FC Porto (roller hockey)

FC Porto Fidelidade
Full name Futebol Clube do Porto Fidelidade
Chairman Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
Manager Guillem Cabestany
Home ground Dragão Caixa
(Capacity 2,200)
League First Division
Season 2014–15
Position 2nd
Home
Away
Active sections of
Futebol Clube do Porto
Adapted sport Basketball
Billiards Boxing
Cycling Football
Football (B team) Football (youth)
Handball Roller hockey
Swimming

The FC Porto roller hockey team, also known as FC Porto Fidelidade (for sponsorship reasons), is the senior representative side of the roller hockey section of FC Porto, a Portuguese sports club based in Porto. They compete in the top-flight domestic league, the First Division, and play their home matches at the Dragão Caixa arena. The current head coach is Guillem Cabestany.

Staff

Squad

Below is the squad for the 2015–16 season:[1]

No. Player Nationality Position Birth date (age) 2014–15 club
47 Edo Bosch  Spain Goalkeeper 3 September 1975 Porto
10 Nelson Filipe  Portugal Goalkeeper 5 November 1984 Porto
78 Hélder Nunes  Portugal Defender/Midfielder 23 February 1994 Porto
5 Telmo Pinto  Portugal Defender/Midfielder 23 January 1993 Valongo
57 Reinaldo García  Argentina Defender/Midfielder 15 January 1983 Barcelona
8 Jorge Silva  Portugal Forward 9 May 1984 Porto
74 Álvaro Morais  Portugal Forward 18 April 1996 Valongo
58 Vítor Hugo  Portugal Forward 23 October 1984 Porto
77 Gonçalo Alves  Portugal Forward 26 July 1993 Oliveirense
9 Rafa  Portugal Forward 10 November 1991 Porto

Technical team

Below is the technical team for the 2015–16 season:[1]

Position Holder
Head coach Spain Guillem Cabestany
Assistant coach Spain Carles López
Fitness coach Portugal Renato Garrido

Honours

Porto is one of the most successful teams in Portuguese competitions, holding the record for most cup (shared with Benfica) and super cup titles. They won their first championship in 1982–83, the first season under the presidency of Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa. Notably, Porto won the First Division title for a record 10 consecutive seasons between 2001 and 2011, which allowed them to match Benfica's number of league titles. Internationally, Porto have also won multiple competitions, including two CERH European League titles in 1986 and 1990.[2]

Domestic

International

References

  1. 1 2 "Roller hockey – Squad". FC Porto. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Roller hockey – Honours". FC Porto. Retrieved 24 January 2015.

External links

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