| FC Porto | |||
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| Leagues | LPB | ||
| Founded | 1926 | ||
| History | FC Porto (1926–2012, 2015–) Dragon Force (2012–2015) | ||
| Arena | Dragão Arena | ||
| Capacity | 2,200 | ||
| Location | Porto, Portugal | ||
| Team colors | Blue, white | ||
| President | André Villas-Boas | ||
| Head coach | Fernando Sá | ||
| Team captain | Miguel Queiroz | ||
| Ownership | FC Porto | ||
| Championships | 12Portuguese Leagues 16Portuguese Cups 8Portuguese Super Cups 8Portuguese League Cups 1Portuguese Champions Tournament | ||
| Website | fcporto.pt | ||
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Futebol Clube do Porto (Portuguese pronunciation:[futɨˈβɔlˈkluβɨðuˈpoɾtu]), commonly referred to asFC Porto, or simplyPorto, is a Portuguese professionalbasketball team based inPorto. Created in 1926, it is the senior representative side of the basketball section ofmulti-sports clubFC Porto. The team competes domestically in theLiga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (LPB) and internationally inFIBA Europe competitions, such as theChampions League and theFIBA Europe Cup.The team plays its home matches at theDragão Arena, alongside the club'shandball androller hockey teams, and is managed by Portuguese head coach and former club playerFernando Sá since 2022.
The introduction of the sport in Portugal took place in 1913, and thirteen years later in 1926[1] a group of partners of the club decided to create a basketball team. António Sanches, António Marta and Daniel Barbosa drove the idea, having them joined by Gabriel Batista and A. Cabral to complete the team. The second place in theCup António Cardoso guaranteed in the first season excites the community that forms immediately four other basketball teams. FC Porto basketball players trained in an outdoor field complex included inCampo da Constituição.
The decades of the thirties and forties were not very fertile in securities for the basketball section of FC Porto, but still the sport was up solidifying a club that showed increasingly eclectic. In the year 1933, the first Campeonato de Portugal was played, and Porto participated alongside Conimbricense, Académico, Fluvial, Guifões, Sp. Braga, Atlético de Braga and Sporting de Gouveia. In 1940, FC Porto have played in a covered, lighted, onAvenida dos Aliados enclosure. The fruit came in late because in 1947–48 and 1949–50 FC Porto was national champion of the second division and two seasons later was national champion in the First Division in 1951–52 and 1952–53.
The year 1995 marks a crucial turning point in Portuguese basketball. It is in this year that the League Basketball Club, founded six years earlier, organized the first professional league. The FC Porto basketball section is associated with a sponsor at the time the UBP (going to be appointed FC Porto UBP), and enters with his right foot in the era of professional basketball, winning the first two editions of the league. Around the same time, the team moved to thePavilhão Rosa Mota, which would provide better working conditions. In 1997 it is created theFC Porto, Basquetbol, SAD, alongsideFC Porto Futebol, SAD. The presidentJorge Nuno Pinto da Costa accumulated the presidency of both SADs and the club, while Fernando Gomes became the primary administrator.
Although nationally FC Porto is among the best title contenders in all competitions, their performance at the international level is modest, reflecting the position of the Portuguese Basketball against the other European and world federations. Their best European performance succeeded in 1997 and 2000, years that reached the quarter-finals of theFIBA Saporta Cup (in 1997 still calledFIBA EuroCup). In between, in 1999, Paulo Pinto, then Porto player, was elected byFIBA as one of the 50 best players in Europe and, as such, included in the list of candidates to join the western selection EURO ALL STAR.
At the end of the 2011–12 season the responsible section informed the coaching staff, which was represented by head coachMoncho López, assistant coach Diogo Gomes, and players (captain Nuno Marçal, André Bessa and David Gomes attended) that the senior team would not compete in the major league championship after losing toBenfica at theDragão Arena.[2] A new project for the section which fielded players from the section's youth ranks was initiated, they started training under the designationDragon Force who competed in the national championship CNB third division in season 2012/2013, participating in the final competition. The team secured promotion to the second-tierProliga in 2013–14, winning that season's title in a playoff final againstIlliabum.[3]
Having earned the right to compete in the LPB, the club decided to remain in the Proliga for the 2014–15 season. The team defended their Proliga title without losing any match, and were promoted to the2015–16 LPB. Competing again under the name of FC Porto, the team qualified for the championship playoffs and reached the final, where they beat the four-time defending champions Benfica to secure the club's 12th title.
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Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility atFIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
Dragon Force
Won an official title or individual titles
Fernando Assunção(9 seasons: 1966–76) Alberto Babo(10 seasons: 1968–74, 1975–79)Fernando Gomes(13 seasons: 1969–82) Rui Pereira(10 seasons: 1976–84, 1985–87) Zé Quintela(7 seasons: 1977–81, 1983–86) Tó Ferreira(9 seasons: 1979–83, 1984–89) Júlio Matos(15 seasons: 1979–89, 1990–94) Beto Van Zeller(6 seasons: 1980–84, 1985–87)
Charles Payton(1 season: 1982–83)Pedro Miguel(5 seasons: 1985–90) José Cardoso(7 seasons: 1985–90, 1993–95)Steve Rocha(5 seasons: 1986–88, 1989–92) Fernando Sá(12 seasons: 1987–99) Rui Santos(11 seasons: 1988–97, 1998–2001)Wayne Engelstad(2 seasons: 1992–93, 1998–99) João Rocha(11 seasons: 1992–98, 1999–2001, 2002–04, 2005–06)Nuno Marçal(16 seasons: 1992–99, 2000–03, 2006–12) Paulo Pinto(6 seasons: 1994–2000)Miguel Miranda(8 seasons: 1996–2000, 2010–12, 2016–18)Elvis Évora(7 seasons: 1998–2005)Paulo Cunha(11 seasons: 1999–2010)Reggie Geary(1 season: 2001–02)Heshimu Evans(2 seasons: 2003–05)Carlos Andrade(4 seasons: 2003–04, 2009–12)
Rodrigo Mascarenhas(3 seasons: 2004–07)Julian Terrell(3 seasons: 2007–08, 2009–11)
Ferrán Ventura(6 seasons: 2013–19)Troy DeVries(1 season: 2015–16)Jalen Riley(1 season: 2020–21)Rawle Alkins
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