Sporting CP (billiards)

Sporting Clube de Portugal

Full name	Sporting Clube de Portugal
Nicknames	Leões (Lions) Verde-e-Brancos (Green'n'Whites)
Short name	Sporting
Chairman	Frederico Varandas
Manager	Victor Manuel de Jesus Salgado
League	Portuguese Billiards League

Sporting Clube de Portugal is a professional billiards team based in Lisbon, Portugal, founded in 1930. The team competes in the Portuguese Billiards League and in European championships, in both carom billiards (three-cushion) and pool (eight-ball and nine-ball) events. The team includes some players from Belgium, France and Spain.

Honours

Three-cushion

Men

• Portuguese Three-cushion Men's Billiards League

• Winners (17): 1964–65, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2014–15

• Portuguese Three-cushion Men's Billiards Cup

• Winners (4): 1964–65, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98

• Portuguese Three-cushion Men's Billiards Super Cup

• Winners (5): 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2004–05

• European Three-cushion Billiards Cup

•  Silver (3): 1995–96, 2001–02, 2004–05

Pool

Men

• Portuguese Pool Men's Billiards League

• Winners (3): 1997–98, 1998–99, 2015–16

• Portuguese Pool Men's Billiards Cup

• Winners (4): 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2015–16

• Portuguese Pool Men's Billiards Super Cup

• Winners (4): 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2016–17

Women

• Portuguese Pool Women's Billiards League

• Winners (4): 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02

• Portuguese Pool Women's Billiards Cup

• Winners (1): 2000–01

• Portuguese Pool Women's Billiards Super Cup

• Winners (2): 1999–00, 2001–02

Portuguese Pool

Men

• National Portuguese Pool Men's Billiards League

• Winners (2): 2015–16, 2016–17

• National Portuguese Pool Men's Billiards Cup

• Winners (1): 2014–15

• National Portuguese Pool Men's Billiards Super Cup

• Winners (2): 2015–16, 2016–17

Current squad

Name	Nat.
Frédéric Caudron
Frans van Kuijk
Eddy Leppens
Roland Forthomme
Paul Stroobants
Carlos Crespo
Jorge Theriaga
José Luís Gaspar Santos
António Saramago
José Manuel Pássaro
Mário Celestino Amâncio
Luís Ventura
Pedro Azevedo

Name	Nat.
Rui Manuel Gil
Júlio Rodrigues Cortes
Rui Lopes Domingos
António Barata
José Paulo Dias
Leonardo Angélico Horta
António José Simões

Name	Nat.
Luís Campos
Manuel António Lains
Raul Castanha
Nelson Pereira
Fernando Graça Águeda
Manuel Petisca
Carlos Alberto Alves
Mário Amaro

Notable past athletes

• João Pereira
• Jorge Theriaga
• Rute Saraiva
• Alfredo Alhinho

Technical staff

Name	Nat.	Job
Victor Manuel de Jesus Salgado		Manager
José Luís Gaspar Santos		Coordinator
Rui Manuel Aguiar Gil		Coordinator

External links

• Sporting billiards official website