Sporting Clube de Portugal, commonly known as Sporting CP or Sporting Portugal, is a professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

team based in Lisbon, Portugal, which represents the sport's section within parent club

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional foot ...

. The team competes in the

Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol The Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol ( en, Portuguese Basketball League), also known as Liga Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is the top men's professional club basketball league in Portugal. History From the 2008–09 season onward, the competit ...

(LPB), the top-tier domestic league, and plays its home matches at

Pavilhão João Rocha Pavilhão João Rocha is a multi-sports pavilion located in Lisbon, next to the Estádio José Alvalade and it is the home of Sporting CP sports. The pavilion is named after João Rocha, a former club president who remained in office from Septe ...

. The current head coach is

Luís Magalhães Luís Manuel Magalhães (; born 1958) is a Portuguese-Angolan basketball coach. He is a former head coach of the Angola national basketball team. He succeeded Portuguese-Angolan native Alberto Carvalho in 2009, and coached Angola at the FIBA Af ...

History

Basketball was introduced in Sporting Clube de Portugal in 1927. In 1995, basketball stopped being one of the sports practiced in the club, returning in 2012, just with the women's team. In 2019, the men's team was refounded after 24 years. Sporting submitted a proposal to go directly into the 2019–20

with their men's team. In a league meeting in November of 2018 between all the league teams, Sporting's acceptance into the LPB was confirmed.

Facilities

Pavilhão João Rocha

is a multi-sports pavilion located in the parish of Lumiar, in Lisbon. Located next to the

Estádio José Alvalade Estádio José Alvalade is a football stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, home of Sporting Clube de Portugal. It was built adjacent to the site of the older stadium. The stadium is named after José Alvalade (1885–1918), the founder and first club ...

, it is the home of Sporting CP sports. In honor of one of the most distinguished figures in the history of Sporting, the pavilion was named after former club president,

João Rocha João António dos Anjos Rocha was an entrepreneur and Portuguese sports manager. He was president of Sporting CP between September 7, 1973 and October 3, 1986. During his presidency numerous business projects were realized, including the fir ...

, who remained in office from September 1973 to October 1986. Its inauguration took place on the day June 21, 2017.

Honours

* Portuguese League : Winners (9): 1953/54, 1955/56, 1959/60, 1968/69, 1975/76, 1977/78, 1980/81, 1981/82, 2020/21 *

Portuguese Cup Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

: Winners (8): 1954/55, 1974/75, 1975/76, 1977/78, 1979/80, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 * Portuguese Supercup : Winners (2): 2021, 2022 *

Portuguese League Cup Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

: Winners (1): 2021–22

Current roster

References

External links

Sporting CP Official WebsiteSporting in zerozero.pt
{{Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol teams Sporting CP sports Basketball teams in Portugal Basketball teams established in 1927 1927 establishments in Portugal