The current emblem features simplified framing, while maintaining the green color in the shield. It also includes the words 'Sporting' and 'Portugal' to clarify the Club’s name internationally.
Sporting reached the peak of their glory during the 1940s and 1950s. The quintet known as Os Cinco Violinos – led by Fernando Peyroteo – plundered titles at will.
Sporting Clube de Portugal (Portuguese pronunciation: [’sportig klubi di purtugal]), also known as Sporting CP and commonly referred to simply as Sporting (particularly within the country) or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries, is a multi-sports club based in Lisbon. It houses a large number of sports departments and sporting disciplines, but it is best known for its association football team, which competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football.
The origin of the club dates back to 1902, when young men Francisco da Ponte, Horta Gavazzo and José Maria decided to found Sporting. This first ancestor of the club played just one match and disbanded, but in 1906 the idea to create a football club was revived. With the support of Alfredo Holtreman Roquette, Viscount of Alvalade, the Sporting CP was created and the club’s headquarters were established in the house of Francisco Gavazzo.
During the 1940s and 1950s, Sporting enjoyed its greatest period of success, winning eight championships in a row. The club also reached the finals of two European competitions in that time. During these years, the team was managed by Fernando Peyroteo, known as “The Violinist,” and also included players such as José Travassos and Albano Pereira.
Nowadays, Sporting is one of the largest clubs at a national and international level. Its 14 delegations are located throughout the country and abroad, from the Algarve to Porto and even in Rio de Janeiro and New Jersey. In addition, the club has a wide range of business units and other entities that support its development, as well as a global network of partners and sponsors. All this makes Sporting the biggest powerhouse in the country’s history and a reference point at a continental and global level. It is a symbol of the Portuguese, European and transcontinental reality, while maintaining the foundational values that made it so strong and unique in the world of football.
In its 39-year history, the Cup Winners’ Cup (or UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup) was a knockout competition for European football clubs. It was contested in the same way as the earlier European Champions’ Cup with four knock-out rounds preceding the final, which was staged at a neutral venue and usually played over two legs. The away goals rule applied in the event of aggregate scores being tied, as is the case in most UEFA club tournaments to this day.
During its early years, entry to the competition was restricted to one team from each UEFA member association. This restriction was designed to ensure that the holders of the Cup Winners’ Cup could defend their title, but also that the trophy would not be won by a team who was eligible for both the European Champions’ League and the Cup Winners’ Cup. Those rules are still in place today, though the Cup Winners’ Cup has now been replaced by the Europa League.
The UEFA Europa League is the second-tier competition for European football clubs. It was founded in 1971 and is run by UEFA. The UEFA Champions League, known as the UCL for short, is the most elite club competition in Europe.
There have been many famous matches in the history of the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup, but there are several that stand out as particularly memorable. One of these was the 1983 final between Scottish side Aberdeen and Real Madrid, which saw the latter win 2-1 after extra time. This result meant that Sir Alex Ferguson’s Aberdeen became the first Scottish club to win a major European trophy and was only the third club in the world to do so after AC Milan and A.C. Milan. The following season, the Scottish club reached the semi-finals of the European Cup before losing to Juventus. This was the only time that a club had ever managed to follow up a victory in the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup with success in the European Cup.
