Sporting Clube de Portugal
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Template:Football club infobox Sporting Clube de Portugal, often known outside Portugal as Sporting Lisbon, is a sports club that is best known for having one of the best football teams in Portugal. It was established in 1902 as Sport Club de Belas, which became Campo Grande Sporting Club in 1904. It took its current name in 1906.
Although losing their debut match against Cruz Negra, in the first derby against Sport Lisboa (now SL Benfica) Sporting won 2-1. In 1907-08 finished second in the regional championship. In 1910, the year José Alvalade was elected president, Sporting won the portuguese tennis, pole vault, shot put and long jump championships.
Among Portuguese clubs, Sporting has the best football infrastructure. 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) where Portugal trained during Template:Ec2.
Sporting has developed many top footballers in recent years; some of the most notable are Paulo Futre (Retired), Luis Figo (Real Madrid CF), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United FC) and Aldo Duscher (Deportivo la Coruna) 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 champion titles, 13 cups and won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1964, their only european win.
Sporting also is a major team in futsal, in which they won the league in 2003/2004. But Sporting has numerous sections other than football, among them athletics, swimming, handball, table tennis, rink hockey.
Current Football Squad (2004/05 season)
This is the full squad for the 2004/2005 season.
| Number | Player | Position | Previous club | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||
| 1 | Missing image Portugal_flag_large.png Portuguese | Nélson Alexandre Gomes Pereira | GK | |
| 12 | Missing image Portugal_flag_large.png Portuguese | Tiago Alexandre B. Ferreira | GK | |
| 76 | Missing image Portugal_flag_large.png Portuguese | Ricardo A. M. Soares Pereira | GK | Boavista |
| Defenders | ||||
| 4 | 
| Anderson Correa Polga | CD | |
| 6 | Missing image Portugal_flag_large.png Portuguese | Hugo Miguel Fernandes Vieira | CD | |
| 15 | Missing image Portugal_flag_large.png Portuguese | Miguel Angelo Moita Garcia | CD/RD | |
| 21 | 
| Martinho M. Makuana "Paíto" | LD | |
| 22 | Missing image Portugal_flag_large.png Portuguese | Roberto Luís G. D. Severo "Beto" | CD | |
| 23 | Missing image Portugal_flag_large.png Portuguese | Rui Jorge Sousa D. M. Oliveira | LD | FC Porto |
| 24 | Missing image Portugal_flag_large.png Portuguese | Mário Sérgio Leal Nogueira | RD | |
| 14 | 
| Joseph Enakarhire | CD/RD | Standard Liège |
| Midfielders / Wingers | ||||
| 37 |
| Rogério Fidelis Régis | RW/CM | Corinthians |
| 5 | Missing image Portugal_flag_large.png Portuguese | Carlos Jorge Neto Martins | DM/CM | |
| 8 | Missing image Portugal_flag_large.png Portuguese | Pedro Alexandre Santos Barbosa | CM/LW | |
| 11 | 
| Rodrigo Alvaro Tello Valenzuela | LM/LW | |
| 26 |
| Fábio Rochemback | CM | |
| 27 | Missing image Portugal_flag_large.png Portuguese | Custódio Miguel Dias Castro | DM | |
| 45 | Missing image Portugal_flag_large.png Portuguese | Hugo Miguel Ferreira Viana | CM | is on loan from Newcastle United |
| 77 |
| Paulo César F. Nascimento Tinga | CM/DM | |
| Forwards | ||||
| 9 | 
| Marius Constantin Niculae | CF | |
| 10 | Missing image Portugal_flag_large.png Portuguese | Ricardo Manuel Silva Sá Pinto | CF | |
| 17 | Missing image Cameroon_flag_large.png Cameroonese | Roudolphe Douala M'Bela | RF | União de Leiria |
| 25 | Missing image Portugal_flag_large.png Portuguese | Paulo Sérgio Moreira Gonçalves | RF/CF | was on loan to Académica |
| 31 |
| Liedson da Silva Muniz | CF | Corinthians |
| 20 | Missing image Portugal_flag_large.png Portuguese | Danny Miguel Alves Gomes | RF/CF | was on loan to Club Sport Marítimo |
| 87 |
| Mauricio R. Pinilla Ferreira | CF | Celta Vigo |
| Manager | ||||
| Missing image Portugal_flag_large.png Portuguese | José Peseiro | Real Madrid as Assistant Manager | ||
External links
- Official site (http://www.sporting.pt/English/index_eng.asp)
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