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Sporting Horta (handball)
Encyclopedia
Sporting Clube da Horta is a professional handball
team based in Horta
, Azores
, Portugal
. It plays in the Liga Portuguesa de Andebol
.
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
team based in Horta
Horta
-Meaning:* horta, 'orchard' or 'vegetable garden' in Portuguese and Valencian/Catalan, Spanish huerta-People:* Nelson Horta , a Cuban Journalist, now living in Miami,Florida USA* Adolfo Horta , a Cuban boxer...
, Azores
Azores
The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...
, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
. It plays in the Liga Portuguesa de Andebol
Liga Portuguesa de Andebol
Liga Portuguesa de Andebol, also known as the Liga Halcon due to sponsorship, is the premier professional handball league in Portugal, consisting of 12 teams...
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European results 2006/07
| Competition | Round | Result | Aggregate: | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EHF Challenge Cup EHF Challenge Cup The EHF Challenge Cup is an official European Handball Federation competition for men's clubs of Europe and takes place every year. Before 1999/2000, it was called EHF City Cup.... |
3rd Round |  HK Drammen |
37-26 | ABC Braga | |
| EHF Challenge Cup EHF Challenge Cup The EHF Challenge Cup is an official European Handball Federation competition for men's clubs of Europe and takes place every year. Before 1999/2000, it was called EHF City Cup.... |
3rd Round | ABC Braga | 24-27 | HK Drammen |
50-64 |
Squad 2006/07
| # | Name | Age | Last Club | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Telmo Ferreira (GK) | 29 | ||
| |
Bruno Goulart (GK) | 19 | ||
| |
Antonio Campos (GK) | 27 | La Coruña (Spain) | |
 |
Mané Lavrnic | 28 | ||
| |
Gustavo Castro | 28 | ||
| |
Bruno Azevedo | 29 | ||
| |
Albano Lopes | 24 | ||
| |
Davide Castro | 28 | ||
| |
Tiago Rodrigues | 25 | ||
| |
Franclim Soares | 25 | S.Progresso | |
| |
Francisco Bacalhau | 31 | CF Belenenses | |
| |
Pedro Graça | 27 | ||
| |
Alberto Basto | 26 | ||
| |
Milan Vucicevic | 28 | ||
| |
David Graça | 28 | ||
| |
Hugo Canela | 26 |
Current Squad 2010/11
| # | Name | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | |
Davide Castro | Central |
| 9 | |
Tiago Rodrigues | Pivot |
| 10 | |
Bruno Escobar | Pivot |
| 11 | |
Francisco Menezes | Left Lateral |
| |
Fábio Silva | Goalkeeper | |
| 14 | |
Bruno Castro | Pivot |
| 15 |  |
Austris Tuminskis | Left Lateral |
| 16 | |
Nuno Silva | Goalkeeper |
| 17 | |
Paulo Medeiros | Right Lateral |
| 19 | |
David Graça | Right Lateral |
| 29 |  |
Yuriy Kostetsky | Left Lateral |
| 30 | |
Bruno Costa | Universal |
| 39 | |
Afonso Almeida | Right Lateral |
| 80 | |
Nélson Pina | Left Lateral |