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===The turn of the millennium (2000–2002)=== [[File:Augusto Inácio.jpg|thumb|Sporting CP's manager and former player [[Augusto Inácio]] won the [[Primeira Liga]] title in 2000<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tovar |first=Rui Miguel |title=Inácio. "O Sporting campeão em 2000? Nem o Spielberg" |url=https://observador.pt/especiais/inacio-o-sporting-campeao-em-2000-nem-o-spielberg/ |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=Observador |language=pt-PT |archive-date=5 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105124244/https://observador.pt/especiais/inacio-o-sporting-campeao-em-2000-nem-o-spielberg/ |url-status=live }}</ref>]] In [[1999–2000 Primeira Liga|2000]], Sporting, led by manager [[Augusto Inácio]] (a former Sporting player, who replaced [[Giuseppe Materazzi]] at the beginning of the season), won the league title on the last match day, with a 4–0 victory over [[S.C. Salgueiros|Salgueiros]], ending an 18-year drought.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} In the following season, Sporting conquered the [[2000 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|2000 Super Cup]] but came third in the [[2000–01 Primeira Liga|league]]. In the 2001–02 season, led by coach [[László Bölöni]], Sporting conquered their [[2001–02 Primeira Liga|18th league title]], the [[2001–02 Taça de Portugal|Portuguese Cup]] and the [[2002 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|2002 Portuguese Super Cup]]. On 21 June 2002, the club had opened its [[Academia Sporting|training facility]], located in [[Alcochete]], 30 km east of Lisbon. On 14 August 2002,<ref name=":03">{{Cite web |title=History: Sporting CP-Inter: UEFA Champions League 2002/03 Qualif. 3 |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/70011--sporting-cp-vs-inter/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224104313/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/70011--sporting-cp-vs-inter/ |archive-date=24 December 2023 |access-date=24 December 2023 |website=[[UEFA]] |language=en}}</ref> [[Cristiano Ronaldo]], then 17, played his first official match for a Sporting CP's senior team, in a [[2002–03 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds|UEFA Champions League qualifying round]] at home against [[Inter Milan]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=38 anos, 38 momentos marcantes da carreira de Cristiano Ronaldo |url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/internacional/artigos/38-anos-38-momentos-marcantes-da-carreira-de-cristiano-ronaldo |access-date=24 December 2023 |website=SAPO Desporto |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 September 2021 |title=Cristiano Ronaldo's five senior debuts in his career and how he fared in them |url=https://www.planetfootball.com/quick-reads/cristiano-ronaldos-five-senior-debuts-in-his-career-and-how-he-fared-in-them-man-utd-real-madrid |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224110015/https://www.planetfootball.com/quick-reads/cristiano-ronaldos-five-senior-debuts-in-his-career-and-how-he-fared-in-them-man-utd-real-madrid |archive-date=24 December 2023 |access-date=24 December 2023 |website=Planet Football |language=en}}</ref> On 1 September 2002, in the [[Azores]], Cristiano Ronaldo debuted as a senior player in official domestic competitions playing for [[Sporting CP B]] in a 2–1 away loss against [[S.C. Lusitânia|Sport Clube Lusitânia]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sabia Que o 1º jogo como sénior de Cristiano Ronaldo foi nos Açores? |url=https://www.iloveazores.net/2016/06/sabia-que-o-1-jogo-como-senior-de.html |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=I Love Azores |archive-date=10 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810233848/https://www.iloveazores.net/2016/06/sabia-que-o-1-jogo-como-senior-de.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and on 29 September he made his debut in the Primeira Liga, playing for Sporting CP's main team in a way match against [[S.C. Braga|SC Braga]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-02 |title=A estreia de Cristiano Ronaldo na Liga foi há 20 anos, em Braga. Depois, tudo mudou |url=https://ominho.pt/a-estreia-de-cristiano-ronaldo-na-liga-foi-ha-20-anos-em-braga-depois-tudo-mudou/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=O Minho |language=pt-PT |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015191231/https://ominho.pt/a-estreia-de-cristiano-ronaldo-na-liga-foi-ha-20-anos-em-braga-depois-tudo-mudou/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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