Editing FC Porto (section)

==Rivalries==
{{main|O Clássico|FC Porto–Sporting CP rivalry}}
Porto's biggest rivalries are with the other [[Big Three (Portugal)|Big Three]] members and regular league title contenders, Benfica and Sporting CP. They stem from the historical, political, economical and cultural clash between the cities of Porto and Lisbon, where the other two clubs are based.<ref name="FIFA Porto-Benfica">{{cite web|title=Benfica vs FC Porto&nbsp;– Portugal's great divide|url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/rivalries/newsid=1015039/index.html|publisher=FIFA|access-date=21 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009175806/https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/rivalries/newsid=1015039/index.html|archive-date=9 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="FIFA Porto-Sporting">{{cite web|title=FC Porto vs Sporting CP&nbsp;– Portugal's other big-city clássico|url=http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/stories/classicderby/news/newsid=1746138.html|publisher=FIFA|access-date=21 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026075014/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/stories/classicderby/news/newsid=1746138.html|archivedate=26 October 2012}}</ref> These rivalries became more intense in the past decades, particularly since Pinto da Costa assumed Porto's presidency in 1982 and adopted a regionalistic and confrontational speech towards Lisbon.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Pereira|first1=Sérgio|title=Lisboa–Porto: rivalidade começou há exatamente 118 anos|trans-title=Lisbon–Porto: rivalry started exactly 118 years ago|url=http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/fc-porto-benfica-liga-classico-fc-porto-benfica-porto-lisboa-historico/520df9cb3004e02b0d8e208e.html|publisher=Mais Futebol|access-date=21 July 2014|language=pt|date=2 March 2012|archive-date=25 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725051813/http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/fc-porto-benfica-liga-classico-fc-porto-benfica-porto-lisboa-historico/520df9cb3004e02b0d8e208e.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the following years, the club began establishing its dominance in Portuguese football, at the expense of Benfica and Sporting, who had been the traditional powers since the 1940s.<ref name="FIFA Porto-Benfica"/>

To Porto, the rivalry with Benfica is the strongest and most passionate, and it opposes the most representative football emblems from each city as well as [[List of football clubs in Portugal by major honours won|the current most titled Portuguese clubs]]. The first match between Porto and Benfica&nbsp;– traditionally referred to as ''[[O Clássico]]'' (The Classic)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Aleixo|first1=Mário|title=Clássico Benfica–FC Porto: contam-se as horas|url=http://www.rtp.pt/noticias/index.php?article=532056&tm=45&layout=158&visual=49|publisher=[[Rádio e Televisão de Portugal|RTP]]|access-date=21 July 2014|language=pt|date=2 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Ruela|first1=João|title=FC Porto-Benfica: 6 clássicos em dois meses é possível|url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/futebol-internacional/interior/fc-porto-benfica-6-classicos-em-dois-meses-e-possivel-3770224.html|publisher=[[Diário de Notícias]]|access-date=21 July 2014|language=pt|date=21 March 2014}}</ref>&nbsp;– took place on 28 April 1912, and ended with a 2–8 win for Benfica; Porto's first victory (3–2) came only in 1920.<ref name="FIFA Porto-Benfica"/> As of the end of the 2014–15 season, the clubs have faced each other in 232 competitive matches, which have resulted in 89 wins for Porto, 86 for Benfica and 57 draws.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

The first meeting between Porto and Sporting CP occurred on 30 November 1919, during a friendly tournament organised by Porto.{{sfn|Bandeira|2012|p=27}} Their first official encounter was in the first leg of the final of the inaugural Campeonato de Portugal in 1922, which Porto won 2–1 en route to its first national title.<ref name="FIFA Porto-Sporting"/> Since then, the clubs have met in 221 official matches, with 80 wins for Porto, 78 for Sporting CP and 63 draws.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} Despite the rivalry, both clubs formed an alliance against Benfica in 2017.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Óca|first1=João Pedro|last2=Pereira|first2=António Martins|date=12 May 2017|title=Aliança de FC Porto e Sporting para tirar domínio ao Benfica|trans-title=FC Porto and Sporting's alliance to take out Benfica's domination|url=https://www.cmjornal.pt/desporto/detalhe/alianca-para-tirar-dominio-ao-benfica|language=pt|work=Correio da Manhã|access-date=19 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=7 November 2017|title=FC Porto e Sporting com aliança em risco|trans-title=FC Porto and Sporting with alliance at risk|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/detalhe/fc-porto-e-sporting-com-alianca-em-risco.html|language=pt|work=Record|access-date=19 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Roseiro|first=Bruno|title=Sporting-FC Porto. Como do clima de guerra aberta nasceu a geringonça contra o "partido" no poder|trans-title=Sporting-FC Porto. How the ''geringonça'' against the "party" in power was born from the climate of war|url=https://observador.pt/especiais/sporting-fc-porto-como-do-clima-de-guerra-aberta-nasceu-a-geringonca-contra-o-partido-no-poder/|language=pt|work=Observador|access-date=19 October 2018}}</ref>

The club also has a strong rivalry with city rivals [[Boavista F.C.|Boavista]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.footballderbies.com/honours/index.php?id=82|title=Boavista vs. Porto|website=footballderbies.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/derbi/liga/o-jogo-em-que-chove-sempre-viagem-aos-boavista-fc-porto|title="O jogo em que chove sempre": viagem aos Boavista-FC Porto|language=pt|website=Maisfutebol|date=8 November 2019|first=Pedro Jorge|last=da Cunha|access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/boavista-fc-porto-um-classico-sem-a-chama-de-outrora-8878379.html|title=Boavista-FC Porto: um clássico sem a chama de outrora|language=pt|date=27 October 2017|website=[[Diário de Notícias]]|first=Rui|last=Marques Simões|access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref> called ''[[Dérbi da Invicta]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jn.pt/desporto/derbi-da-invicta-com-vista-para-os-craques-da-cantera--12337019.html|title=Dérbi da Invicta com vista para os craques da cantera|website=[[Jornal de Notícias]]|language=pt|date=22 June 2020|first=Arnaldo|last=Martins|access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref>