Daniel Bragança, Elves Baldé, João Oliveira, Luís Maximiano and Thierry Correia all feature in Portuguese squad

The Portuguese Football Federation has announced its under-18 squad list for a coming encounter with Morocco. Daniel Bragança, Elves Baldé, João Oliveira, Luís Maximiano and Thierry Correia all feature, seeing Alvalade once again dominate the squad.

Thierry Correia, Luís Maximiano, Rafael Leão and Miguel Luís donate their Portugal shirts to the Alvalade museum

Miguel Luís, Rafael Leão, Thierry Correia and Luís Maximiano and the rest of the Sporting CP youth team were at the Sporting Museum this week, for the four to donate their European Championship winning shirts. Accompanying the group was president Bruno de Carvalho and scouting legend Aurélio Pereira.

The players were understandably pleased with the initiative, having earned their place in the Sporting Museum before even reaching the senior squad. "It is an hour to be part of this club. I know that in 100 or even 200 years my shirt will still be here and I couldn't be happier. Hopefully I will be somebody that other players look up to in the future, like I do with the players", said Luís Maximiano, followed in the same tone by Thierry Correia: "I feel really proud. I wasn't expecting this and I really don't know what to say. I want to carry on with the club and to come back with even more trophies."

Rafael Leão also had a big smile on his face, affirming: "I am really happy. This is a huge honour for us and motivates us to carry on putting the work in. I want to win a lot more titles here, starting with the national under-19 title." Last but not least, Miguel Luís highlighted the importance of the initiative: "It is an honour for us. To come here with the president is an honour. I don't feel nervous on the pitch anymore, but I did feel a bit here today."

Sporting CP under-19 coach Tiago Fernandes was also on hand to share his thoughts. "I have been with the lads for six years now, directly or indirectly. They are really strong mentally and they all really to keep on learning. This is the cherry on the top of the cake for what they have achieved", said Fernandes, backed up by Alvalade coaching legend, Aurélio Pereira.

Portuguese and Brazilian youth football legends in new deal

Sporting Clube de Portugal has signed a partnership with Internacional de Porto Alegre, focusing on youth training and the sharing of scouting information. Representing Sporting CP were Alvalade board members Rui Caeiro and Luís Roque, in addition to SAD administrator Guilherme Pereira. For the Brazilians, vice-president Roberto Melo and director of football Deive Bandeira were on hand.

"Inter is one of Brazil's most historic clubs in term of youth training", said Luís Roque reflecting on the deal, continuing: "The club has sent a lot of players to Europe in recent years and they have a really rich training tradition. That is why we wanted to sign this partnership. Our histories coincide and so do out interests. This will be about sharing information on players...These agreements include players who are at the advanced stages of youth football and who can come into our B team. It complements what we already do and who knows, maybe even a Sporting Academy in Brazil could materialise."

Roberto Melo was also visibly satisfied with the deal, noting: "It is a pleasure to be here to sign this partnership, which I think is really important to our two clubs, who are both known for their youth football. Both clubs have more than 100,000 members and more than 100 years of history. I am sure this will translate into a successful partnership."

Five Alvalade youngsters called up by Hélio Sousa for Euro 2017 Elite Round preparation

Sporting CP once again dominates the national team selection, this time with five players in the under-19 squad list for a training camp ahead of the Euro 2017 Elite Round, being played from the 23rd to thr 28th of March.

The Alvalade five are: Abdu Conté, Bruno Paz, Miguel Luís, Pedro Marques and Rafael Leão. 

Pedro Silva, Luís Maximiano, Pedro Empis, Pedro Delgado and Ronaldo Tavares feature in Emílio Peixe's list

Sporting CP goalkeepers Pedro Silva and Luís Maximiano, the defender Pedro Empis, midfielder Pedro Delgado and the forward Ronaldo Tavares all feature in the latest Portugal under-20 squad list.

Emílio Peixe's side will take on South Korea on January the 25th of January at 15h00, as part of preparations for World Cup 2017.

Three Alvalade youth team in action in Doha

Sporting CP's under-18, under-17 and under-16 teams are in action in the Aspire  Tri-Series, being hosted in Doha. The Sporting CP youngsters got off to a solid start, winning two and drawing one.

under-18:
Aspire Academy-SPORTING CP, 1-3

under-17:
Aspire Academy-SPORTING CP, 0-5

under-16:
Aspire Academy-SPORTING CP, 1-1

Sporting CP will next be in action against Buriram united.

Sporting CP dominates national call ups

A total of six Sporting CP players will join up with the Portuguese national under-19 female side for a training camp later this month in Vila Real de Santo António.

The Alvalade stsr are included are Bárbara Marques, Bruna Costa, Constança Silva, Inês Pereira, Neuza Besugo and Tânia Rodrigues.

Alvalade quartet for a national team training camp

Four Sporting CP youth stars have been included in Portugal's under-16 squad list for a training camp, running from the 9th to the 11th of January in the Oeiras City of Football.

Diogo Almeida, Félix Correia, Rodrigo Fernandes and Tiago Gouveia will join up with another 21 players included.

Sporting vice-president Carlos Vieira mets with Goianense counterpart to agree new relationship

The Brazilian club Goianense were in Alvalade this Sunday, to watch the hosting of Lida NOS hosting of Sp. Braga. At the end of the match, both Sporting CP and Goianense sat down to put pen to paper on a protocol between the two clubs.

Representing Sporting's was vice-president Carlos Vieira and board member Luís Roque, along side the Goianense vice-president Marcos Egídio, director for sport Adson Batista and the sports consultant Evandro Pereira.

Speaking about the agreement with the Sporting Journal, Luís Roque affirmed: "This protocol is in line with others already made in relation to youth training and some professional football topics. Essentially, it provides for the exchange of youth players between the two teams. It gives Sporting CP the possibility of getting closer to young players breaking through in Brazilian football, namely with Goianense. This partnership also allows for the exchange of coaches, which will give us the chance to contribute to the technical side of things in youth football. There is also a space for options to bring players to Portugal from Goianense and that gives us a very important competitive advantage."

The Brazilian club's vice-president, Marcos Egídio, didn't hide his satisfaction with the deal: "We are really happy to be here in Alvalade. It is a real honour for us to have the opportunity to agree a partnership with a club that is so big on the world stage. It is a club that has always produced players for world football and we will try to bring a bit of Brazilian culture to this exchange."

Loss leaves Sporting CP needing a result from Dortmund against Madrid