Editing Sporting CP (section)

===First league title drought (1982–2000)===
[[File:Sporting Clube de Portugal.svg|thumb|Club emblem used from 1945 to 2001|200px]]
English manager [[Malcolm Allison]] arrived at Sporting in 1981, and under his guidance the club won the domestic double (league title and Portuguese cup), in 1982.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.publico.pt/noticia/malcolm-allison-19272010-o-treinador-que-gostava-de-viver-para-la-do-futebol-1461321|title = Malcolm Allison (1927–2010), o treinador que gostava de viver para lá do futebol|date = 16 October 2010|access-date = 26 December 2015|website = publico.pt|publisher = Marco Vaza|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160405042341/https://www.publico.pt/noticia/malcolm-allison-19272010-o-treinador-que-gostava-de-viver-para-la-do-futebol-1461321|archive-date = 5 April 2016}}</ref> In the years between 1982 and 2000, Sporting suffered from a drought of titles. Despite defeating rivals Benfica 4–0 on aggregate to win the Portuguese Super Cup in 1987, Sporting fans had to wait until 1995 to see their team win some silverware after beating [[Club Sport Marítimo|Marítimo]] 2–0 in the [[1995 Taça de Portugal Final|final of the 1995 Portuguese Cup]]. That victory granted Sporting a place in the [[1995 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|following season's Portuguese Super Cup]]. After drawing 0–0 at the [[José Alvalade Stadium]] and securing a 2–2 draw at the [[Estádio das Antas]], a replay match was held on 30 April 1996 at the [[Parc de Princes]] in Paris. Sporting won 3–0 with [[Sá Pinto]] scoring twice and [[Carlos Xavier]] scoring a stoppage time penalty. In the same 1995–96 season, Sporting also reached the [[1995–96 Taça de Portugal|Portuguese Cup Final]] but lost 3–1 to Benfica.

Highlights of this period of time also include a 7–1 victory over arch-rivals Benfica at the [[Estádio José Alvalade (1956)|old José Alvalade Stadium]] on 14 December 1986. Sporting also reached the [[1990–91 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup semi-final]] in 1991, losing against [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/season=1990/index.html |title=1990/91: Matthäus makes the difference for Inter&nbsp;– |publisher=UEFA |access-date=2012-11-16 |archive-date=15 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615210059/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/season=1990/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Also, [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] and [[Real Madrid]] were both tied and defeated in Lisbon when playing against Sporting in the old UEFA Cup, in the 1986–87 and 1994–95 seasons, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=1994/matches/round=651/index.html|title=UEFA Europa League 1994/95 – History – Matches&nbsp;– UEFA.com|publisher=UEFA|access-date=11 June 2016|archive-date=1 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201115402/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=1994/matches/round=651/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/clubs/50149--sporting-cp/|title=UEFA Europa League 1986/87 – History – Sporting CP&nbsp;– UEFA.com|publisher=UEFA|access-date=11 June 2016|archive-date=17 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317162601/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/clubs/50149--sporting-cp/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1998, Sporting had created the Sporting Clube de Portugal – Futebol, [[Sociedade Anónima Desportiva|SAD]], a public limited sports company for its football department, which went public on the [[Euronext Lisbon|Lisbon Stock Exchange]] in that year at a price of 1,000 [[escudo]]s (the equivalent of about five [[euro]]s at the time) per [[Share (finance)|share]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ações da Sporting SAD valorizaram-se 6% este ano mas só negociaram 128 mil euros |url=https://24.sapo.pt/desporto/artigos/acoes-da-sporting-sad-valorizaram-se-6-este-ano-mas-so-negociaram-128-mil-euros |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=24.sapo.pt}}</ref>