Futebol Clube do Porto (), commonly referred to as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional handball team based in

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

. Created in 1932, it is the senior representative side of the handball section of

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FC Porto. The team competes domestically in the top-tier league

Andebol 1 The Campeonato Nacional de Andebol Masculino (English: Men's Handball National Championship), also known simply as Andebol 1 (or Campeonato Placard Andebol 1 for sponsorship reasons), is the premier handball league in Portugal and is overseen ...

and internationally in

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club competitions, such as the

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and the

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. It plays its home matches at the Dragão Arena, alongside the club's

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and roller hockey teams, and is managed by Swedish head coach Magnus Andersson.

History

The section started in 1932 with a

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(eleven-a-side) team, which played competitive matches until 1974–75, when it was discontinued in favour of seven-a-side handball. During this period, the club won 37 regional and 29 national league titles in the field handball discipline. In 1951, the club established the handball section whose team won the Portuguese league title for the first time in 1953–54, and increased that tally with eight further titles by 1968. Porto then endured a 31-year drought before winning the national league title again in 1998–99. In the 2014–15 season, the team secured their seventh consecutive league title, establishing a national record. In the previous season, the team also debuted in the

group stage, after overcoming the qualification tournament for the first time in five consecutive attempts.

Kits

Team

Current squad

''The following players compose the squad for the 2022–23 season:'' ;Goalkeepers * 16

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* 32 Sebastian Frandsen * 33 Diogo Rêma ;Left wingers * 21 Leonel Fernandes * 23 Diogo Branquinho ;Right wingers * 25 António Areia * 29 Miguel Alves ;Line players *4 Victor Iturriza * 15 Daymaro Salina * 17 Ignacio Plaza Jiménez ;Left backs * 2

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* 9

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* 13 Nikolaj Læsø * 88 Fábio Magalhães ;Central backs * 10 Diogo Oliveira * 14 Rui Silva ;Right backs * 7 Jakob Mikkelsen * 18 Jack Thurin

Transfers

''Transfers for the 2023–24 season:'' ; Joining ; Leaving

Staff

Retired numbers

Honours

Porto is the most decorated Portuguese clubs in terms of domestic competitions, with a total of 43 national titles.

Domestic competitions

* Portuguese League :Winners (23) – record: 1953–54, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1967–68, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22 *

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:Winners (9): 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1993–94, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2018–19, 2020–21 * Portuguese League Cup :Winners (3) – record: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08 * Portuguese Super Cup :Winners (8) – record: 1994, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2021

European competitions

* Limburgse Handbal Dagen :Winners (2): 2009, 2012 *

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:Winners (2): 2018–19, 2020–21

European record

''Note: Porto's score is always listed first.''

Notes

References

External links

* {{LPA(Portugal) Teams FC Porto Portuguese handball clubs