▁In ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁it ▁is ▁created ▁the ▁FC ▁Porto , ▁Bas quet bol , ▁S AD , ▁alongside ▁FC ▁Porto ▁Fut ebol , ▁S AD . ▁The ▁president ▁Jorge ▁N uno ▁P into ▁da ▁Costa ▁accum ulated ▁the ▁presiden cy ▁of ▁both ▁S AD s ▁and ▁the ▁club , ▁while ▁Fernando ▁G om es ▁became ▁the ▁primary ▁administrator . ▁ ▁Although ▁nation ally ▁FC ▁Porto ▁is ▁among ▁the ▁best ▁title ▁cont enders ▁in ▁all ▁compet itions , ▁their ▁performance ▁at ▁the ▁international ▁level ▁is ▁mod est , ▁reflect ing ▁the ▁position ▁of ▁the ▁Portuguese ▁Basketball ▁against ▁the ▁other ▁European ▁and ▁world ▁feder ations . ▁Their ▁best ▁European ▁performance ▁succeeded ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁years ▁that ▁reached ▁the ▁quarter - final s ▁of ▁the ▁FI BA ▁S ap ort a ▁Cup ▁( in ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁still ▁called ▁FI BA ▁Euro C up ). ▁In ▁between , ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁Paulo ▁P into , ▁then ▁Porto ▁player , ▁was ▁elected ▁by ▁FI BA ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁ 5 0 ▁best ▁players ▁in ▁Europe ▁and , ▁as ▁such , ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁list ▁of ▁candidates ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁western ▁selection ▁EU RO ▁ALL ▁ST AR . ▁ ▁Rec ent ▁years ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 – 1 2 ▁season ▁the ▁responsible ▁section ▁informed ▁the ▁co aching ▁staff , ▁which ▁was ▁represented ▁by ▁head ▁coach ▁Mon cho ▁López , ▁assistant ▁coach ▁Di