FC Porto (roller hockey) explained

Clubname:FC Porto
Fullname:Futebol Clube do Porto Fidelidade
Founded:[1]
Ground:Dragão Arena
Capacity:2,200
Manager:Franklim Pais
Coach:Ricardo Ares
League:First Division
Season:2023–24
Position:First Division,
Website:fcporto.pt
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Futebol Clube do Porto (pronounced as /pt/), 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.

In domestic competitions, they won 25 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

Squad for the 2023–24 season:[3]

Goalkeepers

Defenders / Midfielders

Forwards

Technical staff

Position Name
Section director Eurico Pinto
Assistant director João Baldaia
Team manager Franklim Pais
Head coach Ricardo Ares
Assistant coach Iván Jaquierz
Physical therapist Pedro Quintas
Nurse Daniel Cunha

Honours

Domestic competitions

Winners (25) – 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, 2023–24

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

Winners (2) – shared record: 2019, 2022

European competitions

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

Winners (1): 2021

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Armando. Pinto. Inícios e consolidação do Hóquei em Patins do FC Porto (resumo histórico). Memória Portista. Portuguese. 31 January 2017. 26 August 2021.
  2. Web site: FC Porto Hóquei em Patins – Títulos. zerozero.pt. Portuguese.
  3. Web site: FC Porto Hóquei em Patins – Plantel. FC Porto. Portuguese.