Sporting CP (women's football)

Sporting Clube de Portugal Feminino is a Portuguese women's football team from Lisbon. It is the women's football section of Sporting Clube de Portugal. The team won the national championship and the Portuguese Women's Cup in 2016–17 and 2017–18.

Sporting CP
Full nameSporting Clube de Portugal
Nickname(s)Leões (Lions)
Verde e brancos (Green and whites)
Short nameSporting
Founded1991
GroundEstádio José Alvalade
Capacity50,095
PresidentFrederico Varandas
Head coachMariana Cabral
LeagueCampeonato Nacional Feminino
2023–242nd
Websitehttps://www.sporting.pt/en/

History

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Sporting CP had a women's football team in the 1990s that was established in 1991 during Sousa Cintra's tenure as president of the sports club. In 1995, during the tenure of club president Pedro Santana Lopes, the women's football team was disbanded.[1] Then for 21 years there was no women's football in Sporting CP.[2] The club, then headed by club president Bruno de Carvalho, reactivated the women's football team for the 2016–17 season and immediately won the national championship and the Portuguese cup, qualifying for the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time.[1][3]

Competitive record

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Season League Cup Supercup League Cup Regional league UEFA Women's Champions League
1991–92 3rd 2nd
1992–93 3rd 1st
1993–94 5th
1994–95 4th
2016–17 1st Winners
2017–18 1st Winners Winners Qualifying Round
2018–19 2nd R16 2nd Qualifying Round
2019–20 Abandoned R16 3rd -
2020–21 2nd Abandoned 2nd -
2021–22 2nd Winner Winner SF -
2022–23 2nd QF 2nd SF -
2023–24 2nd SF 2nd 2nd -
2024–25 TBD TBD Winner TBD TBD

Players

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Current squad

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As of 12 July 2023[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 DF   POR Bruna Lourenço
7 MF   POR Joana Martins
8 DF   POR Rita Fontemanha
9 FW   POR Ana Borges
11 MF   ESP Brenda Pérez
17 FW   POR Neuza Besugo
19 FW   POR Diana Silva
20 FW   POR Ana Teles
21 MF   POR Margarida Sousa
28 MF   CHN Shen Menglu
30 DF   POR Carolina Beckert
31 DF   POR Kika
31 DF   POR Kika
No. Pos. Nation Player
38 FW   POR Marta Ferreira
47 DF   POR Mariana Rosa
55 GK   POR Carolina Joia
57 FW   POR Inês Gonçalves
77 DF   POR Alícia Correia
FW   AUS Jacynta Galabadaarachchi
MF   POR Fátima Pinto
DF   POR Gabriela Vinhas
FW   POR Telma Encarnação

Former players

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Honours

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Winners (2): 2016–17, 2017–18
Winners (3): 2016–17, 2017–18, 2021–22
Winners (3): 2017, 2021, 2024

References

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  1. ^ a b "Estreia do Futebol feminino". www.sportingcanal.com. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
  2. ^ "Sporting sagra-se campeão nacional" (in Portuguese). fpf.pt. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  3. ^ News for Cup final on 6 June 2017
  4. ^ "Plantel". Sporting Clube de Portugal. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
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