Sporting CP (women's football)

Sporting Clube de Portugal Feminino is a Portuguese women's football team from Lisbon. It is the women's section of Sporting Clube de Portugal.

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 coachSusana Cova
LeagueCampeonato Nacional Feminino
2018-192nd
WebsiteClub website

The team won the national championship in 2016–17[1] and the Portuguese Women's Cup

History

Sporting had a women's team in the 1990s. Then for 21 years there was no women's football.[2] The club reactivated the team for the 2016–17 season and immediately won the national championship and cup, qualifying for the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time.[3]

Competitive Record

SeasonLeagueCupSupercupRegional leagueUEFA Women's Champions League
1991-923rd2nd
1992-933rd1st
1993-945th
1994-954th
2016-171stWinners
2017-181stWinnersWinnersQualifying Round

Players

Current squad

As of 15 July 2020.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  POR Inês Pereira
2 MF  USA Carlyn Baldwin
4 DF  POR Mariana Azevedo
5 DF  POR Joana Marchão
6 DF  POR Bruna Costa
7 FW  POR Ana Capeta
8 DF  POR Rita Fontemanha
9 FW  POR Ana Borges
10 DF  SRB Nevena Damjanović
11 MF  POR Tatiana Pinto
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF  POR Fátima Pinto
14 MF  POR Joana Martins
16 MF  MEX Amanda Pérez
17 MF  POR Neuza Besugo
18 FW  POR Carolina Mendes
21 GK  POR Patrícia Morais
23 MF  POR Nadine Cordeiro
27 DF  GER Wibke Meister
30 MF  BRA Raquel Fernandes

References

  1. "Festa foi à bancada com dedicatória a Bruno de Carvalho" (in Portuguese). sporting.pt. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  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


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