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 Portuguese professional roller hockey team based in Porto. They compete in the Portuguese First Division, the top-tier league in the country, and play their home matches at the Dragão Arena.

FC Porto
Full nameFutebol Clube do Porto Fidelidade
LeaguePortuguese First Division
Founded1955 (71 years ago) (1955)[1]
Home groundDragão Arena
(Capacity 2,200)
Personnel
CoachPaulo Freitas
ManagerFranklim Pais
Websitefcporto.pt
Home
Away

In domestic competitions, Porto have won 26 league titles (10 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.[citation needed] Internationally, they have won four WSE Champions League titles, two WSE Cups, two CERH Cup Winners' Cups, two WSE Continental Cups and one Intercontinental Cup.[citation needed]

Current squad

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Squad for the 2024–25 season:[2]

Goalkeepers

  • 1 Spain Xavier Malián
  • 24 Portugal Leonardo Pais

Defenders / Midfielders

Forwards

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

Technical staff

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Technical staff for the 2024–25 season:[2]

PositionName
Section directorPortugal Eurico Pinto
Assistant directorPortugal João Baldaia
Team managerPortugal Franklim Pais
Head coachSpain Ricardo Ares
Assistant coachesPortugal Diogo Oliveira
Portugal Nélson Filipe
Equipment technicianPortugal Francisco Monteiro
DoctorPortugal Frederico Raposo
PhysiotherapistPortugal Pedro Quintas
NursePortugal Daniel Cunha

Honours

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Domestic Competitions

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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

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Winners (4): 1985–86, 1989–90, 2022–23, 2025–26
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. 1 2 "FC Porto Hóquei em Patins – Plantel" (in Portuguese). FC Porto.
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