It's the club of Cristiano Ronaldo and Luís Figo, and yet Sporting Clube de Portugal is about so much more than its most famous academy graduates. Those two names barely scratch the surface. 

Welcome to the Lions of Lisbon, a club that has shaped and defined the game's history. From their playing of the very first European Cup game through to the exploits of Fernando Peyroteo, statistically the greatest goalscorer in football history, we've traversed over a century of the club to bring you its remarkable story.

We've got it all: the legendary Five Violins, an inside look at the academy, the Ruben Amorim revolution, Malcolm Allison's heroic double before 18 years in the wilderness, the genius of Krasimir Balakov, the forgotten legend of European Golden Shoe winner Héctor Yazalde, and so much more. It's Portuguese football at its very finest.

Featuring:

• The making of Cristiano Ronaldo
• The complicated legacy of Luís Figo
• Peyroteo: the greatest goalscorer in football history
• Os Cinco Violinos [The Five Violins]
• Revolução Amorin
• Dérbi de Lisboa
• Malcolm Allison and the double of 1982
• 1982-2000: eighteen years in the wilderness
  
• Academia: how Sporting develop elite footballers
• The genius of Krasimir Balakov
• How an architect inspired Cup Winners' Cup glory
  
• The forgotten legend of Héctor Yazalde
• Estádio José Alvalade
• Infographic: the numbers of Sporting
• Season-by-season: a history of Sporting
• Sporting's 18 greatest kits illustrated
  
• ... and lots more

Order now before we sell out. Every other issue has sold out before dispatch and won't be back until we reprint in future.

Projected dispatch by 23 January