Facilities outside Alcochete, Portugal
The Academia Cristiano Ronaldo (English: Cristiano Ronaldo Academy),[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] formerly known as Academia Sporting (English: Sporting Academy )[ 4] [ 5] and also known as Academia de Alcochete (English: Alcochete Academy),[ 6] is the name given to the football training facilities of Sporting Clube de Portugal (Sporting CP or Sporting Lisbon), located outside Alcochete , in Setúbal District , Portugal. It includes the Sporting CP Youth Academy which helped to develop footballers such as Luis Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo from a young age.[ 7] Both Sporting CP B , the reserve men's football team of Sporting CP's main squad, and the main Sporting CP women's football team ,[ 8] [ 9] play their home matches at the Estádio Aurélio Pereira (named after long-serving Sporting CP's head youth player scout Aurélio Pereira ) in the Academia Cristiano Ronaldo, which holds a seating capacity of 1,200.[ 10] [ 11]
History
The Sporting Academy, inaugurated in 2002 and since 2020 officially known as Cristiano Ronaldo Academy, was built on the opposite bank of the Tagus River from Lisbon as a brand new infrastructure of Sporting CP's football training facilities, including those belonging to its youth development system.[ 1] [ 12]
The academy was one of the training grounds for the Portugal national football team during the UEFA Euro 2004 .[ 13] The academy (by then known as the Academia de Alcochete ) was renamed Sporting/Puma Academy (Academia Sporting/Puma ) to reflect the sponsorship and naming contract signed by the club and the sports brand Puma in 2006; the contract lasted until 2012.[ 14]
Sporting Academy was the first sports academy in Europe to receive the ISO9001:2008 .[ 15] – a quality certification awarded by EIC, a Portuguese anonymous society responsible for this type of quality management system certification.[ 16] [ 17]
In June 2010, Sporting CP signed the first contract for consultancy in sports training at the international level, with Al-Ahli Saudi Soccer Academy, from Saudi Arabia , a partnership that lasted for three years.[ 18]
On 15 May 2018, after Sporting finished third in the Portuguese league, several players and coaches were attacked by around 50 fanatic supporters of Sporting's ultras at the academy.[ 19] [ 20] [ 21] Those ultras would be later banned for life from the club and prosecuted by the legal authorities.[ 22]
On 21 September 2020, the academy was renamed Academia Cristiano Ronaldo, after Cristiano Ronaldo , the most decorated football player ever to emerge from Sporting CP's youth development system.[ 23] [ 24]
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^ "ACADEMIA CRISTIANO RONALDO" . 21 September 2020.
^ "A partir de agora, a Academia de Alcochete passa a chamar-se Academia Cristiano Ronaldo" . Tribuna Expresso (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 27 September 2023 .
^ Gault, Matt (31 March 2015). "The Sporting CP Academy Way" . These Football Times . Retrieved 27 September 2023 .
^ Inside the Sporting Lisbon academy, where Ballon d'Or winners are made
^ "Sporting: Academia de Alcochete vai passar a chamar-se Cristiano Ronaldo" . www.sabado.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 27 September 2023 .
^ Clapham, Alex (16 February 2018). "Inside the Sporting Lisbon academy, where Ballon d'Or winners are made" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 27 September 2023 .
^ "Liga BPI: Sporting derrota Marítimo em Alcochete e é líder à condição" . O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 January 2024 .
^ "CGD Stadium Aurelio Pereira, home to Sporting Club de Portugal Feminino, Sporting Club de Portugal B - Football Ground Map" . www.footballgroundmap.com . Retrieved 7 January 2024 .
^ "CGD Stadium Aurélio Pereira :: zerozero.pt" . www.zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 November 2023 .
^ "O caloroso abraço entre Aurélio Pereira e Varandas: 'Senhor Formação' está nas bancadas do 'seu' estádio" . www.record.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 21 November 2023 .
^ "Ronaldo aceitou dar nome à Academia de Alcochete, mas com uma ″condição″" . www.ojogo.pt (in European Portuguese). 22 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2023 .
^ "FPF signs protocol on handing Sporting Academy" . record.xl.pt.
^ Matias, Jorge Miguel (18 April 2006). "Puma veste Sporting e dá nome à Academia" . PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 September 2023 .
^ "ISO 9001:2008, Quality management systems – Requirements" . iso.org.
^ "Academia Sporting is the best in Europe" (in Portuguese). DN. 18 January 2010.[permanent dead link ]
^ "Quality Academy" (in Portuguese). Record. 18 January 2010. Archived from the original on 21 January 2010.
^ "Three-year partnership with Al-Ahli in youth football" (in Portuguese). publico.pt. Retrieved 8 June 2010 .
^ "Sporting players, staff attacked by hooded supporters at training ground" . As . Reuters. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018 .
^ Kiley, Ben (15 May 2018). "Sporting Lisbon players attacked at training ground after failing to secure Champions League spot" . Sports Joe . Retrieved 16 May 2018 .
^ "Jesus e jogadores agredidos na Academia" [Jesus and players attacked at Academy]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 15 May 2018. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018 .
^ "Julgamento de Alcochete: conheça as penas de todos os arguidos" . www.record.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 27 September 2023 .
^ "Academia Cristiano Ronaldo" . sporting.pt.
^ "Nacional "estupefacto e desagradado" com Sporting por dar nome de Ronaldo a Academia" . www.sabado.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 27 September 2023 .
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