Sporting CP v AS Monaco
Sporting CP v Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club Estádio José Alvalade July 25th, 2026 Troféu Cinco Violinos The warm up The lions will face off against Ligue 1 side AS Monaco in the annual Troféu Cinco Violinos. Founded in 1924 they reside in the principality of Monaco and yet play their football in the top flight of French football. Nicknames Les Rouge et Blanc (The Red and Whites), Les Monégasques (The Monégasques) and Le Rocher (The Rock) they play at the Stade Louis II which has a capacity of just 16,360. They're majority owned by the Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev (who is reported to be worth just the 6.7 billion dollars) who has 66.67% of the shares. The remainder are owned by the house of Grimaldi which is the reigning house of the Principality. Many clubs lay claim to being European Royalty, ASM to be fair are quite literally owned by European Royalty. The current head of the house is Albert II the son of Grace Kelly the form...
