2021–22 Sporting CP season

Sporting CP
2021–22 season
President	Frederico Varandas
Head coach	Rúben Amorim
Stadium	Estádio José Alvalade
Primeira Liga	1st
Taça de Portugal	Fifth round
Taça da Liga	Semi-finals
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Pedro Gonçalves (4); All: ; Pedro Gonçalves (11)
	All statistics correct as of 7 December 2021.

The 2021–22 season is the 116th season in the existence of Sporting CP and the club's 88th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. In addition to the domestic league, Sporting CP will participate in this season's edition of the Taça de Portugal and the UEFA Champions League.

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 July 2021[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ESP	Antonio Adán
2	DF	BRA	Matheus Reis
3	DF	MAR	Zouhair Feddal
4	DF	URU	Sebastián Coates (captain)
6	MF	POR	João Palhinha
7	FW	BRA	Bruno Tabata
8	MF	POR	Matheus Nunes
10	FW	CPV	Jovane Cabral
11	FW	POR	Nuno Santos
13	DF	POR	Luís Neto
15	MF	URU	Manuel Ugarte
16	DF	POR	Rúben Vinagre (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
17	MF	ESP	Pablo Sarabia (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	POR	Tiago Tomás
21	FW	POR	Paulinho
22	GK	POR	André Paulo
24	DF	ESP	Pedro Porro (on loan from Manchester City)
25	DF	POR	Gonçalo Inácio
28	MF	POR	Pedro Gonçalves
31	GK	POR	João Virgínia (on loan from Everton)
47	DF	POR	Ricardo Esgaio
68	MF	POR	Daniel Bragança
80	MF	POR	Rodrigo Fernandes
81	GK	POR	Luís Maximiano
84	MF	POR	Dário Essugo
87	MF	POR	Gonçalo Esteves

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	BRA	Renan Ribeiro

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ANG	Bruno Gaspar (at Vancouver until 31 December 2021)
—	MF	BRA	Carlos Jatobá (at CRB until 30 November 2021)
—	DF	POR	Eduardo Quaresma (at Tondela until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	SVN	Andraž Šporar (at Middlesbrough until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	BRA	Eduardo Henrique (at Al-Raed until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	BRA	Luiz Phellype (at Santa Clara until 30 June 2022)
20	FW	ECU	Gonzalo Plata (at Real Valladolid until 30 June 2022)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	POR	Pedro Marques (at Famalicão until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	POR	Pedro Mendes (at Rio Ave until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	CIV	Idrissa Doumbia (at Zulte Waregem until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	ARG	Rodrigo Battaglia (at Mallorca until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	POR	Rafael Camacho (at Belenenses SAD until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	POR	Tiago Ilori (at Boavista until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
	MF	Josip Mišić	Dinamo Zagreb	Return from loan	1 June 2021	[2]
47	DF	Ricardo Esgaio	Braga	€5,500,000	3 July 2021
16	DF	Rúben Vinagre	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loan	9 July 2021	[3]
15	MF	Manuel Ugarte	Famalicão	€6,500,000	9 August 2021	[4]
31	MF	João Virgínia	Everton	Loan	24 August 2021
17	MF	Pablo Sarabia	Paris Saint-Germain	Loan (fee €2,000,000)	1 September 2021	[5]

Total Spending = €14,000,000

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
	MF	Josip Mišić	Dinamo Zagreb	€2,000,000	2 June 2021	[6]
27	DF	João Pereira	Retired		1 July 2021	[7]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

14 July 2021 Friendly	Sporting CP	Cancelled	Gent	Portugal
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)

14 July 2021 Friendly	Sporting CP	2–2	Portimonense	Parchal, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Inácio 28' Bragança 85'	Report	Renato 65', 88'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Bela Vista

15 July 2021 Friendly	Sporting CP	2–1	Belenenses SAD	Parchal, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Sandro 5' (o.g.) Cabral 32' (pen.)	Report	Ndour 21'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Bela Vista

20 July 2021 Friendly	Sporting CP	2–0	Angers	Faro, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Tabata 59' Feddal 60' Inácio 63' Paulinho 86'	Report	Thomas 50'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve

25 July 2021 Friendly	Sporting CP	3–2	Lyon	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Mendes 23' Paulinho 31', 49' Gonçalves 35'	Report	Aouar 8' Slimani 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primeira Liga	6 August 2021	May 2022	Matchday 1		14	12	2	0	24	5	+19	085.71
Taça de Portugal	15 October 2021		Third round		2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	100.00
Taça da Liga	26 October 2021		Third round		2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	31 July 2021		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
UEFA Champions League	15 September 2021		Group stage		6	3	0	3	14	12	+2	050.00
Total					25	20	2	3	49	20	+29	080.00

Last updated: 14 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto	14	12	2	0	34	8	+26	38	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Sporting CP	14	12	2	0	24	5	+19	38	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Benfica	14	11	1	2	39	11	+28	34	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Braga	14	7	4	3	23	16	+7	25	Qualification to Europa Conference League third qualifying round
5	Estoril	14	6	6	2	19	13	+6	24	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round

Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2021. Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
14	12	2	0	24	5	+19	38	7	1	0	13	1	+12	5	1	0	11	4	+7

Last updated: 11 December 2021.
Source: Liga Portugal

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	1	1	1	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2021. Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

6 August 2021 1	Sporting CP	3–0	Vizela	Lisbon
20:15 WEST (UTC+1)	Cabral 32' Gonçalves 48', 64' Paulinho 74'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 9,066 Referee: António Nobre

14 August 2021 2	Braga	1–2	Sporting CP	Braga
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Ruiz 90+2'	Report	Cabral 40' Gonçalves 50'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 7,009 Referee: Luís Godinho

21 August 2021 3	Sporting CP	2–0	Belenenses SAD	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Inácio 7' Palhinha 48'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 13,145 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

28 August 2021 4	Famalicão	1–1	Sporting CP	Vila Nova de Famalicão
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Mendes 68' (o.g.)	Report	Palhinha 82'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Famalicão Attendance: 1,332 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

11 September 2021 5	Sporting CP	1–1	Porto	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Santos 16'	Report	Díaz 71'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 18,723 Referee: Nuno Almeida

19 September 2021 6	Estoril	0–1	Sporting CP	Estoril
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)		Report	Pedro Porro 67'	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Attendance: 1,987 Referee: Tiago Martins

24 September 2021 7	Sporting CP	1–0	Marítimo	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Pedro Porro 90+8' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 18,741 Referee: João Pinheiro

2 October 2021 8	Arouca	1–2	Sporting CP	Arouca
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Dabbagh 51'	Report	Nunes 16' Santos 54'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 3,338 Referee: Rui Costa

23 October 2021 9	Sporting CP	1–0	Moreirense	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Coates 16'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 35,882 Referee: Vítor Ferreira

30 October 2021 10	Sporting CP	1–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
21:15 WEST (UTC+1)	Coates 31'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 21,472 Referee: Rui Costa

7 November 2021 11	Paços de Ferreira	0–2	Sporting CP	Paços de Ferreira
19:00 WET (UTC±0)		Report	Inácio 47' Gonçalves 69'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 5,903 Referee: Luís Godinho

28 November 2021 12	Sporting CP	2–0	Tondela	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±0)	Sarabia 10' Paulinho 50'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 34,058 Referee: Hugo Miguel

3 December 2021 13	Benfica	1–3	Sporting CP	Lisbon
21:15 WET (UTC±0)	Pizzi 90+5'	Report	Pablo Sarabia 8' Paulinho 62' Matheus Nunes 68'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 48,790 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

11 December 2021 14	Sporting CP	2–0	Boavista	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±0)	Pablo Sarabia 53' Nuno Santos 59'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Nuno Almeida

18 December 2021 15	Gil Vicente	v	Sporting CP	Barcelos
20:30 WET (UTC±0)				Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos

29 December 2021 16	Sporting CP	v	Portimonense	Lisbon
21:00 WET (UTC±0)				Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Taça de Portugal

15 October 2021 Third round	Belenenses	0–4	Sporting CP	Belém
20:45 WEST (UTC+1)		Report	Tomás 2', 70' Cabral 76' (pen.) Santos 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Referee: Gustavo Correia

18 November 2021 Fourth round	Sporting CP	2–1	Varzim	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±0)	Gonçalves 67', 88' (pen.)	Report	Heliardo 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: André Narciso

22 December 2021 Fifth round	Casa Pia	v	Sporting CP	Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC+0)				Stadium: Estádio Pina Manique

Taça da Liga

Third round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SPO	FAM	PEN
1	Sporting CP	2	2	0	3	1	+2	6	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–1	—
2	Famalicão	2	1	1	6	2	+4	3		—	—	5–0
3	Penafiel	2	0	2	0	6	−6	0		0–1	—	—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

26 October 2021 2	Sporting CP	2–1	Famalicão	Lisbon
21:15 WEST (UTC+1)	Ugarte 8' Nuno Santos 61'	Report	Heriberto Tavares 90'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 14,755 Referee: Manuel Mota

14 December 2021 3	Penafiel	0–1	Sporting CP	Penafiel
20:15 WET (UTC±0)		Report	Tomás 16'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril Attendance: 2,012 Referee: Claúdio Pereira

Semi-finals

26 January 2022	Sporting CP	v	Santa Clara	Leiria
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)				Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Leiria

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

31 July 2021 Final	Sporting CP	2–1	Braga	Aveiro
20:45 WEST (UTC+1)	Palhinha 17' Cabral 29' Gonçalves 43', 44' Nunes 49'	Report	Fransérgio 20', 45+2' Tormena 62' Sequeira 87' Novais 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Aveiro Attendance: 7,710 Referee: João Pinheiro

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.[8]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AJX	SPO	DOR	BES
1	Ajax	6	6	0	20	5	+15	18	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–2	4–0	2–0
2	Sporting CP	6	3	3	14	12	+2	9[lower-alpha 1]	Advance to knockout phase	1–5	—	3–1	4–0
3	Borussia Dortmund	6	3	3	10	11	−1	9[lower-alpha 1]	Transfer to Europa League	1–3	1–0	—	5–0
4	Beşiktaş	6	0	6	3	19	−16	0		1–2	1–4	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

Head-to-head points: Sporting CP 3, Borussia Dortmund 3. Head-to-head goal differences: Sporting CP +1, Borussia Dortmund −1.

15 September 2021 1	Sporting CP	1–5	Ajax	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Paulinho 33' Palhinha 41' Tomás 83' Feddal 84'	Report	Haller 2', 9', 51', 63' Berghuis 39' Timber 45+1' Álvarez 49' Martínez 86'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 20,382 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

28 September 2021 2	Borussia Dortmund	1–0	Sporting CP	Dortmund, Germany
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Malen 37' Bellingham 42' Hummels 59'	Report	Nunes 42' Neto 90'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

19 October 2021 3	Beşiktaş	1–4	Sporting CP	Istanbul, Turkey
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Larin 24' Vida 43' Teixeira 47' Ghezzal 58' Pjanić 90+3'	Report	Coates 15', 27' Porro 25' Sarabia 44' (pen.) Inácio 72' Feddal 76' Paulinho 89'	Stadium: Vodafone Park Attendance: 22,936 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

3 November 2021 4	Sporting CP	4–0	Beşiktaş	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC±0)	Gonçalves 31' (pen.), 38' Paulinho 41' Sarabia 56'	Report	De Souza 50' 90' Larin 50'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 40,835 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

24 November 2021 5	Sporting CP	3–1	Borussia Dortmund	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC±0)	Gonçalves 30', 39', 81' Palhinha 55' Coates 57' Paulinho 74' Nunes 74' Porro 74', 81' Adán 90+8'	Report	Reus 74' Zagadou 74' Can 74' Malen 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 41,341 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

7 December 2021 6	Ajax	4–2	Sporting CP	Amsterdam, Netherlands
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Haller 8' (pen.) Antony 42' Schuurs 44' Álvarez 54' Neres 58' Berghuis 62'	Report	Bragança 7' Santos 22' Tabata 35', 78'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Knockout phase

The draw for the Round of 16 was held on 13 December 2021.[9]

Round of 16

15 February 2022 First leg	Sporting CP	v	Manchester City	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

9 March 2022 Second leg	Manchester City	v	Sporting CP	Manchester, England
20:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 7 November 2021

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira		UEFA Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Antonio Adán	16	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
22	GK	POR	André Paulo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	POR	João Virgínia	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	BRA	Renan Ribeiro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	BRA	Matheus Reis	15	0	5+3	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	3+1	0
3	DF	MAR	Zouhair Feddal	13	0	6	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4	0
4	DF	URU	Sebastián Coates	15	4	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2
13	DF	POR	Luís Neto	9	0	4+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2+1	0
16	DF	POR	Rúben Vinagre	10	0	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1+1	0
24	DF	ESP	Pedro Porro	14	2	6+3	2	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
25	DF	POR	Gonçalo Inácio	13	2	7	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
34	DF	POR	João Goulart	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	DF	POR	Ricardo Esgaio	18	0	6+5	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0+4	0
87	DF	POR	Gonçalo Esteves	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	POR	João Palhinha	17	2	11	2	0	0	0+1	0	1	0	4	0
8	MF	POR	Matheus Nunes	18	1	10+1	1	0+1	0	1	0	1	0	4	0
15	MF	URU	Manuel Ugarte	6	1	0+4	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
17	MF	ESP	Pablo Sarabia	12	2	6+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3+1	2
28	MF	POR	Pedro Gonçalves	12	7	7	4	1	0	0+1	0	1	1	2	2
68	MF	POR	Daniel Bragança	13	0	2+6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+4	0
84	MF	POR	Dário Essugo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	BRA	Bruno Tabata	10	0	0+7	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
10	FW	CPV	Jovane Cabral	15	3	4+5	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1+2	0
11	FW	POR	Nuno Santos	18	4	7+4	2	0+1	1	1	1	0+1	0	1+3	0
19	FW	POR	Tiago Tomás	13	2	0+8	0	1	2	0	0	0+1	0	1+2	0
21	FW	POR	Paulinho	17	4	11	1	0	0	0+1	0	1	0	4	3
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
5	DF	POR	Nuno Mendes	3	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Source: soccerway

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[table_hth_SPO0.9142164624828-9] Head-to-head points: Sporting CP 3, Borussia Dortmund 3. Head-to-head goal differences: Sporting CP +1, Borussia Dortmund −1.

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