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=== 2020–present: The Amorim Era and newfound domestic success === In the 2020–21 season, with no spectators allowed in Portugal due to [[COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal|COVID-19 restrictions]], and after being [[2020–21 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path)|eliminated from European competition]] by [[LASK|LASK Linz]], Sporting won their third [[2020–21 Taça da Liga|league cup]] and ended their 19-year period without winning the Portuguese league, with only one loss (against Benfica in the penultimate round and already as champions), securing their [[2020–21 Primeira Liga|19th Primeira Liga title]] after a 1–0 home win against [[Boavista F.C.|Boavista]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/soccer/sporting-ends-19-year-title-drought-in-portuguese-league/2021/05/11/649cc80e-b2a6-11eb-bc96-fdf55de43bef_story.html |title=Sporting ends 19-year title drought in Portuguese league |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=12 May 2021 |access-date=12 May 2021 |archive-date=12 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512081948/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/soccer/sporting-ends-19-year-title-drought-in-portuguese-league/2021/05/11/649cc80e-b2a6-11eb-bc96-fdf55de43bef_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> At the [[2021–22 UEFA Champions league|2021–22 UEFA Champions League]] group stage, Sporting made a comeback by finishing second on Group C after a 5–1 home loss to Ajax and 1–0 away loss to Borussia Dortmund, thereby reaching the knockout phase for only the second time since the [[2008–09 UEFA Champions League|2008–09]] season. Domestically, both the [[2021 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/noticias/sporting-vence-braga-e-conquista-supertaca-13995812.html |title=Sporting beats Braga and wins Supertaça |website=OJogo |date=31 July 2021 |access-date=2 February 2023 |archive-date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202164614/https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/noticias/sporting-vence-braga-e-conquista-supertaca-13995812.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[2021–22 Taça da Liga]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://observador.pt/liveblogs/benfica-sporting-a-final-da-taca-da-liga/ |title=Sporting beats Benfica with comeback and wins Taça da Liga for the second year in a row |website=Observador |date=29 January 2022 |access-date=2 February 2023 |archive-date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202164612/https://observador.pt/liveblogs/benfica-sporting-a-final-da-taca-da-liga/ |url-status=live }}</ref> were won by the Lions, securing the trophies against Braga and Benfica, respectively. In the [[2021–22 Primeira Liga]], Sporting finished second with the same 85 points as in the previous league campaign. In the 2023–24 league season, Sporting record signing [[Viktor Gyökeres]] helped propel the club to their [[2023-24 Primeira Liga|20th Primeira liga]] title, won on the fifth of May after [[Benfica]]'s 2–0 loss to [[F.C. Famalicão|Famalicão]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Liga Portugal |url=https://www.ligaportugal.pt/pt/liga/classificacao/20212022/ligaportugalbwin |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=Liga Portugal}}</ref> In the [[2024–25 Primeira Liga|2024-25 season]], after an initial winning streak lasting for 11 rounds, to give Sporting a 5-point lead, coach [[Ruben Amorim]] announced his departure to sign with [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]. Not before leading Sporting to a 4-1 home win against Pep Guardiola's [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] for the [[2024–25 UEFA Champions League league phase|2024-25 UEFA Champions League League Phase]] on the 4th round - Sporting would go on to lose with [[Borussia Dortmund]] on the [[2024–25 UEFA Champions League knockout phase|knockout phase play-offs]]. His last [[Primeira Liga]] game saw Sporting make a comeback to win 2-4 at [[S.C. Braga|SC Braga]] for the 11th round. After a failed 8-match tenure for [[João Pereira (footballer, born 1984)|João Pereira]], former Portugal capped and Sporting right-back, between November and late December, [[Rui Borges (footballer, born 1981)|Rui Borges]] took over, starting off with a 1-0 home win against [[S.L. Benfica|SL Benfica]] and led the club to win the Primeira Liga for Sporting's [[2024–25 Primeira Liga|21st Primeira Liga title]] - and first back-to-back win in over 71 years, since the [[1953–54 Primeira Divisão|1953/54]] season. This marked Sporting's third League title win in the last 5 seasons of Portuguese football, marking a new era of increasing domestic dominance and hegemony. Swedish stiker [[Viktor Gyökeres]] again topped the goalscoring chart, with 39 goals in 33 League games (having scored an impressive 53 times in 51 season overall matches), making him a top contender for the [[European Golden Shoe|2024-25 European Golden Shoe]]. [[File:José_Alvalade_facade_at_Estádio_José_Alvalade_in_Lisbon.png|thumb|274x274px|New [[José Alvalade]]'s image at the [[Estádio José Alvalade]] in Lisbon, Portugal, during the execution of a work of building renovation in 2023<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rosto de José Alvalade ganha forma no estádio do Sporting |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/rosto-de-jose-alvalade-ganha-forma-no-estadio-do-sporting |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=Record |language=pt-PT |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015191234/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/rosto-de-jose-alvalade-ganha-forma-no-estadio-do-sporting |url-status=live }}</ref>]] For the 2022–2026 quadrennium, [[Frederico Varandas]]' administration started works of building renovation and modernization of the club's facilities.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Obras em Alvalade e na Academia: SAD do Sporting fechou exercício com investimento em curso de 1,4 M€ |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/obras-em-alvalade-e-na-academia-sad-do-sporting-fechou-exercicio-com-investimento-em-curso-de-14-m |access-date=2023-10-11 |website=Record |language=pt-PT |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015191232/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/obras-em-alvalade-e-na-academia-sad-do-sporting-fechou-exercicio-com-investimento-em-curso-de-14-m |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Alvalade renovado: Varandas prepara fecho do fosso |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/alvalade-renovado-varandas-prepara-fecho-do-fosso |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Record |language=pt-PT}}</ref> In December 2023, Sporting and its [[Sociedade Anónima Desportiva|SAD]] had gone ahead with a financial restructuring started in 2019 on the grounds of earlier agreements with [[creditor]]s jump-started by [[Bruno de Carvalho]]<ref name=":8" /> which included the renegotiation of bank debt, "extinguishing the debt originally belonging to [[Novo Banco]] (with outstanding capital of 35,403,508.62 euros), with the exception of finance leases", the company announced in a statement sent to the [[Portuguese Securities Market Commission]] (CMVM). A debt belonging to [[Banco Comercial Português|Millennium BCP]] was also settled.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Acordo do Sporting com Novo Banco aumenta preço dos VMOC... do Millenium bcp |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/acordo-do-sporting-com-novo-banco-aumenta-preco-dos-vmoc-do-millenium-bcp |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=Record |language=pt-PT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-06 |title=Sporting extingue dívida ao BCP e fica exposto a Sagasta e Novo Banco |url=https://eco.sapo.pt/2022/09/06/sporting-extingue-divida-ao-bcp-e-fica-exposto-a-sagasta-e-novo-banco/ |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=ECO |language=pt-PT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting extingue dívida ao BCP |url=https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/sporting/sad-sporting/sporting-extingue-divida-ao-bpc |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=CNN Portugal |language=pt}}</ref> In addition, Sporting announced it would own 88 per cent of Sporting SAD from 15 February 2024 onwards,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting passa a ser dono de 88% da SAD a 15 de fevereiro |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/sporting-passa-a-ser-dono-de-88-da-sad-a-15-de-fevereiro |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=Record |language=pt-PT}}</ref> instead of the 83.90% it owned at the time.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2023-12-27 |title=Sporting recompra dívida ao Novobanco. Clube passa a controlar 88% da SAD |url=https://eco.sapo.pt/2023/12/27/sporting-recompra-divida-ao-novobanco-clube-passa-a-controlar-88-da-sad/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=ECO |language=pt-PT}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Vice-presidente do Sporting destaca "marco muito importante" com a compra dos 88% da SAD |url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/artigos/vice-presidente-do-sporting-destaca-marco-muito-importante-com-a-compra-dos-88-da-sad |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=SAPO Desporto |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Roseiro |first=Bruno |title=Sporting compra VMOC em falta ao Novo Banco, passa a ter 88% da SAD, reestrutura dívida bancária e admite entrada de acionistas minoritários |url=https://observador.pt/2023/12/27/sporting-compra-vmoc-em-falta-ao-novo-banco-passa-a-ter-88-da-sad-e-reestrutura-divida-bancaria/ |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=Observador |language=pt-PT}}</ref> With the completion of the restructuring, the club said it intended to start a new strategic [[financial plan]]ning and secure the entry of a minority [[investor]] in its Futebol, SAD.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting compra últimas VMOC e quer um investidor na SAD |url=https://www.jn.pt/4016139100/sporting-compra-ultimas-vmoc-e-quer-um-investidor-na-sad/ |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=Jornal de Notícias |date=27 December 2023 |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting pondera venda de participação minoritária |website=Jornal de Negocios |url=https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/empresas/desporto/detalhe/sporting-pondera-venda-de-participacao-minoritaria |access-date=2024-01-15 |language=pt-PT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting garante 88% da SAD e procura investidores |url=https://www.cmjornal.pt/desporto/futebol/detalhe/sporting-garante-88-da-sad-e-procura-investidores |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=CM Jornal |date=29 December 2023 |language=pt-PT}}</ref>
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