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Sporting Clube de Portugal (pron. Template:IPA2) is a sports club based in Lisbon, Portugal. The club is particularly renowned for its football branch, which is its most popular department. It's football team is one of the most successful in Portugal. Within Portugal, the club is often referred to simply as "Sporting". Outside Portugal, the club is often erroneously known as "Sporting Lisbon" (in the past the club has attempted to shed this name, particularly through ex-president Sousa Cintra and his staff, in an effort to become known abroad by its true and correct name). The club was established in 1902 as Sport Club de Belas, which became Campo Grande Sporting Club in 1904, and took its current name of Sporting Clube de Portugal in 1906.

Sporting C.P.
SCP emblem
Full nameSporting Clube de Portugal
Nickname(s)Leões (Lions)
Verde-e-Brancos (Green'n'Whites)
Founded1 July1906
GroundEstádio José Alvalade
- Século XXI, Lisbon
(José Alvalade Stadium
- 21st century)
Capacity52.000
ChairmanPortugal Filipe Soares Franco
ManagerPortugal Paulo Bento
LeagueBWINLIGA
2006-07Liga, 2nd

The club's foundation was instigated by José Holtreman Roquette (José of Alvalade), with the support in money and land of his grandfather, Alfredo Augusto das Neves Holtreman, Viscount of Alvalade. The Viscount of Alvalade was the first President of Sporting Clube de Portugal.

Along with F.C. Porto and S.L. Benfica, Sporting is one of the "Big Three" clubs in Portugal. It is the club with the greatest number of medals and victories in Olympic competitions worldwide as well as being second only, on an European level, to FC Barcelona in the number of trophies won in every sport.

Football

Estádio José Alvalade

Sporting Clube de Portugal boasts a new stadium, Estádio José Alvalade, built for the 2004 European Football Championship. Sporting also has a world-class football training facility (Academia Sporting in Alcochete), which accommodated Portugal during the Euro 2004 competition, and helped to produce some of the best Portuguese players, such as Luis Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo.

 
Estádio José Alvalade

It was designed by Tomás Taveira and was classified by UEFA as a 5-star stadium, enabling it to host finals of major UEFA events. This stadium - originally projected to hold only 40,000 spectators at any given time - has a capacity of 52,000 and was acoustically engineered as a venue for major concerts. Its official opening was on 6 August2003 when Sporting played and beat Manchester United 3-1. It also hosted the 2005 UEFA Cup final between Sporting and CSKA Moscow, which CSKA won 3-1.

The stadium was also one of the stadia that hosted matches during Euro 2004. There were five games played in Estádio José Alvalade, one of them being the semi-final between Portugal and The Netherlands, which Portugal won 2-1. This match won the title of Best Organised in the whole competition. It was a great game for all Portuguese football fans.

The club's football team has won 18 championship titles, 13 cups and the former Cup Winners' Cup in 1964, their only European title.

Sporting is one of the biggest clubs in Europe, having more than 90.000 club members since 1997. Recent idols Joao Moutinho and Nani are two youngsters from Sporting C.P.'s youth academy and now play for the Portuguese national team.

In fact, in the 2006-07 season, the team lost only two games during the entire season (30 matches). Sporting finished the 2006-07 season one point behind F.C. Porto, the champions, with some Sporting fans attributing the loss of the championship title to one of those two losses - where the losing goal was a contested handball, by the then unknown Brazilian striker Ronny. Ronny later said that, if he had known the consequences of that goal, he would do it all over again. Sporting did not comment on this.

The team is regarded by the majority of the media and commentators as being the team playing the worst football in Portugal.

Sporting's youth academy

Famous for its football youth academy system, one of the most modern and renowned in the world, Sporting has continuously developed many world class footballers, many of them incidentally wingers. Some of its most notable home-bred footballers include João Moutinho in the current squad, Paulo Futre (Retired), Luís Figo (Inter Milan), Cristiano Ronaldo, Nani (Manchester United) and Luís Boa Morte (West Ham United). There are also other players that failed to make an impression outside Portugal, such as Dani (Retired) who played for Ajax Amsterdam, or former FC Barcelona player Ricardo Quaresma (who joined Porto in 2004) and Simão Sabrosa (joined SL Benfica in 2001).The Youth Academy was considered by Luiz Felipe Scolari (Portuguese national coach) and José Pekerman (Argentinian national coach) as one of the best sports academies in the world. It was also the home training ground for the Portuguese national football team during Euro 2004. A great number of European clubs choose the Sporting's Academia for training in the off-season.

The Academy has been renamed Sporting/Puma Academy (Academia Sporting/Puma) to reflect the sponsoring and naming contract signed by the club and the sports brand Puma in 2006; the contract will last until 2012.

2007/2008 squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   POR Ricardo (captain)
4 DF   BRA Anderson Polga
8 DF   BRA Ronny
12 DF   POR Marco Caneira
13 DF   POR Tonel
16 GK   POR Tiago
20 FW   POR Yannick Djaló
21 MF   SWE Pontus Farnerud
22 GK   POR Rui Patrício
24 MF   POR Miguel Veloso
25 MF   POR Bruno Pereirinha
26 DF   BRA Gladstone
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 MF   POR João Moutinho (vice-captain)
30 MF   ARG Leandro Romagnoli
31 FW   BRA Liedson
76 MF   PAR Carlos Paredes
78 DF   POR Abel
— DF   POR Paulo Renato
— MF   POR Adrien
— MF   BRA Yannick Pupo
7 MF   RUS Marat Izmailov
11 FW   BRA Derlei
10 MF   MNE Simon Vukcevic
— DF   POR João Gonçalves

Transfers 2007/2008

In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
-- DF   POR Paulo Renato (signed from Real SC, Loan Return)
-- MF   BRA Yannick Pupo (Sporting Youth Academy)
-- MF   POR Adrien (Sporting Youth Academy)
26 DF   BRA Gladstone (signed from Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, €250m, Loan)
-- MF   RUS Marat Izmailov (signed from Lokomotiv Moskva loan)
-- FW   BRA Derlei (signed from FC Dinamo Moskva)
-- DF   POR João Gonçaves (Sporting Youth Academy)
Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF   POR Carlos Martins (to Recreativo Huelva)
11 DF   CHI Rodrigo Tello (to Beşiktaş J.K., free)
15 DF   POR Miguel Garcia (to Reggina, free)
18 MF   POR Nani (to Manchester United, €25,5M)
19 FW   BRA Alecsandro (to Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, Loan Return)
27 MF   POR Custódio (to Dinamo Moscow, €1,5M)
80 FW   URU Carlos Bueno (to Paris-SG, Loan Return)
-- MF   POR Luís Loureiro (to Released)
-- DF   POR Semedo (to Charlton, free)
34 MF   POR João Alves (to Vitória Guimarães, free)

Players on loan

Former renowned players:

See also Category:Sporting Lisbon players.


Former renowned managers:

See also Category:Sporting Lisbon managers.


Honours

Preceded by UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Winner
1964
Runner up: MTK Budapest 		Succeeded by

Historical results

League and Cup History

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Europe Notes
1934-1935 CL 2 14 8 4 2 39 20 20
1935-1936 CL 3 14 8 2 4 41 31 18
1936-1937 CL 3 14 9 2 3 54 25 20
1937-1938 CL 3 14 10 2 2 67 23 22
1938-1939 1D 2 14 10 2 2 44 17 22 semi-final
1939-1940 1D 2 18 15 2 1 87 23 32 quarter-final
1940-1941 1D 1 14 11 1 2 58 23 23 winner
1941-1942 1D 2 22 17 0 5 93 31 34 semi-final
1942-1943 1D 2 18 14 1 3 66 37 29 semi-final
1943-1944 1D 1 18 14 3 1 61 22 31 last 16
1944-1945 1D 2 18 13 1 4 57 37 27 winner
1945-1946 1D 3 22 15 2 5 73 36 32 winner
1946-1947 1D 1 26 23 1 2 123 40 47 not held
1947-1948 1D 1 26 20 1 5 92 40 41 winner
1948-1949 1D 1 26 20 2 4 100 35 42 last 32 LAT final
1949-1950 1D 2 26 19 1 6 91 35 39 not held
1950-1951 1D 1 26 21 3 2 91 28 45 last 16 LAT 4th place
1951-1952 1D 1 26 19 3 4 91 32 41 final LAT 4th place
1952-1953 1D 1 26 19 5 2 77 22 43 LAT 3rd place
1953-1954 1D 1 26 20 3 3 80 25 43 winner
1954-1955 1D 3 26 15 7 4 73 27 37 final
1955-1956 1D 4 26 15 6 5 54 27 36 ECC 1st round
1956-1957 1D 4 26 12 7 7 62 28 31
1957-1958 1D 1 26 19 5 2 79 21 43
1958-1959 1D 4 26 12 7 7 50 28 31 ECC 1st round
1959-1960 1D 2 26 19 5 2 82 20 43 final
1960-1961 1D 2 26 19 4 3 61 19 42
1961-1962 1D 1 26 19 5 2 66 17 43 ECC preliminary round
1962-1963 1D 3 26 18 2 6 71 31 38 winner ECC 2nd round
1963-1964 1D 3 26 13 8 5 49 26 34 CWC winner
1964-1965 1D 5 26 12 8 6 39 35 32 CWC 2nd round
1965-1966 1D 1 26 18 6 2 70 21 42 FC 2nd round
1966-1967 1D 4 26 11 8 7 36 24 30 ECC 1st round
1967-1968 1D 2 26 17 3 6 48 24 37 FC 3rd round
1968-1969 1D 5 26 11 8 7 35 20 30 FC 2nd round
1969-1970 1D 1 26 21 4 1 61 17 46 final FC 2nd round
1970-1971 1D 2 26 16 6 4 45 14 38 winner ECC 2nd round
1971-1972 1D 3 30 17 9 4 51 26 43 final CWC 2nd round
1972-1973 1D 5 30 15 7 8 57 31 37 winner CWC 1st round
1973-1974 1D 1 30 23 3 4 96 21 49 winner CWC semi-final
1974-1975 1D 3 30 17 9 4 59 25 43 ECC 1st round
1975-1976 1D 5 30 16 6 8 54 31 38 UC 2nd round
1976-1977 1D 2 30 17 8 5 59 26 42
1977-1978 1D 3 30 19 4 7 63 30 42 winner UC 1st round
1978-1979 1D 3 30 17 8 5 46 22 42 final CWC 1st round
1979-1980 1D 1 30 24 4 2 67 17 52 UC 2nd round
1980-1981 1D 3 30 14 9 7 48 28 37 ECC 1st round
1981-1982 1D 1 30 19 8 3 66 26 46 winner UC 3rd round
1982-1983 1D 3 30 18 6 6 48 25 42 ECC quarter-final
1983-1984 1D 3 30 19 4 7 58 24 42 UC 2nd round
1984-1985 1D 2 30 19 9 2 72 26 47 UC 2nd round
1985-1986 1D 3 30 20 6 4 64 20 46 UC quarter-final
1986-1987 1D 4 30 15 8 7 52 28 38 final UC 2nd round
1987-1988 1D 4 38 17 13 8 62 41 47 CWC 3rd round
1988-1989 1D 4 38 18 9 11 50 33 45 UC 2nd round
1989-1990 1D 3 34 17 12 5 42 24 46 UC 1st round
1990-1991 1D 3 38 24 8 6 58 23 56 UC semi-final
1991-1992 1D 4 34 18 8 8 56 26 44 UC 1st round
1992-1993 1D 3 34 17 11 6 59 30 45 UC 1st round
1993-1994 1D 3 34 23 5 6 71 29 51 final UC 3rd round
1994-1995 1D 2 34 22 9 3 57 22 53 winner UC 1st round
1995-1996 1D 3 34 19 0 5 69 27 67 final CWC 2nd round
1996-1997 1D 2 34 22 6 6 55 19 72 semi-final UC 2nd round
1997-1998 1D 4 34 15 11 8 45 33 56 quarter-final ECL 2nd group stage
1998-1999 1D 4 34 17 12 5 64 32 63 last 64 UC 1st round
1999-2000 1D 1 34 23 8 3 57 22 77 final UC 1st round
2000-2001 1D 3 34 19 5 10 56 37 62 semi-final ECL group stage
2001-2002 1D 1 34 22 9 3 74 25 75 winner UC 3rd round
2002-2003 1D 3 34 17 8 9 52 38 59 quarter-final UC 1st round elim. 3rd round ECL
2003-2004 1D 3 34 23 4 7 60 33 73 last 32 UC 2nd round
2004-2005 1D 3 34 18 7 9 66 36 61 last 16 UC final
2005-2006 1D 2 34 22 6 6 50 24 72 semi-final UC 1st round elim. 3rd round ECL
2006-2007 1D 2 30 20 8 2 54 15 75 winner ECL group stage Eliminated

CL: Campeonato da Liga (winner's weren't considered Portuguese champions) ; 1D: Portuguese Liga and its predecessors (1st level)

ECC: European Cup; ECL: UEFA Champions League CWC: Cup Winners Cup; UC: UEFA Cup; FC: Fairs Cup LAT: Latin Cup

Other sports

Like many Portuguese sports clubs, Sporting fields teams and supports athletes in many events other than football, among them athletics (members include world-class athlete Carlos Lopes, Olympic Marathon Gold Medal in Los Angeles 84, Rui Silva, Naide Gomes and Francis Obikwelu), swimming, handball, table tennis, beach soccer, and futsal. Sporting's athletics department and the futsal team are especially notable. Sporting's futsal has won the league for 8 times out of 16 FPF sponsored tournaments[1].

Sporting Clube de Portugal's active sports departments besides the football department include:

Archery

  • Various types, adding up, gives more than 50 national titles and 2 European titles

Athletics

  • There are various titles in this sport but in the major ones, Sporting has almost 300 national titles and more than 30 European titles (1 time European champion)

Billiards

  • 36 individual national titles
  • 15 doubles national titles
  • 2 individual Cups of Portugal
  • 4 doubles Cups of Portugal

+ 100 titles in various types of billiards (Feminine etc)

Boxing

  • There are various types because of the age and Weight but adding up the major titles, Sporting has more than 100 national titles.

Chess

  • 14 national titles and more than 20 in other variances of chess.

Full contact karate

  • 14 national titles
  • 1 Intercontinenatal Championship
  • 3 European Champion
  • 1 World Champion

Futsal

Main article: Sporting (futsal)
  • 6 League titles
  • 1 Cup of Portugal
  • 1 National Cup (extinct)
  • 2 Portuguese Super Cups

Gymnastics

  • Sporting has more than 150 national titles, in the various types of gymnastics and 11 European titles.

Handball

Main article: Sporting (handball)
  • 19 League titles
  • 12 Cups of Portugal
  • 2 Portuguese Super Cups

Shooting

  • 16 individual titles
  • 12 team titles

+ 50 other variances titles

Swimming

  • There are various competitions, in general Sporting has more than 150 national titles and 3 European titles

Table tennis

  • + 50 League titles (11 in a row record)
  • 3 Portuguese/Spanish vs American Competition
  • 3 times Bronze Medal in European Championships

Taekwondo

  • In taekwondo, Sporting has performed almost like Boxing but adding up, Sporting has more than 50 national titles.

Weight-lifting

  • 16 national titles

Total

All in all, S.C.P. is one of the top ranked teams in the world title wise. Citation needed

Supporters

Being part of one of the most enthusiastic teams in Europe, Sporting Clube of Portugal is among the Portuguese clubs with more house clubs (houses that represent the club in a particular region in Portugal or outside the country), Sporting now has more than 200 Official Houses and more than 90,000 club members.

  • Juventude Leonina - The biggest and oldest supporters group in Portugal founded by the sons of a former Sporting president in 1976, having more than 3,000 members.
  • Directivo Ultras XXI - Formed by a former leader of Juve Leo regarding an internal problem that is now healed. One of the biggest supporters group in Portugal with almost 2,000 members.
  • Torcida Verde - Second oldest supporters group of Sporting, formed in 1984, Torcida Verde is very well known because of their demonstrations against alleged corruption in Portuguese football and by supporting the less visible sports of Sporting.

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