FC Porto (billiards)

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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 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 trophie atribuited to the club because of its accomplishments.

Honours

According to the official website.^[1]

Snooker

Men

• Portuguese Snooker Men's Championship

• Winners (1): 2015–16

• Portuguese Snooker Men's Super Cup

• Winners (1): 2015–16

Three-cushion

Men

• Portuguese Three-cushion Men's Championship

• Winners (21): 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

• 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 (14): 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

• Aperture Three-cushion Tournament

• Winners (5): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16

• European Three-cushion Cup

• 02 ! Silver (4): 1998–99, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2015–16
• 03 ! Bronze (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 (10): 1997–98, 2003–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16

• Portuguese Pool Women's Cup

• Winners (13): 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16

• 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 Squads

According to the official website.^[2]

Name Nat. Events Henrique Correia Snooker Pedro France Snooker Nuno Santos (C) Snooker Tiago Teixeira Snooker Alípio Jorge Fernandes Three-cushion Coriolano Santos Three-cushion Daniel Sánchez (C) Three-cushion Dick Jaspers Three-cushion Fernando Cunha Three-cushion João Ferreira Three-cushion Manuel Santos Oliveira Three-cushion Myung Woo Cho Three-cushion Ruben Legazpi Three-cushion Rui Manuel Costa Three-cushion Torbjorn Blomdahl Three-cushion Ágata Castro Pool Amália Matas Pool Eliana Sousa Pool Inês Almeida Pool Inês Silva Pool Kamila Khodjaeva Pool Kristina Zlateva Pool Mariana Marinho Pool Vânia Franco (C) Pool

References

External links

Official website

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