João António dos Anjos Rocha (9 July 1930 – 8 March 2013) was a Portuguese entrepreneur, investor and sports manager.
The Portuguese government authorised the establishment of the company and the issue of 2.5 million shares, with a nominal value of 100 escudos each.
The sports club company project was hampered shortly after due to the events of the Carnation Revolution of 1974 and the labour movement-inspired, anti-market Processo Revolucionário em Curso of 1975.
In 1983, the José de Alvalade Stadium (which had been inaugurated in 1956) was temporarily closed due to the building of the so-called New Stand.
[6] João Rocha visited Ronald Reagan at the White House in 1986, when he accompanied Olympic champion Carlos Lopes, an athlete of Sporting CP, at the invitation of the then President of the United States.