The Dragões vs Leões fixture between
FC Porto
Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Por ...
and
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 fo ...
is one of the most important football matches in Portugal.
In 1922, the first
Campeonato de Portugal, the forerunner to today's
Taça de Portugal
The Taça de Portugal (; "Cup of Portugal") is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Placard since the 2015–16 seas ...
, was decided in a best-of-three series between Porto and Sporting, ultimately won by Porto (the Algarve and Madeira FA winners were also scheduled to participate but could not attend the tournament due to logistical issues). Thereafter, there have been five other finals between the two teams, this time after more participants had been eliminated. The clubs have also met in the
league continuously since
1934
Events
January–February
* January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established.
* January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a max ...
and in other cup fixtures.
All-time head-to-head results
''Last updated 21 August 2022.''
Honours
These are the major football honours of Porto and Sporting CP.
League matches
The matches listed below are only
Primeira Liga
The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal ...
matches, club name in bold indicates win. The score is given at full-time, and in the goals columns, the goalscorer and time when goal was scored is noted.
Head-to-head results
Taça de Portugal matches
The matches listed below are only
Taça de Portugal
The Taça de Portugal (; "Cup of Portugal") is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Placard since the 2015–16 seas ...
matches, club name in bold indicates win. The score is given at full-time; in the goals columns, the goalscorer and time when goal was scored is noted.
Head-to-head results
Taça da Liga matches
The matches listed below are only
Taça da Liga
The Taça da Liga (), known outside Portugal as Portuguese League Cup, is an annual football club competition organised by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP) for teams competing in the Primeira Liga and LigaPro, the top two tier ...
matches; club name in bold indicates win. The score is given at full-time; in the goals columns, the goalscorer and time when goal was scored is noted.
Head-to-head results
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira matches
The matches listed below are only
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
The Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (; English: Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup, or simply Portuguese Super Cup) is an annual Portuguese football match played since 1979 between the winners of the Portuguese League (Primeira Liga) and Portuguese ...
matches; club name in bold indicates win. The score is given at full-time; in the goals columns, the goalscorer and time when goal was scored is noted.
Head-to-head results
Campeonato de Portugal matches
The matches listed below are only
Campeonato de Portugal matches. The Campeonato de Portugal was created in 1922 and was the primary tournament in Portugal, where all teams competed from around the country. In 1938, the Campeonato de Portugal became what is now known as the
Taça de Portugal
The Taça de Portugal (; "Cup of Portugal") is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Placard since the 2015–16 seas ...
. The club name in bold indicates win. The score is given at full-time and half-time (in brackets), and in the goals columns, the goalscorer and time when goal was scored is noted.
Head-to-head results
Players who played for both clubs
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Vianinha
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Osvaldo da Silva
Osvaldo da Silva (13 March 1934 – 15 August 2002) was a Brazilian footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, Amer ...
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Armando Manhiça
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Manuel Duarte
Manuel Almeida Duarte (29 May 1945 – 2 September 2022) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
Duarte was born in Celorico de Basto, Braga District. In a 16–year professional career he played for Académica de Coim ...
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Armando Luís
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Fernando Peres
Fernando Peres da Silva (8 January 1943 – 10 February 2019), known as Peres, was a Portuguese professional football left winger and manager.
Club career
Peres was born in Algés, Oeiras, Lisbon metropolitan area. He played for C.F. Os Bel ...
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Joaquim Dinis
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Carlos Alhinho
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Ailton
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António Vaz
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António Oliveira
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Augusto Inácio
Augusto Soares Inácio (born 30 January 1955) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a left back, and a manager.
Having represented both Sporting and Porto as a professional player, he went on to have a lengthy managerial career t ...
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Eurico Gomes
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Gabriel
In Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel (); Greek: grc, Γαβριήλ, translit=Gabriḗl, label=none; Latin: ''Gabriel''; Coptic: cop, Ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, translit=Gabriêl, label=none; Amharic: am, ገብ� ...
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Romeu Silva
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António Sousa
António Augusto Gomes de Sousa (; born 28 April 1957) is a Portuguese former football central midfielder and manager.
During his career he played, among others, for Porto and Sporting, amassing Primeira Liga totals of 483 matches and 83 g ...
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Luís Matos
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Ademar Marques
Ademar Moreira Marques (born 4 March 1959 in Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, ...
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Jaime Pacheco
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Paulo Futre
Paulo Jorge dos Santos Futre (; born 28 February 1966) is a Portuguese former footballer who played mostly as a left winger. He is one of the greatest natural talents of the Portugal.
After starting playing for Sporting, he moved to Porto – ...
*
Paulinho Cascavel
Paulo Roberto Bacinello (born 29 September 1959), commonly known as Paulinho Cascavel, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a striker.
He spent most of his professional career in Portugal, primarily with Vitória de Guimarães and Spo ...
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Jorge Plácido
Jorge Manuel Plácido Bravo da Costa (born 19 June 1964), known as Plácido, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a forward.
He played for 11 clubs in a 19-year professional career, in both Portugal and France. He amassed Primeira Lig ...
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António Morato
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Fernando Gomes
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Fernando Mendes
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Paulo Costinha
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Emílio Peixe
Emílio Manuel Delgado Peixe (born 16 January 1973) is a Portuguese former footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder, currently manager of the Kuwait under-23 team.
A member of the dubbed Golden Generation who hailed from the ...
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Rui Correia
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Capucho
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Rui Jorge
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Fernando Nélson
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Edmílson
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Bino
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Mário Jardel
Mário Jardel de Almeida Ribeiro (; born 18 September 1973) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was most noted for his positioning on the field and his heading ability. He was a legend for Grêmio, pla ...
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Nuno Valente
Nuno Jorge Pereira da Silva Valente (; born 12 September 1974) is a former Portuguese professional footballer who played as a left-back or a winger. He later became a manager.
He played professionally in Portugal and England for Sportin ...
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Clayton
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Ricardo Fernandes
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Ricardo Quaresma
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João Paulo
João Paulo is a Portuguese given name, the equivalent of "John Paul" in English. Notable people with the name include:
* João Paulo (footballer, born 1957), João Paulo de Lima Filho, Brazilian football winger
*João Paulo (footballer, born 1964 ...
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Carlos Paredes
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Derlei
Vanderlei Fernandes Silva (born 14 July 1975), known as Derlei, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a striker.
He spent most of his 16-year professional career in Portugal (one full decade), having represented all three most impor ...
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Hélder Postiga
*
Beto Beto is a surname, and a nickname for the given names Alberto, Albertino, Adalberto, Berthony, Heriberto, Norberto, Roberto, Humberto, or Benito. It occurs mostly in Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking countries and communities. Notable people with the ...
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Silvestre Varela
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João Moutinho
João Filipe Iria Santos Moutinho (; born 8 September 1986) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Portugal national team.
Moutinho began his professional care ...
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Maniche
Nuno Ricardo de Oliveira Ribeiro (born 11 November 1977), known as Maniche (), is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
He played top flight football in Portugal, Russia, England, Spain, Italy and ...
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Pedro Mendes
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Evaldo
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Nuno André Coelho
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Hugo Ventura
Hugo Ventura Ferreira Moura Guedes (born 14 January 1988), known as Ventura, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Club career
Born in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District, Ventura joined FC Porto's youth syst ...
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Miguel Lopes
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Marat Izmailov
Marat Nailevich Izmailov (russian: Марат Наилевич Измайлов, tt-Cyrl, Марат Наил улы Измайлов; born 21 September 1982) is a Russian former professional footballer.
Mainly a right midfielder, he could al ...
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Liédson
Managers who managed both clubs
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József Szabó
József Szabó (born 10 March 1969) is a retired Hungarian swimmer. He competed in three individual events at the 1988 Olympics and won a gold medal in the 200 m breaststroke; he placed fourth in the 400 m and 24th in the 200 m medley eve ...
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Cândido de Oliveira
Cândido Plácido Fernandes de Oliveira (24 September 1896 – 23 June 1958) was a Portuguese football player, coach, and sports journalist.
The trophy Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira is named after him.
Life and career
Oliveira was educated ...
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Alejandro Scopelli
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Fernando Vaz
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Otto Glória
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Fernando Riera
Fernando José Riera Bauzá (27 June 1920 – 23 September 2010) was a Chilean professional football player and manager, patriarch of Chilean football.
Career
Riera was born in Santiago, Chile. As a footballer, he played for Chile in the 194 ...
* António Morais
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Bobby Robson
Sir Robert William Robson (18 February 1933 – 31 July 2009) was an English footballer and football manager. His career included periods playing for and later managing the England national team and being a UEFA Cup-winning manager at Ipswi ...
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António Oliveira
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Octávio Machado
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Fernando Santos
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José Couceiro
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Jesualdo Ferreira
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José Peseiro
See also
*
O Clássico
*
Derby de Lisboa
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List of association football club rivalries in Europe
This list deals with association football rivalries around the Europe among clubs. This includes local derbies as well as matches between teams further afield. For rivalries between international teams and club rivalries around the world, see ''L ...
References
External links
Sporting C.P. Official WebsiteFC Porto Official Website
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