FC Porto

Porto
	FC Porto emblem
Full name	Futebol Clube do Porto
Nickname(s)	Dragões; (The Dragons); Azuis e Brancos (Blue and White); Tripeiros
Founded	1893
Ground	Estádio do Dragão; (Dragon Stadium)
Capacity	50,948
Chairman	Pinto da Costa
Manager	Vacant
League	Liga bwin
2005-06	Liga, 1st
Home colours	Away colours

Futebol Clube do Porto (pron. IPA [futɨ'βɔɫ 'kluβ(ɨ) du 'poɾtu]) - short: FC Porto, FCP - is a Portuguese sports club, best known for its football section, was said during the early 1990s to have been founded in Porto in 1893 by a wine-salesman António Nicolau de Almeida. He first had contact with the game of football in one of his trips to England. There are no more references to the club until the previously agreed on foundation date, 1906 when Monteiro da Costa revived the club.

The football home ground is now the Estádio do Dragão (finished in 2003 as a venue for Euro 2004) after 51 years playing in the Estádio das Antas. Porto is, along with Sporting Lisbon and Benfica, one of the "Big Three" clubs in Portugal. Porto have won the UEFA Champions League twice (one still as the ECC) and the UEFA Cup once. It was the first team since the Liverpool 76-77 squad to win the Champions League after winning the UEFA Cup.

FC Porto is also a leading force in other sports: the handball and basketball team are regular contenders in the Portuguese national titles, and the rink hockey section is amongst the best in the sport. The new arena near the stadium will be completed soon; in past years the non-professional home grounds were scattered in northwestern cities of Portugal (such as Gondomar and Espinho).

Commercially, FC Porto has several stores called Loja Azul (Blue Store) scattered around Porto including two used with official supplier Nike. Since 1994 a merchandising goods fair called Portomania is organized during the pre-season, and edits 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 '80s..

Porto supporters and players are often called the tripeiros, though the term the Andrades is also popular after a family with that name sponsored the club for several years. However, since the 1980s, it is seen as somewhat derogatory.

The public company

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

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, César Bonito, Paulo Pombo, Nascimento Cordeiro, Pinto Magalhães, Américo de Sá, Pinto da Costa

Football

Its first official trophy, the "Union of the North cup", was conquered in 1911 In the following years it became one of the most important clubs in Portugal, but with less presence in comparison with the Lisbon rivals. In spite of this, the team still went on to win the first two Portuguese championships. Only four titles followed until the beginning of the 1980s.

In 1982 Pinto da Costa took control of Porto. The next decades turned what was the fourth team in the overall history of Portuguese football into the biggest title cruncher of the past 20 years. Since 1982, Porto has won 14 titles, achieving the record Penta (five leagues in a row) in 1999, eight Portuguese cups, and has a majority of Supercups, having won 14 out of a possible 26. Many of these victories are shadowed by claims of corruption and bribery, even though the courts have opted to always drop the charges, some times on technicalites such as dropping of phone taps for not being regulamented in Portuguese law.

International titles

1987 - European Champions Cup

File:Madjer.jpg

Rabah Madjer scores the equalizer with his back-heel for FC Porto in the 1987 final

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	9-0	1-0
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	1-0	2-0
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 meant a higher 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 the Old Trafford in the dying minutes of play, O. Lyon and Depor. Porto beat Monaco 3-0 in the Final played in Arena AufSchalke, becoming the first team to win the competition outside the Big 5 since Ajax in the year of 1995.

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	1-0
Final	AS Monaco FC	3-0

After the victory, Porto became the Portuguese side with the most European cups won - 2 CL/ECC plus a UEFA Cup, compared with the two ECC by Benfica and the one CWC by Sporting.

However the victory was the pinnacle of their success, as José Mourinho left to take over as coach at Chelsea FC, many players also departed. They also went through several coaching changes during the 2004/05 season, ending up finishing second to Benfica in the league (place achieved in the last matchday, after trailing third during most of the season), and were eliminated in their Champions League cup defense in the Round of 16 by Internazionale.

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. Nowadays FC Porto was involved in the scandal of corruption called "Apito Dourado" "Golden whistle" in wich is chairman is accused of altering results by paying off refferes. The judges designated to this case declared FC Porto innocent of any charges.

Porto is also one of the founding members of G-14.

2006/2007 squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BRA	Helton
2	DF	POR	Ricardo Costa
3	DF	BRA	Pepe
4	DF	POR	Pedro Emanuel
5	DF	SVK	Marek Čech
6	MF	BRA	Ibson
7	MF	POR	Quaresma
8	MF	ARG	Lucho González
9	FW	ARG	Lisandro Lopez
10	MF	BRA	Anderson
11	MF	MAR	Tarik Sektioui
12	DF	POR	Bosingwa
14	DF	POR	Bruno Alves
15	DF	BRA	Ezequias


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	POR	Raul Meireles
17	MF	POR	Vieirinha
18	MF	BRA	Paulo Assunção
19	FW	CRO	Tomislav Sokota
20	MF	BRA	Jorginho
21	MF	BRA	Alan
23	FW	POR	Hélder Postiga
24	GK	POR	Paulo Ribeiro
26	DF	POR	João Paulo
28	FW	BRA	Adriano
29	FW	BRA	Bruno Moraes
31	MF	POR	Diogo Valente
99	GK	POR	Vítor Baía

Players on loan

Paulo Machado on loan to Estrela da Amadora
Maciel on loan to Sporting Braga
Leandro do Bonfim on loan to Cruzeiro
Ivanildo on loan to União de Leiria
Miguel Areias on loan to Standard Liège (06/07)
Nuno Coelho on loan to Standard Liège (06/07)
Hélder Barbosa on loan to Académica
Hugo Almeida on loan to Werder Bremen
Leandro on loan to Cruzeiro EC
Fatih Sonkaya on loan to Académica

Squad Changes for 2006/07 season

In:

Vieirinha - Signed from FC Porto B
Tarik Sektioui - Signed from AZ Alkmaar
Hélder Postiga - Return from Saint-Étienne
Diogo Valente - Signed from Boavista FC
Ezequias - Signed from Académica
João Paulo - Signed from UD Leiria

Out:

Benni McCarthy - Signed to Blackburn Rovers Undisclosed Fee
Diego - Signed to Werder Bremen

Notes

The first letter in the position refers position in the field, then the side
Players with previous club in italic returned from loan

Famous players


Early Days
Pinga	Virgílio	Pedroto	Barrigana
Hernâni	Teofilo Cubillas	Seninho	Pavão
Pedroto and the European Conquest (1978 to 1989)
António Oliveira	Frasco	Costa
Fernando Gomes	João Pinto	Józef Młynarczyk	Augusto Inácio
Celso	António André	Jaime Pacheco	Jaime Magalhães
Madjer	Futre	Juary	Branco
António Sousa	Geraldão	Rui Barros
Nineties
Paulinho Santos	Rui Filipe	Emerson	Timofte
Domingos	Kostadinov	Ljubinko Drulovic	Aloísio
Fernando Couto	Jorge Costa	Sérgio Conceição	Zlatko Zahovic
Vítor Baía	Jardel	Paredes	Deco

21st century
Alenichev	Derlei	Ricardo Carvalho	Paulo Ferreira
Costinha	Maniche	Pedro Emanuel	Diego
Giourkas Seitaridis	Ibson	Benni McCarthy	Carlos Alberto Gomes
Lucho González	Quaresma	Pepe	Paulo Assunção
Deco

Famous managers

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
  - A.C. Milan 1 - 0 FC Porto (at Stade Louis II, Monaco)
  - Goal by Shevchenko
- 2004
  - 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 Olimpico 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: none
- 1983/84
  - Final: FC Porto 1 - 2 Juventus (at St. Jakob Park, Basel, Switzerland)
  - Goals by Sousa; Vignola, Boniek

National

Portuguese First League Championship: 1
- 1934/35

Portuguese First Division Championship (Current SuperLiga): 21
- 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

Portuguese Championship (predecessor to the Portuguese Cup): 4
- 1921/22; 1924/25; 1931/32; 1936/37

Portuguese Cup: 13
- 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

Portuguese Super Cup "Cândido de Oliveira": 14
- 1980/81; 1982/83; 1983/84; 1985/86; 1989/90; 1990/91; 1992/93; 1993/94; 1995/96; 1997/98; 1998/99; 2000/01; 2002/03; 2003/04.

Other trophies

Juan Gamper Tournament - Barcelona, Spain
- 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 de 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 history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup
1934-1935	CL	1st	14	10	2	2	43	19	22
1935-1936	CL	2nd	14	9	2	3	50	18	20
1936-1937	CL	4th	14	6	2	6	31	31	14
1937-1938	CL	2nd	14	11	1	2	43	22	23
1938-1939	1L	1st	14	10	3	1	57	20	23
1939-1940	1L	1st	18	17	0	1	76	21	34
1940-1941	1L	2nd	14	8	4	2	47	27	20
1941-1942	1L	4th	22	13	2	7	77	48	28
1942-1943	1L	7th	18	5	4	9	40	56	14
1943-1944	1L	4th	18	10	3	5	46	36	23
1944-1945	1L	4th	18	9	2	7	64	48	20
1945-1946	1L	6th	22	9	2	11	65	44	20
1946-1947	1L	3th	26	15	3	8	73	45	33	not held
1947-1948	1L	5th	26	17	2	7	73	42	36
1948-1949	1L	4th	26	16	1	9	55	37	33
1949-1950	1L	5th	26	12	2	12	61	52	26	not held
1950-1951	1L	2nd	26	15	4	7	67	32	34
1951-1952	1L	3th	26	15	6	5	68	33	36
1952-1953	1L	4th	26	16	4	6	58	35	36	final
1953-1954	1L	2nd	26	16	4	6	83	35	36
1954-1955	1L	4th	26	12	6	8	51	34	30
1955-1956	1L	1st	26	18	7	1	77	20	43	winner
1956-1957	1L	2nd	26	18	4	4	86	23	40
1957-1958	1L	2nd	26	21	1	4	64	25	43	winner
1958-1959	1L	1st	26	17	7	2	81	22	41	final
1959-1960	1L	4th	26	13	4	9	48	36	30
1960-1961	1L	3rd	26	14	5	7	51	28	33	final
1961-1962	1L	2nd	26	18	5	3	57	16	41
1962-1963	1L	2nd	26	19	4	3	61	24	42
1963-1964	1L	2nd	26	16	8	2	51	20	40
1964-1965	1L	2nd	26	19	5	2	88	21	43
1965-1966	1L	3rd	26	14	6	6	41	24	34
1966-1967	1L	3rd	26	17	5	4	56	22	39
1967-1968	1L	3rd	26	16	4	6	60	24	36	winner
1968-1969	1L	2nd	26	15	7	4	39	23	37
1969-1970	1L	9th	26	8	6	12	30	37	22
1970-1971	1L	3rd	26	16	5	5	44	21	37
1971-1972	1L	5th	30	13	7	10	51	32	33
1972-1973	1L	4th	30	15	7	8	56	28	37
1973-1974	1L	4th	30	18	7	5	43	22	43
1974-1975	1L	2nd	30	19	6	5	62	30	44
1975-1976	1L	4th	30	16	7	7	73	33	39
1976-1977	1L	3rd	30	18	5	7	72	27	41	winner
1977-1978	1L	1st	30	22	7	1	81	21	51	final
1978-1979	1L	1st	30	21	8	1	70	19	50
1979-1980	1L	2nd	30	22	6	2	59	9	50	final
1980-1981	1L	2nd	29	21	6	2	53	18	48	final
1981-1982	1L	3rd	30	17	9	4	46	17	43
1982-1983	1L	2nd	30	20	7	3	73	18	47	final
1983-1984	1L	2nd	30	22	5	3	65	9	49	winner
1984-1985	1L	1st	30	26	3	1	78	13	55	final
1985-1986	1L	1st	30	22	5	3	64	20	49
1986-1987	1L	2nd	30	20	6	4	67	22	46
1987-1988	1L	1st	38	29	8	1	88	15	66	winner
1988-1989	1L	2nd	38	21	14	3	52	17	56
1989-1990	1L	1st	34	27	5	2	72	16	59
1990-1991	1L	2nd	38	31	5	2	77	22	67	winner
1991-1992	1L	1st	34	24	8	2	58	11	56	final
1992-1993	1L	1st	34	24	6	4	59	17	54
1993-1994	1L	2nd	34	21	10	3	56	15	52	winner
1994-1995	1L	1st	34	29	4	1	73	15	62
1995-1996	1L	1st	34	26	6	2	84	20	84
1996-1997	1L	1st	34	27	4	3	80	24	85	semi-final
1997-1998	1L	1st	34	24	5	5	75	38	77	winner
1998-1999	1L	1st	34	24	7	3	85	26	79	last 16
1999-2000	1L	2nd	34	22	7	5	66	26	73	winner
2000-2001	1L	2nd	34	24	4	6	73	27	76	winner
2001-2002	1L	3rd	34	21	5	8	66	34	68	last 8
2002-2003	1L	1st	34	27	5	2	73	26	86	winner
2003-2004	1L	1st	34	25	7	2	63	19	82	final
2004-2005	1L	2nd	34	17	11	6	39	26	62	last 32
2005-2006	1L	1st	34	24	7	3	54	16	79	winner

CL = Campeonato da Liga (winners weren't considered Portuguese champions); 1L = First League

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, with their second and last victory in 1990. Since then, Porto was a regular contender in the competitions' final-four. The most well known was in 1998, when FC Barcelona won at Porto's Pavilhão Rosa Mota, after which Porto fans invaded the arena, and tried to hit Barcelona's players.
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

Frankelim Pais
Tó Neves
Vítor Hugo
Realista
António Alves
Pedro Alves
Paulo Alves
António Livramento (manager)

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 (15): 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
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

External links

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