Sporting are the third most decorated Portuguese football team, with 54 major trophies. Sporting are the second largest sports club by membership in Portugal, with more than 160,000 members. The club's anthem is called " A Marcha do Sporting" ("Sporting's March", written in 1955) and its supporters are called Sportinguistas. Their home ground has been the Estádio José Alvalade, built in 2003, which replaced the previous one, built in 1956. 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. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football.įounded on 1 July 1906, Sporting is one of the " Big Three" clubs in Portugal that have never been relegated from Primeira Liga, along with rivals Benfica and Porto. Sporting Clube de Portugal ( Portuguese pronunciation: ), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, or simply as Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon.
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