Sport Club do Recife
Brazilian association football club
Sport Club do Recife (Portuguese pronunciation: [(i)ˈspɔʁtʃi ˈklub(i) du ʁeˈsifi]), commonly known as Sport Recife or simply Sport, is a Brazilian sports club, located in Recife, Pernambuco. Founded in 1905, the club currently competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, the second division of football in Brazil, and in the Campeonato Pernambucano, the state of Pernambuco's top state league division.
In football, the club has won six CBD/CBF titles, including three national and three regional. Its greatest achievement is winning the 2008 Copa do Brasil. The club also disputes the status of champion of the 1987 Campeonato Brasileiro with Flamengo, as Sport Recife won the official league sanctioned by CBF, while Flamengo won the separate Copa União with the top clubs of Brazil. In addition, it also won 1 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, 3 Copa do Nordeste and 45 Campeonato Pernambucano.
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.
Their historical rival is Náutico, and they both dispute the Clássico dos Clássicos. The derby against Santa Cruz is called the Clássico das Multidões, while the derby with América is called the Clássico dos Campeões.
History
Foundation and early years
Sport Club do Recife was founded on 13 May 1905 by Guilherme de Aquino Fonseca, a member of a wealthy family in Pernambuco who found a love for football while studying engineering at the University of Cambridge in England.
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