FC Porto (handball)
Futebol Clube do Porto, commonly referred to as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional handball team based in Porto. Created in 1932, it is the senior representative side of the handball section of sports club FC Porto.
The team competes domestically in the top-tier league Andebol 1 and internationally in European Handball Federation club competitions, such as the EHF Champions League and the EHF European League. Home matches are played at the Dragão Arena, alongside the men's basketball and roller hockey, and women's volleyball teams. The current head coach is former Swedish international Magnus Andersson, who returned to the club after a one-season break, having held the job from 2018 to 2023.
History
The section started in 1932 with a field handball team, which played competitive matches until 1974–75, when it was discontinued in favour of seven-a-side handball. During this period, the club won 37 regional and 29 national league titles in the field handball discipline.In 1951, the club established the handball section whose team won the Portuguese league title for the first time in 1953–54, and increased that tally with eight further titles by 1968. Porto then endured a 31-year drought before winning the national league title again in 1998–99. In the 2014–15 season, the team secured their seventh consecutive league title, establishing a national record. In the previous season, the team also debuted in the EHF Champions League group stage, after overcoming the qualification tournament for the first time in five consecutive attempts.
Team
Current squad
;Goalkeepers- 12 Sebastian Abrahamsson
- 23 Bernardo Sousa
- 33 Diogo Rêma
- 21 Leonel Fernandes
- 71 Pedro Oliveira
- 19 Mamadou Diocou
- 24 Antonio Martínez
- 28 José Ferreira
- 15 Daymaro Salina
- 44 Jesús Hurtado
- 86 Ricardo Brandão
- 92 Timmy Petit
- 5 Þorsteinn Leó Gunnarsson
- 9 Miguel Oliveira
- 13 Freddy Lafontán Álvarez
- 18 Vasco Costa
- 9 Pol Valera
- 14 Rui Silva
Transfers
; Joining- Linus Persson from GOG Håndbold
- Pol Valera from FC Barcelona
- Timmy Petit from Limoges Handball
- Vasco Costa back from loan at Hammarby IF Handboll
- Jesús Hurtado '
- Freddy Lafontán Álvarez back from loan at Vitória Sport Clube
- David Fernández Alonso to CB Caserio Ciudad Real
- Pedro Valdés to Dinamo București
- Victor Iturriza to Kuwait SC
- André Sousa to Chambéry SMBH
- Fábio Magalhães to '
- Diogo Oliveira to
- Jakob Mikkelsen '' ''