Sporting CP to visit Spanish giants on the 14th of September

Sporting faces a tricky Champions League campaign, after being placed in the same group as Real Madrid, Borussia Dormund and Legia Warsaw.

Sporting will open with a visit to Real Madrid, before hosting Legia Warsaw. The two encounters with Dortmund are scheduled for the 18th of October ans 12th of November, before Sporting hosts Real Madrid on the 22nd of November and finishing with a visit to Poland on the 7th of December.

Group F fixtures in full:

14th of September: Real Madrid - Sporting CP / Legia Warsaw – B.Dortmund

27th of September: Sporting CP – Legia Warsaw / B.Dortmund – Real Madrid

18th of October: Sporting CP – B.Dortmund / Real Madrid – Legia Warsaw

2nd of November: B. Dortmund – Sporting CP / Legia Warsaw – Real Madrid

22nd of November: Sporting CP – Real Madrid / B.Dortmund – Legia Warsaw

7th of December: Legia Warsaw – Sporting CP / Real Madrid – B. Dortmund

Douglas Teixeira moves to Alvalade in three-year deal

Sporting Clube de Portugal – Futebol, SAD has reached an agreement with Trabzonspor Sportif AS for the permanent transfer of the player Douglas Teixeira, on a contract valid for three seasons with an additional optional season and a buy-out clause of 45,000,000.00€.

Sporting SAD wishes Douglas Teixeira the best of professional and personal success.

Sporting CP paired with Real Madrid in Champions League group stage

The draw for the Champions League group stage took place this Thursday, setting Sporting up with encounters against Borussia Dortmund, Legia Warsaw and Real Madrid.

Alvalade is sure to sell out for the hosting of the Spanish giants, which will see Cristiano Ronaldo return home.

The Euro 2016 winner grew up in the Sporting youth system, before bursting into the senior ranks and starting his path to stardom.

Sporting in millionaire league for 7th time

The draw for this season's Champions League group stage took place this week.

Draw in full:

Group A - PSG, Arsenal, Basel, Ludogorets

#UCLdraw Pot 3 preview: https://t.co/yUdx9jEB5u pic.twitter.com/sfFwWZnWlh

— Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) 25 de agosto de 2016

Club reaches agreement with Corinthians for the transfer of André Souza

Sporting Clube de Portugal - Futebol, SAD and Sport Club Corinthians Paulista have reached an agreement for the permanent transfer of the player André Souza, with Sporting SAD acquiring 50 percent of the player's rights, with an option to acquire the remaining 50 percent. The athlete has signed a contract valid until June 2019, with a buy-out clause of 60,000,000.00€.

Sporting SAD wishes André Souza the best of professional and personal success.

André in his first interview since signing in at Alvalade

Eager to get down to work. That was the message transmitted by André in his first interview in a Sporting shirt this week, after securing a move from Corinthians.

"Sporting is a big club. I want everything to go well here and I want to win titles. Promising goals is hard, but I will do my best", opened the forward, going on to reveal the importance of Champions League football during the coming campaign: "This is an opportunity to have a great season. I know Jorge Jesus well, he is a great coach and I will learn a lot from him. I already know Bruno César as well, because I played against him a few times with Corinthians when he was with Santos. He was really tough and I am glad we are on the same side now. I also Naldo, although I have never been on the pitch with him."

João de Deus thought his side deserved more from Wednesday's Ledman LigaPro encounter

João de Deus wa left frustrated by his side's draw this Wednesday night, after a dominating performance in Familicão.

“It was a hard match at the beginning, because we were not very well organised. However, we feel frustrated, because we deserved the win here today. We won't point the finer of blame at anyone and the lads did well to fight back. A lot of work went into our defensive performance today and Famalicão were caught off-side a lot, which is credit to that. We are doing some interesting stuff with a very young team", the Sporting B coach at the final whistle.

Just two thousand tickets left for weekend's hosting of FC Porto

Just 2000 tickets remain on sale for Liga NOS matchday 3, against FC Porto.

Tickets are available for the Central Stand A and B. Ticket offices will open at 10h00 on Thursday, with tickets expected to sell out early.

Goal from Ivanildo splits the points in Famalicão

Usually an away draw in Ledman LigaPro is a good result, but Sporting B could have come away with more this Wednesday..

It was however the hosts who got off the the stronger start and their 14th minute goal courtesy of Diego Medeiros was largely deserved, following a fatal error from Guilherme Ramos at the back.

From then on it was all Sporting, while Familicão looked little more than a shadow of the team that burst out of the blocks for the start of the encounter. Leading the Alvalade search for an equaliser was the 16-year old Elves Baldé, creating havoc for the duration as part of an attacking pairing with Leonardo Ruiz.

Sporting B finally drew level in the second-half through the centre-back Ivanildo Fernandes, who made the most of the rebound after an effort from range from Guima. João de Deus' side continued to pile on the pressure, but Vítor Braga had an inspired finish to the encounter to keep the points split.

Alvalade keeper visits museum with family

The new-look Sporting Museum hosted the Alvalade shotstopper Rui Patrício this week, in a visit that saw the Euro 2016 winner accompanied by his family.

Sporting Museum Director Ricardo Serrado was on hand to comment on the visit: "It was a surprise and an honour for us to have such an important Sporting figure here with us."