Sporting CP Esports

This article is about the esports team. For the men's football team, see Sporting CP.

Sporting CP Esports

Full name	Sporting Clube de Portugal Esports
Short name	SCP Esports
Game	FIFA
Founded	21 July 2016; 7 years ago (2016-07-21)
Chairman	Frederico Varandas
Head coach	Francisco Cruz
Manager	Márcio Figueiredo
Parent group	Sporting CP

Sporting Clube de Portugal Esports, commonly known as Sporting CP Esports, or simply SCP Esports, is a Portuguese professional esports team founded in 2016,^[1][2][3] and based in the city of Lisbon in Portugal. The team is the esports department of multi-sports club Sporting Clube de Portugal (Sporting CP).^[4][5][6]

History

On 21 July 2016,^[1][2][3] Bruno de Carvalho, who was the president of Sporting CP at the time, launched Sporting CP eSports.^[7][8] The first player of the team was Francisco "Quinzas" Cruz.^[9] In 2019, the team signed Wendell Lira to compete in FIFA.^[10] In October 2023, Sporting CP Esports was the first major Portuguese team to play Rocket League, one of the most popular video games on the market at the time, which already had more than 100 million players worldwide.^[5] In 2023, Sporting CP updated its esports facility at the club’s stadium, the Estádio José Alvalade. The facility, called the NOS eStadium, was modernised with the help of the club’s sponsor NOS and was upgraded with state-of-the-art HP Omen and PlayStation 5 machines, among other improvements for both the players of the team and visitors.^[11][6]

Current roster

FIFA

As of 2019^[10][12]

Nat.	Name	ID	Position	Join date
	Bruno Rato	BrunoRato	Player	2019-01-30
	Wendell Lira	Wendelllira	Player	2019-11-12
	Diogo Mendes	SCP Diogo	Player	2019-01-04

Management

Nat.	Name	Position
	Márcio Figueiredo	Head of department
	Francisco Cruz	Head coach

External links

• Official Facebook Page

References

1. "Sporting CP anuncia oficialmente entrada nos eSports". IGN Portugal (in European Portuguese). 2016-07-21. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
2. "Sporting Clube de Portugal adere aos eSports". Eurogamer.pt (in Portuguese). 2016-07-21. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
3. "Sporting junta às suas modalidades desportivas os... eSports". SAPO Tek (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-12.
4. "SCP eSports". Sporting CP. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
5. "Equipa de Esports do Sporting lança-se no Rocket League". www.record.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-12.
6. "Sporting CP reforça infraestruturas para Esports". RTP Arena (in European Portuguese). 2023-11-04. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
7. "Sporting Clube de Portugal joins eSports world". Shifter. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
8. "Sporting Clube de Portugal joins eSports". Future Behind. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
9. "Sporting Clube de Portugal eSports". FIFA eSports Gamepedia. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
10. "eSports: Puskás 2015 diz que Sporting é o concretizar de um sonho". CNN Portugal (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-12.
11. Šimić, Ivan (6 November 2023). "Sporting Lisbon upgrades esports facility at Estádio José Alvalade". Esports Insider. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
12. "Sporting apresenta o primeiro jogador de eSports do clube". SAPO Tek (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-12.