FC Porto (swimming)

FC Porto
Club information
Full nameFutebol Clube do Porto
CityPorto, Portugal
Founded1908
Home pool(s)Piscina Municipal de Campanhã
Active sections of
Futebol Clube do Porto
Adapted sport Basketball Billiards
Boxing Cycling Football
Football (reserve team) Football
(youth teams)		 Handball
Roller hockey Swimming

The FC Porto swimming section was founded in 1908, and to this day is one of the most successful swimming teams in Portugal. The club competes in Campeonato Nacional de Clubes em Natação (National Club Championship in Swimming) and has achieved multiple trophies both in the men and women departments.[1]

The swimming section is part of the club heritage since its foundation, their first victory was the 'Taça Leixões' in 1908, and then the participation for the first time in the championship of Portugal occurred in 1919.

Names of famous athletes like Abel Guimarães, Adriano Antunes, Alexandrina Pinto, Alíria Silva, António Antunes, António Brenha, António Maria Pereira, Aristides Silva, Edgar Santos, Joaquim Lagoa, and so many others contributed for the club early success.

FC Porto achieved multiple national records, national, collective and individual titles, and attended at major international championships - European and World Championships.

Honours

The section is one of the most successful in Portuguese competitions, holding the record for most domestic league titles in the former absolut format and also in the women's department and the Portuguese cup.[2][3]

Olympic athletes

In the olympics several athletes from the club stood out like Paulo Frischknecht (Montreal '76), Mabílio Albuquerque, Rui Borges and Sergio Esteves (Seoul '88), Joana Soutinho and Miguel Machado (Atlanta '96), Paulo Trindade (Seoul '88, Barcelona '92 and Atlanta '96), Mário Carvalho (Sydney '2000), Luís Monteiro (Athens '2004) and Sara Oliveira (Beijing '2008 and London '2012).

Athletes Participations Ref.
Portugal Paulo Frischknecht 1976 [4][5]
Portugal Mabílio Albuquerque 1988 [6]
Portugal Rui Borges 1988 [7][8]
Portugal Sérgio Esteves 1988 [9]
Portugal Joana Soutinho 1996 [10][11]
Portugal Miguel Machado 1996 [12][13]
Portugal Paulo Trindade 1988, 1992, 1996 [14]
Portugal Mário Carvalho 2000 [15]
Portugal Luís Monteiro 2004 [16]
Portugal Sara Oliveira 2008, 2012 [17][18]

Current squads

Men's squad

Seniors

  • Portugal Carlos Santos
  • Portugal Diogo Costa
  • Portugal João Ascensão
  • Portugal Luís Soares
  • Portugal Samuel Belo
  • Portugal Sérgio Baptista
  • Portugal Tomás Silva

Juniors

  • Portugal Diogo Santos
  • Portugal Rafael Lino
  • Portugal Tiago Soares
  • Portugal Tomás Borges

Women's squad

Seniors
  • Portugal Mafalda Oliveira
  • Portugal Maria Teresa Amorim

Juniors

  • Portugal Ana Faria
  • Portugal Íris Santos
  • Portugal Maria Francisca Cabral
  • Portugal Bárbara Magalhães
  • Portugal Beatriz Silva
  • Portugal Isabel Pego
  • Portugal Maria Costa

Current staff

Management Team
Portugal João Carvalho Director
Technical team
Portugal José Silva Coordinator
Portugal Paulo Nascimento Assistant coach
Portugal Daniel Santos Assistant coach
Medical team
Portugal André Moreira Physician
Portugal Ferreira Pinto Nurse

References

  1. ↑ "FC Porto Notícias" (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Natação. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Swimming – Honours". FC Porto. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Vencedores de Natação Pura" (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Natação. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Paulo Frischknecht" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Paulo Frischknecht Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Mabílio Albuquerque" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Rui Borges" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Rui Borges Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "Sérgio Esteves" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Joana Soutinho" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "Joana Soutinho Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "Miguel Machado" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "Miguel Machado Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  14. ↑ "Paulo Trindade" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  15. ↑ "Mário Carvalho" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  16. ↑ "Luís Monteiro" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  17. ↑ "Sara Oliveira" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  18. ↑ "Sara Oliveira Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 17 March 2015.

External links

Official website
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