Sporting de Huelva

Sporting Club de Huelva is a Spanish women's football club from Huelva, Andalusia. It was founded in Huelva in 2004 as a restructuring of an homonymous junior (men's) football club, which had been founded in 1979 and dissolved nine years later, by its original founder, Antonio Toledo, who has also served as the team's manager and sporting director.[1]

Sporting de Huelva
Full nameSporting Club de Huelva
Founded1979 / 2004
GroundEstadio Nuevo Colombino
Huelva
Capacity21,670
ManagerJenny Benítez
LeaguePrimera División
2019–20Primera División, 14th
WebsiteClub website

History
2006–07 Superliga match against Levante UD

Gaining promotion to the Superliga Femenina in just two seasons, Sporting Huelva debuted at the 2006–07 season. It has successfully avoided relegation for the past three seasons, actually ending the 2008–09 season just one point short for qualifying to the Copa de la Reina, losing the spot at the last matchday.[2]

Next year Sporting was third in their group in the first stage of the newly reformed competition, narrowly missing qualification for the title contenders group. The team ranked again 3rd in its group in the second stage, qualifying for the Copa de la Reina for the first time. They qualified for the quarter-finals, eliminating Atlético Madrid before being ousted by Torrejón.

Financial difficulties conditioned the club's 2010–11 season. Following a weak performance in the first stage the team managed to recover in the second half of the season and was 2nd in their group, but Sporting had to renounce taking part in the Copa de la Reina.[3]

Sporting chained four wins in the first weeks of the 2011–12 season, holding the lead of the table for the first time in its history.[4] As of the end of 2011 the team stood 4th with 9 wins in 15 games, but after a less successful second half the team ended in the 8th position, was anyway is its best result to date. During the Christmas break president José Antonio Muñoz announced Sporting was in negotiations to become Recreativo Huelva's women's team for the 2012–13 season,[5] but an agreement was not reached and Sporting was instead relocated to nearby Trigueros for the 2012–13 season.[6]

On 17 May 2015, Sporting de Huelva won its first national title after achieving the 2015 Copa de la Reina by defeating Valencia CF in the final match by 2–1.[7]

Players

Current squad
As of 21 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  ENG Chelsea Ashurst
3 DF  BRA Ana Carol
4 MF  ARG Vanesa Santana
5 DF  ESP Cinta Rodríguez
6 FW  USA Mikela Waldman
7 MF  USA Claire Falknor
8 FW  ESP Fatou Kanteh
9 FW  COL Mayra Ramírez
10 MF  USA Kristina Fisher
11 FW  BRA Dany Helena
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 FW  ESP Jennifer Morilla
13 GK  USA Anna Buhigas
14 DF  ESP Pau
15 DF  ESP Patri Ojeda
16 MF  ESP Sandra Castelló (C)
17 DF  ESP Sandra Bernal
18 MF  JPN Yoko Tanaka
21 FW  ESP Cristina Gey
23 MF  SVN Pamela Begič
— DF  COL Sofía García

Sources:

Former internationals

Competition record
Main article: List of Sporting de Huelva seasons
Season Div. Pos. Copa de la Reina
2004–05 Reg.
2005–06 2ª 1st
2006–07 1ª 10th
2007–08 1ª 11th
2008–09 1ª 9th
2009–10 1ª 13th Quarter-finals
2010–11 1ª 12th
2011–12 1ª 8th
2012–13 1ª 9th
2013–14 1ª 8th Quarter-finals
2014–15 1ª 8th Champion
2015–16 1ª 8th Quarter-finals
2016–17 1ª 10th
2017–18 1ª 9th
2018–19 1ª 14th Round of 16
2019–20 1ª 14th Round of 16

Titles

References
  1. Sporting de Huelva, 2 July 2009. 30th anniversary of the club.
  2. Soccerway.com
  3. ADN
  4. Futfem.com
  5. A women's team for Recreativo Huelva? Blanquiazules
  6. Trigueros takes in Sporting de Huelva, which will be able to keep playing in the Superliga. Andalucía Información, 3 July 2012
  7. "El CD Sporting Club de Huelva, un histórico e inesperado gran campeón de la Copa de la SM La Reina" (in Spanish). RFEF. 18 May 2015.
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