SPORTING LISBON

Full Name: Sporting Clube de Portugal
City: Lisbon
Founded: 1906
Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade XXI (50,466)
Colors: Black, Green, White
Previous: Sport Club de Belas (1902-04), Campo Grande Sporting Club (1904-06)
Nicknames: Os Leões (The Lions), Verde e Brancos (Green-Whites), Lagartos (Lizards)
Rivals: Benfica, FC Porto
Official Website: sporting.pt

Description:

Like many Portuguese clubs, Sporting are a multi-sport club, though football is clearly the most important. Within Portugal, the club are known only as Sporting. Fans are called Sportinguistas. One of the Portuguese Big Three. Hosted the first-ever European match, a 1955 European Cup encounter with Partizan Belgrade.

HONORS

League Titles:

* Portuguese Championship (1923, 34, 36, 38)
* Portuguese League (1941, 44, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 58, 62, 66, 70, 74, 80, 82, 2000, 02)

Cup Titles:

* Portuguese Cup (1941, 45, 46, 48, 54, 63, 71, 73, 74, 78, 82, 95, 2002, 07, 08)
* Portuguese Super Cup (1982, 87, 95, 2000, 02, 07, 08)

International Titles:

* European Cup Winner's Cup (1964)