2020–21 Sporting CP season

Sporting CP
2020–21 season
President	Frederico Varandas
Head coach	Rúben Amorim
Stadium	Estádio José Alvalade
Primeira Liga	1st
Taça de Portugal	Fifth round
Taça da Liga	Winners
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Pedro Gonçalves (12); All: ; Pedro Gonçalves (12)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 23 January 2021.

The 2020–21 season is the 115th season in existence of Sporting Clube de Portugal and the club's 87th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. In addition to the domestic league, Sporting CP participated in this season's editions of the Taça de Portugal and the UEFA Europa League. The club also qualified for the Taça da Liga, depending on the league results. The season covers the period from 26 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 28 November 2020^[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
3	DF	MAR	Zouhair Feddal
4	DF	URU	Sebastián Coates (captain)
5	DF	POR	Nuno Mendes
6	MF	POR	João Palhinha
7	FW	BRA	Bruno Tabata
8	MF	BRA	Matheus Nunes
9	FW	SVN	Andraž Šporar
11	FW	POR	Nuno Santos
13	DF	POR	Luís Neto
17	MF	POR	João Mário (on loan from Inter Milan)
19	FW	POR	Tiago Tomás
20	FW	ECU	Gonzalo Plata


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player}
23	DF	MKD	Stefan Ristovski
24	DF	ESP	Pedro Porro (on loan from Manchester City)
26	DF	COL	Cristian Borja
28	MF	POR	Pedro Gonçalves
29	FW	BRA	Luiz Phellype
52	DF	POR	Gonçalo Inácio
55	DF	POR	Vitorino Antunes
68	MF	POR	Daniel Bragança
72	DF	POR	Eduardo Quaresma
77	FW	CPV	Jovane Cabral
80	MF	POR	Rodrigo Fernandes
81	GK	POR	Luís Maximiano

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
40	GK	BRA	Renan Ribeiro
73	DF	POR	Tiago Ilori
76	DF	ANG	Bruno Gaspar
78	FW	POR	Rafael Camacho


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
89	DF	GHA	Lumor
96	FW	POR	Joelson
99	GK	POR	Diogo Sousa

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	POR	Mauro Riquicho (at Fátima until 30 June 2021)
—	DF	FRA	Valentin Rosier (at Beşiktaş until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	ARG	Rodrigo Battaglia (at Alavés until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	POR	Filipe Chaby (at Académica until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	MLI	Abdoulay Diaby (at Getafe until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	CIV	Idrissa Doumbia (at Huesca until 30 June 2021)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	BRA	Eduardo (at Crotone until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	BRA	Jatobá (at CRB until 31 January 2021)
—	MF	BRA	Mattheus (at Coritiba until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	CRO	Josip Mišić (at Dinamo Zagreb until 30 June 2021)
—	FW	COL	Leonardo Acevedo (at Logroñés until 30 June 2021)
—	FW	POR	Pedro Mendes (at Almería until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

28 August 2020 Friendly	Portimonense	1–2	Sporting CP	Portimão, Portugal
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Possignolo 53' (pen.)	Report	Šporar 65' (pen.) Tomás 74'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Referee: Miguel Nogueira

30 August 2020 Friendly	Sporting CP	3–1	Belenenses	Faro, Portugal
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Gonçalves 14' Tomás 23' Šporar 74'	Report	Agrelos 85'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: Hugo Silva

4 September 2020 Friendly	Sporting CP	2–1	Valladolid	Alverca do Ribatejo, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Feddal 71' Cabral 79' (pen.)	Report	Gassama 64' (pen.) Miguel Ángel 78'	Stadium: Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca

13 September 2020 Troféu Cinco Violinos	Sporting CP	Cancelled	Napoli	Lisbon, Portugal
19:30 WEST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Note: The match was cancelled after several Sporting CP players tested positive for COVID-19.^[2]

Competitions

Overview

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	27 September 2020	19 May 2021	Matchday 1		16	13	3	0	34	9	+25	081.25
Taça de Portugal	23 November 2020	11 January 2021	Third round	Fifth round	3	2	0	1	10	3	+7	066.67
Taça da Liga	15 December 2020	23 January 2021	Quarter-finals	Winners	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
Europa League	24 September 2020	1 October 2020	Third qualifying round	Play-off round	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	050.00
Total					24	19	3	2	51	17	+34	079.17

Last updated: 1 February 2021
Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting CP (C)	34	26	7	1	65	20	+45	85	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Porto	34	24	8	2	74	29	+45	80	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Benfica	34	23	7	4	69	27	+42	76	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Braga	34	19	7	8	53	33	+20	64	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
5	Paços de Ferreira	34	15	8	11	40	41	−1	53	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round^[a]

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.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Braga qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2020–21 Taça de Portugal. Since they would have qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round by finishing fourth, the berth was awarded to the fifth-placed team (Paços de Ferreira), and the Europa Conference League second qualifying round berth reserved to the fifth-placed team was awarded to the sixth-placed team (Santa Clara).

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
16	13	3	0	34	9	+25	42	6	2	0	16	5	+11	7	1	0	18	4	+14

Last updated: 1 February 2021.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W
Position	5	5	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 1 February 2021. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

27 September 2020 2	Paços de Ferreira	0–2	Sporting CP	Paços de Ferreira
18:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Douglas 21' Eustáquio 74'	Report	Neto 10' Cabral 23' (pen.), 25' Wendel 36' Adán 45+3' Coates 63' Nunes 80' Feddal 84'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 0 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

4 October 2020 3	Portimonense	0–2	Sporting CP	Portimão
21:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Lucas Fernandes 40'	Report	Mendes 4' Santos 11' Coates 46'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

17 October 2020 4	Sporting CP	2–2	Porto	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Santos 9' Gonçalves 11' Neto 45+7' Feddal 61' Vietto 78', 87' Coates 79'	Report	Corona 19', 45' Sanusi 20' Uribe 25' Otávio 54' Marchesín 86'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0 Referee: Luís Godinho

24 October 2020 5	Santa Clara	1–2	Sporting CP	Ponta Delgada
19:00 WEST (UTC+1)	González 18' Thiago Santana 42' Sagna 45' Carvalho 63'	Report	Gonçalves 20', 81' Coates 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 932 Referee: Manuel Mota

28 October 2020 1	Sporting CP	3–1	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
21:45 WET (UTC±0)	Palhinha 1' Neto 60' Feddal 64' Gonçalves 64', 90+5' Šporar 68', 83' Tomás 84'	Report	Denis 35' João Afonso 37' Mineiro 52' Miullen 66' Rodrigão 88'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0 Referee: André Narciso

1 November 2020 6	Sporting CP	4–0	Tondela	Lisbon
20:00 WET (UTC±0)	Palhinha 32' Gonçalves 45', 49' Porro 79' Nunes 85' Santos 86' Šporar 90+3'	Report	Ferreira 28' Augusto 85'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0 Referee: António Nobre

7 November 2020 7	Vitória de Guimarães	0–4	Sporting CP	Guimarães
20:30 WET (UTC±0)	Agu 3' André 39' Suliman 42'	Report	Santos 11' Porro 39' Gonçalves 43', 55' Cabral 79'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 0 Referee: Hugo Miguel

28 November 2020 8	Sporting CP	2–1	Moreirense	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±0)	Gonçalves 8', 75' Santos 78'	Report	Neto 3' (o.g.) Lacerda 74' Galego 82'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0 Referee: Vítor Ferreira

5 December 2020 9	Famalicão	2–2	Sporting CP	Vila Nova de Famalicão
18:00 WET (UTC±0)	Campana 8' Assunção 43', 68' Riccieli 45' Pereyra 45+3' Babić 74' Jhonata Robert 83', 89'	Report	Gonçalves 22' 80', 37' Santos 45' Porro 45+4' Palhinha 87' Feddal 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Attendance: 0 Referee: Luís Godinho

19 December 2020 10	Sporting CP	1–0	Farense	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±0)	Tomás 26' Palhinha 41' Coates 68' Šporar 90+1' (pen.) Santos 90+7'	Report	Defendi 36' 86' Isidoro 43' Nunes 75' Mancha 83'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0 Referee: André Narciso

27 December 2020 11	Belenenses SAD	1–2	Sporting CP	Oeiras
20:00 WET (UTC±0)	Cardoso 14', 16', 45+1' Esgaio 23' Ribeiro 75' 77'	Report	Tomás 5' Adán 16' João Mário 24' (pen.) Inácio 63' Neto 82'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 0 Referee: Rui Costa

2 January 2021 12	Sporting CP	2–0	Braga	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±0)	Gonçalves 54' Nunes 78', 90+1' Porro 79' Antunes 90+2'	Report	Galeno 37' Silva 51' Elmusrati 58' Matheus 88'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

8 January 2021 13	Nacional	0–2	Sporting CP	Madeira
18:00 WET (UTC±0)	Micael 11' Borges 61' Freitas 69'	Report	Feddal 27' Santos 43' Cabral 90'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Mota

15 January 2021 14	Sporting CP	1–1	Rio Ave	Lisbon
18:30 WET (UTC±0)	Plata 7' João Mário 24' Gonçalves 42' Tabata 87'	Report	Amaral 15' Coentrão 25' Gelson 61' Tarantini 69' Gabrielzinho 69' Rodrigues 83' Pereira 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0 Referee: Hélder Malheiro

26 January 2021 15	Boavista	0–2	Sporting CP	Porto
21:15 WET (UTC±0)	Paulinho 87' Nathan 90'	Report	Santos 24' Porro 77' Palhinha 79' João Mário 79'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 0 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

1 February 2021 16	Sporting CP	1–0	Benfica	Lisbon
21:30 WET (UTC±0)	Tomás 15' Neto 40' Nunes 90+2' Tabata 90+5'	Report	Gilberto 13' Weigl 16' Otamendi 53' Pizzi 76' Gabriel 79'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

5 February 2021 17	Marítimo	v	Sporting CP	Funchal
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)				Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo

Taça de Portugal

23 November 2020 Third round	Sacavenense	1–7	Sporting CP	Sacavém
21:15 WET (UTC±0)	Iaquinta 53'	Report	Santos 3' Coates 26', 47' Cabral 32' (pen.) Marques 86', 90' Inácio 90+2'	Stadium: Complexo Desportivo Elias Pereira Referee: Helder Malheiro

11 December 2020 Fourth round	Sporting CP	3–0	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
21:15 WET (UTC±0)	Porro 22' Tomás 26' Tabata 44' Palhinha 61', 64' Santos 71'	Report	Castanheira 82'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0 Referee: João Pinheiro

11 January 2021 Fifth round	Marítimo	2–0	Sporting CP	Funchal
21:15 WET (UTC±0)	Joel 45+4' Andrade 49', 79' Winck 61' Pinho 68' Correa 90+5'	Report	Neto 37' Tabata 66' Gonçalves 72' Plata 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

Taça da Liga

15 December 2020 Quarter-finals	Sporting CP	2–0	Mafra	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±0)	Šporar 64' Tabata 71'	Report	Lourenço 29' Camará 40' Graça 58' Okitokandjo 72'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0 Referee: Tiago Martins

19 January 2021 Semi-finals	Sporting CP	2–1	Porto	Leiria
19:45 WET (UTC±0)	Porro 42' Palhinha 52' Coates 57' Antunes 72' Cabral 86', 90+4'	Report	Grujić 35' Anderson 43' Marega 79' Vieira 90+6'	Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Attendance: 0 Referee: João Pinheiro

23 January 2021 Final	Sporting CP	1–0	Braga	Leiria
19:45 WET (UTC±0)	Cabral 24' Porro 41', 81' Mendes 76' Nunes 87' Gonçalves 90+5', 90+6' Neto 90+6'	Report	Sequeira 32' Elmusrati 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Attendance: 0 Referee: Tiago Martins

UEFA Europa League

24 September 2020 Third qualifying round	Sporting CP	1–0	Aberdeen	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Tomas 8', 64' Vietto 30'	Report	McLennan 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0 Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

1 October 2020 Play-off round	Sporting CP	1–4	LASK	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Neto 25' Porro 36' Tomás 42' Coates 63' Gonçalves 90+3'	Report	Trauner 14' Michorl 20' Raguž 58' Michorls 65' Gruber 69'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		UEFA Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Antonio Adán	18	0	14	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
40	GK	BRA	Renan Ribeiro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
81	GK	POR	Luís Maximiano	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
99	GK	POR	Diogo Sousa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	MAR	Zouhair Feddal	17	0	12	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
4	DF	URU	Sebastián Coates	20	3	14	1	2+1	2	1	0	2	0
5	DF	POR	Nuno Mendes	17	1	12	1	2	0	0+1	0	2	0
13	DF	POR	Luís Neto	18	0	13	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
23	DF	MKD	Stefan Ristovski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	ESP	Pedro Porro	20	2	14	2	1+1	0	1+1	0	2	0
26	DF	COL	Cristian Borja	4	0	1+1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
52	DF	POR	Gonçalo Inácio	9	1	1+4	0	1+1	1	2	0	0	0
55	DF	POR	Vitorino Antunes	10	0	1+4	0	1+1	0	2	0	0+1	0
72	DF	POR	Eduardo Quaresma	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
73	DF	POR	Tiago Ilori	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	POR	João Palhinha	17	1	12	0	2+1	1	1+1	0	0	0
8	MF	BRA	Matheus Nunes	20	1	5+8	1	2+1	0	1+1	0	2	0
17	MF	POR	João Mário	16	1	9+2	1	2+1	0	1+1	0	0	0
28	MF	POR	Pedro Gonçalves	17	12	13	12	0+1	0	2	0	0+1	0
68	MF	POR	Daniel Bragança	8	0	0+4	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
80	MF	POR	Rodrigo Fernandes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	BRA	Bruno Tabata	10	2	1+5	0	2+1	1	0+1	1	0	0
9	FW	SVN	Andraž Šporar	18	4	5+7	3	1+2	0	1	1	0+2	0
11	FW	POR	Nuno Santos	19	5	11+3	4	3	1	1	0	1	0
19	FW	POR	Tiago Tomás	20	5	7+7	2	2	1	2	0	2	2
20	FW	ECU	Gonzalo Plata	11	0	1+5	0	1+1	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
25	FW	POR	Pedro Marques	1	2	0	0	0+1	2	0	0	0	0
29	FW	BRA	Luiz Phellype	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	FW	CPV	Jovane Cabral	12	6	4+5	3	1	1	0+1	2	1	0
78	FW	POR	Rafael Camacho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
74	DF	FRA	Valentin Rosier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	ARG	Luciano Vietto	5	1	2+1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
27	MF	POR	Miguel Luís	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	BRA	Wendel	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
98	MF	CIV	Idrissa Doumbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 19 January 2021
Source: playmakerstats

Goalscorers

As of 4 October 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Primeira Liga	Europa League	Total
1	19	FW	Tiago Tomás	0	2	2
2	4	DF	Sebastián Coates	1	0	1
	35	DF	Nuno Mendes	1	0	1
	11	FW	Jovane Cabral	1	0	1
	77	FW	Nuno Santos	1	0	1
Totals				4	2	6

References

^ "Plantel". Sporting Clube de Portugal. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
^ "Cancellation of game against SSC Napoli". Sporting CP. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_ELGS0.37509572663116-3] Braga qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2020–21 Taça de Portugal. Since they would have qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round by finishing fourth, the berth was awarded to the fifth-placed team (Paços de Ferreira), and the Europa Conference League second qualifying round berth reserved to the fifth-placed team was awarded to the sixth-placed team (Santa Clara).

[1] "Plantel". Sporting Clube de Portugal. Retrieved 6 July 2019.

[2] "Cancellation of game against SSC Napoli". Sporting CP. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.

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