FC Porto (billiards)

FC Porto
Full name Futebol Clube do Porto
Founded 1950
Chairman Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
League Portuguese Billiards League

Futebol Clube do Porto is a professional billiards team based in Porto, Portugal, founded in 1950. The team competes in the Portuguese Billiards League and in European Championships, in both carom billiards (three-cushion) and pool (eight-ball and nine-ball) events. They play their home games in the former headquarters of the club and they also have a billiards school, the first in the country.

The most important achievements in this section history were the four silver medals won in 1998–99, 2007–08, 2011–12 and 2013–14 in the European Cup, having also achieved four bronze medals in this competition in 1971–72, 1995–96, 2004–05 and 2010–11. In Portugal, the men's and women's squads have achieved many championships, as well as many other trophies making the section one of the most titled in the country. One of the greatest players of this section, Alípio Jorge Fernandes, received the Galardão de Ouro in representation of the president Pinto da Costa, a trophie atribuited to the club because of its accomplishments.

Honours (Men's)

Domestic competitions

  • Winners (20): 1971–72, 1975–76, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14[1]
  • Winners (14): 1983–84, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
  • Winners (14): 1993–94, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
  • Winners (3): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
  • Winners (3): 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03
  • Winners (2): 2001–02, 2002–03
  • Winners (2): 2001–02, 2002–03

Major competitions

  • Winners of Silver medal European Three-cushion Cup (4): 1998–99, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2013–14
  • Winners of Bronze medal European Three-cushion Cup (4): 1971–72, 1995–96, 2004–05, 2010–11

Honours (Women's)

Domestic competitions

  • Winners (8): 1997–98, 2003–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11,[4] 2012–13
  • Winners (11): 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2011–12
  • Winners (10): 1997–98, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13

Current Squad

Men's squad

  • Portugal Alípio Jorge Fernandes
  • Portugal Fernando Cunha
  • Portugal Manuel Santos Oliveira
  • Portugal João Ferreira
  • Portugal Rui Manuel Costa
  • Portugal Pedro Pais
  • Spain Ruben Legazpi
  • Spain Daniel Sanchez
  • Netherlands Dick Jaspers
  • Sweden Torbjorn Blomdahl

Women's squad

  • Portugal Inês Beatriz Silva
  • Portugal Bárbara Silva
  • Portugal Susana Pereira
  • Portugal Agata Castro
  • Portugal Cristina Costa
  • Portugal Andreia Sá
  • Portugal Eliana Sousa
  • Portugal Mariana Marinho
  • Portugal Luísa Leal
  • Portugal Vânia Franco
  • Spain Amália Matas

References

  1. ↑ "FC Porto faz o tetra em carambola" (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 22 June 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "FC Porto derrota Benfica na Taça de Bilhar" (in Portuguese). Record. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "FC Porto faz o penta na supertaça" (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Futebol Clube do Porto campeão nacional de pool feminino por equipas" (in Portuguese). pronunciadodragao.blogspot.pt. 30 May 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2014.

External links

Official website