FC Porto (swimming)

The FC Porto swimming section was founded in 1908, and to this day is one of the most decorated swimming teams in Portugal. The club competes in Campeonato Nacional de Clubes em Natação (National Club Championship in Swimming) and has achieved multiple trophies both in the men and women departments.[3]

FC Porto
Club information
Full nameFutebol Clube do Porto
CityPorto, Portugal
Founded1908
Home pool(s)Piscina Municipal de Campanhã
ChairmanJorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
Swimming
Head coachJosé Silva
LeaguePortuguese Championship
2017–18Men – 3rd[1]
Women – 4th[2]
Active sections of
Futebol Clube do Porto
Football
(A, B, Youth)		 Handball Roller hockey
Basketball Billiards Swimming
Cycling Adapted
sports		 Boxing

The swimming section is part of the club heritage since its foundation, their first victory was the 'Taça Leixões' in 1908, and then the participation for the first time in the championship of Portugal occurred in 1919.

Names of famous athletes like Abel Guimarães, Adriano Antunes, Alexandrina Pinto, Alíria Silva, António Antunes, António Brenha, António Maria Pereira, Aristides Silva, Edgar Santos, Joaquim Lagoa, and so many others contributed for the club early success.

FC Porto achieved multiple national records, national, collective and individual titles, and attended at major international championships - European and World Championships.

Honours

The section is one of the most decorated in Portuguese competitions, holding the record for most domestic league titles in the former absolut format (held from 1978 to 1986) and also in the women's department and the Portuguese cup (performance variant).[4][5][6]

  • Portuguese Championship (Absolut) (6) – record
1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86
  • Portuguese Championship (Men) (4)
1987–88, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1998–99
  • Portuguese Championship (Women) (15) – record
1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
  • Portuguese Cup (Performance) (6) – record
2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15
  • Portuguese Cup (Formation) (1)
2016–17

Olympic athletes

In the olympics several athletes from the club stood out like Paulo Frischknecht (Montreal '76), Mabílio Albuquerque, Rui Borges and Sergio Esteves (Seoul '88), Joana Soutinho and Miguel Machado (Atlanta '96), Paulo Trindade (Seoul '88, Barcelona '92 and Atlanta '96), Mário Carvalho (Sydney '2000), Luís Monteiro (Athens '2004) and Sara Oliveira (Beijing '2008 and London '2012).

Athlete Games City Event Phase Unit Pos. IT CT Rank Ref.
Paulo Frischknecht 1976 Montreal Men's 200 m freestyle Round 1 Heat 5 7 2:02.65 51 [7][8]
Men's 100 m butterfly Round 1 Heat 4 7 1:01.97 41
Men's 200 m butterfly Round 1 Heat 4 5 2:20.51 37
Men's 4x200 m freestyle relay Round 1 Heat 4 5 2:11.03 8:26.68 17
Men's 4x100 m medley relay Round 1 Heat 2 8 1:06.80 4:20.84 14
Mabílio Albuquerque 1988 Seoul Men's 100 m butterfly Round 1 Heat 2 2 0:57.30 33 [9]
Men's 4x100 m freestyle relay Round 1 Heat 1 5 0:53.06 3:33.31 14
Rui Borges 1988 Seoul Men's 400 m individual medley Round 1 Heat 2 3 4:30.79 22 [10][11]
Sérgio Esteves 1988 Seoul Men's 50 m freestyle Round 1 Heat 5 2 0:24.24 31 [12]
Men's 4x100 m freestyle relay Round 1 Heat 1 5 0:53.65 3:33.31 14
Paulo Trindade 1988 Seoul Men's 50 m freestyle Round 1 Heat 6 5 0:24.02 30 [13]
1992 Barcelona Men's 50 m freestyle Round 1 Heat 7 8 0:23.81 36
1996 Atlanta Men's 50 m freestyle Round 1 Heat 5 5 0:23.73 40
Joana Soutinho 1996 Atlanta Women's 100 m breaststroke Round 1 Heat 2 3 1:13.73 34 [14][15]
Women's 4x100 m medley relay Round 1 Heat 3 7 1:13.73 4:21.61 21
Miguel Machado 1996 Atlanta Men's 4x100 m medley relay Round 1 Heat 4 DQ (0:52.37) (3:50.45) – [16][17]
Mário Carvalho 2000 Sydney Men's 200 m backstroke Round 1 Heat 2 2 2:03.82 30 [18]
Luís Monteiro 2004 Athens Men's 200 m freestyle Round 1 Heat 5 5 1:51.78 29 [19]
Men's 4x200 m freestyle relay Round 1 Heat 1 7 1:50.43 7:27.99 14
Sara Oliveira 2008 Beijing Women's 100 m butterfly Round 1 Heat 3 3 0:59.48 35 [20][21]
Women's 200 m butterfly Round 1 Heat 2 3 2:10.14 NR 19
2012 London Women's 100 m butterfly Round 1 Heat 3 7 1:00.44 36
Women's 200 m butterfly Round 1 Heat 1 3 2:11.54 24

Current squads

Men's squad

Seniors

Juniors

Women's squad

Seniors

Juniors

Current staff
Management Team
João Carvalho Director
Technical team
José Silva Coordinator
Paulo Nascimento Assistant coach
Daniel Santos Assistant coach
Medical team
André Moreira Physician
Ferreira Pinto Nurse

References
  1. "Classificação por Equipas Masculinas - Campeonato Nacional de Clubes 1 Divisão" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Natação. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  2. "Classificação por Equipas Femininas - Campeonato Nacional de Clubes 1 Divisão" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Natação. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  3. "FC Porto Notícias" (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Natação. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  4. "Swimming – Honours". FC Porto. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  5. "Vencedores de Natação Pura" (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Natação. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  6. "Clubes Campeões Nacionais" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Natação. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  7. "Paulo Frischknecht" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  8. "Paulo Frischknecht Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  9. "Mabílio Albuquerque" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  10. "Rui Borges" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  11. "Rui Borges Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  12. "Sérgio Esteves" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  13. "Paulo Trindade" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  14. "Joana Soutinho" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  15. "Joana Soutinho Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  16. "Miguel Machado" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  17. "Miguel Machado Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  18. "Mário Carvalho" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  19. "Luís Monteiro" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  20. "Sara Oliveira" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  21. "Sara Oliveira Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
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