Sporting Covilha

Sporting Clube da Covilhã, commonly known as just Sporting da Covilhã, is Portuguese football club from the city of Covilhã that plays in the second-tier Liga Portugal 2. The club was founded on 2 June 1923 and became the branch number 8 of Sporting Clube de Portugal (Sporting CP). 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 Complexo Desportivo da Covilhã 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 Second Division in 1948, 1969, 1987 (second-tier), 2002, and 2005 (third-tier). The club is now in their first consecutive presence in the best tier.

Sporting Covilhã je portugalský futbalový klub sídliaci v meste Covilhã. Klub bol založený v roku 1922 a v súčasnosti hrá v Campeonato de Portugal, tretej najvyššej portugalskej futbalovej súťaži. Domovským štadiónom klubu je Estádio José dos Santos Pinto, ktorý má kapacitu 4 550 miest.

Sporting Covilhã je jedným z najúspešnejších klubov v regióne Serra da Estrela a vyhral niekoľko regionálnych trofejí. Klub má tiež silnú mládežnícku akadémiu, ktorá vyprodukovala niekoľko talentovaných hráčov, ktorí pokračovali v pôsobení v portugalskej Primeire Lige.

V posledných rokoch sa Sporting Covilhã umiestňoval v hornej polovici tabuľky Campeonato de Portugal a v sezóne 2017/18 sa klub dostal do finále Taça de Portugal, kde prehral s FC Porto 2:1.