Sporting Clube de Portugal
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}} Sporting Clube de Portugal (pron. IPA /Template:IPA/) , often known outside Portugal as Sporting Lisbon, was established in 1902 as Sport Club de Belas, which became Campo Grande Sporting Club in 1904. It took its current name in 1906. It is a comprehensive sports club based in Lisbon, Portugal, being notably renowned for its football branch, which is its most popular department.
Among Portuguese clubs, Sporting is currently the third club in the Portuguese overall championship. It 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).
Famous for its youth academy system, Sporting has developed many top footballers in recent years; some of the most notable are João Moutinho and Nani on the current squad, Paulo Futre (Retired), Luis Figo (Inter Milan) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) and also others that failed to make an impression outside Portugal, such as former FC Barcelona players Ricardo Quaresma (who joined FC 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 club captured 18 championship titles, 13 cups and won the former Cup Winners' Cup in 1964, their only european win.
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 and Francis Obikwelu), swimming, handball, table tennis and rink hockey (Rink Hockey ended last year due to the lack of finances). Sporting's futsal team is especially notable, having won the league for 7 times out of 15 FPF sponsored tournaments[1].
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Current Football Squad (2005/06 season)
Famous players
- André Cruz
- Luis Figo
- Manuel José Tavares Fernandes
- Rui Jordão
- Ricardo Quaresma
- Cristiano Ronaldo
- Simão Sabrosa
- Pedro Barbosa
- Fernando Peyroteo
- Ricardo Sá Pinto
- Paulo Sousa
- José Travassos
- Dimas Teixeira
- Oceano da Cruz
- Rui Jorge
- Acosta
- Paulo Futre
- João Moutinho
- Peter Schmeichel
- Fabio Rochemback
- Hugo Viana
- Krassimir Balakov
- Yordanov
- Jorge Cadete
- Aldo Duscher
Modalities
- Football
- Handball
- Athletics
- Futsal
- Rink hockey
- Swimming
- Table Tennis
- Billiards
- Full Contact Karate
- Gymnastics
- Weight-lifting
- Wrestling
- Roller skating
- Water polo
- Boxing
- Taekwondo
- Shooting
- Archery
- Chess
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, 16 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
Sporting best Supporters
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