Óquei Clube de Barcelos
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Óquei Clube de Barcelos is rink hockey team from Barcelos, Portugal. It is one of the most successful rink hockey teams in Portugal and Europe. It is known and refered as Óquei de Barcelos, OCB, OC Barcelos, or just Barcelos. It stayed 3th in the 2005/06 Portuguese Championship that ended in 10 June, behind the 5 times champions in-a-row FC Porto and runners-up SL Benfica
2005/06 Squad
Players and staff
| Name | Position
| |
|---|---|---|
| João Pereira (Ginho) |
| Goalkeeper |
| Jorge Correia |
| Goalkeeper |
| Tiago Rafael |
| Defender |
| Bruno Mendes |
| Defender |
| Joel Coelho (capitain) |
| Defender |
| Hélder Martins |
| Defender |
| António (Tó) Silva |
| Forward |
| Ricardo Oliveira (Caio) |
| Forward |
| Arnaldo Queirós |
| Forward |
| Nuno Félix |
| Forward |
| Vítor Silva |
| Coach |
Caio entered in the middle of the season, replacing Martin Payero.
Foundation
The idea of creating a rink-hockey team was born in 1946 by a group of boys in Barcelos. Although the documentation shows that the team was founded in 22 December 1947, 1 January 1948 is considered the official foundation date of the club. The founders of the team were the Barcelos-born cousins Cândido Augusto Sousa Cunha and Simplício Cândido Monteiro de Sousa. The first game of the team was in 1948 in the ring of Pessegal against the Clube dos Ourives (club of the goldsmiths) and OC Barcelos won by 5-2. The first years, the hockey that was played was a mix between Field Hockey and Rink Hockey, because although the rules were similar to Rink Hockey, they didn't use skates. Rink hockey as it is played began in the club only in 1952.Why no \"H\" in Óquei?
The cousins who founded the team were negotiating the cost of the first forms at a printing office for the team when a man aproached them and suggested them to make the name "Hockey Clube de Barcelos" look more portuguese and he striked part of the word and wrote "Óquei" so it would look like "Hóquei". The printer didn't understand it that way and made it "Óquei".Logo

The logo is constitued by a Coat of Arms, divided in two equal parts by a line. The left side of it is the Coat of Arms of Barcelos and the right side has the initials of the club written: OCB. There is a crown of castles and walls and a hockey stick crossing the logo by behind with a ball on the end.
Honors
World Champion - International Cup - 1992European Club Champion - 1990/91
Cup Winners Cup - 1992/93
CERS Cup - 1994/95
European SuperCup - 1990/91
Vigo Torunament - 1991
Portuguese Champion - 1992/93, 1995/96, 2000/01
Portuguese Cup - 1991/92, 1992/93, 2002/03, 2003/04
Portuguese SuperCup - 1993, 1998, 2002/03, 2003/04
Other Sports
Óquei de Barcelos had a very good tennis table team, but it ended a few years ago and also a volleyball team, created in 1950.See also
Rink HockeyRink Hockey Portuguese Championship 2005-06
Federação Portuguesa de Patinagem
External links
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