2017–18 Sporting CP season

Sporting CP 2017–18 football season
Sporting CP
2017–18 season
PresidentBruno de Carvalho
ManagerJorge Jesus
StadiumEstádio José Alvalade
Primeira Liga3rd
Taça de PortugalRunners-up
Taça da LigaWinners
Champions LeagueGroup stage
Europa LeagueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Bas Dost (27)
All: Bas Dost (34)
Highest home attendance49,339
Sporting CP 0–0 Benfica
(5 May 2018)
Lowest home attendance8,713
Sporting CP 6–0 União Madeira
(20 December 2017)
Average home league attendance43332
(16 home league games)
Biggest winSporting CP 6–0 União Madeira
(20 December 2017)
Biggest defeatBarcelona 2–0 Sporting CP
(5 December 2017)
Atlético Madrid 2–0 Sporting CP
(5 April 2018)
Home colours
Stromp colours
All statistics correct as of 1 February 2018.

This article shows Sporting CP's player statistics and all matches that the club played during the 2017–18 season.

Players

Current squad

As of 1 February 2018[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 Portugal POR Rui Patrício (vice-captain)
4 DF Uruguay URU Sebastián Coates
5 DF Portugal POR Fábio Coentrão (on loan from Real Madrid)
6 DF Portugal POR André Pinto
7 FW Portugal POR Rúben Ribeiro
8 MF Portugal POR Bruno Fernandes
9 FW Argentina ARG Marcos Acuña
11 MF Brazil BRA Bruno César
13 DF North Macedonia MKD Stefan Ristovski
14 MF Portugal POR William Carvalho (captain)
15 DF Ghana GHA Lumor Agbenyenu
16 MF Argentina ARG Rodrigo Battaglia
17 FW Portugal POR Daniel Podence
18 GK France FRA Romain Salin
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Netherlands NED Douglas
20 FW Costa Rica CRC Bryan Ruiz
22 DF France FRA Jérémy Mathieu
25 MF Serbia SRB Radosav Petrović
27 MF Croatia CRO Josip Mišić
28 FW Netherlands NED Bas Dost
37 MF Brazil BRA Wendel
40 FW Colombia COL Fredy Montero
66 MF Portugal POR João Palhinha
77 FW Portugal POR Gelson Martins
82 GK Portugal POR Pedro Silva
88 FW Ivory Coast CIV Seydou Doumbia (on loan from Roma)
92 DF Italy ITA Cristiano Piccini

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 Brazil BRA Jefferson (at Braga until 30 June 2018)
— DF Argentina ARG Jonathan Silva (at Roma until 30 June 2023)
— DF Portugal POR Tobias Figueiredo (at Nottingham Forest until 30 June 2018)
— MF Brazil BRA Bruno Paulista (at Vasco da Gama until 31 December 2018)
— MF Portugal POR Francisco Geraldes (at Rio Ave until 30 June 2018)
— MF Brazil BRA Mattheus Oliveira (at Vitória de Guimarães until 30 June 2018)
— MF Scotland SCO Ryan Gauld (at Desportivo das Aves until 30 June 2018)
— MF Bulgaria BUL Simeon Slavchev (at Lechia Gdańsk until 30 June 2018)
— FW Portugal POR Carlos Mané (at VfB Stuttgart until 30 June 2018)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Angola ANG Gelson Dala (at Rio Ave until 30 June 2018)
— FW Cape Verde CPV Héldon (at Vitória de Guimarães until 30 June 2018)
— FW Portugal POR Iuri Medeiros (at Genoa until 30 June 2018)
— FW Colombia COL Leonardo Ruiz (at Boavista until 30 June 2018)
— FW Netherlands NED Luc Castaignos (at Vitesse until 30 June 2018)
— FW Lithuania LTU Lukas Spalvis (at 1. FC Kaiserslautern until 30 June 2018)
— FW Brazil BRA Matheus Pereira (at Chaves until 30 June 2018)
— FW Argentina ARG Alan Ruiz (at Colón until 31 December 2018)

Transfers

Transfers in

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source
6 CB Portugal André Pinto 27 Braga Transfer Summer 2021 Free [2]
92 RB Italy Cristiano Piccini 24 Real Betis Transfer Summer 2022 €3.2 m [3]
21 AM Brazil Mattheus Oliveira 24 Estoril Transfer Summer 2022 €2.0 m [4]
16 CM Argentina Rodrigo Battaglia 25 Braga Transfer Summer 2022 €4.5 m [3]
8 MF Portugal Bruno Fernandes 22 Sampdoria Transfer Summer 2022 €8.5 m [5]
88 FW Ivory Coast Seydou Doumbia 29 Roma Transfer Summer 2018 €3.5 m [3]
5 LB Portugal Fábio Coentrão 29 Real Madrid Loan Summer 2018 Undisclosed [6]
22 CB France Jérémy Mathieu 33 Barcelona Transfer Summer 2019 Free [7]
9 LW Argentina Marcos Acuña 25 Racing Club Transfer Summer 2021 €9.6 m [8]
18 GK France Romain Salin 33 Guingamp Transfer Summer 2019 Undisclosed [9]
13 RB North Macedonia Stefan Ristovski 25 Rijeka Loan Summer 2018 Undisclosed [10]
82 GK Portugal Pedro Silva 20 Sporting CP B Summer 2022 Youth system [11]

Transfers out

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
DF Portugal Rúben Semedo 23 Villarreal Transfer Summer €14.0 m [12]
DF Portugal Filipe Chaby 25 Belenenses Transfer Summer Undisclosed [13]
DF Portugal Ricardo Esgaio 24 Braga Transfer Summer Free [14]
DF Portugal Paulo Oliveira 25 Eibar Transfer Summer €3.5 m [15]
DF Portugal André Geraldes 21 Desportivo das Aves Loan Summer Free [16]
DF Guinea Mama Baldé 21 Belenenses Loan Summer Free [16]
DF Portugal Domingos Duarte 22 Chaves Loan Summer Free [16]
DF Brazil Jefferson 28 Braga Loan Summer Free [16]
MF Portugal Francisco Geraldes 22 Rio Ave Loan Summer Free [16]
MF Scotland Ryan Gauld 21 Desportivo das Aves Loan Summer Free [17]
MF Bulgaria Simeon Slavchev 23 Lechia Gdańsk Loan Summer Undisclosed [16]
FW Cape Verde Héldon 28 Vitória de Guimarães Loan Summer Free [16]
FW Brazil Matheus Pereira 21 Chaves Loan Summer Free [16]
FW Netherlands Luc Castaignos 24 Vitesse Loan Summer Free [16]
FW Colombia Leonardo Ruiz 21 Boavista Loan Summer Free [18]
FW Lithuania Lukas Spalvis 22 1. FC Kaiserslautern Loan Summer Free [19]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Sporting CP Portugal v Portugal Cova da Piedade
5 July 2017 Friendly Sporting CP Portugal 2–0 Portugal Cova da Piedade Alcochete, Portugal
17:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Academia Sporting
Sporting CP Portugal v Portugal Belenenses
7 July 2017 Friendly Sporting CP Portugal 1–1 Portugal Belenenses Faro, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report
  • Sousa 62'
 Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Referee: João Capela (Portugal)
Sporting CP Portugal v Turkey Fenerbahçe
12 July 2017 Friendly Sporting CP Portugal 2–1 Turkey Fenerbahçe Rennes, Switzerland
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report Stadium: Stade du Censuy
Sporting CP Portugal v Spain Valencia
13 July 2017 Friendly Sporting CP Portugal 0–3 Spain Valencia Martigny, Switzerland
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report
Basel Switzerland v Portugal Sporting CP
15 July 2017 Friendly Basel Switzerland 3–2 Portugal Sporting CP Estavayer-le-lac, Switzerland
19:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Terrain des Grèves, Centre Sportif, Delley-Portalban
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
Marseille France v Portugal Sporting CP
18 July 2017 Friendly Marseille France 2–1 Portugal Sporting CP Evian-les-Bains, France
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Camille Fournier
Sporting CP Portugal v France Monaco
22 July 2017 Presentation Sporting CP Portugal 2–1 France Monaco Lisbon, Portugal
19:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)
  • Fernandes 32'
  • Dost 43'
 Report
Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 40,488
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
Sporting CP Portugal v Portugal Vitória de Guimarães
26 July 2017 Friendly Sporting CP Portugal 0–3 Portugal Vitória de Guimarães Rio Maior, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
Sporting CP Portugal v Italy Fiorentina
29 July 2017 Troféu Cinco Violinos Sporting CP Portugal 1–0 Italy Fiorentina Lisbon, Portugal
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Dost 29' Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 37,775
Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Primeira Liga 6 August 2017 13 May 2018 Matchday 1 3rd 34 24 6 4 63 24 +39 070.59
Taça de Portugal 12 October 2017 20 May 2018 3rd round Runners-up 7 5 0 2 14 6 +8 071.43
Taça da Liga 19 September 2017 27 January 2018 Group stage Winners 5 3 2 0 8 2 +6 060.00
Champions League 15 August 2017 5 December 2017 Play-off round Group stage 8 3 2 3 13 10 +3 037.50
Europa League 15 February 2018 12 April 2018 Round of 32 Quarter-finals 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 050.00
Total 60 38 11 11 108 50 +58 063.33

Source: Sporting.pt

Primeira Liga

On 5 July 2017, Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional announced nine stipulations for the Liga NOS fixture draw that took place on 7 July. Among previous conditions, two new were added, the two teams who will play the Supertaça could not play against Sporting CP (Portuguese team in the play-off round of Champions League) on the first two matchdays.[20]

League table

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Porto (C) 34 28 4 2 82 18 +64 88 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Benfica 34 25 6 3 80 22 +58 81 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Sporting CP 34 24 6 4 63 24 +39 78 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
4 Braga 34 24 3 7 74 29 +45 75 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
5 Rio Ave 34 15 6 13 40 42 −2 51 Qualification for the Europa League second 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. (Note: only criteria 1, 5, 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Desportivo das Aves qualified for the Europa league group stage by winning the 2017–18 Taça de Portugal. However, since they failed to obtain a license for European competitions, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team was passed to the fifth-placed team (Europa league second qualifying round).

Results by round

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2018. Source: zerozero.pt
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

^ Tied with FC Porto at matchday 3.

Matches

Desportivo das Aves v Sporting CP
6 August 2017 1 Desportivo das Aves 0–2 Sporting CP Vila das Aves
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Report Martins 23', 75' Stadium: Estádio do CD Aves
Attendance: 5,462
Referee: Tiago Martins
Sporting CP v Vitória de Setúbal
11 August 2017 2 Sporting CP 1–0 Vitória de Setúbal Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00) Dost 86' (pen.) Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 42,415
Referee: Bruno Paixão
Vitória de Guimarães v Sporting CP
19 August 2017 3 Vitória de Guimarães 0–5 Sporting CP Guimarães
18:15 WEST (UTC+01:00) Report
Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
Attendance: 22,936
Referee: Hugo Miguel
Sporting CP v Estoril
27 August 2017 4 Sporting CP 2–1 Estoril Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report Lucas Evangelista 85' Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 45,367
Referee: Luís Godinho
Feirense v Sporting CP
10 September 2017 5 Feirense 2–3 Sporting CP Santa Maria da Feira
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Marcolino de Castro
Attendance: 5,449
Referee: Artur Soares Dias
Sporting CP v Tondela
16 September 2017 6 Sporting CP 2–0 Tondela Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 42,401
Referee: Manuel Oliveira
Moreirense v Sporting CP
23 September 2017 7 Moreirense 1–1 Sporting CP Moreira de Cónegos
18:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas
Attendance: 3,976
Referee: Luís Godinho
Sporting CP v Porto
1 October 2017 8 Sporting CP 0–0 Porto Lisbon
19:15 WEST (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 47,017
Referee: Carlos Xistra
Sporting CP v Chaves
22 October 2017 9 Sporting CP 5–1 Chaves Lisbon
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 42,285
Referee: Rui Costa
Rio Ave v Sporting CP
27 October 2017 10 Rio Ave 0–1 Sporting CP Vila do Conde
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00) Report Dost 85' Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos
Attendance: 7,158
Referee: Rui Costa
Sporting CP v Braga
5 November 2017 11 Sporting CP 2–2 Braga Lisbon
20:15 GMT (UTC+00:00)
  • Dost 66'
  • Fernandes 90+5'
 Report
Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 42,884
Referee: Carlos Xistra
Paços de Ferreira v Sporting CP
26 November 2017 12 Paços de Ferreira 1–2 Sporting CP Paços de Ferreira
18:00 GMT (UTC+00:00) Report Stadium: Estádio Capital do Móvel
Attendance: 5,534
Referee: Tiago Martins
Sporting CP v Belenenses
1 December 2017 13 Sporting CP 1–0 Belenenses Lisbon
18:15 GMT (UTC+00:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 46,881
Referee: Nuno Almeida
Boavista v Sporting CP
9 December 2017 14 Boavista 1–3 Sporting CP Porto
20:15 GMT (UTC+00:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio do Bessa
Attendance: 8,271
Referee: Luís Godinho
Sporting CP v Portimonense
17 December 2017 15 Sporting CP 2–0 Portimonense Lisbon
18:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)
  • Fernandes 9'
  • Dost 60'
 Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 43,797
Referee: João Capela
Benfica v Sporting CP
3 January 2018 16 Benfica 1–1 Sporting CP Lisbon
21:30 GMT (UTC+00:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 61,996
Referee: Hugo Miguel
Sporting CP v Marítimo
7 January 2018 17 Sporting CP 5–0 Marítimo Lisbon
18:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 41,754
Referee: Carlos Xistra
Sporting CP v Desportivo das Aves
14 January 2018 18 Sporting CP 3–0 Desportivo das Aves Lisbon
20:15 GMT (UTC+00:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 41,950
Referee: João Pinheiro
Vitória de Setúbal v Sporting CP
19 January 2018 19 Vitória de Setúbal 1–1 Sporting CP Setúbal
19:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)
  • Edinho 90+3' (pen.)
 Report Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim
Attendance: 7,540
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo
Sporting CP v Vitória de Guimarães
31 January 2018 20 Sporting CP 1–0 Vitória de Guimarães Lisbon
21:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 42,757
Referee: Luís Godinho
Estoril v Sporting CP
4 February 2018 21 Estoril 2–0 Sporting CP Estoril
18:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota
Attendance: 6,258
Referee: Manuel Mota
Sporting CP v Feirense
11 February 2018 22 Sporting CP 2–0 Feirense Lisbon
18:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 41,978
Referee: Luís Ferreira
Tondela v Sporting CP
19 February 2018 23 Tondela 1–2 Sporting CP Tondela
20:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)
  • Cardoso 13'
 Report
Stadium: Estádio João Cardoso
Attendance: 4,885
Referee: João Capela
Sporting CP v Moreirense
26 February 2018 24 Sporting CP 1–0 Moreirense Lisbon
21:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 38,920
Referee: Tiago Martins
Porto v Sporting CP
2 March 2018 25 Porto 2–1 Sporting CP Porto
20:30 GMT (UTC+00:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 48,405
Referee: Artur Soares Dias
Chaves v Sporting CP
12 March 2018 26 Chaves 1–2 Sporting CP Chaves
19:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Chaves
Attendance: 3,208
Referee: Hugo Miguel
Sporting CP v Rio Ave
18 March 2018 27 Sporting CP 2–0 Rio Ave Lisbon
20:15 GMT (UTC+00:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 42,706
Referee: Rui Costa
Braga v Sporting CP
31 March 2018 28 Braga 1–0 Sporting CP Braga
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00) Silva 87' Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 16,557
Referee: Luís Godinho
Sporting CP v Paços de Ferreira
8 April 2018 29 Sporting CP 2–0 Paços de Ferreira Lisbon
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 40,868
Referee: Bruno Esteves
Belenenses v Sporting CP
15 April 2018 30 Belenenses 3–4 Sporting CP Lisbon
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio do Restelo
Attendance: 5,167
Referee: Bruno Paixão
Sporting CP v Boavista
22 April 2018 31 Sporting CP 1–0 Boavista Lisbon
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 48,320
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo
Portimonense v Sporting CP
28 April 2018 32 Portimonense 1–2 Sporting CP Portimão
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00) Report
  • Fernandes 23', 89'
 Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão
Attendance: 5,724
Referee: Manuel Oliveira
Sporting CP v Benfica
5 May 2018 33 Sporting CP 0–0 Benfica Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 49,339
Referee: Carlos Xistra

Taça de Portugal

Third round

Oleiros v Sporting CP
12 October 2017 Oleiros 2–4 Sporting CP Oleiros
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)
  • Jackson 80'
  • Djô Djô 90+3'
 Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Oleiros
Attendance: 2,241

Fourth round

Sporting CP v Famalicão
16 November 2017 Sporting CP 2–0 Famalicão Lisbon
20:30 GMT (UTC+00:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 11,683
Referee: Hélder Malheiro

Round of 16

Sporting CP v Vilaverdense
13 December 2017 Sporting CP 4–0 Vilaverdense Lisbon
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Referee: Luís Ferreira

Quarter-finals

Cova da Piedade v Sporting CP
10 January 2018 Cova da Piedade 1–2 Sporting CP Setúbal
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)
Report
  • Fernandes 54'
  • Dost 77'
 Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim
Referee: Rui Costa

Semi-finals

Porto v Sporting CP
7 February 2018 1st leg Porto 1–0 Sporting CP Porto
20:15 GMT (UTC±00:00) Soares 60' Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 32,855
Referee: João Pinheiro
Sporting CP v Porto
18 April 2018 2nd leg Sporting CP 1–0
(1–1 agg.)
(5–4 p)		 Porto Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00) Coates 85' Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Jorge Sousa
Penalties
Fernandes soccer ball with check mark
Ruiz soccer ball with check mark
Mathieu soccer ball with check mark
Coates soccer ball with check mark
Montero soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with red X Marcano
soccer ball with check mark Telles
soccer ball with check mark Felipe
soccer ball with check mark Reyes
soccer ball with check mark Oliveira

1–1 on aggregate. Sporting CP won 5–4 on penalties.

Final

Sporting CP v Desportivo das Aves
20 May 2018 Final Sporting CP 1–2 Desportivo das Aves Lisbon
17:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio do Jamor
Referee: Tiago Martins

Taça da Liga

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sporting CP 3 1 2 0 7 1 +6 5 Advance to knockout phase
2 Marítimo 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3 Belenenses 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
4 União da Madeira 3 0 1 2 3 10 −7 1
Updated to match(es) played on 30 December 2017. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Sporting CP v Marítimo
19 September 2017 1 Sporting CP 0–0 Marítimo Lisbon
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 22,127
Referee: Manuel Mota
Sporting CP v União da Madeira
20 December 2017 2 Sporting CP 6–0 União da Madeira Lisbon
21:15 WEST (UTC+00:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 8,713
Referee: Vasco Santos
Belenenses v Sporting CP
29 December 2017 3 Belenenses 1–1 Sporting CP Lisbon
19:15 WEST (UTC+00:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio do Restelo
Attendance: 6,897
Referee: João Pinheiro

Semi-finals

Sporting CP v Porto
24 January 2018 Sporting CP 0–0
(4–3 p)		 Porto Braga
20:45 WEST (UTC+00:00) Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 26,536
Referee: Nuno Almeida
Penalties
Dost soccer ball with check mark
Fernandes soccer ball with check mark
Mathieu soccer ball with check mark
Coates soccer ball with red X
Carvalho soccer ball with red X
Ruiz soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Telles
soccer ball with check mark Marcano
soccer ball with red X Herrera
soccer ball with check mark Waris
soccer ball with red X Aboubakar
soccer ball with red X Brahimi

Final

Vitória Setúbal v Sporting CP
27 January 2018 Vitória Setúbal 1–1
(4–5 p)		 Sporting CP Braga
20:45 WEST (UTC+00:00) Paciência 4' Report Dost 80' (pen.) Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 24,137
Referee: Rui Costa
Penalties
Paciência soccer ball with check mark
Patrick soccer ball with check mark
Podstawski soccer ball with red X
Edinho soccer ball with check mark
Arnold soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Dost
soccer ball with check mark Fernandes
soccer ball with check mark Mathieu
soccer ball with check mark Coates
soccer ball with check mark Carvalho

UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

Sporting CP Portugal v Romania Steaua București
15 August 2017 1st leg Sporting CP Portugal 0–0 Romania Steaua București Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 46,678
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Steaua București Romania v Portugal Sporting CP
23 August 2017 2nd leg Steaua București Romania 1–5
(1–5 agg.)		 Portugal Sporting CP Bucharest, Romania
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 49,220
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Group stage

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR JUV SPO OLY
1 Spain Barcelona 6 4 2 0 9 1 +8 14 Advance to knockout phase — 3–0 2–0 3–1
2 Italy Juventus 6 3 2 1 7 5 +2 11 0–0 — 2–1 2–0
3 Portugal Sporting CP 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 7 Transfer to Europa League 0–1 1–1 — 3–1
4 Greece Olympiacos 6 0 1 5 4 13 −9 1 0–0 0–2 2–3 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Olympiacos Greece v Portugal Sporting CP
12 September 2017 1 Olympiacos Greece 2–3 Portugal Sporting CP Piraeus, Greece
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 30,168
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Sporting CP Portugal v Spain Barcelona
27 September 2017 2 Sporting CP Portugal 0–1 Spain Barcelona Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report
Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 48,575
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
Juventus Italy v Portugal Sporting CP
18 October 2017 3 Juventus Italy 2–1 Portugal Sporting CP Turin, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Juventus Stadium
Attendance: 36,288
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
Sporting CP Portugal v Italy Juventus
31 October 2017 4 Sporting CP Portugal 1–1 Italy Juventus Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 48,442
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
Sporting CP Portugal v Greece Olympiacos
22 November 2017 5 Sporting CP Portugal 3–1 Greece Olympiacos Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 42,528
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Barcelona Spain v Portugal Sporting CP
5 December 2017 6 Barcelona Spain 2–0 Portugal Sporting CP Barcelona, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 48,336
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

UEFA Europa League

Round of 32

Astana Kazakhstan v Portugal Sporting CP
15 February 2018 1st leg Astana Kazakhstan 1–3 Portugal Sporting CP Astana, Kazakhstan
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report
Stadium: Astana Arena
Attendance: 29,737
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
Sporting CP Portugal v Kazakhstan Astana
22 February 2018 2nd leg Sporting CP Portugal 3–3
(6–4 agg.)		 Kazakhstan Astana Lisbon, Portugal
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)
  • Dost 3'
  • Fernandes 53', 63'
 Report
Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 30,456
Referee: Tamás Bognar (Hungary)

Round of 16

Sporting CP Portugal v Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň
8 March 2018 1st leg Sporting CP Portugal 2–0 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň Lisbon, Portugal
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 26,090
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic v Portugal Sporting CP
16 March 2018 2nd leg Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic 2–1
(2–3 agg.)		 Portugal Sporting CP Plzeň, Czech Republic
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Doosan Arena
Attendance: 9,370
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

Quarter-finals

Atlético Madrid Spain v Portugal Sporting CP
5 April 2018 1st Leg Atlético Madrid Spain 2–0 Portugal Sporting CP Madrid, Spain
20:05 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
Sporting CP Portugal v Spain Atlético Madrid
12 April 2018 2nd leg Sporting CP Portugal 1–0
(1–2 agg.)		 Spain Atlético Madrid Lisbon, Portugal
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 28,437
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 18 May 2019
No. Pos Nat Player Total Primeira Liga Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Portugal POR Rui Patrício 42 0 34 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
19 GK France FRA Romain Salin 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
82 GK Portugal POR Pedro Silva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
4 DF Uruguay URU Sebastián Coates 43 5 34 2 5 2 4 1 0 0 0 0
5 DF Portugal POR Fábio Coentrão 33 1 25 1 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF Portugal POR André Pinto 10 0 4+3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
13 DF North Macedonia MKD Stefan Ristovski 15 0 8 0 5+1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF Ghana GHA Lumor Agbenyenu 7 0 0+7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 DF Netherlands NED Douglas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 DF France FRA Jérémy Mathieu 36 3 29 2 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 0
92 DF Italy ITA Cristiano Piccini 30 0 24 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
8 MF Portugal POR Bruno Fernandes 42 12 32+1 11 3+2 1 3+1 0 0 0 0 0
11 MF Brazil BRA Bruno César 25 0 7+11 0 3+1 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Portugal POR William Carvalho 29 1 24 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF Argentina ARG Rodrigo Battaglia 43 1 21+12 1 6 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF Serbia SRB Radosav Petrović 8 0 2+3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF Croatia CRO Josip Mišić 6 0 1+4 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF Brazil BRA Wendel 4 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
66 MF Portugal POR João Palhinha 3 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
7 FW Portugal POR Rúben Ribeiro 12 0 5+4 0 0+1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Argentina ARG Marcos Acuña 41 5 27+4 4 4+1 0 3+2 1 0 0 0 0
17 FW Portugal POR Daniel Podence 18 0 7+5 0 2+1 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW Costa Rica CRC Bryan Ruiz 27 2 11+9 2 3 0 2+2 0 0 0 0 0
28 FW Netherlands NED Bas Dost 38 30 29+1 27 3+1 2 3+1 1 0 0 0 0
40 FW Colombia COL Fredy Montero 16 2 4+7 1 0+3 1 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
77 FW Portugal POR Gelson Martins 39 10 30+1 8 3+2 1 2+1 1 0 0 0 0
88 FW Ivory Coast CIV Seydou Doumbia 21 5 4+10 0 3+1 3 2+1 2 0 0 0 0
93 FW Portugal POR Rafael Leão 4 1 0+3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have been loaned out or transferred
3 DF Argentina ARG Jonathan Silva 12 0 4+2 0 1 0 1 0 2+2 0 0 0
55 DF Portugal POR Tobias Figueiredo 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
21 MF Brazil BRA Matheus Pereira 3 0 0 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0 0+1 0
23 MF Portugal POR Adrien Silva 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
45 MF Portugal POR Iuri Medeiros 10 1 1+5 0 1 0 1+1 1 0+1 0 0 0
10 FW Argentina ARG Alan Ruiz 8 0 3+2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

Clean sheets

No. Player Primeira Liga Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Champions League Europa League Total
1 Portugal Rui Patrício 17 2 1 1 2 24
18 France Romain Salin 0 1 2 0 0 3
Totals 17 3 3 1 2 27

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