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===Names=== Founded on 1 July 1906, after two months during which the newly created sports club project was temporarily called Campo Grande Sporting Club<ref name=":9" /> (after [[Campo Grande, Lisbon|Campo Grande]]), instead of its final official name, Sporting Clube de Portugal, which could be literally translated as “Sporting Club of Portugal”, the club is officially referred to by [[UEFA]] and [[FIFA]] as written in its official full name or as "Sporting CP", a shortened form of the name.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting CP: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/clubs/50149--sporting-cp/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=[[UEFA]] |language=en}}</ref> The designation "Sporting Lisbon", a common way some foreign media and non-Portuguese speaking people use to refer to Sporting CP outside Portugal,<ref name=":0" /> has been a source of contention and controversy for some ''sportinguistas''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-18 |title=Young Boys comete gafe com o Sporting e adeptos não perdoam |url=https://www.abola.pt/futebol/noticias/young-boys-comete-gafe-com-o-sporting-e-adeptos-nao-perdoam-2023121815202638405 |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Abola |language=pt}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |date=2023-04-11 |title=Gonçalo Ferreira: Social Media Manager at Sporting CP |url=https://behindsport.com/goncalo-ferreira-social-media-manager-at-sporting-cp/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Behind Sport |language=en-US}}</ref> because it does not conform with the official name of the sports club and its [[Brand valuation|brand value]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mereu |first=Sebastiano |date=2015-08-03 |title=#NotSportingLisbon: How the STAMP model can help keep control over the misuse of the Sporting Clube de Portugal brand name |url=https://sportsbusinessresearch.academy/2015/08/03/notsportinglisbon-misrepresenting-the-sporting-clube-de-portugal-brand-name/ |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=Sports Business Research Academy |language=en-US}}</ref> Regarding this issue, club supporters and officials have promoted awareness campaigns to raise people's awareness nationwide and internationally, and the club changed its official crest in 2001<ref>{{Cite web |title=De brasões a quatro escudos: o que inspirou os vários emblemas do Sporting antes de nova mexida - Sporting - Jornal Record |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/de-brasoes-a-quatro-escudos-o-que-inspirou-os-varios-emblemas-do-sporting-antes-de-nova-mexida |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=Record}}</ref> with a focus on the name of the club and its words "Sporting" and "Portugal" in mind.<ref name=":16" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=#NotSportingLisbon: Sportinguista quer ensinar ao mundo o nome do clube |url=https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/twitter/notsportinglisbon/sportinguista-quer-ensinar-ao-mundo-o-nome-do-clube |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=CNN Portugal |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=#NotSportingLisbon. Leões querem ensinar o mundo |url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/sporting/notsportinglisbon-leoes-querem-ensinar-o-mundo-4704560.html/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Diário de Notícias |language=pt}}</ref><ref name=":14">{{Cite web |date=2016-11-22 |title=Who are Real Madrid playing tonight? #NotSportingLisbon |url=https://en.as.com/en/2016/11/22/soccer/1479814004_741877.html |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Diario AS |language=en-us}}</ref>
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