Sporting CP (handball)

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 44 national titles, 16 Regional titles and 2 International titles.

Sporting CP
Full name	Sporting Clube de Portugal
Founded	1932 (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
Home Away
Website Official site

History

Handball was introduced in Sporting Clube de Portugal in 1932.

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.

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, hockey and volleyball sections (which returned in the meantime).

Facilities

Pavilhão João Rocha

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 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.

Kits

HOME
2017–19	2021-

AWAY
2011–12	2014–15	2021-

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Portuguese League: 20

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

• Divisão de Elite: 2

2004–05, 2005–06

• Portuguese Cup: 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

• Portuguese Super Cup: 4

1998, 2002, 2014, 2023

• Campeonato De Lisboa Regional: 16

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

• Double

Winners (5): 1971–72, 1972–73, 1980–81, 2000–01, 2023-24

• Triple

Winners (1): 2023-24

• EHF European Cup: 2

2009–10, 2016–17

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season

Goalkeepers

• 16 Tiago Alves
• 20 André Kristensen
• 40 Leonel Maciel

Left Wingers

• 17 Orri Freyr Thorkelsson
• 34 Étienne Mocquais

Right Wingers

• 04 Pedro Portela
• 19 Mamadou Gassama

Line players

• 02 Edney Silva
• 14 Espen Våg
• 44 Christian Moga

Left Backs

• 05 Edmilson Araújo
• 13 Salvador Salvador
• 79 Martim Costa

Central Backs

• 07 Natan Suárez
• 08 Jan Gurri

Right Backs

• 06 Francisco Costa
• 23 João Gomes
• 97 Rafael Vasconcelos

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining

• Diogo Branquinho (LW) (from FC Porto)

Leaving

Staff

• Head coach: Ricardo Costa
• Assistant coach: Pedro Biscaia
• Assistant coach: Ricardo Candeias

Results in European competitions

Note: Sporting score is always listed first.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
1966–67	EHF European Cup	R1	US Ivry Handball	19–22	8–25	27–47
1967–68	EHF European Cup	R2	BM Granollers	16–26	20–16	36–42
1969–70	EHF European Cup	R1	HV Sittardia	16–24	12–15	28–39
1970–71	EHF European Cup	R2	MAI Moscovo	-	-	Win Withdrew
		QF	Dukla Prague	-	-	Win Withdrew
		SF	VfL Gummersbach	17–25	11–27	28–50
1971–72	EHF European Cup	R2	VfL Gummersbach	6–38	20–20	26–59
1972–73	EHF European Cup	R1	HCB Karviná	11–24	15–16	26–40
1973–74	EHF Challenge Cup	R1	SK Avanti Lebbeke	16–16	16–9	32–25
		R2	Cervena Hezda	14–31	15–17	29–48
1975–76	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	L16	FIF Copenhagen	14–25	22–24	36–49
1978–79	EHF European Cup	R1	Stella St-Maur	18–18	12–22	30–40
1979–80	EHF European Cup	R1	Grasshoppers Zürich	23–23	19–23	42–46
1980–81	EHF European Cup	R1	BSV Bern	12–26	21–20	33–46
1981–82	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	R1	USM Gagny	25–27	22–31	47–58
1987–88	EHF Cup	R1	Hershi Gellen	18–20	22–16	40–36
		L16	Hellerup Kopenhagen	19–23	19–25	38–48
1988–89	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Pfadi Winterthur	29–25	19–27	48–52
1989–90	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	24–40	23–18	47–58
1992–93	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Palommano Trieste	20–32	30–20	50–52
1996–97	EHF Cup	R1	Montpellier HB	22–16	16–22	38–38
1997–98	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	R1	ZTR Zaporizhzhia	31–25	23–24	54–49
		L16	HSG Dutenhofen	16–24	30–26	46–50
1998–99	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	R1	HK TJ VSZ Kosice	24–22	18–24	42–46
1999–00	EHF Challenge Cup	R1	US Dunkerque HB	23–18	20–26	43–44
2000–01	EHF Cup	R2	Showbizcity Aalsmeer	31–23	30–30	61–53
		R3	SKA Minsk	31–23	18–18	49–41
		L16	CB Cantabria	29–27	30–26	59–53
		QF	Haukar Handball	21–21	32–33	53–54
2001–02	EHF Champions League	R2	Steaua București	33–24	25–25	58–49
		Group stage	Portland San Antonio	26–36	28–31	3rd place
			RK Lovćen	22–26	10–0
			Kolding IF	24–23	22–33
2003–04	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	R2	HC Berchem	31–20	32–22	63–42
		R3	Portovik Yuzhny	27–25	25–21	52–46
		L16	Redbergslids IK	29–19	29–35	58–54
		QF	RK Gorenje Velenje	33–27	26–32	59–59
2004–05	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	R2	Goldmann Druck Tulln	33–32	30–22	63–54
		R3	HSV Hamburg	24–28	24–25	48–53
2005–06	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	R2	HC Kehra	27–33	39–19	68–53
		R3	HCM Constanta	30–32	22–28	52–60
2006–07	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	R2	SPE Strovolos Nicosia	33–20	31–24	64–44
		R3	Dinamo București	29–35	27–30	56–65
2009–10	EHF Challenge Cup Winner	L16	AO Dimou Thermaikou	39–24	34–20	73–44
		QF	CSM Bacău	30–24	23–28	53–52
		SF	RD Slovan	28–23	30–33	58–56
		F	MMTS Kwidzyn	27–25	27–26	54–51
2010–11	EHF Challenge Cup	R3	HK Polytechnik	26–21	26–30	52–51
		L16	AEK	27–23	27–32	54–55
2011–12	EHF Challenge Cup	R3	Trabzonspor	31–29	41–18	72–47
		L16	HC Zubří	23–26	25–22	48–48
		QF	CSU Suceava	33–24	30–24	63–48
		SF	Wacker Thun	31–29	26–28	57–57
2012–13	EHF Cup	R1	Ystads IF	27–22	26–37	53–59
2013–14	EHF Cup	R2	KRAS/Volendam	30–18	35–32	65–50
		R3	RK Poreč	24–24	30–25	54–49
		Group stage	Montpellier HB	27–28	31–36	2nd place
			RK Strumica	39–22	36–24
			Skjern	32–25	30–28
		QF	Pick Szeged	29–27	22–28	51–55
2014–15	EHF Cup	R2	HC Sporta Hlohovec	34–24	28–33	62–57
		R3	Fraikin BM. Granollers	27–25	23–25	50–50
2015–16	EHF Cup	R2	Team Tvis Holstebro	31–36	32–28	63–64
2016–17	EHF Challenge Cup Winner	R3	ASD Romagna Handball	32–25	37–24	69–49
		L16	RK Pelister	32–18	34–26	66–44
		QF	AC 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
2017–18	EHF Champions League	qSF	Riihimäki Cocks	31–27		31–27
		qF	Alpla HC Hard	35–34		35–34
		Group stage	Beşiktaş	30–26	34–27	4th place
			Motor Zaporizhzhia	23–31	29–32
			Metalurg Skopje	27–28	31–27
			Montpellier HB	29–33	32–33
			Chekhovskiye Medvedi	31–30	27–30
2021–22 EHF European League	EHF European League	Group stage	Tatabánya KC	37–23	34–26	4th place
			AEK H.C.	24–25	31–30
			Kadetten Schaffhausen	34–26	31–24
			RK Eurofarm Pelister	24–26	27–26
			USAM Nîmes Gard	32–30	27–33
		Last 16	SC Magdeburg	29–29	35–36	64–65
2022–23 EHF European League	EHF European League	Group stage	Alpla HC Hard	31–30	31–26	2th place
			BM Granollers	29–32	38–31
			RK Nexe Našice	31–32	28–34
			Balatonfüredi KSE	35–32	31–25
			Skjern Håndbold	30–28	28–24
		L16	CD Bidasoa	27–30	34–28	61–58
		QF	Montpellier HB	32–32	30–31	62–63

External links

• Sporting Official Website
• Sporting CP on Facebook