Royal Blue Shirt with White Horizontal Stripes/Royal Blue Shorts/White Socks with Royal Blue Trim
Away Kit
All Orange
General Introduction
Porto, along with Sporting Lisbon and Benfica, are one of the three major clubs in Portugal.
The club colours of blue and white were chosen as at the time when the club was founded in 1893, they were also incorporated in the Portuguese flag. They also represent pureness, calmness and stillness of mind; not very typical core values of a football club, some might argue.
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Brief Ground Location
The Estádio do Dragão is located in the northeast of the city centre on Avenida Fernão de Magalhães.
Brief Club History
FC Porto was founded in 1893 by wine salesman Antònio Nicolau de Almeida who had just first seen a football game on one of his trips to England.
Porto have twice been crowned continental champions. The first European Champion Clubs’ Cup success came in the 1987 final at the expense of FC Bayern Munich following a 2-1 win in Vienna.
The club also lifted the 2003 UEFA Cup with a victory at Celtic FC’s expense in Seville before claiming the ultimate prize for a second time 12 months later with a 3-0 defeat of AS Monaco FC.
Porto also appeared in the 1984 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup final, losing 2-1 to Juventus in Basle.
Fans & Foes
Supporters and Players of FC Porto are nicknamed Portistas.
The biggest and most notorious fan group of FC Porto are called Super Dragoes.
