To provide a sliding structure that can suppress wear of an amorphous carbon coating due to a chemical reaction between the amorphous carbon coating and an organic molybdenum compound.

The sliding structure 1 comprises at least a pair of sliding members 20, 30 in which an amorphous carbon coating 31 containing a hydrogen element is formed on the sliding face of at least one sliding member 30 of the pair of sliding members 20, 30 mutually sliding, and a lubricant La containing at least an organic molybdenum compound present between the pair of sliding members 20, 30. The sliding structure 1 has a cooling mechanism 40 for cooling at least the sliding face where the amorphous carbon coating 31 is formed.