Futebol Clube do Porto (pron. IPA: [futɨ’bɔɫ ‘klub(ɨ) du ‘poɾtu]) – short: FC Porto or FCP – is a Portuguese sports club best known for its footballing exploits. It was founded in Porto in 1893. The club is considered second of the “Big Three” clubs in Portugal. It holds the best International record by a Portuguese team, having won the European Cup and the Intercontinental Cup twice each. In 2003, it brought Portugal’s first UEFA Cup and in 1987 it brought Portugal’s first UEFA Supercup. Domestically they hold the best record of five titles in a row, having won the league 22 times, the Portuguese Cup 13 times and Portuguese Supercup 15 times.
The football home ground is the Estádio do Dragão, which replaced previous home Estádio das Antas in 2003. FC Porto is also a leading force in other sports: the handball and basketball teams are regular contenders for the national titles and the roller hockey section is amongst the best in the sport worldwide. The new multi-sport arena near the stadium will be completed soon; in past years the non-professional home grounds were scattered around neighbouring cities (such as Gondomar, Matosinhos and Santo Tirso). Supporters and players of the club are nicknamed portistas.
It was founded in the northern city of Porto on September 28, 1893, by wine-salesman António Nicolau de Almeida’ who had his first contact with the game of foot-ball on one of his trips to England. The club was revived in 1906 by Monteiro da Costa.
Commercially, the club has several stores called Loja Azul (English: Blue Store) scattered around the city, including two used with official supplier Nike. Since 1994, a merchandising goods fair called Portomania is organized during the pre-season. FC Porto publishes one of the older club-related publications in Europe: a monthly 60-page full-colour magazine called Dragões (Dragons) that has existed since the early 1980s.
As for its domestic record, it holds the second best record. FC Porto played in the Portuguese championship 72 times, playing 1988 games, winning 1287, drawing 369, losing 332, scoring 4427 goals and conceding 1876, having 3204 points as of the end of the 2005-06 season.
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