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Sport Recife

Sport Club Recife.svg
Full name Sport Club do Recife
Nickname(s) Leão (Lion),
Papai da Cidade (Daddy of the City),
O Leão da Ilha (The Lion of the Island),
O Leão do Norte (The Lion of the North),
O Leão da Praça da Bandeira (The Lion of the Flag Square),
O Supertime da Ilha (The Superteam of the Island) (supporters)
Founded May 13, 1905 (111 years ago) (1905-05-13)
as Sport Club do Recife
Ground Ilha do Retiro
Arena do Sport (project)
Ground Capacity 35,000 in Ilha do Retiro
46,000 in Arena do Sport (project).
President Arnaldo Barros
Head coach Daniel Paulista
League Brasileirão
2016 Brasileirão, 14th
Pernambucano, 2nd
Website www.sportrecife.com.br

Coordinates: 8°3′46.63″S 34°54′10.73″W / 8.0629528°S 34.9029806°W / -8.0629528; -34.9029806

Sport Club do Recife (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈspɔɾti ˈklub du ʁeˈsifi]; known as Sport and Sport Recife, abbreviated as SCR) is a Brazilian sports club, located in the city of Recife, in the state of Pernambuco. It was founded on May 13, 1905, by Guilherme de Aquino Fonseca, who lived for many years in England, where he studied at Cambridge University.

In football, the club has won six CBD/CBF titles, including three national and three regional. Its greatest glories are the Brazilian Championship 1987 and Brazil Cup 2008.

In addition to professional football, the club also participates in women's football and Olympic sports, such as rowing, swimming, hockey, basketball, futsal, volleyball, table tennis, taekwondo, judo and athletics.

It has a historic rivalry with the Náutico, where the confrontation between the two is known as the Clássico dos Clássicos, this being the third oldest in the country's derby, against Santa Cruz it is called the Clássico das Multidões, also América-PE, with which it duels in Clássico dos Campeões.


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