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== Support == [[File:Estádio José Alvalade - Antigo - 01.jpg|thumb|Sporting CP supporters at the old [[Estádio José Alvalade (1956)|José Alvalade Stadium]] (1956–2003).]] [[Supporters of Sporting CP|Sporting CP's supporters]] or [[Fan (person)|fans]] are called ''sportinguistas''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=sportinguista |url=https://dicionario.priberam.org/sportinguista |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=Dicionário Priberam |language=pt-br |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031153020/https://dicionario.priberam.org/sportinguista |url-status=live }}</ref> The club has about 150,000<ref name=":10" /> affiliated members (called ''sócios'') and research studies have suggested it has a number of fans ranging from 1,100,000 to 2,700,000 in Portugal alone – which makes it the second or third most supported sports club in Portugal, depending on the study.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting ultrapassa os 160 mil sócios |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/sporting-ultrapassa-os-160-mil-socios |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=Record |language=pt-PT |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031153021/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/sporting-ultrapassa-os-160-mil-socios |url-status=live }}</ref><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=2023-10-31 |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><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-08 |title=Afinal, o Benfica tem quantos adeptos? (não, não são 6 milhões) |url=https://zap.aeiou.pt/benfica-tem-quantos-adeptos-551027 |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=ZAP Notícias |language=pt-PT |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102140338/https://zap.aeiou.pt/benfica-tem-quantos-adeptos-551027 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-01 |title=Saiba Quantos Adeptos Portugueses têm cada clube de Portugal |url=https://www.jogadores.pt/futebol/quantos-adeptos-portugueses/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Jogadores |language=pt-PT |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102140338/https://www.jogadores.pt/futebol/quantos-adeptos-portugueses/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Like the other two Portuguese [[Big Three (Portugal)|Big Three]] sports clubs, Sporting CP has also a sizable number of foreign fans in other [[Portuguese-speaking countries]] beyond Portugal itself and supporters among the Portuguese expatriate community.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=O Futebol também é Soft Power português em África |url=https://www.dn.pt/opiniao/o-futebol-tambem-e-soft-power-portugues-em-africa-16468157.html |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=DN |language=pt-PT |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031160300/https://www.dn.pt/opiniao/o-futebol-tambem-e-soft-power-portugues-em-africa-16468157.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite thesis |title=Internacionalização da marca Sporting Clube de Portugal |url=https://repositorio.iscte-iul.pt/handle/10071/6438 |date=2013 |degree=masterThesis |first=Gonçalo Viegas e Costa Marques |last=da Silva |access-date=31 October 2023 |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031160259/https://repositorio.iscte-iul.pt/handle/10071/6438 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Emigrantes assistem à Taça de Portugal |url=https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/emigrantes-assistem-a-taca-de-portugal/ |access-date=2023-10-31 |language=pt-PT |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031160302/https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/emigrantes-assistem-a-taca-de-portugal/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The club's anthem is the "Sporting's March" (original official name: "''A Marcha do Sporting''"). It was written in 1955 by songwriters Eduardo Damas and Manuel Paião and originally sung by Portuguese singer [[Maria José Valério]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morreu Maria José Valério, a voz da "Marcha do Sporting". Tinha 87 anos |url=https://24.sapo.pt/atualidade/artigos/morreu-maria-jose-valerio-a-voz-da-marcha-do-sporting-tinha-87-anos |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=SAPO 24 |language=pt |archive-date=3 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303104013/https://24.sapo.pt/atualidade/artigos/morreu-maria-jose-valerio-a-voz-da-marcha-do-sporting-tinha-87-anos |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-03 |title=Morreu Maria José Valério, a voz de "Viva o Sporting", vítima de covid-19 |url=https://www.publico.pt/2021/03/03/impar/noticia/morreu-maria-jose-valerio-voz-viva-sporting-vitima-covid19-1952856 |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=PÚBLICO |language=pt |archive-date=5 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105170601/https://www.publico.pt/2021/03/03/impar/noticia/morreu-maria-jose-valerio-voz-viva-sporting-vitima-covid19-1952856 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-11 |title="Rapaziada, ouçam bem o que eu vos digo e gritem todos comigo: viva ao Sporting". Adeptos ensaiam a Marcha |url=https://sicnoticias.pt/arquivo/sporting/2021-05-11-Rapaziada-oucam-bem-o-que-eu-vos-digo-e-gritem-todos-comigo-viva-ao-Sporting.-Adeptos-ensaiam-a-Marcha-5bc7d73f |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=SIC Notícias |language=pt |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031153021/https://sicnoticias.pt/arquivo/sporting/2021-05-11-Rapaziada-oucam-bem-o-que-eu-vos-digo-e-gritem-todos-comigo-viva-ao-Sporting.-Adeptos-ensaiam-a-Marcha-5bc7d73f |url-status=live }}</ref> Sporting CP created and uses its own '[[You'll Never Walk Alone]]'-style song, through a Portuguese version of the classic song popularised by [[Frank Sinatra]] '[[My Way]]' called "''O Mundo Sabe Que"'' that is performed by a massed chorus of supporters on match day.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Músicas adotadas pelo futebol |url=https://radiocomercial.pt/noticias/80655/musicas-adotadas-pelo-futebol |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=Rádio Comercial |language=pt |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031153021/https://radiocomercial.pt/noticias/80655/musicas-adotadas-pelo-futebol |url-status=live }}</ref> Other popular songs include "''Só Eu Sei''" and "''Curva Belíssima''" popularized by organized Sporting CP's [[Supporters' group|supporter's group]] [[Juventude Leonina]], and "''Dia de Jogo''", "''Força Brutal''" and "''Voto Solene''" sung by Sporting CP's-themed rock band Supporting''.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Supporting colocam ponto final no diferendo com Bruno de Carvalho |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/supporting-colocam-ponto-final-no-diferendo-com-bruno-de-carvalho |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=Record |language=pt-PT |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031153020/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/supporting-colocam-ponto-final-no-diferendo-com-bruno-de-carvalho |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title="Supporting" voltam a ser ouvidos em Alvalade |url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/sporting/banda/supporting-voltam-a-ser-ouvidos-em-alvalade |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=Maisfutebol |language=pt |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031153020/https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/sporting/banda/supporting-voltam-a-ser-ouvidos-em-alvalade |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Supporting |url=https://www.sporting.pt/pt/tags/supporting |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=Sporting|language=pt-pt |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031153021/https://www.sporting.pt/pt/tags/supporting |url-status=live }}</ref> Throughout its history the club and its supporters established centres, branches and delegations (''núcleos, filiais e delegações'') of Sporting CP across Portugal and abroad. Among them, branches such as [[Sporting Clube de Tomar]] (branch number 1), [[S.C. Farense|Farense]] (branch number 2), [[S.C. Olhanense|Olhanense]] (branch number 4), [[S.C. Covilhã|Covilhã]] (branch number 8) and [[S.C. Campomaiorense|Campomaiorense]] (branch number 27), and delegations such as [[S.C. Lusitânia|Lusitânia]] (delegation number 14), became noted autonomous sports clubs that reached the top level of Portuguese league systems in sports like football, rink hockey or basketball.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Filiais do Sporting |url=https://www.dn.pt/dossiers/desporto/sporting/as-casas-do-sporting/filiais-do-sporting-1004270.html/ |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=Diário de Notícias |language=pt}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Founded in 1920, [[CD Maxaquene|Sporting Clube de Lourenço Marques]] (branch number 6<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-18 |title=O SPORTING CLUBE DE LOURENÇO MARQUES EM 1937 E EM 1962 |url=https://delagoabayworld.wordpress.com/2021/02/18/o-sporting-clube-de-lourenco-marques-em-1937-e-em-1962/ |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=THE DELAGOA BAY WORLD |language=pt-PT}}</ref> until 1975 and later renamed as CD Maxaquene) was also a branch of Sporting CP in Mozambique, East Africa, and under this original name, Portuguese footballer [[Eusébio]] graduated as a footballer and played for the Mozambican club at both youth level and the main squad between the ages of 15 and 18.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Antigo "vice" do Sporting sugere destaque a Eusébio no museu do clube |url=https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/benfica/carlos-vieira/antigo-vice-do-sporting-sugere-destaque-a-eusebio-no-museu-do-clube |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=CNN Portugal |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=EUSÉBIO NO SPORTING? por Rui Alves - Replay, RTP Memoria - Canais TV |url=https://www.rtp.pt/rtpmemoria/replay/eusebio-no-sportingt-por-rui-alves_421 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=RTP |language=pt}}</ref> The centres<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clube de Portugal nas bancadas: 51 núcleos do Sporting vão estar representados esta noite em Alvalade |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/clube-de-portugal-nas-bancadas-51-nucleos-do-sporting-vao-estar-representados-esta-noite-em-alvalade |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=Record |language=pt-PT}}</ref> were created and institutionalised in Sporting's 10th Club Statutes of 1984 and are characterised as being a group of ''sportinguistas'' who get together and organise themselves to promote, support, celebrate and publicise Sporting CP. Many of them are also involved in important recreational, social and sporting activities. The branches, more than 100 were founded around the world, are sports clubs that have associated themselves with Sporting CP's core values, are managed as autonomous sports clubs and contribute to the expansion of Sporting CP. The delegations are sporting, recreational and cultural institutions that represent the interests of Sporting CP in the places where they are based and mobilise the ideals of the club in those same regions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-11-26 |title=Núcleos, Filiais e Delegações |url=https://www.sporting.pt/clube/universo-scp/nucleos-filiais-e-delegacoes |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=Sporting.pt |language=pt-pt}}</ref>
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