Editing Sporting CP (section)

===Early years (1907–1946)===
[[File:viscondedealvalade.jpg|thumb|160px|[[Alfredo Holtreman]], Viscount of Alvalade was the first president, sponsor and protector of Sporting.]]The year 1907 marked some "firsts" for the club, as Sporting played the first football match of their history on 3 February, ending in a 5–1 defeat against third division club ''Cruz Negra;'' inaugurated their first ground, known as "''Sítio das Mouras''" (the most advanced in Portugal at the time, equipped with showers, two tennis courts, an athletics track and a football field) on 4 July; and played the first derby of all time against local rivals [[S.L. Benfica]] (then known as ''Grupo Sport Lisboa'') on 1 December.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Sporting Clube Portugal&nbsp;– Fotobiografia por Rui Guedes|publisher = Publicações Dom Quixote|year = 1988|location = Lisbon|pages = XVII-XIX}}</ref> As early as 1909, the following sports were practised at the sports club: football, running and jumping (athletics), physical exercise (gymnastics), rope-wrestling, tennis, cricket and field hockey.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-03-10 |title=Resume |url=https://www.sporting.pt/en/club/history/resume |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=Sporting |language=en}}</ref>

The club also released their first report card on 31 March 1922, titled ''"Boletim do Sporting"'' (Sporting's Report), lending the foundation for the later called ''"Jornal do Sporting"'', the official newspaper of the club, that still exists today.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://atascadocherba.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/aniversariojornal.jpg |title=Razao de Ser |website=atascadocherba.com |access-date=2 October 2021 |archive-date=26 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226195416/http://atascadocherba.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/aniversariojornal.jpg |url-status=live }}</ref>

Sporting played their first [[Primeira Liga]] game (the 1st Division of Portuguese football) ever on 20 January 1935, winning 0–6 against [[Associação Académica de Coimbra&nbsp;– O.A.F.|Académica de Coimbra]]. A year later, in 1936, the club had their heaviest ever defeat against [[FC Porto|Porto]], losing 10–1. Sporting, however, got their revenge a year later, when they humbled the same team with a 9–1 result. In 1941, under the guidance of Hungarian manager [[József Szabó (footballer, born 1896)|József Szabó]], the club celebrated the first league title of their history.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}