FC Porto (swimming)

FC Porto
Club information
Full nameFutebol Clube do Porto
CityPorto, Portugal
Founded1908
Home pool(s)Piscina Municipal de Campanhã
ChairmanJorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
Swimming
Head coachJosé Silva
LeaguePortuguese Championship
2017–18Men – 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.

  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.