SPORTING CLUBE DE MACAU - 士砵亭 was founded in 1926 and is the 25th branch of Sporting Clube de Portugal.

The Club is commemorating its 85th Anniversary in 2011.

Among its past Presidents, there were athletes such as António Conceição, the first Macanese athlete to become Portuguese National Champion of 5x80 meters velocity relay races in 1928 and 1930.
He would return to Macau in the late 1930s and would be Macau team coach and in 1951 become President of Sporting Clube de Macau.
In this position, he would send Augusto Rocha

Augusto Rocha

Augusto Francisco Rocha is a former Portuguese footballer who played as a forward.- Football career :Rocha gained 7 caps for Portugal and made his debut 13 April 1958 in Madrid against Spain, in a 0-1 defeat....

 and Joaquim Pacheco

Joaquim Pacheco

Joaquim Pedro Pacheco is a former Portuguese footballer who played as a defender.- External links :* * *...

to his beloved Sporting, where they would be selected for the Portuguese national team.

In the 1960s Eduardo Atraca played for Sporting Clube de Macau and in the 1980s he would become the President of the Club. Sporting became champion of Macau.

In the 1990s it was the turn of Fernando Lopes to be President of Sporting Clube de Macau leading the team to become champion of Macau.

in 2009 Sporting was once more reactivated and counts with more than 100 members. The President since 2009 has been António Conceição Júnior.