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F.C. Porto (basketball)

FC Porto
FC Porto logo
Leagues Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (domestic)
FIBA Europe Cup (international)
Founded 1926
History FC Porto (1926–2012, 2015–)
Dragon Force (2013–2015)
Arena Dragão Caixa
Arena Capacity 2,200
Location Porto, Portugal
Team colors Blue, white
    
    
President Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
Head coach Moncho López
Team captain André Bessa
Ownership FC Porto
Championships 12 (1952, 1953, 1972, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2011, 2016)
Website FCPorto.pt
Uniforms
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Home jersey
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Away jersey
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Futebol Clube do Porto (commonly referred to as FC Porto or simply Porto) is a Portuguese professional basketball team based in Porto, which represents the sport's section within parent club FC Porto. Founded in 1926, the team competes in the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (LPB), the top-tier domestic league, and plays its home matches at the Dragão Caixa arena. The current head coach is Moncho López.

The senior team was discontinued after they lost the 2011–12 LPB season title to Benfica. It was restarted the following season, in the third division, under the name of Dragon Force, which fielded players from the section's youth ranks. The team secured promotion to the second-tier Proliga in 2013–14, winning that season's title in a playoff final against Illiabum; having earned the right to compete in the LPB, the club decided to remain in the Proliga for the 2014–15 season. The team defended their Proliga title without losing any match, and were promoted to the 2015–16 LPB. Competing again under the name of FC Porto, the team qualified for the championship playoffs and reached the final, where they beat the four-time defending champions Benfica to secure the club's 12th title.

Porto are the second most successful team in Portuguese basketball history, having won twelve championships, thirteen Portuguese Cups, five Portuguese Supercups, seven Portuguese League Cups, and one António Pratas Trophy.

The introduction of the sport in Portugal took place in 1913, and thirteen years later in 1926 a group of partners of the club decided to create a basketball team. António Sanches, António Marta and Daniel Barbosa drove the idea, having them joined by Gabriel Batista and A. Cabral to complete the team. The second place in the Cup António Cardoso guaranteed in the first season excites the community that forms immediately four other basketball teams. FC Porto basketball players trained in an outdoor field complex included in Campo da Constituição.


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