Sporting CP (volleyball) explained

Clubname:Sporting CP
Fullname:Sporting Clube de Portugal
Founded:1938
Ground:Pavilhão João Rocha
Capacity:3,000
Chrtitle:President
Chairman:Frederico Varandas
Manager:Gersinho
Captain:Miguel Maia
League:Portuguese First Division
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Sporting Clube de Portugal is a professional volleyball team based in Lisbon, Portugal. It is the volleyball section of Sporting CP.[1]

History

Volleyball was introduced in Sporting Clube de Portugal in the thirties by influence of Salazar Carreira, constituting itself the club as one of the founders of the Association of Volleyball of Lisbon, 28 of December 1938.

The club would only reach its first titles in the fifties thanks to the dynamism of Professor Moniz Pereira, who was a manager, coach and player of the team that, in the 1953/54 season, broke the hegemony of the Instituto Superior Técnico that until then had conquered all National Championships, which were disputed since 1947. In addition to Moniz Pereira, the Yugoslavs Jost and Budisin, Xara Brazil, Marques Pereira, Fernando Fezas Vital, Machado da Costa, Anibal Rebelo and Plácido Martins.

At the women's level the first official competition began in June 1951, and Sporting Clube de Portugal was one of four clubs that took part in the competition, with the Lionesses being in second place. After a brilliant period with the achievement of the National Championships of 1953/54 and 1955/56, the modality declined, being fundamentally supported by successes at the training levels and at the feminine level, ending up being extinguished at the beginning of the 1964/65 season with the club's restructuring.

At the end of almost two decades of interregnum, the sport was again practiced in 1981/82, first only in the women's sector in the senior and junior years, so that the volleyball later returned in force to Sporting and to those that were the golden years of the modality in Alvalade, the 90s, with a team led by António Rodrigues, and with some of the best players of the time, such as Nilson Júnior, Carlos Natário, Miguel Maia, Wagner Silva, Luís Cláudio, Magrão, Filipe Vitó, Marcelo and Maurício Cavalcanti. Carlos Silveira, Miguel Soares and Américo Silva, Sporting was Tri-National Champion and won a Portuguese Cup and two Super Cups.

In the first half of the decade of 1990, to the referred conquests were added still more two Cups of Portugal and a Supertaca. However, the victorious momentum was abruptly interrupted at the beginning of the Roquete Project in 1995. One of the first measures of financial reorganization of the Board chaired by Santana Lopes was to end various high competition modalities, including Volleyball.

In November 1995, a group of coaches, athletes and their parents from the former section decided to found the Lisbon Volleyball Center, a non-profit sports institution dedicated to teaching and practicing the sport.

On 5 June 2017, Sporting Clube de Portugal officially announces that Volleyball will become part of Leon's eclecticism again, with the men's senior team competing in the First National Division in the 2017/18 season, with the undisputed Miguel Maia.

Facilities

Pavilhão João Rocha

Pavilhão João Rocha is a multi-sports pavilion located in the parish of Lumiar, in Lisbon. Located next to the Estádio José Alvalade, it is the home of Sporting CP sports. In honor of one of the most distinguished figures in the history of Sporting, the pavilion was named after former club president, João Rocha, who remained in office from September 1973 to October 1986. Its inauguration took place on the day June 21, 2017.

Honours

Men

1953–54, 1955–56, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 2017–18

1990–91, 1992–93, 1994–95, 2020–21, 2023-24

1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93

Women

1984–85, 1985–86, 2022–23

1986–87

Roster

Season 2020–2021, as of September 2020.[2]

NumberPlayerPositionHeight (m)Weight (kg)Birth date
1 José RojasOutside hitter1.89975 October 1992
3 Éder LeviMiddle blocker2.061034 July 1993
4 Victor HugoMiddle blocker1.99922 August 1992
5 Paulo VictorOpposite1.9810212 May 1986
7 André SalibaOpposite2.019127 August 1999
8 Miguel MaiaSetter1.819223 April 1971
9 José VinhaOutside hitter1.84699 December 1994
10 Robinson DvoranenOutside hitter2.018823 December 1983
11Libero1.767021 February 1995
13 Hugo VinhaSetter1.85617 March 2001
15Middle blocker1.88795 November 1995
16Outside hitter1.968927 November 1991
17 João FidalgoLibero1.72672 November 1986
18 Bruno AlvesSetter1.898718 May 1989
19 Hélio SanchesMiddle blocker2.019310 May 1991
20 Miguel SáLibero1.848019 April 2000

New Signings 23-24 Season

NamePositionHeight Weight Date of Birth
Jose CarrascoSetter1.938720 May 1989 (age 34)
Kevin KobrineOpposite 1.958027 January 2000 (age 23)
Armando VelasquezSetter1.898018 September 1988 (age 34)
Jan GalabovOutside Hitter1.938912 June 1996 (age 27)
Martin LieckOutside Hitter1.97835 January 1995 (age 28)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: o tão aguardado regresso do voleibol . Jornal Sporting . 5 Jun 2017 . 4 July 2017 . Portuguese.
  2. Web site: Volleyball Team. Sporting CP. 4 September 2020.