Sporting CP
First Champions League knockout tie in 2008-09.
Sporting CP is a Portuguese club that won the 1963-64 European Cup Winners' Cup and was runner-up in the 2005 UEFA Cup.
Quick Facts
- Full name
- Sporting Clube de Portugal
- Nickname
- Leões (Lions)
- Verde e Brancos (Green-and-Whites)
- Sportinguistas (supporters)
- Short name
- SCP
- Founded
- 1 July 1906
- Stadium
- Estádio José Alvalade
- Capacity
- 52,707
- Chairman
- Frederico Varandas
- Manager
- Rui Borges
Lore & Background
A 17-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo made his first official senior appearance for Sporting in a Champions League qualifying round at home to Inter Milan on 14 August 2002. Sporting reached the Champions League knockout phase for the first time in 2008-09, where Bayern Munich beat them 12-1 on aggregate.
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