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 nameFutebol Clube do Porto
Founded1950
ChairmanJorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
ManagerAlípio Jorge Fernandes
LeaguePortuguese Championship
2018–191st – Three-cushion (Men)
1st – Pool (Women)
WebsiteClub website
Active sections of
Futebol Clube do Porto
Football Football B Football U19
Basketball Handball Roller hockey
Billiards Boxing Swimming
Cycling Volleyball
(women's)		 Adapted
sports

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) Portugal Alípio Jorge Fernandes (1949-06-06) 6 June 1949 [2]
Spain Daniel Sánchez (C) (1974-03-03) 3 March 1974 [3]
Netherlands Dick Jaspers (1965-07-23) 23 July 1965 [4]
Portugal Fernando Cunha (1952-08-16) 16 August 1952 [5]
Portugal João Ferreira (1994-01-17) 17 January 1994 [6]
Portugal Manuel Santos Oliveira (1952-03-30) 30 March 1952 [7]
South Korea Myung-Woo Cho (1998-08-18) 18 August 1998 [8]
Spain Ruben Legazpi (1982-07-27) 27 July 1982 [9]
Portugal Rui Manuel Costa (1960-05-24) 24 May 1960 [10]
Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl (1962-10-26) 26 October 1962 [11]
Portugal Hugo Costa (1994-05-05) 5 May 1994 [12]
Portugal Jorge Costa (1993-05-18) 18 May 1993 [13]
Portugal José Miguel Soares (1994-09-13) 13 September 1994 [14]
Pool (Women) Portugal Ágata Castro (1974-12-06) 6 December 1974 [15]
Spain Amália Matas (1988-02-02) 2 February 1988 [16]
Belgium Kamila Khodjaeva (1996-02-21) 21 February 1996 [17]
Portugal Mariana Marinho (1982-04-24) 24 April 1982 [18]
Portugal Vânia Franco (C) (1978-05-11) 11 May 1978 [19]
Portugal Marta Tavares (1989-06-09) 9 June 1989 [20]

Honours

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

Domestic competitions
  • Portuguese Championship
Winners (26): 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
  • Portuguese Cup
Winners (18): 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, 2021–22
  • Portuguese Super Cup
Winners (16): 1993–94, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19
  • 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
Gold Winners (2): 2016–17, 2021–22
Silver 2nd place (5): 1998–99, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2018–19
Bronze 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 (14): 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
  • 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 (13): 1997–98, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2018–19

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.
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