Sporting Club de Huelva is a Spanish women's football club based in Huelva, Andalusia. The club currently play in the Segunda Federación, the third tier of the Spanish women's football league system. 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. Sporting de Huelva, 2 July 2009. 30th anniversary of the club.
History
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. Soccerway.com
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. ADN
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. Futfem.com 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 Muñoz Lozano announced Sporting was in negotiations to become Recreativo Huelva's women's team for the 2012–13 season,A women's team for Recreativo Huelva? Blanquiazules but an agreement was not reached and Sporting was instead relocated to nearby Trigueros for the 2012–13 season.Trigueros takes in Sporting de Huelva, which will be able to keep playing in the Superliga. Andalucía Información, 3 July 2012
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.
Players Current squad
Former internationals
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 Japan: Yoko Tanaka 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
SeasonDiv.Pos.Copa de la Reina2004–05Reg. 2005–062ª1st2006–071ª 10th2007–081ª 11th2008–091ª 9th2009–101ª13thQuarter-finals2010–111ª12th2011–121ª 8th2012–131ª 9th2013–141ª 8thQuarter-finals2014–151ª 8thChampion2015–161ª 8thQuarter-finals2016–171ª 10th2017–181ª 9th2018–191ª14thRound of 162019–201ª14thRound of 162020–211ª10th2021–221ª10thRunner-ups2022–231ª13thThird round2023–241ª16thRound of 162024–252ª14thRound of 162025–263ª3rdThird round
Titles Copa de la Reina: (1) 2015
References