FC Porto (handball)
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| Full name | Futebol Clube do Porto | ||
| Founded | 5 October 1932 | ||
| Arena | Dragão Arena | ||
| Capacity | 2,200 | ||
| President | Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa | ||
| Head coach | Magnus Andersson | ||
| League | Andebol 1 | ||
| 2019–20 | Cancelled[a] | ||
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Futebol Clube do Porto (Portuguese pronunciation: [futɨˈβɔl ˈkluβ(ɨ) ðu ˈpoɾtu]), commonly referred to as FC Porto (or FC Porto Sofarma, for sponsorship purposes), or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional handball team based in Porto. Created in 1932, it is the senior representative side of the handball section of multi-sports club FC Porto.
The team competes domestically in the top-tier league Andebol 1 and internationally in European Handball Federation club competitions, such as the EHF Champions League and the EHF Cup. It plays its home matches at the Dragão Arena, alongside the club's basketball and roller hockey teams, and is managed by Swedish head coach Magnus Andersson.
History
The section started in 1932 with a field handball (eleven-a-side) team, which played competitive matches until 1974–75, when it was discontinued in favour of seven-a-side handball. During this period, the club won 37 regional and 29 national league titles in the field handball discipline.[2]
In 1951, the club established the handball section whose team won the Portuguese league title for the first time in 1953–54, and increased that tally with eight further titles by 1968.[3] Porto then endured a 31-year drought before winning the national league title again in 1998–99. In the 2014–15 season, the team secured their seventh consecutive league title, establishing a national record.[4] In the previous season, the team also debuted in the EHF Champions League group stage, after overcoming the qualification tournament for the first time in five consecutive attempts.[5]
Team
Current squad
The following players compose the squad for the 2020–21 season:
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Transfers
The following players have joined or left the team for the 2020–21 season:
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Staff
| Position | Name |
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| Sports director |  José Magalhães
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| Assistant director | Manuel Arezes
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| Head coach |  Magnus Andersson
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| Assistant coach | Carlos Martingo
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| Goalkeeping coach | Telmo Ferreira
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| Fitness coach | Tiago Cadete
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Honours
Porto is one of the most decorated Portuguese clubs in terms of domestic competitions, with a total of 39 national titles.[6]
Domestic competitions
- Winners (21): 1953–54, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1967–68, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2018–19
- Winners (8): 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1993–94, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2018–19
- Winners (3) – record: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08
- Winners (7): 1995, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2010, 2014, 2019
European competitions
- Winners (2): 2009, 2012
European record
Note: Porto score is always listed first.
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Aggregate |
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| 2016–17 | EHF Cup | R1 |  B.S.B. Batumi
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49–16 | 44–16 | 93–32 |
| R2 |  RD Koper 2013
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31–24 | 26–22 | 57–46 | ||
| R3 |  Bregenz Handball
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28–27 | 31–29 | 59–56 | ||
| Group Stage |  Frisch Auf Göppingen
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27–31 | 28–30 | 3rd place | ||
 Fraikin Granollers
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23–22 | 22–33 | ||||
 HC Midtjylland
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33–25 | 26–29 | ||||
| 2017–18 | EHF Cup | R2 |  RK Ohrid 2013
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37–20 | 44–26 | 81–46 |
| R3 | Füchse Berlin
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27–30 | 25–33 | 52–63 | ||
| 2018–19 | EHF Cup | R1 |  AHC Potaissa Turda
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41–21 | 27–24 | 68–45 |
| R2 |  SKA Minsk
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34–29 | 24–25 | 58–54 | ||
| R3 | SC Magdeburg
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23–26 | 34–27 | 57–53 | ||
| Group Stage | TTH Holstebro
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32–29 | 33–31 | 1st place | ||
| Dobrogea Sud Constanța
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30–27 | 35–29 | ||||
| Liberbank Ciudad Encantada
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37–26 | 29–26 | ||||
| QF |  Saint-Raphaël Var Handball
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30–30 | 34–30 | 64–60 | ||
| SF | Füchse Berlin
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20–24 | ||||
| 3rd place | TTH Holstebro
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28–26 | ||||
| 2019–20 | EHF Champions League | Group Stage | Meshkov Brest
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27–25 | 35–32 | 5th place |
| RK Vardar
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27–32 | 30–22 | ||||
 PGE Vive Kielce
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33–30 | 25–30 | ||||
 Telekom Veszprém
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28–38 | 24–31 | ||||
 Motor Zaporozhye
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35–35 | 29–33 | ||||
| Montpellier Handball
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23–23 | 27–22 | ||||
| THW Kiel
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28–27 | 29–30 | ||||
| R16 | Aalborg Håndbold
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Cancelled [b] | ||||
Notes
- ^ On 30 April 2020, the Portuguese Handball Federation cancelled the remaining 2019–20 season league matches due to the coronavirus pandemic, without declaring a champion or relegating teams.[1]
- ^ Knockout stage matches (Round of 16 and Quarter-finals) were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the EHF selecting the top two teams from Groups A and B to compete in the Final Four.[8]
References
- ^ "Deliberação da Federação de Andebol de Portugal relativa à época 2019/2020". Federação de Andebol de Portugal (in Portuguese). 29 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ "Lista de vencedores de provas nacionais – Andebol de 11 (masculinos)" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Andebol. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ "Lista de vencedores de provas nacionais – Séniores masculinos" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Andebol. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ "FC Porto é o primeiro hexacampeão do andebol português" (in Portuguese). Público. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ Pazen, Björn (14 July 2013). "New Port for Champions League fleet". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
- ^ "Handball – Honours". FC Porto. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ "Limburgse Handbal Dagen History". lhd.nl. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ "Information on the future of the European handball season 2019/20". European Handball Federation. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
