FC Porto (roller hockey)

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
Founded1955 (1955)[1]
Home groundDragão Arena
(Capacity 2,200)
ManagerFranklim Pais
CoachRicardo Ares
LeagueFirst Division
2022–23First Division, Semi-finals
Websitefcporto.pt
Home
Away

In domestic competitions, they won 24 league titles (ten of which, conquered consecutively between the 2001–02 and 2010–11 seasons, a Portuguese roller hockey record), 18 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

  • 01 Spain Xavier Malián
  • 24 Portugal Leonardo Pais

Defenders / Midfielders

Forwards

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

Technical staff

PositionName
Section directorPortugal Eurico Pinto
Assistant directorPortugal João Baldaia
Team managerPortugal Franklim Pais
Head coachSpain Ricardo Ares
Assistant coachArgentina Iván Jaquierz
Physical therapistPortugal Pedro Quintas
NursePortugal Daniel Cunha

Honours

Domestic competitions

Winners (24) – shared 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
Winners (18) – 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
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

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. "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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