FC Porto (handball)

Futebol Clube do Porto (Portuguese pronunciation: [futɨˈβɔl ˈkluβɨ ðu ˈpoɾtu]), commonly referred to as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional handball team based in Porto. Created in 1932, it is the senior representative side of the handball section of sports club FC Porto.

FC Porto
Full name	Futebol Clube do Porto
Founded	1932; 92 years ago (1932) (parent club in 1893)
Arena	Dragão Arena
Capacity	2,200
President	André Villas-Boas
Head coach	Magnus Andersson
League	Andebol 1
2023–24	Andebol 1, 2nd of 16
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

The team competes domestically in the top-tier league Andebol 1 and internationally in European Handball Federation club competitions. Home matches are played at the Dragão Arena, alongside the men's basketball and roller hockey, and women's volleyball teams. The current head coach is former Swedish international Magnus Andersson, who returned to the club after a one-season break, having held the job from 2018 to 2023.

History

The section started in 1932 with a field handball (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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3] In the previous season, the team also debuted in the EHF Champions League group stage, after overcoming the qualification tournament for the first time in five consecutive attempts.^[4]

Kits

HOME
2014–15	2016–17	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23

AWAY
2016–17	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2023–24

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season

Goalkeepers 16 Nikola Mitrevski 27 Francisco Fontes 33 Diogo Rêma Left wingers 21 Leonel Fernandes 23 Diogo Branquinho 71 Pedro Oliveira Right wingers 24 Antonio Martínez 25 António Areia Line players 04 Victor Iturriza 11 Christoffer Brännberger 15 Daymaro Salina 17 Ignacio Plaza Jiménez 44 Jesús Hurtado 86 Ricardo Brandão

Left backs 02 Pedro Valdés 18 Vasco Costa 32 Nikolaj Læsø 88 Fábio Magalhães Central backs 03 André Sousa 10 Diogo Oliveira 14 Rui Silva Right backs 07 Jakob Mikkelsen 08 David Fernández Alonso 19 Mamadou Diocou

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining Rubens Pierre (GK) (from Tremblay Handball) Þorsteinn Leó Gunnarsson (LB) (from UMF Afturelding) Sebastian Abrahamsson (GK) (from Önnereds HK)

Leaving Nikola Mitrevski (GK) (to RK Eurofarm Pelister) Diogo Branquinho (LW) (to Sporting CP) Nikolaj Læsø (LB) (to Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold) António Areia (RW) (to Tremblay Handball) Ignacio Plaza Jiménez (P) (to Tatabánya KC)

Staff

Position	Name
Sports director	José Magalhães
Assistant director	Manuel Arezes
Head coach	Magnus Andersson
Assistant coach	Carlos Martingo
Goalkeeping coach	Telmo Ferreira
Fitness coach	Tiago Cadete

Retired numbers

No.	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure	Ref.
1		Alfredo Quintana	Goalkeeper	2010–2021	[5]

Honours

Porto is the most decorated Portuguese club in domestic competitions, with a total of 44 titles.^[6]

• Portuguese League

Winners (24) – 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, 2022–23

• Portuguese Cup

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 record

Note: Porto's score is always listed first.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
2016–17	EHF Cup	R1	B.S.B. Batumi	49–16	44–16	93–32
		R2	RD Koper 2013	31–24	26–22	57–46
		R3	Bregenz Handball	28–27	31–29	59–56
		Group stage	Frisch Auf Göppingen	27–31	28–30	3rd place
			Fraikin Granollers	23–22	22–33
			HC Midtjylland	33–25	26–29
2017–18	EHF Cup	R2	RK Ohrid 2013	37–20	44–26	81–46
		R3	Füchse Berlin	27–30	25–33	52–63
2018–19	EHF Cup	R1	AHC Potaissa Turda	41–21	27–24	68–45
		R2	SKA Minsk	34–29	24–25	58–54
		R3	SC Magdeburg	23–26	34–27	57–53
		Group stage	Liberbank Cuenca	37–26	29–26	1st place
			Dobrogea Sud Constanța	35–19	30–27
			TTH Holstebro	33–31	32–29
		QF	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	30–30	34–30	64–60
		SF	Füchse Berlin	20–24
		3rd place	TTH Holstebro	28–26
2019–20	EHF Champions League	Group stage	Meshkov Brest	27–25	35–32	5th place
			RK Vardar	27–32	30–22
			PGE Vive Kielce	33–30	25–30
			Telekom Veszprém	28–38	24–31
			Motor Zaporozhye	35–35	29–33
			Montpellier Handball	23–23	27–22
			THW Kiel	28–27	29–30
		R16	Aalborg Håndbold	Cancelled [lower-alpha 1]
2020–21	EHF Champions League	Group stage	Elverum Håndball	28–30	38–31	5th place
			Meshkov Brest	27–25	0–10
			Flensburg-Handewitt	29–36	10–0
			MOL-Pick Szeged	25–19	31–35
			Vardar 1961	25–25	27–24
			Vive Kielce	32–32	30–32
			Paris Saint-Germain	31–34	28–29
		Playoffs	Aalborg Håndbold	32–29	24–27	56–56 (a)
2021–22	EHF Champions League	Group stage	Motor	27–30	10–0	5th place
			Flensburg-Handewitt	28–27	26–26
			Dinamo București	27–26	31–32
			Telekom Veszprém	23–30	28–28
			Łomża Vive Kielce	33–39	29–27
			FC Barcelona	33–33	31–38
			Paris Saint-Germain	19–33	30–39
		Playoffs	Montpellier Handball	29–29	27–35	56–64

Notes

1. Knockout stage matches (round of 16 and quarter-finals) were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the EHF selecting the top two teams from Groups A and B to compete in the Final Four.^[7]

References

1. "Lista de vencedores de provas nacionais – Andebol de 11 (masculinos)" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Andebol. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
2. "Lista de vencedores de provas nacionais – Séniores masculinos" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Andebol. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
3. "FC Porto é o primeiro hexacampeão do andebol português" (in Portuguese). Público. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
4. Pazen, Björn (14 July 2013). "New Port for Champions League fleet". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
5. "FC Porto retira número 1 das camisolas do andebol em homenagem a Quintana" [FC Porto retires number 1 from handball jerseys in honor of Quintana]. O Jogo. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
6. "Handball – Honours". FC Porto. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
7. "Information on the future of the European handball season 2019/20". European Handball Federation. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

External links

• Official website