2024–25 Sporting CP season

Sporting CP
2024–25 season
President	Frederico Varandas
Head coach	Rúben Amorim
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)
	← 2023–24

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.

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

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)

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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primeira Liga	9 August 2024	18 May 2025	Matchday 1	TBD	10	10	0	0	35	3	+32	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					17	15	1	1	52	11	+41	088.24

Last updated: 5 November 2024
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	11	11	0	0	39	5	+34	33	Qualification for the Champions League league stage
2	Porto	10	9	0	1	27	4	+23	27	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Benfica	9	7	1	1	24	6	+18	22	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 (3 of 4 matches finished). 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
10	10	0	0	35	3	+32	30	5	0	0	15	2	+13	5	0	0	20	1	+19

Last updated: 1 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
Position	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Points	3	6	9	12	15	18	21	24	27	30

Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2024. Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10 November 2024 11	Braga	v	Sporting CP	Braga
18:45 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Referee: Luís Godinho

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Taça de Portugal

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

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

Taça da Liga

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

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

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

League phase

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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

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

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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	URU	Franco Israel	10	0	6	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	12	0	3+5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1+2	0
3	DF	NED	Jerry St. Juste	5	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+2	0
6	DF	BEL	Zeno Debast	16	1	6+3	0	1	0	0+1	0	1	0	4	1
20	DF	URU	Maximiliano Araújo	12	2	3+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	15	2	8+1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	3	0
26	DF	CIV	Ousmane Diomande	13	0	8+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	16	1	6+4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3+1	0
8	MF	POR	Pedro Gonçalves	11	5	7	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	15	4	7+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	14	1	7+1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	0
Forwards
9	FW	SWE	Viktor Gyökeres	17	23	10	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	17	3	10	3	1	0	0+1	0	1	0	4	0
19	FW	DEN	Conrad Harder	10	3	2+3	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0+3	0
21	FW	MOZ	Geny Catamo	16	2	6+3	2	0+1	0	1	0	1	0	3+1	0
57	FW	POR	Geovany Quenda	17	2	8+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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^ "Sporting buy Bosnian goalkeeper Vladan Kovacevic; Vitória snap up Vizela captain Samu". OneFootball. June 20, 2024.
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