Editing Sporting CP (section)

==Rivalries==
===Lisbon derby===
{{Main|Lisbon derby}}
[[File:Sporting-fans during Derby de Lisboa.jpg|thumb|Sporting fans at the [[Estádio da Luz]] during the [[Lisbon derby]] (2013)]]

Sporting's main rivals are Benfica, with both teams contesting the Lisbon derby, also known as "the eternal derby", among other names. The local rivalry started in 1907 when eight Benfica players left for Sporting looking for better training conditions. The first derby was contested that year and ended with a 2–1 win for Sporting. One of Sporting's biggest defeats to Benfica, 7–2, happened at the original [[Estádio da Luz (1954)|Estádio da Luz]] on 28 April 1948,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} and three 5–0 losses, in 1939,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} 1978{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} and 1986.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} The biggest Sporting win over Benfica, 7–1, occurred at the original Estádio José Alvalade on 14 December 1986. [[Manuel Fernandes (footballer, born 1951)|Manuel Fernandes]] was particularly inspired and scored four goals; [[Mário Jorge (footballer)|Mário Jorge]] two and [[Ralph Meade]] one; [[Wando (footballer, born 1963)|Wando]] scored for Benfica.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sporting deu 7–1 ao Benfica há 25 anos|url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira_liga/artigo/2011/12/14/sporting-deu-7-1-ao-benfica-ha-25-anos|website=desporto.sapo.pt/|publisher=sapo.pt|access-date=17 June 2016|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817032428/http://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira_liga/artigo/2011/12/14/sporting-deu-7-1-ao-benfica-ha-25-anos|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sporting-Benfica: A loucura dos 7–1!|url=http://www.record.xl.pt/arquivo/detalhe/sporting-benfica-a-loucura-dos-7-1-32042.html|website=Record.xl.pt|access-date=26 November 2015}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Before the start of the 1993–94 season, [[Sousa Cintra]], then president of Sporting, took advantage of Benfica's financial crisis by signing [[Paulo Sousa]] and [[António Pacheco|Pacheco]], who had terminated their contracts with the latter club. This event became known as ''"Verão Quente"'' (Hot Summer).<ref>{{cite news|last=Pimentel|first=Tiago|date=12 June 2018|title=Uma "pequena loucura" ou um novo "Verão Quente"?|trans-title=A "little craziness" or a new "Hot Summer"?|url=https://www.publico.pt/2018/06/12/desporto/noticia/uma-pequena-loucura-ou-um-novo-verao-quente-1834199|language=pt|work=Público|access-date=19 June 2018|archive-date=20 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620004330/https://www.publico.pt/2018/06/12/desporto/noticia/uma-pequena-loucura-ou-um-novo-verao-quente-1834199|url-status=live}}</ref> Later, on 14 May 1994, a memorable derby was played at the old José Alvalade Stadium, crowded to the top, as winning the derby could be a decisive step for Sporting in trying to regain the title, which by that time they had not won for 12 years. Sporting were considered the favourites, with a squad composed by [[Luís Figo]], Paulo Sousa, [[Krasimir Balakov]], [[Ivaylo Yordanov]], [[Emílio Peixe]], [[Stan Valckx]] and others; therefore, Benfica were seen as the underdogs. However, Benfica defied the odds and won the match 6–3 and went on securing the league title weeks later, leaving Sporting empty-handed in one of the most dramatic seasons in their history.<ref>{{cite web|title=Benfica-Sporting: "Queiroz foi o responsável pelos 6–3"|url=http://relvado.aeiou.pt/ultima-hora/benfica-sporting-queiroz-foi-responsavel-pelos-6-3-292661|website=relvado.aeiou.pt|publisher=Lusa|access-date=26 November 2015|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208012835/http://relvado.aeiou.pt/ultima-hora/benfica-sporting-queiroz-foi-responsavel-pelos-6-3-292661|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sporting-Benfica, 3–6: Pesadelo em Alvalade com génio à solta|url=http://www.record.xl.pt/Futebol/Nacional/1a_liga/Benfica/interior.aspx?content_id=120678|website=record.xl.pt|access-date=26 November 2015|archive-date=17 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317162617/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-bwin/benfica?content_id=120678|url-status=live}}</ref> Two years later, the rivalry continued intense with a dramatic incident in the [[1996 Taça de Portugal Final|1996 Portuguese Cup final]], which Benfica won 3–1. After the latter scored the first goal, a supporter of the club lit a flare which eventually struck a Sporting fan in the chest, killing him instantly.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gullit e very light incendiaram o último Sporting-Benfica|url=http://www.sabado.pt/desporto/detalhe/gullit_e_very_light_incendiaram_o_ultimo_sporting_benfica.html|website=sabado.pt|access-date=30 November 2015|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208145104/http://www.sabado.pt/desporto/detalhe/gullit_e_very_light_incendiaram_o_ultimo_sporting_benfica.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Eight years later, on 3 May 2004, [[Geovanni]]'s winning goal for Benfica in the 87th minute at Alvalade caused a pitch invasion by Sporting fans.<ref>{{cite news|last=Roseiro|first=Bruno|date=5 May 2018|title=Um dérbi é sempre pela honra e não pelo dinheiro mas há mais milhões em jogo do que se possa pensar|trans-title=A derby is always for the honour and not money, but there are more millions at stake than one can think of|url=https://observador.pt/2018/05/05/um-derbi-e-sempre-pela-honra-e-nao-pelo-dinheiro-mas-ha-mais-milhoes-em-jogo-do-que-se-possa-pensar/|language=pt|work=Observador|access-date=24 June 2018|archive-date=24 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624205056/https://observador.pt/2018/05/05/um-derbi-e-sempre-pela-honra-e-nao-pelo-dinheiro-mas-ha-mais-milhoes-em-jogo-do-que-se-possa-pensar/|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2011, after a 1–0 loss to Benfica at the [[Estádio da Luz]], Sporting supporters set fire to one of the stands of the stadium.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1625115-dortmund-vs-bayern-munich-and-europes-6-premier-rivarlies-right-now/page/3|title=Dortmund vs. Bayern Munich and Europe's 6 Premier Rivalries Right Now|last=Gannon|first=Willie|date=3 May 2013|publisher=Bleacher Report|access-date=7 January 2016|archive-date=6 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306024110/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1625115-dortmund-vs-bayern-munich-and-europes-6-premier-rivarlies-right-now/page/3|url-status=live}}</ref> Four years later, on 7 February 2015, during a futsal<ref>{{cite web|url=https://futsalfeed.com/original-content/top-11-football-clubs-with-futsal-sections--1|title=Top 11 football clubs with futsal sections|publisher=futsallfeed.com|access-date=2020-04-08|archive-date=11 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411101210/https://futsalfeed.com/original-content/top-11-football-clubs-with-futsal-sections--1|url-status=live}}</ref> derby, members of No Name Boys, one of Benfica's unofficial supporters' groups, showed a banner saying "Very Light 96", in reference to the 1996 incident.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruno de Carvalho pede punição para o Benfica|url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/sporting/interior/bruno-de-carvalho-pede-punicao-para-o-benfica-4390091.html|website=dn.pt|date=9 February 2015 |access-date=30 November 2015|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208122857/http://www.dn.pt/desporto/sporting/interior/bruno-de-carvalho-pede-punicao-para-o-benfica-4390091.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The next day, during a football derby at Estádio José Alvalade, an official supporters' group of Sporting, Juve Leo, showed a banner with the inscription "''Sigam o King''" ("Follow the King"), in reference to [[Eusébio]]'s death a month before.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/sporting/liga/benfica-deselegancia-catering-e-speaker-justificam-interdicao-de-alvalade |title=Benfica: deselegância, catering e speaker justificam interdição de Alvalade |language=pt |trans-title=Benfica: inelegance, catering and speaker justify interdition of Alvalade |date=13 February 2015 |publisher=Maisfutebol |access-date=13 January 2016 |archive-date=1 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201095204/http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/sporting/liga/benfica-deselegancia-catering-e-speaker-justificam-interdicao-de-alvalade |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tarjas, cânticos, very light e desvio de jogadores: esta é a história de uma rivalidade sem fim|url=https://observador.pt/especiais/tarjas-canticos-very-light-e-desvio-de-jogadores-esta-e-a-historia-de-uma-rivalidade-sem-fim|website=Jornal Observador|access-date=20 April 2017|archive-date=21 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421025918/http://observador.pt/especiais/tarjas-canticos-very-light-e-desvio-de-jogadores-esta-e-a-historia-de-uma-rivalidade-sem-fim/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Sporting vs Porto===
{{Main|FC Porto–Sporting CP rivalry}}

Sporting has also a rivalry with [[FC Porto|Porto]]. Outside of the sports environment itself, the confrontation between Lions and Dragons represents a form of expression in sport, and in football in particular, of the political and regional differentiation between Lisbon and the North of Portugal. The confrontation captured the national imagination, having been remembered in the film ''[[O Leão da Estrela]]'' (1947) starring [[António Silva (actor)|António Silva]] and [[Artur Agostinho]], a classic of the Portuguese cinema,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-11-18 |title=Está a chegar o novo "O Leão da Estrela" |url=https://media.rtp.pt/extra/estreias/esta-a-chegar-o-novo-o-leao-da-estrela/ |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=RTP |language=pt-PT |archive-date=27 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927110815/https://media.rtp.pt/extra/estreias/esta-a-chegar-o-novo-o-leao-da-estrela/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and in its remake of 2015 starring [[Miguel Guilherme]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=O Leão da Estrela – Filmes – Comédia|url=https://www.rtp.pt/programa/tv/p38157 |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=RTP |archive-date=26 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926194752/https://www.rtp.pt/programa/tv/p38157 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Sporting and Porto have decided a competition 13 times. The first final won by Sporting took place only in 1978, at the Estádio Nacional, for the [[Taça de Portugal]]. The dispute was decided in two matches, a 1–1 draw and a 2–1 victory in the tie-breaker. There would be three more finals in the same location. In 1994, Porto also won the tiebreaker 2–1. In 2000, Porto won the tiebreaker again 2–0. And, in the [[2007–08 Taça de Portugal]] Sporting won in extra time 2–0. In the 2019, after eleven years, Sporting [[2019 Taça de Portugal Final|won once again]], with a 2–2 draw after extra time, with Sporting winning the penalty shootout 4–3.

Another four decisions between Porto and Sporting were for the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. In 1996, in a tie-breaker valid for the 1994–95 edition; in 2001, valid for the 1999–2000 edition; and in [[2007 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|2007]] and [[2008 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|2008]]. In the first two finals, the matches were held over two legs in the fields of rivals, with tiebreakers in Paris (1996) and Coimbra (2001). In 2007 and 2008, under the format in force since 2001, the decisions took place in a single match held in Leiria and in the Algarve.

Another decision between the two clubs took place in 2019, counting for the [[2018–19 Taça da Liga|2018–19]] [[Taça da Liga]]. The match took place in Braga, ending with a 3–1 victory on penalties, after a 1–1 draw in regular time.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dn.pt/edicao-do-dia/26-jan-2019/fc-porto-sporting-as-dez-historias-dos-jogos-que-deram-titulos-10489229.html | title=FC Porto-Sporting. As dez histórias dos jogos que deram títulos | date=26 January 2019 | access-date=2 February 2023 | archive-date=2 February 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202173646/https://www.dn.pt/edicao-do-dia/26-jan-2019/fc-porto-sporting-as-dez-historias-dos-jogos-que-deram-titulos-10489229.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

Despite the rivalry, both clubs formed an alliance against Benfica in 2017, when [[Bruno de Carvalho]] was the president of Sporting.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Óca|first1=João Pedro|last2=Pereira|first2=António Martins|date=12 May 2017|title=Aliança de FC Porto e Sporting para tirar domínio ao Benfica|trans-title=FC Porto and Sporting's alliance to take out Benfica's domination|url=https://www.cmjornal.pt/desporto/detalhe/alianca-para-tirar-dominio-ao-benfica|language=pt|work=Correio da Manhã|access-date=19 October 2018|archive-date=17 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617122813/https://www.cmjornal.pt/desporto/detalhe/alianca-para-tirar-dominio-ao-benfica|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=7 November 2017|title=FC Porto e Sporting com aliança em risco|trans-title=FC Porto and Sporting with alliance at risk|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/detalhe/fc-porto-e-sporting-com-alianca-em-risco.html|language=pt|work=Record|access-date=19 October 2018|archive-date=17 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717184706/http://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/detalhe/fc-porto-e-sporting-com-alianca-em-risco.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Roseiro|first=Bruno|title=Sporting-FC Porto. Como do clima de guerra aberta nasceu a geringonça contra o "partido" no poder|trans-title=Sporting-FC Porto. How the widget against the "party" in power was born from the climate of war|url=https://observador.pt/especiais/sporting-fc-porto-como-do-clima-de-guerra-aberta-nasceu-a-geringonca-contra-o-partido-no-poder/|language=pt|work=Observador|access-date=19 October 2018|archive-date=19 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019210524/https://observador.pt/especiais/sporting-fc-porto-como-do-clima-de-guerra-aberta-nasceu-a-geringonca-contra-o-partido-no-poder/|url-status=live}}</ref>