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/sp/

/sp/ found a way

/sp/ - Sports

Founded

August 2011

IRL manager

CollieSis !!0sD18ui7YXt
Aitor Karanka !!uqlHSOfiis9
gimi !!cwmWrzo53n+

Team colors

Chat color

990000
Maroon

Ranking

8 (

13)

Highest rank

1 (January 8, 2012)

Lowest rank

46 (November 10, 2019)

Top scorer

Messi (117)

Top assister

Messi (52)

Captain

Messi

Website

/sp/ - Sports

Nickname

The GOATs - (the acronym of the commonly-used sporting term "Greatest Of All Time")
/sp/artans - (originally used as the collective term for the denizens of the /sp/ board)

Home ground

Transatlantic Semen Pipeline Stadium

Historic performance

83	31	52			166				50%
W	D	L			TOTAL				EFFICIENCY

GF	GA	GD
352	279	+73

Biggest win
/sp/	6–1	/biz/
October 30, 2016

Biggest defeat
/sp/	1–5	/diy/
October 25, 2015

First match
/fa/	1–2	/sp/
August 6, 2011

Elite Cup
Appearances	22 (First in 2011 4chan Summer Cup)
Best result	Champions, 2013 4chan Winter Cup
Babby Cup
Appearances	13 (First in 2014 4chan Autumn Babby Cup)
Best result	2nd, 2024 4chan Spring Babby Cup

Team music

Anthem	NBA on NBC
Knockout Anthem	US Olympic team tribute to Muhammad Ali
Victory Anthem	One Goat on the Shirt

Goal horn	Wavin' Flag (Celebration Mix)
Alternate goal horn	Mod on /sp/ - >HE DOES IT FOR FREE
Alternate goal horn	TSUUUUUUUU goalhorn
Alternate goal horn	TSUUUUUUUU penalty horn
Alternate goal horn	Shiggy Diggy - George Costanza

Kits

Home kit
Away kit
Goalkeeper kit
Third kit
Fourth kit
Fifth kit
Sixth kit
Seventh kit
Eighth kit
Ninth kit

/sp/ will play next in the 2024 4chan Summer Cup, starting on the 19th of July.

The /sp/artans Football Club is a simulated professional football team founded in August 2011, representing /sp/, the 4chan board dedicated to sports. They won the 2012 4chan Summer Cup before the title was revoked due to the Dragongate scandal. They also won the 2013 4chan Winter Cup, making them, for a time, the first and only two-time Elite competition champions. They also held the number 1 spot in the cup rankings from January 2012 to May 2013, currently the longest such reign, and from March to May, 2017.

The club's popularity among the proud posters of /sp/ has made them susceptible to negative press. Accusations of rigging lead to the Match Fixing Scandal in early January 2012. The team was implicated in the Dragongate scandal as well. Their almost-systematic shitposting on other boards during /sp/ Cup participation is often cited as one of the possible reasons for the global cup ban by 4chan moderation.

/sp/'s main rivals are, without a doubt, /a/, who knocked them out of the cup twice on top of being dirty weeaboos, but they also have minor rivalries with /v/, /fit/, and potentially any board who knocks them out of the cup (/s4s/ and /vg/ we're looking at you) or have a fanbase as rambunctious as theirs.

Squad

Main article: /sp/ Roster

/sp/

No.

Position

Player

1

	GK

So, It Happened Again

32

	LB

OJ Simpson? Isn't it Bart?

4

	CB

An Horse

17

	CB

700 Mirrion Dorrar

3

	RB

Universal Choking Sign

6

	DMF

Perro Caca

89

	CMF

George Costanza

10

	CMF

Messi

43

	SS

>he does it for free

97

	SS

THIS DOES NOT FOOKIN SLIP

7

	CF

TSUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

No.

Position

Player

12

	GK

Exposed

13

	LB

Please Watch Our League

14

	LB

My boy... just needs some time...

19

	CB

My reffies :)

5

	CB

Ngubu

24

	CB

>Best League in the World

90

	RB

El Var Sinson

9

	RB

El Ogro de la Norte

77

	SS

GIMI

66

	SS

CAM ON INGERLAND SCORE SAM FAKIN GOALS

33

	SS

AMD AMX

11

	SS

We European

Reserves can be found here: /sp B/

2024 Match History

For all-time match history: /sp/ Match History

/sp/ have played 10 matches in 2024, winning 7, drawing 1 and losing 2. In this time they have scored 33 goals and conceded 23. TSUUUUUUUUUUUUU is the top scorer in 2024 with 19 goals, followed by Messi on 5 and We European on 3.

Opponent	Date	Event	Stage	Result	Goalscorers
/i/	January 20	2024 4chan Winter Cup	Group stage	3-3 D	TSUUUUUUUUUUUUU, Messi x2
/trv/	January 26	2024 4chan Winter Cup	Group stage	1-0 W	TSUUUUUUUUUUUUU
/vg/	January 28	2024 4chan Winter Cup	Group stage	0-1 L
/h/	April 27	2024 4chan Spring Babby Cup	Group stage	4-2 W	TSUUUUUUUUUUUUU x4
/tg/	May 3	2024 4chan Spring Babby Cup	Group stage	4-2 W	TSUUUUUUUUUUUUU x2, THIS DOES NOT FOOKIN SLIP, perro caca
/pol/	May 5	2024 4chan Spring Babby Cup	Group stage	4-2 W	TSUUUUUUUUUUUUU x3, We European
/r9k/	May 11	2024 4chan Spring Babby Cup	Round of 16	3-0 W	TSUUUUUUUUUUUUU x2, We European
/vp/	May 12	2024 4chan Spring Babby Cup	Quarterfinal	8-8 AET (4-3 PK) W	TSUUUUUUUUUUUUU x3, Messi x3, AMD AMX, George Costanza
/y/	May 12	2024 4chan Spring Babby Cup	Semi-final	5-3 W	TSUUUUUUUUUUUUU x3, We European, >he does it for free
/mlp/	May 12	2024 4chan Spring Babby Cup	Final	1-2 L	THIS DOES NOT FOOKIN SLIP

History

For earlier history: /sp/ History

2024

The 2024 4chan Winter Cup was a disaster for /sp/. Taking 4 points in the first 2 matches and the final match being against a candidate for the wooden spoon, advancement was looking likely. Things looked even better for /sp/ as an /i/ win against /trv/ would guarantee promotion. The drawfags were holding on to a narrow 4-3 victory into the final minutes, when disaster struck: an own goal from Taking Requests in the added time gave /trv/ the one point they needed to stay alive. All /sp/ had to do was not slip against /vg/; a draw would be enough. In a true PES slurpfest, /vg/ took the win in an extremely boring 1-0 game. /sp/ were relegated to the babbies.

This defeat prompted the resignation of long-term managers TWAIN and JohnnyBravo, who followed Falco, who left the year before, out the door. CollieSis was left holding the reins, and for the first time in a long while, /sp/ were left with a single manager. To generate more enthusiasm and maybe bring in some new blood, an attempt to hold a /sp/erb Owl for the first time in 3 years was done in the autumn in of 2023. The Owl received a meagre number of signups and the tournament was not held.

New enthusiasm was however generated with The Decision 3, a tournament held specifically to look for new managers. With some new and some old, The Decision 3 went ahead on March 22nd with 8 teams; 7 with managers, and 1 autopilot as one manager had disappeared. The tournament turned out to be an absolute meme as /sp/, an autopilot team made by former manager JohnnyBravo, won the tournament undefeated. Desperately trying to salvage something from this embarrassment, newfag gimi and former /sci/ manager AitorKaranka signed up to co-manage along CollieSis.

The new management had their first outing just a few weeks later in the 2024 4chan Spring Babby Cup. /sp/ were drawn into Group E with /h/, /tg/ and /pol/. The group stage went brilliantly for the /sp/artans, winning every match 4-2 and securing promotion to the Elite Cup already in the second round of matches. For the knockout stage /sp/ received a favorable draw by meeting /r9k/ in the Round of 16. Two early goals from TSUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU and a goal from We European gave /sp/ a comfortable 3-0 victory, and /vp/ waited in the quarterfinals. Historically /sp/ have a terrible record against the Pokemon trainers, amassing only one win to their five. After a chaotic match that ended 8-8 after extra time, /sp/ avenged their 2022 Summer Cup Ro16 loss by winning the penalty shootout 4-3. On several occasions during play /sp/ were down by two goals, and even missed their first two penalties.

What awaited /sp/ in the semi-finals was probably the only thing gayer than watching 22 men run around and push each other; /y/. /sp/ had a nervy start and conceded early, but 2nd half tactical changes paid off and earned /sp/ a 5-3 victory. On the other side of the final were /mlp/. Despite /mlp/ and /sp/ being two of the most disliked teams in the cup, they had only ever met once before, which ended in a 3-4 loss for /sp/. Interestingly this meeting was also on PES 16. The final started in the worst possible way it could have, with /mlp/ scoring straight from kick-off. It soon got even worse as George Costanza, who had been solid as a rock all cup and even secured extra time against /vp/ with his 7-7 equalizing goal at '88, lost the ball to >rape in /sp/'s box and /mlp/'s top scorer made no mistakes from close range. Getting two goals early suited /mlp/'s slow possession approach perfectly and /sp/ looked lethargic going into half-time. /sp/'s tactical changes started working in the 2nd half and THIS DOES NOT FOOKIN SLIP scored a header at '58, giving /sp/ a glimmer of hope. It unfortunately wasn't to be; /mlp/ continued to draw out the game and /sp/'s BALON A TSUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU tactic failed for the very first time. Despite the final loss this was /sp/'s best finish at a Babby Cup, beating 3rd place from Spring 2020.

Although this cup ultimately ended in disappointment, things are looking promising for /sp/. TSUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU earned the Golden Boot, and smashed the record for most goals scored in a cup by a player (17, previously 14.) This achievement is even more impressive considering the 2nd placers in the Golden Boot race only scored 11 goals, TSUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU beating them by six goals. He also earned the most Man of the Match awards with 5. Messi looked in doubt to continue his streak of scoring in every cup, but out those doubts to rest by scoring all 3 of his goals in the 8-8 draw vs /vp/. This 8-8 was also the highest scoring draw in the history of the cup.

Tactics & Aesthetics

Colors and Mascot

/sp/ is maroon, orange, black and white.

Maroon: R173 G17 B12
Orange: R200 G85 B5

For the first 4chan World Cup, /sp/ wore an all white kit with a simplistic green logo. Before the 2012 Winter Cup the team wore blue but eventually settled on the current iconic maroon and orange home kit, based on real world Italian divegrass team AS Roma. For away matches, /sp/ wears solid black kit with orange details. To continue the theme that the club's number one goalkeeper is DA BEARS, the uniform for the goalkeeper is a near representation of the uniform of the handegg team, the Chicago Bears.

The mascot of the club is Paul the Goat (named after the legendary Paul the Octopus), who has gained worldwide fame for his alleged psychic powers. When presented with two boxes containing goat food decorated with the club crest of the two teams who are about to play in a game, Paul has successfully picked the winning team 100% of the time from 25 attempts.

Two logos have been used to represent /sp/ Football Club. While one is the official logo and the other pointless, both are alright to use when depicting the /sp/ Club.

Image	Description
	The famous logo of /sp/ Fooball Club and currently the most widely used, it depicts Paul the Goat standing proud on an image of a Spartan soldier. The nickname of the club is the /sp/artans, which is the reason for the Spartan on the logo. The star under the Spartan is a representation of /sp/'s first cup victory in the 4chan summer cup. Football came home that night.
	The lesser used logo. Paul the Goat is given orange colored horns and a shawl with the /sp/ name on it. While a lesser used logo, it is quite a classic among die-hard fans of the club.

Supporters

/sp/ is known to have some of the most passionate fans in the game. Due to this passion, /sp/artans are often seen as whiners by other boards, especially in the wake of the 2012 SC Bracket Scandal. Due to this, /sp/ was the winner of the Worst Fans Award in that cup. However, /sp/ does boast some of the most supportive fans in all of 4chan, participating in the most watched game of the 2012 4chan Summer Cup. After claiming victory in this cup, /sp/ was flooded with celebratory "MESSIMESSIMESSI" and "THANK YOU BASED TORRES" posts.

Chants

Some History

You might have some history,

But we don’t give a crud,

Your team will always be a joke until they have a cup

(Shout the Opposing team’s name)!!!

I believe that we will win

Rivalries


The Derby of /sp/art/a/ The biggest derby in the game of virtual divegrass–El Classico. A battle between GOATs of /sp/orts and Men of /a/nime to see who are the greater champions. This derby's history runs all the way back to the 2011 4chan Summer Cup semifinals–a moment /a/ refers to as Yamakan saving Anime and /sp/ remembers as BasedChoke. They did not meet again in an official match until the 2013 Spring Babby Cup friendlies, which /sp/ won. They met twice more in Official Cup games for the 2014 4chan Winter Cup round of 16 and 2015 4chan Spring Babby Cup group stage, with /a/ winning both. The two teams who were destined to be together forever finally met again after 8 years in the 2023 4chan Spring Babby Cup, resulting in a thrilling (yes, actually) 0-0 draw that just barely brought /a/ to their first Elite in 5 years alongside /sp/. 2024 started as a cursed year for /sp/ as the /sp/artans were relegated to the Babbies, while the degenerate weebs stayed Elite.
1-1-3


The Not-Sports Derby Whenever there was a WWE thread on /sp/, there was always at least one person who told WWE fans that pro wrestling is fake and that it belongs on /asp/. Eventually, /sp/ managed to get wrestling threads officially kicked off the board with the help of Hiroyuki Nishimura, who succeeded m00t as owner of 4chan in 2015, stoking the rivalry ever hotter. In the 4chan Cup, these teams have completely different mentalities, with /sp/ angrily sacking managers if they don't win cups and /asp/ exercising more patience with their managers. The two teams finally met in an official Cup match during the 2017 4chan Winter Cup quarterfinals, which /sp/ won 3-1. The rivalry was put to rest after /asp/ was split into /pw/ and /xs/. Rest in peace, /asp/.
2-0-0


The e-Sports Derby /sp/ and /v/ are intense rivals in a feud that is essentially the alphas vs. the weeaboo gaming nerds, and this rivalry was only made worse after /sp/ sent /v/ to the Loser's Bracket in 2011. /v/ is also jealous of /sp/'s endless creativity, epic maymays and their ability to handle the banter. Despite this, /v/ took control of this rivalry for years, defeating the GOATs in the 2013 4chan Summer Cup round of 16 and twice in the 2016 4chan Spring Babby Cup–in the group stage and quarterfinals. This streak was broken in the 2017 4chan Winter Cup when /sp/ eliminated /v/ in the round of 16. /sp/ leveled the series in the 2017 4chan Autumn Babby Cup with a 1-0 win over /v/ in the group stage and took the lead after beating them 2-1 in the group stage of 2020 4chan Spring Babby Cup. The rivalry continued to be close as /v/ beat /sp/ 5-2 in the 2023 4chan Winter Cup, where /sp/ got relegated. /sp/ took their revenge in the 2023 4chan Summer Cup, winning 3-1 in a tournament that saw /v/ relegated.
5-0-4

Tournament History

Competition	Win	Draw	Loss	End result	Notes
All friendlies	5	6	5		>implying friendlies count
2011 4chan Summer Cup	3	0	2	Third Place	Double elimination bracket
2012 4chan Winter Cup	5	0	2	Runner up	Double elimination bracket
2012 4chan Summer Cup	6	0	0	~~Champions~~	Title vacated due to Dragongate.
2012 4chan Summer Cup	0	0	0	Nullified	Record after 2nd correction.
2013 4chan Winter Cup	6	0	0	Champions	One match stricken, due to Dragongate.
2013 4chan Summer Cup	1	1	2	Round of 16	>tfw almost relegated
2014 4chan Winter Cup	3	0	1	Round of 16	>could've been relegated on 6 (six) points
2014 4chan Summer Cup	1	1	1	Group (Relegated)	>Moyes
2014 4chan Autumn Babby Cup	2	0	2	Group (Failed to promote)	>losing to a shit team and a new team
2015 4chan Spring Babby Cup	1	1	2	Group (Failed to promote)	>couldn't even beat any weeb team
2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup	2	1	2	Round of 16	Promoted
2016 4chan Winter Cup	0	1	2	Group (Relegated)	Killed after just two matches. >one point
2016 4chan Spring Babby Cup	3	0	2	Quarterfinals	Promoted Broke the Curse Won Round of 16 match for the first time since 2013 Winter Cup.
2016 4chan Summer Cup	1	1	1	Group (Relegated)	The final match of the group got /vp/ to second place over /sp/ via goal difference. >Let's go, /vp/ (but not by much)
2016 4chan Autumn Babby Cup	3	0	1	Round of 16	A combination of results got /sp/ past the group stage after just two matches.
2017 4chan Winter Cup	4	0	3	Fourth Place	/sp/ finally broke the yo-yo cycle and reached the #1 spot on the Rankings.
2017 4chan Summer Cup	0	1	2	Group (Relegated)	Killed after /toy/ defeated /lgbt/ immediately before the final group match vs /o/. >one point (again)
2017 4chan Autumn Babby Cup	3	1	1	Quarterfinals	Promoted
2018 4chan Winter Cup	0	2	1	Group (Relegated)	>tfw too high iq to win a game >tfw back in the yo-yo cycle
2018 4chan Spring Babby Cup	2	1	2	Round of 16	Promoted
2018 4chan Summer Cup	5	0	2	Runner up	Broke the yo-yo cycle One win away from football coming home.
2019 4chan Winter Cup	0	1	2	Group (Relegated)	>1 point
2019 4chan Spring Babby Cup	0	3	0	Group (Failed to promote)	>3 draws
2019 4chan Autumn Babby Cup	0	2	1	Group (Failed to promote)	>art
2020 4chan Spring Babby Cup	5	0	2	Third Place	Promoted, 3rd place for new highest Babby Cup finish.
2020 4chan Summer Cup	3	0	1	Round of 16	Promoted
2021 4chan Winter Cup	1	0	2	Group (Relegated)	>4 managers just to lose in groups
2021 4chan World Cup	6	0	2	Fourth Place	>performing on the final day
2021 4chan Autumn Babby Cup	2	2	1	Round of 16	Promoted
2022 4chan Winter Cup	3	1	1	Quarterfinals	>winning on final day
2022 4chan Summer Cup	3	0	1	Round of 16	>9 point curse
2023 4chan Winter Cup	1	1	1	Group (Failed to promote)	All my homies hate /v/
2023 4chan Spring Babby Cup	1	2	1	Round of 16	>letting /a/ advance from our group
2023 4chan Summer Cup	2	1	2	Quarterfinals	>scoring after it was too late
2024 4chan Winter Cup	1	1	1	Group (Relegated)	1 point needed from the worst team in the group? what could possibly go wrong
2024 4chan Spring Babby Cup	6	0	1	Runner up	So, it happened again

Stadium

The pipeline after which /sp/'s stadium is named.

/sp/'s current home is the Transatlantic Semen Pipeline Stadium, named in remembrance of Murrika's selfless donations to impoverished Yurop.

Trivia

Of the 17 teams to win a 4chan Cup elite tournament, /sp/ is the only one to win every match on their way to the title.
- Closest calls: /a/ won 2011 Summer 8-0-1 when it was a double-elimination tournament. Under the two-stage format, /wg/ (2013 Summer), /trv/ (2014 Winter), /tg/ (2015 Winter), /mlp/ (2015 Summer) and /pol/ (2020 Winter) all won with 6-1-0 records.
/sp/ became the first board to have a sticky thread for a 4chan Cup event during the 2012 Winter Cup, a feat that remained unique to the board until /s4s/ had their own sticky for the 2017 Summer Cup.

Honors

Official Honors

2011 4chan Summer Cup: 3rd place
2012 4chan Winter Cup: Runner-up
we also won summer 2012 , fuk da h8ers hashtag outlels, Torres McIlroy did nothin wrong
2013 4chan Winter Cup: Champions
2018 4chan Summer Cup: Runner-up
2020 4chan Spring Babby Cup: 3rd place

Invitationals

Trip Cup: 4th place
Cup Finalists Cup: 3rd place

Vacated Honours

2012 4chan Summer Cup: Champions

Video Gallery

Greatest Comeback Of All Time - Witness the greatest comeback of all time brought to you by George Costanza.
2012 Summer Cup Promo
2012 Summer Cup: /sp/ vs /toy/
2012 Summer Cup: /sp/ vs /int/ and /ro11/
2013 Winter Cup Promo
2013 Summer Cup: Promo for /sp/ vs /g/
2013 Summer Cup: Round of 16 Promo
2014 Summer Cup Promo
2014 Summer Cup USA Promo
2014 Autumn Babby Promo
2015 Spring Babby Promo
2015 Spring Babby Promo by Edgar
2015 SBC /a/ match promo
2015 SBC /b/ match promo
2016 Winter Cup Promo

Old Downloads

Achievements
Elite Cups
Preceded by 2011 /a/	Summer Champions 2012 (Title vacated)	Succeeded by 2013 /wg/
Preceded by 2012 /k/	Winter Champions 2013 (1st title)	Succeeded by 2014 /trv/

The logo competition for the 2024 4chan Summer Cup is now taking submissions.
The deadline is July 7th, 23:59 UTC. Logos will be placed in this gallery to facilitate discussion. This will be followed by a polling period to determine which logo will be used. Please send all submissions to Potatotron. You must supply a high-res PNG file (5000x5000 limit) and the original multi-layer source file.
Cloverleaf logo: .png .svg		Cloverball logo: .ai .png .svg

Difference between revisions of "/sp/"

Latest revision as of 15:05, 19 June 2024

Contents

Squad

/sp/

2024 Match History

History

2024

Tactics & Aesthetics

Colors and Mascot