FC Porto (basketball)

FC Porto
Leagues Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (domestic)
FIBA Europe Cup (international)
Founded 1926
History FC Porto (1926–2012, 2015–)
Dragon Force (2013–2015)
Arena Dragão Caixa
Arena Capacity 2,200
Location Porto, Portugal
Team colors Blue, white
    
    
President Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
Head coach Moncho López
Team captain André Bessa
Ownership FC Porto
Championships 12 (1952, 1953, 1972, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2011, 2016)
Website FCPorto.pt
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Futebol Clube do Porto (commonly referred to as FC Porto or simply Porto) is a Portuguese professional basketball team based in Porto, which represents the sport's section within parent club FC Porto. Founded in 1926, the team competes in the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (LPB), the top-tier domestic league, and plays its home matches at the Dragão Caixa arena. The current head coach is Moncho López.

The senior team was discontinued after they lost the 2011–12 LPB season title to Benfica.[1] It was restarted the following season, in the third division, under the name of Dragon Force, which fielded players from the section's youth ranks. The team secured promotion to the second-tier Proliga in 2013–14, winning that season's title in a playoff final against Illiabum; having earned the right to compete in the LPB, the club decided to remain in the Proliga for the 2014–15 season. The team defended their Proliga title without losing any match, and were promoted to the 2015–16 LPB. Competing again under the name of FC Porto, the team qualified for the championship playoffs and reached the final, where they beat the four-time defending champions Benfica to secure the club's 12th title.

Porto are the second most successful team in Portuguese basketball history, having won twelve championships, thirteen Portuguese Cups, five Portuguese Supercups, seven Portuguese League Cups, and one António Pratas Trophy.

History

Foundation

The introduction of the sport in Portugal took place in 1913, and thirteen years later in 1926[2] a group of partners of the club decided to create a basketball team. António Sanches, António Marta and Daniel Barbosa drove the idea, having them joined by Gabriel Batista and A. Cabral to complete the team. The second place in the Cup António Cardoso guaranteed in the first season excites the community that forms immediately four other basketball teams. FC Porto basketball players trained in an outdoor field complex included in Campo da Constituição.

Early years

The decades of the thirties and forties were not very fertile in securities for the basketball section of FC Porto, but still the sport was up solidifying a club that showed increasingly eclectic. In the year 1933, the first Campeonato de Portugal was played, and Porto participated alongside Conimbricense, Académico, Fluvial, Guifões, Sp. Braga, Atlético de Braga and Sporting de Gouveia. In 1940, FC Porto have played in a covered, lighted, on Avenida dos Aliados enclosure. The fruit came in late because in 1947/48 and 1949/50 FC Porto was national champion of the second division and two seasons later was national champion in the First Division in 1951/52 and 1952/53.

The 1990s achievements

The year 1995 marks a crucial turning point in Portuguese basketball. It is in this year that the League Basketball Club, founded six years earlier, organized the first professional league. The FC Porto basketball section is associated with a sponsor at the time the UBP (going to be appointed FC Porto UBP), and enters with his right foot in the era of professional basketball, winning the first two editions of the league. Around the same time, the team moved to the Pavilhão Rosa Mota, which would provide better working conditions. In 1997 it is created the FC Porto, Basquetbol, SAD, alongside with FC Porto Futebol, SAD. The president Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa accumulated the presidency of both SADs and the club, while Fernando Gomes became the primary administrator.

Although nationally FC Porto is among the best title contenders in all competitions, their performance at the international level is modest, reflecting the position of the Portuguese Basketball against the other European and world federations. Their best European performance succeeded in 1997 and 2000, years that reached the quarter-finals of the FIBA Saporta Cup (in 1997 still called FIBA EuroCup). In between, in 1999, Paulo Pinto, then Porto player, was elected by FIBA as one of the 50 best players in Europe and, as such, included in the list of candidates to join the western selection EURO ALL STAR.

Recent years

At the end of the 2011/2012 season the responsible section informed the coaching staff, which was represented by head coach Moncho López, assistant coach Diogo Gomes, and players (captain Nuno Marçal, André Bessa and David Gomes attended) that the senior team would not compete in the major league championship after losing to Benfica in Dragão Caixa. A new project for the section was initiated, they started training under the designation Dragon Force who competed in the national championship CNB third division in season 2012/2013, participating in the final competition.

In the season 2013/2014 the project Dragon Force participated at a senior level, in the second tier of National Basketball designated Proliga, becoming champion.[3]

Honours

Domestic competitions

FC Porto

Dragon Force

Players

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

FC Porto roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PF 1 Portugal Queiroz, Miguel 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 26 – (1991-07-04)4 July 1991
G/F 4 Portugal Silva, José 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 28 – (1989-04-16)16 April 1989
C 6 Portugal Oliveira, Pedro 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 20 – (1997-02-26)26 February 1997
C 7 United States Washburn, Nick 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 26 – (1991-05-28)28 May 1991
PG 9 Portugal Bessa, André (C) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 28 – (1989-01-13)13 January 1989
F 10 Portugal Grosso, João 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 23 – (1994-02-11)11 February 1994
F 11 Portugal Miranda, Miguel 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 38 – (1978-10-09)9 October 1978
SF 13 Portugal Gallina, João 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 23 – (1994-02-21)21 February 1994
G 14 Spain Ventura, Ferrán 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 21 – (1995-12-04)4 December 1995
PG 15 Portugal Bastos, Pedro 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 22 – (1994-10-24)24 October 1994
F/C 20 Portugal Araújo, Diogo 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 20 – (1997-04-16)16 April 1997
PG 21 Cape Verde Xavier, Jeff 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 31 – (1985-09-07)7 September 1985
F/C 41 Serbia Borovnjak, Sasa 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 28 – (1989-07-30)30 July 1989
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Portugal Rui Gomes
  • Portugal Pedro Gonçalves
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Updated: 2016–10–12

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Sasa Borovnjak Nick Washburn Pedro Oliveira
PF Miguel Miranda Miguel Queiroz Diogo Araújo
SF Jose Silva João Grosso João Gallina
SG Brad Tinsley Jeff Xavier
PG Ferrán Ventura Pedro Bastos André Bessa

Former notable players

References

  1. ↑ "Benfica vence FC Porto (56–53)" (in Portuguese). Record. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Historial do Basquetebol do FC Porto". longada.blogspot.pt. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Dragon Force campeão da Proliga" (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 9 May 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Honours". fcporto.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "FC Porto campeão nacional de basquetebol em Ilhavo (1998/99)" (in Portuguese). bibó-porto-carago.blogspot.pt. 30 July 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "FC Porto vence Benfica e sagra-se campeão nacional de basquetebol" (in Portuguese). Jornal de Notícias. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
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