Sporting Clube de Bissau

Sporting de Bissau
Full name Sporting Clube de Bissau
Founded 1936
Ground Estádio Nacional 24 de Setembro
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Ground Capacity 20,000
League Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau
2014 3rd

Sporting Clube de Bissau, usually known as Sporting de Bissau, is a football (soccer) club from Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.

History

The club was founded in 1936 in Bissau, the club named after to that of the Portuguese club Sporting CP of Lisbon.

In the colonial era, the club competed four times in the Portuguese Cup, twice reached to the 1/8 finals in 1967 with SC Beira Mar and SC Braga in 1970, the 1972 edition which was their last appearance reached up to round one and challenged with UD Sintrense and Oriental Lisboa and was later out.

The club has the most number of national championships number 14 titles, their last was won in 2010, it also has 6 cup and 2 super cup titles.

The club appeared in the African competition seven times, once in the cup competition and six in the African level. As they were national champions, the club did not appear in 1992, the late 1990s, the mid 2000s and 2011. In the 1984 edition after challenging Real de Banjul of the Gambia, Hafia FC withdrew from Round 1 competition, later Sporting itself withdrew during Round 2 competitions from JS Kabylie, Sporting also withdrew from the 1985 edition during Round 1 with Asante Kotoko FC and the 1993 edition during the preliminaries with Étoile Filante Ouagadougou.

Uniform

Home uniform in mid to late 2008

Its uniform is to that of Sporting Lisbon, its uniform for home games has a white-green striped t-shirt and black shorts, compared to Praia's uniforms of Cape Verde, Sporting Bissau has a green-white striped short sleeves and green socks. Its uniform for away games are colored white and similar to Sporting Lisbon's and Praia's uniform in which Bissau has a green collar and sleeve rim.

Its former uniform used in mid to late 2000s was a green t-shirt with white collar and sleeve edges, a white shorts and green socks for home games.

Achievements

1983, 1984, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010
1976, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1991, 2005
2004, 2005

Performance in CAF competitions

1984 – withdrew on Second Round
The Gambia Real de Banjul
Guinea Hafia FC
Did not challenge JS Kabylie
1985 – Preliminary Round
ASC Garde Nationale
1987 – withdrew on First Round
Ghana Asante Kotoko
1993 – withdrew on Preliminary Round
Did not challenge Burkina Faso Étoile Filante Ouagadougou
2000 – Preliminary Round
Guinea Horoya AC
2008 – Preliminary Round
Morocco OC Khouribga
1977 – Second Round
Liberia Cedar United
Cameroon Canon Yaoundé

The club in the Portuguese football structure

The club participated in the Portuguese Cup competition four times and achieved as high as 1/8 finals during the colonial years.

1967 – 1/8 final: vs SC Beira Mar (3–5, 0–6)
1970 – 1/8 final: vs SC Braga (1–0, 0–3)
1972 – Round 1: UD Sintrense (0–2)
1972 – Round 1: Oriental Lisboa (0–1)

Positions

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Guinea-Bissau DF Juvenal Correia
Guinea-Bissau Cheikh Issufo Seidi
No. Position Player
Guinea-Bissau Mamadú Candé

External links

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