Sporting Clube de Timor

Sporting Timor
Full nameSporting Clube de Timor
Nickname(s)O Sol Nascente (The Rising Sun)
Founded1938; 86 years ago (1938)
GroundKampo Demokrasia, Dili
Capacity1,000
ManagerManuel da Costa Pinto
LeagueLFA2
20164th in Group A

Sporting Clube de Timor is an East Timorese football club based in Dili.[1] It was founded in 1938 by 25 members led by Jaime Montalvão de Carvalho, first president of the club, José António Montalvão dos Santos e Silva, and Jacinto Montalvão dos Santos e Silva. [2] They currently dispute the Liga Futebol Amadora Segunda Divisão. And it also participates in other competitions organized by East Timor Football Federation such as Copa FFTL and Taça 12 de Novembro. They're one of the oldest football club in Timor Leste.

  1. ^ Sede do Sporting Clube de Timor
  2. ^ Newspaper=Jornal Sporting, 6 June 1995, p. 13