FC Porto (billiards)

FC Porto
Full name Futebol Clube do Porto
Founded 1950
Chairman Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
League Portuguese Billiards League
Active sections of
Futebol Clube do Porto
Adapted sport Basketball Billiards
Boxing Cycling Football
Football (reserve team) Football
(youth teams)
Handball
Roller hockey Swimming

Futebol Clube do Porto is a professional billiards team based in Porto, Portugal, founded in 1950. The team competes in the Portuguese Billiards League and in European Championships, in both carom billiards (three-cushion) and pool (eight-ball and nine-ball) events. They play their home games in the former headquarters of the club and they also have a billiards school, the first in the country.

The most important achievements in this section history were the four silver medals won in 1998–99, 2007–08, 2011–12 and 2015–16 in the European Cup, having also achieved six bronze medals in this competition in 1971–72, 1995–96, 2004–05, 2010–11, 2013–14 and 2014–15.

In Portugal, the men's and women's squads have achieved many championships, as well as many other trophies making the section one of the most titled in the country. One of the greatest players of this section, Alípio Jorge Fernandes, received the Galardão de Ouro in representation of the president Pinto da Costa, a trophie atribuited to the club because of its accomplishments.

Honours

According to the official website.[1]

Snooker

Men

  • Winners (1): 2015–16
  • Winners (1): 2015–16

Three-cushion

Men

  • Winners (21): 1971–72, 1975–76, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16
  • Winners (14): 1983–84, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
  • Winners (14): 1993–94, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
  • Winners (5): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16
  •  Silver (4): 1998–99, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2015–16
  •  Bronze (6): 1971–72, 1995–96, 2004–05, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15

Pool

Men

  • Winners (3): 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03
  • Winners (2): 2001–02, 2002–03
  • Winners (2): 2001–02, 2002–03

Women

  • Winners (10): 1997–98, 2003–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16
  • Winners (13): 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16
  • Winners (11): 1997–98, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15

Current Squads

According to the official website.[2]

Name Nat. Events
Henrique Correia Portugal Snooker
Pedro France Portugal Snooker
Nuno Santos (C) Portugal Snooker
Tiago Teixeira Portugal Snooker
Alípio Jorge Fernandes Portugal Three-cushion
Coriolano Santos Portugal Three-cushion
Daniel Sánchez (C) Spain Three-cushion
Dick Jaspers Netherlands Three-cushion
Fernando Cunha Portugal Three-cushion
João Ferreira Portugal Three-cushion
Manuel Santos Oliveira Portugal Three-cushion
Myung Woo Cho South Korea Three-cushion
Ruben Legazpi Spain Three-cushion
Rui Manuel Costa Portugal Three-cushion
Torbjorn Blomdahl Sweden Three-cushion
Ágata Castro Portugal Pool
Amália Matas Spain Pool
Eliana Sousa Portugal Pool
Inês Almeida Portugal Pool
Inês Silva Portugal Pool
Kamila Khodjaeva Belgium Pool
Kristina Zlateva Bulgaria Pool
Mariana Marinho Portugal Pool
Vânia Franco (C) Portugal Pool

References

  1. "FC Porto - Honours". Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  2. "FC Porto - Pool Table". Retrieved 14 April 2016.

External links

Official website
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