[26] Throughout its history the club and its supporters established centres, branches and delegations (núcleos, filiais e delegações) of Sporting CP across Portugal and abroad.
[27][28] Founded in 1920, Sporting Clube de Lourenço Marques (branch number 6 until 1975[29] and later renamed as CD Maxaquene) was also a branch of Sporting CP in Mozambique, East Africa, and under this original name, Mozambique-born Portuguese football player Eusébio graduated as a footballer and played for the Mozambican club at both youth level and the main squad between the ages of 12[30] and 18.
[33] The support groups used to be separated at Estádio José Alvalade but, since 2013, they are together at the so-called "curva sul" (south corner) of the stadium.
In accordance with what is stipulated in Law 39/2009, the protocol binds the GOA to remain in the Zones with Special Conditions of Access and Permanence of Supporters (ZCEAP).
"[39] This yearly protocols are established in accordance with the new legal framework enacted in a draft law of 2022 submitted to the Portuguese Parliament with the aim of "strengthening mechanisms to combat violence in sport".
[44] Nuno Mendes (aka Mustafá)[45] had become the new leader of Juve Leo before being convicted in 2019 and handing himself in to serve 6 years and 4 months in prison on 16 February 2024 due to a residential burglary case involving also Paulo Pereira Cristóvão, a former Polícia Judiciária (PJ) officer and former candidate[46][47] for the presidency of the club in 2009 who had already been expelled[48] from club membership in October 2017.
[49][50][51] Cristóvão was also involved in the disappearance of Joana Cipriano's case, in which he was accused - and acquitted - of the offence of torturing the child's mother.
[46] Appeared in 1983, having at that time accepted an invitation from the Juventude Leonina to come together, due to the large number of support groups in the club.
[44] Brigada appeared in 2004, being, at the time, fully constituted by old members of Torcida Verde, who affirmed themselves as "a group of friends with a passion for the ultra world and an eternal love for Sporting Clube de Portugal".