FC Porto (roller hockey)

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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.

FC Porto
Full nameFutebol Clube do Porto Fidelidade
LeagueFirst Division
Founded1955 (69 years ago) (1955)[1]
Home groundDragão Arena
(Capacity 2,200)
Personnel
CoachRicardo Ares
ManagerFranklim Pais
Websitefcporto.pt
Home
Away

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

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Squad for the 2023–24 season:[3]

Goalkeepers

  • 01   Xavier Malián
  • 24   Leonardo Pais

Defenders / Midfielders

Forwards

  • 07   Ezequiel Mena
  • 09   Rafael Costa
  • 19   Carlo Di Benedetto
  • 29   Roc Pujadas
  • 77   Gonçalo Alves

Technical staff

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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

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Domestic competitions

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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
  • Portuguese Elite Cup
Winners (2) – shared record: 2019, 2022

European competitions

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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

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Winners (1): 2021

References

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  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. ^ "FC Porto Hóquei em Patins – Plantel" (in Portuguese). FC Porto.
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