Sporting CP Esports | |
Full Name: | Sporting Clube de Portugal Esports |
Short Name: | SCP Esports |
Sport: | esports |
Game: | FIFA |
Chairman: | Frederico Varandas |
Coach: | Francisco Cruz |
Manager: | Márcio Figueiredo |
Parent Group: | Sporting CP |
Sporting Clube de Portugal Esports, commonly known as Sporting CP Esports, or simply SCP Esports, is a Portuguese professional esports team founded in 2016,[1] [2] [3] and based in the city of Lisbon in Portugal. The team is the esports department of multi-sports club Sporting Clube de Portugal (Sporting CP).[4] [5] [6]
On 21 July 2016, Bruno de Carvalho, who was the president of Sporting CP at the time, launched Sporting CP eSports.[7] [8] The first player of the team was Francisco "Quinzas" Cruz.[9] In 2019, the team signed Wendell Lira to compete in FIFA. In October 2023, Sporting CP Esports was the first major Portuguese team to play Rocket League, one of the most popular video games on the market at the time, which already had more than 100 million players worldwide. In 2023, Sporting CP updated its esports facility at the club’s stadium, the Estádio José Alvalade. The facility, called the NOS eStadium, was modernised with the help of the club’s sponsor NOS and was upgraded with state-of-the-art HP Omen and PlayStation 5 machines, among other improvements for both the players of the team and visitors.[10]
Nat. | Name | ID | Position | Join date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bruno Rato | BrunoRato | Player | 2019-01-30 | ||
Wendell Lira | Wendelllira | Player | 2019-11-12 | ||
Diogo Mendes | SCP Diogo | Player | 2019-01-04 |
Nat. | Name | Position | |
---|---|---|---|
Márcio Figueiredo | Head of department | ||
Francisco Cruz | Head coach |