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FC Porto (handball)

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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 sports club FC Porto.

FC Porto
Full nameFutebol Clube do Porto
Founded1932; 92 years ago (1932)
(parent club in 1893)
ArenaDragão Arena
Capacity2,200
PresidentAndré Villas-Boas
Head coachMagnus Andersson
LeagueAndebol 1
2023–24Andebol 1, 2nd of 16
Club colours   
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Home
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Away
Website
Official site

The team competes domestically in the top-tier league Andebol 1 and internationally in European Handball Federation club competitions. Home matches are played at the Dragão Arena, alongside the men's basketball and roller hockey, and women's volleyball teams. The current head coach is former Swedish international Magnus Andersson, who returned to the club after a one-season break, having held the job from 2018 to 2023.

History

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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

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Current squad

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Squad for the 2024–25 season

Transfers

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Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Staff

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Position Name
Sports director   José Magalhães
Assistant director   Manuel Arezes
Head coach   Magnus Andersson
Assistant coach   Carlos Martingo
Goalkeeping coach   Telmo Ferreira
Fitness coach   Tiago Cadete

Retired numbers

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No. Nat. Player Position Tenure Ref.
1   Alfredo Quintana Goalkeeper 2010–2021 [5]

Honours

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Porto is the most decorated Portuguese club in domestic competitions, with a total of 44 titles.[6]

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 record

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Note: Porto's score is always listed first.

Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2016–17 EHF Cup R1   B.S.B. Batumi 49–16 44–16 93–32
R2   RD Koper 2013 31–24 26–22 57–46
R3   Bregenz Handball 28–27 31–29 59–56
Group stage   Frisch Auf Göppingen 27–31 28–30 3rd place
  Fraikin Granollers 23–22 22–33
  HC Midtjylland 33–25 26–29
2017–18 EHF Cup R2   RK Ohrid 2013 37–20 44–26 81–46
R3   Füchse Berlin 27–30 25–33 52–63
2018–19 EHF Cup R1   AHC Potaissa Turda 41–21 27–24 68–45
R2   SKA Minsk 34–29 24–25 58–54
R3   SC Magdeburg 23–26 34–27 57–53
Group stage   Liberbank Cuenca 37–26 29–26 1st place
  Dobrogea Sud Constanța 35–19 30–27
  TTH Holstebro 33–31 32–29
QF   Saint-Raphaël Var Handball 30–30 34–30 64–60
SF   Füchse Berlin 20–24
3rd place   TTH Holstebro 28–26
2019–20 EHF Champions League Group stage   Meshkov Brest 27–25 35–32 5th place
  RK Vardar 27–32 30–22
  PGE Vive Kielce 33–30 25–30
  Telekom Veszprém 28–38 24–31
  Motor Zaporozhye 35–35 29–33
  Montpellier Handball 23–23 27–22
  THW Kiel 28–27 29–30
R16   Aalborg Håndbold Cancelled [a]
2020–21 EHF Champions League Group stage   Elverum Håndball 28–30 38–31 5th place
  Meshkov Brest 27–25 0–10
  Flensburg-Handewitt 29–36 10–0
  MOL-Pick Szeged 25–19 31–35
  Vardar 1961 25–25 27–24
  Vive Kielce 32–32 30–32
  Paris Saint-Germain 31–34 28–29
Playoffs   Aalborg Håndbold 32–29 24–27 56–56 (a)
2021–22 EHF Champions League Group stage   Motor 27–30 10–0 5th place
  Flensburg-Handewitt 28–27 26–26
  Dinamo București 27–26 31–32
  Telekom Veszprém 23–30 28–28
  Łomża Vive Kielce 33–39 29–27
  FC Barcelona 33–33 31–38
  Paris Saint-Germain 19–33 30–39
Playoffs   Montpellier Handball 29–29 27–35 56–64

Notes

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  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.[7]

References

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  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. ^ "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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