Sporting CP (billiards)

Sporting Clube de Portugal
Full name Sporting Clube de Portugal
Nickname(s) Leões (Lions)
Verde-e-Brancos (Green'n'Whites)
Chairman Bruno de Carvalho
Manager Victor Manuel de Jesus Salgado
League Portuguese Billiards League

Sporting Clube de Portugal is a professional billiards team based in Lisbon, Portugal, founded in 1930. The team competes in the Portuguese Billiards League and in European championships, in both carom billiards (three-cushion) and pool (eight-ball and nine-ball) events. The team includes some players from Belgium, France and Spain.

Honours

Three-cushion

Men

  • Winners (17): 1964–65, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2014–15
  • Winners (4): 1964–65, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98
  • Winners (5): 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2004–05
  •  Silver (3): 1995–96, 2001–02, 2004–05

Pool

Men

  • Winners (3): 1997–98, 1998–99, 2015–16
  • Winners (4): 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2015–16
  • Winners (4): 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2016–17

Women

  • Winners (4): 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02
  • Winners (1): 2000–01
  • Winners (2): 1999–00, 2001–02

Portuguese Pool

Men

  • Winners (2): 2015–16, 2016–17
  • Winners (1): 2014–15
  • Winners (2): 2015–16, 2016–17

Current squad

[1]

Name Nat.
Frédéric Caudron Belgium
Frans van Kuijk Netherlands
Eddy Leppens Belgium
Roland Forthomme Belgium
Paul Stroobants Belgium
Carlos Crespo Spain
Jorge Theriaga Portugal
José Luís Gaspar Santos Portugal
António Saramago Portugal
José Manuel Pássaro Portugal
Mário Celestino Amâncio Portugal
Luís Ventura Portugal
Pedro Azevedo Portugal
Name Nat.
Rui Manuel Gil Portugal
Júlio Rodrigues Cortes Portugal
Rui Lopes Domingos Portugal
António Barata Portugal
José Paulo Dias Portugal
Leonardo Angélico Horta Portugal
António José Simões Portugal
Name Nat.
Luís Campos Portugal
Manuel António Lains Portugal
Raul Castanha Portugal
Nelson Pereira Portugal
Fernando Graça Águeda Portugal
Manuel Petisca Portugal
Carlos Alberto Alves Portugal
Mário Amaro Portugal

Notable past athletes

  • João Pereira
  • Jorge Theriaga
  • Rute Saraiva
  • Alfredo Alhinho

Technical staff

[2]

Name Nat. Job
Victor Manuel de Jesus Salgado Portugal Manager
José Luís Gaspar Santos Portugal Coordinator
Rui Manuel Aguiar Gil Portugal Coordinator

Other sports

Sporting Clube de Portugal has various sports departments.

Sporting Clube de Portugal Active Sections
aikidoathletics archery auto racing
basketballbeach soccerbilliards boxing
canoeing capoeira chess equestrianism
footballfutsal golf gymnastics
handball judo karate kickboxing
korfball krav maga painballroller hockey
rowingrugby union shooting skating
sport fishing swimming table tennis taekwondo
triathlon water polo

References

  1. ↑ "Current squad". Sporting.pt. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
  2. ↑ "Team Technical Staff". Sporting.pt. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
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