Sporting Clube de Macau

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Sporting Macau
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Full nameSporting Clube de Macau
Nickname(s)Macau Lions / Macau Lionesses
Founded1926;99 years ago (1926)
ChairmanErnesto Santos
ManagerJosé Ferreira
League Liga de Elite
2025 Liga de Elite, 10th (Relegated)
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Sporting Clube de Macau (Chinese :士砵亭), commonly known as Sporting Macau [1] or just Sporting, is a Macanese professional football club that competes in the Liga de Elite. It was founded in 1926 as a branch of Sporting Clube de Portugal. [2]

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History

Beginnings

The Sporting Clube de Macau (English: Macau Sporting Club) was founded on 22 September 1926 as the 25th branch of Sporting Clube de Portugal. [2] It began under the direction of President Henrique Nolasco da Silva, Secretary Francisco Borralho, Treasurer Angelo Rosary, and alternates Dr. Horacio Carvalho, Pedro Pereira Leite, and Mário Ribeiro.

Among its past Presidents were athletes such as António Conceição, the first Macanese athlete to become Portuguese National Champion of 5x80 meters velocity relay races in 1928 and 1930.[ citation needed ]

He would return to Macau in the late 1930s and would be Macau team coach and in 1951 become President of the club. In this position, he would send Augusto Rocha and Joaquim Pacheco to Sporting, where they would be selected for the Portugal national football team.

Golden Era

The Macau Sporting Club was reactivated a second time by António Conceição, [3] Adelino Serra, Major Acacio Cabrera Henriques, and Mario Abreu, among others in 1951 after a certain period of erasure.

In the 1960s Eduardo Atraca played for Sporting Clube de Macau and in the 1980s he would become the President of the club. Sporting became champions of Macau during this time.

In the 1990s it was the turn of Fernando Lopes to be President, leading the team to become champions of Macau once again.

The Macau Sporting Club had, in the 80s, when the club was chaired by Eduardo Atraca, a great football team. It was this club that reached the Sporting players like Rock . Club members included the two that reactivated the Club in 1951 and the two presidents of the club, and the son of António Conceição, António Conceição Júnior. [4]

After that, the club once again stayed inactive for more than 20 years.

Reactivation

On 4 June 2008, António Conceição Júnior set the challenge of reviving Branch 25 of Sporting Clube de Portugal, as a way to honor his father, António Conceição Sr.

One of the first projects undertaken was the identification of Sportinguistas in the territory of the Macao Special Administrative Region. Working at full speed, on 25 November 2008, a historic Extraordinary General Meeting was held. This meeting marked an important step in the reactivation of the branch, where new members were admitted, and elections for the governing bodies were scheduled.

On 15 February 2009, elections were held, with 40 of the 54 eligible members casting their votes. In 2009, Sporting was officially reactivated and grew to include more than 100 members. António Conceição Júnior has served as president since 2009.

On 5 June 2009, nearly a year after the challenge to revive the club began, a new General Assembly was held to approve updated statutes, as the previous version dated back to 10 March 1951. Subsequently, the updated statutes were published in the Official Gazette, formalising the club’s registration with the Institute of Sport and the Macau Football Association.

The club received a significant boost with the creation of a football team that debuted on 19 August 2009 in the championship of the 2nd Division of football. The format was seven-a-side football played with a size 4 ball. This competition, which all new teams were required to enter, included 92 clubs and 18 groups. Paulo Conde and Mandinho offered their services to support the club.

In November 2010, Agostinho Caetano became the team’s coach.

In December 2011, the club achieved promotion to the 2nd Division of Macau Football after finishing as runners-up in the 3rd Division.

In 2013, the club achieved promotion to the 1st Division of Macau Football, the Liga de Elite. Although initially preparing for the 2nd Division, the withdrawal of another club allowed Sporting Clube de Macau to rise to the top flight.

Board of directors

Honours

Current squads

Squad for the 2025 Liga de Elite

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 Macau.svg  MAC Travis Cheong
6 MF Flag of Morocco.svg  MAR Hassan Taouchikht
7 MF Flag of Macau.svg  MAC Casper Lam
9 MF Flag of Macau.svg  MAC George Chao
10 MF Flag of Macau.svg  MAC Jack Wu
11 DF Flag of Macau.svg  MAC Marco Kuok
12 MF Flag of Macau.svg  MAC Parker Wu
13 MF Flag of Macau.svg  MAC Everton Cruz
23 DF Flag of Macau.svg  MAC Cosmo Ho
26 MF Flag of Macau.svg  MAC Fernandinho Correia
28 DF Flag of Hong Kong.svg  HKG Paul Mo
No.Pos.NationPlayer
30 MF Flag of Macau.svg  MAC Heng Yu
31 MF Flag of Macau.svg  MAC Kuma Tang
35 DF Flag of South Korea.svg  KOR Chanwon Hwang
42 FW Flag of Macau.svg  MAC Adam Tam
50 FW Flag of Macau.svg  MAC Hoi Him Ma
77 DF Flag of Macau.svg  MAC Man Cheang
91 DF Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Light Belov
97 DF Flag of Macau.svg  MAC Alex Quartermain
99 GK Flag of Macau.svg  MAC Angelo Vasco

Staff

PositionName
Head coach Flag of Macau.svg José Ferreira
Assistant coach Flag of Hong Kong.svg Ken Chiu
Assistant coach Flag of Macau.svg António Cabral
Assistant coach Flag of Macau.svg Sam Leong
Assistant coach Flag of Macau.svg Kalon Kuok
Doctor Flag of Macau.svg Sam Hong


Squad for the 2024 Macau Women's Futsal League

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
3AlaFlag of Macau.svg  MAC Mizko Chio
4AlaFlag of Macau.svg  MAC Inês Cheung
8PivotFlag of Macau.svg  MAC Claveria Carter
10AlaFlag of Macau.svg  MAC Inês Che
12AlaFlag of Macau.svg  MAC Chon Lao
13AlaFlag of Macau.svg  MAC Wawa Si Tou
15AlaFlag of Macau.svg  MAC Mariana Raminhos
16AlaFlag of Macau.svg  MAC Cindy Lei
21FixoFlag of Macau.svg  MAC Ashley Chan
23FixoFlag of Macau.svg  MAC Daniela Guerreiro
24Guarda-RedesFlag of Macau.svg  MAC Janice Leong
26FixoFlag of Macau.svg  MAC Naomi Carter
30PivotFlag of Macau.svg  MAC Bo Chan

Staff

PositionName
Head coach Flag of Macau.svg José Ferreira
Assistant coach Flag of Macau.svg Mariano Luz
Doctor Flag of Macau.svg Sam Hong

Club Accounts

Sporting Clube de Macau official accounts: Website Facebook YouTube IG

Sporting Clube de Macau old accounts: Old Facebook Old YouTube Old YouTube Old Instagram Old Instagram


Partnership

On 2 September 2014, Sporting Clube de Macau announced a partnership with FC Osaka, which makes the transfer of players between Macau and Japan possible. [5]

References

  1. https://www.flashscore.com.au/team/sporting-macau/2Tk8dOA8/
  2. 1 2 "Filiais do Sporting". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  3. "HOMENAGEM A ANTÓNIO CONCEIÇÃO - 1910 - 1985". www.arscives.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  4. "40 Years of CreActivity". www.arscives.com. Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  5. Catarina Pinto (3 September 2014). "Sporting Macau signs partnership with Osaka F.C." Macau Daily Times . Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.