Sporting Club de Huelva is a Spanish women's football club from Huelva, Andalusia. It was founded in Huelva in 2004 as a restructuring of an homonymous junior (men's) football club, which had been founded in 1979 and dissolved nine years later, by its original founder, Antonio Toledo, who has also served as the team's manager and sporting director.[1][2]
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| Full name | Sporting Club de Huelva | ||
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| Founded | 1979 / 2004 | ||
| Ground | Ciudad Deportiva del Recreativo de Huelva
Huelva, Spain | ||
| Capacity | 1,300 | ||
| Chairman | Manuela Romero Landa | ||
| Manager | Antonio Toledo | ||
| League | Liga F | ||
| 2022–23 | Liga F, 13th | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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History edit
Gaining promotion to the Liga F in just two seasons, Sporting Huelva debuted at the 2006–07 season. It has successfully avoided relegation for the past three seasons, actually ending the 2008–09 season just one point short for qualifying to the Copa de la Reina, losing the spot at the last matchday.[3]
Next year Sporting was third in their group in the first stage of the newly reformed competition, narrowly missing qualification for the title contenders group. The team ranked again 3rd in its group in the second stage, qualifying for the Copa de la Reina for the first time. They qualified for the quarter-finals, eliminating Atlético Madrid before being ousted by Torrejón.
Financial difficulties conditioned the club's 2010–11 season. Following a weak performance in the first stage the team managed to recover in the second half of the season and was 2nd in their group, but Sporting had to renounce taking part in the Copa de la Reina.[4]
Sporting chained four wins in the first weeks of the 2011–12 season, holding the lead of the table for the first time in its history.[5] As of the end of 2011 the team stood 4th with 9 wins in 15 games, but after a less successful second half the team ended in the 8th position, was anyway is its best result to date. During the Christmas break president José Antonio Muñoz announced Sporting was in negotiations to become Recreativo Huelva's women's team for the 2012–13 season,[6] but an agreement was not reached and Sporting was instead relocated to nearby Trigueros for the 2012–13 season.[7]
On 17 May 2015, Sporting de Huelva won its first national title after achieving the 2015 Copa de la Reina by defeating Valencia CF in the final match by 2–1.[8]
Players edit
Current squad edit
- As of 18 April 2023[9]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Former internationals edit
Spain: Noelia Aybar, Priscila Borja, Alharilla Casado, Dolores Gallardo, Sarita Serrat
Argentina: Florencia Bonsegundo
Brazil: Renata Capobianco, Dayane da Rocha, Fabiana Simões, Thaís Picarte, Raquel
Bulgaria: Silvia Radoyska
Chile: Geraldine Leyton, Paloma López, Bárbara Santibáñez
Colombia: Lady Andrade, Korina Clavijo, Sofía García
Croatia: Ana Jelenčić
Finland: Jenny Danielsson
Gambia: Fatou Kanteh
Ghana: Ernestina Abambila, Princella Adubea
Kazakhstan: Irina Saratovtseva
Mexico: Nayeli Rangel
Morocco: Meryem Hajri
Nigeria: Peace Efih
Paraguay: Lice Chamorro
Portugal: Rita Carneiro, Mónica Gonçalves
Romania: Olivia Oprea, Elena Pavel, Laura Rus
Slovakia: Lucia El-Dahaibiová
Ukraine: Vera Djatel, Yulia Kornievets
Zimbabwe: Rutendo Makore
Competition record edit
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Copa de la Reina |
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| 2004–05 | Reg. | ||
| 2005–06 | 2ª | 1st | |
| 2006–07 | 1ª | 10th | |
| 2007–08 | 1ª | 11th | |
| 2008–09 | 1ª | 9th | |
| 2009–10 | 1ª | 13th | Quarter-finals |
| 2010–11 | 1ª | 12th | |
| 2011–12 | 1ª | 8th | |
| 2012–13 | 1ª | 9th | |
| 2013–14 | 1ª | 8th | Quarter-finals |
| 2014–15 | 1ª | 8th | Champion |
| 2015–16 | 1ª | 8th | Quarter-finals |
| 2016–17 | 1ª | 10th | |
| 2017–18 | 1ª | 9th | |
| 2018–19 | 1ª | 14th | Round of 16 |
| 2019–20 | 1ª | 14th | Round of 16 |
Titles edit
- Copa de la Reina: (1)
References edit
- ^ [1] Sporting de Huelva, 2 July 2009. 30th anniversary of the club.
- ^ Parada, Carlos Casado (16 September 2020). "El Sporting de Huelva apuesta por una temporada tranquila".
- ^ [2] Soccerway.com
- ^ [3] ADN
- ^ [4] Futfem.com
- ^ A women's team for Recreativo Huelva? Blanquiazules
- ^ Trigueros takes in Sporting de Huelva, which will be able to keep playing in the Superliga. Andalucía Información, 3 July 2012
- ^ "El CD Sporting Club de Huelva, un histórico e inesperado gran campeón de la Copa de la SM La Reina" (in Spanish). RFEF. 18 May 2015.
- ^ "Squad of Sporting de Huelva 2022-23 Primera División Femenina | BDFutbol". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 20 May 2023.