FC Porto (billiards)

The Billiards Section of 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.

FC Porto Billiards Section

Full name	Futebol Clube do Porto
Founded	1950
Chairman	Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
Manager	Alípio Jorge Fernandes
League	Portuguese Championship
2018–19	1st – Three-cushion (Men) 1st – Pool (Women)
Website	https://www.fcporto.pt/pt/modalidades/bilhar/noticias

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 trophy attributed to the club because of its accomplishments.

Current squads

According to the official website.^[1]

Squads	Nat.	Players	Birth date and age	Ref.
Three cushion (Men)		Alípio Jorge Fernandes	(1949-06-06) 6 June 1949 (age 75)	[2]
		Daniel Sánchez (C)	(1974-03-03) 3 March 1974 (age 50)	[3]
		Dick Jaspers	(1965-07-23) 23 July 1965 (age 59)	[4]
		Fernando Cunha	(1952-08-16) 16 August 1952 (age 72)	[5]
		João Ferreira	(1994-01-17) 17 January 1994 (age 30)	[6]
		Manuel Santos Oliveira	(1952-03-30) 30 March 1952 (age 72)	[7]
		Myung-Woo Cho	(1998-08-18) 18 August 1998 (age 26)	[8]
		Ruben Legazpi	(1982-07-27) 27 July 1982 (age 42)	[9]
		Rui Manuel Costa	(1960-05-24) 24 May 1960 (age 64)	[10]
		Torbjörn Blomdahl	(1962-10-26) 26 October 1962 (age 62)	[11]
		Hugo Costa	(1994-05-05) 5 May 1994 (age 30)	[12]
		Jorge Costa	(1993-05-18) 18 May 1993 (age 31)	[13]
		José Miguel Soares	(1994-09-13) 13 September 1994 (age 30)	[14]
Pool (Women)		Ágata Castro	(1974-12-06) 6 December 1974 (age 49)	[15]
		Amália Matas	(1988-02-02) 2 February 1988 (age 36)	[16]
		Kamila Khodjaeva	(1996-02-21) 21 February 1996 (age 28)	[17]
		Mariana Marinho	(1982-04-24) 24 April 1982 (age 42)	[18]
		Vânia Franco (C)	(1978-05-11) 11 May 1978 (age 46)	[19]
		Marta Tavares	(1989-06-09) 9 June 1989 (age 35)	[20]

Honours

According to Porto's official website and the Portuguese Billiards Federation Portal.^[21][22]

Three-cushion (Men)

Domestic competitions

• Portuguese Championship

Winners (27): 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, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23

• Portuguese Cup

Winners (21): 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, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24

• Portuguese Super Cup

Winners (20): 1994, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024

• Aperture Tournament / North Zone

Winners (8): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20

European competitions

• CEB European Cup / Club Teams

Winners (3): 2016–17, 2021–22, 2022–23

2nd place (5): 1998–99, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2018–19

3rd place (7): 1971–72, 1995–96, 2004–05, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18

Pool (Men)

• Portuguese Championship

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

• Portuguese Cup

Winners (2): 2001–02, 2002–03

• Portuguese Super Cup

Winners (2): 2001–02, 2002–03

Pool (Women)

• Portuguese Championship

Winners (15): 1997–98, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2023–24

• Portuguese Cup

Winners (15): 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2020–21

• Portuguese Super Cup

Winners (15): 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024

Snooker (Men)

• Portuguese Championship

Winners (2): 2015–16, 2016–17

• Portuguese Cup

Winners (1): 2016–17

• Portuguese Super Cup

Winners (1): 2015–16

References

1. "FC Porto - Pool". FC Porto. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
2. "Carom Billiard Player Profile of Alípio Jorge Fernandes". Kozoom.com.
3. "Carom Billiard Player Profile of Daniel Sánchez". Kozoom.com.
4. "Carom Billiard Player Profile of Dick Jaspers". Kozoom.com.
5. "Carom Billiard Player Profile of Fernando Cunha". Kozoom.com.
6. "Carom Billiard Player Profile of João Ferreira". Kozoom.com.
7. "Carom Billiard Player Profile of Manuel Santos Oliveira". Kozoom.com.
8. "Carom Billiard Player Profile of Myung-Woo Cho". Kozoom.com.
9. "Carom Billiard Player Profile of Ruben Legazpi". Kozoom.com.
10. "Carom Billiard Player Profile of Rui Manuel Costa". Kozoom.com.
11. "Carom Billiard Player Profile of Torbjörn Blomdahl". Kozoom.com.
12. "Carom Billiard Player Profile of Hugo Costa". Kozoom.com.
13. "Carom Billiard Player Profile of Jorge Costa". Kozoom.com.
14. "Carom Billiard Player Profile of José Miguel Soares". Kozoom.com.
15. "US Pool Billiard Player Profile of Ágata Castro". Kozoom.com.
16. "US Pool Billiard Player Profile of Amália Matas". Kozoom.com.
17. "US Pool Billiard Player Profile of Kamila Khodjaeva". Kozoom.com.
18. "US Pool Billiard Player Profile of Mariana Marinho". Kozoom.com.
19. "US Pool Billiard Player Profile of Vânia Franco". Kozoom.com.
20. "US Pool Billiard Player Profile of Marta Tavares". Kozoom.com.
21. "FC Porto - Honours". FC Porto. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
22. "Resultados das Provas (Arquivo)". Federação Portuguesa de Bilhar. Retrieved 20 July 2022.

External links

Official website

• FC Porto Bilhar (in Portuguese and English)
• Federação Portuguesa de Bilhar Archived 2014-08-18 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)