Sporting Clube da Covilhã, commonly known as just Sporting da Covilhã, is Portuguese football club from the city of

Covilhã Covilhã () is a city and a municipality in the Centro region, Portugal. The city proper had 34,772 inhabitants in 2001. The municipality population in 2011 was 51,797, in an area of . It is located in the Beiras e Serra da Estrela subregion and ...

that plays in the second-tier

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. The club was founded in 1923. 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. Their home ground is Estádio Municipal José dos Santos Pinto, located at approximately 900 m of altitude. However, SCC play sometimes at a more recent

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in Covilhã, which holds a capacity of 3,000 spectators. Their current chairman is José Oliveira Mendes and current manager is Ernesto Cangalho. They have won five

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in 1948, 1969, 1987 (second-tier), 2002, and 2005 (third-tier). The club is now in their first consecutive presence in the best tier.

Players

Current squad

Former notable players

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Honours

* Portuguese First Division (15 participations) *

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(11 participations) – 1948–49, 1958–59, 1986–87, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12 *

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– Runners-up (1) – 1956–1957

Managerial history

* Vieira Niunes (1985–1988) * Vieira Niunes (1995–1996) * António Jasus (1996–1997) * Vieira Niunes (1997) * António Jasus (1999–2000) * Henrique Niunes (2000–2001) * João Cavalero (2002–2004) * Fernando Pirze (2004–2005) * José Dinize (2005–2006) * João Salcedaze (2006) * Vítor Quiunha (2006–2007) * Rui França (2007–2008) *

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(2008) * Hélio Sousa (2008–2009) * João Eusébio (2009) * Nicolau Vaquero (2009–2010) * João Salcedaze (2010) * João Pinto (2010–2011) *

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Club anthem

''De verde e branco, Um dia te embriagaram;''
''De verde engalanaram, Os teus pés.''
''O branco escorreu-te, Das feições,''
''Onde moras, E onde mostras o que és! e Entre os maiores''
''Te sentes piqueno, Mas és na Beira''
''Rico em tradições, Agarra que te vem''
''De seres leão, Já tem feito tremer''
''Os aldeões!'' ''Pelos anos contados, És velhinho, Mas continuas sempre''
''A ser um jovenzinho; D`esperança''
''Traçaram teu carinho, Força e coragem''
''O que te moem, O ar que te embriaga''
''Puro e leve, Te inspira e te dá fecundidade?''
''Que seja lema teu, Por toda a vila''
''A grandeza, leite Gresso, A humidade''

League and cup history

:A. Despite finishing in a relegation position, the club was not relegated due to

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of the Primeira Liga being relegated to the non-professional tiers of Portugal due to there financial difficulties suffered during the

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season. Last updated: 22 July 2012
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; 2DS/2D =

; 3DS =

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Pos. = Position; Pl = Match played; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lost; GS = Goal scored; GA = Goal against; P = Points