FC Porto (swimming)

FC Porto
Club information
Full name	Futebol Clube do Porto
City	Porto, Portugal
Founded	1908
Home pool(s)	Piscina Municipal de Campanhã
Chairman	Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
Swimming
Head coach	José Silva
League	Portuguese Championship
2017–18	Men – 3rd[1] Women – 4th[2]

The FC Porto swimming section was founded in 1908, and to this day is one of the most decorated 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.^[3]

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 decorated in Portuguese competitions, holding the record for most domestic league titles in the former absolut format (held from 1978 to 1986) and also in the women's department and the Portuguese cup (performance variant).^[4][5][6]

• Portuguese Championship (Absolut) (6) – record

1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86

• Portuguese Championship (Men) (4)

1987–88, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1998–99

• Portuguese Championship (Women) (15) – record

1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16

• Portuguese Cup (Performance) (6) – record

2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15

• Portuguese Cup (Formation) (1)

2016–17

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).

Athlete	Games	City	Event	Phase	Unit	Pos.	IT	CT	Rank	Ref.
Paulo Frischknecht	1976	Montreal	Men's 200 m freestyle	Round 1	Heat 5	7	2:02.65		51	[7][8]
			Men's 100 m butterfly	Round 1	Heat 4	7	1:01.97		41
			Men's 200 m butterfly	Round 1	Heat 4	5	2:20.51		37
			Men's 4x200 m freestyle relay	Round 1	Heat 4	5	2:11.03	8:26.68	17
			Men's 4x100 m medley relay	Round 1	Heat 2	8	1:06.80	4:20.84	14
Mabílio Albuquerque	1988	Seoul	Men's 100 m butterfly	Round 1	Heat 2	2	0:57.30		33	[9]
			Men's 4x100 m freestyle relay	Round 1	Heat 1	5	0:53.06	3:33.31	14
Rui Borges	1988	Seoul	Men's 400 m individual medley	Round 1	Heat 2	3	4:30.79		22	[10][11]
Sérgio Esteves	1988	Seoul	Men's 50 m freestyle	Round 1	Heat 5	2	0:24.24		31	[12]
			Men's 4x100 m freestyle relay	Round 1	Heat 1	5	0:53.65	3:33.31	14
Paulo Trindade	1988	Seoul	Men's 50 m freestyle	Round 1	Heat 6	5	0:24.02		30	[13]
	1992	Barcelona	Men's 50 m freestyle	Round 1	Heat 7	8	0:23.81		36
	1996	Atlanta	Men's 50 m freestyle	Round 1	Heat 5	5	0:23.73		40
Joana Soutinho	1996	Atlanta	Women's 100 m breaststroke	Round 1	Heat 2	3	1:13.73		34	[14][15]
			Women's 4x100 m medley relay	Round 1	Heat 3	7	1:13.73	4:21.61	21
Miguel Machado	1996	Atlanta	Men's 4x100 m medley relay	Round 1	Heat 4	DQ	(0:52.37)	(3:50.45)	–	[16][17]
Mário Carvalho	2000	Sydney	Men's 200 m backstroke	Round 1	Heat 2	2	2:03.82		30	[18]
Luís Monteiro	2004	Athens	Men's 200 m freestyle	Round 1	Heat 5	5	1:51.78		29	[19]
			Men's 4x200 m freestyle relay	Round 1	Heat 1	7	1:50.43	7:27.99	14
Sara Oliveira	2008	Beijing	Women's 100 m butterfly	Round 1	Heat 3	3	0:59.48		35	[20][21]
			Women's 200 m butterfly	Round 1	Heat 2	3	2:10.14 NR		19
	2012	London	Women's 100 m butterfly	Round 1	Heat 3	7	1:00.44		36
			Women's 200 m butterfly	Round 1	Heat 1	3	2:11.54		24

Current squads

Men's squad

Seniors

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

Juniors

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

Women's squad

Seniors

• Sara Oliveira
• Paula Oliveira
• Rosa Oliveira
• Mafalda Oliveira
• Maria Teresa Amorim

Juniors

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

Current staff

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

References

1. "Classificação por Equipas Masculinas - Campeonato Nacional de Clubes 1 Divisão" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Natação. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
2. "Classificação por Equipas Femininas - Campeonato Nacional de Clubes 1 Divisão" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Natação. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
3. "FC Porto Notícias" (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Natação. Archived from the original on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
4. "Swimming – Honours". FC Porto. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
5. "Vencedores de Natação Pura" (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Natação. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
6. "Clubes Campeões Nacionais" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Natação. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
7. "Paulo Frischknecht" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
8. "Paulo Frischknecht Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
9. "Mabílio Albuquerque" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
10. "Rui Borges" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
11. "Rui Borges Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
12. "Sérgio Esteves" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
13. "Paulo Trindade" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
14. "Joana Soutinho" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
15. "Joana Soutinho Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
16. "Miguel Machado" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
17. "Miguel Machado Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
18. "Mário Carvalho" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
19. "Luís Monteiro" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
20. "Sara Oliveira" (in Portuguese). ANNP. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
21. "Sara Oliveira Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2015.

External links

Official website

• Porto Natação (in Portuguese and English)