Editing Sporting CP (section)

===Foundation (1902–1906)===
[[File:SportingCP League Performance.svg|300px|thumb|right|alt=Evolution of Sporting Clube de Portugal's league performances since 1938|Evolution of Sporting Clube de Portugal's league performances since 1938]]
Sporting Clube de Portugal has its origins in June 1902, when a group of young men including Francisco da Ponte e Horta Gavazzo and his brother José Maria decided to create ''Sport Club de Belas''. This club, the first ancestor of Sporting, played just one match and at the end of the year's summer, disbanded. Two years later, the idea of creating a football club was revived, and this time, with the Gavazzo brothers joined by [[José Alvalade]] (José Holtreman Roquette) and José Stromp; a new club, the ''Campo Grande Football Club'', was founded. They played their matches on the estate of the [[Alfredo Augusto das Neves Holtreman, 1st Viscount of Alvalade|Viscount of Alvalade (Alfredo Holtreman)]], José Alvalade's grandfather, with the club's headquarters located in Francisco Gavazzo's home. For two years, the club developed an intense activity on several sports, namely football, [[tennis]] and [[fencing]].

[[File:José de alvalade.jpg|thumb|160px|[[José Alvalade]] founded Sporting with the backing of his grandfather.]]

The club also organized parties and picnics. Eventually, during one picnic, on 12 April 1906, discussions erupted, as some members defended that the club should only be focused on organizing picnics and social events, with another group defending that the club should be focused on the practising of sports instead. ageSome time later, José Gavazzo, José Alvalade and 17 other members left the club, with José Alvalade saying: "I'll go to my grandad and he'll give me money to make another club."<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-21 |title=O Sporting é fruto do amor de um avô pelo seu neto |url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/o-sporting-e-fruto-do-amor-de-um-avo-pelo-seu-neto-6234009.html |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=DN |language=pt-PT |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031000749/https://www.dn.pt/desporto/o-sporting-e-fruto-do-amor-de-um-avo-pelo-seu-neto-6234009.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sporting.pt/en/club/museum/featured-areas|title=Museum featured areas|website=Sporting CP|date=26 November 2014|access-date=7 December 2015|archive-date=20 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120134942/http://www.sporting.pt/en/club/museum/featured-areas|url-status=live}}</ref> As such, a new club, without a name, was founded on 8 May 1906, and on 26 May,<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=As datas de funda&ccedil;&atilde;o dos "grandes": O Sport Lisboa, o Campo Grande e os dois&nbsp;Portos |url=https://www.record.pt/opiniao/escrevem-os-leitores/detalhe/as-datas-de-fundacao-dos-grandes-o-sport-lisboa-o-campo-grande-e-os-dois-portos |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Record |language=pt-PT}}</ref> it was named "Campo Grande Sporting Clube".{{efn|name=foundation}} The Viscount of Alvalade, whose money and land helped found the club, was the first president of Sporting.<ref name="scphistory">{{cite web|title=Resumo Histórico|date=10 March 2015|trans-title=Historical Summary|url=https://www.sporting.pt/pt/clube|publisher=Sporting Clube de Portugal|access-date=22 September 2018|archive-date=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911191627/https://www.sporting.pt/pt/clube|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Montero |first=José Luís |date=2015-10-18 |title=O Passado Também Chuta: O Visconde de Alvalade |url=https://bolanarede.pt/rubricas/o-passado-tambem-chuta/o-passado-tambem-chuta-o-visconde-de-alvalade/ |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=Bola na Rede |language=pt-PT |archive-date=15 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115125644/https://bolanarede.pt/rubricas/o-passado-tambem-chuta/o-passado-tambem-chuta-o-visconde-de-alvalade/ |url-status=live }}</ref> José Alvalade, as one of the main founders and first club member (''sócio''), uttered on behalf of himself and his fellow co-founders: "We want this club to be a great club, as great as the greatest in Europe."<ref name="scphistory" /> Beyond José Holtreman Roquette (José Alvalade) and his grandfather Alfredo das Neves Holtreman (Viscount of Alvalade), among the founders were also the brothers [[António Stromp|António]], José and [[Francisco Stromp]], the Gavazzo brothers, José Maria do Couto Valente da Ponte and José Ferreira Roquette.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Resumo da História do Sporting |url=https://www.dn.pt/dossiers/desporto/sporting/as-vitorias-historicas/interior/resumo-da-historia-do-sporting-1004281.html/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Diário de Notícias |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=3.500 celebram centenário na relva de Alvalade |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/3500-celebram-centenario-na-relva-de-alvalade |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Record |language=pt-PT}}</ref> Two months later, on 1 July 1906,{{efn|name=foundation}} António Félix da Costa Júnior suggested the name ''Sporting Clube de Portugal'', and since 1920 that is the club's foundation date.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clube |url=https://www.sporting.pt/pt/tax_noticias/clube?page=237 |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Sporting |language=pt-pt |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102004200/https://www.sporting.pt/pt/tax_noticias/clube?page=237 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{efn|name=foundation}}