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FC Porto (roller hockey)

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FC Porto
Full nameFutebol Clube do Porto Fidelidade
LeaguePrimeira Divisão
Home groundDragão Arena
(Capacity 2,200)
Personnel
ChairmanJorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
ManagerGuillem Cabestany
Home
Away

Futebol Clube do Porto (Portuguese pronunciation: [futɨˈβɔl ˈkluβ(ɨ) 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. It is the senior representative side of the roller hockey section of multi-sports club FC Porto, a Portuguese sports club based in Porto.

The team competes domestically in the top-tier Primeira Divisão league, and internationally in the Euroleague. It plays its home matches at the Dragão Arena, alongside the club's basketball and handball teams, and is managed by Spanish head coach Guillem Cabestany.

Team

Current squad

The following players compose the squad for the 2020–21 season:[1]

Goalkeepers (GK)
  • 01 Spain Xavier Malián
  • 61 Portugal Tiago Rodrigues
Defenders/Midfielders (DF/MF)
  • 18 Portugal Daniel "Poka" Oliveira
  • 19 France Carlo Di Benedetto
  • 57 Argentina Reinaldo García (Captain)
  • 26 Spain Xavier Barroso
Forwards (FW)
  • 07 Italy Giulio Cocco
  • 09 Portugal Rafael Costa
  • 77 Portugal Gonçalo Alves
  • 08 Argentina Ezequiel Mena (FW)

Transfers

The following players have joined or left the team for the 2020–21 season:

Staff

Position Name
Assistant director Portugal João Baldaia
Head coach Spain Guillem Cabestany
Assistant coach Portugal Jorge Ferreira
Fitness coach Portugal Miguel Almeida
Physical therapist Portugal Pedro Quintas
Nurse Portugal Daniel Cunha

Honours

In terms of total number of trophies, Porto is the most decorated team in Portuguese competitions, holding the record for most cup and super cup wins. They won their first championship in 1982–83, the first season under the presidency of Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa. Notably, Porto won the Primeira Divisão title for a record 10 consecutive seasons between 2001 and 2011. Internationally, Porto have also won multiple competitions, including two CERH European League titles in 1986 and 1990.[2]

Domestic competitions

Winners (23) – 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
Winners (17) – 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
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

European competitions

Winners (2): 1985–86, 1989–90
Winners (2): 1993–94, 1995–96
Winners (2): 1981–82, 1982–83
Winners (1): 1986

References

  1. ^ "Roller hockey – Squad". FC Porto.
  2. ^ "Roller hockey – Honours". FC Porto. Retrieved 24 January 2015.