Sporting CP (handball)
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Full name | Sporting Clube de Portugal | ||
Founded | 1932 (parent club in 1906) | ||
Arena | Pavilhão João Rocha, Lisbon | ||
Capacity | 3,000 | ||
President | Frederico Varandas | ||
Head coach | Ricardo Costa | ||
League | Andebol 1 | ||
2023–24 | Andebol 1, 1st of 16 | ||
Club colours | |||
Website Official site |
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Sporting Clube de Portugal has a professional handball team based in Lisbon, Portugal, since 1932, and plays in Andebol 1. The club is one of the most decorated handball clubs in Portugal, having won 47 national titles, 16 Regional titles and 2 International titles.
History
[edit]Handball was introduced in Sporting Clube de Portugal in 1932, under the influence of Salazar Carreira,[1] who introduced the sport to the club. It was on 10 April that a Sporting Portugal team played its first game in the sport, then in the eleven-a-side variant, the only one practised at the time, with the team beating Centro de Armas 1-0. The first official match would take place a month later against the same opponent, on 15 May 1932.[citation needed]
Indoor handball, which later became known as seven-a-side handball, was approved by the International Handball Federation in 1937, but the first demonstration of this variant in Portugal only took place on 12 September 1949 at the Cascais skating rink, when a Sporting team faced and beat another from Dramático de Cascais by 25-5, setting the tone for what would become one of the most emblematic sports in Portugal: Evaristo Ribeiro; Artur Mira and Rui Lanceiro; Fernando Nunes; Pereira de Sousa; Domingos Vicente and Joaquim Chagas, with Pinto dos Santos deputising.[citation needed]
Officially, Sporting started seven-a-side handball in the 1950-51 season and the sport immediately took root in the club, winning the first national championship in Portugal the following season. Initially, the seven-a-side handball season began in the summer after the 11-a-side competitions had finished, which was justified by the fact that the players were practically the same.[citation needed]
Sporting dominated Portuguese handball, particularly in the sixties and seventies and even in the eighties, with emphasis on the period from 1966 to 1973, in which seven National Championships were won in eight possible, five of which were consecutive, with a mythical team that became known as Os Sete Magníficos (The Magnificent Seven).[2]
In 1995, Sporting fans were forced to choose the modalities to keep in the club, due to financial problems, having chosen handball and futsal, leading to the closure of the basketball, rink hockey and volleyball sections (which in the meantime would be reactivated).[3]
Facilities
[edit]Pavilhão João Rocha
[edit]Pavilhão João Rocha is a multi-sports pavilion located in the parish of Lumiar, in Lisbon. Located next to the Estádio José Alvalade, it is the home of Sporting CP indoor sports. In honor of one of the most distinguished figures in the history of Sporting, the pavilion was named after former club president, João Rocha, who remained in office from September 1973 to October 1986. Its inauguration took place on the day 21 June 2017.[4]
Kits
[edit]HOME | ||||
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AWAY | ||||
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Honours
[edit]Domestic competitions
[edit]- 'Portuguese League: 22
- 1951–52, 1955–56, 1960–61, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1983–84, 1985–86, 2000–01, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2023–24
- 2004–05, 2005–06
- Portuguese Cup – record : 18
- 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
- 1998, 2002, 2014, 2023, 2024
- 1950–51 • 1951–52 • 1952–53 • 1954–55 • 1955–56 • 1956–57 • 1957–58 • 1959–60 • 1960–61 • 1961–62 • 1962–63 • 1963–64 • 1964–65 • 1965–66 • 1967–68 • 1968–69
National & International Competitions
[edit]- Winners (5): 1971–72, 1972–73, 1980–81, 2000–01, 2023–24
- Winners (1): 2023–24
- 2009–10, 2016–17
Current squad
[edit]- Squad for the 2024–25 season
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Transfers
[edit]- Transfers for the 2025–26 season
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Staff
[edit]- Head coach: Ricardo Costa
- Assistant coach: Pedro Biscaia
- Assistant coach: Ricardo Candeias
Results in European competitions
[edit]Note: Sporting score is always listed first.
References
[edit]- ^ Roseiro, Bruno. "Eleições no Sporting. Sabe o que fez e o que ganhou cada presidente?". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ "ANDEBOL»» Representou o Sporting e o Seixal - JORNAL DE DESPORTO". www.jornaldedesporto.pt. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ "Basquetebol está de regresso ao Sporting". www.sporting.pt (in European Portuguese). 24 May 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ Renascença (12 May 2017). "Pavilhão João Rocha inaugurado a 21 de Junho - Renascença". Rádio Renascença (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 31 October 2024.