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 on 22 December 1947, 1 January 1948 is considered the official foundation date of the club.

The first game of the team was in 1948 in the ring of Pessegal against the Clube dos Ourives (Goldsmiths' Club), and OC Barcelos won by 5–2.

The cousins who founded the team were negotiating the cost of the first forms at a printing office for the team when a man approached them and suggested the name "Hockey Clube de Barcelos" to look more Portuguese, striking part of the word and writing "Óquei" so that it would look like "Hóquei".

There is a crown of castles and walls and a hockey stick crossing the logo from behind with a ball at the end.