Sporting Clube de Portugal

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Sporting C.P.

Full name

Nickname(s)

Leões (Lions)
Verde-e-Brancos (Green'n'Whites)

Founded

1906

Ground

Estádio José Alvalade
- Século XXI, Lisbon
(José Alvalade Stadium
- 21st century)

Capacity

52.000

Chairman

Manager

League

Liga, 2nd





Home colours





Away colours

Sporting Clube de Portugal (pron. IPA: ['spɔɾtĩg 'klub(ɨ) dɨ puɾtu'gaɫ]) or simply Sporting, often known outside Portugal, although erroneously, as Sporting Lisbon (in the past the club has attempted to shed this name, namely through ex-president Sousa Cintra and his staff, in an effort to be known abroad by its true and correct name), was established in 1902 as Sport Club de Belas, which became Campo Grande Sporting Club in 1904, and it took its current name in 1906, Sporting Clube De Portugal and has done so for the past 100 years.

The club 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.

It is an eclectic sports club based in Lisbon, Portugal, being notably renowned for its football branch, which is its most popular department. Along with F.C. Porto and S.L. Benfica, Sporting is one of the "Big Three" clubs in Portugal. Sporting is also one of the notable clubs in European football.

[edit] Football

[edit] Estádio José Alvalade XXI

Sporting Portugal boasts a new stadium, Estádio José Alvalade XXI, built for the 2004 European Football Championship, that hosted the 2005 UEFA Cup final in which Sporting lost to CSKA Moscow.The opening fixture stared a famous 3-1 win for the Portuguese side against giants Manchester United, with the first goal being scored by Luis Filipe. Sporting also has a world-class football training facility (Academia Sporting in Alcochete).Which accommodated Portugal during the Euro 2004, and helps to produce some of the best Portuguese players, such as Luis Figo.

The club's football team captured 18 championship titles, 13 cups and won 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. After a period of financial problems and internal conflicts, now with its new president and board of directors, the club is making a comeback.

Estádio José Alvalade

Estádio José Alvalade is a football stadium in Lisbon, home of Sporting Lisbon, one of Portugal's biggest clubs. 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 August 2003 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 stadiums that hosted matches in 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 Organized in the whole competition. It was a great game for all Portuguese football fans.

[edit] 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 breed footballers include João Moutinho and Nani on the current squad, Paulo Futre (Retired), Luís Figo (Inter Milan), Cristiano Ronaldo (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). Hugo Viana, the only returning to Sporting, joined on loan from Newcastle United for the 2004/05 season. 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 Puma Academy (Academia Puma) in virtue of the sponsoring and naming contract signed by the club and the sports brand in 2006, the contract will last until 2012.

[edit] 2006/2007 squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Ricardo (vice-captain)
4	DF	Anderson Polga
8	DF	Ronny
10	MF	Carlos Martins
11	DF	Rodrigo Tello
12	DF	Marco Caneira
13	DF	Tonel
15	DF	Miguel Garcia
16	GK	Tiago
18	MF	Nani
19	FW	Alecsandro
20	FW	Yannick Djaló

No.	Position	Player
21	MF	Pontus Farnerud
22	GK	Rui Patrício
24	DF	Miguel Veloso
25	MF	Bruno Pereirinha
27	MF	Custódio (captain)
28	MF	João Moutinho
30	MF	Leandro Romagnoli
31	FW	Liedson
34	MF	João Alves
76	MF	Carlos Paredes
78	DF	Abel
80	FW	Carlos Bueno

[edit] Squad changes for 2006/07 season

In:

Bruno Pereirinha - Loan Return from Olivais Moscavide
Carlos Bueno - On loan from Paris Saint-Germain FC
Ronny - Signed from Sport Club Corinthians Paulista
Pontus Farnerud - Signed from RC Strasbourg
Carlos Paredes - Signed from Reggina Calcio
Marco Caneira - Signed from Valencia CF
Alecsandro - Signed from Cruzeiro Esporte Clube

Out:

Deivid - Signed to Fenerbahçe SK
Luís Loureiro - On loan to CF Estrela da Amadora
Marcelo Labarthe - On loan to Vitória FC
Nuno Santos - On loan to Vitória SC
Paulo Sérgio - On loan to Desportivo das Aves
Varela - On loan to Vitória FC
Miguel Ângelo - On loan to CD Trofense
Mário Sérgio - Signed to A. Naval 1º de Maio
Lourenço - Signed to Panionios
Maurício Pinilla - On loan to Heart of Midlothian FC
José Semedo - On loan to Cagliari Calcio
Ricardo Sá Pinto - Signed to R. Standard de Liège
Koke - Signed to Olympique de Marseille
David Caiado - On loan to GD Estoril-Praia
Hugo Valdir - On loan to A. Naval 1º de Maio
Roudolphe Douala - On loan to Portsmouth FC
Hugo - Signed to Vitória FC
Wender - Signed to Sporting C. de Braga
Zezinando Correia - On Loan to G.D. Estoril-Praia
Jon Manuel Moura - On Loan to New England Revolution

[edit] Players on loan

- André Marques on loan to C.D. Olivais e Moscavide
- Fábio Paím on loan to C.D. Olivais e Moscavide
- Varela on loan to Vitória FC
- Marcelo Labarthe on loan to Vitória FC
- Luís Loureiro - On loan to CF Estrela da Amadora
- Paulo Sérgio - On loan to Desportivo das Aves
- Nuno Santos on loan to Vitória SC
- Semedo - On loan to Cagliari Calcio
- David Caiado - On loan to GD Estoril-Praia
- Miguel Ângelo - On loan to CD Trofense
- Mauricio Pinilla on loan to Heart of Midlothian F.C.
- Roudolphe Douala on loan to Portsmouth F.C.

[edit] Famous players

See also Cat:Sporting Lisbon players.

Nani

[edit] Famous managers

See also Cat:Sporting Lisbon managers.

[edit] Honours

Portuguese Championship - 18 titles, 17 runners up, 24 third
Cup of Portugal 17 titles, 10 runners up
SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira 5 titles, 1 runners up
Cup Winners' Cup 1 titles (1964)
UEFA Cup 1 runners up


Preceded by Tottenham Hotspur	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Winner 1964 Runner up: MTK Budapest	Succeeded by West Ham United

[edit] Historical results

Sporting 3-3 FK Partizan, 1956 (inaugural game of the European Cup)
Sporting 7-1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica, 1986
Sporting 5-0 Manchester United, 1964
Sporting 1-0 MTK, 1964 (Final Replay of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the only European title in Sporting's history)
Sporting 16-1 APOEL Nicosia, 1964 (the greatest win by goal difference and by number of goals scored in any UEFA competition, European record)
Sporting 4-1 Newcastle United FC, 2005 (losing by two goals in the aggregate score, in the second match (Alvalade Stadium), Sporting won the game by 4-1 (aggregate score 4-2), reaching the semi-finals)
Sporting 1-3 CSKA Moscow, 2005 (the only UEFA Cup final, lost at their home stadium)

[edit] 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	3	18	11	5	2	29	12	38	quarter-final	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

[edit] 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 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:

[edit] Archery

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

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] Boxing

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

[edit] Chess

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

[edit] Full contact karate

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

[edit] Futsal

Main article: Sporting (futsal)

6 League titles
1 Cup of Portugal
1 National Cup (extinct)
2 Portuguese Super Cups

[edit] Gymnastics

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

[edit] Handball

Main article: Sporting (handball)

19 League titles
12 Cups of Portugal
2 Portuguese Super Cups

[edit] Shooting

16 individual titles
12 team titles

+ 50 other variances titles

[edit] Swimming

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

[edit] Table tennis

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

[edit] Taekwondo

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

[edit] Weight-lifting

16 national titles

[edit] External links

Portuguese football news:
www.PortuGOAL.net | | The definitive Portuguese football site (in English)
Daily Portuguese futebol news, discussion, stats, images, and more in English
Sporting formations at football-lineups

[edit] 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.