2021–22 Sporting CP season

The 2021–22 season was 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 participated in this season's editions of the Taça de Portugal, the Taça da Liga, the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira and the UEFA Champions League.

Sporting CP

2021–22 season
President	Frederico Varandas
Head coach	Rúben Amorim
Stadium	Estádio José Alvalade
Primeira Liga	2nd
Taça de Portugal	Semi-finals
Taça da Liga	Winners
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Pablo Sarabia (15) All: Pablo Sarabia (21)
Highest home attendance	48,129 Sporting CP 0–5 Manchester City 15 de fevereiro de 2022
Lowest home attendance	9,066 Sporting CP 3–0 F.C Vizela 06 de agosto de 2021
Average home league attendance	25,158
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2022^[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 (3rd captain) 7 FW  BRA Bruno Tabata 8 MF  POR Matheus Nunes 9 FW  ALG Islam Slimani 11 FW  POR Nuno Santos 13 DF  POR Luís Neto (vice-captain) 15 MF  URU Manuel Ugarte 16 DF  POR Rúben Vinagre (on loan from Wolverhampton) 17 MF  ESP Pablo Sarabia (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW  POR Paulinho 22 GK  POR André Paulo 23 MF  ENG Marcus Edwards 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 71 DF  POR Flávio Nazinho 84 MF  POR Dário Essugo 87 DF  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 40 GK  BRA Renan Ribeiro 91 FW  POR Rodrigo 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  POR Eduardo Quaresma (at Tondela until 30 June 2022) — DF  POR Nuno Mendes (at Paris Saint-Germain until 30 June 2022) — DF  POR Tiago Ilori (at Boavista until 30 June 2022) — MF  ARG Rodrigo Battaglia (at Mallorca until 30 June 2022) — MF  BRA Carlos Jatobá (at Santo André until 31 December 2022) — MF  BRA Eduardo Henrique (at Al Raed until 30 June 2022) — MF  CIV Idrissa Doumbia (at Zulte Waregem until 30 June 2022) — MF  POR Filipe Chaby (at Nacional until 30 June 2022)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  BRA Luiz Phellype (at OFI until 30 June 2022) — FW  CPV Jovane Cabral (at Lazio until 30 June 2022) — FW  ECU Gonzalo Plata (at Valladolid until 30 June 2022) — FW  POR Pedro Marques (at Famalicão until 30 June 2022) — FW  POR Pedro Mendes (at Rio Ave until 30 June 2022) — FW  POR Rafael Camacho (at Belenenses SAD until 30 June 2022) — FW  POR Tiago Tomás (at Stuttgart until 30 June 2023) — FW  SVN Andraž Šporar (at Middlesbrough 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	[3]
16	DF	Rúben Vinagre	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loan	9 July 2021	[4]
15	MF	Manuel Ugarte	Famalicão	€6,500,000	9 August 2021	[5]
31	GK	João Virgínia	Everton	Loan	24 August 2021	[6]
17	MF	Pablo Sarabia	Paris Saint-Germain	Loan (fee €2,000,000)	1 September 2021	[7]

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	[8]
27	DF	João Pereira	Retired		1 July 2021	[9]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Sporting CP v Gent

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

Sporting CP v Portimonense

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

Sporting CP v Belenenses SAD

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

Sporting CP v Angers

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

Sporting CP v Lyon

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
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primeira Liga	6 August 2021	14 May 2022	Matchday 1	2nd	34	27	4	3	73	23	+50	079.41
Taça de Portugal	15 October 2021	21 April 2022	Third round	Semi-finals	6	4	0	2	13	5	+8	066.67
Taça da Liga	26 October 2021	29 January 2022	Third round	Winners	4	4	0	0	7	3	+4	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	9 March 2022	Group stage	Round of 16	8	3	1	4	14	17	−3	037.50
Total					53	39	5	9	109	49	+60	073.58

Last updated: 14 May 2022
Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

Main article: 2021–22 Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto (C)	34	29	4	1	86	22	+64	91	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Sporting CP	34	27	4	3	73	23	+50	85
3	Benfica	34	23	5	6	78	30	+48	74	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Braga	34	19	8	7	52	31	+21	65	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
5	Gil Vicente	34	13	12	9	47	42	+5	51	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:

1. Since the winners of the 2021–22 Taça de Portugal, Porto, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team (Europa Conference League third qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa Conference League second qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team.

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
34	27	4	3	73	23	+50	85	14	1	2	34	8	+26	13	3	1	39	15	+24

Last updated: 14 May 2022.
Source: Liga Portugal

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W
Position	1	1	1	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2022. Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Sporting CP v Vizela

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

Braga v Sporting CP

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

Sporting CP v Belenenses SAD

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

Famalicão v Sporting CP

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

Sporting CP v Porto

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

Estoril v Sporting CP

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

Sporting CP v Marítimo

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

Arouca v Sporting CP

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

Sporting CP v Moreirense

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

Sporting CP v Vitória de Guimarães

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

Paços de Ferreira v Sporting CP

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

Sporting CP v Tondela

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

Benfica v Sporting CP

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

Sporting CP v Boavista

11 December 2021 14	Sporting CP	2–0	Boavista	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±0)	Sarabia 53' Nuno Santos 59'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 18,551 Referee: Nuno Almeida

Gil Vicente v Sporting CP

18 December 2021 15	Gil Vicente	0–3	Sporting CP	Barcelos
20:30 WET (UTC±0)		Report	Santos 53' Inácio 64' Bragança 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 4,730 Referee: Tiago Martins

Sporting CP v Portimonense

29 December 2021 16	Sporting CP	3–2	Portimonense	Lisbon
21:00 WET (UTC±0)	Paulinho 65', 76', 83'	Report	Reis 21' (o.g.) Possignolo 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 21,038 Referee: António Nobre

Santa Clara v Sporting CP

7 January 2022 17	Santa Clara	3–2	Sporting CP	Ponta Delgada
18:30 WET (UTC±0)	Patric 30' Lincoln 51' Ricardinho 78'	Report	Palhinha 10' Sarabia 50'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 1,761 Referee: Rui Costa

Vizela v Sporting CP

16 January 2022 18	Vizela	0–2	Sporting CP	Vizela
18:00 WET (UTC±0)		Report	Gonçalves 28' Bragança 42'	Stadium: Estádio do FC Vizela Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

Sporting CP v Braga

22 January 2022 19	Sporting CP	1–2	Braga	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±0)	Gonçalves 24'	Report	Galeno 52' (pen.) Gorby 90+7'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 26,989 Referee: Hugo Miguel

Belenenses SAD v Sporting CP

2 February 2022 20	Belenenses SAD	1–4	Sporting CP	Oeiras
20:45 WET (UTC±0)	Camará 21'	Report	Paulinho 11', 47' Porro 17' Sarabia 45+2'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 4,463 Referee: Gustavo Correia

Sporting CP v Famalicão

6 February 2022 21	Sporting CP	2–0	Famalicão	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±0)	Sarabia 6' (pen.) Reis 63'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 25,640 Referee: André Narciso

Porto v Sporting CP

11 February 2022 22	Porto	2–2	Sporting CP	Porto
20:15 WET (UTC±0)	Vieira 38' Taremi 78'	Report	Paulinho 8' Santos 34'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 48,350 Referee: João Pinheiro

Sporting CP v Estoril

20 February 2022 23	Sporting CP	3–0	Estoril	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±0)	Gonçalves 40' Reis 76' Sarabia 81'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 35,270 Referee: Hélder Malheiro

Marítimo v Sporting CP

26 February 2022 24	Marítimo	1–1	Sporting CP	Funchal
18:00 WET (UTC±0)	Xadas 5'	Report	Slimani 38'	Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo Attendance: 6,221 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

Sporting CP v Arouca

5 March 2022 25	Sporting CP	2–0	Arouca	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±0)	Slimani 46', 52'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 25,254 Referee: António Nobre

Moreirense v Sporting CP

14 March 2022 26	Moreirense	0–2	Sporting CP	Moreira de Cónegos
20:15 WET (UTC±0)		Report	Slimani 29' Paulinho 39'	Stadium: Parque Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 2,821 Referee: João Pinheiro

Vitória de Guimarães v Sporting CP

19 March 2022 27	Vitória de Guimarães	1–3	Sporting CP	Guimarães
20:30 WET (UTC±0)	Estupiñán 23'	Report	Sarabia 45+1' (pen.) Paulinho 70' Edwards 90+8'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 16,122 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

Sporting CP v Paços de Ferreira

3 April 2022 28	Sporting CP	2–0	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Sarabia 20' (pen.) Santos 72'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 28,788 Referee: Vítor Ferreira

Tondela v Sporting CP

9 April 2022 29	Tondela	1–3	Sporting CP	Tondela
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Hernando 71'	Report	Inácio 29' Sarabia 33', 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio João Cardoso Attendance: 4,745 Referee: Luís Godinho

Sporting CP v Benfica

17 April 2022 30	Sporting CP	0–2	Benfica	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)		Report	Núñez 14' Dias 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 40,714 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

Boavista v Sporting CP

25 April 2022 31	Boavista	0–3	Sporting CP	Porto
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)		Report	Nunes 37' Abascal 58' (o.g.) Tabata 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 7,434 Referee: Manuel Mota

Sporting CP v Gil Vicente

1 May 2022 32	Sporting CP	4–1	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Sarabia 21' (pen.) Edwards 38' Cunha 53' (o.g.) Gonçalves 63' (pen.)	Report	Navarro 45+4'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 25,425 Referee: Miguel Nogueira

Portimonense v Sporting CP

7 May 2022 33	Portimonense	2–3	Sporting CP	Portimão
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Carlinhos 25' Welinton Júnior 30'	Report	Tabata 12' Sarabia 71', 76'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 3,903 Referee: Rui Costa

Sporting CP v Santa Clara

14 May 2022 34	Sporting CP	4–0	Santa Clara	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Tabata 41' Porro 51' Sarabia 56' Edwards 78'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Hugo Miguel

Taça de Portugal

Main article: 2021–22 Taça de Portugal

Belenenses v Sporting CP

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

Sporting CP v Varzim

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

Casa Pia v Sporting CP

22 December 2021 Fifth round	Casa Pia	1–2	Sporting CP	Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC+0)	Jota 8'	Report	Coates 32' Sarabia 57'	Stadium: Estádio Pina Manique Referee: Rui Costa

Leça v Sporting CP

11 January 2022 Quarter-finals	Leça	0–4	Sporting CP	Leça da Palmeira
20:45 WET (UTC+0)		Report	Tabata 12', 80' Nunes 31' Santos 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio do Leça FC Referee: Manuel Mota

Sporting CP v Porto

2 March 2022 Semi-finals First leg	Sporting CP	1–2	Porto	Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC+0)	Sarabia 49'	Report	Taremi 59' (pen.) Evanilson 64'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 44,231 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Porto v Sporting CP

21 April 2022 Semi-finals Second leg	Porto	1–0 (3–1 agg.)	Sporting CP	Porto
20:15 WEST (UTC+1)	Martínez 83'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Referee: Nuno Almeida

Taça da Liga

Main article: 2021–22 Taça da Liga

Third round

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

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

Sporting CP v Famalicão

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

Penafiel v Sporting CP

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

Sporting CP v Santa Clara

26 January 2022	Sporting CP	2–1	Santa Clara	Leiria
19:45 WET (UTC±0)	Villanueva 16' (o.g.) Sarabia 65' (pen.)	Report	Lincoln 32'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Leiria Attendance: 7,337 Referee: António Nobre

Final

Benfica v Sporting CP

29 January 2022	Benfica	1–2	Sporting CP	Leiria
19:45 WET (UTC±0)	Everton 23'	Report	Inácio 49' Sarabia 78'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Leiria Attendance: 20,622 Referee: Manuel Mota

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Main article: 2021 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Sporting CP v Braga

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

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group C

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.^[10]

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

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

1. Tied on head-to-head points. Head-to-head goal difference: Sporting CP +1, Borussia Dortmund −1.

Sporting CP v Ajax

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)

Borussia Dortmund v Sporting CP

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)

Beşiktaş v Sporting CP

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)

Sporting CP v Beşiktaş

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)

Sporting CP v Borussia Dortmund

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)

Ajax v Sporting CP

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 Attendance: 0 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League knockout phase § Round of 16

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 13 December 2021.^[11]

Sporting CP v Manchester City

15 February 2022 First leg	Sporting CP	0–5	Manchester City	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nunes  65' Esgaio  78' Ugarte  83'	Report	Mahrez 7' Silva 17', 44' Foden 32' Sterling 58' Gündoğan  74'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 48,129 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

Manchester City v Sporting CP

9 March 2022 Second leg	Manchester City	0–0 (5–0 agg.)	Sporting CP	Manchester, England
20:00 GMT (UTC+0)	Gabriel Jesus  39'	Report	Paulinho  15' Slimani  40'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 51,213 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira		UEFA Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Antonio Adán	45	0	33	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	7	0
22	GK	POR	André Paulo	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	POR	João Virgínia	8	0	1	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
40	GK	BRA	Renan Ribeiro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	BRA	Matheus Reis	44	2	23+3	2	4+1	0	3+1	0	0+1	0	7+1	0
3	DF	MAR	Zouhair Feddal	27	0	13+1	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	5+2	0
4	DF	URU	Sebastián Coates	41	5	30	2	3	1	1	0	1	0	6	2
13	DF	POR	Luís Neto	32	0	16+5	0	3+1	0	4	0	0	0	2+1	0
16	DF	POR	Rúben Vinagre	18	0	7+5	0	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	1+1	0
24	DF	ESP	Pedro Porro	35	5	19+4	4	2+2	0	0+1	0	0	0	7	1
25	DF	POR	Gonçalo Inácio	45	5	28	4	5	0	3+1	1	1	0	7	0
47	DF	POR	Ricardo Esgaio	44	0	15+12	0	4+1	0	3	0	1	0	2+6	0
63	DF	ESP	José Marsà	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
71	DF	POR	Flávio Nazinho	5	0	1+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
87	DF	POR	Gonçalo Esteves	10	0	1+3	0	2+1	0	1+1	0	0	0	1	0
Midfielders
6	MF	POR	João Palhinha	39	3	23+4	3	1+1	0	2+1	0	1	0	6	0
8	MF	POR	Matheus Nunes	50	4	31+2	3	4+2	1	2+2	0	1	0	6	0
15	MF	URU	Manuel Ugarte	38	1	10+15	0	4+1	0	3+1	1	0	0	2+2	0
17	MF	ESP	Pablo Sarabia	45	21	26+3	15	3+1	2	4	2	0	0	6+2	2
23	MF	ENG	Marcus Edwards	15	3	5+7	3	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
28	MF	POR	Pedro Gonçalves	41	15	25+2	8	3+1	2	2+2	0	1	1	4+1	4
68	MF	POR	Daniel Bragança	36	2	5+21	2	3+1	0	1	0	0	0	1+4	0
84	MF	POR	Dário Essugo	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
91	MF	POR	Rodrigo Ribeiro	5	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Forwards
7	FW	BRA	Bruno Tabata	41	6	21+9	3	3	2	2+1	0	0+1	0	2+2	1
9	FW	ALG	Islam Slimani	12	4	4+5	4	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
11	FW	POR	Nuno Santos	50	10	23+9	6	3+3	2	3+1	1	0+1	0	2+5	1
21	FW	POR	Paulinho	46	14	27+2	11	3+2	0	1+2	0	1	0	7+1	3
Players who departed during the season
5	DF	POR	Nuno Mendes	3	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
34	DF	POR	João Goulart	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
57	DF	MOZ	Geny Catamo	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	CPV	Jovane Cabral	17	3	4+6	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	1+2	0
19	FW	POR	Tiago Tomás	24	3	0+13	0	2	2	1+2	1	0+1	0	2+3	0

• Source: soccerway

Goalscorers

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