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Sporting Clube Lourinhanense

Sporting Clube Lourinhanense

Overview
Sporting Clube Lourinhanense, simpy Lourinhanense, is a Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east...

 football club based in Lourinhã
Lourinhã
Lourinhã is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 147.2 km² and a total population of 24,601 inhabitants. The seat of the municipality is the village of Lourinhã, with a population of 8,800 inhabitants....

, Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital and largest city of Portugal. It is also the seat of the district of Lisbon and the main city of the Lisbon region...

. The club currently plays its football in the Regional Championships, and holds home games at Estádio Municipal da Lourinhã, with a capacity of 2000 seats.

The club was founded in 1926, and served for a time as the feeder team of league
Portuguese Liga
The Portuguese Liga , currently named Liga Sagres after its main sponsor, is the league competition for Portuguese professional football clubs located at the top of the Portuguese football league system , making it Portugal's primary football competition.The Liga is presently contested by 16 clubs...

 giants Sporting Clube de Portugal
Sporting Clube de Portugal
Sporting Clube de Portugal , also known as Sporting CP, Sporting, and often referred to mistakenly in the English speaking world as Sporting Lisbon, is a Portuguese sports club based in Portugal's capital city of Lisbon. The club is particularly renowned for its football department...

.


In 1993 Tiago
Tiago Ferreira
Tiago Alexandre Baptista Ferreira, simply Tiago , is a Portuguese footballer currently with Sporting Clube de Portugal, as a goalkeeper.-Football career:...

, a goalkeeper
Goalkeeper (football)
In association football, the goalkeeper occupies a position that represents the last line of defence between the opponent's offence and his own team's goal. The primary role of the goalkeeper is to defend his team's goal and prevent the opposition from scoring a goal...

 who went on to have a very large spell with Sporting Clube de Portugal
Sporting Clube de Portugal
Sporting Clube de Portugal , also known as Sporting CP, Sporting, and often referred to mistakenly in the English speaking world as Sporting Lisbon, is a Portuguese sports club based in Portugal's capital city of Lisbon. The club is particularly renowned for its football department...

, arrived at the club, and stayed for two years before returning to his alma mater
Alma mater
Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother". It was used in ancient Rome as a title for various mother goddesses, and in Medieval Christianity for the Virgin Mary. In modern times it is ordinarily used to refer to the university or college a person attended...

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Sporting Clube Lourinhanense, simpy Lourinhanense, is a Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east...

 football club based in Lourinhã
Lourinhã
Lourinhã is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 147.2 km² and a total population of 24,601 inhabitants. The seat of the municipality is the village of Lourinhã, with a population of 8,800 inhabitants....

, Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital and largest city of Portugal. It is also the seat of the district of Lisbon and the main city of the Lisbon region...

. The club currently plays its football in the Regional Championships, and holds home games at Estádio Municipal da Lourinhã, with a capacity of 2000 seats.

The club was founded in 1926, and served for a time as the feeder team of league
Portuguese Liga
The Portuguese Liga , currently named Liga Sagres after its main sponsor, is the league competition for Portuguese professional football clubs located at the top of the Portuguese football league system , making it Portugal's primary football competition.The Liga is presently contested by 16 clubs...

 giants Sporting Clube de Portugal
Sporting Clube de Portugal
Sporting Clube de Portugal , also known as Sporting CP, Sporting, and often referred to mistakenly in the English speaking world as Sporting Lisbon, is a Portuguese sports club based in Portugal's capital city of Lisbon. The club is particularly renowned for its football department...

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History



In 1993 Tiago
Tiago Ferreira
Tiago Alexandre Baptista Ferreira, simply Tiago , is a Portuguese footballer currently with Sporting Clube de Portugal, as a goalkeeper.-Football career:...

, a goalkeeper
Goalkeeper (football)
In association football, the goalkeeper occupies a position that represents the last line of defence between the opponent's offence and his own team's goal. The primary role of the goalkeeper is to defend his team's goal and prevent the opposition from scoring a goal...

 who went on to have a very large spell with Sporting Clube de Portugal
Sporting Clube de Portugal
Sporting Clube de Portugal , also known as Sporting CP, Sporting, and often referred to mistakenly in the English speaking world as Sporting Lisbon, is a Portuguese sports club based in Portugal's capital city of Lisbon. The club is particularly renowned for its football department...

, arrived at the club, and stayed for two years before returning to his alma mater
Alma mater
Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother". It was used in ancient Rome as a title for various mother goddesses, and in Medieval Christianity for the Virgin Mary. In modern times it is ordinarily used to refer to the university or college a person attended...

. Apart from him, other players groomed at Sporting would eventually represent the club: Luis Boa Morte
Luís Boa Morte
Luís Boa Morte Pereira is a Portuguese footballer currently playing for West Ham United in the Premier League....

, Carlos Fernandes
Carlos Fernandes (football defender)
Carlos Miguel Brandão Fernandes is a Portuguese footballer who currently plays for S.C. Olhanense, as a left defender.-Football career:...

, Vargas, Turf, etc.

Later on, Lourinhanense signed a new protocol of cooperation, now with F.C. Alverca
F.C. Alverca
Futebol Clube de Alverca, or FC Alverca, is a Portuguese football club, founded in 1939, and based in Alverca do Ribatejo.After many decades in the lower levels of Portuguese football, the club was promoted to top level in 1999, and had five presences in the Portuguese Liga afterwards. It was...

, receiving players like Manú
Manu (footballer)
Emanuel Jesus Bonfim Evaristo, aka Manú , is a Portuguese footballer who currently plays for Club Sport Marítimo, as a right winger.-Club career:...

, who later played for S.L. Benfica.

In the season of 2005-06, the main team played in the championship of the 1st Division of Honor, in Lisbon's Football Association. After a third place in the following year, it was declared that the side's main objective was to achieve financial sanitation.

Kit


The traditional symbols of the club are the green and white colours in a broken shield. In the white side lays a black laurel
Bay Laurel
The Bay Laurel , also known as True Laurel, Sweet Bay, Laurel Tree, Grecian Laurel, Laurel, or Bay Tree, is an aromatic evergreen tree or large shrub reaching 10–18 m tall, native to the Mediterranean region.-Growth:The leaves are 6–12 cm long and 2–4 cm broad, with a characteristic...

 with golden fruits, with two flowers of a first quarter and the Sun
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. The Earth and other matter orbit the Sun, which by itself accounts for about 99.86% of the Solar System's mass....

, everything in golden. In the green side, a lion in golden next to the initials SCL, also in golden.

The alternative kit is all yellow. The club is currently sponsored by Adidas
Adidas
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Current squad



Notable former players

Carlos Fernandes
Carlos Fernandes (football defender)
Carlos Miguel Brandão Fernandes is a Portuguese footballer who currently plays for S.C. Olhanense, as a left defender.-Football career:...

 Luis Boa Morte
Luís Boa Morte
Luís Boa Morte Pereira is a Portuguese footballer currently playing for West Ham United in the Premier League....

 Manú
Manu (footballer)
Emanuel Jesus Bonfim Evaristo, aka Manú , is a Portuguese footballer who currently plays for Club Sport Marítimo, as a right winger.-Club career:...

 Bruno Patacas
Bruno Patacas
Bruno Alexandre dos Santos Patacas is a Portuguese footballer currently playing for C.D. Nacional, as a right defender.-Football career:...

 Tiago
Tiago Ferreira
Tiago Alexandre Baptista Ferreira, simply Tiago , is a Portuguese footballer currently with Sporting Clube de Portugal, as a goalkeeper.-Football career:...


Backroom staff

Néson Franco - Manager Miguel Rodrigues - Assistant Manager João Ribeiro - Director Of Football João Gonçalves - Doctor Hélio Mateus - Masseuse Paulo Marta - Chairman

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