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Porto

Full name	Futebol Clube do Porto
Nickname(s)	Dragões or Azuis e brancos (team) Portistas (supporters)
Short name	Porto
Founded	September 28, 1893 (118 years ago) as Football Club do Porto
Ground	Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Capacity	50,399
President	Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
Coach	Vítor Pereira
League	Primeira Liga
2011–12	Primeira Liga, 1st
Website	http://www.fcporto.pt/
Home colours Away colours

Futebol Clube do Porto (Portuguese pronunciation: [futebɔɫ ˈklube du ˈpoɾtu]), also known as FC Porto or Porto, is a multisports club based in Porto, Portugal, best known for its professional football team. Their home ground is the Estádio do Dragão (English: Dragon Stadium), which in 2003 replaced the old ground from 1952, the Estádio das Antas.

Founded in 28 September 1893 by a wine merchant, the club was one of the founding members of the Primeira Liga in 1933, and is one of three clubs, alongside historical rivals Benfica and Sporting (the "Big Three", Portuguese: Três Grandes), to never have been relegated from the top tier of Portuguese football.

Porto have won 26 Primeira Liga titles, 16 Portuguese Cups, 18 Portuguese Supercups (record holder) and 4 editions of the defunct Campeonato de Portugal (joint-record holder), with only Benfica having more league (32) and cup titles (24). A 19-year league title drought between 1958–59 and 1977–78 contrasts with the 18 championships won by the club since current president Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa took office in 1982. This period includes a record series of five consecutive Primeira Liga titles between 1994–95 and 1998–99, and the second time that a Portuguese team completed a 30-match season without any defeat, when Porto won the 2010–11 league with a 27–3–0 record.

Currently the most successful Portuguese club, with a total of 71 titles, Porto is also the most successful in international competitions, having won two European Cup/UEFA Champions League, two UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, one UEFA Super Cup, and two Intercontinental Cup trophies. They also finished runners-up in the 1984 Cup Winners' Cup and in the 2003, 2004 and 2011 UEFA Super Cup finals. In 2003, the club achieved its first continental treble after winning league, domestic cup and UEFA Cup titles; this feat was repeated in 2011, making Porto the first football club to win two continental trebles.

Crest and kit

Painted relief of the club's present-day crest

The club's first crest was created in 1906 and consisted of an old blue football with white seams bearing the club name's initials in white. The choice of colours was in agreement with the club's recently approved statutes and reflected the colours of the Portuguese national flag at that time. On 26 October 1922, the crest was changed to its present-day appearance after the club approved a design by Augusto Baptista Ferreira (nicknamed "Simplício"), a graphical artist and one of the club's players. In his proposal, the city's coat of arms – consisting at the time of a quartered shield (first and fourth quadrants: national arms; second and third quadrants: image of Our Lady holding baby Jesus and flanked by two towers stretching above them a banner with the Latin words "Civitas Virginis") surrounded by the collar of the Order of the Tower and Sword and topped by a crown supporting a green dragon with a red banner inscribed with "Invicta" (Undefeated [city]) – was added on top of the old crest, pushing the white letters down.

In 1906, the club's first official team wore kits with a variety of colors and patterns, which included white shirts with red collars or vertical blue stripes, and even red shirts. This indefinition in the equipment was only solved in 1909, when through the initiative of Monteiro da Costa, Porto stipulated in its first statutes that the players had to use "a shirt with blue vertical stripes, black shorts, and personal footwear" as the club's uniform, at every training and match. Some argued that the kit should have included the city colours, green and white. Monteiro da Costa, however, defended the blue-and-white combination because he believed the colors "should be those of the country's flag, and not of the city's flag", hoping that the club would "not only defend the good name of the city, but also that of Portugal, in sporting feuds against foreigners."

Porto was the first Portuguese team to have a shirt partner, when in 1983 they signed a sponsorship deal with Revigrés for 10 million escudos per year. This deal lasted for 20 years, with successive renovations, after which the national communications corporation Portugal Telecom (PT) became the new shirt sponsors. Still, Revigrés remain as one of the club's main partners and longest-serving collaborators.

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt partner
1975–1983	Adidas	none
1983–1997		Revigrés
1997–2000	Kappa
2000–2003	Nike
2003–2008		PT
2008–2011		TMN
2011–		MEO

Grounds

Main articles: Campo da Constituição, Estádio das Antas, and Estádio do Dragão

The old Campo da Constituição ground houses the Vitalis Park, the club's youth training camp.

The club's first ground was the Campo da Raínha (Queen's Field), inaugurated in 1906 with an exhibition game against Boavista. The site was located near the residence of Monteiro da Costa and was the property of the city's horticultural society. Aided by his father, a horticultor by profession, Monteiro da Costa rented a portion (30 by 50 meters) of uncultivated terrain to create the first dedicated football pitch in the country. Later that year, the society's vivaria were transferred to another location, allowing Porto to increase the pitch area to match the sport's official dimensions. The ground had capacity for 600 people, including a VIP tribune, and possessed a changing room equipped with showers and sinks, a bar and a gym. The first match between Porto and a foreign team took place at the Campo da Raínha, on 15 December 1907, when the hosts defeated Real Fortuna of Vigo 4–1.

By 1911, the Campo da Raínha was becoming too small for the growing attendances. After being notified about the sale of the ground for construction of a factory, the club searched for a new ground and rented a terrain near the Constituição street for an annual fee of 350$00. The Campo da Constituição (Constitution Field) was opened in 1913 with a match against Oporto Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club and hosted Porto's home matches for the regional championship. Eventually, the larger capacity of this ground also became insufficient for the ever-increasing crowds attending the games, particularly against high-profile opponents. On several occasions, between the 1920s and 1940s, Porto played host to matches at the Campo do Ameal (Ameal Field) or the Estádio do Lima (Lima Stadium), home of local rivals Sport Progresso and Académico, respectively. It was in the latter ground that the club achieved their most important victory at the time, as they beat Arsenal F.C. 3–2 in a friendly match on 7 May 1948.

Estádio do Dragão during a UEFA Champions League match

In 1933, Porto approved a plan to build a new stadium to accommodate and meet the demands of larger attendances, but the project only moved forward with the purchase of 48,000 square metres (12 acres) of land in the eastern side of the city in 1947. Designed by Portuguese architects Oldemiro Carneiro and Aires de Sá, the construction of the Estádio do Futebol Clube do Porto – better known as Estádio das Antas (Antas Stadium) for the neighbourhood where it was built – began in January 1950, one month after the first stone was symbolically laid. Two years later, on 28 May 1952, the stadium was inaugurated with a ceremony, featuring the presence of the President of the Republic Francisco Craveiro Lopes, and a match against Benfica, which Porto lost 8–2. The stadium's initial layout had three stands and an open east sector, which was later closed with the construction of a two-tier stand (Marathon Stand) that raised the capacity to 65,000. In 1986, works to lower the pitch and build an additional tier were concluded, setting the capacity to a new maximum of 95,000. As stadium safety regulations became stricter during the following decade, the placing of individual seats brought the capacity of the Estádio das Antas down to 55,000 by 1997.

The awarding of the UEFA Euro 2004 hosting rights to Portugal in 1999 was the perfect opportunity for Porto to move into a more modern, functional and comfortable stadium, in line with the demands of high-level international football. The club decided to build an entirely new ground and chose a site located a few hundreds of meters southeast of the Estádio das Antas. The project was commissioned to Portuguese architect Manuel Salgado, and construction took two years to complete at a cost of €98 million. Baptised Estádio do Dragão (Dragon Stadium) by president Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, for the mythological creature placed atop the club's crest, it was officially inaugurated on 16 November 2003 with a match against Barcelona. Porto won 2–0 in front of a record 52,000 spectators, which also witnessed the professional debut of Lionel Messi. In June 2004, the venue hosted the opening ceremony and match of the UEFA Euro 2004, and four other tournament matches. For safety reasons, its current capacity is limited to 50,431.

Honours

See also: List of F.C. Porto statistics and records and F.C. Porto in international football

Domestic competitions

• Primeira Liga

Winners (26): 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, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12

Runners-up (25): 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, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2009–10

• Campeonato de Portugal (first national championship, replaced by Primeira Liga and converted to Taça de Portugal)

Winners (4): 1922, 1924–25, 1931–32, 1936–37

Runners-up (2): 1923–24, 1930–31

• Taça de Portugal

Winners (16): 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, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11

Runners-up (12): 1952–53, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1963–64, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1991–92, 2003–04, 2007–08

• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Winners (18): 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011

Runners-up (8): 1985, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2007, 2008

European competitions

• European Cup / UEFA Champions League

Winners (2): 1986–87, 2003–04

• UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League

Winners (2): 2002–03, 2010–11

• European Cup Winners' Cup

Runners-up (1): 1983–84

• European Super Cup / UEFA Super Cup

Winners (1): 1987

Runners-up (3): 2003, 2004, 2011

Worldwide competitions

• Intercontinental Cup

Winners (2): 1987, 2004

Players

Current squad

For further information, see 2011–12 F.C. Porto season.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BRA	Helton
2	DF	BRA	Danilo
3	MF	ARG	Lucho González
14	DF	POR	Rolando
5	DF	URU	Álvaro Pereira
17	FW	POR	Silvestre Varela
8	MF	POR	João Moutinho (vice-captain)
11	FW	BRA	Kléber
12	FW	BRA	Hulk (captain)
4	DF	BRA	Maicon

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	COL	James Rodríguez
22	DF	FRA	Eliaquim Mangala
25	MF	BRA	Fernando
26	DF	BRA	Alex Sandro
27	FW	ARG	Juan Manuel Iturbe
29	FW	AUT	Marc Janko
30	DF	ARG	Nicolás Otamendi
35	MF	BEL	Steven Defour
41	GK	POR	Kadú
42	MF	POR	Tomás Podstawski
46	MF	POR	Fabio Martins

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	POR	Ventura (to Olhanense)
—	DF	SEN	Abdoulaye (to Académica)
—	DF	POR	André Pinto (to Olhanense)
—	DF	POR	Henrique Sereno (to 1. FC Köln)
—	DF	GHA	David Addy (to Panetolikos F.C.)
—	DF	POR	Miguel Lopes (to Braga)
—	MF	POR	Pedro Moreira (to Gil Vicente)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	POR	Sérgio Oliveira (to F.C. Penafiel)
—	MF	POR	Kelvin (to Rio Ave)
—	MF	POR	Castro (to Sporting Gijón)
—	MF	GHA	Christian Atsu (to Rio Ave)
—	MF	COL	Fredy Guarín (to Inter Milan)
—	MF	BRA	Souza (to Grêmio)
—	FW	POR	Ukra (to Braga)

Notable players

For a list of notable former and current players, see List of F.C. Porto players.

Personnel

Technical staff

See also: Coaches of F.C. Porto

Position	Staff
Coach	Vitor Pereira
Assistant coach	Rui Quinta, Semedo, Paulinho Santos
Fitness coach	Filipe Almeida
Goalkeeping coach	Wilhelmus Coort

Last updated: 6 April 2012
Source: FC Porto

Medical staff

Position	Staff
Medical doctor	José Carlos Esteves, Nélson Puga
Nurse	José Mário Almeida, Eduardo Braga
Masseur	Ângelo Castro, José Luis Ferreira
Assistant	António Dias

Last updated: 6 April 2012
Source: FC Porto

Management

See also: List of F.C. Porto presidents

Below is listed a part of the club's governing bodies and respective presidents.

Position	Staff
Board of Directors	Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
General Assembly	Fernando Arnaldo Sardoeira Pinto
Statutory Audit Board	José Paulo Sá Fernandes Nunes de Almeida
Cultural Council	Álvaro Jose Pereira Pinto Júnior

Last updated: 8 January 2012
Source: Governing Bodies

External links

• Official website