Sporting CP (women's football)

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Sporting CP
Full nameSporting Clube de Portugal
Nickname(s)Leões (Lions)
Verde e brancos (Green and whites)
Short nameSporting
Founded12 June 2016;9 years ago (2016-06-12)
Ground Estádio José Alvalade
Capacity50,095
President Frederico Varandas
Head coachMariana Cabral
League Campeonato Nacional Feminino
2024–25 2nd
Website https://www.sporting.pt/en/

Sporting Clube de Portugal, otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries, is a Portuguese women's football team from Lisbon. It is the women's football section of Sporting Clube de Portugal. The team won the national championship and the Portuguese Women's Cup in 2016–17 and 2017–18.

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History

Sporting CP had a women's football team in the 1990s that was established in 1991 during Sousa Cintra's tenure as president of the sports club. In 1995, during the tenure of club president Pedro Santana Lopes, the women's football team was disbanded. [1] Then for 21 years there was no women's football in Sporting CP. [2] The club, then headed by club president Bruno de Carvalho, reactivated the women's football team for the 2016–17 season and immediately won the national championship and the Portuguese cup, qualifying for the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time. [1] [3]

Competitive record

Season League Cup Supercup League Cup Regional leagueUEFA Women's Champions League
1991–923rd2nd
1992–933rd1st
1993–945th
1994–954th
2016–171stWinners
2017–181stWinnersWinnersQualifying Round
2018–192ndR162ndQualifying Round
2019–20AbandonedR163rd-
2020–212ndAbandoned2nd-
2021–222ndWinnerWinnerSF-
2022–232ndQF2ndSF-
2023–242ndSF2nd2nd-
2024–252ndQFWinner2ndQualifying Round

Players

Current squad

As of 6 June 2025 [4]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Anna Wellmann
2 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Jeneva Hernandez-Gray
3 DF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Carolina Pimenta
4 DF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Érica Cancelinha
6 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Georgia Eaton-Collins
7 MF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Joana Martins
8 DF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Rita Fontemanha
9 FW Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Telma Encarnação
10 FW Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Ana Capeta
11 MF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Brenda Pérez
12 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Madison Haugen
13 FW Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Carolina Santiago
14 MF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Daniela Arques
15 MF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Beatriz Fonseca
17 MF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Cláudia Neto
No.Pos.NationPlayer
18 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Brittany Raphino
19 FW Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Flor Bonsegundo
20 FW Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Carla Armengol
21 MF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Samara Lino
22 GK Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Catarina Potra
23 MF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Rita Almeida
24 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Ria Bose
26 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mackenzie Cherry
27 FW Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Matilde Nave
33 GK Flag of Poland.svg  POL Julia Wozniak
39 MF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Andreia Bravo
41 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ashley Barron
42 FW Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Maísa Correia
77 DF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Tânia Rodrigues
78 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Miri O'Donnell
GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Eva-Jean Young
DF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Íris Fernandes
DF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Dária Kaminska

Former players

Honours

Winners (2): 2016–17, 2017–18
Winners (3): 2016–17, 2017–18, 2021–22
Winners (3): 2017, 2021, 2024

References

  1. 1 2 "Estreia do Futebol feminino". www.sportingcanal.com. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
  2. "Sporting sagra-se campeão nacional" (in Portuguese). fpf.pt. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  3. News for Cup final on 6 June 2017
  4. "Plantel". Sporting Clube de Portugal. Retrieved 19 August 2021.