Sporting Clube Lourinhanense, simply Lourinhanense, is a Portuguese football club based in

Lourinhã Lourinhã () is a municipality in the District of Lisbon, in the Oeste Subregion of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 25,735, in an area of 147.17 km². The seat of the municipality is the town of Lourinhã, with a population of 8,800 inhab ...

, Lisbon. It currently plays in the Regional Championships, and holds home games at ''Estádio Municipal da Lourinhã'', with a capacity of 2,000 seats. The club was founded in 1926, and served for a time as the

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giants Sporting Clube de Portugal.

History

In 1993 Tiago, a

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who went on to have a very large spell with Sporting Clube de Portugal, arrived at the club, and stayed for two years before returning to his '' alma mater''. Apart from him, other players groomed at Sporting would eventually represent the club:

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, Carlos Fernandes and

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, amongst others. Later on, Lourinhanense signed a new protocol of cooperation, now with F.C. Alverca, receiving players like Manú, who later played for

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. In the season of 2005–06, the main team played in the championship of the 1st Division of Honor, in Lisbon's Football Association. After a third place in the following year, it was declared that the side's main objective was to achieve financial sanitation.

Appearances

*Tier 3: 6

League and Cup history

Current squad

Backroom staff

*Néson Franco – Manager *Miguel Rodrigues – Assistant manager *João Ribeiro – Director of football *João Gonçalves – Doctor *Hélio Mateus – Masseur *Paulo Marta – Chairman

Previous staff

* Luís Brás

Kit

The traditional symbols of the club are the green and white colours in a broken shield. In the white side lays a black

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with golden fruits, with two flowers of a first quarter and the

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, everything in golden. In the green side, a lion in golden next to the initials SCL, also in golden. The alternative kit is all yellow.

External links

Official website
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