Sporting Portugal Fund is a Portuguese football investment fund dedicated on Sporting CP players. It was managed by "ESAF – Espírito Santo Fundos de Investimento Mobiliário S.A.". At first the fund had 3,000,000 units with €5 each.
FIFA did not allowed third parties to have "significant" influence on players,[1] which in reverse minority interest was not banned. Sporting closed its relation to previous investment fund in 2007, but "Sporting Clube de Portugal – Futebol, SAD", the company that operation football section of the athletic club, had a negative equity of €29.646 million in 2010–11 season.[2] Co-current with issue bonds, re-capitalization, Sporting had to find an alternative way to improve the financial condition. Benfica had set up a successful Benfica Stars Fund which purchased around €40M from the club. The club gave up a portion of future transfer fee received in return. After months of preparation, Sporting announced the fund would start operate in August 2011.[3]
In August 2011, Sporting announced that the fund had a size of €15 million and opened to subscription.[4] On 18 August, Sporting started to sell new signing, current players and youth product to the fund for cash.
| Date | Players | Nationality | Percentage | Sporting Retained | Price | Departed date | Departed team | Departed revenue (adj.) | Other stakeholder | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 50% | 25% (2011–12 Q4) | €1.75M[5] | 2013 | 25% ? | |||||
| Portugal | 25% | ? | €1.0M | |||||||
| Brazil | 40% | 40% (2011–12 Q3) | €0.8M | 2013 | 20% ? | |||||
| Ghana | 40% | ? | €0.4M | |||||||
| Portugal | 40% | ? | €0.6M | |||||||
| Portugal | 40% | 35% (2011–12 Q4) | €0.8M | 25% ? | ||||||
| Guinea-Bissau | 10% | ? | €0.15M | |||||||
| Portugal | 40% | ? | €0.4M | |||||||
| Spain | 25% | 75% (2011–12 Q2) | €1.375M[6] | Barcelona (20% added value) | ||||||
| Spain | 20% | 75% (2011–12 Q4) | €0.95M | Sevilla (20% added value) 5% ? | ||||||
| Peru | 20% | 30% (2011–12 Q3) | €0.6M | 50% ? | ||||||
| Argentina | 15% | 35% (2011–12 Q2) | €0.525M | Quality Sports Investments (50%) | ||||||
| Argentina | 15% | 35% (2011–12 Q4) | €0.525M[7] | 2013 | 50% ? | |||||
| Chile | 15% | 25% (2011–12 Q4) | €0.45M | Quality Sports Investments (40%) 20% ? | ||||||
| Netherlands | 15% | 35% (2011–12 Q3) | €0.975M | €1.5M | Quality Sports Investments (50%) | |||||
| Colombia | 4% | 46% (2011–12 Q4) | €0.1M[8] | 2013 | 50% ? | |||||
| Portugal | 5% | ? | €0.05M | |||||||
| Portugal | 2.5% | ? | €0.05M | Quality Sports Investments (50%) | ||||||
| 2013 | Portugal | 25% | €0.625M | |||||||
| 2013 | Portugal | 15% | €0.225M | |||||||
| 2013 | Portugal | 15% | €0.24M | |||||||
| 2013 | Guinea-Bissau | 15% | €0.3M | |||||||
| 2013 | 40% | €0.8M | ||||||||
| Total |