FC Porto (billiards)

FC Porto

Full name	Futebol Clube do Porto
Founded	1950
Chairman	Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
League	Portuguese Billiards League

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

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.

The most important achievements in this section history were the three silver medals won in 1998–99, 2007–08 and 2011–12 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 trophie atribuited to the club because of its accomplishments.

Honours

According to the official website.^[1]

Three-cushion

Men

• Portuguese Three-cushion Men's Championship

• Winners (20): 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

• Portuguese Three-cushion Men's Cup

• Winners (14): 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

• Portuguese Three-cushion Men's Super Cup

• Winners (13): 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

• Aperture Three-cushion Tournament

• Winners (4): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15

• European Three-cushion Cup

• Silver medal (3): 1998–99, 2007–08, 2011–12
• Bronze medal (6): 1971–72, 1995–96, 2004–05, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15

Pool

Men

• Portuguese Pool Men's Championship

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

• Portuguese Pool Men's Cup

• Winners (2): 2001–02, 2002–03

• Portuguese Pool Men's Super Cup

• Winners (2): 2001–02, 2002–03

Women

• Portuguese Pool Women's Championship

• Winners (9): 1997–98, 2003–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15

• Portuguese Pool Women's Cup

• Winners (12): 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2014–15

• Portuguese Pool Women's Super Cup

• Winners (11): 1997–98, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15

Current Squad

According to the official website.^[2]

Name Nat. Events Adélio Anil Snooker Pedro France Snooker Nuno Santos Snooker Miguel Sancho Snooker Torbjorn Blomdahl Three-cushion Dick Jaspers Three-cushion Dani Sanchez Three-cushion Jorge Costa Three-cushion Alípio Jorge Fernandes Three-cushion Fernando Cunha Three-cushion Manuel Santos Oliveira Three-cushion João Ferreira Three-cushion Rui Manuel Costa Three-cushion Inês Beatriz Silva Pool Ágata Castro Pool Cristina Costa Pool Andreia Sá Pool Eliana Sousa Pool Mariana Marinho Pool Vânia Franco Pool Sérgia Pereira Pool Kamila Khodjaeva Pool Kristina Zlateva Pool Kristina Schagan Pool Amália Matas Pool

References

1. "FC Porto - Honours". Retrieved 14 April 2016.
2. "FC Porto - Pool Table". Retrieved 14 April 2016.

External links

Official website

• FC Porto Bilhar (Portuguese), (English)
• Federação Portuguesa de Bilhar (Portuguese)