana Marinho. Kozoom.com.
  19. Web site: US Pool Billiard Player Profile of Vânia Franco. Kozoom.com.
  20. Web site: US Pool Billiard Player Profile of Marta Tavares. Kozoom.com.
  21. Web site: FC Porto - Honours. FC Porto. 4 August 2019.
  22. Web site: Resultados das Provas (Arquivo). Federação Portuguesa de Bilhar. 20 July 2022.