FC Porto (swimming)

FC Porto
Club information
Full name	Futebol Clube do Porto
City	Porto, Portugal
Founded	1908
Home pool(s)	Piscina Municipal de Campanhã

Active sections of Futebol Clube do Porto
Adapted sport	Basketball	Billiards
Boxing	Cycling	Football
Football (reserve team)	Football (youth teams)	Handball
Roller hockey	Swimming

The FC Porto swimming section was founded in 1908, and to this day is one of the most successful 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.^[1]

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 successful in Portuguese competitions, holding the record for most domestic league titles in the former absolut format and also in the women's department and the Portuguese cup.^[2][3]

• Portuguese Championship (Absolut): 6 (record)
  • 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87
• Portuguese Championship (Men's): 4
  • 1987–88, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1998–99
• Portuguese Championship (Women's): 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: 6 (record)
  • 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15

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).

Athletes	Participations	Ref.
Paulo Frischknecht	1976	[4][5]
Mabílio Albuquerque	1988	[6]
Rui Borges	1988	[7][8]
Sérgio Esteves	1988	[9]
Joana Soutinho	1996	[10][11]
Miguel Machado	1996	[12][13]
Paulo Trindade	1988, 1992, 1996	[14]
Mário Carvalho	2000	[15]
Luís Monteiro	2004	[16]
Sara Oliveira	2008, 2012	[17][18]

Current squads

Men's squad

Seniors

Carlos Santos Diogo Costa João Ascensão Luís Soares

Samuel Belo Sérgio Baptista Tomás Silva

Juniors

Diogo Santos Rafael Lino

Tiago Soares Tomás Borges

Women's squad

Seniors

Sara Oliveira Paula Oliveira Rosa Oliveira

Mafalda Oliveira Maria Teresa Amorim

Juniors

Ana Faria Íris Santos Maria Francisca Cabral Bárbara Magalhães

Beatriz Silva Isabel Pego Maria Costa

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. "FC Porto Notícias" (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Natação. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
2. "Swimming – Honours". FC Porto. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
3. "Vencedores de Natação Pura" (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Natação. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
4. "Paulo Frischknecht" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
5. "Paulo Frischknecht Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
6. "Mabílio Albuquerque" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
7. "Rui Borges" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
8. "Rui Borges Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
9. "Sérgio Esteves" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
10. "Joana Soutinho" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
11. "Joana Soutinho Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
12. "Miguel Machado" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
13. "Miguel Machado Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
14. "Paulo Trindade" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
15. "Mário Carvalho" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
16. "Luís Monteiro" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
17. "Sara Oliveira" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
18. "Sara Oliveira Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 17 March 2015.

External links

Official website

• Porto Natação (Portuguese), (English)