Sporting Clube de Portugal (Portugal)

Last modified: 2005-08-26 by antonio martins
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Presentation

Sporting Club de Portugal (yes indeed the bit "Sporting Club" is in English, the late 19th cent. lingua franca of soccer), one the most important soccer clubs of Lisbon and of Portugal. (Oh, it’s not only a soccer club, it has teams in other sports too — it’s athletics and roller skate hockey are world famous too. But soccer gets, as usual, the lion’s share.)
António Martins, 28 Jan 2001

About the flag

The flag displayed by the side of the national flag at the main entrance of the José Alvalade stadium in Lisbon (and nowhere to be seen among the many supporter flags) is plain green with a large white rampant lion centered on it and the letters "SCP" scattered across the cloth: "S" vertically centered near the hoist, "C" above the lion’s head, and "P" vertically centered near the fly. This design, though clearly inspired by the old logo (or at least sharing a common origin), is different enough from it to not be at stake after the adoption of the new logo.