Who owns Sporting CP?
Sporting CP is owned by Sporting Clube de Portugal (Portugal).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Sporting Clube de Portugal – Futebol, SAD — Relatório e Contas, Época 2025/2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Sporting Clube de Portugal reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇵🇹 Portugal, Lisbon
- Origin
- 🇵🇹 Portugal, Lisbon
- Category
- Sport & fitness › Teams & leagues › Sports teams
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Sporting CP
Sporting CP is the Lisbon football club whose men's first team plays at the Estádio José Alvalade, over which the football SAD holds a surface right until 4 April 2063. In 2025/26 the team finished second in the Liga Portugal with 82 points and the best attack. For the first time it reached the Champions League quarter-finals, where it lost to Arsenal. The SAD recorded its highest-ever turnover, €300 million, and a net profit of €34.7 million. It pays the club royalties for using the Sporting name.
Ownership timeline of Sporting CP
- Current owner Sporting CP [1] reported The club owns the Sporting brand. Its listed football company, Sporting Clube de Portugal – Futebol, SAD, fields the professional team and pays the club royalties for using the brand.
Where Sporting CP sits in Sporting CP
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands in sports teams, and who owns them
The 6 brands in sports teams on Brandtree belong to 5 owners. The largest is Sport Lisboa e Benfica, with 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| SL Benfica | Sport Lisboa e Benfica | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
| Olympique Lyonnais | Eagle Football Group | 🇫🇷 France |
| FC Porto | FC Porto | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
| F.C. København | PARKEN | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| SL Benfica Women | Sport Lisboa e Benfica | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
About the owner: Sporting CP
Sporting CP is a cooperative headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal. Brandtree records 1 brand under its control.
Sporting Clube de Portugal is the Lisbon sports club that controls Sporting Clube de Portugal – Futebol, SAD, the company set up on 28 October 1997 to run its professional football, whose shares trade on Euronext Lisbon. The club holds 75.635% of the SAD's capital directly, as category A shares, and 12.358% through Sporting SGPS, so 87.994% of the votes are attributed to it; Holdimo holds 9.901%. The SAD pays the club royalties for using the Sporting brand. In September 2025 it moved ticketing, hospitality, sponsorship and merchandising into Sporting Entertainment, S.A., which it owns outright.
🇵🇹 Sporting CP and other Portuguese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 55 brands that began in Portugal. 8 of them (15%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Sporting CP is not one of them.
- FC Porto — FC Porto 🇵🇹
- SL Benfica — Sport Lisboa e Benfica 🇵🇹
- Amanhecer — Jerónimo Martins 🇵🇹
- Amoos — Navigator 🇵🇹
- Azores Airlines — SATA 🇵🇹
- Bordallo Pinheiro — Vista Alegre Atlantis 🇵🇹
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Sporting CP?
The parent company of Sporting CP is Sporting Clube de Portugal, a cooperative headquartered in Portugal.
Is Sporting CP Portuguese?
Yes. Sporting CP originated in Portugal and its owner, Sporting Clube de Portugal, is also headquartered in Portugal.
Is Sporting CP still owned by Sporting Clube de Portugal?
Yes. As of 25 October 2026, Sporting CP is still owned by Sporting Clube de Portugal. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Sporting Clube de Portugal – Futebol, SAD — Relatório e Contas, Época 2025/2026 — Sporting Clube de Portugal – Futebol, SAD, Annual report; retrieved 25 October 2026.
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