Sporting Clube de Portugal - Supporters

Supporters

As one of the most popular teams in Portugal, Sporting Clube de Portugal is one of the Portuguese clubs with the most "house clubs" (i.e. houses that represent the club in a particular region in Portugal or outside the country). Sporting has more than 200 official houses and more than 100,000 club members. The Club have a fan Base in Alentejo, Algarve, Aveiro, Azores, Coimbra, Guarda, Leiria, Lisbon, Madeira, Ribatejo, Trás-os-Montes, Setúbal and Viseu regions. It´s the second clube with more fans in Portugal.

Organised fan groups:

  • Juventude Leonina – The biggest and oldest supporters group in Portugal founded by the sons of a former Sporting president in 1976, having more than 3,000 members.
  • Directivo Ultras XXI – Formed by a former leader of Juve Leo over an internal problem that has since been resolved. One of the biggest supporters group in Portugal with almost 2,000 members.
  • Torcida Verde – Second oldest supporters group of Sporting, formed in 1984, Torcida Verde is very well known because of their demonstrations against alleged corruption in Portuguese football and by supporting the less visible sports of Sporting.

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    —Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)