Sporting Clube da Covilhã, commonly known as just Sporting Covilhã, is Portuguese

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...

 football club from the city of Covilhã

Covilhã

Covilhã is a city in Covilha Municipality in Centro region, Portugal. The city proper has 36,723 inhabitants, and the municipality has an area of 555.6 km² with a total population of 53,501, being composed of 31 parishes. It is located in the Cova da Beira subregion, in the district of...

 who currently play in the second-tier Liga Vitalis

Liga de Honra

The Liga de Honra , known for sponsorship reasons as the Liga Orangina, is the Portuguese second level football league. It was formerly called Segunda Divisão and Segunda Divisão de Honra . When the LPFP took control of the two nationwide levels, it was renamed Segunda Liga, before renaming it...

. Founded in 1923, Sporting Covilhã is one of the oldest and historic clubs in Portuguese football. Their nickname is the Leões da Serra, meaning "Lions of the Mountain Range," due to Covilhã's location in the Serra de Estrela, the highest mountains in Portugal. In 2007-08, they finished first in the Portuguese Second Division Serie C

Portuguese Second Division

The Portuguese Second Division is a football league in Portugal, situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system...

, out-scoring teams and exceeding expectations and also, in remarkable fashion, finishing first in the playoffs and beating historic club GD Chaves. Their current home ground is Complexo Desportivo da Covilhã

Complexo Desportivo da Covilhã

Complexo Desportivo da Covilhã is a multi-use stadium in Covilhã, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of SC Covilhã who currently play in the Liga de Honra...

 in Covilhã, which holds a capacity of 3,000 spectators. Their current chairman is José Oliveira Mendes and current manager is Hélio Sousa

Hélio Sousa

Hélio Filipe Dias de Sousa is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a central midfielder, and a current coach.-Playing career:...

, who has played for Vitória de Setúbal

Vitória F.C.

Vitória Futebol Clube is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Setúbal. Popularly known as Vitória de Setúbal with the motto "A Vitória será nossa" .- Domestic :*Portuguese Liga: Runners-up 1971–72...

 his entire career. They have won five Second Division

Portuguese Second Division

The Portuguese Second Division is a football league in Portugal, situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system...

 in 1948, 1958, 1987 (second-tier), 2002, and 2005 (third-tier).

Current squad

Notable former players

Fernando Cabrita

Fernando Cabrita

Fernando da Silva Cabrita was a Portuguese footballer and football manager.He played as a forward for teams like Olhanense and Sporting da Covilhã, but he still had 7 caps for Portugal National Team, 4 for Olhanense and 3 for Sporting da Covilhã...

 Rui Barros

Rui Barros

Rui Gil Soares de Barros is a retired Portuguese footballer.A diminutive attacking midfielder, Barros played with success in his country Rui Gil Soares de Barros (born 24 November 1965) is a retired Portuguese footballer.A diminutive attacking midfielder, Barros played with success in his country...

 Jorge Humberto

Jorge Humberto Rodrigues Cunha

Jorge Humberto Rodrigues Cunha , known as Humberto, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for S.C. Vianense in the Portuguese fourth division, as a central defender.-Football career:...

 Carlos Carneiro

Carlos Carneiro

Carlos Paulo Martins Carneiro is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a striker.-Football career:...

 César Brito

César Brito

César Gonçalves de Brito Duarte , known as Brito, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a striker.-Club career:...

 Nuno Coelho

Nuno Miguel Prata Coelho

Nuno Miguel Prata Coelho is a Portuguese footballer who plays for S.C. Beira-Mar on loan from S.L. Benfica, as a midfielder.-Club career:Coelho moved from hometown's S.C. Covilhã to F.C...

 Tarantini

Ricardo José Vaz Alves Monteiro

Ricardo José Vaz Alves Monteiro, aka Tarantini , is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Rio Ave F.C. as an attacking midfielder.-External links:**...

 Marco Abreu

Marco Abreu

Marco Paulo Coimbra de Abreu is an Angolan footballer who plays for A.A. Avanca in the Portuguese fourth division, as a defender.-Football career:...

 Piguita

Piguita

Carlos Ilídio Moreno Gomes , aka Piguita, is a retired Cape Verdean footballer who played as a central defender.-Football career:...

 Kabwe Kasongo

Kabwe Kasongo

Kabwe Kasongo is a retired Congolese footballer who played as a left defender.During his extensive career, spent mainly in Portugal, he is best known for his lengthy spell at G.D. Chaves, both as player and manager....

 André Simonyi

André Simonyi

András "André" Simonyi was a Hungarian-born French football player who played for Lille OSC, FC Sochaux, Red Star 93, Rennes, Angers SCO, Stade Français and CO Roubaix-Tourcoing, as well as with the French national side....

Honours

• Portuguese First Division (15 participations)
• Portuguese Second Division
  Portuguese Second Division
  The Portuguese Second Division is a football league in Portugal, situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system...
  
   (11 participations) - 1948-49, 1958-59, 1986-87, 1996-97, 1999-00, 2002-03, 2005-06, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12
• Portuguese Cup - Runners-up (1) - 1956/1957

Club anthem

De verde e branco, Um dia te vestiram;

De verde engalanaram, Os teus pés.

O branco escorreu-te, Das alturas,

Onde moras, E onde mostras o que és! e Entre os maiores

Te sentes pequeno, Mas és na Beira

Rico em tradições, A garra que te vem

De seres leão, Já tem feito tremer

Os campeões!


Pelos anos contados, És velhinho, Mas continuas sempre

A ser um jovem; D`esperança

Traçaram teu caminho, Força e coragem

O que te movem, O ar que te embriaga

Puro e leve, Te inspira e te dá fecundidade,

Que seja lema teu, Por toda a vida

A grandeza, O progresso, A humildade

League and cup history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Portuguese Cup	Notes
1948–49	1D	11	26	9	2	15	50	59	20	Semi Final
1949–50	1D	6	26	10	5	11	55	70	25
1950–51	1D	6	26	13	0	13	62	53	26	Quarter Finals
1951–52	1D	6	26	10	5	11	35	52	25
1952–53	1D	10	26	7	6	13	38	54	20
1953–54	1D	7	26	10	8	8	43	39	28
1954–55	1D	12	26	8	4	14	32	53	20
1955–56	1D	5	26	11	7	8	52	44	29
1956–57	1D	13	26	7	4	15	33	62	18	Final	Relegated
1957–58	2D	1	?	?	?	?	?	?	?		Promoted
1958–59	1D	8	26	9	4	13	43	65	22
1959–60	1D	9	26	8	6	12	32	49	22
1960–61	1D	9	26	8	5	13	27	55	21
1961–62	1D	13	26	6	5	15	30	48	17		Relegated
1985–86	1D	16	30	5	7	18	23	61	17		Relegated
1986–87	2D	1	?	?	?	?	?	?	?		Promoted
1987–88	1D	20	38	5	11	22	30	70	21		Relegated
1996–97	2H	16	34	9	11	14	30	41	38		Relegated
1999–00	2H	18	34	5	10	19	23	48	25		Relegated
2002–03	2H	11	34	11	12	11	37	33	45
2003–04	2H	17	34	8	5	21	39	55	29		Relegated
2005–06	2DC	14	34	10	12	12	37	42	42	Quarter Finals
2006–07	2DC	4	26	12	7	7	48	25	43
2007–08	2DC	1	26	17	4	5	49	20	55	Round 3	Promoted
2008–09	2D	8	22	8	7	7	32	32	31	Round 3	On Going

External links

• Sporting Covilhã Official Site