Sporting de Huelva
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Sporting de Huelva, also known by its sponsorship name of Cajasol Sporting de Huelva, is a Spanish
women's football club from Huelva
. It was founded 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.
Gaining promotion to the Superliga Femenina
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.
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 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.
Sporting has 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.
Dayane Thaís
Silvia Radoyska Irina Saratovtseva
Mónica Gonçalves Olivia Oprea
Laura Rus
Cinta Pérez
María Ruiz
Jessica O'Rourke
Kimberly Bonillo
Spain
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women's football club from Huelva
Huelva
Huelva is a city in southwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Huelva in the autonomous region of Andalusia. It is located along the Gulf of Cadiz coast, at the confluence of the Odiel and Tinto rivers. According to the 2010 census, the city has a population of 149,410 inhabitants. The...
. It was founded 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.
Gaining promotion to the Superliga Femenina
Superliga Femenina
The Primera División, formely Superliga is the highest level of league competition for Spanish women's football. It is the female equivalent of the men's Primera División and is run by the Real Federación Española de Fútbol.-History:...
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.
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 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.
Sporting has 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.
Current squad
As of 23 October 2011 http://www.sportingclubhuelva.com/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=712&Itemid=95Notable former players
Dimitra TsiliaskopoulosDimitra Tsiliaskopoulos
Dimitra Tsiliaskopoulos, better known as Dimi Poulos is an Australian football goalkeeper who currently plays for Sydney FC in the W-League. She has also played in the American W-League and the Spanish league.-References:...
Dayane Thaís
Thaís Ribeiro Picarte
Thaís Ribeiro Picarte, commonly known simply as Thaís is an international football goalkeeper currently playing for Bangu AC. She has played in the Brazilian, Spanish and Italian leagues....
Silvia Radoyska Irina Saratovtseva
Irina Saratovtseva
Irina Saratovtseva is a Kazakhstani football goalkeeper who currently plays for Energiya Voronezh in the Russian women's football championship. She has also played for Zvezda Perm, where she was Nadezhda Baranova's reserve, and Sporting Huelva in Spain for half a season.In her first season in...
Mónica Gonçalves Olivia Oprea
Olivia Oprea
Olivia Oprea is a Romanian football defender, currently playing for Olimpia Cluj in Romania's Liga I. She has also played Spain's Primera División with Sporting Huelva and Greece's A Division with Amazones Dramas, and the 2005-06 UEFA Women's Cup with Kazakhstan's Alma KTZh.She is a member of the...
Laura Rus
Laura Rus
Laura Roxana Rus is a Romanian football striker, currently on trial with Everton FC. She has played for Pandurii Targu Jiu in Romania's Liga I, Sporting Huelva in Spain's Primera División and Apollon Limassol in the 2010 and 2011 Champions League....
Cinta Pérez
Cinta Pérez
Cinta Pérez Cascales is a Spanish former football goalkeeper who played for Estudiantes Huelva and Sporting Huelva in Spain's Primera División.In October 2011 she retired to join the Spanish Air Force....
María Ruiz
María Ruiz
María Ruiz Román, a.k.a. Mery, is a Spanish football forward. She currently plays for Zvezda Perm in the Russian women's league.She has also played in Spain and the United States. With FC Indiana she won the 2007 WPSL. Additionally she was named the Final Four MVP.-References:...
Jessica O'Rourke
Jessica O'Rourke
Jessica Lynne O'Rourke is an American professional soccer player from Marlton, New Jersey. She is currently playing internationally for the club Zvezda-2005 in the Russian Women's Football Championship league and the UEFA Women's Champions League for the 2010/2011 season.In 2009, she competed in...
Kimberly Bonillo