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{{Short description|Association football club in Lisbon, Portugal}}
{{About|the association football team|other sections of the club|Sporting CP (disambiguation)}}
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| ground = [[Estádio José Alvalade]]
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| chairman = [[Frederico Varandas]]
| manager = [[Rui Borges (footballer, born 1981)|Rui Borges]]
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| league = [[Primeira Liga]]
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| position = Primeira Liga, 1st of 18 (champions)
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'''Sporting Clube de Portugal''' ({{IPA|pt|sɨˈpɔɾtĩ ˈkluβɨ ðɨ puɾtuˈɣal}}), otherwise referred to as '''Sporting CP''' or simply '''Sporting''' (particularly within Portugal), or as '''Sporting Lisbon''' in other countries,<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=9 July 2015 |title=Club History – The Badge |url=https://www.sporting.pt/en/club/history/the-badge |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208220215/https://www.sporting.pt/en/club/history/the-badge |archive-date=8 December 2021 |access-date=14 December 2021 |work=Sporting Clube de Portugal |quote=with the Club largely being known a "Sporting Lisbon" abroad}}</ref><ref name=":13" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-05 |title=Portuguese Primeira Liga: Sporting Lisbon crowned champions after Benfica loss |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cpdgvvy39zyo |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":16">[https://theathletic.com/4308623/2023/03/16/sporting-lisbon-athletic-bilbao-wrong-name/ From Sporting Lisbon to Athletic Bilbao — why do we get foreign clubs' names wrong?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407010919/https://theathletic.com/4308623/2023/03/16/sporting-lisbon-athletic-bilbao-wrong-name/|date=7 April 2023}}, Michael Cox, The Athletic, 16 March 2023</ref><ref name=":14" /> is a Portuguese [[sports club]] based in [[Lisbon]]. Having various sports departments and sporting disciplines,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting, sinónimo de ecletismo |url=https://www.dn.pt/dossiers/desporto/sporting/noticias/sporting-sinonimo-de-ecletismo-1046176.html |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=DN |date=18 November 2008 |language=pt-PT |archive-date=30 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230430181700/https://www.dn.pt/dossiers/desporto/sporting/noticias/sporting-sinonimo-de-ecletismo-1046176.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=José Alvalade: acima do Sporting, só a ambição pelo ecletismo |url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/anatomia-de-um-nome/historiador/jose-alvalade-acima-do-sporting-so-a-ambicao-pelo-ecletismo |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=Maisfutebol |language=pt |archive-date=30 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230430181659/https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/anatomia-de-um-nome/historiador/jose-alvalade-acima-do-sporting-so-a-ambicao-pelo-ecletismo |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Frederico Varandas coloca Sporting no topo do ecletismo em Portugal |url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/sporting/frederico-varandas-coloca-sporting-no-topo-do-ecletismo-em-portugal_d1140731 |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=RTP |date=21 September 2019 |language=pt |archive-date=30 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230430181658/https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/sporting/frederico-varandas-coloca-sporting-no-topo-do-ecletismo-em-portugal_d1140731 |url-status=live }}</ref> it is best known for its men's professional [[association football|football]] team playing in the [[Primeira Liga]], the top flight of [[Portuguese football league system|Portuguese football]].

Founded on 1 July 1906,{{efn|name=foundation|Until 1919, the club's original foundation date was 8 May 1906. In 1920, they changed it to coincide with the date of their name change.<ref>[https://sol.sapo.pt/2018/10/25/a-data-da-fundacao-dos-clubes-e-mais-um-pretexto-para-as-polemicas/ A data da fundação dos clubes é mais um pretexto para as polémicas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119211823/https://sol.sapo.pt/2018/10/25/a-data-da-fundacao-dos-clubes-e-mais-um-pretexto-para-as-polemicas/ |date=19 November 2023 }} Sol (in Portuguese)</ref>}} Sporting is one of the "[[Big Three (Portugal)|Big Three]]" clubs in Portugal that have [[List of unrelegated association football clubs|never been relegated]] from Primeira Liga, along with [[Lisbon derby|rivals Benfica]] and [[FC Porto–Sporting CP rivalry|Porto]]. Sporting are nicknamed ''Leões'' (Lions), for the symbol used in the middle of the club's crest, and ''Verde e Brancos'' (Green and Whites), for the shirt colour that are in (horizontal) stripes. The club's anthem is called "A Marcha do Sporting" ("Sporting's March"),<ref>{{Cite web |title=O dia em que Maria José Valério cantou a Marcha do Sporting na redação de Record |url=https://www.record.pt/multimedia/videos/detalhe/o-dia-em-que-maria-jose-valerio-cantou-a-marcha-do-sporting-na-redacao-de-record |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=Record  |language=pt-PT}}</ref> its motto is ''Esforço, Dedicação, Devoção e Glória'' (Effort, Dedication, Devotion and Glory),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Esforço, dedicação, devoção, glória e eis... Figo |url=https://24.sapo.pt/desporto/artigos/esforco-dedicacao-devocao-gloria-e-eis-figo |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=SAPO 24 |language=pt}}</ref> [[Supporters of Sporting CP|its supporters]] are called sportinguistas<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa |url=https://dicionario.priberam.org/sportinguistas |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa |language=pt-br}}</ref> and [[Sporting CP#Mascot|the club's mascot]] is called Jubas.<ref name=":11" /> Sporting is the second largest sports club by membership in Portugal, with about 150,000<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |date=2024-03-07 |title=Sporting tem quase 150 mil sócios |url=https://www.abola.pt/futebol/noticias/sporting-tem-quase-150-mil-socios-2024030720171479817 |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=Abola |language=pt}}</ref> members, which makes it one of [[List of sports clubs by membership|the world's largest]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Benfica e Sporting no top mundial quanto ao número de sócios |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/detalhe/benfica-e-sporting-no-top-mundial-quanto-ao-numero-de-socios |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=Record |language=pt-PT |archive-date=8 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408190531/https://www.record.pt/futebol/detalhe/benfica-e-sporting-no-top-mundial-quanto-ao-numero-de-socios |url-status=live }}</ref> It is also among the top three Portuguese sports clubs in number of non-affiliated [[Fan (person)|fans]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quase metade dos portugueses é do Benfica. Porto e Sporting em segundo e terceiro lugar |url=https://observador.pt/2019/11/02/quase-metade-dos-portugueses-sao-do-benfica-porto-e-sporting-quase-empatados-em-segundo-lugar/ |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=Observador |language=pt-PT |archive-date=15 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815155630/https://observador.pt/2019/11/02/quase-metade-dos-portugueses-sao-do-benfica-porto-e-sporting-quase-empatados-em-segundo-lugar/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Their home ground has been the [[Estádio José Alvalade]], built in 2003, which replaced the [[Estádio José Alvalade (1956)|previous one]], built-in 1956. The club's indoor arena is the [[Pavilhão João Rocha]] multi-sports pavilion.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Curado |first=Paulo |date=2017-06-21 |title=A casa que José Roquete idealizou e Bruno de Carvalho concretizou |url=https://www.publico.pt/2017/06/21/desporto/reportagem/a-casa-que-jose-roquete-idealizou-e-bruno-de-carvalho-concretizou-1776495 |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=PÚBLICO |language=pt |archive-date=15 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815155631/https://www.publico.pt/2017/06/21/desporto/reportagem/a-casa-que-jose-roquete-idealizou-e-bruno-de-carvalho-concretizou-1776495 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Academia Sporting|Its youth academy]] has helped produce footballers such as [[Luís Figo]] and [[Cristiano Ronaldo]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Clapham |first=Alex |date=2018-02-16 |title=Inside the Sporting Portugal academy, where Ballon d'Or winners are made |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/in-bed-with-maradona/2018/feb/16/sporting-lisbon-academy-ronaldo-figo-ballon-dor |access-date=2023-08-10 |issn=0261-3077 |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>

Sporting is the third most decorated Portuguese football team, with [[Football in Portugal#List of teams by major honours|56 major trophies]]. Domestically, they have won 21 League titles, 18 [[Taça de Portugal|Taças de Portugal]], a joint-record of 4 [[Taça de Portugal#Campeonato de Portugal|Campeonato de Portugal]], 4 [[Taça da Liga|Taças da Liga]] and 9 [[Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|Supertaças Cândido de Oliveira]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/teams/50149--sporting-cp/|title=Sporting Clube de Portugal UEFA Profile|access-date=23 December 2015|publisher=UEFA|archive-date=11 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611090900/https://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/club=50149/profile/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In Europe, they won the [[1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup]] and were runners-up at the [[UEFA Cup]] in [[2004–05 UEFA Cup|2005]] and at the [[Latin Cup]] in [[1949 Latin Cup|1949]]. Sporting played in the [[1955–56 European Cup|first European Champions Cup]] match on 4 September 1955, by invitation,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/teams/50162--partizan/ |title=FK Partizan |access-date=18 September 2012 |publisher=[[UEFA]] |archive-date=19 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019175039/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/club=50162/profile/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and has participated in the most editions of UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League (36), a tournament in which they have the most matches played and the second most matches won,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/rankings/ |title=All-time stats |access-date=10 November 2022 |publisher=[[UEFA]] |archive-date=10 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110034532/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/rankings/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and where they are ranked first in the [[UEFA Cup and Europa League records and statistics#All-time top 25 UEFA Cup and Europa League rankings|all-time club ranking]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 September 2023 |title=All-time records 1971–2023 |publisher=UEFA |url=https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/0282-18289c438773-4dccdc28d1e5-1000/uel_202223_all-time_md15.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211033312/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/EuroExperience/competitions/Publications/02/28/56/91/2285691_DOWNLOAD.pdf |archive-date=11 December 2018}}</ref>

==History==

===Foundation (1902–1906)===
[[File:SportingCP League Performance.svg|300px|thumb|right|alt=Evolution of Sporting Clube de Portugal's league performances since 1938|Evolution of Sporting Clube de Portugal's league performances since 1938]]
Sporting Clube de Portugal has its origins in June 1902, when a group of young men including Francisco da Ponte e Horta Gavazzo and his brother José Maria decided to create ''Sport Club de Belas''. This club, the first ancestor of Sporting, played just one match and at the end of the year's summer, disbanded. Two years later, the idea of creating a football club was revived, and this time, with the Gavazzo brothers joined by [[José Alvalade]] (José Holtreman Roquette) and José Stromp; a new club, the ''Campo Grande Football Club'', was founded. They played their matches on the estate of the [[Alfredo Augusto das Neves Holtreman, 1st Viscount of Alvalade|Viscount of Alvalade (Alfredo Holtreman)]], José Alvalade's grandfather, with the club's headquarters located in Francisco Gavazzo's home. For two years, the club developed an intense activity on several sports, namely football, [[tennis]] and [[fencing]].

[[File:José de alvalade.jpg|thumb|160px|[[José Alvalade]] founded Sporting with the backing of his grandfather.]]

The club also organized parties and picnics. Eventually, during one picnic, on 12 April 1906, discussions erupted, as some members defended that the club should only be focused on organizing picnics and social events, with another group defending that the club should be focused on the practising of sports instead. ageSome time later, José Gavazzo, José Alvalade and 17 other members left the club, with José Alvalade saying: "I'll go to my grandad and he'll give me money to make another club."<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-21 |title=O Sporting é fruto do amor de um avô pelo seu neto |url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/o-sporting-e-fruto-do-amor-de-um-avo-pelo-seu-neto-6234009.html |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=DN |language=pt-PT |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031000749/https://www.dn.pt/desporto/o-sporting-e-fruto-do-amor-de-um-avo-pelo-seu-neto-6234009.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sporting.pt/en/club/museum/featured-areas|title=Museum featured areas|website=Sporting CP|date=26 November 2014|access-date=7 December 2015|archive-date=20 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120134942/http://www.sporting.pt/en/club/museum/featured-areas|url-status=live}}</ref> As such, a new club, without a name, was founded on 8 May 1906, and on 26 May,<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=As datas de funda&ccedil;&atilde;o dos "grandes": O Sport Lisboa, o Campo Grande e os dois&nbsp;Portos |url=https://www.record.pt/opiniao/escrevem-os-leitores/detalhe/as-datas-de-fundacao-dos-grandes-o-sport-lisboa-o-campo-grande-e-os-dois-portos |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Record |language=pt-PT}}</ref> it was named "Campo Grande Sporting Clube".{{efn|name=foundation}} The Viscount of Alvalade, whose money and land helped found the club, was the first president of Sporting.<ref name="scphistory">{{cite web|title=Resumo Histórico|date=10 March 2015|trans-title=Historical Summary|url=https://www.sporting.pt/pt/clube|publisher=Sporting Clube de Portugal|access-date=22 September 2018|archive-date=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911191627/https://www.sporting.pt/pt/clube|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Montero |first=José Luís |date=2015-10-18 |title=O Passado Também Chuta: O Visconde de Alvalade |url=https://bolanarede.pt/rubricas/o-passado-tambem-chuta/o-passado-tambem-chuta-o-visconde-de-alvalade/ |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=Bola na Rede |language=pt-PT |archive-date=15 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115125644/https://bolanarede.pt/rubricas/o-passado-tambem-chuta/o-passado-tambem-chuta-o-visconde-de-alvalade/ |url-status=live }}</ref> José Alvalade, as one of the main founders and first club member (''sócio''), uttered on behalf of himself and his fellow co-founders: "We want this club to be a great club, as great as the greatest in Europe."<ref name="scphistory" /> Beyond José Holtreman Roquette (José Alvalade) and his grandfather Alfredo das Neves Holtreman (Viscount of Alvalade), among the founders were also the brothers [[António Stromp|António]], José and [[Francisco Stromp]], the Gavazzo brothers, José Maria do Couto Valente da Ponte and José Ferreira Roquette.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Resumo da História do Sporting |url=https://www.dn.pt/dossiers/desporto/sporting/as-vitorias-historicas/interior/resumo-da-historia-do-sporting-1004281.html/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Diário de Notícias |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=3.500 celebram centenário na relva de Alvalade |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/3500-celebram-centenario-na-relva-de-alvalade |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Record |language=pt-PT}}</ref> Two months later, on 1 July 1906,{{efn|name=foundation}} António Félix da Costa Júnior suggested the name ''Sporting Clube de Portugal'', and since 1920 that is the club's foundation date.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clube |url=https://www.sporting.pt/pt/tax_noticias/clube?page=237 |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Sporting |language=pt-pt |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102004200/https://www.sporting.pt/pt/tax_noticias/clube?page=237 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{efn|name=foundation}}

===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}}

===Golden years and fading (1946–1982)===
[[File:European Cup Winners' Cup trophy at Museum Mundo Sporting.JPG|thumb|The 1963-64 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup won by Sporting at Museum ''Mundo Sporting''|200px]]

The football team had their height during the 1940s and 1950s. It was spearheaded by [[Fernando Peyroteo]], [[José Travassos]], [[Albano Pereira]], [[Jesus Correia]] and [[Manuel Vasques]], in a quintet nicknamed "The Five Violins".<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/efemeride/sporting/o-dia-em-que-os-cinco-violinos-marcaram-12-golos|title = O dia em que os cinco violinos marcaram 12 golos (The day the five violins scored 12 goals)|date = 16 February 2015|access-date = 22 December 2015|website = maisfutebol.iol.pt|publisher = Sara Marques|archive-date = 20 June 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180620180731/http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/efemeride/sporting/o-dia-em-que-os-cinco-violinos-marcaram-12-golos|url-status = live}}</ref> With the violins' help, Sporting won seven league titles in eight seasons between 1947 and 1954, including a then unprecedented four in a row from 1950 to 1951 onwards. Fernando Peyroteo, the most known of "the violins", is considered one of the greatest Portuguese players of all time.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/better-messi-pele-muller-how-cristiano-ronaldos-scoring-stacks#:rwB5cG3Wa6XYxA|title = Better than Messi, Pele, Muller: How Cristiano Ronaldo's scoring stacks up|date = 19 October 2015|access-date = 22 December 2015|website = fourfourtwo.com|publisher = Chris Flanagan|archive-date = 23 December 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151223034347/http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/better-messi-pele-muller-how-cristiano-ronaldos-scoring-stacks#:rwB5cG3Wa6XYxA|url-status = live}}</ref>

Sporting and the Yugoslavian team [[FK Partizan|Partizan]] both made history on 4 September 1955, as they played the first-ever UEFA Champion Clubs' Cup match. Sporting player João Martins scored the first-ever goal of the competition, on the 14th minute. The match ended in a 3–3 draw.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0253-0d806e351eaa-c122dffd9552-1000--sixty-five-years-of-european-club-football/|title = When Sporting and Partizan broke new ground|date = 4 September 2015|access-date = 22 December 2015|publisher = UEFA|author = José Nuno Pimentel|archive-date = 29 November 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201129030213/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0253-0d806e351eaa-c122dffd9552-1000--sixty-five-years-of-european-club-football/?referrer=%2fuefachampionsleague%2fnews%2fnewsid%3d2274124|url-status = live}}</ref> Sporting also inaugurated their new venue, ''[[Estádio José Alvalade (1956)|José Alvalade Stadium]]'', on 10 June 1956, which would be their home ground until 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vaza |first=Marco |date=2003-05-23 |title=Sporting despede-se de Alvalade |url=https://www.publico.pt/2003/05/24/jornal/sporting-despedese-de-alvalade-201576 |access-date=2023-10-11 |website=PÚBLICO |language=pt |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015191231/https://www.publico.pt/2003/05/24/jornal/sporting-despedese-de-alvalade-201576 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the 1960s, Sporting achieved continental success, winning the [[1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup|1963–64 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]], defeating [[MTK Hungária FC|MTK Budapest]] of Hungary in the final. It was the only time a Portuguese team side won a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup title.<ref>{{cite news| title =1963/64: Sporting at the second attempt| url =http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season=1963/intro.html| publisher =UEFA| date =1964-05-01| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100629112428/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season%3D1963/intro.html| archive-date =29 June 2010}}</ref> The team entered the competition defeating [[Atalanta B.C.|Atalanta]] in the qualifying round, then past Cypriot club [[APOEL FC|APOEL]] in what was the biggest win in a single UEFA competitions game to date: 16–1, a record that still stands today. On the next round, they lost 4–1 to [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] at [[Old Trafford]] in the first hand, but made a remarkable comeback at home, winning 5–0. In the semi-finals, Sporting eliminated [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]], and in the end MTK Budapest, in a two-round final to win their first European title. The winning goal was scored by [[João Morais]] from a direct corner kick.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/news/kind=8192/newsid=3569.html |title=1963/64: Sporting at the second attempt |date=2001-08-17 |access-date=2015-11-24 |publisher=UEFA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080519112850/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/news/kind=8192/newsid=3569.html |archive-date=19 May 2008 }}</ref>

Under the leadership of president [[João Rocha]], the first project of club-company in Portugal was approved by Sporting CP's affiliated partners (''sócios'') in November 1973, and denominated "Society of Constructions and Planning" (''SCP, Sociedade de Construções e Planeamento''). The Portuguese government authorised the establishment of the company and the issue of 2.5 million [[Share (finance)|shares]], with a nominal value of 100 [[Portuguese escudo|escudos]] each.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |date=2013-03-08 |title=João Rocha, do Sporting à banca e às empresas |url=https://www.dinheirovivo.pt/economia/joao-rocha-do-sporting-a-banca-e-as-empresas-12629632.html |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=Dinheiro Vivo |language=pt-PT}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Roseiro |first=Bruno |title=Sporting. João Rocha, o "eterno presidente" que dá nome ao pavilhão |url=https://observador.pt/2017/06/21/sporting-joao-rocha-o-eterno-presidente-que-da-nome-ao-pavilhao/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=Observador |language=pt-PT}}</ref> The club-company project with issuance of stock was hampered shortly after due to the events of the [[Carnation Revolution]] of 1974 and the subsequent [[Processo Revolucionário em Curso]] of 1975 (the creation of [[Sociedade Anónima Desportiva|''Sociedades Anónimas Desportivas'']] ("Public limited sports companies") would be later available in Portugal through a new legal status only introduced in the 1990s).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-03-08 |title=Quatro antigos presidentes do Sporting não esquecem João Rocha |url=https://www.publico.pt/2013/03/08/desporto/noticia/dias-da-cunha-soares-franco-sousa-cintra-e-santana-lopes-nao-esqueceram-joao-rocha-1587095 |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=PÚBLICO |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sociedades Desportivas |url=https://www.parlamento.pt/Legislacao/Paginas/Desporto_Sociedadesdesportivas.aspx |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=Parlamento |language=pt-PT}}</ref>

The club reached the semi-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup in 1974, but lost to eventual winners [[1. FC Magdeburg]] of East Germany.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

===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>

===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&nbsp;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>

===Second league title drought (2002–2021)===

====2002–2009====
[[File:Estádio Alvalade XXI.jpg|thumb|273x273px|A new stadium, [[Estádio José Alvalade]], was inaugurated in 2003.]]
Sporting have failed to win [[Primeira Liga]] again since 2002. On 6 August 2003, the new Sporting CP's stadium, the [[Estádio José Alvalade]], was inaugurated.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Atual Estádio José Alvalade foi inaugurado há 13 anos |url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/sporting/inauguracao/atual-estadio-jose-alvalade-foi-inaugurado-ha-13-anos |access-date=2023-10-11 |website=Maisfutebol |language=pt |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015191231/https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/sporting/inauguracao/atual-estadio-jose-alvalade-foi-inaugurado-ha-13-anos |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[2004–05 Sporting CP season|2004–05 season]], [[José Peseiro]]-led Sporting was leading the [[2004–05 Primeira Liga|Primeira Liga]] and was trailing a remarkable journey in [[2004–05 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]. However, at the end of the season, the team eventually lost all the chances of winning any trophy that season: the first set-back had already happened on 26 January 2005 when Sporting was eliminated from Taça de Portugal after losing 7–6 on penalties against Benfica. Nevertheless, Sporting was able to reach the leadership of Primeira Liga, and on 5 May the team booked their second European final, after defeating Dutch team [[AZ Alkmaar|AZ]] in UEFA Cup. While awaiting the Final, on 14 May, Sporting lost its penultimate match in [[Primeira Liga]] against [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]] and dropped to third place. By the end of the season, the team eventually finished 2004–05 Primeira Liga in that place. Lastly, playing the [[2005 UEFA Cup Final]] at their [[José Alvalade Stadium|home ground]], on 18 May, Sporting lost 1–3 against Russian side [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]], after being 1–0 up at halftime.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting CP-CSKA Moskva: UEFA Europa League 2004/05 Final |url=https://pt.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/80814--sporting-cp-vs-cska-moskva/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=[[UEFA]] |language=pt |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102005701/https://pt.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/80814--sporting-cp-vs-cska-moskva/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Domestically, Sporting had back-to-back wins in the [[Taça de Portugal|Portuguese Cup]] in [[2006–07 Taça de Portugal|2007]] and [[2007–08 Taça de Portugal|2008]] (led by coach [[Paulo Bento]]). Sporting also reached, for the first time, the knockout phase of [[UEFA Champions League]], in the [[2008–09 UEFA Champions League|2008–09 season]], but were roundly defeated by [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]], with an aggregate loss of 12–1. This is widely regarded as one of the lowest points in the history of the club.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting sofre humilhação histórica |url=http://www.jn.pt/PaginaInicial/Desporto/Interior.aspx?content_id=1166263 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222124007/http://www.jn.pt/PaginaInicial/Desporto/Interior.aspx?content_id=1166263 |archive-date=22 December 2015 |access-date=18 December 2015 |website=jn.pt |publisher=Rui Miguel Melo}}</ref> The club almost reached another European final in 2012, but were dropped out of the competition by [[Athletic Bilbao]], in the semi-finals of the [[2011–12 UEFA Europa League|2011–12 Europa League]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/le-at-bilbao-sporting-3-1-cronica|title = LE: At. Bilbao-Sporting, 3–1 (crónica)|date = 26 April 2012|access-date = 23 December 2015|website = maisfutebol.iol.pt|archive-date = 24 December 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151224194807/http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/le-at-bilbao-sporting-3-1-cronica|url-status = live}}</ref>

==== Financial mismanagement and 2013 election ====
After years of [[financial mismanagement]], Sporting had amassed debts exceeding €276&nbsp;million by 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.ionline.pt/399398|title = Sporting. Soares Franco pode ser o senhor que se segue na lista das expulsões|date = 27 July 2015|access-date = 23 December 2015|website = ionline.pt|last = Tavares|first = Isabel|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151223092130/http://www.ionline.pt/399398|archive-date = 23 December 2015|url-status = dead}}</ref> The results on the pitch were also negative, with Sporting finishing seventh in the [[2012–13 Primeira Liga]], their lowest ever finish.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira_liga/artigo/2013/05/20/o-pior-sporting-de-sempre|title = O pior Sporting de sempre|date = 20 May 2013|access-date = 23 December 2015|website = desporto.sapo.pt|publisher = Eduardo Santiago|archive-date = 23 December 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151223170754/http://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira_liga/artigo/2013/05/20/o-pior-sporting-de-sempre|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.publico.pt/desporto/noticia/pacos-afunda-ainda-mais-o-sporting-com-triunfo-em-alvalade-1579621|title = Paços de Ferreira deixa Sporting a um ponto da zona de despromoção|date = 5 January 2013|access-date = 23 December 2015|website = publico.pt|publisher = Paulo Curado|archive-date = 13 April 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160413165808/https://www.publico.pt/desporto/noticia/pacos-afunda-ainda-mais-o-sporting-com-triunfo-em-alvalade-1579621|url-status = live}}</ref> Managerial changes occurred within months or weeks apart: from November 2009 to May 2013, nine managers were contracted, with none of them lasting an entire season. In 2013, after pressure from club members, president Godinho Lopes resigned,<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira_liga/artigo/2013/02/03/godinho-lopes-demite-se-na-terca-feira|title = Godinho Lopes demite-se na terça-feira (Godinho Lopes resigns on Tuesday)|date = 3 February 2013|access-date = 23 December 2015|website = desporto.sapo.pt|archive-date = 23 December 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151223170552/http://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira_liga/artigo/2013/02/03/godinho-lopes-demite-se-na-terca-feira|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.vavel.com/pt/futebol-portugues/313826-guerra-e-paz.html|title = Sporting 2013: Guerra e Paz|date = 26 December 2013|access-date = 23 December 2015|website = vavel.com|publisher = Bruno Gomes|archive-date = 23 December 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151223140706/http://www.vavel.com/pt/futebol-portugues/313826-guerra-e-paz.html|url-status = live}}</ref> and shortly afterwards, [[Bruno de Carvalho]] was elected president in a snap election.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.publico.pt/desporto/noticia/bruno-de-carvalho-e-o-novo-presidente-do-sporting-1588913|title = Bruno de Carvalho é o novo presidente do Sporting (Bruno de Carvalho is the new president of Sporting)|date = 20 March 2013|access-date = 23 December 2015|website = publico.pt|publisher = Jorge Miguel Matias e Tiago Pimentel|archive-date = 8 March 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160308004753/http://www.publico.pt/desporto/noticia/bruno-de-carvalho-e-o-novo-presidente-do-sporting-1588913|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://expresso.sapo.pt/desporto/bruno-carvalho-confirmado-presidente-do-sporting=f796482|title = Bruno Carvalho confirmado presidente do Sporting|date = 26 March 2013|access-date = 23 December 2015|website = expresso.sapo.pt|publisher = Bruno Roseiro|archive-date = 23 December 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151223171446/http://expresso.sapo.pt/desporto/bruno-carvalho-confirmado-presidente-do-sporting=f796482|url-status = live}}</ref> Carvalho intended to return success to the football team, while threatening to take Godinho Lopes to court,<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 March 2015 |title=Vamos devolver a paz ao Sporting |url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira_liga/artigo/2013/03/26/vamos-devolver-a-paz-ao-sporting |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223170234/http://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira_liga/artigo/2013/03/26/vamos-devolver-a-paz-ao-sporting |archive-date=23 December 2015 |access-date=23 December 2015 |website=desporto.sapo.pt |publisher=João Paulo Godinho}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 February 2013 |title=Bruno de Carvalho ameaça Godinho Lopes com tribunal |url=http://www.publico.pt/desporto/noticia/bruno-de-carvalho-ameaca-godinho-lopes-com-tribunal-1585218 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413085233/https://www.publico.pt/desporto/noticia/bruno-de-carvalho-ameaca-godinho-lopes-com-tribunal-1585218 |archive-date=13 April 2016 |access-date=23 December 2015 |website=publico.pt |publisher=Nuno Ferreira Santos}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=22 March 2013 |title=Interview: "O Sporting merecia outros candidatos e eu merecia outros adversários" |url=https://www.publico.pt/desporto/noticia/o-sporting-merecia-outros-candidatos--e-eu-merecia-outros-adversarios-1588689 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308012156/http://www.publico.pt/desporto/noticia/o-sporting-merecia-outros-candidatos--e-eu-merecia-outros-adversarios-1588689 |archive-date=8 March 2016 |access-date=23 December 2015 |website=publico.pt |publisher=Paulo Curado}}</ref> and to renegotiate the club's debt payment schedule with the banks involved,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bruno Carvalho explica "15 dias de trabalho faraónico" |url=https://expresso.pt/arquivo/desporto/bruno-carvalho-explica-15-dias-de-trabalho-faraonico=f799399 |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=Jornal Expresso |language=pt-PT}}</ref> which eventually renegotiated the debt in very favourable conditions for Sporting CP in the following years as part of the club's financial restructuring started by Carvalho and finalized by [[Frederico Varandas]] ten years later.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-30 |title=Bruno de Carvalho anuncia redução da dívida e explica empréstimo obrigacionista |url=https://rr.sapo.pt/noticia/sporting/2018/04/30/bruno-de-carvalho-anuncia-reducao-da-divida-e-explica-emprestimo-obrigacionista/111930/ |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=Rádio Renascença |language=pt-pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting admite a entrada de um parceiro estratégico |url=https://www.ojogo.pt/2262737977/sporting-admite-a-entrada-de-um-parceiro-estrategico/ |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=O Jogo |date=27 December 2023 |language=pt}}</ref> This allowed Sporting CP to get a multimillion-euro [[debt relief]] – in contrast to their rivals.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Sporting corta 100 milhões de euros ao passivo |url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira-liga/artigos/sporting-corta-100-milhoes-de-euros-ao-passivo |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=SAPO Desporto |language=pt}}</ref><ref>[https://eco.pt/opiniao/sporting-so-eu-sei-porque-nao-pago-ao-banco/ Sporting: Só eu sei porque não pago ao banco] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630011231/https://eco.pt/opiniao/sporting-so-eu-sei-porque-nao-pago-ao-banco/ |date=30 June 2018 }} ECO {{in lang|pt}}</ref> Carvalho's election brought Angolan investors to the club, most notably [[Álvaro Sobrinho]], through Holdimo, which ultimately took possession of 20 million shares of Sporting's [[Sociedade Anónima Desportiva|SAD]] through conversion of [[convertible debt]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Cavaleiro|first=Diogo|date=21 June 2013|title=Investidores angolanos são os novos accionistas do Sporting|trans-title=Angolan investors are the new shareholders in Sporting's SAD|url=https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/empresas/desporto/detalhe/investidores_angolanos_sao_os_novos_accionistas_do_sporting|language=pt|newspaper=Jornal de Negócios|access-date=30 April 2018|archive-date=1 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501004438/https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/empresas/desporto/detalhe/investidores_angolanos_sao_os_novos_accionistas_do_sporting|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Cavaleiro|first=Diogo|date=17 December 2016|title="Burocracias" da CMVM obrigam Sporting a divulgar posição de Sobrinho|trans-title=CMVM "bureaucracies" force Sporting to disclose Sobrinho's position|url=https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/empresas/banca---financas/detalhe/cmvm-pediu-esclarecimentos-sobre-posicao-de-sobrinho-no-sporting|language=pt|newspaper=Jornal de Negócios|access-date=30 April 2018|archive-date=1 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501004433/https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/empresas/banca---financas/detalhe/cmvm-pediu-esclarecimentos-sobre-posicao-de-sobrinho-no-sporting|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 5 June 2015, it was released an audit that analyzed the management of Sporting in the past 20 years: it concluded that in 1994 the club had €55 million worth of real estate assets and an almost nonexistent debt; by 2013, real estate assets were almost nonexistent, and the club had amassed a €331 million debt.<ref name="Expresso 2015-06-27">{{cite web |url=https://expresso.sapo.pt/desporto/2015-06-27--Auditoria-a-gestao-do-Sporting-implica-ex-gestores#gs.nTaGMWM |title=Auditoria à gestão do Sporting implica ex-gestores |last=Santos Guerreiro |first=Pedro |date=27 June 2015 |newspaper=Expresso |access-date=5 June 2018 |language=pt |trans-title=Audit to Sporting's management implicates former administrators |archive-date=23 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823174538/https://expresso.sapo.pt/desporto/2015-06-27--Auditoria-a-gestao-do-Sporting-implica-ex-gestores#gs.nTaGMWM |url-status=live }}</ref> Their new stadium (completed in 2003) cost 74% more than what was expected when its construction started (€184&nbsp;million against the planned €106&nbsp;million), while their training facility cost 24% more, and the costs of ''Alvalade XXI'' neighbourhood, a real estate complex located around the stadium, overshot its estimate by 60%; such complex was almost entirely sold in the following years, many estates of which were sold below market prices.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://observador.pt/2015/06/27/derrapagens-nos-custos-contratos-sem-papel-comissoes-pagas-os-socios-do-sporting-vao-saber/ |title=Derrapagens nos custos, contratos sem papel e comissões pagas: o que os sócios do Sporting vão saber |last1=Pombo |first1=Diogo |last2=Dinis |first2=David |date=27 June 2015 |newspaper=Observador |access-date=5 June 2018 |language=pt |trans-title=Overshootings, unwritten contracts and paid commissions: what Sporting's associates will know |archive-date=27 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727055349/https://observador.pt/2015/06/27/derrapagens-nos-custos-contratos-sem-papel-comissoes-pagas-os-socios-do-sporting-vao-saber/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

From 1995 to 2013, the club invested €261 million in the football team, however, with few sports and financial results.<ref name="Expresso 2015-06-27" /> The audit criticized many football transfers in the 2000s, in which the club paid commissions well above market prices to player agents, and discovered that Sporting even had paid commissions without evidence of written contracts.<ref name="Expresso 2015-06-27" /><ref name="Expresso 2015-06-27 2">{{cite web |url=https://expresso.sapo.pt/desporto/2015-06-27-Auditoria-denuncia-negocios-questionaveis-do-Sporting-com-agentes-e-fundos#gs.TSQdmJA |title=Auditoria denuncia negócios "questionáveis" do Sporting com agentes e fundos |last=Cabral |first=Mariana |date=27 June 2015 |newspaper=Expresso |access-date=5 June 2018 |language=pt |trans-title=Audit denounces "questionable" Sporting businesses with agents and funds |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142048/http://expresso.sapo.pt/desporto/2015-06-27-Auditoria-denuncia-negocios-questionaveis-do-Sporting-com-agentes-e-fundos#gs.TSQdmJA |url-status=live }}</ref> The audit also concluded that the administrations from 1995 to 2013 intended to convert Sporting, a multi-sports club, exclusively into a football club – although they did not openly admitted so – which was being done gradually through the closure of other sport modalities.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/sporting/interior/auditoria-a-gestao-do-sporting-conclui-que-quiseram-acabar-com-o-ecletismo-4801218.html |title=Auditoria à gestão do Sporting conclui que quiseram acabar com o ecletismo |date=27 September 2015 |newspaper=Diário de Notícias |access-date=5 June 2018 |language=pt |trans-title=Audit to the management of Sporting concludes they intended to end with the club's eclecticism |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141746/https://www.dn.pt/desporto/sporting/interior/auditoria-a-gestao-do-sporting-conclui-que-quiseram-acabar-com-o-ecletismo-4801218.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Moreover, the audit also pointed out evidence of mismanagement and conflicts of interest by several administrators.<ref name="Expresso 2015-06-27" /> Considering the audit's results, club members approved the expulsion of Godinho Lopes as an associate of the club in June 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.publico.pt/2015/06/28/desporto/noticia/expulsao-para-godinho-lopes-suspensao-para-luis-duque-1700426 |title=Godinho Lopes expulso do Sporting por infracções "muito graves" |last=Vaza |first=Marco |date=28 June 2015 |newspaper=Público |access-date=5 June 2018 |language=pt |trans-title=Godinho Lopes expelled from Sporting for "very severe" wrongdoings |archive-date=2 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002003501/https://www.publico.pt/2015/06/28/desporto/noticia/expulsao-para-godinho-lopes-suspensao-para-luis-duque-1700426 |url-status=live }}</ref>

====2013–2020====
Led by coach [[Leonardo Jardim]] in the [[2013–14 Sporting Clube de Portugal season|2013–14 season]], Sporting finished second in the [[2013–14 Primeira Liga|league]], thus gaining direct access to the [[2014–15 UEFA Champions League]], their first Champions League presence in five years.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.jn.pt/PaginaInicial/Desporto/Interior.aspx?content_id=3820793|title = Sporting vence Belenenses e garante segundo lugar e acesso direto à "Champions"|date = 19 April 2014|access-date = 19 April 2014|website = jn.pt|publisher = 23 December 2015|archive-date = 23 December 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151223155053/http://www.jn.pt/PaginaInicial/Desporto/Interior.aspx?content_id=3820793|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tsf.pt/desporto/sporting/interior/sporting-vence-no-restelo-e-assegura-entrada-direta-na-champions-video-3820794.html|title=Sporting vence no Restelo e assegura entrada direta na "Champions"|date=19 April 2014|access-date=23 December 2015|website=TSF|archive-date=23 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223190046/http://www.tsf.pt/desporto/sporting/interior/sporting-vence-no-restelo-e-assegura-entrada-direta-na-champions-video-3820794.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Estadio José Alvalade - Sporting Clube de Portugal (15848471826).jpg|thumb|right|Sporting playing a home match against German club [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]] for the [[2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage]]|347x347px]]

In the [[2014–15 Sporting Clube de Portugal season|2014–15 season]], Sporting won their 16th [[2014–15 Taça de Portugal|Portuguese Cup]] in dramatic fashion. The Lisbon side, led by [[Marco Silva]], played the final against [[S.C. Braga|Braga]], and after a disastrous start, found themselves losing 0–2 at half-time and playing with ten men after the sending-off of [[Cédric Soares]]. With the final seemingly lost, [[Islam Slimani]] gave some hope to the fans as he scored the 1–2 on the 83-minute. In stoppage time, [[Fredy Montero]] managed to equalize, forcing extra-time. Sporting ultimately won the match 3–1 on penalties.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.portugoal.net/club-news/212-sporting-win-a-dramatic-taca-de-portugal-final-on-penalties|title = Sporting win dramatic Taça de Portugal final on penalties|date = 31 May 2015|access-date = 26 December 2015|website = portugoal.net|archive-date = 20 June 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150620001420/http://www.portugoal.net/club-news/212-sporting-win-a-dramatic-taca-de-portugal-final-on-penalties|url-status = live}}</ref> Celebrations ended in a pacific pitch invasion of Estádio José Alvalade by the fans, as the club touched silverware for the first time in seven years.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://pt.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=2252987.html|title = Sporting vence Taça de Portugal|date = 2015-05-31|access-date = 2015-11-24|website = [[UEFA]]|publisher = UEFA|archive-date = 23 July 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180723093207/https://pt.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=2252987.html|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/1a-liga/sporting/noticias/interior/festa-de-alvalade-termina-com-invasao-de-campo-4599604.html|title = Festa de Alvalade termina com invasão de campo|date = 2015-05-31|access-date = 2015-11-24|website = ojogo.pt|publisher = Jornal "O Jogo"|archive-date = 23 July 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180723040148/https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/1a-liga/sporting/noticias/interior/festa-de-alvalade-termina-com-invasao-de-campo-4599604.html|url-status = live}}</ref>

In June 2015, [[Jorge Jesus]] joined Sporting after Benfica opted not to renew his contract as coach of the club, signing a three-year contract. Presented as the new manager of the club on 1 July, the managerial change took the rivalry of both Lisbon clubs to new heights.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://expresso.sapo.pt/desporto/2015-07-01-Os-sete-espinhos-de-Jesus|title = Os sete espinhos de Jesus|date = 1 July 2015|access-date = 23 December 2015|website = expresso.sapo.pt|publisher = Nicolau Santos|archive-date = 23 December 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151223170703/http://expresso.sapo.pt/desporto/2015-07-01-Os-sete-espinhos-de-Jesus|url-status = live}}</ref> Under Jesus' tenure, Sporting won the [[Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|Portuguese Super Cup]] for the eighth time, against [[2014–15 Primeira Liga|back-to-back champions]] Benfica.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.jn.pt/PaginaInicial/Desporto/Interior.aspx?content_id=4722474|title = Sporting vence Benfica (1–0) e conquista oitava Supertaça|date = 9 August 2015|access-date = 23 December 2015|website = jn.pt|last = Silva|first = Susana|archive-date = 23 December 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151223154746/http://www.jn.pt/PaginaInicial/Desporto/Interior.aspx?content_id=4722474|url-status = live}}</ref> Despite a positive start, Sporting did not win any other trophy, finishing second in the [[2015–16 Primeira Liga|Primeira Liga]] with 86 points, two points behind Benfica, despite breaking their own points record in the league.

Following a [[2016–17 Sporting Clube de Portugal season|trophyless season]], Sporting won [[2017–18 Taça da Liga|their first Taça da Liga]] on a penalty shoot-out against [[Vitória de Setúbal]]. However, on 15 May 2018, days after finishing third in the [[2017–18 Primeira Liga|league]], several players and coaches were attacked by around 50 [[Ultras|ultra]] supporters of Sporting at the club's training ground (9 of them would be sentenced to at least a specified term of actual imprisonment<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-28 |title=Bruno de Carvalho e Mustafá absolvidos: Só 9 com prisão efetiva |url=https://www.dn.pt/pais/ataque-a-alcochete-nada-provado-contra-bruno-de-carvalho-12248328.html |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=DN |language=pt-PT |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031105735/https://www.dn.pt/pais/ataque-a-alcochete-nada-provado-contra-bruno-de-carvalho-12248328.html |url-status=live }}</ref> after trial).<ref>{{cite news|date=15 May 2018|title=Sporting players, staff attacked by hooded supporters at training ground|url=https://en.as.com/en/2018/05/15/football/1526413343_228152.html|agency=Reuters|newspaper=As|access-date=16 May 2018|archive-date=16 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516003233/https://en.as.com/en/2018/05/15/football/1526413343_228152.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kiley|first=Ben|date=15 May 2018|title=Sporting Lisbon players attacked at training ground after failing to secure Champions League spot|url=https://www.sportsjoe.ie/football/sporting-lisbon-attack-160186|website=Sports Joe|access-date=16 May 2018|archive-date=16 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516103435/https://www.sportsjoe.ie/football/sporting-lisbon-attack-160186|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=15 May 2018|title=Jesus e jogadores agredidos na Academia|trans-title=Jesus and players attacked at Academy|url=https://www.abola.pt/Nnh/Noticias/Ver/730529|language=pt|newspaper=A Bola|access-date=16 May 2018|archive-date=17 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517024802/https://www.abola.pt/Nnh/Noticias/Ver/730529|url-status=live}}</ref> Five days later, Sporting lost the [[2018 Taça de Portugal Final|Portuguese Cup final]] to [[C.D. Aves|Aves]]. About a month later, Bruno de Carvalho was dismissed by club members after a general assembly on 23 June.<ref name=AG>{{cite news|title=Todo o filme da Assembleia Geral que afastou Bruno de Carvalho da presidência|trans-title=The entire film of the General Assembly that took Bruno de Carvalho away from presidency|url=https://www.abola.pt/Nnh/Noticias/Ver/736853|language=pt|work=A Bola|access-date=24 June 2018|quote=Oficial: Bruno de Carvalho já não é presidente do Sporting, depois de o 'sim' à sua destituição ter recolhido 71 por cento das preferências dos sócios. 28 por cento dos sócios pretendiam a continuidade do ex-presidente do clube de Alvalade.|archive-date=10 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710033119/https://www.abola.pt/nnh/Noticias/Ver/736853|url-status=live}}</ref> This followed the [[rescission (contract law)|rescission]]s of nine players: [[Bruno Fernandes]], [[Daniel Podence]], [[Rui Patricio]], [[Rodrigo Battaglia]], [[Rafael Leão]], [[Rúben Ribeiro (footballer, born 1987)|Rúben Ribeiro]],  [[Bas Dost]], [[Gelson Martins]] and [[William Carvalho]].<ref>{{cite news|date=14 June 2018|title=Bruno de Carvalho confirma nove rescisões|trans-title=Bruno de Carvalho confirms nine rescissions|url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira-liga/artigos/bruno-de-carvalho-confirma-nove-rescisoes|language=pt|website=SAPO Desporto|access-date=15 June 2018|archive-date=15 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615214823/https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira-liga/artigos/bruno-de-carvalho-confirma-nove-rescisoes|url-status=live}}</ref> Sporting would be later eligible for court-awarded compensation when the rescissions were declared illegal for those players who did not return to the club or were not sold by Sporting.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roseiro |first=Bruno |title=CAP dá razão a Rui Patrício e Podence nas rescisões, caso vai agora seguir na justiça |url=https://observador.pt/2018/07/20/cap-da-razao-a-rui-patricio-e-podence-nas-rescisoes-unilaterais-por-justa-causa/ |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=Observador |language=pt-PT |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015191232/https://observador.pt/2018/07/20/cap-da-razao-a-rui-patricio-e-podence-nas-rescisoes-unilaterais-por-justa-causa/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Roseiro |first=Bruno |title=Tribunal Arbitral de Desporto decide a favor do Sporting: Rafael Leão tem de pagar 16,5 milhões pela rescisão |url=https://observador.pt/2020/03/18/tribunal-arbitral-de-desporto-decide-a-favor-do-sporting-rafael-leao-tem-de-pagar-165-milhoes-pela-rescisao/ |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=Observador |language=pt-PT |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015191232/https://observador.pt/2020/03/18/tribunal-arbitral-de-desporto-decide-a-favor-do-sporting-rafael-leao-tem-de-pagar-165-milhoes-pela-rescisao/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:RubenAmorim21.jpg|thumb|[[Ruben Amorim]] during a training session in 2021, the year he led Sporting CP to its first [[2020–21 Primeira Liga|Primeira Liga title]] under his leadership as manager of the team<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-11 |title=Sporting campeão. O milagreiro Amorim, a visão de Varandas e a aposta certeira nos jovens |url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/sporting-campeao-o-milagreiro-amorim-a-visao-de-varandas-e-a-aposta-certeira-nos-jovens-13709133.html |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=DN |language=pt-PT |archive-date=5 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105124244/https://www.dn.pt/desporto/sporting-campeao-o-milagreiro-amorim-a-visao-de-varandas-e-a-aposta-certeira-nos-jovens-13709133.html |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
In the period before scheduled elections, a management committee, headed by former President [[Sousa Cintra]] as [[acting president]] of the sports club,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sousa Cintra no adeus: "Servirei o Sporting até à morte" |url=https://www.sabado.pt/desporto/detalhe/sousa-cintra-no-adeus-servirei-o-sporting-ate-a-morte |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=Sabado |language=pt-pt |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031105735/https://www.sabado.pt/desporto/detalhe/sousa-cintra-no-adeus-servirei-o-sporting-ate-a-morte |url-status=live }}</ref> succeeded in returning some of the players who had left the club following the incident, namely Bruno Fernandes, Bas Dost and Rodrigo Battaglia.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-07-03 |title=Sousa Cintra: Acredito que Bruno Fernandes e Podence regressem |url=https://www.dn.pt/desportos/sousa-cintra-acredito-que-bruno-fernandes-e-podence-regressem-9545971.html |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=DN |language=pt-PT |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031105734/https://www.dn.pt/desportos/sousa-cintra-acredito-que-bruno-fernandes-e-podence-regressem-9545971.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-07-10 |title=Sousa Cintra: Bruno Fernandes não quis que o ordenado fosse aumentado |url=https://www.dn.pt/desportos/sousa-cintra-bruno-fernandes-nao-quis-que-o-ordenado-fosse-aumentado-9572290.html |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=DN |language=pt-PT |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031105736/https://www.dn.pt/desportos/sousa-cintra-bruno-fernandes-nao-quis-que-o-ordenado-fosse-aumentado-9572290.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Frederico Varandas]] was elected president on 8 September 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roseiro |first=Bruno |date=2018-09-09 |title=Frederico Varandas, com 42,32% dos votos, é o novo presidente do Sporting - como aconteceu |url=https://observador.pt/liveblogs/eleicoes-do-sporting-leoes-escolhem-a-partir-das-9h-o-sucessor-de-bruno-de-carvalho-na-presidencia/ |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=Observador |language=pt-PT |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031105734/https://observador.pt/liveblogs/eleicoes-do-sporting-leoes-escolhem-a-partir-das-9h-o-sucessor-de-bruno-de-carvalho-na-presidencia/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Having replaced [[Jorge Jesus]] at the beginning of the 2018–19 season, [[José Peseiro]] was sacked after a poor performance on the Primeira Liga.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roseiro |first=Bruno |title=José Peseiro despedido, Sporting procura novo treinador (que deve ser português) |url=https://observador.pt/2018/11/01/jose-peseiro-despedido-sporting-procura-novo-treinador-que-deve-ser-portugues/ |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=Observador |language=pt-PT |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031105734/https://observador.pt/2018/11/01/jose-peseiro-despedido-sporting-procura-novo-treinador-que-deve-ser-portugues/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In March 2019, Sporting CP announced a loan negotiated with [[Apollo Global Management]], based on the [[securitization]] of [[NOS (Portuguese company)|NOS]]' television rights revenues.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-18 |title=Sporting fecha empréstimo de 75 milhões com Apollo |url=https://eco.sapo.pt/2019/03/18/sporting-fecha-emprestimo-de-75-milhoes-com-apollo/ |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=ECO |language=pt-PT}}</ref>

In March 2020, [[Ruben Amorim]] was appointed manager of Sporting CP for a managerial transfer worth €10 million (£8.65 million), becoming the [[Transfer (association football)#Managers|third-most expensive manager ever]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rúben Amorim no pódio das contratações mais caras do mundo entre treinadores: conheça a lista |url=https://www.record.pt/multimedia/fotogalerias/detalhe/ruben-amorim-entra-no-podio-dos-treinadores-mais-caros-do-mundo-conheca-a-lista |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=Record |language=pt-PT |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015191232/https://www.record.pt/multimedia/fotogalerias/detalhe/ruben-amorim-entra-no-podio-dos-treinadores-mais-caros-do-mundo-conheca-a-lista |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== 2020–present: The Amorim Era and newfound domestic success ===
In the 2020–21 season, with no spectators allowed in Portugal due to [[COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal|COVID-19 restrictions]], and after being [[2020–21 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path)|eliminated from European competition]] by [[LASK|LASK Linz]], Sporting won their third [[2020–21 Taça da Liga|league cup]] and ended their 19-year period without winning the Portuguese league, with only one loss (against Benfica in the penultimate round and already as champions), securing their [[2020–21 Primeira Liga|19th Primeira Liga title]] after a 1–0 home win against [[Boavista F.C.|Boavista]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/soccer/sporting-ends-19-year-title-drought-in-portuguese-league/2021/05/11/649cc80e-b2a6-11eb-bc96-fdf55de43bef_story.html |title=Sporting ends 19-year title drought in Portuguese league |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=12 May 2021 |access-date=12 May 2021 |archive-date=12 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512081948/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/soccer/sporting-ends-19-year-title-drought-in-portuguese-league/2021/05/11/649cc80e-b2a6-11eb-bc96-fdf55de43bef_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
At the [[2021–22 UEFA Champions league|2021–22 UEFA Champions League]] group stage, Sporting made a comeback by finishing second on Group C after a 5–1 home loss to Ajax and 1–0 away loss to Borussia Dortmund, thereby reaching the knockout phase for only the second time since the [[2008–09 UEFA Champions League|2008–09]] season. Domestically, both the [[2021 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/noticias/sporting-vence-braga-e-conquista-supertaca-13995812.html |title=Sporting beats Braga and wins Supertaça |website=OJogo |date=31 July 2021 |access-date=2 February 2023 |archive-date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202164614/https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/noticias/sporting-vence-braga-e-conquista-supertaca-13995812.html |url-status=live }}</ref>  and the [[2021–22 Taça da Liga]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://observador.pt/liveblogs/benfica-sporting-a-final-da-taca-da-liga/ |title=Sporting beats Benfica with comeback and wins Taça da Liga for the second year in a row |website=Observador |date=29 January 2022 |access-date=2 February 2023 |archive-date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202164612/https://observador.pt/liveblogs/benfica-sporting-a-final-da-taca-da-liga/ |url-status=live }}</ref> were won by the Lions, securing the trophies against Braga and Benfica, respectively. In the [[2021–22 Primeira Liga]], Sporting finished second with the same 85 points as in the previous league campaign. In the 2023–24 league season, Sporting record signing [[Viktor Gyökeres]] helped propel the club to their [[2023-24 Primeira Liga|20th Primeira liga]] title, won on the fifth of May after [[Benfica]]'s 2–0 loss to [[F.C. Famalicão|Famalicão]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Liga Portugal |url=https://www.ligaportugal.pt/pt/liga/classificacao/20212022/ligaportugalbwin |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=Liga Portugal}}</ref>

In the [[2024–25 Primeira Liga|2024-25 season]], after an initial winning streak lasting for 11 rounds, to give Sporting a 5-point lead, coach [[Ruben Amorim]] announced his departure to sign with [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]. Not before leading Sporting to a 4-1 home win against Pep Guardiola's [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] for the [[2024–25 UEFA Champions League league phase|2024-25 UEFA Champions League League Phase]] on the 4th round - Sporting would go on to lose with [[Borussia Dortmund]] on the [[2024–25 UEFA Champions League knockout phase|knockout phase play-offs]]. His last [[Primeira Liga]] game saw Sporting make a comeback to win 2-4 at [[S.C. Braga|SC Braga]] for the 11th round. After a failed 8-match tenure for [[João Pereira (footballer, born 1984)|João Pereira]], former Portugal capped and Sporting right-back, between November and late December, [[Rui Borges (footballer, born 1981)|Rui Borges]] took over, starting off with a 1-0 home win against [[S.L. Benfica|SL Benfica]] and led the club to win the Primeira Liga for Sporting's [[2024–25 Primeira Liga|21st Primeira Liga title]] - and first back-to-back win in over 71 years, since the [[1953–54 Primeira Divisão|1953/54]] season. This marked Sporting's third League title win in the last 5 seasons of Portuguese football, marking a new era of increasing domestic dominance and hegemony. Swedish stiker [[Viktor Gyökeres]] again topped the goalscoring chart, with 39 goals in 33 League games (having scored an impressive 53 times in 51 season overall matches), making him a top contender for the [[European Golden Shoe|2024-25 European Golden Shoe]].   

[[File:José_Alvalade_facade_at_Estádio_José_Alvalade_in_Lisbon.png|thumb|274x274px|New [[José Alvalade]]'s image at the [[Estádio José Alvalade]] in Lisbon, Portugal, during the execution of a work of building renovation in 2023<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rosto de José Alvalade ganha forma no estádio do Sporting |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/rosto-de-jose-alvalade-ganha-forma-no-estadio-do-sporting |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=Record |language=pt-PT |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015191234/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/rosto-de-jose-alvalade-ganha-forma-no-estadio-do-sporting |url-status=live }}</ref>]]

For the 2022–2026 quadrennium, [[Frederico Varandas]]' administration started works of building renovation and modernization of the club's facilities.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Obras em Alvalade e na Academia: SAD do Sporting fechou exercício com investimento em curso de 1,4 M€ |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/obras-em-alvalade-e-na-academia-sad-do-sporting-fechou-exercicio-com-investimento-em-curso-de-14-m |access-date=2023-10-11 |website=Record |language=pt-PT |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015191232/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/obras-em-alvalade-e-na-academia-sad-do-sporting-fechou-exercicio-com-investimento-em-curso-de-14-m |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Alvalade renovado: Varandas prepara fecho do fosso |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/alvalade-renovado-varandas-prepara-fecho-do-fosso |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Record |language=pt-PT}}</ref> In December 2023, Sporting and its [[Sociedade Anónima Desportiva|SAD]] had gone ahead with a financial restructuring started in 2019 on the grounds of earlier agreements with [[creditor]]s jump-started by [[Bruno de Carvalho]]<ref name=":8" /> which included the renegotiation of bank debt, "extinguishing the debt originally belonging to [[Novo Banco]] (with outstanding capital of 35,403,508.62 euros), with the exception of finance leases", the company announced in a statement sent to the [[Portuguese Securities Market Commission]] (CMVM). A debt belonging to [[Banco Comercial Português|Millennium BCP]] was also settled.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Acordo do Sporting com Novo Banco aumenta preço dos VMOC... do Millenium bcp |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/acordo-do-sporting-com-novo-banco-aumenta-preco-dos-vmoc-do-millenium-bcp |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=Record |language=pt-PT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-06 |title=Sporting extingue dívida ao BCP e fica exposto a Sagasta e Novo Banco |url=https://eco.sapo.pt/2022/09/06/sporting-extingue-divida-ao-bcp-e-fica-exposto-a-sagasta-e-novo-banco/ |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=ECO |language=pt-PT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting extingue dívida ao BCP |url=https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/sporting/sad-sporting/sporting-extingue-divida-ao-bpc |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=CNN Portugal |language=pt}}</ref> In addition, Sporting announced it would own 88 per cent of Sporting SAD from 15 February 2024 onwards,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting passa a ser dono de 88% da SAD a 15 de fevereiro |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/sporting-passa-a-ser-dono-de-88-da-sad-a-15-de-fevereiro |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=Record |language=pt-PT}}</ref> instead of the 83.90% it owned at the time.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2023-12-27 |title=Sporting recompra dívida ao Novobanco. Clube passa a controlar 88% da SAD |url=https://eco.sapo.pt/2023/12/27/sporting-recompra-divida-ao-novobanco-clube-passa-a-controlar-88-da-sad/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=ECO |language=pt-PT}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Vice-presidente do Sporting destaca "marco muito importante" com a compra dos 88% da SAD |url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/artigos/vice-presidente-do-sporting-destaca-marco-muito-importante-com-a-compra-dos-88-da-sad |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=SAPO Desporto |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Roseiro |first=Bruno |title=Sporting compra VMOC em falta ao Novo Banco, passa a ter 88% da SAD, reestrutura dívida bancária e admite entrada de acionistas minoritários |url=https://observador.pt/2023/12/27/sporting-compra-vmoc-em-falta-ao-novo-banco-passa-a-ter-88-da-sad-e-reestrutura-divida-bancaria/ |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=Observador |language=pt-PT}}</ref> With the completion of the restructuring, the club said it intended to start a new strategic [[financial plan]]ning and secure the entry of a minority [[investor]] in its Futebol, SAD.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting compra últimas VMOC e quer um investidor na SAD |url=https://www.jn.pt/4016139100/sporting-compra-ultimas-vmoc-e-quer-um-investidor-na-sad/ |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=Jornal de Notícias |date=27 December 2023 |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting pondera venda de participação minoritária |website=Jornal de Negocios |url=https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/empresas/desporto/detalhe/sporting-pondera-venda-de-participacao-minoritaria |access-date=2024-01-15 |language=pt-PT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting garante 88% da SAD e procura investidores |url=https://www.cmjornal.pt/desporto/futebol/detalhe/sporting-garante-88-da-sad-e-procura-investidores |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=CM Jornal |date=29 December 2023 |language=pt-PT}}</ref>

==Motto, crests, kits, mascot and names==

===Motto===
Since its formation, Sporting CP's [[motto]] is: "Effort, Dedication, Devotion and Glory" (''Esforço, Dedicação, Devoção e Glória'').<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-11-25 |title=Missão |url=https://www.sporting.pt/pt/clube/instituicao/miss%C3%A3o |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Sporting|language=pt-pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title="Esforço, devoção, dedicação e glória. Este lema do Sporting foi à lama": o sermão da juíza aos invasores |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/esforco-devocao-dedicacao-e-gloria-este-lema-do-sporting-foi-a-lama-o-sermao-da-juiza-aos-invasores |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Record |language=pt-PT}}</ref>

===Crests===
The stylized [[Attitude (heraldry)|rampant]] lion of the crest was taken by the [[Alfredo Holtreman, Viscount of Alvalade|Viscount of Alvalade]] from the [[heraldry]] of [[Dom (honorific)|Dom]] Fernando de Castello-Branco, Mayor of [[Cascais]] and the main promoter of football at Sporting Club de Cascais (widely known at the time as Sporting Club da Parada). However, Castello-Branco demanded that the color used by the new sports club should not be blue, since that was already a color adopted by Sporting Club da Parada.<ref>{{Cite web |title=O Leão Rampante do SCP nasceu em Cascais |url=https://www.cascais.pt/noticia/o-leao-rampante-do-scp-nasceu-em-cascais |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=Câmara Municipal de Cascais |language=pt-pt}}</ref> To keep up with times, the club's emblem has been modernized throughout history and this led to the development of various crests consistent with the history of the club: in all of them, the rampant lion and the color green have always been present in prominence.<ref name="dos Emblemas">{{Cite web |date=6 April 2015 |title=A História dos Emblemas |url=https://www.sporting.pt/pt/clube/historia/emblemas |access-date=3 March 2024 |trans-title=The History of Emblems |website=sporting.pt |publisher=Sporting Clube de Portugal |language=pt-pt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608174802/https://www.sporting.pt/pt/clube/historia/emblemas |archive-date=8 June 2023 }}</ref> Since its founding on the 1st July 1906, Sporting has already had five emblems, in addition to two commemorating crests for the fiftieth (1956) and the one hundredth years of existence (2006) of the club.

[[File:Escudos sporting.gif|thumb|450x450px|centre|Sporting's previous crests]]

Sporting CP radically changed its emblem in 2001 to convey a message of modernity, more geared towards the new technologies at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-19 |title=Devem os clubes mudar os seus emblemas? |url=https://www.dn.pt/desportos/devem-os-clubes-mudar-os-seus-emblemas-11106671.html |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=dn.pt |language=pt-PT |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031105734/https://www.dn.pt/desportos/devem-os-clubes-mudar-os-seus-emblemas-11106671.html }}</ref> The current emblem presents an image with simplified framing while maintaining the green color in the shield and adding three horizontal white stripes that symbolize the club's shirt. Complemented with the words 'Sporting' and 'Portugal', now written in full, they emphasize the national dimension of the club and clarify its name internationally.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-24 |title=Sporting quer renovar o símbolo |url=https://rr.sapo.pt/bola-branca/noticia/sporting/2022/12/24/sporting-quer-renovar-o-simbolo/313164/ |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Rádio Renascença |language=pt-pt |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031105735/https://rr.sapo.pt/bola-branca/noticia/sporting/2022/12/24/sporting-quer-renovar-o-simbolo/313164/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A stylized rampant lion appears in golden color and the acronym "SCP", which stands for the club's name (Sporting Clube de Portugal), is shown like a crown on top of the shield.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-bwin/sporting/detalhe/de-brasoes-a-quatro-escudos-o-que-inspirou-os-varios-emblemas-do-sporting-antes-de-nova-mexida | title=De brasões a quatro escudos: O que inspirou os vários emblemas do Sporting antes de nova mexida |website=record.pt | access-date=3 February 2023 | archive-date=3 February 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203135157/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-bwin/sporting/detalhe/de-brasoes-a-quatro-escudos-o-que-inspirou-os-varios-emblemas-do-sporting-antes-de-nova-mexida | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="dos Emblemas"/>

=== Kits ===
When the club was founded in 1906, its players wore white jerseys. On 25 October 1908, Sporting presented the first ten football shirts that would come to be known as the Stromp kit. The initiative came from founder Eduardo Quintela de Mendonça. The Stromp kit is split at the top, with the right half white and the left half painted green. It was named in honour of one of the club's main founders, [[Francisco Stromp]], and it had white shorts, with the shorts changing to black in 1915. It stopped being used as the main jersey in 1928.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting não terá equipamento Stromp esta época mas vai homenagear símbolo a abrir 2024 - Sporting - Jornal Record |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/sporting-nao-tera-equipamento-stromp-esta-epoca-mas-vai-homenagear-simbolo-a-abrir-2024 |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=Record}}</ref> On 6 November 1927, the horizontally striped green and white jerseys that Salazar Carreira, sportsman and sports manager linked to the club since 1912,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-11-02 |title=Evocação de Salazar Carreira |url=https://www.sporting.pt/pt/noticias/clube/2012-11-02/evocacao-de-salazar-carreira |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Sporting|language=pt-pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=José Salazar Carreira |url=https://www.dn.pt/dossiers/desporto/sporting/os-presidentes/jose-salazar-carreira-982779.html/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Diário de Notícias |language=pt}}</ref> had chosen for [[Sporting CP (rugby union)|the club's rugby team]] in 1926<ref name=":17" /> were worn by the football team for the first time in a [[Exhibition game|friendly match]] against [[Casa Pia A.C.|Casa Pia]], but after that the Stromp kit continued to be used. When Sporting's football team travelled to Brazil in July 1928, and after considering the weather conditions in that country, it was decided to wear the horizontally striped jerseys<ref name=":17">{{Cite web |title=Sporting: equipamento de 24/25 homenageia Stromp e será estreado no sábado |url=https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/sporting/equipamento/sporting-equipamento-de-24-25-homenageia-stromp-e-sera-estreado-no-sabado |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=CNN Portugal |language=pt}}</ref> because they were lighter and tighter to the body. On their return, the Sporting's football team once again wore the traditional split jerseys known as the Stromp kit. However, on 5 October 1928, in a match against Benfica, whether it was because of the heavy rain that made them too heavy, or for some other reason, at half-time the players swapped their usual jerseys for the striped ones, thus establishing what is still the club's main kit today: green and white horizontally striped jersey with black shorts.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-03-26 |title=Camisolas |url=https://www.sporting.pt/pt/clube/historia/camisolas |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=Sporting |language=pt-pt}}</ref>

=== Mascot ===
The club's [[mascot]] is called Jubas, plural of the Portuguese word for [[Mane (lion)|mane]], and is an anthropomorphic version of a lion wearing customized standard equipment and attire worn by the players of Sporting CP's main team.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=Jubas, mascote do Sporting, vai entrar no próximo episódio das Kardashians |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/jubas-mascote-do-sporting-vai-entrar-no-proximo-episodio-das-kardashians |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=Record |language=pt-PT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pereira |first=Bruno Alexandre |date=2022-02-05 |title=FIFA 22: vem aí o Jubas do Sporting e mais umas mascotes! |url=https://www.leak.pt/fifa-22-vem-ai-o-jubas-do-sporting/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=Leak |language=pt-PT}}</ref> It also wears official Loja Verde (Sporting CP's official store) garment in both [[Charity (practice)|charity]] and [[Marketing|promotional marketing]] initiatives.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jogadores do Sporting visitaram a Casa de Acolhimento de Santa Teresinha |url=https://www.flashscore.pt/noticias/futebol-liga-portugal-jogadores-do-sporting-visitaram-a-casa-de-acolhimento-de-santa-teresinha/rTdPRgS8/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=Flashscore |language=pt}}</ref>

===Names===
Founded on 1 July 1906, after two months during which the newly created sports club project was temporarily called Campo Grande Sporting Club<ref name=":9" /> (after [[Campo Grande, Lisbon|Campo Grande]]), instead of its final official name, Sporting Clube de Portugal, which could be literally translated as “Sporting Club of Portugal”, the club is officially referred to by [[UEFA]] and [[FIFA]] as written in its official full name or as "Sporting CP", a shortened form of the name.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting CP: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/clubs/50149--sporting-cp/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=[[UEFA]] |language=en}}</ref> The designation "Sporting Lisbon", a common way some foreign media and non-Portuguese speaking people use to refer to Sporting CP outside Portugal,<ref name=":0" /> has been a source of contention and controversy for some ''sportinguistas''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-18 |title=Young Boys comete gafe com o Sporting e adeptos não perdoam |url=https://www.abola.pt/futebol/noticias/young-boys-comete-gafe-com-o-sporting-e-adeptos-nao-perdoam-2023121815202638405 |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Abola |language=pt}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web  |date=2023-04-11 |title=Gonçalo Ferreira: Social Media Manager at Sporting CP |url=https://behindsport.com/goncalo-ferreira-social-media-manager-at-sporting-cp/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Behind Sport |language=en-US}}</ref> because it does not conform with the official name of the sports club and its [[Brand valuation|brand value]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mereu |first=Sebastiano |date=2015-08-03 |title=#NotSportingLisbon: How the STAMP model can help keep control over the misuse of the Sporting Clube de Portugal brand name |url=https://sportsbusinessresearch.academy/2015/08/03/notsportinglisbon-misrepresenting-the-sporting-clube-de-portugal-brand-name/ |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=Sports Business Research Academy |language=en-US}}</ref> Regarding this issue, club supporters and officials have promoted awareness campaigns to raise people's awareness nationwide and internationally, and the club changed its official crest in 2001<ref>{{Cite web |title=De brasões a quatro escudos: o que inspirou os vários emblemas do Sporting antes de nova mexida - Sporting - Jornal Record |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/de-brasoes-a-quatro-escudos-o-que-inspirou-os-varios-emblemas-do-sporting-antes-de-nova-mexida |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=Record}}</ref> with a focus on the name of the club and its words "Sporting" and "Portugal" in mind.<ref name=":16" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=#NotSportingLisbon: Sportinguista quer ensinar ao mundo o nome do clube |url=https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/twitter/notsportinglisbon/sportinguista-quer-ensinar-ao-mundo-o-nome-do-clube |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=CNN Portugal |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=#NotSportingLisbon. Leões querem ensinar o mundo |url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/sporting/notsportinglisbon-leoes-querem-ensinar-o-mundo-4704560.html/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Diário de Notícias |language=pt}}</ref><ref name=":14">{{Cite web |date=2016-11-22 |title=Who are Real Madrid playing tonight? #NotSportingLisbon |url=https://en.as.com/en/2016/11/22/soccer/1479814004_741877.html |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Diario AS |language=en-us}}</ref>

== Support ==
[[File:Estádio José Alvalade - Antigo - 01.jpg|thumb|Sporting CP supporters at the old [[Estádio José Alvalade (1956)|José Alvalade Stadium]] (1956–2003).]]
[[Supporters of Sporting CP|Sporting CP's supporters]] or [[Fan (person)|fans]] are called ''sportinguistas''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=sportinguista |url=https://dicionario.priberam.org/sportinguista |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=Dicionário Priberam |language=pt-br |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031153020/https://dicionario.priberam.org/sportinguista |url-status=live }}</ref> The club has about 150,000<ref name=":10" /> affiliated members (called ''sócios'') and research studies have suggested it has a number of fans ranging from 1,100,000 to 2,700,000 in Portugal alone – which makes it the second or third most supported sports club in Portugal, depending on the study.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting ultrapassa os 160 mil sócios |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/sporting-ultrapassa-os-160-mil-socios |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=Record |language=pt-PT |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031153021/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/sporting-ultrapassa-os-160-mil-socios |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Quase metade dos portugueses é do Benfica. Porto e Sporting em segundo e terceiro lugar |url=https://observador.pt/2019/11/02/quase-metade-dos-portugueses-sao-do-benfica-porto-e-sporting-quase-empatados-em-segundo-lugar/ |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=Observador |language=pt-PT |archive-date=15 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815155630/https://observador.pt/2019/11/02/quase-metade-dos-portugueses-sao-do-benfica-porto-e-sporting-quase-empatados-em-segundo-lugar/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-08 |title=Afinal, o Benfica tem quantos adeptos? (não, não são 6 milhões) |url=https://zap.aeiou.pt/benfica-tem-quantos-adeptos-551027 |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=ZAP Notícias |language=pt-PT |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102140338/https://zap.aeiou.pt/benfica-tem-quantos-adeptos-551027 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-01 |title=Saiba Quantos Adeptos Portugueses têm cada clube de Portugal |url=https://www.jogadores.pt/futebol/quantos-adeptos-portugueses/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Jogadores |language=pt-PT |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102140338/https://www.jogadores.pt/futebol/quantos-adeptos-portugueses/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Like the other two Portuguese [[Big Three (Portugal)|Big Three]] sports clubs, Sporting CP has also a sizable number of foreign fans in other [[Portuguese-speaking countries]] beyond Portugal itself and supporters among the Portuguese expatriate community.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=O Futebol também é Soft Power português em África |url=https://www.dn.pt/opiniao/o-futebol-tambem-e-soft-power-portugues-em-africa-16468157.html |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=DN |language=pt-PT |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031160300/https://www.dn.pt/opiniao/o-futebol-tambem-e-soft-power-portugues-em-africa-16468157.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite thesis |title=Internacionalização da marca Sporting Clube de Portugal |url=https://repositorio.iscte-iul.pt/handle/10071/6438 |date=2013 |degree=masterThesis |first=Gonçalo Viegas e Costa Marques |last=da Silva |access-date=31 October 2023 |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031160259/https://repositorio.iscte-iul.pt/handle/10071/6438 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Emigrantes assistem à Taça de Portugal |url=https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/emigrantes-assistem-a-taca-de-portugal/ |access-date=2023-10-31 |language=pt-PT |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031160302/https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/emigrantes-assistem-a-taca-de-portugal/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The club's anthem is the "Sporting's March" (original official name: "''A Marcha do Sporting''"). It was written in 1955 by songwriters Eduardo Damas and Manuel Paião and originally sung by Portuguese singer [[Maria José Valério]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morreu Maria José Valério, a voz da "Marcha do Sporting". Tinha 87 anos |url=https://24.sapo.pt/atualidade/artigos/morreu-maria-jose-valerio-a-voz-da-marcha-do-sporting-tinha-87-anos |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=SAPO 24 |language=pt |archive-date=3 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303104013/https://24.sapo.pt/atualidade/artigos/morreu-maria-jose-valerio-a-voz-da-marcha-do-sporting-tinha-87-anos |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-03 |title=Morreu Maria José Valério, a voz de "Viva o Sporting", vítima de covid-19 |url=https://www.publico.pt/2021/03/03/impar/noticia/morreu-maria-jose-valerio-voz-viva-sporting-vitima-covid19-1952856 |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=PÚBLICO |language=pt |archive-date=5 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105170601/https://www.publico.pt/2021/03/03/impar/noticia/morreu-maria-jose-valerio-voz-viva-sporting-vitima-covid19-1952856 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-11 |title="Rapaziada, ouçam bem o que eu vos digo e gritem todos comigo: viva ao Sporting". Adeptos ensaiam a Marcha |url=https://sicnoticias.pt/arquivo/sporting/2021-05-11-Rapaziada-oucam-bem-o-que-eu-vos-digo-e-gritem-todos-comigo-viva-ao-Sporting.-Adeptos-ensaiam-a-Marcha-5bc7d73f |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=SIC Notícias |language=pt |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031153021/https://sicnoticias.pt/arquivo/sporting/2021-05-11-Rapaziada-oucam-bem-o-que-eu-vos-digo-e-gritem-todos-comigo-viva-ao-Sporting.-Adeptos-ensaiam-a-Marcha-5bc7d73f |url-status=live }}</ref> Sporting CP created and uses its own '[[You'll Never Walk Alone]]'-style song, through a Portuguese version of the classic song popularised by [[Frank Sinatra]] '[[My Way]]' called "''O Mundo Sabe Que"'' that is performed by a massed chorus of supporters on match day.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Músicas adotadas pelo futebol |url=https://radiocomercial.pt/noticias/80655/musicas-adotadas-pelo-futebol |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=Rádio Comercial |language=pt |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031153021/https://radiocomercial.pt/noticias/80655/musicas-adotadas-pelo-futebol |url-status=live }}</ref> Other popular songs include "''Só Eu Sei''" and "''Curva Belíssima''" popularized by organized Sporting CP's [[Supporters' group|supporter's group]] [[Juventude Leonina]], and "''Dia de Jogo''", "''Força Brutal''" and "''Voto Solene''" sung by Sporting CP's-themed rock band Supporting''.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Supporting colocam ponto final no diferendo com Bruno de Carvalho |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/supporting-colocam-ponto-final-no-diferendo-com-bruno-de-carvalho |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=Record |language=pt-PT |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031153020/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/supporting-colocam-ponto-final-no-diferendo-com-bruno-de-carvalho |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title="Supporting" voltam a ser ouvidos em Alvalade |url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/sporting/banda/supporting-voltam-a-ser-ouvidos-em-alvalade |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=Maisfutebol |language=pt |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031153020/https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/sporting/banda/supporting-voltam-a-ser-ouvidos-em-alvalade |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Supporting |url=https://www.sporting.pt/pt/tags/supporting |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=Sporting|language=pt-pt |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031153021/https://www.sporting.pt/pt/tags/supporting |url-status=live }}</ref>

Throughout its history the club and its supporters established centres, branches and delegations (''núcleos, filiais e delegações'') of Sporting CP across Portugal and abroad. Among them, branches such as [[Sporting Clube de Tomar]] (branch number 1), [[S.C. Farense|Farense]] (branch number 2), [[S.C. Olhanense|Olhanense]] (branch number 4), [[S.C. Covilhã|Covilhã]] (branch number 8) and [[S.C. Campomaiorense|Campomaiorense]] (branch number 27), and delegations such as [[S.C. Lusitânia|Lusitânia]] (delegation number 14), became noted autonomous sports clubs that reached the top level of Portuguese league systems in sports like football, rink hockey or basketball.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Filiais do Sporting |url=https://www.dn.pt/dossiers/desporto/sporting/as-casas-do-sporting/filiais-do-sporting-1004270.html/ |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=Diário de Notícias |language=pt}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Founded in 1920, [[CD Maxaquene|Sporting Clube de Lourenço Marques]] (branch number 6<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-18 |title=O SPORTING CLUBE DE LOURENÇO MARQUES EM 1937 E EM 1962 |url=https://delagoabayworld.wordpress.com/2021/02/18/o-sporting-clube-de-lourenco-marques-em-1937-e-em-1962/ |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=THE DELAGOA BAY WORLD |language=pt-PT}}</ref> until 1975 and later renamed as CD Maxaquene) was also a branch of Sporting CP in Mozambique, East Africa, and under this original name, Portuguese footballer [[Eusébio]] graduated as a footballer and played for the Mozambican club at both youth level and the main squad between the ages of 15 and 18.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Antigo "vice" do Sporting sugere destaque a Eusébio no museu do clube |url=https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/benfica/carlos-vieira/antigo-vice-do-sporting-sugere-destaque-a-eusebio-no-museu-do-clube |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=CNN Portugal |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=EUSÉBIO NO SPORTING? por Rui Alves - Replay, RTP Memoria - Canais TV |url=https://www.rtp.pt/rtpmemoria/replay/eusebio-no-sportingt-por-rui-alves_421 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=RTP |language=pt}}</ref> The centres<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clube de Portugal nas bancadas: 51 núcleos do Sporting vão estar representados esta noite em Alvalade |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/clube-de-portugal-nas-bancadas-51-nucleos-do-sporting-vao-estar-representados-esta-noite-em-alvalade |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=Record |language=pt-PT}}</ref> were created and institutionalised in Sporting's 10th Club Statutes of 1984 and are characterised as being a group of ''sportinguistas'' who get together and organise themselves to promote, support, celebrate and publicise Sporting CP. Many of them are also involved in important recreational, social and sporting activities. The branches, more than 100 were founded around the world, are sports clubs that have associated themselves with Sporting CP's core values, are managed as autonomous sports clubs and contribute to the expansion of Sporting CP. The delegations are sporting, recreational and cultural institutions that represent the interests of Sporting CP in the places where they are based and mobilise the ideals of the club in those same regions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-11-26 |title=Núcleos, Filiais e Delegações |url=https://www.sporting.pt/clube/universo-scp/nucleos-filiais-e-delegacoes |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=Sporting.pt |language=pt-pt}}</ref>

==Rivalries==
===Lisbon derby===
{{Main|Lisbon derby}}
[[File:Sporting-fans during Derby de Lisboa.jpg|thumb|Sporting fans at the [[Estádio da Luz]] during the [[Lisbon derby]] (2013)]]

Sporting's main rivals are Benfica, with both teams contesting the Lisbon derby, also known as "the eternal derby", among other names. The local rivalry started in 1907 when eight Benfica players left for Sporting looking for better training conditions. The first derby was contested that year and ended with a 2–1 win for Sporting. One of Sporting's biggest defeats to Benfica, 7–2, happened at the original [[Estádio da Luz (1954)|Estádio da Luz]] on 28 April 1948,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} and three 5–0 losses, in 1939,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} 1978{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} and 1986.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} The biggest Sporting win over Benfica, 7–1, occurred at the original Estádio José Alvalade on 14 December 1986. [[Manuel Fernandes (footballer, born 1951)|Manuel Fernandes]] was particularly inspired and scored four goals; [[Mário Jorge (footballer)|Mário Jorge]] two and [[Ralph Meade]] one; [[Wando (footballer, born 1963)|Wando]] scored for Benfica.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sporting deu 7–1 ao Benfica há 25 anos|url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira_liga/artigo/2011/12/14/sporting-deu-7-1-ao-benfica-ha-25-anos|website=desporto.sapo.pt/|publisher=sapo.pt|access-date=17 June 2016|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817032428/http://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira_liga/artigo/2011/12/14/sporting-deu-7-1-ao-benfica-ha-25-anos|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sporting-Benfica: A loucura dos 7–1!|url=http://www.record.xl.pt/arquivo/detalhe/sporting-benfica-a-loucura-dos-7-1-32042.html|website=Record.xl.pt|access-date=26 November 2015}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Before the start of the 1993–94 season, [[Sousa Cintra]], then president of Sporting, took advantage of Benfica's financial crisis by signing [[Paulo Sousa]] and [[António Pacheco|Pacheco]], who had terminated their contracts with the latter club. This event became known as ''"Verão Quente"'' (Hot Summer).<ref>{{cite news|last=Pimentel|first=Tiago|date=12 June 2018|title=Uma "pequena loucura" ou um novo "Verão Quente"?|trans-title=A "little craziness" or a new "Hot Summer"?|url=https://www.publico.pt/2018/06/12/desporto/noticia/uma-pequena-loucura-ou-um-novo-verao-quente-1834199|language=pt|work=Público|access-date=19 June 2018|archive-date=20 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620004330/https://www.publico.pt/2018/06/12/desporto/noticia/uma-pequena-loucura-ou-um-novo-verao-quente-1834199|url-status=live}}</ref> Later, on 14 May 1994, a memorable derby was played at the old José Alvalade Stadium, crowded to the top, as winning the derby could be a decisive step for Sporting in trying to regain the title, which by that time they had not won for 12 years. Sporting were considered the favourites, with a squad composed by [[Luís Figo]], Paulo Sousa, [[Krasimir Balakov]], [[Ivaylo Yordanov]], [[Emílio Peixe]], [[Stan Valckx]] and others; therefore, Benfica were seen as the underdogs. However, Benfica defied the odds and won the match 6–3 and went on securing the league title weeks later, leaving Sporting empty-handed in one of the most dramatic seasons in their history.<ref>{{cite web|title=Benfica-Sporting: "Queiroz foi o responsável pelos 6–3"|url=http://relvado.aeiou.pt/ultima-hora/benfica-sporting-queiroz-foi-responsavel-pelos-6-3-292661|website=relvado.aeiou.pt|publisher=Lusa|access-date=26 November 2015|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208012835/http://relvado.aeiou.pt/ultima-hora/benfica-sporting-queiroz-foi-responsavel-pelos-6-3-292661|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sporting-Benfica, 3–6: Pesadelo em Alvalade com génio à solta|url=http://www.record.xl.pt/Futebol/Nacional/1a_liga/Benfica/interior.aspx?content_id=120678|website=record.xl.pt|access-date=26 November 2015|archive-date=17 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317162617/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-bwin/benfica?content_id=120678|url-status=live}}</ref> Two years later, the rivalry continued intense with a dramatic incident in the [[1996 Taça de Portugal Final|1996 Portuguese Cup final]], which Benfica won 3–1. After the latter scored the first goal, a supporter of the club lit a flare which eventually struck a Sporting fan in the chest, killing him instantly.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gullit e very light incendiaram o último Sporting-Benfica|url=http://www.sabado.pt/desporto/detalhe/gullit_e_very_light_incendiaram_o_ultimo_sporting_benfica.html|website=sabado.pt|access-date=30 November 2015|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208145104/http://www.sabado.pt/desporto/detalhe/gullit_e_very_light_incendiaram_o_ultimo_sporting_benfica.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Eight years later, on 3 May 2004, [[Geovanni]]'s winning goal for Benfica in the 87th minute at Alvalade caused a pitch invasion by Sporting fans.<ref>{{cite news|last=Roseiro|first=Bruno|date=5 May 2018|title=Um dérbi é sempre pela honra e não pelo dinheiro mas há mais milhões em jogo do que se possa pensar|trans-title=A derby is always for the honour and not money, but there are more millions at stake than one can think of|url=https://observador.pt/2018/05/05/um-derbi-e-sempre-pela-honra-e-nao-pelo-dinheiro-mas-ha-mais-milhoes-em-jogo-do-que-se-possa-pensar/|language=pt|work=Observador|access-date=24 June 2018|archive-date=24 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624205056/https://observador.pt/2018/05/05/um-derbi-e-sempre-pela-honra-e-nao-pelo-dinheiro-mas-ha-mais-milhoes-em-jogo-do-que-se-possa-pensar/|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2011, after a 1–0 loss to Benfica at the [[Estádio da Luz]], Sporting supporters set fire to one of the stands of the stadium.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1625115-dortmund-vs-bayern-munich-and-europes-6-premier-rivarlies-right-now/page/3|title=Dortmund vs. Bayern Munich and Europe's 6 Premier Rivalries Right Now|last=Gannon|first=Willie|date=3 May 2013|publisher=Bleacher Report|access-date=7 January 2016|archive-date=6 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306024110/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1625115-dortmund-vs-bayern-munich-and-europes-6-premier-rivarlies-right-now/page/3|url-status=live}}</ref> Four years later, on 7 February 2015, during a futsal<ref>{{cite web|url=https://futsalfeed.com/original-content/top-11-football-clubs-with-futsal-sections--1|title=Top 11 football clubs with futsal sections|publisher=futsallfeed.com|access-date=2020-04-08|archive-date=11 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411101210/https://futsalfeed.com/original-content/top-11-football-clubs-with-futsal-sections--1|url-status=live}}</ref> derby, members of No Name Boys, one of Benfica's unofficial supporters' groups, showed a banner saying "Very Light 96", in reference to the 1996 incident.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruno de Carvalho pede punição para o Benfica|url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/sporting/interior/bruno-de-carvalho-pede-punicao-para-o-benfica-4390091.html|website=dn.pt|date=9 February 2015 |access-date=30 November 2015|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208122857/http://www.dn.pt/desporto/sporting/interior/bruno-de-carvalho-pede-punicao-para-o-benfica-4390091.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The next day, during a football derby at Estádio José Alvalade, an official supporters' group of Sporting, Juve Leo, showed a banner with the inscription "''Sigam o King''" ("Follow the King"), in reference to [[Eusébio]]'s death a month before.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/sporting/liga/benfica-deselegancia-catering-e-speaker-justificam-interdicao-de-alvalade |title=Benfica: deselegância, catering e speaker justificam interdição de Alvalade |language=pt |trans-title=Benfica: inelegance, catering and speaker justify interdition of Alvalade |date=13 February 2015 |publisher=Maisfutebol |access-date=13 January 2016 |archive-date=1 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201095204/http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/sporting/liga/benfica-deselegancia-catering-e-speaker-justificam-interdicao-de-alvalade |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tarjas, cânticos, very light e desvio de jogadores: esta é a história de uma rivalidade sem fim|url=https://observador.pt/especiais/tarjas-canticos-very-light-e-desvio-de-jogadores-esta-e-a-historia-de-uma-rivalidade-sem-fim|website=Jornal Observador|access-date=20 April 2017|archive-date=21 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421025918/http://observador.pt/especiais/tarjas-canticos-very-light-e-desvio-de-jogadores-esta-e-a-historia-de-uma-rivalidade-sem-fim/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Sporting vs Porto===
{{Main|FC Porto–Sporting CP rivalry}}

Sporting has also a rivalry with [[FC Porto|Porto]]. Outside of the sports environment itself, the confrontation between Lions and Dragons represents a form of expression in sport, and in football in particular, of the political and regional differentiation between Lisbon and the North of Portugal. The confrontation captured the national imagination, having been remembered in the film ''[[O Leão da Estrela]]'' (1947) starring [[António Silva (actor)|António Silva]] and [[Artur Agostinho]], a classic of the Portuguese cinema,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-11-18 |title=Está a chegar o novo "O Leão da Estrela" |url=https://media.rtp.pt/extra/estreias/esta-a-chegar-o-novo-o-leao-da-estrela/ |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=RTP |language=pt-PT |archive-date=27 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927110815/https://media.rtp.pt/extra/estreias/esta-a-chegar-o-novo-o-leao-da-estrela/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and in its remake of 2015 starring [[Miguel Guilherme]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=O Leão da Estrela – Filmes – Comédia|url=https://www.rtp.pt/programa/tv/p38157 |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=RTP |archive-date=26 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926194752/https://www.rtp.pt/programa/tv/p38157 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Sporting and Porto have decided a competition 13 times. The first final won by Sporting took place only in 1978, at the Estádio Nacional, for the [[Taça de Portugal]]. The dispute was decided in two matches, a 1–1 draw and a 2–1 victory in the tie-breaker. There would be three more finals in the same location. In 1994, Porto also won the tiebreaker 2–1. In 2000, Porto won the tiebreaker again 2–0. And, in the [[2007–08 Taça de Portugal]] Sporting won in extra time 2–0. In the 2019, after eleven years, Sporting [[2019 Taça de Portugal Final|won once again]], with a 2–2 draw after extra time, with Sporting winning the penalty shootout 4–3.

Another four decisions between Porto and Sporting were for the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. In 1996, in a tie-breaker valid for the 1994–95 edition; in 2001, valid for the 1999–2000 edition; and in [[2007 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|2007]] and [[2008 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|2008]]. In the first two finals, the matches were held over two legs in the fields of rivals, with tiebreakers in Paris (1996) and Coimbra (2001). In 2007 and 2008, under the format in force since 2001, the decisions took place in a single match held in Leiria and in the Algarve.

Another decision between the two clubs took place in 2019, counting for the [[2018–19 Taça da Liga|2018–19]] [[Taça da Liga]]. The match took place in Braga, ending with a 3–1 victory on penalties, after a 1–1 draw in regular time.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dn.pt/edicao-do-dia/26-jan-2019/fc-porto-sporting-as-dez-historias-dos-jogos-que-deram-titulos-10489229.html | title=FC Porto-Sporting. As dez histórias dos jogos que deram títulos | date=26 January 2019 | access-date=2 February 2023 | archive-date=2 February 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202173646/https://www.dn.pt/edicao-do-dia/26-jan-2019/fc-porto-sporting-as-dez-historias-dos-jogos-que-deram-titulos-10489229.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

Despite the rivalry, both clubs formed an alliance against Benfica in 2017, when [[Bruno de Carvalho]] was the president of Sporting.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Óca|first1=João Pedro|last2=Pereira|first2=António Martins|date=12 May 2017|title=Aliança de FC Porto e Sporting para tirar domínio ao Benfica|trans-title=FC Porto and Sporting's alliance to take out Benfica's domination|url=https://www.cmjornal.pt/desporto/detalhe/alianca-para-tirar-dominio-ao-benfica|language=pt|work=Correio da Manhã|access-date=19 October 2018|archive-date=17 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617122813/https://www.cmjornal.pt/desporto/detalhe/alianca-para-tirar-dominio-ao-benfica|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=7 November 2017|title=FC Porto e Sporting com aliança em risco|trans-title=FC Porto and Sporting with alliance at risk|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/detalhe/fc-porto-e-sporting-com-alianca-em-risco.html|language=pt|work=Record|access-date=19 October 2018|archive-date=17 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717184706/http://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/detalhe/fc-porto-e-sporting-com-alianca-em-risco.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Roseiro|first=Bruno|title=Sporting-FC Porto. Como do clima de guerra aberta nasceu a geringonça contra o "partido" no poder|trans-title=Sporting-FC Porto. How the widget against the "party" in power was born from the climate of war|url=https://observador.pt/especiais/sporting-fc-porto-como-do-clima-de-guerra-aberta-nasceu-a-geringonca-contra-o-partido-no-poder/|language=pt|work=Observador|access-date=19 October 2018|archive-date=19 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019210524/https://observador.pt/especiais/sporting-fc-porto-como-do-clima-de-guerra-aberta-nasceu-a-geringonca-contra-o-partido-no-poder/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Finances and ownership ==

=== Results ===
In the 2022–2023 season, Sporting [[Sociedade Anónima Desportiva|SAD]]'s ({{EuronextLisbon|SCP|PTSCP0AM0001|ENXL}}) [[net income]] was €25.2 million for a record-breaking [[revenue]] of €222 million. The [[net debt]] stood at €141.796 million, a reduction in debt of €27 million comparing to the previous accounting period.<ref>{{Cite web  |date=2023-09-08 |title=Sporting SAD com resultado positivo de 25,2 ME em 2022/23 |url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/sporting/sporting-sad-com-resultado-positivo-de-252-me-em-202223_d1512824 |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=RTP |language=pt |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015191233/https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/sporting/sporting-sad-com-resultado-positivo-de-252-me-em-202223_d1512824 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Ownership ===
By 2022, Sporting held 83.90% of Sporting SAD's capital (67.32% in category A shares and 16.58% in category B shares), which is listed on [[Euronext Lisbon]], corresponding to 126,322,554 shares, and [[Álvaro Sobrinho]], by keeping 20,000,000 shares in his possession, had a stake of 13.28%. The remaining shareholders had 2.82% of the stock.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-09 |title=Participação de Álvaro Sobrinho na Sporting SAD baixou de 30% para 13% em agosto |url=https://eco.sapo.pt/2022/09/09/participacao-de-alvaro-sobrinho-na-sporting-sad-baixou-de-30-para-13-em-agosto/ |access-date=2023-10-11 |website=ECO |language=pt-PT |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015191236/https://eco.sapo.pt/2022/09/09/participacao-de-alvaro-sobrinho-na-sporting-sad-baixou-de-30-para-13-em-agosto/ |url-status=live }}</ref> By December 2023, after a [[debt restructuring]] deal agreed with Portuguese banks Millennium bcp and Novobanco, Sporting announced it will consequently own 88 per cent of Sporting SAD.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" />

==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>

==Club records==
{{main|List of Sporting CP records and statistics}}

==Honours==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
! style="width: 1%;" |Type
! style="width: 5%;" |Competition
! style="width: 1%;" |Titles
! style="width: 18%;" |Seasons
|-
| rowspan="5" |Domestic
! scope="col" |[[Primeira Liga]]
| style="text-align:center;" |21
| align="left" |[[1940–41 Primeira Divisão|1940–41]],[[1943–44 Primeira Divisão|1943–44]], [[1946–47 Primeira Divisão|1946–47]], [[1947–48 Primeira Divisão|1947–48]], [[1948–49 Primeira Divisão|1948–49]], [[1950–51 Primeira Divisão|1950–51]], [[1951–52 Primeira Divisão|1951–52]], [[1952–53 Primeira Divisão|1952–53]], [[1953–54 Primeira Divisão|1953–54]], [[1957–58 Primeira Divisão|1957–58]], [[1961–62 Primeira Divisão|1961–62]], [[1965–66 Primeira Divisão|1965–66]], [[1969–70 Primeira Divisão|1969–70]], [[1973–74 Primeira Divisão|1973–74]], [[1979–80 Primeira Divisão|1979–80]], [[1981–82 Primeira Divisão|1981–82]], [[1999–2000 Primeira Liga|1999–2000]], [[2001–02 Primeira Liga|2001–02]], [[2020–21 Primeira Liga|2020–21]], [[2023–24 Primeira Liga|2023–24]], [[2024–25 Primeira Liga|2024–25]]<ref name="honours by UEFA">{{Cite web |title=Sporting CP |url=https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/teams/50149--sporting-cp/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611090900/https://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/club=50149/profile/index.html |archive-date=11 June 2020 |access-date=4 November 2016 |website=UEFA.com |publisher=UEFA}}</ref>
|-
! scope="col" |[[Taça de Portugal]]
| style="text-align:center;" |18
| align="left" |[[1940–41 Taça de Portugal|1940–41]], [[1944–45 Taça de Portugal|1944–45]], [[1945–46 Taça de Portugal|1945–46]],[[1947–48 Taça de Portugal|1947–48]], [[Taça de Portugal|1953–54]], [[Taça de Portugal|1962–63]], [[Taça de Portugal|1970–71]], [[Taça de Portugal|1972–73]], [[Taça de Portugal|1973–74]], [[Taça de Portugal|1977–78]], [[Taça de Portugal|1981–82]], [[1994–95 Taça de Portugal|1994–95]], [[2001–02 Taça de Portugal|2001–02]], [[2006–07 Taça de Portugal|2006–07]], [[2007–08 Taça de Portugal|2007–08]], [[2014–15 Taça de Portugal|2014–15]], [[2018–19 Taça de Portugal|2018–19]], [[2024–25 Taça de Portugal|2024–25]]<ref name="honours by UEFA" />
|-
! scope="col" |[[Taça da Liga]]
| style="text-align:center;" |4
| align="left" |[[2017–18 Taça da Liga|2017–18]], [[2018–19 Taça da Liga|2018–19]], [[2020–21 Taça da Liga|2020–21]], [[2021–22 Taça da Liga|2021–22]]
|-
! scope="col" |[[Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira]]
|9
| align="left" |[[1982 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|1982]], [[1987 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|1987]], [[1995 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|1995]], [[2000 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|2000]], [[2002 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|2002]], [[2007 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|2007]], [[2008 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|2008]], [[2015 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|2015]], [[2021 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|2021]]
|-
! scope="col" |[[Taça de Portugal#Campeonato de Portugal (1922–1938)|Campeonato de Portugal]]
| style="background:gold;" |4{{smallsup|s}}
| align="left" |[[1922–23 Campeonato de Portugal|1922–23]], 1933–34, 1935–36, 1937–38
|-
|Continental
! scope="col" |[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| align="left" |[[1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup|1963–64]]
|}
* {{legend|gold|record}}
* {{smallsup|s}} shared record

==Players==
===Current squad===
{{updated|8 February 2025}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sporting.pt/pt/futebol/equipa-principal/plantel|title=Main team|publisher=Sporting Clube de Portugal|access-date=6 July 2023|archive-date=8 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608174808/https://www.sporting.pt/pt/futebol/equipa-principal/plantel|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=URU|name=[[Franco Israel]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=BRA|name=[[Matheus Reis]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=NED|name=[[Jerry St. Juste]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=JPN|name=[[Hidemasa Morita]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=BEL|name=[[Zeno Debast]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=POR|name=[[Pedro Gonçalves]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=SWE|name=[[Viktor Gyökeres]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=POR|name=[[Nuno Santos (footballer, born 1995)|Nuno Santos]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=POR|name=[[Francisco Trincão]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=DEN|name=[[Conrad Harder]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=URU|name=[[Maximiliano Araújo]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=MOZ|name=[[Geny Catamo]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=ESP|name=[[Iván Fresneda]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{fs player|no=23|nat=POR|name=[[Daniel Bragança]]|pos=MF|other=[[Captain (association football)|vice-captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=POR|name=[[Rui Silva (footballer, born 1994)|Rui Silva]]|pos=GK|other=on loan from [[Real Betis]]}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=POR|name=[[Gonçalo Inácio]]|pos=DF|other=[[Captain (association football)|3rd captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=CIV|name=[[Ousmane Diomande]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=BRA|name=[[Biel Teixeira]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=41|nat=BRA|name=[[Diego Callai]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=42|nat=DEN|name=[[Morten Hjulmand]]|pos=MF|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=47|nat=POR|name=[[Ricardo Esgaio]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=51|nat=POR|name=[[Diogo Pinto (footballer, born 2004)|Diogo Pinto]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=52|nat=POR|name=[[João Simões (footballer, born 2007)|João Simões]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=57|nat=POR|name=[[Geovany Quenda]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=72|nat=POR|name=[[Eduardo Quaresma]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=73|nat=POR|name=[[Eduardo Felicíssimo]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs end}}

===Other players under contract===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=90|nat=POR|name=[[Afonso Moreira]]|pos=FW}}
{{fs end}}

=== Sporting CP B ===
{{main|Sporting CP B}}
[[Sporting CP B]] is the reserve football team of Sporting CP and it currently plays in the [[Liga 3 (Portugal)|Liga 3]].

=== Sporting CP Youth Academy ===
{{main|Sporting CP Youth Academy}}
[[Sporting CP Youth Academy]] is the youth development division of the club and hosts U23, U19, U17 and U15 youth teams.

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=ENG|name=[[Marcus Edwards]]|pos=FW|other=at [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=BIH|name=[[Vladan Kovačević]]|pos=GK|other=at [[Legia Warsaw]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=POR|name=[[Dário Essugo]]|pos=MF|other=at [[UD Las Palmas|Las Palmas]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=32|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=[[Mateo Tanlongo]]|other=at [[Pafos FC|Pafos]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=45|nat=BRA|name=[[Rafael Pontelo]]|pos=DF|other=at [[FK Auda|Auda]] until 30 November 2025}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=80|nat=FRA|name=[[Koba Koindredi]]|pos=MF|other=at [[FC Lausanne-Sport|Lausanne-Sport]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=91|nat=POR|name=[[Rodrigo Ribeiro (footballer, born 2005)|Rodrigo Ribeiro]]|pos=FW|other=at [[AVS Futebol SAD|AVS]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=97|nat=POR|name=[[Diogo Travassos]]|pos=DF|other=at [[C.F. Estrela da Amadora|Estrela Amadora]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=POR|pos=DF|name=[[Rúben Vinagre]]|other=at [[Legia Warsaw]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=GRE|pos=MF|name=[[Sotiris Alexandropoulos]]|other=at [[Standard Liège]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs end}}

==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>

{|
|-
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Winner
! G
|-
|- 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
|}
|width="1"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! 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
|- align=left
|[[1973–74 Primeira Liga|1973–74]]
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Héctor Yazalde]]<sup>2,3</sup> ||46
|}
|width="1"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Winner
! G
|-
|- align=left
|[[1974–75 Primeira Liga|1974–75]]
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Héctor Yazalde]] ||30
|- align=left
|[[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
|- align=left
|[[1992–93 Primeira Liga|1992–93]]
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Jorge Cadete]] ||18
|}
|width="1"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! 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
|}
|width="1"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Winner
! G
|-
|- align=left
|[[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.

{|
|-
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Winner
|-
|1992||{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Krasimir Balakov]]
|-
|1993||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Stan Valckx]]
|-
|1994||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Luís Figo]]
|-
|1995||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Oceano da Cruz|Oceano]]
|-
|1996||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Ricardo Sá Pinto]]
|-
|1997||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marco Aurélio Cunha dos Santos|Marco Aurélio]]
|-
|1998||{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Ivaylo Yordanov]]
|}
|width="1"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Winner
|-
|1999||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Delfim Teixeira]]
|-
|2000||{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Alberto Acosta]]
|-
|2001||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Beto (footballer, born May 1976)|Beto]]
|-
|2002||{{flagicon|POR}} [[João Vieira Pinto|João Pinto]]
|-
|2003||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Pedro Barbosa]]
|-
|2004||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Rui Jorge]]
|-
|2005||{{flagicon|POR}} [[João Moutinho]]
|}
|width="1"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Winner
|-
|2006||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Ricardo (footballer, born 1976)|Ricardo]]
|-
|2007||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Liédson]]
|-
|2008||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Tonel]]
|-
|2009||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Liédson]]
|-
|2010||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Daniel Carriço]]
|-
|2011||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Rui Patrício]]
|-
|2012||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Rui Patrício]]
|}
|width="1"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Winner
|-
|2013||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Adrien Silva]]
|-
|2014||{{flagicon|POR}} [[William Carvalho]]
|-
|2015||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Nani (footballer)|Nani]]
|-
|2016||{{flagicon|POR}} [[João Mário (footballer, born January 1993)|João Mário]]
|-
|2017||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Bas Dost]]
|-
|2018||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Bruno Fernandes]]
|-
|2019||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Bruno Fernandes]]
|}
|width="1"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Winner
|-
|2020||{{flagicon|URU}} [[Sebastián Coates]]
|-
|2021||{{flagicon|POR}} [[João Palhinha]]<hr />{{flagicon|POR}} [[Pedro Gonçalves]]
|-
|2022||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Antonio Adán]]
|-
|2023||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Gonçalo Inácio]]
|-
|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>

==Former coaches==
''For details on former coaches, see [[List of Sporting CP managers]].''

Head coaches who won the [[Primeira Liga]] while at the helm for Sporting CP:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-05-09 |title=Os treinadores campeões |url=https://www.dn.pt/dossiers/desporto/i-liga/estatisticas/os-treinadores-campeoes-1565385.html |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=DN |language=pt-PT |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031105107/https://www.dn.pt/dossiers/desporto/i-liga/estatisticas/os-treinadores-campeoes-1565385.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Treinadores no futebol e títulos conquistados |url=https://www.dn.pt/dossiers/desporto/sporting/as-vitorias-historicas/interior/treinadores-no-futebol-e-titulos-conquistados-1004267.html/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Diário de Notícias |language=pt}}</ref>

* [[József Szabó (footballer, born 1896)|Josef Szabo]] (Hungary) in 1940–41 and 1943–44
* [[Bob Kelly (footballer)|Robert Kelly]] (England) in 1946–47
* [[Cândido de Oliveira]] (Portugal) in 1947–48 and 1948–49
* [[Randolph Galloway]] (England) in 1950–51, 1951–52 and 1952–53
* Tavares da Silva (Portugal) in 1953–54
* [[Enrique Fernández (footballer, born 1912)|Enrique Fernandez]] (Uruguay) in 1957–58
* [[Otto Glória]] (Brazil) in 1961–62 and 1965–66
* [[Fernando Vaz]] (Portugal) in 1969–70
* [[Mário Lino (footballer)|Mário Lino]] (Portugal) in 1973–74
* [[Fernando Mendes (footballer, born 1937)|Fernando Mendes]] (Portugal) in 1979–80
* [[Malcolm Allison]] (England) in 1981–82
* [[Augusto Inácio]] (Portugal) in 1999–2000
* [[László Bölöni]] (Romania) in 2001–02
* [[Ruben Amorim]] (Portugal) in 2020–21 and 2023–24
* [[Rui Borges (footballer, born 1981)|Rui Borges]] (Portugal) in 2024–25
Head coaches who won [[UEFA club competitions]] for Sporting CP:

* [[Anselmo Fernandez]] ([[1964 European Cup Winners' Cup final]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=SPORTING ESMAGA MANCHESTER por Rui Alves - Replay, RTP Memoria - Canais TV |url=https://www.rtp.pt/rtpmemoria/replay/sporting-esmaga-manchester-por-rui-alves_385 |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=RTP |language=pt |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102111036/https://www.rtp.pt/rtpmemoria/replay/sporting-esmaga-manchester-por-rui-alves_385 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Media==
===Newspaper===
''Jornal Sporting'' is a weekly newspaper published by Sporting. Beginning its activity as ''Sporting Club of Portugal Bulletin'' on 31 March 1922, it was initially an eight-page calendar, with the optional payment of $2 a semester. Under the direction of Artur da Cunha Rosa, the bulletin became known as a newspaper in June 1952.

===Sporting TV===
{{main|Sporting TV}}

Sporting TV is the television channel of Sporting Clube de Portugal. An open channel available on satellite and cable television and online, it is offered by telecommunications companies [[MEO (Portugal)|MEO]], [[NOS (Portuguese media company)|NOS]], [[Vodafone]] and [[Nowo]] in Portugal,<ref>{{cite web |date=8 June 2014 |title=Sporting TV nas plataformas MEO e NOS |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/sporting/detalhe/sporting-tv-nas-plataformas-meo-e-nos-887635 |publisher=Record |access-date=2 November 2023 |archive-date=16 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616112639/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/sporting/detalhe/sporting-tv-nas-plataformas-meo-e-nos-887635 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=29 June 2017 |title=Sporting TV chega à Vodafone e à Nowo |url=https://www.record.pt/fora-de-campo/detalhe/sporting-tv-chega-a-vodafone-e-a-nowo |publisher=Record |access-date=2 November 2023 |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102114732/https://www.record.pt/fora-de-campo/detalhe/sporting-tv-chega-a-vodafone-e-a-nowo |url-status=live }}</ref> and also in other countries like Angola and Mozambique, where it is broadcast by operator [[ZAP (satellite television)|ZAP]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting TV no ar a 17 de julho |url=https://expresso.pt/economia/sporting-tv-no-ar-a-17-de-julho=f881166 |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Jornal Expresso |language=pt-PT |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102114733/https://expresso.pt/economia/sporting-tv-no-ar-a-17-de-julho=f881166 |url-status=live }}</ref> The channel broadcasts content linked to Sporting CP's universe ranging from [[Documentary film|documentaries]], [[interview]]s, [[talk show]]s, [[news]] and post-match analysis and commentary programs, to live and recorded Sporting CP's [[ball sport]] matches and coverage of all the other competitions and sporting events involving the multi-sports club.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Graca |first=Francisco |title=Media: Sporting TV no ar a 1 de julho |url=https://www.jpn.up.pt/2014/06/09/media-sporting-tv-no-ar-a-1-de-julho/ |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=JPN |language=pt-PT |archive-date=26 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926193602/https://www.jpn.up.pt/2014/06/09/media-sporting-tv-no-ar-a-1-de-julho/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |agency=Lusa |date=2012-12-26 |title=Acordo de princípio com Meo e Zon para ter Sporting TV no ar a partir de Agosto |url=https://www.publico.pt/2012/12/26/desporto/noticia/acordo-de-principio-com-meo-e-zon-para-ter-sporting-tv-no-ar-a-partir-de-agosto-1578673 |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=PÚBLICO |language=pt |archive-date=26 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926193603/https://www.publico.pt/2012/12/26/desporto/noticia/acordo-de-principio-com-meo-e-zon-para-ter-sporting-tv-no-ar-a-partir-de-agosto-1578673 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Museum ==
Inaugurated on 31 August 2004 in Lisbon, the Sporting Museum (''Museu Sporting'') is divided into several thematic areas that express the wealth of the club's heritage and its sporting achievements over more than a century of existence in thirty-two different modalities. About two thousand trophies are on display, and there are many others in store.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Museu Sporting |url=https://www.patrimoniocultural.gov.pt/pt/museus-e-monumentos/rede-portuguesa/m/museu-sporting/ |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=DGPC |archive-date=9 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609074646/https://patrimoniocultural.gov.pt/pt/museus-e-monumentos/rede-portuguesa/m/museu-sporting/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last=Carvalho |first=Ana |date=2018-07-23 |title=Museu do Sporting, um museu de emoções |url=https://nomundodosmuseus.hypotheses.org/8068 |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=No Mundo dos Museus |doi=10.58079/sdsh |language=pt-PT |archive-date=12 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112012251/https://nomundodosmuseus.hypotheses.org/8068 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=As seis taças europeias que o Sporting conquistou já estão no Museu |url=https://www.ojogo.pt/multimedia/fotografias/as-seis-tacas-europeias-que-o-sporting-conquistou-ja-estao-no-museu-11027582.html/ |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=O Jogo |language=pt |archive-date=12 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112012250/https://www.ojogo.pt/multimedia/fotografias/as-seis-tacas-europeias-que-o-sporting-conquistou-ja-estao-no-museu-11027582.html/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Museu Sporting |url=https://www.visitlisboa.com/pt-pt/locais/museu-sporting |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=Turismo de Lisboa |language=pt-pt |archive-date=12 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112012252/https://www.visitlisboa.com/pt-pt/locais/museu-sporting |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2014-11-26 |title=Museu de Leiria |url=https://www.sporting.pt/pt/clube/museu/museu-de-leiria |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=Sporting.pt |language=pt-pt |archive-date=12 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112012251/https://www.sporting.pt/pt/clube/museu/museu-de-leiria |url-status=live }}</ref>

The history of the museum dates back to the trophy room of the old headquarters on Rua do Passadiço, where in 1956, 1850 trophies were already stored. In 1994, President [[Sousa Cintra]] inaugurated a new trophy room, where less than half of the club's collections were exhibited.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pinto |first=Sónia |date=2017-01-13 |title=O mundo explosivo de Sousa Cintra. Petróleo, cervejas e muitas águas turvas |url=https://sol.sapo.pt/2017/01/13/o-mundo-explosivo-de-sousa-cintra-petroleo-cervejas-e-muitas-aguas-turvas/ |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=Jornal SOL |language=pt-PT |archive-date=12 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112014131/https://sol.sapo.pt/2017/01/13/o-mundo-explosivo-de-sousa-cintra-petroleo-cervejas-e-muitas-aguas-turvas/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The following year the remodeling and organization of the museum is promoted, and a conservative viewpoint is incorporated. During the construction of the new [[Estádio José Alvalade]] a new museum is inaugurated, culminating in four years of investigation. Throughout the years, through donations with several origins, in addition to the trophies the patrimony of the club never stopped growing. In July 2016, there was a new inauguration after a total renovation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=O mundo Sporting |url=https://www.record.pt/especial/detalhe/o-mundo-sporting-855118 |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=Record |language=pt-PT |archive-date=12 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112012721/https://www.record.pt/especial/detalhe/o-mundo-sporting-855118 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gromicho |first=Inês |date=2019-10-25 |title=Museu Sporting - Onde a memória e a história perduram |url=https://www.ambitur.pt/museu-sporting-onde-a-memoria-e-a-historia-perduram/ |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=Ambitur |language=pt-PT |archive-date=12 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112012252/https://www.ambitur.pt/museu-sporting-onde-a-memoria-e-a-historia-perduram/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Outside of Lisbon, there is also an official Sporting Museum in the city of [[Leiria]], in the [[Central Region, Portugal|Central Region]] of Portugal.<ref>{{cite web | access-date=2023-11-12 | url=https://roteiromuseus.ccdrc.pt/museu_fichaGeo.aspx?tipologia=3&idMuseu=107&regiao=163 | title=Pinhal Litoral | url-status=live | website=roteiromuseus.ccdrc.pt | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112095618/https://roteiromuseus.ccdrc.pt/museu_fichaGeo.aspx?tipologia=3&idMuseu=107&regiao=163 | archive-date=12 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Faleceu Idalina Lisboa, do Museu do Sporting em Leiria |url=https://www.regiaodeleiria.pt/2022/11/faleceu-idalina-lisboa-do-museu-do-sporting-em-leiria |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=Região de Leiria |language=pt-PT |archive-date=12 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112012256/https://www.regiaodeleiria.pt/2022/11/faleceu-idalina-lisboa-do-museu-do-sporting-em-leiria/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Museu do Sporting |url=https://lifecooler.com/artigo/comer/museu-do-sporting/334683 |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=lifecooler.com |language=pt |archive-date=12 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112012252/https://lifecooler.com/artigo/comer/museu-do-sporting/334683 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Museu do Sporting em Leiria exibe renovação |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/museu-do-sporting-em-leiria-exibe-renovacao |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=Record.pt |language=pt-PT |archive-date=12 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112012250/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/museu-do-sporting-em-leiria-exibe-renovacao |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Canoa com história no museu do Sporting em Leiria |url=https://www.record.pt/modalidades/canoagem/detalhe/canoa-com-historia-no-museu-do-sporting-em-leiria-858797 |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=Record.pt |language=pt-PT |archive-date=12 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112012250/https://www.record.pt/modalidades/canoagem/detalhe/canoa-com-historia-no-museu-do-sporting-em-leiria-858797 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":4" />

== Foundation ==
Sporting CP had already developed [[social solidarity]] initiatives throughout its history, but in 2006 it created a section called Sporting Solidário, which until the creation of the Sporting Foundation developed a series of social solidarity actions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-07-13 |title=A Fundação |url=https://www.sporting.pt/clube/universo-scp/fundacao-sporting/a-fundacao |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Sporting.pt |language=pt-pt}}</ref> Established in 2012,<ref>{{Cite web |title=A ONGD Um Pequeno Gesto, em conjunto com a Fundação Sporting, levam equipamentos desportivos até Moçambique |url=https://correiodelagos.com/desporto/a-ongd-um-pequeno-gesto-em-conjunto-com-a-fundacao-sporting-levam-equipamentos-desportivos-ate-mocambique/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=correiodelagos.com |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-02-10 |title=Fundação Sporting |url=https://www.sporting.pt/pt/noticias/clube/2012-02-10/fundacao-sporting-0 |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Sporting.pt |language=pt-pt}}</ref> the Fundação Sporting (Sporting Foundation), is a [[Humanitarian aid|humanitarian]] [[Charity (practice)|charity]] [[Foundation (nonprofit)|foundation]] devoted to helping people in need, including [[Child protection|children at risk]], the [[Homelessness|homeless]] and war victims.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Porto - JOGA PELAS CRIANÇAS vai apoiar crianças vulneráveis |url=https://porto.cruzvermelha.pt/not%C3%ADcias/item/7987-joga-pelas-crian%C3%A7as-vai-apoiar-crian%C3%A7as-vulner%C3%A1veis.html |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=Porto Cruz Vermelha|language=pt-pt |archive-date=25 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925201717/https://porto.cruzvermelha.pt/not%C3%ADcias/item/7987-joga-pelas-crian%C3%A7as-vai-apoiar-crian%C3%A7as-vulner%C3%A1veis.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-27 |title=Fundação Sporting distribuiu refeições em nova iniciativa solidária |url=https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/1a-liga/sporting/noticias/fundacao-sporting-distribuiu-refeicoes-em-nova-iniciativa-solidaria-13508286.html |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=O Jogo |language=pt-PT |archive-date=25 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925201713/https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/1a-liga/sporting/noticias/fundacao-sporting-distribuiu-refeicoes-em-nova-iniciativa-solidaria-13508286.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=COVID-19: Fundação Sporting oferece almoço e apoio médico aos sem-abrigo |url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira-liga/artigos/covid-19-fundacao-sporting-oferece-almoco-e-apoio-medico-aos-sem-abrigo |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=SAPO Desporto |language=pt |archive-date=25 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925201715/https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira-liga/artigos/covid-19-fundacao-sporting-oferece-almoco-e-apoio-medico-aos-sem-abrigo |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting vai recolher bens alimentares em Alvalade para enviar para a Ucrânia |url=https://www.cmjornal.pt/mais-cm/especiais/guerra-na-ucrania/detalhe/sporting-vai-recolher-bens-alimentares-em-alvalade-para-enviar-para-a-ucrania |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=CM Jornal|date=28 February 2022 |language=pt-PT |archive-date=25 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925201713/https://www.cmjornal.pt/mais-cm/especiais/guerra-na-ucrania/detalhe/sporting-vai-recolher-bens-alimentares-em-alvalade-para-enviar-para-a-ucrania |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting apresenta cartão 'Amigo da Fundação' para angariar mais fundos sociais |url=https://24.sapo.pt/noticias/nacional/artigo/sporting-apresenta-cartao-amigo-da-fundacao-para-angariar-mais-fundos-sociais_20567435.html |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=SAPO 24 |language=pt |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102113257/https://24.sapo.pt/noticias/nacional/artigo/sporting-apresenta-cartao-amigo-da-fundacao-para-angariar-mais-fundos-sociais_20567435.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[In-kind donation]]s are collected by the Sporting Foundation on match days<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting recolhe alimentos no jogo com o Nacional |url=https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/1a-liga/sporting/noticias/sporting-recolhe-alimentos-no-jogo-com-o-nacional-10328117.html/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=O Jogo |language=pt |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102105310/https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/1a-liga/sporting/noticias/sporting-recolhe-alimentos-no-jogo-com-o-nacional-10328117.html/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Recolha de alimentos no Sporting B-União de Santarém |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-3/detalhe/recolha-de-alimentos-no-sporting-b-uniao-de-santarem |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Record |language=pt-PT |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102105309/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-3/detalhe/recolha-de-alimentos-no-sporting-b-uniao-de-santarem |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fundação Sporting vai recolher alimentos para enviar para a Ucrânia |url=https://www.jn.pt/desporto/fundacao-sporting-vai-recolher-alimentos-para-enviar-para-a-ucrania-14636539.html/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Jornal de Notícias |language=pt |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102105311/https://www.jn.pt/desporto/fundacao-sporting-vai-recolher-alimentos-para-enviar-para-a-ucrania-14636539.html/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting está a recolher alimentos para os bombeiros e as vítimas de Pedrógão Grande |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/clube-esta-a-recolher-alimentos-para-os-bombeiros-e-as-vitimas-de-pedrogao-grande |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Record |language=pt-PT |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102105314/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/clube-esta-a-recolher-alimentos-para-os-bombeiros-e-as-vitimas-de-pedrogao-grande |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-20 |title=Idai: Sporting promove recolha de alimentos no dérbi com Benfica para a Taça |url=https://www.dn.pt/lusa/idai-sporting-promove-recolha-de-alimentos-no-derbi-com-benfica-para-a-taca-10702878.html |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=DN |language=pt-PT |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102105310/https://www.dn.pt/lusa/idai-sporting-promove-recolha-de-alimentos-no-derbi-com-benfica-para-a-taca-10702878.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and the proceeds from the sale of tickets of some selected matches at Estádio José Alvalade go to the Sporting Foundation to finance the foundation's charity work.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting-Estrela com cariz solidário: lucros de bilheteira revertem para Fundação |url=https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/sporting/liga/sporting-estrela-com-cariz-solidario-receitas-revertem-para-fundacao |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=CNN Portugal |language=pt |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102105311/https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/sporting/liga/sporting-estrela-com-cariz-solidario-receitas-revertem-para-fundacao |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-01 |title=Sporting anuncia jogo solidário frente ao Estrela da Amadora |url=https://www.abola.pt/futebol/noticias/sporting-anuncia-jogo-solidario-frente-ao-estrela-da-amadora-2023110111220816844 |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Abola |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102105319/https://www.abola.pt/futebol/noticias/sporting-anuncia-jogo-solidario-frente-ao-estrela-da-amadora-2023110111220816844 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting promove jogo solidário contra o Estrela |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/sporting-promove-jogo-solidario-contra-o-estrela |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Record |language=pt-PT |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102105316/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/sporting-promove-jogo-solidario-contra-o-estrela |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lucro de bilhética com o Estrela vai para a Fundação Sporting |url=https://www.ojogo.pt/1056732706/lucro-de-bilhetica-com-o-estrela-vai-para-a-fundacao-sporting/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=O Jogo |date=November 2023 |language=pt |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102105310/https://www.ojogo.pt/1056732706/lucro-de-bilhetica-com-o-estrela-vai-para-a-fundacao-sporting/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Club officials==
{{updated|26 June 2021}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sporting.pt/English/Club/club_governingbodies.asp|title=Governing Bodies|publisher=Sporting.pt|access-date=2013-04-01|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027064517/http://www.sporting.pt/English/Club/club_governingbodies.asp|archive-date=27 October 2011}}</ref>

===Directive Board===
{{See also|List of Sporting Clube de Portugal presidents}}
* President: [[Frederico Varandas]]
* Vice-presidents: Carlos Vieira, [[José Vicente de Moura|Vicente Moura]], Vítor Silva Ferreira, António Rebelo
* Board members: Bruno Mascarenhas Garcia, Luís Roque, Rui Caeiro, Alexandre Henriques, José Quintela
* Substitutes: Rita Matos, Luís Gestas, Jorge Sanches, Luís Loureiro

===General Assembly===
* President: Rogério Alves
* Vice-president: Rui Solheiro
* Secretaries: Miguel de Castro, Luís Pereira, Tiago Abade
* Substitutes: Diogo Orvalho, Manuel Mendes, Rui Fernandes

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{Official website}} {{in lang|pt|en}}
* [https://www.ligaportugal.pt/en/liga/clube/20232024/ligaportugalbetclic/303 Sporting CP] at [[Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional|LPFP]] {{in lang|en|pt}}
* [https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/teams/50149--sporting-cp/ Sporting CP] at [[UEFA]]

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