Sporting Clube Lourinhanense, simply Lourinhanense, is a Portuguese

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club based in

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. It currently plays in the Regional Championships, and holds home games at ''Estádio Municipal da Lourinhã'', with a capacity of 2,000 seats. The club was founded in 1926, and served for a time as the

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of league giants

Sporting Clube de Portugal Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

History

In 1993 Tiago, a

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who went on to have a very large spell with

Sporting Clube de Portugal Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

, arrived at the club, and stayed for two years before returning to his ''

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''. Apart from him, other players groomed at Sporting would eventually represent the club: Luís Boa Morte, Carlos Fernandes and Miguel Vargas, amongst others. Later on, Lourinhanense signed a new protocol of cooperation, now with F.C. Alverca, receiving players like Manú, 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.

Appearances

*Tier 3: 6

League and Cup history

Current squad

Backroom staff

*Néson Franco – Manager *Miguel Rodrigues – Assistant manager *João Ribeiro – Director of football *João Gonçalves – Doctor *Hélio Mateus – Masseur *Paulo Marta – Chairman

Previous staff

* Luís Brás

Kit

The traditional symbols of the club are the green and white colours in a broken shield. In the white side lays a black

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with golden fruits, with two flowers of a first quarter and the

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, 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.

References

External links

Official website
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