F.C. Porto Totally Explained

Everything about Fc Porto totally explained

Futebol Clube do Porto (pron. ) - short: FC Porto or FCP - is a Portuguese sports club best known for its footballing endeavors. It was founded in Porto in 1893. It holds the best International record by a Portuguese team, having won the European Cup and the Intercontinental Cup twice each. In 2003, it brought Portugal's first UEFA Cup and in 1987 it brought Portugal's first UEFA Supercup. Domestically they hold the best record of five titles in a row, having won the league 23 times, the Portuguese Cup 17 times and Portuguese Supercup 15 times.
   The football home ground is the Estádio do Dragão, which replaced previous home Estádio das Antas in 2003. FC Porto is also a leading force in other sports: the handball and basketball teams are regular contenders for the national titles and the roller hockey section is amongst the best in the sport worldwide. The new multi-sport arena near the stadium will be completed soon; in past years the non-professional home grounds were scattered around neighbouring cities (such as Gondomar, Matosinhos and Santo Tirso). Supporters and players of the club are nicknamed portistas.
   It was founded in the northern city of Porto on September 28, 1893, by wine-salesman António Nicolau de Almeida' who had his first contact with the game of foot-ball on one of his trips to England. The club was revived in 1906 by Monteiro da Costa.
   Commercially, the club has several stores called Loja Azul (English: Blue Store) scattered around the city, including two used with official supplier Nike. Since 1994, a merchandising goods fair called Portomania is organized during the pre-season. FC Porto publishes one of the older club-related publications in Europe: a monthly 60-page full-colour magazine called Dragões (Dragons) that has existed since the early 1980s.
   As for its domestic record, it holds the second best record, after SL Benfica. FC Porto played in the Portuguese championship 72 times, playing 1988 games, winning 1287, drawing 369, losing 332, scoring 4427 goals and conceding 1876, having 3204 points as of the end of the 2005-06 season.

The public company

After going public in 1998, FC Porto created several satellite companies around the club to improve its efficiency.

FCPorto - Junior football, handball, rink hockey, atletism, magazine, etc.
FCPorto - Futebol SAD and FCPorto - Basquetebol SAD (professional football and basketball)
PortoEstádio (Estádio do Dragão)
PortoMultimédia (official site and multimedia products)
PortoComercial (Merchandising)
PortoSeguro (Insurances) The FCPorto SAD is rated in the Euronext Lisbon

Presidents

Nicolau d`Almeida, Monteiro da Costa, Dummond Villares, Carmo Pacheco, Borges de Avelar, Henrique da Mesquita, Pinto de Faria, Neves Reis, Urgel Horta, Carlos Costa, Angelo César, Ferreira Alves, Júlio Ribeiro, Cesario Bonito, Paulo Pombo, Nascimento Cordeiro, Pinto Magalhães, Américo de Sá, Pinto da Costa.

History

Its first official trophy, the "Union of the North cup", was won in 1911. In the following years it became one of the biggest clubs in Portugal and went on to win the first national competition in the history of Portuguese football, the Campeonato da Liga 1934/35. Porto were always a struggling team after that championship, so they went to win only 6 championships in 41 years of dictatorship. But after the Carnation Revolution, the history of Portuguese soccer saw a new title contestant, and a new European team. In the following years, Porto won 16 titles,10 Portuguese cups, 1 European Champions Cup and the new Champions League, 1 UEFA Cup, 1 European Super Cup, and 2 Intercontinental Cup. A wonderful rise for a team that was used to, as was said at the time, starting away games 1-0 down.
Two of the biggest reasons for this change of fortunes were Pinto da Costa who took control of Porto in 1982 and José Maria Pedroto whom he'd brought back with him to manage the team. The duo quickly caused the team damage, with Pinto da Costa as football director and Pedroto as manager, winning two titles previously, and making controversial remarks about the centralization of Portuguese football, which caused them problems with the directing board, and consequently they left. After quitting, in 1982 Pinto da Costa ran for presidency and won bringing back Pedroto. The following decades turned what was the third team in the overall history of Portuguese football into the biggest title winner of the past 20 years. Since 1982, Porto has won 15 titles, achieving the record Penta (five leagues in a row) in 1999 and since 1976 never finished below 3rd place, nine Portuguese cups, and has a majority of Supercups, having won 15 out of a possible 27.

International titles

1987 - European Champions Cup

When Pinto da Costa joined as president, Porto was the only club from the "big three" without European honours, but that quickly changed. The first final was played against Juventus F.C. for the 1984 Cup Winners' Cup, but Porto lost. Three years later, the team led by Artur Jorge, the name hand-picked by Pedroto, won its first European honour, in a thrilling 2-1 victory over Bayern Munich in the European Cup 1986-87.

Stage	Opponent	Home	Away
1/16	Rabat Ajax	1-0	9-0
1/8	TJ Vitkovice	0-1	3-0
1/4	Brøndby IF	1-0	1-1
1/2	Dinamo Kiev	2-1	2-1
Final	FC Bayern Munich	2-1

The following year Porto won the European Super Cup, against Ajax Amsterdam, and the Intercontinental Cup, against Peñarol, making them the first Portuguese winners of the two cups.

1988-2002

The following 16 years saw Porto as a midrange team - often in the final 16, but not progressing much further. The exception was in 1994, when Porto reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League. The semi-final, decided on a single game, resulted in a heavy loss (3-0) at the hands of Johann Cruyff's FC Barcelona, in the Nou Camp.

2003 - UEFA Cup

In 2003, under the guidance of José Mourinho, Porto made a thrilling UEFA Cup run, topped with a victory in a fantastic final against Celtic in Seville.

Stage	Opponent	Home	Away
1/64	KS Polonia Warszawa	6-0	0-2
1/32	FK Austria Wien	2-0	1-0
1/16	RC Lens	3-0	0-1
1/8	Denizlispor K.	6-1	2-2
1/4	Panathinaikos FC	0-1	2-0
1/2	SS Lazio	4-1	0-0
Final	Celtic FC	3-2

2004 - Champions League

The following season set a greater challenge, but despite a slow start which included a 1-3 loss against Real Madrid, Porto never lost again in the Champions League, relegating O. Marseille to the UEFA Cup (where they reached the final), Manchester United at Old Trafford in the dying minutes of play, O. Lyon and Deportivo. Porto beat Monaco 3-0 in the Final played in Arena AufSchalke. Porto's UEFA Champions League winning line-up: Vitor Baia, Nuno Valente, Ricardo Carvalho, Jorge Costa(c), Paulo Ferreira, Costinha, Nuno Maniche, Pedro Mendes, Deco (Pedro Emanuel), Derlei (Benni McCarthy), Carlos Alberto Gomes (Dmitri Alenichev)

Stage	Opponent	Home	Away
Group stage	FK Partizan Belgrade	2-1	1-1
Group stage	Real Madrid CF	1-3	1-1
Group stage	Olympique de Marseille	1-0	3-2
1/8	Manchester United FC	2-1	1-1
1/4	Olympique Lyonnais	2-0	2-2
1/2	RC Deportivo La Coruña	0-0	0-1
Final	AS Monaco FC	3-0

After the victory, Porto became the Portuguese side with the most European cups won - 2 CL/ECC, UEFA Super Cup plus a UEFA Cup, compared with the two ECC by Benfica and the one CWC by Sporting.
Even after the departure of José Mourinho to Chelsea FC, the club kept winning at the international level. On December 12 2004, FC Porto won the last-held Intercontinental Cup, by beating Once Caldas from Colombia at an impressive 8-7 after penalty shoot-out. Porto is also one of the founding members of G-14.

Estádio do Dragão

Estádio do Dragão (English: Dragon's Stadium) is a football stadium in Porto, Portugal that has an all-seated capacity of 50,948.

   The stadium was built as a replacement for FC Porto's old ground, Estadio das Antas (Dolmens' Stadium), and as a venue for EURO 2004. It was completed in 2003, some months after what was expected since in the February 2001, Porto mayor Rui Rio changed the estate distribution, criticizing the plan because it included high-scale housing and shopping for the area and forcing the chairman of FC Porto Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa to halt all building operations, which were only resumed after a consensus was agreed. As of today, the stadium, housing and shopping areas have been built but the city hall has apparently let go of its interest to build the school and public gardens which are part of the plan, causing old arguments about the mayor's decision in 2001 to resurface. As requested by UEFA, the old stadium was demolished, and the space used for the media during the Euro 2004, and in the following months, the construction of the buildings that will form the new urban settlement called "Cidade das Antas" (City of Antas) began. Designed by Manuel Salgado and built by the Grupo Amorim, it cost €97.755.318, of which €18.430.956 was supported by the Portuguese taxpayers. To support costs, each stand carries one or two sponsor names, edp for the South (Sul) end, tmn and Sapo adsl in the East (Nascente) stand, PT and TV Cabo for the West (Poente) stand and finally Coca-Cola in the North (Norte) Stand. Away fans are placed in the left corner of the North stand, while FC Porto supporter groups (SuperDragões and Colectivo Ultras 95) are at each end, although initially both groups were in the South stand.
   The stadium's name is derived from the presence of a dragon on the crest of FC Porto, which is composed of an old football under the old crest of the City of Porto. It is also the nickname of FC Porto fans. Other alternatives were considered, such as Estádio das Antas (officially, unlike the former stadium) or named after Artur de Sousa Pinga, José Maria Pedroto (former players and managers) or Pinto da Costa (running president for over 20 years). Inaugurated in 16 November 2003 against FC Barcelona, FC Porto won 2-0 with goals by Derlei and Hugo Almeida. However, due to severe turf problems, FC Porto was forced to play in the Estádio das Antas, until the turf was replanted by mid February 2004.
   The stadium further cemented its reputation as an all-round sports and entertainment venue when it secured the Portuguese leg of The Rolling Stones 2006 world tour, fighting off competition from stadia in Lisbon. This represents something of a coup for the city of Porto over the capital.

Current squad

(3rd) (1st)
    (2nd)

(from youth team)
   (from youth team)

Squad changes for 2008/09 season

In:

Rolando - Belenenses for Free

Tomás Costa - Rosario Central - for 3.2million €

Nelson Benítez - Lanús - for 1million € Total spending: 4,200,000 € Out:

Jose Bosingwa - Chelsea for 20.5million € Total income: 20,500,000 €

Players out on loan

BWIN Liga:

Ezequias - Leixões S.C.

Diogo Valente - Leixões S.C.

Paulo Machado - Leixões S.C.

Vieirinha - Leixões S.C.

Bruno Gama - Vitória Setúbal

Claúdio Pitbull - Vitória Setúbal

Alan - Vitória de Guimarães

Ivanildo - Académica de Coimbra

Luis Aguiar - Académica de Coimbra

Fernando - Estrela da Amadora

Edgar - Académica de Coimbra Liga Vitalis:

Nuno André Coelho - Portimonense SC

Paulo Ribeiro - SC Olhanense

Steven Vitória - SC Olhanense

Bruno Vale - Varzim SC

Zéquinha - FC Penafiel

João Pedro - FC Penafiel Other countries:

Hélder Postiga - Panathinaikos FC

Fatih Sonkaya - Roda JC

Ibson - Flamengo

Wason Rentería - RC Strasbourg

Leandro - Palmeiras

Famous players

1930-1979

Pinga

Barrigana

Hernâni

Pavão

Pedroto

Virgílio

Seninho

António Oliveira

Costa

Fernando Gomes

Frasco

Teofilo Cubillas 1980s

Jaime Magalhães

António André

Augusto Inácio

Jaime Pacheco

João Pinto

António Sousa

Futre

Fernando Couto

Vítor Baía

Stéphane Demol

Geraldão

Juary

Casagrande

Celso

Branco

Madjer

Józef Młynarczyk

Mickey Walsh 1990s

Rui Barros

Rui Filipe

Domingos

Carlos Secretário

Paulinho Santos

Capucho

Sérgio Conceição

Rui Jorge

Jorge Costa

António Folha

Hilário

Jardel

Aloísio

Doriva

Emerson

Emil Kostadinov

Timofte

Ljubinko Drulović

Ivica Kralj

Zlatko Zahovič

Lars Eriksson

Miklós Fehér

Péter Lipcsei

Chippo

Vítor Baía 2000s

Jorge Andrade

Ricardo Carvalho

Bruno Alves

Pedro Mendes

Bosingwa

Costinha

Nuno Valente

Paulo Ferreira

Maniche

Raul Meireles

Quaresma

Hélder Postiga

Hugo Almeida

Pepe

Deco

Derlei

Helton

Diego

Luis Fabiano

Ibson

Carlos Alberto

Anderson

Lisandro Lopéz

Lucho González

Pizzi

Carlos Paredes

Fucile

Tarik Sektioui

Marek Cech

Yourkas Seitaridis

Alenitchev

Fatih Sonkaya

Benni McCarthy

Selected former managers

Co Adriaanse (2005/06)

Víctor Fernández (2004/05)

Luigi Del Neri (2004)

José Mourinho (2002-04)

Octávio Machado (2002)

Fernando Santos (1998-2001)

Antonio Oliveira (1996-98)

Bobby Robson (1994-96)

Tomislav Ivic (1987/88, 1993/94)

Carlos Alberto Silva (1991-93)

Artur Jorge (1984-87, 1988-91)

José Pedroto (1966-1969, 1976-80, 1982-84)

Béla Guttmann (1958/59, 1973/74)

Fernando Riera (1972/73)

Elek Schwartz (1969-70)

Flávio Costa (1956/57, 1965/66)

Otto Glória (1963-65)

Gyorgy Orth (1960-62)

Ferdinand 'Fernando' Daučík (1959/60)

Dorival Yustrich (1955/56, 1957/58)

Honours

International

European Cup/Champions' League: 2

1986/87
- Final: FC Porto 2 - 1 Bayern Munich (at Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria)
- Goals by Madjer, Juary; Kögl
2003/04
- Final: FC Porto 3 - 0 AS Monaco (at Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany)
- Goals by Carlos Alberto, Deco, Dmitri Alenichev

European Super Cup: 1

1986/87
- Ajax 0 - 1 FC Porto Goal by Rui Barros
- FC Porto 1 - 0 Ajax Goal by Sousa
2003 (runners up)
- A.C. Milan 1 - 0 FC Porto (at Stade Louis II, Monaco)
- Goal by Shevchenko
2004 (runners up)
- FC Porto 1 - 2 Valencia, (at Stade Louis II, Monaco)
- Goals by Quaresma; Baraja, Di Vaio

Intercontinental Cup: 2

1987
- FC Porto 2 - 1 Peñarol (aet)
- Goals by Gomes, Madjer; Vieira
2004
- FC Porto 0 - 0 Once Caldas (8-7 on penalties)

UEFA Cup: 1

2002/03
- Final: FC Porto 3 - 2 Celtic (aet) (at Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla, Seville, Spain)
- Goals by Derlei (2), Alenitchev; Henrik Larsson (2) � :This was the first match ever decided under UEFA's new silver goal rule.

Cup Winners' Cup: (runners up)

1983/84
- Final: FC Porto 1 - 2 Juventus (at St. Jakob Stadium, Basel, Switzerland)
- Goals by Sousa; Vignola, Boniek

National

Portuguese Liga :

Winners: 23
1934/35, 1938/39, 1939/40, 1955/56, 1958/59, 1977/78, 1978/79, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1987/88, 1989/90, 1991/92, 1992/93, 1994/95, 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98, 1998/99, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08
Runners-up: 23
1935/36, 1937/38, 1940/41, 1950/51, 1953/54, 1956/57, 1957/58, 1961/62, 1962/63, 1963/64, 1964/65, 1974/75, 1979/80, 1980/81, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1986/87, 1988/89, 1990/91, 1993/94, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2004/05

Portuguese Cup :

Winners: 17
1921/22, 1924/25, 1931/32, 1936/37, 1955/56, 1957/58, 1967/68, 1976/77, 1983/84, 1987/88, 1990/91, 1993/94, 1997/98, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2002/03, 2005/06
Runners-up: 14
1923/24, 1930/31, 1952/53, 1958/59, 1960/61, 1962/63, 1977/78, 1979/80, 1980/81, 1982/83, 1984/85, 1991/92, 2003/04, 2007/08

Portuguese Super Cup "Cândido de Oliveira":

Winners: 15
1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006
Runners-up: 8
1979, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2007

Other trophies

Joan Gamper Trophy

1987
- FC Porto 2 - 1 FC Barcelona
- FC Porto 2 - 0 Bayern Munich

Viareggio Tournament - Viareggio, Italy

1989
- FC Porto 1 - 1 Inter Milan
- FC Porto 1 - 1 Fiorentina (Porto won on penalties)

Teresa Herrera Cup - Coruña, Spain

1991
- FC Porto 2 - 1 Real Madrid
- FC Porto 1 - 0 Deportivo de La Coruña

"Ciudad de Sevilla" Tournament - Seville, Spain

1992
- FC Porto 2 - 0 Sevilla FC
- FC Porto 2 - 2 Atlético Madrid
- FC Porto 2 - 0 Betis (Final)

Centennial Cup - Porto, Portugal

1993
- FC Porto 3 - 1 Cruzeiro

Thailand Premier Cup - Bangkok, Thailand

1997
- FC Porto 2 - 1 Inter Milan
- FC Porto 4 - 2 Boca Juniors (After penalties)

League and cup performances

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CL = Campeonato da Liga (winners weren't considered Portuguese champions); 1D = First League and predecessors (1st level)
Cup: pre-1938: Campeonato de Portugal (winners were considered Portuguese champions)
ECC / ECL = European Champion's Cup / Champions League; CWC = Cup Winner's Cup; UC = UEFA Cup ; FC = Fairs Cup

Records

Participations in the Portuguese main division: 72

Games played: 1988
Games won: 1287
Games drawn: 369
Games lost: 332
Goals scored: 4427 (average 2,23 per game)
Goals conceded: 1876 (average 0,94 per game)
Best position: Champion (22 times)
Worst position: 9th (1969/70)
Season with more points: 67 in 1990/91 (2 pts per win) and 86 in 2002/03 (3 pts per win)
Player with most games: João Pinto with 407
Player with most goals: Fernando Gomes with 288
Manager with most games: Pedroto with 236

Rink hockey

Rink hockey, Portugal's second sport, is one of the most important sections in the club. Started in 1955, FCPorto is one of the Portuguese sides who won the European Champions' Cup/League, with their second and last victory in 1990, after having won in 1986. Since then, Porto was a regular contender in the competitions' final-four.
While the new indoor arena is being built, Porto will play in the Pavilhão Municipal de Fânzeres, Gondomar.

Players and staff

Name		Position
Edo Bosch		Goalkeeper
Tiago Sousa		Goalkeeper
Ricardo Figueira		Defender
Filipe Santos		Defender
Reinaldo Ventura		Forward
Ricardo Oliveira (Caio)		Forward
Reinaldo Garcia		Forward
Emanuel Garcia		Forward
Pedro Gil		Forward
Franklim Pais		Coach
Ilídio Borges Pinto		Vice-president in charge of the section

See 2005-06 in Portuguese Rink Hockey

Famous players

Franklim Pais

Tó Neves

Vítor Hugo

Realista

António Alves

Pedro Alves

Paulo Alves

António Livramento (manager)

Vasco Silva

Teofilo Cubillas

Honours

European Champions Cup (2): 1985-86, 1989-90

European Cup Winners' Cup (2): 1981-82, 1982-83

CERS Cup (2): 1993-94, 1995-96

European Supercup (1): 1986-1987

Portuguese Championships (16): 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

Portuguese Cups (11): 1982-83, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1995-96, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2004-05, 2005-06

Portuguese Supercup (13): 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1995-96, 1997-98, 1999-2000, 2005-06

Handball

While not as popular as football or rink hockey, the celebrations of the 1998-99 titles were only passed by the celebrations of the Penta of the football team, as the previous victory in the championship was in 1968, after dominating the league in much of the 50s. To support costs, like in other clubs, the section also bears the name of a sponsor: FC Porto Vitalis.

2005-06 squad

Name		Position
Ricardo Candeias		Goalkeeper
Hugo Laurentino		Goalkeeper
Ricardo Ribeiro		Left wing
Carlos Resende		Center left
Álvaro Rodrigues		Center left
Tomic Dusan		Center right
Rui Rocha		Left wing
Manuel Arezes		Pivot
David Tavares		Right wing
Tiago Rocha		Pivot
Ricardo Moreira		Right wing
Sérgio Lopes		Left wing/center left
Carlos Martingo		Center

Honours

National championship (11): 1953-54, 1956-57, 1957-58, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1967-68, 1998-99 and 2001-02

Professional Championship (2): 2002-03 and 2003-04

Portuguese cups (6): 1975-76, 1976-77, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1993-94 and 2005-06

Portuguese supercups (4): 1994-95, 1999-00, 2000-01 and 2002-03

Portuguese league cups (2):2003-04 and 2004-05

Basketball

2005-06 squad

Name		H	Position
Augusto Sobrinho		1m90	*
Heshimu Evans		2m00	*
Paulo Cunha		1m99	*
José Costa		1m90	*
Rodrigo Mascarenhas	-	1m98	*
Jimmy Mackey		1m90	*
Élvis Évora		2m05	*
Ian Stanback	-	2m00	*
Anastácio Sami	-	2m07	*
Fábio Fernandes		2m00	*
Sérgio Silva		1m74	*
Gustavo Mota		1m92	*

Honours

Professional league (4): 1995-96, 1996-97, 1998-99; 2003-04

First Division (6): 1951-52, 1952-53, 1971-72, 1978-79, 1979-80 and 1982-83;

Second Division (2): 1947-48 and 1949-50;

Billiards

National championship - 3 Tabelas (9): 1982/83, 1983/84, 1987/88, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1996/97, 1999/2000, 2001/02, 2002/03

National championship - Pool (3): 2000/01, 2001/02, 2002/03

Athletics

Notes and references

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