On 21 July 2016,[1][2][3]Bruno de Carvalho, who was the president of
Sporting CP at the time, launched Sporting CP eSports.[7][8] The first player of the team was Francisco "Quinzas" Cruz.[9] In 2019, the team signed
Wendell Lira to compete in
FIFA.[10] In October 2023, Sporting CP Esports was the first major Portuguese team to play
Rocket League, one of the most popular video games on the market at the time, which already had more than 100 million players worldwide.[5] In 2023, Sporting CP updated its esports facility at the club’s stadium, the
Estádio José Alvalade. The facility, called the NOS eStadium, was modernised with the help of the club’s sponsor
NOS and was upgraded with state-of-the-art
HP Omen and
PlayStation 5 machines, among other improvements for both the players of the team and visitors.[11][6]