Sporting CP (handball)

Sporting Clube de Portugal

Full name

Sporting Clube de Portugal

Nickname(s)

Leões (Lions)
Verde-e-Brancos (Green'n'Whites)

Short name

Sporting

Arena

Pavilhão João Rocha, Lisbon

Capacity

3,000

President

Bruno de Carvalho

Head coach

Hugo Canela

League

Liga Portuguesa de Andebol

Home

Away

Sporting Clube de Portugal is a professional handball team based in Lisbon, Portugal. It plays in Portuguese Handball First Division.

Honours

Domestic competitions

Portuguese Handball First Division: 18
- 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
Divisão de Elite: 2
- 2004–05, 2005–06
Portuguese Handball Cup: 15
- 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
Portuguese Handball Super Cup: 3
- 1997–98, 2001–02, 2013–14

International competitions

EHF Challenge Cup: 2
- 2009–10, 2016–17

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate

2016–17	Challenge Cup	R3	A.S.D. Romagna Handball	32–25	37–24	69–49
		1/8	RK Pelister	32–18	34–26	66–44
		QF	A.C. Doukas	35–23	27–25	62–48
		SF	JMS Hurry-Up	32–27	37–14	69–41
		F	AHC Potaissa Turda	37–28	30–24	67–52

Current squad

As of 10 August 2017

Goalkeeper

01 Matej Ašanin
16 Aljoša Čudić
24 Manuel Gaspar

Left wing

15 Pedro Solha
26 Bruno Gaspar
37 Ivan Nikčević
81 Felipe Borges

Right wing

04 Pedro Portela
22 Francisco Tavares

Line players

05 Michal Kopčo
17 Tiago Rocha

Back players
LB

02 Pedro Valdés
07 Boško Bjelanović
13 Frankis Carol
23 Edmilson Araújo

CB

11 Carlos Ruesga
18 Carlos Carneiro

RB

10 Cláudio Pedroso
77 Janko Božović

Transfers

Transfers for the 2017-18 season

Joining

Pedro Valdés (from A.A. Avanca) (LB)
Tiago Rocha (from Wisła Płock) (PV)
Felipe Borges (from Montpellier AHB) (LW)

Leaving

João Paulo Pinto (to Madeira Andebol SAD) (LB)
Igor Žabič (to Wisła Płock) (PV)
Marco Oneto (PV)

Other sports

Sporting Clube de Portugal has various sports departments.

Sporting Clube de Portugal Active Sections


aikido	athletics	archery	auto racing
basketball	beach soccer	billiards	boxing
canoeing	capoeira	chess	equestrianism
football	futsal	golf	gymnastics
handball	judo	karate	kickboxing
korfball	krav maga	paintball	roller hockey
rowing	rugby union	shooting	skating
sport fishing	swimming	table tennis	taekwondo
triathlon	volleyball	water polo

References

External links

Sporting CP
Main topics	Players Managers Presidents Records and statistics Seasons In European football
Stadiums	Estádio do Campo Grande (1917–1937) Estádio do Lumiar (1937–1956) Estádio José Alvalade (1956–2003) Estádio José Alvalade (2003–present) Academia Sporting (training ground)
Rivalries	Derby de Lisboa FC Porto rivalry Big Three
Media	Sporting TV
Other teams	Sporting CP B Youth and Academy
Other sports	Athletics Beach soccer Billiards Cycling Women's football Futsal Handball Roller hockey Rugby union Table tennis
Affiliated clubs	SC de Bissau S.C. Covilhã Sporting Clube de Goa Sporting Clube de Luanda Sporting Clube de Macau Sporting Clube de Porto Novo Sporting Clube da Praia Sporting Clube de Timor Leste
Related articles	Troféu Cinco Violinos Sporting Portugal Fund Quality Sports Investments First Portuguese Football Players Fund (defunct)

2016–17 Andebol 1 clubs
Current	Avanca A.A. São Mamede ABC/UMinho A.C. Fafe Arsenal/LXS Group Águas Santas Milaneza Belenenses Benfica Boa Hora/Roof Madeira SAD Maia/ISMAI Porto Sporting Sporting da Horta
Former clubs	ISAVE Ginasio do Sul Passos Manuel Sporting Espinho São Bernardo Xico Andebol

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