FC Porto (roller hockey)

FC Porto Fidelidade
Full name Futebol Clube do Porto Fidelidade
Home ground Dragão Caixa
(Capacity 2,200)
Chairman Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
Manager Guillem Cabestany
League First Division
2017–18 3rd
Home
Away
Active sections of
Futebol Clube do Porto
Football Football B Football U19
Handball Roller hockey Basketball
Billiards Swimming Cycling
Adapted
sports		 Boxing

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.

Players and staff

The following players and staff compose the squad for the 2018–19 season:[1]

Current squad

Goalkeppers
  • 01 Spain Carles Grau
  • 10 Portugal Nélson Filipe
Defenders/Midfielders
Forwards
  • 07 Italy Giulio Cocco
  • 09 Portugal Rafael Costa
  • 17 Portugal Hugo Santos
  • 77 Portugal Gonçalo Alves

Staff members

  • Spain Head coach: Guillem Cabestany
  • Portugal Assistant coach: Jorge Ferreira
  • Portugal Physical trainer: André Ferreira

Honours

In terms of total number of trophies, Porto is the most decorated team in Portuguese competitions, holding the record for most cup and super cup wins. 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. Internationally, Porto have also won multiple competitions, including two CERH European League titles in 1986 and 1990.[2]

Domestic

Winners (22): 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2016–17
Winners (17) – record: 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
Winners (22) – record: 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018

European

Winners (2): 1985–86, 1989–90
Winners (2): 1993–94, 1995–96
Winners (2): 1981–82, 1982–83
Winners (1): 1986

Youth honours

In terms of youth ranks, the club holds the record for most national championships conquered in three of the four youth competitions organized by the Portuguese Roller Sports Federation.

Domestic

  • Portuguese Championship U20
Winners (17) – record: 1973–74, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1999–00, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2010–11
  • Portuguese Championship U17
Winners (15) – record: 1982–83, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2016–17
  • Portuguese Championship U15
Winners (16) – record: 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17
  • Portuguese Championship U13
Winners (10): 1983–84, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1999–00, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2014–15

References

  1. ↑ "Roller hockey – Squad". FC Porto. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Roller hockey – Honours". FC Porto. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
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