Sporting Clube de São Tomé is a

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club based in the national capital

São Tomé São Tomé is the capital and largest city of the Central African island country of São Tomé and Príncipe. Its name is Portuguese for " Saint Thomas". Founded in the 15th century, it is one of Africa's oldest colonial cities. History Álv ...

, in the island of

São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is an island country in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two archipelagos around the two main isla ...

. The team is part of the São Tome Island Football Association and the Santomean Football Association. The club is historically the second best club both on the island and in the nation.

History

Sporting São Tomé is the fathering club of

Sporting Clube de Portugal Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

and is the 183rd affiliate. The team was one of the archipelago's first. Their first provincial title was won in 1952, their second was won in 1966 and their last was in 1971. Sporting São Tomé alongside Andorinha and the club now Porto de Folha Fede never won any titles after independence in 1975. In recent years, the club was relegated into the Second Division and later relegated into the Third Division until 2015 when they were in the top two positions and returned to the Second Division for two seasons, in September 2017, the club finished first with 42 wins, 13 wins, 3 draws and a marvelous 71 goals which was the highest in several seasons for the club, with the mainstreams of a few high scoring matches with the highest, a victory over Oque del Rei 0-10 which was the highest match in the nation of any tiers or levels. That gave a might a club actually being the top five of the nation. Sporting São Tomé will return yet again to the regional Premier Division in several years.

Logo

Its logo is the same as to that of Sporting Lisbon.

Uniform

Its uniform is identical to Sporting CP, but several are different from Sporting Lisbon's.

Honours

São Tomé and Príncipe Championship São Tomé and Príncipe Championship (Portuguese: ''Campeonato Nacional'') is the top division of the São Toméan Football Federation. In the 2021/22 season there were 18 teams participating in two leagues – 12 teams from São Tomé Island, ...

: 3 **Before independence: 3 ::1952, 1966, 1971

League and cup history

Island championships

Statistics

*Highest number of goals scored in a season: 71 (regional), in 2017

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sporting Clube Sao Tome Football clubs in São Tomé and Príncipe Sport in São Tomé São Tomé Island Second Division