FC Porto (roller hockey)

FC Porto
Full nameFutebol Clube do Porto Fidelidade
LeagueFirst Division
Founded1955 (1955)[1]
Home groundDragão Arena
(Capacity 2,200)
Personnel
CoachRicardo Ares
ManagerFranklim Pais
Websitefcporto.pt
Home
Away

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.

In domestic competitions, they won 26 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 2024–25 season:[3]

Goalkeepers

  • 1 Xavier Malián
  • 24 Leonardo Pais

Defenders / Midfielders

Forwards

  • 4 Tomás Santos
  • 7 Ezequiel Mena
  • 9 Rafael Costa
  • 19 Carlo Di Benedetto
  • 77 Gonçalo Alves

Technical staff

Technical staff for the 2024–25 season:[3]

Position Name
Section director Eurico Pinto
Assistant director João Baldaia
Team manager Franklim Pais
Head coach Ricardo Ares
Assistant coaches Diogo Oliveira
Nélson Filipe
Equipment technician Francisco Monteiro
Doctor Frederico Raposo
Physiotherapist Pedro Quintas
Nurse Daniel Cunha

Honours

Domestic competitions

Winners (26) – 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, 2024–25
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): 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

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "FC Porto Hóquei em Patins – Títulos" (in Portuguese). zerozero.pt.
  3. ^ a b "FC Porto Hóquei em Patins – Plantel" (in Portuguese). FC Porto.