Editing Sporting CP (section)

==Player accolades==

===Portuguese Top Goalscorer===
The Portuguese League top scorer was awarded the Silver Shoe from 1934 to 1935 until 1951–52. Since the 1952–53 season, the sports newspaper ''[[A Bola]]'' awards the Silver Ball prize.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Claro|first1=Paulo|title=Portugal&nbsp;– List of Topscorers|date=5 June 2014|website=[[RSSSF]]|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/porttops.html|access-date=8 February 2015|archive-date=18 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118103450/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/porttops.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

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! Winner
! G
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|- align=left
|[[1934–35 Primeira Liga|1934–35]]
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Manuel Soeiro]] ||14
|- align=left
|[[1936–37 Primeira Liga|1936–37]]
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Manuel Soeiro]] ||24
|- align=left
|[[1937–38 Primeira Liga|1937–38]]
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Fernando Peyroteo]] ||34
|- align=left
|[[1939–40 Primeira Liga|1939–40]]
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Fernando Peyroteo]]<sup>1</sup> ||29
|- align=left
|[[1940–41 Primeira Liga|1940–41]]
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Fernando Peyroteo]] ||29
|- align=left
|[[1945–46 Primeira Liga|1945–46]]
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Fernando Peyroteo]] ||37
|}
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! Year
! Winner
! G
|-
|- align=left
|[[1946–47 Primeira Liga|1946–47]]
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Fernando Peyroteo]] ||43
|- align=left
|[[1948–49 Primeira Liga|1948–49]]
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Fernando Peyroteo]] ||40
|- align=left
|[[1950–51 Primeira Liga|1950–51]]
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Manuel Vasques]] ||29
|- align=left
|[[1953–54 Primeira Liga|1953–54]]
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[João Baptista Martins|João Martins]] ||31
|- align=left
|[[1965–66 Primeira Liga|1965–66]]
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Ernesto Figueiredo]]<sup>1</sup> ||25
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|[[1973–74 Primeira Liga|1973–74]]
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Héctor Yazalde]]<sup>2,3</sup> ||46
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! Year
! Winner
! G
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|[[1974–75 Primeira Liga|1974–75]]
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Héctor Yazalde]] ||30
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|[[1979–80 Primeira Liga|1979–80]]
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Rui Jordão]] ||31
|- align=left
|[[1979–80 Primeira Liga|1979–80]]
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Rui Jordão]] ||31
|- align=left
|[[1985–86 Primeira Liga|1985–86]]
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Manuel Fernandes (footballer, born 1951)|Manuel Fernandes]] ||30
|- align=left
|[[1987–88 Primeira Liga|1987–88]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Paulinho Cascavel]] ||23
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|[[1992–93 Primeira Liga|1992–93]]
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Jorge Cadete]] ||18
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! Year
! Winner
! G
|-
|- align=left
|[[2001–02 Primeira Liga|2001–02]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Mário Jardel]]<sup>3</sup> ||42
|- align=left
|[[2004–05 Primeira Liga|2004–05]]
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Liédson]] ||25
|- align=left
|[[2006–07 Primeira Liga|2006–07]]
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Liédson]] ||15
|- align=left
|[[2016–17 Primeira Liga|2016–17]]
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Bas Dost]] ||34
|- align=left
|[[2020–21 Primeira Liga|2020–21]]
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Pedro Gonçalves]] ||23
|- align=left
|[[2023–24 Primeira Liga|2023–24]]
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Viktor Gyökeres]] ||29
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! Winner
! G
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|[[2024–25 Primeira Liga|2024–25]]
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Viktor Gyökeres]] ||39
|}
|}
:{{small|<sup>1</sup>Shared award}}; {{small|<sup>2</sup>Portuguese record}}; {{small|<sup>3</sup>[[European Golden Shoe]]}}

===Player of the Year===
The Player of the Year award is named after former player [[Francisco Stromp]], and was instituted from 1992. The list below is a list of winners of the award.

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! Year
! Winner
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|1992||{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Krasimir Balakov]]
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|1993||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Stan Valckx]]
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|1994||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Luís Figo]]
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|1995||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Oceano da Cruz|Oceano]]
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|1996||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Ricardo Sá Pinto]]
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|1997||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marco Aurélio Cunha dos Santos|Marco Aurélio]]
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|1998||{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Ivaylo Yordanov]]
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! Year
! Winner
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|1999||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Delfim Teixeira]]
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|2000||{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Alberto Acosta]]
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|2001||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Beto (footballer, born May 1976)|Beto]]
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|2002||{{flagicon|POR}} [[João Vieira Pinto|João Pinto]]
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|2003||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Pedro Barbosa]]
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|2004||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Rui Jorge]]
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|2005||{{flagicon|POR}} [[João Moutinho]]
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! Year
! Winner
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|2006||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Ricardo (footballer, born 1976)|Ricardo]]
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|2007||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Liédson]]
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|2008||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Tonel]]
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|2009||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Liédson]]
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|2010||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Daniel Carriço]]
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|2011||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Rui Patrício]]
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|2012||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Rui Patrício]]
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! Year
! Winner
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|2013||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Adrien Silva]]
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|2014||{{flagicon|POR}} [[William Carvalho]]
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|2015||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Nani (footballer)|Nani]]
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|2016||{{flagicon|POR}} [[João Mário (footballer, born January 1993)|João Mário]]
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|2017||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Bas Dost]]
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|2018||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Bruno Fernandes]]
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|2019||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Bruno Fernandes]]
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Year
! Winner
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|2020||{{flagicon|URU}} [[Sebastián Coates]]
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|2021||{{flagicon|POR}} [[João Palhinha]]<hr />{{flagicon|POR}} [[Pedro Gonçalves]]
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|2022||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Antonio Adán]]
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|2023||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Gonçalo Inácio]]
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|2024||{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Viktor Gyökeres]]
|}
|}

===Award winners===
Awards received while playing for Sporting CP

'''[[European Golden Boot]]'''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Arotaritei|first1=Sorin|last2=Di Maggio|first2=Roberto|last3=Stokkermans|first3=Karel|title=Golden Boot ("Soulier d'Or") Awards|date=20 November 2014|website=[[RSSSF]]|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/gboot.html|access-date=8 February 2015|archive-date=21 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721204533/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/gboot.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Héctor Yazalde]] (46 goals)&nbsp;– 1974 (Portuguese record)
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Mário Jardel]] (42 goals)&nbsp;– 2002

'''[[African Footballer of the Year]]'''<ref>{{cite news|title=African Footballer of the Year Winners|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-africa-award-winners-idUKL01169720070301|access-date=8 February 2015|work=Reuters|date=1 March 2007|archive-date=7 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307033632/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-africa-award-winners-idUKL01169720070301|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|NGA}} [[Emmanuel Amuneke]]&nbsp;– 1994

'''[[Bulgarian Footballer of the Year]]'''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kyuchukov|first1=Nedko|title=Balakov says goodbye|date=30 April 2003|url=http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=66854.html|publisher=UEFA|access-date=8 February 2015|archive-date=12 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912092501/http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=66854.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Krasimir Balakov]]&nbsp;– 1995
* {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Ivaylo Yordanov]]&nbsp;– 1998

'''[[Algerian Footballer of the Year|Algerian Ballon d'Or]]'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Slimani wins Algerian Ballon d'Or|date=18 December 2013|url=http://africansoccer.weebly.com/news/slimani-wins-algerian-ballon-dor|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150124220107/http://africansoccer.weebly.com/news/slimani-wins-algerian-ballon-dor|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 January 2015|publisher=AfricanSoccer|access-date=8 February 2015}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|ALG}} [[Islam Slimani]]&nbsp;– 2013

'''[[Guldbollen|Swedish Guldbollen]]'''
* {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Viktor Gyökeres]]&nbsp;– 2024<ref>{{cite web |title=Viktor Gyökeres vinner Guldbollen 2024 |url=https://svff.svenskfotboll.se/nyheter/2024/12/guldbollen/ |website=svff.svenskfotboll.se |publisher=SvFF |access-date=18 May 2025 |language=Swedish |date=16 December 2024 }}</ref>

[[UEFA European Under-21 Championship]] '''Golden Player'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=1994/golden-player/index.html|title=1994: Luís Figo|date=1 June 1994|publisher=UEFA|access-date=21 July 2015|archive-date=21 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621020844/http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=1994/golden-player/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=William named U21 EURO player of the tournament|date=1 July 2015|url=https://www.uefa.com/under21/news/0257-0ded97b0c8ea-16e5412906dc-1000--william-u21-euro-player-of-the-tournament/|publisher=UEFA|access-date=1 July 2015|archive-date=10 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151110165520/http://www.uefa.com/under21/news/newsid=2262774.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Luís Figo]]&nbsp;– [[UEFA European Under-21 Championship#Under-21 Golden Player|1994]]
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[William Carvalho]]&nbsp;– [[UEFA European Under-21 Championship#Under-21 Golden Player|2015]]

'''[[FIFA U-20 World Cup]]'''<ref>{{cite web|last1=José Luis|first1=Pierrend|title=FIFA Awards|date=16 January 2015|website=[[RSSSF]]|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html|access-date=8 February 2015|archive-date=12 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112042845/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[FIFA U-20 World Cup#Awards|Golden Ball]]
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Emílio Peixe]]&nbsp;– [[1991 FIFA World Youth Championship|1991 Portugal]]
[[FIFA U-20 World Cup#Awards|Silver Ball]]
* {{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Daniel da Cruz Carvalho|Dani]]&nbsp;– [[1995 FIFA World Youth Championship|1995 Qatar]]
[[FIFA U-20 World Cup#Awards|Bronze Ball]]
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Paulo Torres]]&nbsp;– [[1991 FIFA World Youth Championship|1991 Portugal]]

[[UEFA European Under-17 Championship#Golden Player Award|UEFA European Under-17 Championship Golden Player Award]]{{Broken anchor|date=2025-05-08|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=UEFA European Under-17 Championship#Golden Player Award|reason= The anchor (Golden Player Award) [[Special:Diff/1187265554|has been deleted]].|diff_id=1187265554}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Cradle of the stars|date=15 May 2011|url=https://www.uefa.com/under17/history/|publisher=UEFA|access-date=8 February 2015|archive-date=27 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427123518/http://www.uefa.com/under17/history/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Miguel Veloso]]&nbsp;– [[2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship|2003 Portugal]]

'''[[Portuguese Golden Ball]]'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Luis Figo|url=http://footyroom.com/hall-of-fame/luis-figo|publisher=Footyroom|access-date=8 February 2015|archive-date=17 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317162624/https://footyroom.co/hall-of-fame/luis-figo|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Luís Figo]]&nbsp;– 1994

'''[[Portuguese Footballer of the Year]]'''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Silva|first1=Rui|title=Portugal&nbsp;– Footballer of the Year|date=20 November 2014|website=[[RSSSF]]|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/portpoy.html|access-date=8 February 2015|archive-date=8 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808192227/https://rsssf.org/miscellaneous/portpoy.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Rui Jordão]]<sup>1</sup>&nbsp;– 1980
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[António Luís Alves Ribeiro Oliveira|António Oliveira]]<sup>1</sup>&nbsp;– 1981, 1982
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Jorge Cadete]]<sup>2</sup> −1990
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Luís Figo]]<sup>1; 2</sup>&nbsp;– 1995
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Alberto Acosta]]<sup>2</sup>&nbsp;– 2000
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Mário Jardel]]<sup>1; 2</sup>&nbsp;– 2002

[[LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year|Primeira Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year]]:
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Miguel Veloso]]&nbsp;– [[LPFP Awards|2006–07]]
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[William Carvalho]]&nbsp;– [[LPFP Awards|2013–14]]
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Pedro Gonçalves]]&nbsp;– [[LPFP Awards|2020–21]]

[[LPFP Awards#Primeira Liga Awards|LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year]]:
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Bruno Fernandes]]&nbsp;– [[2017–18 Primeira Liga#Annual awards|2017–18]]
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Bruno Fernandes]]&nbsp;– [[2018–19 Primeira Liga#Annual awards|2018–19]]
* {{flagicon|URU}} [[Sebastián Coates]]&nbsp;– [[2020–21 Primeira Liga#Annual awards|2020–21]]

[[LPFP Awards#Primeira Liga Awards|LPFP Primeira Liga Goalkeeper of the Year]]:
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Rui Patrício]]&nbsp;– [[2011–12 Primeira Liga#Annual awards|2011–12]], [[2015–16 Primeira Liga#Annual awards|2015–16]], [[2017–18 Primeira Liga#Annual awards|2017–18]]
* {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Antonio Adán]]&nbsp;– [[2020–21 Primeira Liga#Annual awards|2020–21]]

[[LPFP Awards#Primeira Liga Awards|LPFP Primeira Liga Best Goal]]:
* {{flagicon|CPV}} [[Jovane Cabral]]&nbsp;– [[2018–19 Primeira Liga#Annual awards|2018–19]]

[[LPFP Awards|Segunda Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year]]:
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Bruma (footballer)|Bruma]]&nbsp;– [[2012–13 Segunda Liga|2012–13]]

'''[[FIFA World Cup awards#All-Star Team|FIFA World Cup All-Star Team]]'''
* {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Krasimir Balakov]]&nbsp;– [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994 United States]]
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Ricardo (footballer, born 1976)|Ricardo]]&nbsp;– [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 Germany]]
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Marcos Rojo]]&nbsp;– [[2014 FIFA World Cup|2014 Brazil]]

'''[[World Soccer Magazine#The Greatest Players of the 20th century|The 100 Greatest Players of the 20th Century]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamHons/HonsWldSocPlyrsCent.html|title=England Player Honours&nbsp;– World Soccer Players of the Century|access-date=21 July 2015|archive-date=4 April 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210404034430/http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamHons/HonsWldSocPlyrsCent.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Peter Schmeichel]]

=== Historical records ===

==== Most appearances for the club ====

* [[Hilário (footballer, born 1939)|Hilário]] (474)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-20 |title=Sporting: Coates chegou aos 250 jogos na Liga |url=https://www.abola.pt/futebol/noticias/sporting-coates-chegou-aos-250-jogos-na-liga-2024022012555421720 |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Abola|language=pt}}</ref>

==== Most goals scored for the club ====

* [[Fernando Peyroteo]] (526){{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

==== Best goals per game ratio for the club ====

* [[Fernando Peyroteo]] (1.62){{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

==== Youngest footballer who played in a Primeira Liga game for the club ====

* [[Dário Essugo]] (16 years and 6 days)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Correia |first=Gonçalo |title=Porque acredita tanto o Sporting em Essugo, o mais jovem de sempre a estrear-se pelos leões no campeonato |url=https://observador.pt/2021/03/21/porque-acredita-tanto-o-sporting-em-essugo-o-mais-jovem-de-sempre-a-estrear-se-pelos-leoes-no-campeonato/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Observador |language=pt-PT}}</ref>

==== Youngest footballer who played in a UEFA club competitions game for the club ====

* [[Dário Essugo]] (16 years and 268 days)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Essugo e o recorde pelo Sporting: "Não foi a estreia com que eu sonhava" |url=https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/1a-liga/sporting/noticias/essugo-e-o-recorde-pelo-sporting-nao-foi-a-estreia-com-que-eu-sonhava-14388727.html/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=O Jogo |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Essugo faz história na equipa mais nova de sempre do Sporting na Champions - Sporting - Jornal Record |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/essugo-faz-historia-na-equipa-mais-nova-de-sempre-do-sporting-na-champions |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Record}}</ref>

==== Youngest footballer who scored in his official debut game for the club ====

* [[Geovany Quenda]] ([[2024 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|17 years, 3 months and 5 days]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geovany Quenda é o mais jovem de sempre a marcar na estreia pelo Sporting |url=https://www.jn.pt/4344509918/geovany-quenda-e-o-mais-jovem-de-sempre-a-marcar-na-estreia-pelo-sporting/ |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=Jornal de Notícias |date=3 August 2024 |language=pt}}</ref>

==== Youngest footballer who scored in a Primeira Liga game for the club ====

* [[Geovany Quenda]] (17 years, 5 months and 27 days)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quenda supera Simão e é mais novo do Sporting a marcar na Liga |url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/sporting/geovany-quenda/quenda-supera-simao-e-e-mais-novo-do-sporting-a-marcar-na-liga |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=Maisfutebol |language=pt}}</ref>

==== Oldest footballer who played in an official game for the club ====
* [[Vítor Damas]] (41 years and 50 days)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vítor Damas |url=https://www.dn.pt/dossiers/desporto/sporting/antigas-glorias/vitor-damas-982650.html/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Diário de Notícias |language=pt}}</ref>

==== Highest player transfer fee received by the club ====

* [[Bruno Fernandes]] (65 million euros as of 2023,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-26 |title=Sporting Mais um milhão encaixado e Bruno Fernandes já rendeu €65M |url=https://www.abola.pt/futebol/noticias/mais-um-milhao-encaixado-e-bruno-fernandes-ja-rendeu-65m-2023081009343147507 |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Abola |language=pt}}</ref> potentially, 80 million euros in total)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bruno Fernandes no Manchester United por 55 milhões. É a maior venda de sempre do Sporting |url=https://www.dn.pt/desportos/sporting-chega-a-acordo-com-o-manchester-united-para-a-venda-de-bruno-fernandes-11759485.html/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Diário de Notícias |date=28 January 2020 |language=pt}}</ref>

==== Highest player transfer fee paid by the club ====

* [[Viktor Gyökeres|Viktor Gyokeres]] (21 million euros as of February 2024,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-07 |title=Gyokeres marcou e já custa… €21 milhões ao Sporting! |url=https://www.abola.pt/futebol/noticias/gyokeres-marcou-e-ja-custa-euro21-milhoes-ao-sporting-2024020721392263800 |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Abola |language=pt}}</ref> potentially, 26 million euros in total)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-15 |title=Sporting revela as contas: Gyökeres pode custar 26 milhões de euros |url=https://www.publico.pt/2023/11/15/desporto/noticia/sporting-revela-contas-gyokeres-custar-26-milhoes-euros-2070347 |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=PÚBLICO |language=pt}}</ref>