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|name= Sports
|name= Sports
|date= August 2011  
|date= August 2011  
|irl= {{Anonymous|Art Vandelay|!!34tUU2KHLml}}
|irl={{Anonymous|CollieSis|!!0sD18ui7YXt}} <br> {{Anonymous|Aitor Karanka|!!uqlHSOfiis9}} <br> {{Anonymous|gimi|!!cwmWrzo53n+}}
{{Anonymous|Bochumbru !!vij0cTUzxLY}}
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|ranking= 18 (<small>{{decrease|5}}</small>)
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|ranking= 21 <small>({{decrease|5}})</small>
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|high_date= January 8, 2012
|high_date= January 8, 2012
|low_ranking= 18
|low_ranking= 46
|low_date= August 2014
|low_date= November 10, 2019
|scorer= MESSI
|scorer= Messi
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|goals= 114
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|d=8
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|win_date=October 30, 2016
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|lose_date=July 26, 2014
|lose_date=October 25, 2015
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|first_away=sp
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|first_score_away=2
|first_score_away=2
|first_date=August 6, 2011
|first_date=August 6, 2011
|elite_cup_appearances= 22
|first_elite_appearance= 2011 4chan Summer Cup
|best_elite_result= <span style="color:  #DAA520">'''Champions'''</span>
|best_elite_cup= 2013 4chan Winter Cup
|babby_cup_appearances= 12
|first_babby_appearance= 2014 4chan Autumn Babby Cup
|best_babby_result=3rd
|best_babby_cup= 2020 4chan Spring Babby Cup
|hex= 990000
|hex= 990000
|color= Maroon
|color= Maroon
|anthem=www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZKX-cf_p90
|anthem=youtu.be/TgnG0rkhARo?t=6s
|a_title=NBA on NBC
|a_title=NBA on NBC
|horn= www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTJSt4wP2ME
|altanthem1=www.youtube.com/watch?v=louMgGbDRHg
|altanthem1_title=US Olympic team tribute to Muhammad Ali
|altanthem1_what=Knockout Anthem
|altanthem2=soundcloud.com/user-164047530/one-goat-2020
|altanthem2_title=One Goat on the Shirt
|altanthem2_what=Victory Anthem
|horn=youtu.be/WTJSt4wP2ME?t=12s
|gh_title= Wavin' Flag (Celebration Mix)
|gh_title= Wavin' Flag (Celebration Mix)
|althorn = www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJy0-nIiftc
|altgh1=www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us3_8FxoAls
|altgh_title = mod on /sp/ - He Does It For Free
|altgh1_title= Mod on /sp/ - >HE DOES IT FOR FREE
|althorn = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bHFXAtXzlY
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|altgh_title = Shiggy Diggy - George Costanza
|altgh2_title= TSUUUUUUUU goalhorn
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|altgh_title = 'Murrica Fuck Yeah - USA USA USA
|altgh3_title= TSUUUUUUUU penalty horn
|altgh4=www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bHFXAtXzlY
|altgh4_title= Shiggy Diggy - George Costanza
|nickname= <b>The GOATs</b> - (the acronym of the commonly-used sporting term "Greatest Of All Time")<br><b>/sp/artans</b> - (originally used as the collective term for the denizens of the /sp/ board)
|nickname= <b>The GOATs</b> - (the acronym of the commonly-used sporting term "Greatest Of All Time")<br><b>/sp/artans</b> - (originally used as the collective term for the denizens of the /sp/ board)
|gk2= yes
|kithome=Sp home kit 2018 summer cup.png
|kitaway=Spaway-2016sc.png
|kitgk=Sp goalkeeper 2016 summer cup.png
|kit3=Sp alt kit 3 2017 autumn babby cup.png
|kit4=Sphome-2016sc.png
|kit5=Sp alt kit 5 2022 summer cup.png
|kit6=Sp alt kit 6 2020 spring cup.png
|kit7=Sp alt kit 7 2019 winter cup.png
|kit8=Sp alt kit 8 2020 spring babby cup.png
|kit9=Sp alt kit 9 2022 winter cup.png
|home_ground=Transatlantic Semen Pipeline Stadium
}}
}}


* {{team away|sp}} will play {{team away|h}} in the [[2024 4chan Spring Babby Cup]] on April 27th 17:00 UTC.


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 [[2013 4chan Winter Cup]], and also won the [[2012 4chan Summer Cup]] before the title was revoked due to the [[Dragongate]], making them for a time the first and only team to have won two [[Elite (competition level) | Elite]] competitions. They are one of six to have participated in every Elite competitions since the beginning. They also held the 1st position in the [[Rankings | cup rankings]] from January 2012 to May 2013, the longest time the position was held so far.
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 level) | Elite]] competition champions. They also held the number 1 spot in the [[Rankings | 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 heavily involved in the Dragongate scandal as well, and their almost systematic shitposting on other boards in the event /sp/ participate in a match is often cited as one of the possible reasons for the global cup ban by the 4chan moderation.
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 twice out of the cup on top of being dirty weeaboos, but they also have minor rivalries with /k/, /toy/, /tg/, /v/, /fit/, and potentially any board who knocks them out of the cup (/gd/ we're looking at you) or have a fanbase as rambuctious as theirs.
/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.


== History ==
== Squad ==
:''For earlier history: [[/sp/ History]]''
 
:''{{Main|:/sp/ Roster|l1=/sp/ Roster}}''


===2014 - The end of an era===
==={{team away|sp}}===
Following a surprisingly early exit from the last cup, the GOATs looked to redeem themselves in the [[2014 4chan Winter Cup]].
{{sq start|bg=#990000|fg=#FFF}}
{{sq start player |no=1 |pos=GK |name=So, It Happened Again}}
{{sq start player |no=32 |pos=LB |name=OJ Simpson? Isn't it Bart?}}
{{sq start player |no=4 |pos=CB |name=An Horse}}
{{sq start player |no=17 |pos=CB |name=700 Mirrion Dorrar}}
{{sq start player |no=3 |pos=RB |name=Universal Choking Sign}}
{{sq silver player |no=6 |pos=DMF |name=Perro Caca}}
{{sq silver player |no=89 |pos=CMF |name=George Costanza}}
{{sq gold player |no=10 |pos=CMF |name=Messi}}
{{sq start player |no=43 |pos=SS |name={{greentext|he does it for free}}}}
{{sq start player |no=97 |pos=SS |name=THIS DOES NOT FOOKIN SLIP}}
{{sq gold player |no=7 |pos=CF |name=TSUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU{{captain}}}}
{{sq mid|bg=#990000|fg=#FFF}}
{{sq player |no=12 |pos=GK |name=Exposed}}
{{sq player |no=13 |pos=LB |name=Please Watch Our League}}
{{sq player |no=14 |pos=LB |name=My boy... just needs some time...}}
{{sq player |no=19 |pos=CB |name=My reffies :)}}
{{sq player |no=5 |pos=CB |name=Ngubu}}
{{sq player |no=24 |pos=CB |name={{greentext|Best League in the World}}}}
{{sq player |no=90 |pos=RB |name=El Var Sinson}}
{{sq player |no=9 |pos=RB |name=El Ogro de la Norte}}
{{sq player |no=77 |pos=SS |name=GIMI}}
{{sq player |no=66 |pos=SS |name=CAM ON INGERLAND SCORE SAM FAKIN GOALS}}
{{sq player |no=33 |pos=SS |name=AMD AMX}}
{{sq player |no=11 |pos=SS |name=We European}}
{{sq end}}


It looked like /sp/ had an easy group, but just like in the glory days, /sp/ struggled and got close wins against smaller teams, this time 1-0 and 2-1 wins over /lgbt/ and /f/ respectively. Any concern over /sp/'s attack was killed off in their last group stage match of this cup: despite having less than half of /g/'s shots, the /sp/artans got a 3-1 win, which meant /sp/ topped their group. Everything looked good at this point, and even though /sp/ would have to face none other than /a/ in the round of 16, the fans dared to dream.
Reserves can be found here: [[/sp B/]]


For the first half of the epic rematch between /sp/ and /a/, it looked like the GOATs had the advantage, but the ball simply never went into the net. In the second half, everything fell apart. /a/ was suddenly dominating the possession, and /sp/ was looking clueless.
== Results ==


Finally, /a/ got their one goal, and that was all they needed. /sp/'s gold players were rendered completely useless in this match.
:''Main article: [[/sp/ Match History]]''
===Recent Form===
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{|  class="wikitable" style="width: 31%; margin: 1%; text-align:center; float: left; position: relative;"
| [[file:trv_logo.png|80px]]
| [[file:tv_logo.png|80px]]
| [[file:i_logo.png|80px]]
| [[file:trv_logo.png|80px]]
| [[file:vg_logo.png|80px]]
|-


With that bitter end to what looked to be a longer run, /sp/ looked to the future with hope. After all, the team had topped their group, meaning that there was no need to worry about relegation anymore.
| <div style="font-size: 140%;"><span style="color:green">'''Win'''</span></div>4-2
| <div style="font-size: 140%;"><span style="color:red">'''Loss'''</span></div>0-2
| <div style="font-size: 140%;"><span style="color:orange">'''Draw'''</span></div>3-3
| <div style="font-size: 140%;"><span style="color:green">'''Win'''</span></div>1-0
| <div style="font-size: 140%;"><span style="color:Red">'''Loss'''</span></div>0-1
|}
</div>


At least, that's how it seemed back then. Once the [[2014 4chan Summer Cup]] came around, the heat was on and /sp/ could not handle it. The GOATs were placed in group A, which put them against the defending champions of /trv/. There was also /wsg/ and /gd/, but no /sp/artan cared about those teams: in their minds, those teams were nobodies and the implication that both of them would go through was preposterous.
== History ==
:''For earlier history: [[/sp/ History]]''


In a sick twist of fate, that is exactly what happened. Everything had started off well for /sp/, with Le Cut Inside Man actually cutting inside and scoring the first goal of the cup. On top of starting the cup with a win, they drew against /trv/ afterwards. It wasn't looking perfect, but 4 points after two matches was not a bad start at all.
===2024===


Then /gd/, with a cheeky smiley formation, of all things, scored two late goals against /sp/. Just like that, /sp/'s elite era was killed. /gd/ just needed to win 2-0 to take second place away from /sp/, sending the former champions to a Babby Cup for the first time ever.
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.  
<br>


Chaos ensued in the /sp/ game threads after this. While the match day continued, all sorts of discussion among fans went on. The /sp/artan management for this cup was immediately sacked. It wasn't even like Loli's situation where there were people voting for him to come back, {{greentext|Moyes}} and {{greentext|Edgar}} were almost unanimously voted out of the team.
This defeat prompted the resignation of long-term managers {{anonymous|TWAIN}} and {{anonymous|JohnnyBravo}}, who followed {{anonymous|Falco}}, who left the year before, out the door. {{anonymous|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.
<br>
 
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 {{anonymous|JohnnyBravo}}, won the tournament undefeated. Desperately trying to salvage something from this embarrassment, newfag {{anonymous|gimi}} and former /sci/ manager {{anonymous|AitorKaranka}} signed up to co-manage along {{anonymous|CollieSis}}.
<br>
 
Now, only the future knows what ways /sp/ will find to fuck things up yet again.
 
== Tactics & Aesthetics==
*[https://mega.nz/file/iwNAEbSZ#Oi1QhIZAoVln6eUbva0xwg4ge9SYB3_6V1PNBTRadxg Spring Babby 2024 Tactics]
*[https://mega.nz/file/bp9nga4R#mW1JBqcY5VW0feL5rfrwj0oYRkstbbVbpEdZED03RM0 Spring Babby 2024 Aesthetics]
*[https://mega.nz/file/NA5VhShL#3Isi-8LxOHXlfbMIlPsKyRtbg_pBXj7j6wJC0zBzOo8 Winter 2024 Music]


Some say this needed to happen sooner: the team was getting weak results in cups after the [[2013 4chan Winter Cup]]. Dragongate lowered the fan involvement with the team, but relegation sparked new life into the fanbase. The previously discussed tournament to decide the new manager would finally happen weeks after the disastrous Summer Cup. After a wild ride and the best tournament PES14 1.12 had ever seen, {{anonymous|Art Vandelay}} emerged victorious, beating {{anonymous|Bochumbru}} {{greentext|4:3}}a.e.t. in a [http://www.hitbox.tv/video/219004 thrilling final]. As {{anonymous|Art Vandelay}} continued to show strength in test cups, /sp/ dares to dream again.
== Colors and Mascot ==
== Colors and Mascot ==
'''/sp/ is maroon, orange, black and white.'''
'''/sp/ is maroon, orange, black and white.'''
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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.
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.  
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.


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; border-collapse: collapse; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #000"
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 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.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 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.
|}
|}
== Squad ==
:''{{Main|:/sp/ Roster|l1=/sp/ Roster}}''
Updated October 2014
[[File:Formation.png|framed]]
{{sq start}}
{{sq start player |no=85 |pos=GK |name=DA BURRS}}
{{sq start player |no=23 |pos=CB |name=Lelbron}}
{{sq start player |no=18 |pos=CB |name=18-1}}
{{sq start player |no=4 |pos=LB |name={{greentext|Schalke}}}}
{{sq start player |no=14 |pos=RB |name=Refball}}
{{sq silver player |no=13 |pos=DMF |name=George Costanza}}
{{sq start player |no=15 |pos=CMF |name=Tim Teboq}}
{{sq start player |no=76 |pos=CMF |name=USA USA USA}}
{{sq gold player |no=10 |pos=SS |name=Messi {{captain}} }}
{{sq gold player |no=11 |pos=SS |name=Le Cut Inside Man}}
{{sq silver player |no=43 |pos=CF |name={{greentext|He Does It For Free}}}}
{{sq mid}}
{{sq player |no=1 |pos=GK |name={{greentext|De Gay}}}}
{{sq player |no=6 |pos=CB |name={{greentext|Moyes}}}}
{{sq player |no=40 |pos=CB |name=BTFO}}
{{sq player |no=25 |pos=CB |name={{greentext|Torres}}}}
{{sq player |no=2 |pos=RB |name=Power Rankings}}
{{sq player |no=20 |pos=LB |name=Longthrows 20}}
{{sq player |no=8 |pos=DMF |name=Full Kit Wanker}}
{{sq player |no=71 |pos=DMF |name=Bra71l}}
{{sq player |no=5 |pos=CMF |name=Semen Slurping Sport}}
{{sq player |no=99 |pos=CMF |name=Jagsguy}}
{{sq player |no=9 |pos=LWF |name={{greentext|Rags}}}}
{{sq player |no=94 |pos=RWF |name=No Era Penal}}
{{sq end}}
Link to aesthetics:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/ituoq78p2y9618o/aesthetics.rar
== Tactics ==
[http://www.mediafire.com/download/43j4qfoj73687bd/TEXPORT01.bin 2014 Autumnc Up winning export]


== Supporters ==
== Supporters ==
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/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 [[4chan_Cup_Committee#2012_SC_Bracket_Scandal|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.  
/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 [[4chan_Cup_Committee#2012_SC_Bracket_Scandal|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.  


=== PES 2013 In-game Chants ===
=== Chants ===
*''USA USA USA''
*Some History
*''I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN''
''You might have some history,''
*''MESSI, MESSI, MESSI''
*''FIGHT AND WIN''


===Old Chants and Themes===
''But we don’t give a crud,''
*1 Goat on the Shirt ''(To the tune of "3 Lions on the Shirt")''
*10 /a/ Weeaboos in the Air ''(To the tune of "10 German Bombers")''


== Rivalries ==
''Your team will always be a joke until they have a cup''


===Board Rivalries===
''(Shout the Opposing team’s name)!!!''
{{team away|a}} '''(The Derby of /sp/art/a/ or /El Clásico)'''
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr8vCysx22I I believe that we will win]


The biggest derby in the game. A battle between GOATs of /sp/orts and the Men of /a/nime to see who is the greater champion. There is a lot of history between these teams, and it's not all pretty, beginning in the 2011 4chan Cup Semi Finals, a moment /a/ refers to as Yamakan saving Anime while /sp/ often refers to it as BasedChoke. The 2 teams did not meet in an official match until the 2013 Spring Babby Cup friendlies, and did not meet in an Official Cup game until the 2014 Winter Cup. Both teams have won Summer cups by this time, and the feud was reignited with /sp/ winning a friendly for the first time ever against /a/.  However, /a/ leads /sp/ 2 games to 0 under the major cup competitions.  Tournament matches between /sp/ and /a/ have been dubbed as "El Classico".
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5CLrRc4Ddg EEEEEEHHHH, PUTO!]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGmweNQlvNU A Call to Arms]


{{team away|tg}} '''(The Brothers Derby/The BOARDer War)'''
== Rivalries ==


/sp/ and /tg/ are neighbors and bros 4 lyfe, so sparks fly whenever they meet on the pitch (but they all meet up after the game to go for pizza).
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{{team away|v}} '''(The e-sports Derby)'''
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| [[file:A_logo.png|125px]]<br />
/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 and epic maymays, as well as their ability to handle the banter.
|-
 
| '''[[/a/|The Derby of /sp/art/a/]]'''<br/>
{{team away|fit}} '''(The Alpha Derby)'''
The biggest derby in the game of virtual divegrass&ndash;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&ndash;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, {{tt|which /sp/ won|implying friendlies count}}. 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.
 
|-
The most alpha boards in 4chan, /sp/ has superior tactics due to watching sports all day, while /fit/ is the most talented and conditioned thanks to playing sports all day. /sp/ only leaves their couch twice a year to watch this match against their true rival.
|  style="background:#dcdcdc; color: #333;" | <b>1-1-3</b>
 
|}
===Team Rivalries===
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{{team away|toy}}
| [[file:Asp_logo.png|150px]]<br />
 
|-
The rivalry began after /sp/ eliminated /toy/ twice from the Knockouts, first time in the 2012 Summer Cup Semi-Finals and the second time in the 2013 Winter Cup finals. Due to both /toy/ and /sp/ arguably being the best two teams within the 4chan Cup, /toy/'s desire to dethrone the current dominance of /sp/ has quickly grown.
|'''[[/asp/|The Not-Sports Derby]]'''<br/>
 
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 {{tt|m00t|I don't know who, either}} 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/.
{{team away|k}}
|-
 
|  style="background:#dcdcdc; color: #333;" | <b>2-0-0</b>
A rivalry born during the 2012 Winter Cup, when /k/ humiliated /sp/ in friendlies and then defeated the /sp/artans in the final; another chapter of the rivalry was written in the 2012 Summer Cup when /sp/ met /k/ in a quarterfinal and dispatched them with relative impunity.
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{{team away|g}}
| [[file:V_logo.png|150px]]<br />
 
|-
I shit you not m8's this is a fookin rivalry, and /g/ will one day be the team to relegate us. /sp/ first met /g/ in the "Do or Die" 2013 Summer Cup final group game needing to win by 2 or more goals to progress at the expense of /jp/. Goals from USA USA USA, Lelbron and some fine goalkeeping by DA BURRS achieved just that as /sp/ won 2-0. Their next meeting came in the group stages of the next Elite Cup, the 2014 Winter Cup, this time it was /g/'s "Do or Die" game needing just a win or high scoring draw to progress. Unfortunately, even after Tidus putting /g/ ahead, goals from MESSI {{greentext|Moyes}} and USA USA USA put progression well out of /g/'s reach.
|'''[[/v/|The e-Sports Derby]]'''<br/>
 
/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]]&ndash;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.
== Results ==
|-
 
|  style="background:#dcdcdc; color: #333;" | <b>5-0-4</b>
:''Main article: [[/sp/ Match History]]''
|}
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===Tournament History===
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|-
|-
!style="background:#990000;color:#c85505"| Competition
!style="background:#990000;color:#c85505"| Competition
!style="background:#990000;color:#c85505"| Win
!style="background:#990000;color:#c85505"| Win
!style="background:#990000;color:#c85505"| Draw
!style="background:#990000;color:#c85505"| Loss
!style="background:#990000;color:#c85505"| Loss
!style="background:#990000;color:#c85505"| Tie
!style="background:#990000;color:#c85505"| End result
!style="background:#990000;color:#c85505"| End result
!style="background:#990000;color:#c85505"| Notes
!style="background:#990000;color:#c85505"| Notes
|-
|-
| All friendlies || 4||5||6 || || {{greentext|implying friendlies count}}
| All friendlies || 5||6||5 || || {{greentext|implying friendlies count}}
|-
|-
| [[2011 4chan Summer Cup]] || 3||2||0 || Third Place || Double elimination bracket
| [[File:2012_Summer_Cup_logo.png|25px]] [[2011 4chan Summer Cup]] || 3||0||2 || Third Place || Double elimination bracket
|-
|-
| [[2012 4chan Winter Cup]] || 5||2||0 || Runner up || Double elimination bracket
| [[File:2012_Winter_Cup_logo.png|25px]] [[2012 4chan Winter Cup]] || 5||0||2 || Runner up || Double elimination bracket
|-
|-
| rowspan=2| [[2012 4chan Summer Cup]] || <s>6</s>||<s>0</s>||<s>0</s> || <s>Champions</s> || Title vacated due to [[Dragongate]]
| rowspan=2|[[File:2012_Summer_Cup_logo.png|25px]] [[2012 4chan Summer Cup]] || <s>6</s>||<s>0</s>||<s>0</s> || <s>Champions</s> || Title vacated due to [[Dragongate]].
|-
|-
| 0||0||0 || Nullified  || Record after 2nd correction.
| 0||0||0 || Nullified  || Record after 2nd correction.
|-
|-
| [[2013 4chan Winter Cup]] || 6||0||0 || Champions || One match striken, due to Dragongate.
| [[File:2013_Winter_Cup_logo.png|25px]] [[2013 4chan Winter Cup]] || 6||0||0 || Champions || One match stricken, due to Dragongate.
|-
| [[File:2013_Summer_Cup_logo.png|25px]] [[2013 4chan Summer Cup]] || 1||1||2 || Round of 16 || {{greentext|tfw almost relegated}}
|-
| [[File:2014_Winter_Cup_logo.png|25px]]  [[2014 4chan Winter Cup]] || 3||0||1 || Round of 16 || {{greentext|could've been relegated on 6 (six) points}}
|-
| [[File:2014SummerCupLogo.png|25px]] [[2014 4chan Summer Cup]] || 1||1||1 || Group (Relegated) || {{greentext|Moyes}}
|-
| [[File:2014_Autumn_Cup_Logo.png|25px]] [[2014 4chan Autumn Babby Cup]] ||2||0||2|| Group (Failed to promote) || {{greentext|losing to a shit team and a new team}}
|-
| [[File:2015_Spring_Cup_Logo.png|25px]] [[2015 4chan Spring Babby Cup]] ||1||1||2|| Group (Failed to promote) || {{greentext|couldn't even beat any weeb team}}
|-
| [[File:ABC15_Design_G.png|25px]] [[2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup]] ||2||1||2|| Round of 16 || Promoted
|-
| [[File:WC16_Design_A.png|25px]] [[2016 4chan Winter Cup]] ||0||1||2|| Group (Relegated) || Killed after just two matches.  <br>{{greentext|one point}}
|-
| [[File:2016_Spring_Cup_Logo.png|25px]] [[2016 4chan Spring Babby Cup]] ||3||0||2|| Quarterfinals || Promoted<br>Broke the Curse<br>Won Round of 16 match for the first time since 2013 Winter Cup.
|-
| [[File:Summer16_H_ALT_2.png|25px]] [[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.<br>{{greentext|Let's go, /vp/ (but not by much)}}
|-
| [[File:ABC16_Design_A.png|25px]] [[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.
|-
| [[File:WC17_Design_A.png|25px]] [[2017 4chan Winter Cup]] ||4||0||3|| Fourth Place || /sp/ finally broke the yo-yo cycle and reached the #1 spot on the [[Rankings]].
|-
| [[File:SC17_Design_A.png|25px]] [[2017 4chan Summer Cup]] ||0||1||2|| Group (Relegated) || Killed after /toy/ defeated /lgbt/ immediately before the final group match vs /o/.<br>{{greentext|one point (again)}}
|-
| [[File:ABC17_Design_A.png|25px]] [[2017 4chan Autumn Babby Cup]] ||3||1||1|| Quarterfinals || Promoted
|-
| [[File:WC18_Design_F2.png|25px]] [[2018 4chan Winter Cup]] ||0||2||1|| Group (Relegated) || {{greentext|tfw too high iq to win a game}}<br>{{greentext|tfw back in the yo-yo cycle}}
|-
| [[File:SBC18_Design_G2.png|25px]] [[2018 4chan Spring Babby Cup]] ||2||1||2|| Round of 16 || Promoted
|-
| [[File:Summer18 E.png|25px]] [[2018 4chan Summer Cup]] ||5||0||2|| Runner up || Broke the yo-yo cycle<br>One win away from football coming home.
|-
| [[File:WC19 Design E.png|25px]] [[2019 4chan Winter Cup]] ||0||1||2|| Group (Relegated) || {{greentext|1 point}}
|-
| [[File:SBC19_Design_B1.png|25px]] [[2019 4chan Spring Babby Cup]] ||0||3||0|| Group (Failed to promote) || {{greentext|3 draws}}
|-
| [[File:ABC19 Design E.png|25px]] [[2019 4chan Autumn Babby Cup]] ||0||2||1|| Group (Failed to promote) || {{greentext|art}}
|-
| [[File:SBC20_Design_A.png|25px]] [[2020 4chan Spring Babby Cup]] ||5||0||2|| Third Place || Promoted, 3rd place for new highest Babby Cup finish.
|-
| [[File:SC20_Design_E2.png|25px]] [[2020 4chan Summer Cup]] ||3||0||1|| Round of 16|| Promoted
|-
| [[File:WC21_Design_D.png|25px]] [[2021 4chan Winter Cup]] ||1||0||2|| Group (Relegated)|| {{greentext|4 managers just to lose in groups}}
|-
| [[File:WoC21_Design_E.png|25px]] [[2021 4chan World Cup]] ||6||0||2|| Fourth Place || {{greentext|performing on the final day}}
|-
|-
| [[2013 4chan Summer Cup]] || 1||2||1 || Ro16 || {{greentext|tfw almost relegated}}
| [[File:ABC21 Design C.png|25px]] [[2021 4chan Autumn Babby Cup]] || 2 || 2 || 1 || Round of 16 || Promoted
|-
|-
| [[2014 4chan Winter Cup]] || 3||1||0 || Ro16 || {{greentext|could've been relegated on 6 (six) points}}
| [[File:WC22 Design D.png|25px]] [[2022 4chan Winter Cup]] || 3 || 1 || 1 || Quarterfinals || {{greentext|winning on final day}}
|-
|-
| [[2014 4chan Summer Cup]] || 1||1||1 || Relegated || {{greentext|fuck you Moyes}}
| [[File:SC22 Design G.png|25px]] [[2022 4chan Summer Cup]] || 3 || 0 || 1 || Round of 16 || {{greentext|9 point curse}}
|-
|-
| [[2014 4chan Autumn Cup]] || ?||?||0 || || in the process of being won
| [[File:WC23 Design G.png|25px]] [[2023 4chan Winter Cup]] || 1 || 1 || 1 || Group (Failed to promote) || All my homies hate /v/
|-
| [[File:SBC23 Design D.png|25px]] [[2023 4chan Spring Babby Cup]] || 1 || 2 || 1 || Round of 16 || {{greentext|letting /a/ advance from our group}}
|-
| [[File:SC23 Design G1.png|25px]] [[2023 4chan Summer Cup]] || 2 || 1 || 2 || Quarterfinals || {{greentext|scoring after it was too late}}
|-
| [[File:WC24 Design E1.png|25px]] [[2024 4chan Winter Cup]] || 1 || 1 || 1 || Group (Relegated) || 1 point needed from the worst team in the group? what could possibly go wrong
|}
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[[File:TSPstadium.png|200px|thumb|right|The pipeline after which /sp/'s stadium is named.]]
[[File:TSPstadium.png|200px|thumb|right|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. Plans for the stadium's re-construction in [[Pro Evolution Soccer 2014|PES 2014]] have been submitted.
/sp/'s current home is the '''Transatlantic Semen Pipeline Stadium''', named in remembrance of Murrika's selfless donations to impoverished Yurop.


== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
*Of the six teams to win the 4chan cup, /sp/ is the only one to win with a perfect record of 6-0-0 (/a/ finished 8-0-1 and /k/ finished 5-0-1).
*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.
*/sp/ became the first board to have a sticky thread for a 4chan Cup event during the 2012 Winter Cup.
**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 ==
== Honors ==
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File:4chanworldcup.png|[[2011 4chan Summer Cup]]: 3rd place
File:4chanworldcup.png|[[2011 4chan Summer Cup]]: 3rd place
File:2012_Winter_Cup_logo.png|[[2012 4chan Winter Cup]]: Runner-up
File:2012_Winter_Cup_logo.png|[[2012 4chan Winter Cup]]: Runner-up
File:2012_Summer_Cup_logo.png|we also won summer 2012 , fuk da h8ers hashtag outlels, Torres McIlroy did nothin wrong [http://www.mediafire.com/download/6chsu8g8qddgese/As...aesfeti.....Cool_looky_stuff.7z kits innit] [http://www.mediafire.com/download/wos5061mqvqbqdc/EXPORT.7z the export innit]
File:2012_Summer_Cup_logo.png|we also won summer 2012 , fuk da h8ers hashtag outlels, Torres McIlroy did nothin wrong  
File:2013_Winter_Cup_logo.png|[[2013 4chan Winter Cup]]: Champions
File:2013_Winter_Cup_logo.png|[[2013 4chan Winter Cup]]: Champions
File:Summer18 E.png|[[2018 4chan Summer Cup]]: Runner-up
File:SBC20_Design_A.png|[[2020 4chan Spring Babby Cup]]: 3rd place
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQLs_b5PSAc| 2013 Summer Cup: Promo for /sp/ vs /g/]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQLs_b5PSAc| 2013 Summer Cup: Promo for /sp/ vs /g/]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N03_wS1lVno| 2013 Summer Cup: Round of 16 Promo]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N03_wS1lVno| 2013 Summer Cup: Round of 16 Promo]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XkqE_F35BE| 2014 Summer Cup Promo]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkTymJFi7oA| 2014 Summer Cup USA Promo]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjDyHHMFZYw| 2014 Autumn Babby Promo]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ12Ver0Gig| 2015 Spring Babby Promo]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqBmPUDVRxo| 2015 Spring Babby Promo by Edgar]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuaP5hSzGsM| 2015 SBC /a/ match promo]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEzZKXwgh_o| 2015 SBC /b/ match promo]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcFD9M067Q4 2016 Winter Cup Promo]
== Old Downloads ==
*[https://mega.nz/#!JQEkxLIb!aeVldtoGW1mrN1q0xmewh2OJlk1K5H32w4xVg5vup9E Autumn 2016 Tactical Export]
*[https://mega.nz/#!4JF1yJyR!YQ-va6QovhqXQMKRI1V9VJczsYMb2Mk8KcBqSDUp9kk Autumn 2016 Aesthetics]
*[https://mega.nz/#!0U9GwJya!dNG0pI1LZ0-oWBql7MY-T2iF-v85S1SZVnc7UmCS9AI Summer 2016 Tactical Export]
*[https://mega.nz/#!lMsDgDbA!ikT2u-VkzvB8LiR-EZKcWkVsK7fotI8-WKFgEtUGWS4 Summer 2016 Aesthetics]
*[https://mega.nz/#!RVExAQrC!axpyjDTgIteJys621POv8OBZskR6dz6tF_oIRnA3qJo Spring 2016 Tactical Export]
*[https://mega.nz/#!cMEhDByD!RE_o7RfPTF6nI--IZUhRIvdSATxhUP1QQR1iE7IjrJo Spring 2016 A E S T H E T I C S]
*[http://www.mediafire.com/download/t7chr76ykb6u0rh/TEXPORT+12.bin autumn15 export]
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_smuztchfO3ZDRUbHB6akxhSFU/view?usp=sharing winter 16 export]
*[http://www.mediafire.com/download/v7asrenub8jfnx3/sp+2016+Aesthetic+Export.7z PES16 Aesthetics]
*[http://www.mediafire.com/download/rt2hw1lyytbaeyb/SP+Aesthetic+Export.rar /sp/autumn15 Aesthetics]
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Revision as of 23:40, 24 April 2024

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/sp/
/sp/ found a way
Sp logo.png
/sp/ - Sports
Founded August 2011
IRL manager CollieSis !!0sD18ui7YXt
Aitor Karanka !!uqlHSOfiis9
gimi !!cwmWrzo53n+
Team colors
Chat color 990000
Maroon
Ranking 21 (decrease 5)
Highest rank 1 (January 8, 2012)
Lowest rank 46 (November 10, 2019)
Top scorer Messi (114)
Top assister Messi (47)
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
W D L TOTAL EFFICIENCY
77 31 51 159 48.43%
GF GA GD
323 260 +63
Biggest win
/sp/ Sp icon.png 6–1 Biz icon.png /biz/
October 30, 2016
Biggest defeat
/sp/ Sp icon.png 1–5 Diy icon.png /diy/
October 25, 2015
First match
/fa/ Fa icon.png 1–2 Sp icon.png /sp/
August 6, 2011
Elite Cup
Appearances 22 (First in 2011 4chan Summer Cup)
Best result Champions, 2013 4chan Winter Cup
Babby Cup
Appearances 12 (First in 2014 4chan Autumn Babby Cup)
Best result 3rd, 2020 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 Sp home kit 2018 summer cup.png
Away kit Spaway-2016sc.png
Goalkeeper kit Sp goalkeeper 2016 summer cup.png
Third kit Sp alt kit 3 2017 autumn babby cup.png
Fourth kit Sphome-2016sc.png
Fifth kit Sp alt kit 5 2022 summer cup.png
Sixth kit Sp alt kit 6 2020 spring cup.png
Seventh kit Sp alt kit 7 2019 winter cup.png
Eighth kit Sp alt kit 8 2020 spring babby cup.png
Ninth kit Sp alt kit 9 2022 winter cup.png


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 icon.png /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
TSUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCaptain
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/

Results

Main article: /sp/ Match History

Recent Form

Trv logo.png Tv logo.png I logo.png Trv logo.png Vg logo.png
Win
4-2
Loss
0-2
Draw
3-3
Win
1-0
Loss
0-1

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.

Now, only the future knows what ways /sp/ will find to fuck things up yet again.

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
Sp logo.png 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.
Sp logo 2.png 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)!!!

Rivalries

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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
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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
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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
2012 Summer Cup logo.png 2011 4chan Summer Cup 3 0 2 Third Place Double elimination bracket
2012 Winter Cup logo.png 2012 4chan Winter Cup 5 0 2 Runner up Double elimination bracket
2012 Summer Cup logo.png 2012 4chan Summer Cup 6 0 0 Champions Title vacated due to Dragongate.
0 0 0 Nullified Record after 2nd correction.
2013 Winter Cup logo.png 2013 4chan Winter Cup 6 0 0 Champions One match stricken, due to Dragongate.
2013 Summer Cup logo.png 2013 4chan Summer Cup 1 1 2 Round of 16 >tfw almost relegated
2014 Winter Cup logo.png 2014 4chan Winter Cup 3 0 1 Round of 16 >could've been relegated on 6 (six) points
2014SummerCupLogo.png 2014 4chan Summer Cup 1 1 1 Group (Relegated) >Moyes
2014 Autumn Cup Logo.png 2014 4chan Autumn Babby Cup 2 0 2 Group (Failed to promote) >losing to a shit team and a new team
2015 Spring Cup Logo.png 2015 4chan Spring Babby Cup 1 1 2 Group (Failed to promote) >couldn't even beat any weeb team
ABC15 Design G.png 2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup 2 1 2 Round of 16 Promoted
WC16 Design A.png 2016 4chan Winter Cup 0 1 2 Group (Relegated) Killed after just two matches.
>one point
2016 Spring Cup Logo.png 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.
Summer16 H ALT 2.png 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)
ABC16 Design A.png 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.
WC17 Design A.png 2017 4chan Winter Cup 4 0 3 Fourth Place /sp/ finally broke the yo-yo cycle and reached the #1 spot on the Rankings.
SC17 Design A.png 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)
ABC17 Design A.png 2017 4chan Autumn Babby Cup 3 1 1 Quarterfinals Promoted
WC18 Design F2.png 2018 4chan Winter Cup 0 2 1 Group (Relegated) >tfw too high iq to win a game
>tfw back in the yo-yo cycle
SBC18 Design G2.png 2018 4chan Spring Babby Cup 2 1 2 Round of 16 Promoted
Summer18 E.png 2018 4chan Summer Cup 5 0 2 Runner up Broke the yo-yo cycle
One win away from football coming home.
WC19 Design E.png 2019 4chan Winter Cup 0 1 2 Group (Relegated) >1 point
SBC19 Design B1.png 2019 4chan Spring Babby Cup 0 3 0 Group (Failed to promote) >3 draws
ABC19 Design E.png 2019 4chan Autumn Babby Cup 0 2 1 Group (Failed to promote) >art
SBC20 Design A.png 2020 4chan Spring Babby Cup 5 0 2 Third Place Promoted, 3rd place for new highest Babby Cup finish.
SC20 Design E2.png 2020 4chan Summer Cup 3 0 1 Round of 16 Promoted
WC21 Design D.png 2021 4chan Winter Cup 1 0 2 Group (Relegated) >4 managers just to lose in groups
WoC21 Design E.png 2021 4chan World Cup 6 0 2 Fourth Place >performing on the final day
ABC21 Design C.png 2021 4chan Autumn Babby Cup 2 2 1 Round of 16 Promoted
WC22 Design D.png 2022 4chan Winter Cup 3 1 1 Quarterfinals >winning on final day
SC22 Design G.png 2022 4chan Summer Cup 3 0 1 Round of 16 >9 point curse
WC23 Design G.png 2023 4chan Winter Cup 1 1 1 Group (Failed to promote) All my homies hate /v/
SBC23 Design D.png 2023 4chan Spring Babby Cup 1 2 1 Round of 16 >letting /a/ advance from our group
SC23 Design G1.png 2023 4chan Summer Cup 2 1 2 Quarterfinals >scoring after it was too late
WC24 Design E1.png 2024 4chan Winter Cup 1 1 1 Group (Relegated) 1 point needed from the worst team in the group? what could possibly go wrong

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

Invitationals

Vacated Honours

Video Gallery

Old Downloads

Achievements
Elite Cups
Preceded by
2011 /a/ A icon.png 		Summer Champions
2012 (Title vacated) 		Succeeded by
2013 /wg/ Wg icon.png
Preceded by
2012 /k/ K icon.png 		Winter Champions
2013 (1st title) 		Succeeded by
2014 /trv/ Trv icon.png


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