Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM, commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto.
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32 Facts About FC Porto
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Since 2003, FC Porto have played their home matches at the Estadio do Dragao, which replaced the previous 51-year-old ground, the Estadio das Antas.
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FC Porto is the second most decorated team in Portugal, with 82 major trophies, of which 75 were achieved in domestic competitions.
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In international competitions, FC Porto is the most decorated Portuguese team, with seven trophies.
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FC Porto have the third-most appearances in the UEFA Champions League group stage, behind Barcelona and Real Madrid .
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FC Porto played its first matches with other Portuguese clubs, including one against Lisbon's Foot-Ball Club Lisbonense on 2 March 1894.
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On 2 August 1906, FC Porto was revived and Monteiro da Costa appointed its president.
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Shortly after, FC Porto rented its first ground and recruited a French coach named Adolphe Cassaigne, who would stay in the club until 1925.
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On 15 December 1907, FC Porto played its first match against a foreign team, hosting Spain's Real Fortuna.
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In 1912, FC Porto joined efforts with Leixoes to establish the FC Porto Football Association, which began organising the regional championship in the following year.
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FC Porto finished the first season as runners-up, behind local rivals Boavista, but in the following season the club won its first championship.
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FC Porto won the inaugural edition of the new league championship and successfully defended the title in the next season, despite almost failing to take part.
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Later that season, FC Porto beat Torreense to win its first Taca de Portugal and achieved its first double.
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In 1958, Bela Guttmann took charge as coach of FC Porto and helped them overhaul a five-point lead enjoyed by Benfica to win the Portuguese League title in 1959.
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The following month, FC Porto presented Peruvian international Teofilo Cubillas, who became one of the club's most successful players, scoring 65 goals in 108 games.
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In December 1981, FC Porto overcame Benfica to win the inaugural staging of the Portuguese Super Cup, the Supertaca Candido de Oliveira.
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The previous month, FC Porto fell again in the Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals against one of the eventual finalists, but needed only two years to finally reach the competition's final.
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Already without Pedroto, who stepped down due to illness, FC Porto won that season's Taca and Supertaca but lost the championship to Benfica.
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Under his command, FC Porto made history by winning a third consecutive league title for the first time, leaving the runners-up at a distance of 13 points.
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FC Porto accomplished this feat, becoming thereafter known as the "Penta engineer", and saw Jardel's 36 goals win him the European Golden Shoe.
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Two days later, FC Porto signed Uniao de Leiria's coach, Jose Mourinho, who had previously worked for the club alongside Robson.
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FC Porto kept true to his promise and delivered one of the club's most successful seasons.
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Mourinho then secured an unprecedented treble for FC Porto by winning the Taca de Portugal final against his previous club.
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FC Porto finished second in its group, losing only once to Real Madrid, and advanced to the round-of-16 where they met Manchester United.
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However, despite their national success, FC Porto did not reach the group phase of the Champions League and did poorly in their Europa League campaign.
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Eight years later, FC Porto became the first Portuguese team to have a shirt sponsor, after signing a deal with Revigres worth 10 million escudos per year.
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On several occasions, between the 1920s and 1940s, FC Porto played host to matches at the Campo do Ameal or the Estadio do Lima, home of local rivals Sport Progresso and Academico, respectively.
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FC Porto Museum was inaugurated on 28 September 2013, on occasion of the club's 120th anniversary.
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