Sporting Clube de Portugal (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 (Men's)

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Domestic competitions

• Portuguese Three-cushion Men's Billiards League

• Winners (16): 1964–1965, 1967–1968, 1969–1970, 1972–1973, 1973–1974, 1977–1978, 1979–1980, 1981–1982, 1989–1990, 1990–1991, 1995–1996, 1996–1997, 1997–1998, 1998–1999, 2003–2004, 2007–2008

• Portuguese Three-cushion Men's Billiards Cup

• Winners (4): 1964–1965, 1995–1996, 1996–1997, 1997–1998

• Portuguese Three-cushion Men's Billiards Super Cup

• Winners (5): 1995–1996, 1996–1997, 1998–1999, 2003–2004, 2004–2005

• Portuguese Eight-ball Men's Billiards League

• Winners (2): 1997–1998, 1998–1999

• Portuguese Eight-ball Men's Billiards Cup

• Winners (4): 1997–1998, 1998–1999, 2000–2001, 2001–2002

• Portuguese Eight-ball Men's Billiards Super Cup

• Winners (2): 1998–1999, 1999–2000

• Portuguese Nine-ball Men's Billiards Cup

• Winners (2): 1997–1998, 1998–1999

Major competitions

• Winners of Gold medal European Championship Pool Teams: 1999
• Winners of Silver medal European Club Cup Three-ball: 1996, 2002, 2005

Honours (Women's)

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Domestic competitions

• Portuguese Eight-ball Women's Billiards League

• Winners (4): 1998–1999, 1999–2000, 2000–2001, 2001–2002

• Portuguese Eight-ball Women's Billiards Cup

• Winners (1): 2000–2001

• Portuguese Eight-ball Women's Billiards Super Cup

• Winners (3): 1999–2000, 2000–2001, 2001–2002

Current squad

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Name Nat. Frédéric Caudron Frans van Kuijk Eddy Leppens Roland Forthomme Paul Stroobants Carlos Crespo Jorge Theriaga José Luís Gaspar Santos António Saramago José Manuel Pássaro Mário Celestino Amâncio Luís Ventura Pedro Azevedo

Name Nat. Rui Manuel Gil Júlio Rodrigues Cortes Rui Lopes Domingos António Barata José Paulo Dias Leonardo Angélico Horta António José Simões

Name Nat. Luís Campos Manuel António Lains Raul Castanha Nelson Pereira Fernando Graça Águeda Manuel Petisca Carlos Alberto Alves Mário Amaro

Notable past athletes

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

Technical staff

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

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	painball	roller hockey
rowing	rugby union	shooting	skating
sport fishing	swimming	table tennis	taekwondo
triathlon	water polo

References

1. "titles category of the men's". Forumscp.com. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
2. "titles category of the women's". Forumscp.com. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
3. "Current squad". Sporting.pt. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
4. "Team Technical Staff". Sporting.pt. Retrieved 2010-08-10.

External links

• Sporting billiards official website
• Sporting billiards in Wiki Fórum SCP (Portuguese)