FC_Porto_(handball)

FC Porto (handball)

FC Porto (handball)

Portuguese handball club


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.

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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

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Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Staff

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Retired numbers

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Honours

Porto is the most decorated Portuguese clubs in terms of domestic competitions, with a total of 44 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.

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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. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. 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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