F.C. Porto

Full name	Futebol Clube do Porto
Nickname(s)	Dragões (Dragons) Azuis e brancos (Blue and white) Os Tripeiros (The Gutters) Os Andrades (The Andrades- archaic nickname)
Short name	Porto
Founded	September 28, 1893 as Football Club do Porto
Ground	Estádio do Dragão Porto, Portugal (Capacity: 52,002[1])
Chairman	Pinto da Costa
Head Coach	Jesualdo Ferreira
League	Liga Sagres
2007–08	Liga Sagres, 1st
Home colours Away colours

Futebol Clube do Porto (pron. IPA: [futɨ'bɔɫ 'klub(ɨ) du 'poɾtu]) - short: FC Porto or FCP - is a Portuguese sports club best known for its footballing endeavors. It was founded in Porto in 1893.

FC Porto is the most lauded and successful international team in Portugal, with a national record of 6 international titles, becoming European and World Champions twice each in the 1987 and 2004 seasons. In 1987, FC Porto also gained the UEFA Supercup (another first for Portugal) and, in 2003, it brought Portugal's first UEFA Cup. In 1987, FC Porto became one of a few teams in the World to hold in possession 3 major international titles simultaneously (the only one in Portugal). Domestically they hold the best record of five titles in a row, having won the Portuguese Liga 23 times, the Portuguese Cup 17 times and Portuguese Supercup 15 times (55 national titles).

The football home ground is the Estádio do Dragão, which replaced the previous home, Estádio das Antas, in 2003. FC Porto is also a leading force in other sports: the handball and basketball teams are regular contenders for the national titles and the roller hockey section is amongst the best in the sport worldwide. The new multi-sport arena near the stadium will be completed soon; in past years the non-professional home grounds were scattered around neighbouring cities (such as Gondomar, Matosinhos and Santo Tirso). Supporters and players of the club are nicknamed portistas.

It was founded in the northern city of Porto on September 28, 1893, by wine-salesman António Nicolau de Almeida' who had his first contact with the game of football on one of his trips to England. The club was revived in 1906 by Monteiro da Costa.

Commercially, the club has several stores called Loja Azul (English: Blue Store) scattered around the city, including two used with official supplier Nike. Since 1994, a merchandising goods fair called Portomania is organized during the pre-season. FC Porto publishes one of the older club-related publications in Europe: a monthly 60-page full-colour magazine called Dragões (Dragons) that has existed since the early 1980s.

FC Porto played in the Portuguese championship 74 times, playing 2048 games, winning 1333, drawing 375, losing 340, scoring 4542 goals and conceding 1909, having 3342 points as of the end of the 2007–08 season. They were also one of the founding members of the now disbanded G-14.

[edit] The public company

After going public in 1998, FC Porto created several satellite companies around the club to improve its efficiency.

• FCPorto - Junior football, handball, rink hockey, atletism, magazine, etc.
• FCPorto - Futebol SAD and FCPorto - Basquetebol SAD (professional football and basketball)
• PortoEstádio (Estádio do Dragão)
• PortoMultimédia (official site and multimedia products)
• PortoComercial (Merchandising)
• PortoSeguro (Insurances)

The FCPorto SAD is rated in the Euronext Lisbon

[edit] Presidents

Nicolau d`Almeida, Monteiro da Costa, Dummond Villares, Carmo Pacheco, Borges de Avelar, Henrique da Mesquita, Pinto de Faria, Neves Reis, Urgel Horta, Carlos Costa, Angelo César, Ferreira Alves, Júlio Ribeiro, Cesario Bonito, Paulo Pombo, Nascimento Cordeiro, Pinto Magalhães, Américo de Sá, Pinto da Costa.

[edit] History

Its first official trophy, the "Union of the North cup", was won in 1911. In the following years it became one of the biggest clubs in Portugal and went on to win the first national competition in the history of Portuguese football, the Campeonato da Liga 1934/35. Porto were always a struggling team after that championship, so they went to win only 6 championships in 41 years of dictatorship. But after the Carnation Revolution, the history of Portuguese soccer saw a new title contestant, and a new European team. In the following years, Porto won 16 titles,10 Portuguese cups, 1 European Champions Cup and the new Champions League, 1 UEFA Cup, 1 European Super Cup, and 2 Intercontinental Cup. A wonderful rise for a team that was used to, as was said at the time, starting away games 1–0 down.

Two of the biggest reasons for this change of fortunes were Pinto da Costa who took control of Porto in 1982 and José Maria Pedroto whom he had brought back with him to manage the team. The duo quickly caused the team damage, with Pinto da Costa as football director and Pedroto as manager, winning two titles previously, and making controversial remarks about the centralization of Portuguese football, which caused them problems with the directing board, and consequently they left. After quitting, in 1982 Pinto da Costa ran for presidency and won bringing back Pedroto. The following decades turned what was the third team in the overall history of Portuguese football into the biggest title winner of the past 20 years. Since 1982, Porto has won 15 titles, achieving the record Penta (five leagues in a row) in 1999 and since 1976 never finished below 3rd place, nine Portuguese cups, and has a majority of Supercups, having won 15 out of a possible 27.

The "Apito Dourado" (Golden Whistle) affair is a corruption sports scandal in Portuguese Footbal that first arose in 2004. Among others Pinto da Costa (president of FC Porto) and Valentim Loureiro (former president of the Portuguese League for Professional Football and of Boavista FC) are deeply involved in the case.

It was revealed in 13 of June (2007) that Pinto da Costa, the president of FC Porto, has been placed under judicial investigation for allegedly offering the services of prostitutes to secure a favourable result for his team. Pinto Da Costa is alleged to have tried to fix a home league match against Estrela da Amadora in January 2004, which Porto won 2-0.

Jacinto Paixao, a retired referee, and Manuel Quadrado and José Chilrito, his assistants, are being investigated, as are Reinaldo Teles, a Porto official, and Antonio Araujo, a businessman.

Pinto Da Costa was charged in 2005 for three offences of active corruption and corrupt practices, but was released because of lack of evidence. However, the case has been reopened in the light of new evidence and testimony from his former wife, Carolina Salgado

[edit] Honours

Portuguese Liga :

• Winners - 1934–35, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1955–56, 1958–59, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08 (23 titles)
• Runners-up - 1935–36, 1937–38, 1940–41, 1950–51, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1968–69, 1974–75, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2004–05 (24 times)

Portuguese Cup :

• Winners - 1921–22, 1924–25, 1934–35, 1936–37, 1955–56, 1957–58, 1967–68, 1976–77, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2005–06 (17 titles)
• Runners-up - 1923–24, 1930–31, 1952–53, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1991–92, 2003–04, 2007–08 (14 times)

SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira

• Winners - 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006 (15 titles)
• Runners-up - 1979, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2007, 2008 (9 times)

European Cup/Champions' League

• Winners - 1986–87, 2003–04

European Super Cup

• Winners - 1986–87
• Runners-up - 2003, 2004

Intercontinental Cup

• Winners - 1987, 2004

UEFA Cup

• Winners - 2002–03

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:

• Runners-up 1983–84

Joan Gamper Trophy

• Winners - 1987

Viareggio Tournament

• Winners - 1989

Teresa Herrera Cup

• Winners - 1991

Ciudad de Sevilla Tournament

• Winners - 1992

Porto Centennial Cup

• Winners - 1993

Thailand Premier Cup

• Winners - 1997

[edit] League and Cup performances

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Coach(es)
1934–1935	CL	1	14	10	2	2	43	19	22	semi-final			Joseph Szabo
1935–1936	CL	2	14	9	2	3	50	18	20	quarter-final			Mihaly 'Miguel' Siska, Maggyar, Janos Biri
1936–1937	CL	4	14	6	2	6	31	31	14	winner			François Gutkas
1937–1938	CL	2	14	11	1	2	43	22	23	quarter-final			Mihaly 'Miguel' Siska
1938–1939	1D	1	14	10	3	1	57	20	23	semi-final			Mihaly 'Miguel' Siska
1939–1940	1D	1	18	17	0	1	76	21	34	semi-final			Mihaly 'Miguel' Siska
1940–1941	1D	2	14	8	4	2	47	27	20	quarter-final			Mihaly 'Miguel' Siska
1941–1942	1D	4	22	13	2	7	77	48	28	last 16			Mihaly 'Miguel' Siska
1942–1943	1D	7	18	5	4	9	40	56	14	semi-final			Lipo Hertza
1943–1944	1D	4	18	10	3	5	46	36	23	quarter-final			Lipo Hertza
1944–1945	1D	4	18	9	2	7	64	48	20	last 16			Lipo Hertza
1945–1946	1D	6	22	9	2	11	65	44	20	semi-final			Joseph Szabo
1946–1947	1D	3	26	15	3	8	73	45	33	not held			Joseph Szabo
1947–1948	1D	5	26	17	2	7	73	42	36	last 16			Carlos Nunes, Eladio Vaschetto
1948–1949	1D	4	26	16	1	9	55	37	33	quarter-final			Alejandro Scopelli
1949–1950	1D	5	26	12	2	12	61	52	26	not held			Augusto Silva, Artur de Sousa "Pinga", Francisco Reboredo
1950–1951	1D	2	26	15	4	7	67	32	34	2nd round			Anton Vogel, Gencsi
1951–1952	1D	3	26	15	6	5	68	33	36	semi-final			Eladio Vaschetto, Passarin
1952–1953	1D	4	26	16	4	6	58	35	36	final			Lino Taiolli, Fernando Vaz, Cândido de Oliveira
1953–1954	1D	2	26	16	4	6	83	35	36	quarter-final			Cândido de Oliveira
1954–1955	1D	4	26	12	6	8	51	34	30	2nd round			Fernando Vaz
1955–1956	1D	1	26	18	7	1	77	20	43	winner			Dorival Yustrich
1956–1957	1D	2	26	18	4	4	86	23	40	quarter-final	ECC	prel. round	Flávio Costa
1957–1958	1D	2	26	21	1	4	64	25	43	winner			Dorival Yustrich, José Vale, Otto Bumbel
1958–1959	1D	1	26	17	7	2	81	22	41	final			Béla Guttmann
1959–1960	1D	4	26	13	4	9	48	36	30	semi-final	ECC	qualifying round	Ettore Puricelli, Ferdinand 'Fernando' Daučík
1960–1961	1D	3	26	14	5	7	51	28	33	final			Otto Vieira, Gyorgy Orth
1961–1962	1D	2	26	18	5	3	57	16	41	3rd round			Gyorgy Orth, Francisco Reboredo
1962–1963	1D	2	26	19	4	3	61	24	42	quarter-final	FC	1st round	Jenő 'Janos' Kálmár
1963–1964	1D	2	26	16	8	2	51	20	40	final	FC	1st round	Jenő 'Janos' Kálmár, Artur Baeta, Otto Glória
1964–1965	1D	2	26	17	3	6	47	27	37	2nd round	CWC	2nd round	Otto Glória
1965–1966	1D	3	26	14	6	6	41	25	34	quarter-final	FC	2nd round	Flávio Costa, Virgílio Mendes
1966–1967	1D	3	26	17	5	4	56	22	39	semi-final	FC	1st round	José Maria Pedroto
1967–1968	1D	3	26	16	4	6	60	24	36	winner	FC	1st round	José Maria Pedroto
1968–1969	1D	2	26	15	7	4	39	23	37	2nd round	CWC	2nd round	José Maria Pedroto
1969–1970	1D	9	26	8	6	12	30	37	22	1st round	FC	2nd round	Elek Schwartz
1970–1971	1D	3	26	16	5	5	44	21	37	quarter-final			Tommy Docherty, António Teixeira
1971–1972	1D	5	30	13	7	10	51	32	33	semi-final	UC	1st round	António Teixeira, Artur Baeta, Paulo Amaral, António Feliciano, António Morais
1972–1973	1D	4	30	15	7	8	56	28	37	quarter-final	UC	3rd round	Fernando Riera, António Feliciano
1973–1974	1D	4	30	18	7	5	43	22	43	quarter-final			Béla Guttmann
1974–1975	1D	2	30	19	6	5	62	30	44	3rd round	UC	2nd round	Aimoré Moreira, Monteiro da Costa
1975–1976	1D	4	30	16	7	7	73	33	39	quarter-final	UC	3rd round	Branko Stankovic, Monteiro da Costa
1976–1977	1D	3	30	18	5	7	72	27	41	winner	UC	1st round	José Maria Pedroto
1977–1978	1D	1	30	22	7	1	81	21	51	final	CWC	quarter-final	José Maria Pedroto
1978–1979	1D	1	30	21	8	1	70	19	50	1st round	ECC	1st round	José Maria Pedroto
1979–1980	1D	2	30	22	6	2	59	9	50	final	ECC	2nd round	José Maria Pedroto
1980–1981	1D	2	30	21	6	3	53	18	48	final	UC	2nd round	Hermann Stessl
1981–1982	1D	3	30	17	9	4	46	17	43	quarter-final	CWC	quarter-final	Hermann Stessl
1982–1983	1D	2	30	20	7	3	73	18	47	final	UC	2nd round	José Maria Pedroto
1983–1984	1D	2	30	22	5	3	65	9	49	winner	CWC	final	José Maria Pedroto
1984–1985	1D	1	30	26	3	1	78	13	55	final	CWC	1st round	Artur Jorge
1985–1986	1D	1	30	22	5	3	64	20	49	4th round	ECC	2nd round	Artur Jorge
1986–1987	1D	2	30	20	6	4	67	22	46	3rd round	ECC	winner	Artur Jorge
1987–1988	1D	1	38	29	8	1	88	15	66	winner	ECC	2nd round	Tomislav Ivić
1988–1989	1D	2	38	21	14	3	52	17	56	final	ECC	2nd round	Tomislav Ivić
1989–1990	1D	1	34	27	5	2	72	16	59	last 16	UC	3rd round	Artur Jorge
1990–1991	1D	2	38	31	5	2	77	22	67	winner	ECC	quarter-final	Artur Jorge
1991–1992	1D	1	34	24	8	2	58	11	56	final	CWC	2nd round	Carlos Alberto Silva
1992–1993	1D	1	34	24	6	4	59	17	54	last 16	ECL	group stage	Carlos Alberto Silva
1993–1994	1D	2	34	21	10	3	56	15	52	winner	ECL	semi-final	Bobby Robson
1994–1995	1D	1	34	29	4	1	73	15	62	semi-final	CWC	quarter-final	Bobby Robson
1995–1996	1D	1	34	26	6	2	84	20	84	semi-final	ECL	group stage	Bobby Robson
1996–1997	1D	1	34	27	4	3	80	24	85	semi-final	ECL	quarter-final	António Oliveira
1997–1998	1D	1	34	24	5	5	75	38	77	winner	ECL	group stage	António Oliveira
1998–1999	1D	1	34	24	7	3	85	26	79	last 16	ECL	group stage	Fernando Santos
1999–2000	1D	2	34	22	7	5	66	26	73	winner	ECL	quarter-final	Fernando Santos
2000–2001	1D	2	34	24	4	6	73	27	76	winner	UC	quarter-final	Fernando Santos
2001–2002	1D	3	34	21	5	8	66	34	68	quarter-final	ECL	2nd group stage	Octávio Machado, José Mourinho
2002–2003	1D	1	34	27	5	2	73	26	86	winner	UC	winner	José Mourinho
2003–2004	1D	1	34	25	7	2	63	19	82	final	ECL	winner	José Mourinho
2004–2005	1D	2	34	17	11	6	39	26	62	last 32	ECL	last 16	Luigi del Neri, Victor Fernandez, José Couceiro
2005–2006	1D	1	34	24	7	3	54	16	79	winner	ECL	group stage	Co Adriaanse
2006–2007	1D	1	30	22	3	5	65	20	69	4th round	ECL	last 16	Jesualdo Ferreira
2007–2008	1D	1	30	24	3	3	60	13	69*	final	ECL	last 16	Jesualdo Ferreira

*Porto were deducted 6 points due to attempted bribery of referees in the 2003–04 season^[2]

CL = Campeonato da Liga (winners weren't considered Portuguese champions); 1D = First League and predecessors (1st level)

Cup: pre-1938: Campeonato de Portugal (winners were considered Portuguese champions)

ECC / ECL = European Champion's Cup / Champions League; CWC = Cup Winner's Cup; UC = UEFA Cup ; FC = Fairs Cup

[edit] Records

• Participations in the Portuguese main division: 72
  • Games played: 1988
  • Games won: 1287
  • Games drawn: 369
  • Games lost: 332
  • Goals scored: 4427 (average 2,23 per game)
  • Goals conceded: 1876 (average 0,94 per game)
  • Best position: Champion (22 times)
  • Worst position: 9th (1969/70)
  • Season with more points: 67 in 1990/91 (2 pts per win) and 86 in 2002/03 (3 pts per win)
  • Player with most games: João Pinto with 407
  • Player with most goals: Fernando Gomes with 288
  • Manager with most games: Pedroto with 236

[edit] International titles

[edit] 1987 - European Champions Cup

When Pinto da Costa joined as president, Porto was the only club from the "big three" without European honours, but that quickly changed. The first final was played against Juventus F.C. for the 1984 Cup Winners' Cup, but Porto lost. Three years later, the team led by Artur Jorge, the name hand-picked by Pedroto, won its first European honour, in a thrilling 2–1 victory over Bayern Munich in the European Cup 1986–87.

The following year Porto won the European Super Cup, against Ajax Amsterdam, and the Intercontinental Cup, against Peñarol, making them the first Portuguese winners of the two cups.

[edit] 1988–2002

The following 16 years saw Porto as a midrange team - often in the final 16, but not progressing much further. The exception was in 1994, when Porto reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League. The semi-final, decided on a single game, resulted in a heavy loss (3–0) at the hands of Johann Cruyff's FC Barcelona, in the Nou Camp.

[edit] 2003 - UEFA Cup

In 2003, under the guidance of José Mourinho, Porto made a thrilling UEFA Cup run, topped with a victory in a fantastic final against Celtic in Seville.

[edit] 2004 - Champions League

FC Porto supporters at the Gelsenkirchen Arena AufSchalke.

The following season set a greater challenge, but despite a slow start which included a 1–3 loss against Real Madrid, Porto never lost again in the Champions League, relegating Olympique Marseille to the UEFA Cup (where they reached the final), beating Manchester United at Old Trafford in the dying minutes of play, Olympique Lyon and Deportivo. Porto beat Monaco 3–0 in the Final played in Arena AufSchalke. Porto's UEFA Champions League winning line-up: Vitor Baia, Nuno Valente, Ricardo Carvalho, Jorge Costa(c), Paulo Ferreira, Costinha, Nuno Maniche, Pedro Mendes, Deco (Pedro Emanuel), Derlei (Benni McCarthy), Carlos Alberto Gomes (Dmitri Alenichev)

After the victory, Porto became the Portuguese side with the most European cups won - 2 CL/ECC, UEFA Super Cup plus a UEFA Cup, compared with the two ECC by Benfica and the one CWC by Sporting.

Even after the departure of José Mourinho to Chelsea FC, the club kept winning at the international level. On December 12, 2004, FC Porto won the last-held Intercontinental Cup, by beating Once Caldas from Colombia 8–7 in a penalty shoot-out, after a goalless draw.

[edit] Stadium

Main article: Estádio do Dragão

Main Entrance

F.C. Porto's home games are played at Estádio do Dragão (English: Dragon's Stadium) in Porto. Built as a replacement for Porto's old ground, Estadio das Antas, and as a venue for EURO 2004, Estádio do Dragão has an all-seated capacity of 50,948. The stadium's name is derived from the presence of a dragon on the crest of FC Porto, which is also the nickname of FC Porto fans.

Designed by Manuel Salgado and built by the Grupo Amorim, it cost €97.755.318, of which €18.430.956 was supported by the Portuguese taxpayers. To support costs, each stand carries one or two sponsor names, edp for the South (Sul) end, tmn and Sapo adsl in the East (Nascente) stand, PT and meo for the West (Poente) stand and finally Coca-Cola in the North (Norte) Stand. Away fans are placed in the left corner of the North stand, while FC Porto supporter groups (SuperDragões and Colectivo Ultras 95) are at each end, although initially both groups were in the South stand.

[edit] Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Helton 2 DF Bruno Alves (2nd vice-captain) 3 DF Pedro Emanuel (captain) 4 DF Milan Stepanov 5 DF Nelson Benítez 6 MF Freddy Guarín 8 MF Lucho González (1st vice-captain) 9 FW Lisandro López 10 MF Cristian Rodríguez 11 FW Mariano González 12 FW Hulk 13 DF Jorge Fucile 14 DF Rolando 16 MF Raul Meireles

No. Position Player 17 FW Tarik Sektioui 18 MF Mario Bolatti 19 FW Ernesto Farías 20 MF Tomás Costa 21 DF Cristian Săpunaru 23 FW Candeias 24 GK Hugo Ventura 25 MF Fernando 26 DF Tengarrinha 29 FW Rabiola 30 MF Pelé 33 GK Nuno 66 FW Cristiano Sonko dos Averia

[edit] Winter Transfers 2008/09

In

Out

• Lino - PAOK - Free

[edit] Players Out On Loan

Liga Sagres:

• Diogo Valente - Leixões S.C.
• Bruno Gama - Vitória Setúbal
• Bruno Moraes - Vitória Setúbal
• Bruno Vale - Vitória Setúbal
• Leandro Lima - Vitória Setúbal
• Helder Barbosa - Trofense
• Wason Rentería - S.C. Braga

Liga Vitalis:

• Nuno André Coelho - Portimonense SC
• Stéphane - SC Olhanense
• André Castro - SC Olhanense
• Paulo Ribeiro - SC Olhanense
• Steven Vitória - SC Olhanense
• Zéquinha - FC Penafiel
• João Pedro - FC Penafiel
• Ivanildo - FC Gil Vicente

Other countries:

• Ibson - Flamengo
• Paulo Machado - AS Saint-Etienne
• Vieirinha - PAOK FC
• Claúdio Pitbull - FC Rapid Bucureşti
• João Paulo - FC Rapid Bucureşti
• Edgar - FC Red Star Belgrade
• Ezequias - FC Braşov
• Przemyslaw Kazmierczak - Derby County

[edit] Famous players

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