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===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>