Sporting slip behind Porto and Benfica, Varandas in despair | OneFootball

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·9 September 2026

Sporting slip behind Porto and Benfica, Varandas in despair

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The latest study published by the prestigious Brands Capital Sports brought very bad news for the leadership structure of Sporting. The green-and-white sports company recorded a historic financial drop, losing top spot in the valuation table of Portuguese football.

The club ofFrederico Varandas . The Alvalade club suffered a crushing devaluation of 19.56 percent since last April.


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Benfica took advantage of their rival’s sharp decline to claim sole leadership of the ranking of sports companies with 581.23 million euros. The Eagles’ financial stability allowed them to overtake the Lions in the September update.

Porto also moved ahead of the Alvalade side into second place in the overall standings, posting an increase in value of 14.14 percent. The blue-and-white rivals set their average value at around 513.63 million euros.

Losing ground to their two biggest direct rivals is causing major concern within the leadership headed by Frederico Varandas. The study considered sporting assets, commercial capacity, and financial information made available up to the start of this month in order to finalize these figures. Another study, carried out in August, claimed the opposite.

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