The 2008 season was Sport Recife's 104th season in the club's history. Sport competed in the Campeonato Pernambucano, Série A and Copa do Brasil. The season was historical for Sport when the club won its first Copa do Brasil title defeating Corinthians in the second match of the final by 2–0 (3–3 in aggregated score). Carlinhos Bala and Luciano Henrique scored the winning goals, comeback the loss in the first match by 3–1. Along the year Lions of the Island conquered the 37th title of state league Campeonato Pernambucano, and reached the 11th position in the national league Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.
Squad
Statistics Overall {|class="wikitable" |- |Games played || 72 (22 Pernambucano, 12 Copa do Brasil, 38 Série A) |- |Games won || 36 (15 Pernambucano, 7 Copa do Brasil, 14 Série A) |- |Games drawn || 17 (5 Pernambucano, 2 Copa do Brasil, 10 Série A) |- |Games lost || 19 (2 Pernambucano, 3 Copa do Brasil, 14 Série A) |- |Goals scored || 122 |- |Goals conceded || 73 |- |Goal difference || +49 |- |Best results || 8–0 (H) v Serrano - Pernambucano - 2008.02.17 |- |Worst result || 0–4 (A) v Vasco da Gama - Série A - 2008.07.10 |- |Top scorer || Romerito (17)
Goalscorers PlacePos.Nat.No.NameCampeonato PernambucanoCopa do BrasilSérie ATotal 1 MF 10 Romerito 11 6 0 17 2 DF 4 Durval 3 3 8 14 3 FW 18 Roger 0 2 11 13 4 FW 11 Carlinhos Bala 7 3 2 12 5 FW 9 Leandro Machado 6 1 2 9 6 FW 17 Enílton 6 2 0 8 7 FW 10 Luciano Henrique 2 1 4 7 8 DF 13 Luisinho Netto 5 1 0 6 9 MF 18 Ciro 0 0 4 4 FW 11 Wilson 0 0 4 4 10 DF 6 Dutra 0 2 1 3 DF 3 Igor 2 1 0 3 MF 14 Júnior Maranhão 0 0 3 3 MF 7 Kássio 2 0 1 3 FW 18 Reginaldo 2 1 0 3 11 DF 2 César 1 0 1 2 MF 7 Fumagalli 0 0 2 2 MF 8 Sandro Goiano 1 0 1 2 12 MF 5 Daniel Paulista 0 1 0 1 MF 16 Éverton 1 0 0 1 MF 10 Francisco Alex 0 0 1 1 DF 20 Márcio Goiano 0 0 1 1 Own goals 1 0 2 3 Total 50 24 48 122
Managers performance
NameFromToPWDLGFGAAvg%Ref 12 January 20087 December 2008723617191227358%
Competitions Campeonato Pernambucano
First stage
Second stage
Final stage
Record Final PositionPointsMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGoals ForGoals AwayWin%1st50221552501575%
Copa do Brasil
First round
Second round
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals
Record Final PositionPointsMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGoals ForGoals AwayWin%1st2312723241364%
Série A
Record Final PositionPointsMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGoals ForGoals AwayWin%11th5238141014484545%
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