2025–26 Sporting CP season

Sporting CP
2025–26 season
PresidentFrederico Varandas
Head coachRui Borges
StadiumEstádio José Alvalade
Primeira Liga2nd
Taça de PortugalSemi-finals
Taça da LigaSemi-finals
Supertaça Cândido de OliveiraRunners-up
UEFA Champions LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Luis Suárez (19)

All:
Luis Suárez (26)

The 2025–26 season is the 133rd season in the history of Sporting CP, and the club's 92nd 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

Current squad

As of 2 February 2026[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  POR Rui Silva
2 DF  BRA Matheus Reis
5 MF  JPN Hidemasa Morita
6 DF  BEL Zeno Debast
7 FW  POR Geovany Quenda
8 MF  POR Pedro Gonçalves
10 FW  MOZ Geny Catamo
11 DF  POR Nuno Santos
12 GK  POR João Virgínia
13 DF  GRE Georgios Vagiannidis
14 MF  GEO Giorgi Kochorashvili
15 FW  SEN Souleymane Faye
17 FW  POR Francisco Trincão
20 FW  URU Maximiliano Araújo
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
31 FW  BRA Luis Guilherme
41 GK  BRA Diego Callai
42 MF  DEN Morten Hjulmand (captain)
52 MF  POR João Simões
72 DF  POR Eduardo Quaresma
89 FW  GRE Fotis Ioannidis
91 DF  POR Ricardo Mangas
97 FW  COL Luis Suárez
99 GK  POR Francisco Silva

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
32 MF  ARG Mateo Tanlongo

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
Summer transfers
FW Brazil Alisson Santos Brazil Vitória €2,100,000[2] 30 June 2025 [3]
GK Portugal Rui Silva Spain Real Betis €4,000,000[4] 1 July 2025 [5]
MF Georgia (country) Giorgi Kochorashvili Spain Levante €5,500,000[6] 6 July 2025 [7]
GK Portugal João Virgínia Unattached Free 25 July 2025 [8]
FW Colombia Luis Suárez Spain Almería €25,000,000[9] 31 July 2025 [10]
DF Greece Georgios Vagiannidis Greece Panathinaikos €13,000,000 6 August 2025 [11]
FW Greece Fotis Ioannidis Greece Panathinaikos €22,000,000 1 September 2025 [12]
Disclosed total
€71,600,000

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
Summer transfers
MF Portugal Dário Essugo England Chelsea €22,270,000[13][14] 2 June 2025 [15]
GK Portugal Diogo Pinto Portugal Estrela da Amadora Free transfer 25 June 2025 [16]
GK Bosnia and Herzegovina Vladan Kovačević England Norwich City €2,500,000 26 June 2025 [17]
MF France Koba Koindredi Switzerland Basel Loan 27 June 2025 [18]
FW England Marcus Edwards England Burnley €10,000,000 1 July 2025 [19]
MF Greece Sotiris Alexandropoulos Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf Loan 2 July 2025 [20]
FW Sweden Viktor Gyökeres England Arsenal €65,800,000[21] 26 July 2025 [22]
GK Uruguay Franco Israel Italy Torino €4,500,000[23] 27 July 2025 [24]
FW Denmark Conrad Harder Germany RB Leipzig €24,000,000 1 September 2025 [25]
Disclosed total
€127,070,000

Friendlies

Pre-season

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Primeira Liga 8 August 2025 16 May 2026 Matchday 1 TBD 22 17 4 1 56 12 +44 077.27
Taça de Portugal 18 October 2025 TBD Third round TBD 4 4 0 0 12 6 +6 100.00
Taça da Liga 28 October 2025 6 January 2026 Quarter-finals Semi-finals 2 1 0 1 6 3 +3 050.00
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira 31 July 2025 Final Runners-up 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
UEFA Champions League 18 September 2025 TBD League phase TBD 8 5 1 2 17 11 +6 062.50
Total 37 27 5 5 91 33 +58 072.97

Last updated: 15 February 2026
Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Porto 22 19 2 1 43 7 +36 59 Qualification for the Champions League league phase
2 Sporting CP 22 17 4 1 56 12 +44 55 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Benfica 22 15 7 0 46 13 +33 52 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4 Gil Vicente 22 11 7 4 33 18 +15 40 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5 Braga 22 11 6 5 45 20 +25 39
Updated to match(es) played on 16 February 2026. Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Matches won; 6) Goals scored; 7) 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
22 17 4 1 56 12  +44 55 9 1 1 33 4  +29 8 3 0 23 8  +15

Last updated: 15 February 2026.
Source: Liga Portugal

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWWWLWWWDWWWWDWWWDWWWDW
Position61132222222222222222222
Points3699121518192225283132353841424548515255
Updated to match(es) played on 15 February 2026. Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

8 August 2025 1 Casa Pia 0–2 Sporting CP Rio Maior
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00) Report
  • Trincão 42'
  • Hjulmand 62'
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior
Attendance: 6,981
Referee: Gustavo Correia
17 August 2025 2 Sporting CP 6–0 Arouca Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 41,986
Referee: Hélder Malheiro
23 August 2025 3 Nacional 1–4 Sporting CP Funchal
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio da Madeira
Attendance: 4,394
Referee: Bruno Costa
30 August 2025 4 Sporting CP 1–2 Porto Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 50,946
Referee: João Gonçalves
13 September 2025 5 Famalicão 1–2 Sporting CP Vila Nova de Famalicão
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho
Attendance: 4,887
Referee: António Nobre
22 September 2025 6 Sporting CP 3–0 Moreirense Lisbon
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 41,710
Referee: Hélder Carvalho
27 September 2025 7 Estoril 0–1 Sporting CP Estoril
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00) Report
Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota
Attendance: 4,882
Referee: Luís Godinho
5 October 2025 8 Sporting CP 1–1 Braga Lisbon
19:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 46,331
Referee: Cláudio Pereira
26 October 2025 9 Tondela 0–3 Sporting CP Tondela
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00) Report
Stadium: Estádio João Cardoso
Attendance: 4,519
Referee: José Bessa
31 October 2025 10 Sporting CP 2–0 Alverca Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00) Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 31,833
Referee: António Nobre
8 November 2025 11 Santa Clara 1–2 Sporting CP Ponta Delgada
19:30 AZT (UTC-01:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel
Attendance: 5,970
Referee: João Gonçalves
30 November 2025 12 Sporting CP 4–0 Estrela da Amadora Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 43,722
Referee: Anzhony Rodrigues
5 December 2025 13 Benfica 1–1 Sporting CP Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 65,247
Referee: António Nobre
13 December 2025 14 Sporting CP 6–0 AVS Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 38,713
Referee: Iancu Vasilica
23 December 2025 15 Vitória de Guimarães 1–4 Sporting CP Guimarães
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
Attendance: 25,097
Referee: Miguel Nogueira
28 December 2025 16 Sporting CP 4–0 Rio Ave Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 47,032
Referee: Carlos Macedo
2 January 2026 17 Gil Vicente 1–1 Sporting CP Barcelos
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)
  • Carlos Eduardo 87'
Report
Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos
Attendance: 8,956
Referee: Gustavo Correia
16 January 2026 18 Sporting CP 3–0 Casa Pia Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 34,975
Referee: David Rafael Silva
24 January 2026 19 Arouca 1–2 Sporting CP Arouca
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca
Attendance: 3,142
Referee: Hélder Carvalho
1 February 2026 20 Sporting CP 2–1 Nacional Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 39,984
Referee: Ricardo Baixinho
9 February 2026 21 Porto 1–1 Sporting CP Porto
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 49,378
Referee: Luís Godinho
15 February 2026 22 Sporting CP 1–0 Famalicão Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00) Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 46,164
Referee: David Rafael Silva
21 February 2026 23 Moreirense v Sporting CP Moreira de Cónegos
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00) Report Stadium: Parque Moreira de Cóngeos
Referee: Bruno Costa
27 February 2026 24 Sporting CP v Estoril Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00) Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
8 March 2026 25 Braga v Sporting CP Braga
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00) Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
15 March 2026 26 Sporting CP v Tondela Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00) Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
22 March 2026 27 Alverca v Sporting CP Alverca do Ribatejo
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00) Report Stadium: Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca
4 April 2026 28 Sporting CP v Santa Clara Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
12 April 2026 29 Estrela da Amadora v Sporting CP Amadora
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Estádio José Gomes
19 April 2026 30 Sporting CP v Benfica Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
26 April 2026 31 AVS v Sporting CP Vila das Aves
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Estádio do CD Aves
3 May 2026 32 Sporting CP v Vitória de Guimarães Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
10 May 2026 33 Rio Ave v Sporting CP Vila do Conde
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos
Referee: Luís Godinho
17 May 2026 34 Sporting CP v Gil Vicente Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Taça de Portugal

18 October 2025 Third round Paços de Ferreira 2–3 (a.e.t.) Sporting CP Paços de Ferreira
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Estádio Capital do Móvel
Referee: Miguel Nogueira
22 November 2025 Fourth round Sporting CP 3–0 Marinhense Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Referee: Ricardo Baixinho
18 December 2025 Fifth round Santa Clara 2–3 (a.e.t.) Sporting CP Ponta Delgada
18:45 AZT (UTC-01:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel
Referee: João Pinheiro
5 February 2026 Quarter-finals Sporting CP 3–2 (a.e.t.) AVS Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00) Report
Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 21,454
Referee: André Narciso
3 March 2026 Semi-finals
First leg
Sporting CP v Porto Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00) Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
21–23 April 2026 Semi-finals
Second leg
Porto v Sporting CP Porto
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão

Taça da Liga

28 October 2025 Quarter-finals Sporting CP 5–1 Alverca Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±0)
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 23,085
Referee: Bruno Costa
6 January 2026 Semi-finals Sporting CP 1–2 Vitória de Guimarães Leiria
20:00 WET (UTC±0)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa
Attendance: 14,268
Referee: Luís Godinho

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

31 July 2025 Final Sporting CP 0–1 Benfica Faro/Loulé
20:45 WEST (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 19,354
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

UEFA Champions League

League phase

The league phase draw was held on 28 August 2025.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
5 Spain Barcelona 8 5 1 2 22 14 +8 16 Advance to round of 16 (seeded)
6 England Chelsea 8 5 1 2 17 10 +7 16
7 Portugal Sporting CP 8 5 1 2 17 11 +6 16
8 England Manchester City 8 5 1 2 15 9 +6 16
9 Spain Real Madrid 8 5 0 3 21 12 +9 15 Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
Source: UEFA[26]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
Round12345678
GroundHAHAHAHA
ResultWLWDWLWW
Position3131113814107
Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
18 September 2025 1 Sporting CP Portugal 4–1 Kazakhstan Kairat Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 38,696
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)
1 October 2025 2 Napoli Italy 2–1 Portugal Sporting CP Naples, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Attendance: 47,364
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
22 October 2025 3 Sporting CP Portugal 2–1 France Marseille Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 46,766
Referee: Rade Obrenović (Slovenia)
4 November 2025 4 Juventus Italy 1–1 Portugal Sporting CP Turin, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Juventus Stadium
Attendance: 40,729
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
26 November 2025 5 Sporting CP Portugal 3–0 Belgium Club Brugge Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC±0)
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 41,634
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
9 December 2025 6 Bayern Munich Germany 3–1 Portugal Sporting CP Munich, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Nick Walsh (Scotland)
20 January 2026 7 Sporting CP Portugal 2–1 France Paris Saint-Germain Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC±0)
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 51,428
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
28 January 2026 8 Athletic Bilbao Spain 2–3 Portugal Sporting CP Bilbao, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 52,065
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 will be held on 27 February 2026.

10–11 March 2026 First leg TBD v Portugal Sporting CP TBD
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: TBD
17–18 March 2026 Second leg Sporting CP Portugal v TBD Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC±0) 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 Portugal POR Rui Silva 29 0 20 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 0
12 GK Portugal POR João Virgínia 8 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
41 GK Brazil BRA Diego Callai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Brazil BRA Matheus Reis 20 0 3+6 0 2+1 0 2 0 0 0 2+4 0
3 DF Netherlands NED Jerry St. Juste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF Belgium BEL Zeno Debast 15 0 7+3 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 1+2 0
13 DF Greece GRE Georgios Vagiannidis 20 0 7+6 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1+2 0
19 DF Portugal POR Diogo Travassos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 DF Uruguay URU Maximiliano Araújo 30 5 16+2 4 1+1 0 1 0 1 0 8 1
22 DF Spain ESP Iván Fresneda 30 1 16+2 1 1+2 0 1 0 1 0 7 0
25 DF Portugal POR Gonçalo Inácio 31 0 21 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
26 DF Ivory Coast CIV Ousmane Diomande 16 1 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4+1 1
43 DF Portugal POR João Muniz 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
47 DF Portugal POR Ricardo Esgaio 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
49 DF Brazil BRA Rômulo 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
70 DF Portugal POR Salvador Blopa 6 2 0+1 0 1+1 0 1 2 0 0 0+2 0
72 DF Portugal POR Eduardo Quaresma 18 1 5+2 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 3+2 0
91 DF Portugal POR Ricardo Mangas 18 2 9+2 2 3+1 0 1 0 0 0 1+1 0
Midfielders
5 MF Japan JPN Hidemasa Morita 31 0 12+7 0 2 0 1+1 0 1 0 1+6 0
8 MF Portugal POR Pedro Gonçalves 25 10 15+2 9 1+1 1 0 0 1 0 3+2 0
14 MF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Kochorashvili 22 0 4+10 0 2+1 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 1+1 0
23 MF Portugal POR Daniel Bragança 6 2 0+3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0
42 MF Denmark DEN Morten Hjulmand 31 2 19 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 7 0
52 MF Portugal POR João Simões 24 1 9+5 0 1+1 1 1 0 0 0 7 0
60 MF Brazil BRA Rayan Lucas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
7 FW Portugal POR Geovany Quenda 22 5 5+8 1 1+1 0 1 2 0+1 0 5 2
10 FW Mozambique MOZ Geny Catamo 28 6 14+3 4 0+3 1 0 0 1 0 5+2 1
11 FW Portugal POR Nuno Santos 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 FW Senegal SEN Souleymane Faye 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW Portugal POR Francisco Trincão 35 10 21+1 4 3+1 2 1 0 1 0 7 4
27 FW Brazil BRA Alisson Santos 31 3 0+18 0 3 0 1+1 0 0 0 1+7 3
28 FW Portugal POR Rodrigo Ribeiro 3 0 0 0 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
31 FW Brazil BRA Luis Guilherme 7 1 4+1 0 1 1 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
58 FW Portugal POR Flávio Gonçalves 5 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
63 FW Ivory Coast CIV Chris Grombahi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
89 FW Greece GRE Fotis Ioannidis 21 6 3+9 3 1+1 2 2 1 0 0 2+3 0
90 FW Portugal POR Rafael Nel 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
97 FW Colombia COL Luis Suárez 35 26 21 19 2+2 2 1 1 0+1 0 6+2 4
Players who transferred out during the season
9 FW Denmark DEN Conrad Harder 5 1 0+4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

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