Editing Sporting CP (section)

{{Short description|Association football club in Lisbon, Portugal}}
{{About|the association football team|other sections of the club|Sporting CP (disambiguation)}}
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| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1906|7|1}}{{efn|name=foundation}}
| ground = [[Estádio José Alvalade]]
| capacity = 50,095
| chrtitle = President
| chairman = [[Frederico Varandas]]
| manager = [[Rui Borges (footballer, born 1981)|Rui Borges]]
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| league = [[Primeira Liga]]
| season = [[2024–25 Primeira Liga|2024–25]]
| position = Primeira Liga, 1st of 18 (champions)
| current = 2024–25 Sporting CP season
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'''Sporting Clube de Portugal''' ({{IPA|pt|sɨˈpɔɾtĩ ˈkluβɨ ðɨ puɾtuˈɣal}}), otherwise referred to as '''Sporting CP''' or simply '''Sporting''' (particularly within Portugal), or as '''Sporting Lisbon''' in other countries,<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=9 July 2015 |title=Club History – The Badge |url=https://www.sporting.pt/en/club/history/the-badge |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208220215/https://www.sporting.pt/en/club/history/the-badge |archive-date=8 December 2021 |access-date=14 December 2021 |work=Sporting Clube de Portugal |quote=with the Club largely being known a "Sporting Lisbon" abroad}}</ref><ref name=":13" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-05 |title=Portuguese Primeira Liga: Sporting Lisbon crowned champions after Benfica loss |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cpdgvvy39zyo |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":16">[https://theathletic.com/4308623/2023/03/16/sporting-lisbon-athletic-bilbao-wrong-name/ From Sporting Lisbon to Athletic Bilbao — why do we get foreign clubs' names wrong?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407010919/https://theathletic.com/4308623/2023/03/16/sporting-lisbon-athletic-bilbao-wrong-name/|date=7 April 2023}}, Michael Cox, The Athletic, 16 March 2023</ref><ref name=":14" /> is a Portuguese [[sports club]] based in [[Lisbon]]. Having various sports departments and sporting disciplines,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting, sinónimo de ecletismo |url=https://www.dn.pt/dossiers/desporto/sporting/noticias/sporting-sinonimo-de-ecletismo-1046176.html |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=DN |date=18 November 2008 |language=pt-PT |archive-date=30 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230430181700/https://www.dn.pt/dossiers/desporto/sporting/noticias/sporting-sinonimo-de-ecletismo-1046176.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=José Alvalade: acima do Sporting, só a ambição pelo ecletismo |url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/anatomia-de-um-nome/historiador/jose-alvalade-acima-do-sporting-so-a-ambicao-pelo-ecletismo |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=Maisfutebol |language=pt |archive-date=30 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230430181659/https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/anatomia-de-um-nome/historiador/jose-alvalade-acima-do-sporting-so-a-ambicao-pelo-ecletismo |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Frederico Varandas coloca Sporting no topo do ecletismo em Portugal |url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/sporting/frederico-varandas-coloca-sporting-no-topo-do-ecletismo-em-portugal_d1140731 |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=RTP |date=21 September 2019 |language=pt |archive-date=30 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230430181658/https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/sporting/frederico-varandas-coloca-sporting-no-topo-do-ecletismo-em-portugal_d1140731 |url-status=live }}</ref> it is best known for its men's professional [[association football|football]] team playing in the [[Primeira Liga]], the top flight of [[Portuguese football league system|Portuguese football]].

Founded on 1 July 1906,{{efn|name=foundation|Until 1919, the club's original foundation date was 8 May 1906. In 1920, they changed it to coincide with the date of their name change.<ref>[https://sol.sapo.pt/2018/10/25/a-data-da-fundacao-dos-clubes-e-mais-um-pretexto-para-as-polemicas/ A data da fundação dos clubes é mais um pretexto para as polémicas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119211823/https://sol.sapo.pt/2018/10/25/a-data-da-fundacao-dos-clubes-e-mais-um-pretexto-para-as-polemicas/ |date=19 November 2023 }} Sol (in Portuguese)</ref>}} Sporting is one of the "[[Big Three (Portugal)|Big Three]]" clubs in Portugal that have [[List of unrelegated association football clubs|never been relegated]] from Primeira Liga, along with [[Lisbon derby|rivals Benfica]] and [[FC Porto–Sporting CP rivalry|Porto]]. Sporting are nicknamed ''Leões'' (Lions), for the symbol used in the middle of the club's crest, and ''Verde e Brancos'' (Green and Whites), for the shirt colour that are in (horizontal) stripes. The club's anthem is called "A Marcha do Sporting" ("Sporting's March"),<ref>{{Cite web |title=O dia em que Maria José Valério cantou a Marcha do Sporting na redação de Record |url=https://www.record.pt/multimedia/videos/detalhe/o-dia-em-que-maria-jose-valerio-cantou-a-marcha-do-sporting-na-redacao-de-record |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=Record  |language=pt-PT}}</ref> its motto is ''Esforço, Dedicação, Devoção e Glória'' (Effort, Dedication, Devotion and Glory),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Esforço, dedicação, devoção, glória e eis... Figo |url=https://24.sapo.pt/desporto/artigos/esforco-dedicacao-devocao-gloria-e-eis-figo |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=SAPO 24 |language=pt}}</ref> [[Supporters of Sporting CP|its supporters]] are called sportinguistas<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa |url=https://dicionario.priberam.org/sportinguistas |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa |language=pt-br}}</ref> and [[Sporting CP#Mascot|the club's mascot]] is called Jubas.<ref name=":11" /> Sporting is the second largest sports club by membership in Portugal, with about 150,000<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |date=2024-03-07 |title=Sporting tem quase 150 mil sócios |url=https://www.abola.pt/futebol/noticias/sporting-tem-quase-150-mil-socios-2024030720171479817 |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=Abola |language=pt}}</ref> members, which makes it one of [[List of sports clubs by membership|the world's largest]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Benfica e Sporting no top mundial quanto ao número de sócios |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/detalhe/benfica-e-sporting-no-top-mundial-quanto-ao-numero-de-socios |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=Record |language=pt-PT |archive-date=8 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408190531/https://www.record.pt/futebol/detalhe/benfica-e-sporting-no-top-mundial-quanto-ao-numero-de-socios |url-status=live }}</ref> It is also among the top three Portuguese sports clubs in number of non-affiliated [[Fan (person)|fans]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quase metade dos portugueses é do Benfica. Porto e Sporting em segundo e terceiro lugar |url=https://observador.pt/2019/11/02/quase-metade-dos-portugueses-sao-do-benfica-porto-e-sporting-quase-empatados-em-segundo-lugar/ |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=Observador |language=pt-PT |archive-date=15 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815155630/https://observador.pt/2019/11/02/quase-metade-dos-portugueses-sao-do-benfica-porto-e-sporting-quase-empatados-em-segundo-lugar/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Their home ground has been the [[Estádio José Alvalade]], built in 2003, which replaced the [[Estádio José Alvalade (1956)|previous one]], built-in 1956. The club's indoor arena is the [[Pavilhão João Rocha]] multi-sports pavilion.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Curado |first=Paulo |date=2017-06-21 |title=A casa que José Roquete idealizou e Bruno de Carvalho concretizou |url=https://www.publico.pt/2017/06/21/desporto/reportagem/a-casa-que-jose-roquete-idealizou-e-bruno-de-carvalho-concretizou-1776495 |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=PÚBLICO |language=pt |archive-date=15 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815155631/https://www.publico.pt/2017/06/21/desporto/reportagem/a-casa-que-jose-roquete-idealizou-e-bruno-de-carvalho-concretizou-1776495 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Academia Sporting|Its youth academy]] has helped produce footballers such as [[Luís Figo]] and [[Cristiano Ronaldo]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Clapham |first=Alex |date=2018-02-16 |title=Inside the Sporting Portugal academy, where Ballon d'Or winners are made |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/in-bed-with-maradona/2018/feb/16/sporting-lisbon-academy-ronaldo-figo-ballon-dor |access-date=2023-08-10 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=27 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727115217/https://www.theguardian.com/football/in-bed-with-maradona/2018/feb/16/sporting-lisbon-academy-ronaldo-figo-ballon-dor |url-status=live }}</ref>

Sporting is the third most decorated Portuguese football team, with [[Football in Portugal#List of teams by major honours|56 major trophies]]. Domestically, they have won 21 League titles, 18 [[Taça de Portugal|Taças de Portugal]], a joint-record of 4 [[Taça de Portugal#Campeonato de Portugal|Campeonato de Portugal]], 4 [[Taça da Liga|Taças da Liga]] and 9 [[Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|Supertaças Cândido de Oliveira]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/teams/50149--sporting-cp/|title=Sporting Clube de Portugal UEFA Profile|access-date=23 December 2015|publisher=UEFA|archive-date=11 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611090900/https://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/club=50149/profile/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In Europe, they won the [[1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup]] and were runners-up at the [[UEFA Cup]] in [[2004–05 UEFA Cup|2005]] and at the [[Latin Cup]] in [[1949 Latin Cup|1949]]. Sporting played in the [[1955–56 European Cup|first European Champions Cup]] match on 4 September 1955, by invitation,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/teams/50162--partizan/ |title=FK Partizan |access-date=18 September 2012 |publisher=[[UEFA]] |archive-date=19 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019175039/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/club=50162/profile/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and has participated in the most editions of UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League (36), a tournament in which they have the most matches played and the second most matches won,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/rankings/ |title=All-time stats |access-date=10 November 2022 |publisher=[[UEFA]] |archive-date=10 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110034532/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/rankings/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and where they are ranked first in the [[UEFA Cup and Europa League records and statistics#All-time top 25 UEFA Cup and Europa League rankings|all-time club ranking]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 September 2023 |title=All-time records 1971–2023 |publisher=UEFA |url=https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/0282-18289c438773-4dccdc28d1e5-1000/uel_202223_all-time_md15.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211033312/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/EuroExperience/competitions/Publications/02/28/56/91/2285691_DOWNLOAD.pdf |archive-date=11 December 2018}}</ref>