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Sporting Clube de Portugal (pron. IPA *) or simply Sporting, often known outside Portugal as Sporting Lisbon, was established in 1902 as Sport Club de Belas, which became Campo Grande Sporting Club in 1904, and it took its current name in 1906.
It is an eclectic sports club based in Lisbon, Portugal, being notably renowned for its football branch, which is its most popular department. Along with Porto and Benfica, Sporting is one of the "Big Three" clubs in Portugal.
Sporting boasts a new stadium, Estádio José Alvalade XXI, built for the 2004 European Football Championship, that hosted the 2005 UEFA Cup final in which Sporting lost to CSKA Moscow. Sporting also has a world-class football training facility (Academia Sporting in Alcochete).
The club's football team captured 18 championship titles, 13 cups and won the former Cup Winners' Cup in 1964, their only European title.
Like many Portuguese sports clubs, Sporting fields teams in many events other than football, among them athletics (members include world-class athlete Carlos Lopes, Olimpic Marathon Gold Medal in Los Angeles 84, Rui Silva and Francis Obikwelu), swimming, handball, table tennis, beach soccer, and futsal. Sporting's futsal team is especially notable, having won the league for 8 times out of 16 FPF sponsored tournaments*. Sporting is one of the biggest clubs in Europe having more than 90.000 club members since 1997, now with its new president and board of directors, the club is now making its comeback.
Youth academy
Famous for its football youth academy system, one of the most modern and renowned in the world, Sporting has continuously developed many world class footballers. Some of its most notable home breed footballers include João Moutinho and Nani on the current squad, Paulo Futre (Retired), Luís Figo (Inter Milan) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United). There are also other players that failed to make an impression outside Portugal, such as Dani (Retired) who played for Ajax Amsterdam, or former FC Barcelona players Ricardo Quaresma (who joined Porto in 2004) and Simão Sabrosa (joined SL Benfica in 2001). Hugo Viana, the only returning to Sporting, joined on loan from Newcastle United in 2004. The Youth Academy was considered by Luiz Felipe Scolari (Portuguese National Coach) and Jose Pekerman (Argentinian National Coach) as one of the best Sports Academies of the World. It was also the home training ground for the Portuguese National Team during the Euro 2004. Lots of clubs in Europe choose the Academia of Sporting Clube de Portugal to practise during the Off-Season.
Current Football Squad (2005/06 season)
Famous Players
Sports
Sporting Clube de Portugal's active sports departments include:
- Football
- 18 League Titles
- 4 Portuguese Championships (extinct)
- 13 Cups of Portugal
- 5 Portuguese Super Cups
- 1 Cup of Cups (European championship already extinct)
- Handball
- 19 League Titles
- 12 Cups of Portugal
- 2 Portuguese Super Cups
- Athletics
- There are various titles in this sport but in the major ones, Sporting has almost 300 National Titles and more than 30 European Titles (1 times European Champion)
- Futsal
- 6 League Titles
- 1 Cup of Portugal
- 1 National Cup (extinct)
- 2 Portuguese Super Cups
- Swimming
- There are various competitions, in general Sporting has more than 150 national titles and 3 European titles
- Table Tennis
- + 50 League Titles (11 in a row record)
- 3 Portuguese/Spanish vs American Competition
- 3 times Bronze Medal in European Championships
- Billiards
- 36 Individual National Titles
- 15 Doubles National Titles
- 2 Individual Cups of Portugal
- 4 Doubles Cups of Portugal
- Full Contact Karate
- 14 National Titles
- 1 Intercontinenatal Championship
- 3 European Champion
- 1 World Champion
- Gymnastics
- Sporting has more than 150 National titles,in the various types of Gymnastics and 11 European Titles.
- Weight-lifting
- 16 National Titles
- Boxing
- There are various types because of the age and Weight but adding up the major titles, Sporting has more than 100 National Titles.
- Taekwondo
- This is almost like Boxing but adding up, Sporting has more than 50 National Titles.
- Shooting
- 16 Individual Titles
- 12 Team Titles
- Archery
- Various types, adding up, gives more than 50 National Titles and 2 European Titles
- Chess
- 14 National Titles and more than 20 in other variances of Chess.
Sporting Club of Portugal is the 2nd club in the World (after Barcelona FC) in titles, Sporting has more than 20.000 titles in the most various sports. All sports departments in Sporting Clube de Portugal
Historical Results
- Sporting 3-3 FK Partizan, 1956 (inaugural game of the European Cup)
- Sporting 7-1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica, 1986
- Sporting 5-0 Manchester United, 1964
- Sporting 1-0 MTK, 1964 (Final Replay of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, that gave the only european title in Sporting history)
- Sporting 16-1 APOEL Nicosia, 1964 (the highest win in any UEFA competition)
- Sporting 1-3 CSKA Moscow, 2005 (the only UEFA Cup final, lost at their home stadium)
Titles
- Superliga - 18 titles, 17 runners up, 24 third
- Cup of Portugal 13 titles, 10 runners up
- SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira 5 titles, 1 runners up
- Cup Winners' Cup 1 titles (1964)
- UEFA Cup 1 runners up
External links
- Official site(Portuguese)
- Official site(English)
- Fan site(Portuguese)
- Ultra Juve Leo Sporting Supporters
- Sporting Supporters - Directivo Ultras XXI
- Torcida Verde Supporters
- Sporting Clube Portugal Database
Sporting best Supporters
Being part of one of the best teams in Europe, Sporting Clube of Portugal is the club in Portugal that has more house clubs (house's that represent the club in a zone in the country or out of it), Sporting now has more than 200 Official Houses and more than 90.000 club members. Being the second sports power in Portugal, Sporting is with no doubt a very big club.
- Juventude Leonina - The biggest and oldest supporters group in Portugal founded by the sons of a former Sporting President in 1976, having more than 3000 members.
- Directivo Ultras XXI - Formed by a former leader of Juve Leo regarding an internal problem that is now healed. One of the biggest supporters group in Portugal with almost 2000 members.
- Torcida Verde - Second oldest supporters group of Sporting, formed in 1984, Torcida Verde is very well known because of their actions agains the corruption in portuguese football and by supporting the considered little modalities of Sporting.
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