Julinho Sporting

Julinho Sporting

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Julinho Sporting F.C. (also known as the Rundu Lions) is a Namibian football club competing in the Namibia Premier League. The team is based in Rundu in the Kavango East region. The team earned a promotion to the 2014–15 Namibia Premier League after winning the 2013–14 North East First Division title. In their first season in the Premier League, the team placed 13th.

History

Julinho Sporting F.C. was founded in 2002 by brothers Nelson and Norton Luis in Rundu. They named the team after their late father, Julio Luis. The three had previously been involved with a community football club called Cola-Cola Sporting. The club spent nine years in Namibia's Second Division and was originally composed of players from the Maria Mwengere Secondary School. Julinho Sporting won a promotion to the First Division for the 2011–12 season.

Julinho Sporting F.C. won the North East First Division in the 2013–14 season after a 2–0 win against Bingo F.C. The victory earned the club a spot in the 2014–15 Namibia Premier League. In their first season, the club earned 9 wins, 5 draws, and 16 losses for a total of 32 points. They finished in 13th place, avoiding relegation by a single point. In the summer of 2015, the club earned a spot in the Dr. Hage Geingob Cup in Windhoek. The club garnered over 30,000 votes in a public voting competition to become the 4th and final entrant into the tournament. Other clubs in the tournament included Namibia's African Stars F.C., South Africa's Mamelodi Sundowns F.C., and Angola's C.D. Primeiro de Agosto. Julinho Sporting lost to African Stars 5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw. They would eventually lose the third-place game 1–0 against Primeiro de Agosto.

The team earned their first victory of the season against Flamingo F.C. 1–0 on 20 September.

Julinho Sporting est un club de football namibien basé à Rundu, dans la région de Kavango Est. Fondé en 1983, le club évolue au sein de la Namibia First Division, le deuxième échelon du football namibien.

Julinho Sporting est connu pour ses performances en coupe nationale, ayant remporté la Coupe de Namibie en 2015 et atteint la finale en 2014 et 2017.

Le club tire son nom de son fondateur, Julinho Francisco, un ancien joueur de l'équipe nationale namibienne. Les couleurs de Julinho Sporting sont le bleu et le blanc, et leur stade d'origine est le Rundu Stadium.

Parmi les joueurs notables qui ont porté les couleurs de Julinho Sporting figurent notamment :

* Petrus Shitembi
* Lazarus Kaimbi
* Itamunua Keimune
* Wynand Louw
* Charles Hambira