Goalkeepers
1 Rui Patrício
16 Tiago
34 Stojkovic

Defenders
2 Pedro Silva
3 Marian Had
4 Anderson Polga
8 Ronny
13 Tonel
18 Grimi
26 Gladstone
44 Paulo Renato
78 Abel

Midfielders
6 Adrien Silva
7 Izmailov
10 Simon Vukcevic
21 Pontus Farnerud
24 Miguel Veloso
25 Bruno Pereirinha
28 João Moutinho
30 Romagnoli
88 Celsinho

Forwards
9 Milan Purovic
11 Derlei
20 Yannick Djaló
22 Rodrigo Tiuí
31 Liedson
58 Luiz Paez

President
Filipe Soares Franco

Coach
Paulo Bento

Address
Edifício Visconde de Alvalade
R. Prof. Fernando da Fonseca
Apartado 42099
1601-801 Lisboa

Telephone
+351 21 7516000

Fax
+351 21 7516285

Along with F.C. Porto and S.L. Benfica, Sporting Clube de Portugal is one of the "Big Three" clubs in Portugal. It is one of the clubs with the greatest number of medals and victories in olympic competitions worldwide as well as being one of the most notable on an European level, in the number of trophies won in every sport.

History
The club's foundation was instigated by José Holtreman Roquette (José of Alvalade), with the support in money and land 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 current 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 name of 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 native 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 proper and accurate name like Sporting Portugal.

Organisation
Sporting Clube de Portugal is a multisports club, parent to many different competitive departments, including football, futsal, athletics and handball, amongst others. The football department is the largest by budget and popularity. The other departments of the club (the ranks of which include Olympic winners and World Champions) are managed by specialized professionals according to each sport specificity and have their own policy and government bodies.

It was designed by Tomás Taveira and 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 52,000 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 was also one of the stadia that hosted matches during Euro 2004. There were five games played in Estádio José Alvalade, one of them being the semi-final between Portugal and The Netherlands, which Portugal won 2-1. This match won the title of Best Organised in the whole competition. It was a great game for all Portuguese football fans.

Sporting's 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, many of them incidentally wingers, 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), Hugo Viana and Custódio. 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.