2024–25 Sporting CP season

The 2024–25 season is the 132nd season in the history of Sporting CP, and the club's 91st consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. In addition to the domestic league, the club is participating 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

2024–25 season
President	Frederico Varandas
Head coach	Rúben Amorim (until 11 November) João Pereira (from 11 November)
Stadium	Estádio José Alvalade
Primeira Liga	1st
Taça de Portugal	Fourth round
Taça da Liga	Semi-finals
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	League phase
Top goalscorer	League: Viktor Gyökeres (16) All: Viktor Gyökeres (23)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2023–24

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 August 2024^[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  URU Franco Israel 2 DF  BRA Matheus Reis 3 DF  NED Jerry St. Juste 5 MF  JPN Hidemasa Morita 6 DF  BEL Zeno Debast 8 MF  POR Pedro Gonçalves 9 FW  SWE Viktor Gyökeres 10 FW  ENG Marcus Edwards 11 FW  POR Nuno Santos 13 GK  BIH Vladan Kovačević 14 MF  POR Dário Essugo 17 FW  POR Francisco Trincão 21 FW  MOZ Geny Catamo

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  ESP Iván Fresneda 23 MF  POR Daniel Bragança (vice-captain) 25 DF  POR Gonçalo Inácio (3rd captain) 26 DF  CIV Ousmane Diomande 28 MF  POR Mateus Fernandes 41 GK  BRA Diego Callai 42 MF  DEN Morten Hjulmand (captain) 43 DF  POR João Muniz 47 DF  POR Ricardo Esgaio 57 FW  POR Geovany Quenda 72 DF  POR Eduardo Quaresma 86 FW  POR Rafael Nel 90 FW  POR Afonso Moreira 91 FW  POR Rodrigo Ribeiro 97 DF  POR Diogo Travassos

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 — MF  FRA Koba Koindredi — MF  ARG Mateo Tanlongo — FW  CPV Jovane Cabral

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Vladan Kovačević	Raków Częstochowa	€5,000,000[2]	1 July 2024	[3]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Antonio Adán		End of contract	1 July 2024	[4]
MF	Abdul Fatawu	Leicester City	€17,000,000	1 July 2024	[5]

Friendlies

Pre-season

Sporting CP v Sevilla

23 July 2024 Friendly	Sporting CP	2–1	Sevilla	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Ribeiro 14' Trincão 46' Diomande  83'	Report	Sow  5' Ocampos  33' Martínez  79', 85' Collado  83'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)

Sporting CP v Athletic Bilbao

27 July 2024 Troféu Cinco Violinos	Sporting CP	3–0	Athletic Bilbao	Lisbon, Portugal
19:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Gonçalves 10' Gyökeres  25' Edwards 80' Trincão 83'	Report	Jauregizar  16'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primeira Liga	9 August 2024	18 May 2025	Matchday 1	TBD	11	11	0	0	39	5	+34	100.00
Taça de Portugal	18 October 2024	TBD	Third round	TBD	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Taça da Liga	29 October 2024	TBD	Quarter-finals	TBD	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	3 August 2024		Final	Runners-up	1	0	0	1	3	4	−1	000.00
UEFA Champions League	17 September 2024	TBD	League phase	TBD	4	3	1	0	9	2	+7	075.00
Total					18	16	1	1	56	13	+43	088.89

Last updated: 10 November 2024
Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

Main article: 2024–25 Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting CP	11	11	0	0	39	5	+34	33	Qualification for the Champions League league stage
2	Porto	11	9	0	2	28	8	+20	27	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Benfica	10	8	1	1	28	7	+21	25	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4	Santa Clara	11	7	0	4	14	12	+2	21	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5	Braga	11	6	2	3	19	11	+8	20

Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2024. 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
11	11	0	0	39	5	+34	33	5	0	0	15	2	+13	6	0	0	24	3	+21

Last updated: 10 November 2024.
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	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	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Points	3	6	9	12	15	18	21	24	27	30	33

Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2024. Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

Sporting CP v Rio Ave

9 August 2024 1	Sporting CP	3–1	Rio Ave	Lisbon
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Gonçalves 6', 26' Gyökeres 63'	Report	Clayton 90'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 38,513 Referee: João Gonçalves

Nacional v Sporting CP

17 August 2024 2	Nacional	1–6	Sporting CP	Funchal
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Thomas 36'	Report	Gonçalves 16' Trincão 41', 57' Gyökeres 51' (pen.), 76' Bragança 66'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Attendance: 5,058 Referee: Luís Godinho

Farense v Sporting CP

23 August 2024 3	Farense	0–5	Sporting CP	Faro
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Gyökeres 27', 41' (pen.), 66' Áfrico 69' (o.g.) Edwards 81'	Stadium: Estádio de São Luís Attendance: 17,793 Referee: Tiago Martins

Sporting CP v Porto

31 August 2024 4	Sporting CP	2–0	Porto	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Gyökeres 72' (pen.) Catamo 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 46,413 Referee: Luís Godinho

Arouca v Sporting CP

13 September 2024 5	Arouca	0–3	Sporting CP	Arouca
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Gonçalves 24' Gyökeres 73' (pen.) Trincão 80'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 4,644 Referee: João Pinheiro

Sporting CP v AVS

22 September 2024 6	Sporting CP	3–0	AVS	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Harder 15' Gyökeres 45+4', 70'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 43,039 Referee: Ricardo Baixinho

Estoril v Sporting CP

27 September 2024 7	Estoril	0–3	Sporting CP	Estoril
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Catamo 24' Morita 31' Bragança 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Attendance: 4,658 Referee: João Gonçalves

Sporting CP v Casa Pia

5 October 2024 8	Sporting CP	2–0	Casa Pia	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Bragança 39' Gyökeres 80' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 42,887 Referee: Miguel Nogueira

Famalicão v Sporting CP

26 October 2024 9	Famalicão	0–3	Sporting CP	Vila Nova de Famalicão
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Gyökeres 57' Quenda 63' Inácio 86'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Attendance: 4,520 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

Sporting CP v Estrela da Amadora

1 November 2024 10	Sporting CP	5–1	Estrela da Amadora	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Gyökeres 19', 31', 42' (pen.), 70' Araújo 85'	Report	Pinho 35'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 41,282 Referee: Bruno Vieira

Braga v Sporting CP

10 November 2024 11	Braga	2–4	Sporting CP	Braga
18:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	R. Horta 20', 45'	Report	Morita 58' Hjulmand 81' Harder 89', 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 20,585 Referee: Luís Godinho

Sporting CP v Santa Clara

30 November 2024 12	Sporting CP	v	Santa Clara	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Moreirense v Sporting CP

5 December 2024 13	Moreirense	v	Sporting CP	Moreira de Cónegos
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Parque Moreira de Cóngeos

Sporting CP v Boavista

15 December 2024 14	Sporting CP	v	Boavista	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Gil Vicente v Sporting CP

22 December 2024 15	Gil Vicente	v	Sporting CP	Barcelos
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos

Sporting CP v Benfica

29 December 2024 16	Sporting CP	v	Benfica	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Vitória de Guimarães v Sporting CP

3 January 2025 17	Vitória de Guimarães	v	Sporting CP	Guimarães
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques

Rio Ave v Sporting CP

18 January 2025 18	Rio Ave	v	Sporting CP	Vila do Conde
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos

Sporting CP v Nacional

25 January 2025 19	Sporting CP	v	Nacional	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Sporting CP v Farense

2 February 2025 20	Sporting CP	v	Farense	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Porto v Sporting CP

9 February 2025 21	Porto	v	Sporting CP	Porto
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão

Sporting CP v Arouca

16 February 2025 22	Sporting CP	v	Arouca	Lisbon
16:00 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

AVS v Sporting CP

23 February 2025 23	AVS	v	Sporting CP	Vila das Aves
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio do CD Aves

Sporting CP v Estoril

2 March 2025 24	Sporting CP	v	Estoril	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Casa Pia v Sporting CP

9 March 2025 25	Casa Pia	v	Sporting CP	Rio Maior
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior

Sporting CP v Famalicão

16 March 2025 26	Sporting CP	v	Famalicão	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Estrela da Amadora v Sporting CP

30 March 2025 27	Estrela da Amadora	v	Sporting CP	Amadora
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Gomes

Sporting CP v Braga

6 April 2025 28	Sporting CP	v	Braga	Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Santa Clara v Sporting CP

13 April 2025 29	Santa Clara	v	Sporting CP	Ponta Delgada
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel

Sporting CP v Moreirense

19 April 2025 30	Sporting CP	v	Moreirense	Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Boavista v Sporting CP

27 April 2025 31	Boavista	v	Sporting CP	Porto
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio do Bessa

Sporting CP v Gil Vicente

4 May 2025 32	Sporting CP	v	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Benfica v Sporting CP

11 May 2025 33	Benfica	v	Sporting CP	Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

Sporting CP v Vitória de Guimarães

17 May 2025 34	Sporting CP	v	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Taça de Portugal

Main article: 2024–25 Taça de Portugal

Portimonense v Sporting CP

18 October 2024 Third round	Portimonense	1–2	Sporting CP	Portimão
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Benedict 87'	Report	Harder 40', 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Referee: Hélder Malheiro

Sporting CP v Amarante

22 November 2024 Fourth round	Sporting CP	v	Amarante	Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)				Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Pedro Ramalho

Taça da Liga

Main article: 2024–25 Taça da Liga

Sporting CP v Nacional

29 October 2024 Quarter-finals	Sporting CP	3–1	Nacional	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±0)	Hjulmand 53' Gyökeres 65' (pen.), 70'	Report	Macedo 66'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 32,622 Referee: Hélder Carvalho

Sporting CP v Porto

7 January 2025 Semi-finals	Sporting CP	v	Porto	Leiria
19:45 WET (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Main article: 2024 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Sporting CP v Porto

3 August 2024 Final	Sporting CP	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Porto	Aveiro
20:15 WEST (UTC+1)	Inácio 6' Gonçalves 9' Quenda 24'	Report	Galeno 28', 66' González 64' Jaime 101'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Aveiro Attendance: 25,728 Referee: João Pinheiro

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Champions League

League phase

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Champions League league phase

The league phase draw was held on 29 August 2024.^[6]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Liverpool	4	4	0	0	10	1	+9	12	Advance to round of 16 (seeded)
2	Sporting CP	4	3	1	0	9	2	+7	10
3	Monaco	4	3	1	0	10	4	+6	10
4	Brest	4	3	1	0	9	3	+6	10
5	Inter Milan	4	3	1	0	6	0	+6	10

Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	W	D	W	W
Position	10	12	8	2

Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2024. Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Sporting CP v Lille

17 September 2024 1	Sporting CP	2–0	Lille	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Gyökeres 38' Debast 65'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 40,024 Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

PSV Eindhoven v Sporting CP

1 October 2024 2	PSV Eindhoven	1–1	Sporting CP	Eindhoven, Netherlands
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Schouten 15'	Report	Bragança 84'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

Sturm Graz v Sporting CP

22 October 2024 3	Sturm Graz	0–2	Sporting CP	Graz, Austria
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Santos 23' Gyökeres 53'	Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium Attendance: 23,691 Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

Sporting CP v Manchester City

5 November 2024 4	Sporting CP	4–1	Manchester City	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC±0)	Gyökeres 38', 49' (pen.), 80' (pen.) Araújo 46'	Report	Foden 4'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 47,453 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Sporting CP v Arsenal

26 November 2024 5	Sporting CP	v	Arsenal	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Club Brugge v Sporting CP

10 December 2024 6	Club Brugge	v	Sporting CP	Bruges, Belgium
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

RB Leipzig v Sporting CP

22 January 2025 7	RB Leipzig	v	Sporting CP	Leipzig, Germany
18:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena

Sporting CP v Bologna

29 January 2025 8	Sporting CP	v	Bologna	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

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	URU	Franco Israel	11	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
13	GK	BIH	Vladan Kovačević	7	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
41	GK	BRA	Diego Callai	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	BRA	Matheus Reis	13	0	4+5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1+2	0
3	DF	NED	Jerry St. Juste	6	0	0+3	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+2	0
6	DF	BEL	Zeno Debast	17	1	7+3	0	1	0	0+1	0	1	0	4	1
20	DF	URU	Maximiliano Araújo	13	2	4+3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2+2	1
22	DF	ESP	Iván Fresneda	6	0	0+3	0	0+1	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
25	DF	POR	Gonçalo Inácio	16	2	8+2	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	3	0
26	DF	CIV	Ousmane Diomande	14	0	9+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	3	0
43	DF	POR	João Muniz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	DF	POR	Ricardo Esgaio	5	0	0+2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
54	DF	BRA	Bruno Ramos	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
72	DF	POR	Eduardo Quaresma	9	0	5+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0+2	0
80	DF	FRA	Koba Koindredi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
95	DF	ESP	Lucas Taibo	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
97	DF	POR	Diogo Travassos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	JPN	Hidemasa Morita	17	2	6+5	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	3+1	0
8	MF	POR	Pedro Gonçalves	12	5	8	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2+1	0
14	MF	POR	Dário Essugo	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	POR	Daniel Bragança	16	4	8+3	3	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+3	1
28	MF	POR	Mateus Fernandes	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
42	MF	DEN	Morten Hjulmand	15	2	8+1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	0
Forwards
9	FW	SWE	Viktor Gyökeres	18	23	11	16	0+1	0	0+1	2	1	0	4	5
10	FW	ENG	Marcus Edwards	7	1	0+5	1	0	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
11	FW	POR	Nuno Santos	10	1	4+3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
17	FW	POR	Francisco Trincão	18	3	11	3	1	0	0+1	0	1	0	4	0
19	FW	DEN	Conrad Harder	11	4	2+4	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0+3	0
21	FW	MOZ	Geny Catamo	17	2	6+4	2	0+1	0	1	0	1	0	3+1	0
57	FW	POR	Geovany Quenda	18	2	9+2	1	1	0	0+1	0	1	1	3+1	0
86	FW	POR	Rafael Nel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
90	FW	POR	Afonso Moreira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
91	FW	POR	Rodrigo Ribeiro	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players who transferred out during the season

• Source: Soccerway

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