Editing Sporting CP (section)

==Facilities==

===Stadium===
{{main|Estádio José Alvalade}}
[[File:Estadio Alvalade XXI - panoramio (3).jpg|thumb|Estádio José Alvalade (inside view).]]
Throughout its history, Sporting has had several grounds. The first one was inaugurated on 4 July 1907, and was called "''Sítio das Mouras''". It was a state-of-the-art facility at the time and included changing rooms with individual lockers and changing rooms with showers and baths. It included a grass playing field for football and two tennis courts. It was considered luxurious and had also an athletics track.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ALVALADE XXI |url=https://www.cmjornal.pt/domingo/detalhe/alvalade-xxi |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=CM Jornal |date=3 August 2003 |language=pt-PT |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015191233/https://www.cmjornal.pt/domingo/detalhe/alvalade-xxi |url-status=live }}</ref> This was followed by the [[Estádio do Campo Grande]] (1917–1937) and the [[Estádio do Lumiar]] (1937–1956). In 1956, the [[Estádio José Alvalade (1956)|first Estádio José Alvalade]] was inaugurated. Sporting played their matches there until 2003, when the stadium was demolished.

A new stadium, [[Estádio José Alvalade]], was built for the [[UEFA Euro 2004]], hosted by Portugal. Designed by [[Tomás Taveira]], it was inaugurated on 6 August 2003 and the wider complex called Alvalade XXI included a [[shopping mall]], cinemas, health center, office space, residential areas, club's museum, official club store and other infrastructure.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting Clube de Portugal (Estádio Alvalade XXI) |url=https://informacoeseservicos.lisboa.pt/contactos/diretorio-da-cidade/estadio-alvalade-xxi-sporting-clube-de-portugal |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=informacoeseservicos.lisboa.pt |language=pt-PT}}</ref> The opening match was a 3–1 victory over Manchester United in a friendly game that marked the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo from Sporting CP.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ronaldo despontou no Sporting, mas partiu cedo demais |url=https://www.record.pt/o-diario-de-cr7/detalhe/ronaldo-despontou-no-sporting-mas-partiu-cedo-demais |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=Record |language=pt-PT |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015191233/https://www.record.pt/o-diario-de-cr7/detalhe/ronaldo-despontou-no-sporting-mas-partiu-cedo-demais |url-status=live }}</ref> The stadium was awarded a 'five-star' certificate at [[2005 UEFA Cup Final]] by then [[UEFA]] president [[Lennart Johansson]]. The stadium has a capacity of 50,095 spectators.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sporting.pt/Futebol/Estadio/estadio_historia.asp |title=Sporting Clube de Portugal |publisher=Sporting.pt |access-date=4 November 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017095953/http://www.sporting.pt/Futebol/Estadio/estadio_historia.asp |archive-date=17 October 2012}}</ref> The [[Multidesportivo Sporting]], is a multi-sports arena located in a five-floor [[semi-detached]] building next to the stadium proper.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

The stadium hosted quarter-finals and semi-finals matches during the [[2019–20 UEFA Champions League]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Draws: UEFA Champions League|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/draws/2020/2001327/|access-date=2021-01-16|website=[[UEFA]]|language=en|archive-date=3 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703142414/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/draws/2020/2001327/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Academia Cristiano Ronaldo and youth academy ===
{{main|Academia Cristiano Ronaldo|Sporting CP Youth Academy}}

The Cristiano Ronaldo Academy is the center of all Sporting CP's football activity. It is the place where the Sporting CP professional football team has all its daily preparation and also serves as a hub for carrying out internships. It is at the Sporting Professional Academy of Football that Sporting hosts its support staff, which includes the directive, clinical and administrative components. On the other hand, the academy is also Sporting CP's Sports Training School.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sporting.pt/pt/clube/infraestruturas/academia | title=Academia | date=10 July 2015 | access-date=2 February 2023 | archive-date=2 February 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202174722/https://www.sporting.pt/pt/clube/infraestruturas/academia | url-status=live }}</ref>

Sporting's youth academy system helped develop [[Ballon d'Or]] recipients [[Luís Figo]] and [[Cristiano Ronaldo]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/meet-sportings-exciting-wing-duo-who-could-be-new-ronaldo-and-quaresma|title=Meet Sporting's exciting wing duo who could be the new Ronaldo and Quaresma|date=2 December 2015|access-date=12 June 2016|website=fourfourtwo.com|last=Kundert|first=Tom|archive-date=22 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622224930/http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/meet-sportings-exciting-wing-duo-who-could-be-new-ronaldo-and-quaresma|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the victorious campaign of [[Portugal national football team|Portuguese National Team]] in the [[UEFA Euro 2016|Euro 2016]] 10 out of the 14 players who played the final against France were players "made in Sporting".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/in-bed-with-maradona/2018/feb/16/sporting-lisbon-academy-ronaldo-figo-ballon-dor|title=Inside the Sporting Lisbon academy, where Ballon d'Or winners are made|last=Clapham|first=Alex|date=2018-02-16|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-07-27|archive-date=27 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727115217/https://www.theguardian.com/football/in-bed-with-maradona/2018/feb/16/sporting-lisbon-academy-ronaldo-figo-ballon-dor|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.publico.pt/2016/07/12/desporto/noticia/portugal-campeao-europeu-com-equipa-made-in-sporting-1737971|title=Euro 2016. Um campeão europeu com uma equipa ""made in"" Sporting|last=Perez|first=Francisco|work=PÚBLICO|access-date=2018-07-27|language=pt|archive-date=20 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120052211/https://www.publico.pt/2016/07/12/desporto/noticia/portugal-campeao-europeu-com-equipa-made-in-sporting-1737971|url-status=live}}</ref> Moreover, at the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]] Sporting CP had 14 players that came through their youth system, making it the most represented youth academy system in the tournament, followed by [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] with eleven.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/interior/sabe-qual-o-clube-que-formou-mais-jogadores-para-o-mundial-o-sporting-9516697.html|title=O clube que formou mais jogadores para o Mundial? Sporting bate Barcelona|publisher=Global Media Group|date=2018-06-27|work=DN|access-date=2018-07-27|language=pt-PT|archive-date=27 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727054709/https://www.dn.pt/desporto/interior/sabe-qual-o-clube-que-formou-mais-jogadores-para-o-mundial-o-sporting-9516697.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Pavilhão João Rocha===
{{main|Pavilhão João Rocha}}
[[File:PavJoaoRochaInterior.jpg|thumb|275x275px|[[Pavilhão João Rocha]] during the 2017–18 Portuguese Futsal Championship finals between [[Sporting CP (futsal)|Sporting CP]] and [[S.L. Benfica (futsal)|Benfica]]]]
With a total capacity of 3,000 seats, spread over 4 stands and a corporate area, Sporting CP's indoor arena named after former Sporting CP's president [[João Rocha]] is the largest one in Portugal belonging to a sports club. Its dimensions meet the requirements for all indoor [[team sport]]s, with an automatic table system for [[Roller hockey (quad)|roller hockey]], and an advanced video and multimedia system. In the roundabout between the pavilion and the stadium, a monument was also inaugurated to evoke the club. Those who follow the path that surrounds the pavilion will find the ''Passeio da Fama'' (Walk of Fame) of Sporting CP's former and current athletic glories where the names of famous Sporting CP's players, athletes, coaching staff and executives such as [[António Livramento]], [[Carlos Lopes]], [[Dionísio Castro]], [[Domingos Castro]], [[Fernando Mamede]], [[Fernando Peyroteo]], [[Francis Obikwelu]], [[Joaquim Agostinho]], [[José Travassos]], [[Manuel Fernandes (footballer, born 1951)|Manuel Fernandes]], [[Mário Moniz Pereira]], [[Miguel Maia]], [[Naide Gomes]], [[Patrícia Mamona]] and [[Teresa Machado]], among many others, can be found.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Um passeio da fama... à Hollywood |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/um-passeio-da-fama-a-hollywood-926595 |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=Record |language=pt-PT |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015191237/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/um-passeio-da-fama-a-hollywood-926595 |url-status=live }}</ref> Next to the pavilion there is the Sporting CP's youth academy school ''Escola Academia Aurélio Pereira'' (named after the club's historical youth development principal [[Aurélio Pereira]]) with three 5-a-side football fields, with the aim of complementing the Pólo EUL (Sporting CP's facilities for U13 development footballers at the EUL – [[Lisbon University Stadium|Estádio Universitário de Lisboa]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bruno Fernandes e companhia, os "novos" craques da formação do Sporting |url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/reportagem/polo-eul/bruno-fernandes-e-companhia-os-novos-craques-da-formacao-do-sporting |access-date=2023-10-15 |website=Maisfutebol |language=pt |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031105735/https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/reportagem/polo-eul/bruno-fernandes-e-companhia-os-novos-craques-da-formacao-do-sporting |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Aurélio Pereira |url=https://www.sporting.pt/pt/tags/aurelio-pereira |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Sporting.pt |language=pt-pt}}</ref> One of the entrances to the pavilion gives access to a Loja Verde (the club's official store) and to a branch of the Sporting Museum, with a design more focused on virtual realities and the concept of a museum in real time. There is also an auditorium prepared to host conferences, training courses and special events. The Pavilion and all the surrounding space is prepared to host concerts and cultural events.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sporting.pt/pt/clube/infraestruturas/pavilhao-joao-rocha | title=Pavilhão João Rocha | date=25 July 2017 | access-date=2 February 2023 | archive-date=2 February 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202174810/https://www.sporting.pt/pt/clube/infraestruturas/pavilhao-joao-rocha | url-status=live }}</ref>