Receive high class training from one of the top teams in Portugal’s Primeira Liga with a football tour to Sporting Lisbon. Groups of all ages and abilities will receive coaching from Sporting Portugal’s (more commonly known in the UK as Sporting Lisbon) full time professional club coaches, with courses adapted to the requirements and ability level of your group.
Go Behind the Scenes
What is unique about a tour to Sporting CP is that the group stay on site in the Academia de Alcochete, home of the club’s full time academy players, giving the players a unique insight into the life of a professional. Sporting’s youth academy is considered by many as one of the best sports academies in the world and features a range of well equipped facilities, making it the perfect choice for a European sports tour.
“From start to finish the whole tour was a fantastic success. Every aspect was superb. The excellent facilities meant we were able to tailor our programme to our needs. A wonderful way to get the team together in the build-up to our international match programme.
Tony Matin, Team Manager, English Schools U18 Team
Your Sporting CP Tour Will Include
Sporting CP – The Club
Sporting Clube de Portugal also known as Sporting CP, Sporting or Sporting Lisbon, is a Portuguese multi-sports club based in Portugal’s capital city of Lisbon. Although they successfully compete in a number of different sports, Sporting is mostly known for its association football team. Founded in Lisbon in 1906, it is one of the ‘The Big Three’ football clubs in Portugal. With more than 100,000 registered club members, its teams, athletes and supporters areoften nicknamed ‘The Lions’ by its fans.
Sporting reportedly has over three million fans on all continents with up to 300 supporters’ clubs, offices and delegations. Sporting was one of the founding members of the Primeira Liga in 1933 and it has never been relegated from thePrimeira Divisão (First Division) of Portuguese football, along with FC Porto and Benfica.
Local Weather
Average highs: Feb 15.9 | Apr 19.2 | Jun 24.8 | Aug 27.8 | Oct 22.1
Optional Excursions
As your tour is tailored to suit every requirement for your group, we offer a range of optional excursions to add value to your tour and maintain a fully packed schedule throughout. Although not exclusively, here’s a taster of some of the excursions we can provide for you subject to availability…
Water Parks
Cool down with an optional excursion to a local water park - fun for everyone to fill your downtime on tour.
Theme Parks
Theme Parks are a great way to entertain your groups when they are not training or playing.
City Tours
Explore your surroundings with an educational city tour.
Evening Entertainment
We can arrange evening entertainment with local opportunities such as bowling.
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