Club Info Nation- Portugal
Year Founded- 1906
Status- Professional
Reputation- Continental
Chairman Status- Loves the club
Favoured personnel- Liedson, Cristiano Ronaldo, Joao Mouthinho, Alberto Acosta
Fierce Rivals- Benfica,Porto
Other rivals- Belenenses
Finances- Rich
Estimated value- 91M
Stadium- Estadio Jose Alvalade Seculo XXI, Lisbon
Stadium Capacity- 50466 all seater with under soil heating
Pitch Dimensions- Length 105m, width 68m
Maximum Pitch Dimensions- Length 110m, width 74m
Training facilities- Top training facilities
Youth facilities- State of the art youth facilities + youth academy
Continental Competition- Champions League
Media Prediction- 2nd
Squad average age- 25
Squad personality- Determined
Captain- Liedson
Vice Captain Miguuel Veloso
Kits
Home Kit
Away Kit
Stadium
Estádio José Alvalade is a football stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, home of Sporting, one of the country's biggest clubs. It is the center of a complex called Alvalade XXI (which includes a mall and 17-screen movie theater called Alvaláxia, plus a healthclub, the club's museum, a sports pavillion, a clinic, and an office building), designed by Portuguese architect Tomás Taveira. It was classified by UEFA as a 5-star stadium, enabling it to host finals of major UEFA events. This stadium - originally projected to hold only 40,000 spectators at any given time - has a capacity of 50,466 and was acoustically engineered as a venue for major concerts. Its official opening was on 6 August 2003 when Sporting played and beat Manchester United 3-1. It also hosted the 2005 UEFA Cup final between Sporting and CSKA Moscow, which CSKA won 3-1. The stadium has underground parking. On the exterior, the stadium features multi-colored tiles. Seats are arranged in a seemingly random color mix to give an illusion that the stadium is always at capacity.
The stadium hosted five matches of the 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, one of them the semi-final between Portugal and the Netherlands, which Portugal won 2-1. This match won the title of Best Organized in the whole competition.
Club History
Sporting Clube de Portugal (pron. IPA: ['spɔɾtĩg 'klub(ɨ) dɨ puɾtu'gaɫ]; (often referred to in the English-speaking world as "Sporting Lisbon") is a sports club based in Lisbon, Portugal. The club is particularly renowned for its football branch. With about 100,000 registered club members[1], Sporting is one the most successful and popular sports clubs in Portugal, its teams, athletes and supporters are often nicknamed "os Leões" - "the Lions".
Along with S.L. Benfica and F.C. Porto, Sporting Clube de Portugal is one of the "Big Three" sports clubs in Portugal. It is the first club with the greatest number of medals won by its athletes in Olympic competitions, and one of the most remarkable at the European level regarding the number of trophies won in every sport, coming in second place, next to FC Barcelona
The club's foundation was instigated by José Holtreman Roquette (José of Alvalade), with the financial support of his grandfather, Alfredo Augusto das Neves Holtreman, Viscount of Alvalade. The Viscount of Alvalade was the first President of Sporting Clube de Portugal. The club was established in 1902 as Sport Club de Belas, which became Campo Grande Sporting Club in 1904, and took its definitive name of Sporting Clube de Portugal in 1906.
Within Portugal, the club is often referred to simply as "Sporting". Outside Portugal, the most commonly used designation for the club is "Sporting Lisbon". In the past the club has attempted to shed this name, particularly through ex-president Sousa Cintra and his staff, in an effort to become known abroad by its correct name. Despite this, the English-language media still uses Sporting Lisbon due to precedent and to avoid confusion with other clubs such as Sporting Braga, Sporting Covilhã and Sporting Gijón, instead of using a more accurate name like Sporting Portugal.
Youth Academy
Famous for its football youth academy system which features a range of well-equipped facilities and is one of the most renowned in the world, Sporting has continuously developed many world class footballers. Some of its most notable home-bred footballers include João Moutinho and Miguel Veloso in the current squad, Paulo Futre (retired), Luís Figo (Inter Milan), Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani (Manchester United), as well as Luís Boa Morte (West Ham United). The long list of valuable players who developed their skills in the youth academy of the club, include other noted footballers such as Dani (retired) who played for Ajax Amsterdam, former FC Barcelona player Ricardo Quaresma (who joined Porto in 2004), Simão Sabrosa (Atlético de Madrid) and Hugo Viana and Miguel and Caneira (Valencia CF). Sporting's youth academy was considered by Luiz Felipe Scolari (Portugal's national coach) and José Pekerman (former Argentina national coach) as one of the best sports academies in the world. It was also the home training ground for the Portuguese national football team during Euro 2004. A great number of European clubs choose the Sporting's Academia for training in the off-season.
The Academy (known as the Academia de Alcochete) has been renamed Sporting/Puma Academy (Academia Sporting/Puma) to reflect the sponsoring and naming contract signed by the club and the sports brand Puma in 2006; the contract will last until 2012.
Honours
* Portuguese Championship - 18 titles, 17 runners up, 24 third
* Cup of Portugal 14 titles, 10 runners up
* Portuguese SuperCup 7 titles, 1 runners up
* Cup Winners' Cup 1 titles (1964)
* UEFA Cup 1 runners up
Players to watch out for on FM
Joao Mouthino 
This lad will be the heart of your attack, great passing abilty and very creative, and an eye for the odd goal as well, plays best as an AMC
Miguel Veloso 
Again the heart of your mid field. Miguel plays best as a DMC but can also fill in as a DC and a MC if needed. Another great Sporting CP youth product who will no doubt attract a lot of interest from england and Spain
Leidson 
The Brazilian striker has bags of pace and a great eye for goal. He will be on e of the key men to get you the goals
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