FC Porto
Full nameFutebol Clube do Porto
Founded1932 (1932)
(parent club in 1893)
ArenaDragão Arena
Capacity2,200
PresidentJorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
Head coachCarlos Resende
LeagueAndebol 1
2022–23Andebol 1, 1st of 16
Club colours   
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Team colours
Team colours
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Home
Team colours
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Away
Website
Official site

Futebol Clube do Porto (Portuguese pronunciation: [futɨˈβɔl ˈkluβɨ ðu ˈpoɾtu]), commonly referred to as FC Porto 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. It plays its home matches at the Dragão Arena, alongside the club's basketball and roller hockey teams. The current head coach is former Portuguese international and Porto player Carlos Resende.

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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

Kits

Team

Current squad

The following players compose the squad for the 2023–24 season:

Transfers

Transfers for the season 2024–25

Staff

PositionName
Sports directorPortugal José Magalhães
Assistant directorPortugal Manuel Arezes
Head coachPortugal Carlos Resende
Assistant coachPortugal Carlos Martingo
Goalkeeping coachPortugal Telmo Ferreira
Fitness coachPortugal Tiago Cadete

Retired numbers

No. Nat. Player Position Tenure Ref.
1PortugalAlfredo QuintanaGoalkeeper2010–2021[5]

Honours

Porto is the most decorated Portuguese clubs in terms of domestic competitions, with a total of 43 national titles.[6]

Domestic competitions

Winners (24) – record: 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, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
Winners (9): 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1993–94, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2018–19, 2020–21
Winners (3) – record: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08
Winners (8) – record: 1994, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2021

European competitions

Winners (2): 2009, 2012
  • Double
Winners (2): 2018–19, 2020–21

European record

Note: Porto's score is always listed first.

Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2016–17 EHF Cup R1 Georgia (country) B.S.B. Batumi 49–16 44–16 93–32
R2 Slovenia RD Koper 2013 31–24 26–22 57–46
R3 Austria Bregenz Handball 28–27 31–29 59–56
Group stage Germany Frisch Auf Göppingen 27–31 28–30 3rd place
Spain Fraikin Granollers 23–22 22–33
Denmark HC Midtjylland 33–25 26–29
2017–18 EHF Cup R2 North Macedonia RK Ohrid 2013 37–20 44–26 81–46
R3 Germany Füchse Berlin 27–30 25–33 52–63
2018–19 EHF Cup R1 Romania AHC Potaissa Turda 41–21 27–24 68–45
R2 Belarus SKA Minsk 34–29 24–25 58–54
R3 Germany SC Magdeburg 23–26 34–27 57–53
Group stage Spain Liberbank Cuenca 37–26 29–26 1st place
Romania Dobrogea Sud Constanța 35–19 30–27
Denmark TTH Holstebro 33–31 32–29
QF France Saint-Raphaël Var Handball 30–30 34–30 64–60
SF Germany Füchse Berlin 20–24
3rd place Denmark TTH Holstebro 28–26
2019–20 EHF Champions League Group stage Belarus Meshkov Brest 27–25 35–32 5th place
North Macedonia RK Vardar 27–32 30–22
Poland PGE Vive Kielce 33–30 25–30
Hungary Telekom Veszprém 28–38 24–31
Ukraine Motor Zaporozhye 35–35 29–33
France Montpellier Handball 23–23 27–22
Germany THW Kiel 28–27 29–30
R16 Denmark Aalborg Håndbold Cancelled [lower-alpha 1]
2020–21 EHF Champions League Group stage Norway Elverum Håndball 28–30 38–31 5th place
Belarus Meshkov Brest 27–25 0–10
Germany Flensburg-Handewitt 29–36 10–0
Hungary MOL-Pick Szeged 25–19 31–35
North Macedonia Vardar 1961 25–25 27–24
Poland Vive Kielce 32–32 30–32
France Paris Saint-Germain 31–34 28–29
Playoffs Denmark Aalborg Håndbold 32–29 24–27 56–56 (a)
2021–22 EHF Champions League Group stage Motor 27–30 10–0 5th place
Flensburg-Handewitt 28–27 26–26
Dinamo București 27–26 31–32
Telekom Veszprém 23–30 28–28
Poland Łomża Vive Kielce 33–39 29–27
FC Barcelona 33–33 31–38
Paris Saint-Germain 19–33 30–39
Playoffs France Montpellier Handball 29–29 27–35 56–64

Notes

  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

  1. ↑ "Lista de vencedores de provas nacionais – Andebol de 11 (masculinos)" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Andebol. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Lista de vencedores de provas nacionais – Séniores masculinos" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Andebol. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "FC Porto é o primeiro hexacampeão do andebol português" (in Portuguese). Público. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  4. ↑ Pazen, Björn (14 July 2013). "New Port for Champions League fleet". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "FC Porto retira número 1 das camisolas do andebol em homenagem a Quintana" [FC Porto retires number 1 from handball jerseys in honor of Quintana]. O Jogo. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "Handball – Honours". FC Porto. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Limburgse Handbal Dagen History". lhd.nl. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Information on the future of the European handball season 2019/20". European Handball Federation. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
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