2009–10 Sporting CP season

The 2009–10 season was Sporting Clube de Portugal's 76th season in the top flight, the Liga Sagres. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club have and will play during the 2009–10 season.

Sporting CP

2009–10 season
Manager	Paulo Bento (until 6 November 2009)[1] Leonel Pontes1 (from 6 November 2009 to 15 November 2009)[2] Carlos Carvalhal (from 15 November 2009)[3]
Liga Sagres	4th
Cup of Portugal Millennium	Quarter-finals
Carlsberg Cup	Semi-finals
UEFA Champions League	Play-off round
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Liédson (13) All: Liédson (22)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

Squad

First team squad

As of 1 January 2010.

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 Patrício 2 MF  POR Pedro Mendes 3 DF  POR Daniel Carriço 4 DF  BRA Ânderson Polga (vice-captain 2nd) 5 DF  BRA Pedro Silva 6 MF  POR Adrien Silva 7 MF  RUS Marat Izmailov 9 FW  POR Carlos Saleiro 10 MF  MNE Simon Vukčević 12 DF  POR Marco Caneira 13 DF  POR Tonel 14 MF  CHI Matías Fernández 16 GK  POR Tiago Ferreira (vice-captain 3rd)

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  ARG Leandro Grimi 19 GK  POR Ricardo Batista 20 FW  POR Yannick Djaló 21 DF  POR João Pereira 22 FW  FRA Florent Sinama Pongolle 23 FW  POR Hélder Postiga 24 MF  POR Miguel Veloso 25 MF  POR Bruno Pereirinha 28 MF  POR João Moutinho (captain) 30 DF  MOZ Mexer 31 FW  POR Liédson 78 DF  POR Abel

^[4]

Youth Squad

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 — GK  POR Ruben Luís (a) — GK  POR João Figueiredo (a) — GK  POR Luís Ribeiro — DF  BRA Matheus Silva (a) — DF  POR André Oliveira — DF  POR Leandro Albano — DF  POR João Freitas — DF  POR Miguel Serôdio (a) — DF  ARG Nacho Ameli — DF  POR Nuno Reis (a) — DF  POR Cédric (a) — MF  GNB Zezinho — MF  POR Ari Oliveira — MF  POR Luís Almeida (a)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  POR João Oliveira — MF  USA Gregory Garza (a) — MF  BRA Renato Neto (a) — MF  POR William Carvalho — MF  ARG Alexis Quintulén — MF  POR Afonso Taira (a) — FW  POR Henrique Gomes — FW  POR Amido Baldé (a) — FW  POR Danilo Serrano (a) — FW  POR Alex Zahavi (a) — FW  POR Renato Santos (a) — FW  BRA Matheus Coelho (a) — FW  POR Peter Caraballo (a)

(a) According to LPFP^[5]

^[6]

UEFA Europa League squad

As of 14 September 2009.

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 Patrício 2 MF  POR Pedro Mendes 3 DF  POR Daniel Carriço 4 DF  BRA Ânderson Polga (vice-captain 2nd) 5 DF  BRA Pedro Silva 6 MF  POR Adrien Silva 7 MF  RUS Marat Izmailov 9 FW  POR Carlos Saleiro 10 MF  MNE Simon Vukčević 12 DF  POR Marco Caneira 13 DF  POR Tonel 14 MF  CHI Matías Fernández 16 GK  POR Tiago Ferreira (vice-captain 3rd) 18 DF  ARG Leandro Grimi 19 GK  POR Ricardo Batista 20 FW  POR Yannick Djaló 23 FW  POR Hélder Postiga 24 MF  POR Miguel Veloso

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 MF  POR Bruno Pereirinha 28 MF  POR João Moutinho (captain) 30 DF  MOZ Mexer 31 FW  POR Liédson 40 MF  POR Alex Zahavi (from List B) 41 DF  POR Cédric (from List B) 43 MF  POR Luís Almeida (from List B) 44 DF  POR Nuno Reis (from List B) 46 MF  BRA Renato Neto (from List B) 47 FW  POR Renato Santos (from List B) 50 GK  POR Ruben Luís (from List B) 51 FW  POR Peter Caraballo (from List B) 52 DF  POR Miguel Serôdio (from List B) 53 MF  POR Danilo Serrano (from List B) 54 MF  POR Afonso Taira (from List B) 56 GK  POR João Figueiredo (from List B) 78 DF  POR Abel

List B Players included in UEFA^[7]

Transfers

In

Summer

Num	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
55	DF	André Marques	Vitória de Setúbal	Loan return
9	FW	Carlos Saleiro	Académica de Coimbra	Loan return
14	MF	Matías Fernández	Villarreal	€3.635M	1 July 2009[8]
11	DF	Felipe Caicedo	Manchester City	On loan	25 July 2009[9]
17	MF	Miguel Ángel Angulo	Valencia	Free transfer	30 August 2009[10]

Winter

Num	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
30	DF	Mexer	Desportivo de Maputo	€0.166M	15 December 2009[11]
21	DF	João Pereira	Braga	€3M	22 December 2009[12][13]
22	FW	Florent Sinama Pongolle	Atlético Madrid	€6.5M	28 December 2009[14]
2	DF	Pedro Mendes	Rangers	€1.3M	30 January 2010[15]

Total spending: €10.966 million

Out

Summer

Num	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
30	MF	Leandro Romagnoli	San Lorenzo	Mutual agreement	6 August 2009[16]
8	MF	Fábio Rochemback	Grêmio	Free transfer	31 August 2009[17]
11	FW	Derlei	Vitória	End of contract
22	FW	Rodrigo Tiuí	Atlético Paranaense	Free transfer
	GK	André Filipe Martins	Igreja Nova	End of contract (loan return from Casa Pia)
	DF	Tiago Pinto	Braga	End of contract (loan return from Trofense)
	MF	Zezinando	Estrela da Amadora	End of contract (loan return from Real Massamá)
	MF	Celestino	Belenenses	End of contract (loan return from Estrela da Amadora)
	MF	João Martins	Braga	End of contract (loan return from Atlético CP)
	MF	Celsinho	Portuguesa	End of contract (loan return from Estrela da Amadora)
	FW	Bruno Matias	Estoril	End of contract (loan return from Fátima)
	FW	Ricardo Nogueira	Montalegre	End of contract (loan return from Oriental)
	FW	Luis Paéz	Tacuary	End of contract (loan return from Fátima)

Winter

Num	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
17	MF	Miguel Ángel Angulo		Mutual agreement	5 December 2009[18]
11	FW	Felipe Caicedo	Manchester City	Loan return	12 January 2010[19]

Total income: €0 million

Loaned out

Num	Pos	Player	To	Return Date
	GK	Vladimir Stojković	Wigan Athletic	End of season
	GK	Victor Golas	Real Massamá	End of season
	DF	Ronny	União de Leiria	End of season
55	DF	André Marques	Iraklis	End of season
	DF	João Gonçalves	Olhanense	End of season
	DF	Paulo Renato	Estrela da Amadora	End of season
	MF	André Santos	União de Leiria	End of season
	MF	Diogo Amado	Odivelas	End of season
	MF	André Martins	Real Massamá	End of season
	MF	Fábio Paím	Real Massamá	End of season
	MF	Diogo Rosado	Real Massamá	End of season
	MF	Marco Matias	Real Massamá	End of season
	MF	Rabiu Ibrahim	Real Massamá	End of season
	MF	William Owusu	Gil Vicente	End of season
	FW	Wilson Eduardo	Portimonense	End of season
	FW	Rui Fonte	Vitória de Setúbal	End of season
	FW	Milan Purović	Olimpja	End of season

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 10 May.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Liga Sagres		UEFA Europa League		Taça de Portugal		Carlsberg Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	POR	Rui Patrício	47	0	30	0	10	0	3	0	4	0
2	MF	POR	Pedro Mendes	16	1	11	0	4	1	0	0	1	0
3	DF	POR	Daniel Carriço	40	2	25	1	8	0	3	1	4	0
4	DF	BRA	Ânderson Polga (vice-captain 2nd)	23	1	15	0	5	1	2	0	1	0
5	DF	BRA	Pedro Silva	16	1	7	1	5	0	2	0	2	0
6	MF	POR	Adrien Silva	24	1	13	0	4	1	3	0	4	0
7	MF	RUS	Marat Izmailov	23	2	13	1	5	0	2	1	3	0
9	FW	POR	Carlos Saleiro	30	5	17	2	6	1	4	1	3	1
10	MF	MNE	Simon Vukčević	24	2	14	1	6	0	3	1	1	0
11	FW	ECU	Felipe Caicedo*	9	0	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	POR	Marco Caneira	11	0	7	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
13	DF	POR	Tonel	37	1	23	1	8	0	3	0	3	0
14	MF	CHI	Matías Fernández	43	5	28	3	9	1	3	1	3	0
16	GK	POR	Tiago Ferreira (vice-captain 3rd)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
17	MF	ESP	Miguel Ángel Angulo*	9	0	4	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
18	DF	ARG	Leandro Grimi	36	2	20	1	8	1	4	0	4	0
19	GK	POR	Ricardo Batista	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	POR	Yannick Djaló	27	7	18	6	4	0	1	1	4	0
21	DF	POR	João Pereira	16	2	12	1	0	0	1	0	3	1
22	FW	FRA	Florent Sinama Pongolle	7	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
23	FW	POR	Hélder Postiga	30	1	22	1	4	0	2	0	2	0
24	MF	POR	Miguel Veloso	41	10	25	3	10	3	3	2	3	2
25	MF	POR	Bruno Pereirinha	27	0	17	0	5	0	3	0	2	0
28	MF	POR	João Moutinho (captain)	46	8	28	5	10	1	4	2	4	0
30	DF	MOZ	Mexer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW	POR	Liédson	42	22	28	13	9	4	3	3	2	2

Note's:

• * = Player is no longer with the club but still made an appearance during the season.

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Carlos Carvalhal
Assistant coach	Rifa (Paulo Sampaio)
Assistant coach	João Mário
Assistant coach	José Lima
Goalkeepers coach	Vítor Silvestre

Source: sporting.pt

Kit

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): TMN, Meo, Super Bock

Home

Away

Stromp

Goalkeeper home

Goalkeeper Away

Goalkeeper Away

Source: sporting.pt

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Liga Sagres	—	4/16		15 August 2009	9 May 2010
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round	—	eliminated	18 August 2009	26 August 2009
UEFA Europa League	Group stage	—	Round of 16	17 September 2009	18 March 2010
Taça de Portugal	Third Round	—	Quarterfinals	18 October 2009	2 February 2010
Carlsberg Cup	Third Round	—	Semifinals	3 January 2010	9 February 2010

Updated to match played 25 March 2010
Source: Competitions

Liga Sagres

Standings

Main article: 2009–10 Primeira Liga

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Braga	30	22	5	3	48	20	+28	71	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Porto	30	21	5	4	70	26	+44	68	Qualification to Europa League play-off round[a]
4	Sporting CP	30	13	9	8	42	26	+16	48	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
5	Marítimo	30	11	8	11	42	43	−1	41[b]	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
6	Vitória de Guimarães	30	11	8	11	31	34	−3	41[b]

Source: LPFP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Porto qualified for the play-off round of 2010–11 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2009–10 Taça de Portugal.
2. Marítimo ahead of Vitória de Guimarães on head-to-head record; Vitória de Guimarães–Marítimo 1–2, Marítimo–Vitória de Guimarães 0–1.

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
30	13	9	8	42	26	+16	48	8	3	4	24	13	+11	5	6	4	18	13	+5

Last updated: 10 May 2010.
Source: Competitive Matches

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W
Position	2	10	6	5	4	5	4	4	7	8	6	6	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2010. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting CP	3–3 (a)	Fiorentina	2–2	1–1

Last updated: 28 February.
Source: UEFA Champions League

UEFA Europa League

Group D

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SCP	HER	HVN	VEN
1	Sporting CP	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	1–1	1–1
2	Hertha BSC	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10			1–0	—	0–1	1–1
3	Heerenveen	6	2	2	2	11	7	+4	8			2–3	2–3	—	5–0
4	Ventspils	6	0	3	3	3	10	−7	3			1–2	0–1	0–0	—

Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	D	L
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 28 February 2010. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Everton	2–4	Sporting CP	2–1	0–3

Last updated: 28 February.
Source: UEFA Europa League

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting CP	2–2 (a)	Atlético Madrid	0–0	2–2

Last updated: 28 February.
Source: UEFA Europa League

Carlsberg Cup

Third round

Group B

Main article: 2009–10 Taça da Liga § Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sporting CP	3	3	0	0	5	2	+3	9	Advance to knockout phase
2	Trofense	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	Braga	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	3
4	União de Leiria	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knock-out stage

Semi-finals

9 February 2010

20:15 UTC

Sporting CP	1–4	Benfica
Liédson 37'	Report	David Luiz 8' Ramires 29' Luisão 68' Cardozo 90+4'

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Olegário Benquerença

Competitive

  Win   Tie   Loss

Liga Sagres

Kickoff times are in UTC+0.

Nacional v Sporting CP

15 August 2009 1	Nacional	1–1	Sporting CP	Estádio da Madeira, Funchal
19:15	Aurélio 26' Rúben Micael  42'	(Report)	Moutinho  24' Aurélio 75' (o.g.) Polga  71'	Attendance: 3,877 Referee: Pedro Proença

Sporting CP v Braga

22 August 2009 2	Sporting CP	1–2	Braga	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
21:15	Carriço  45' Liédson  51' Djaló 70'	(Report)	Alan 11' Mossoró  32' Viana  32' Eduardo  52' Rodríguez  53' Meyong 80'	Attendance: 24,280 Referee: Olegário Benquerença

Académica v Sporting CP

30 August 2009 3	Académica	0–2	Sporting CP	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
20:15	Pedro  26'  75' Fontes  35'	(Report)	P. Silva  51' Marques  53' Moutinho  57' Liédson 64' Veloso  66' Carriço  77' Djaló 84'	Attendance: 24,280 Referee: Olegário Benquerença

Sporting CP v Paços de Ferreira

13 September 2009 4	Sporting CP	1–0	Paços de Ferreira	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
20:15	Marques  17' Veloso  27' Vukčević  30' Liédson 80'	(Report)	Ozéia  30' Ricardo  34' Baiano  41'  90+3' Ciel  43' Pedrinha  77' Pacheco  78'  86' Cristiano  87'	Attendance: 23,319 Referee: Bruno Paixão

Sporting CP v Olhanense

21 September 2009 5	Sporting CP	3–2	Olhanense	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
20:15	Carriço 35' Moutinho 42' Caicedo  77' Vukčević 86'	(Report)	Rabiola 9' Castro 18' Anselmo  40' Garcia  43' Duarte  52'	Attendance: 24,205 Referee: Rui Costa

Porto v Sporting CP

26 September 2009 6	Porto	1–0	Sporting CP	Estádio do Dragão, Porto
19:15	Falcao 3' Meireles  12' Fucile  56' Alves  65' Costa  78'	(Report)	Veloso  25'  90+2' Polga  34'  52' Abel  36'	Attendance: 46,511 Referee: Duarte Gomes

Sporting CP v Belenenses

4 October 2009 7	Sporting CP	0–0	Belenenses	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
18:00		(Report)	Gómez  19' Zé Pedro  58' Celestino  70' Barge  83'	Attendance: 24,581 Referee: Carlos Xistra

Vitória de Guimarães v Sporting CP

27 October 2009 8	Vitória de Guimarães	1–1	Sporting CP	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães
20:15	Alex  66' Nilson  82' Meireles  84' Rui Miguel 90+3'	(Report)	Grimi  19' Abel  40' Moutinho  73' Tonel  84' Fernández 82' Saleiro  89'	Attendance: 18,105 Referee: Olegário Benquerença

Sporting CP v Marítimo

1 November 2009 9	Sporting CP	1–1	Marítimo	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
20:15	Postiga  13' Veloso  24' P. Silva  43' Fernández 52' Carriço  59'	(Report)	Fernando  48' Sousa  51' Manú 61' Peçanha  90+4'	Attendance: 22,857 Referee: Cosme Machado

Rio Ave v Sporting CP

8 November 2009 10	Rio Ave	2–2	Sporting CP	Estádio do Rio Ave FC, Vila do Conde
20:15	Tomás 56', 60'	(Report)	Fernández 20' Carriço  43'  64' Moutinho 45' Marques  90+4'	Attendance: 3,385 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Sporting CP v Benfica

28 November 2009 11	Sporting CP	0–0	Benfica	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
21:15	Polga  29' A. Silva  52' Veloso  69'	(Report)	Di María  45+2' García  71' David Luiz  77'	Attendance: 45,880 Referee: Pedro Proença

Vitória de Setúbal v Sporting CP

7 December 2009 12	Vitória de Setúbal	0–2	Sporting CP	Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal
20:15	Pinto  63'  64' Zarabi  85' Zoro  88' Keita  90+2'	(Report)	Liédson 4', 87'	Attendance: 4,207 Referee: Elmano Santos

Sporting CP v União de Leiria

12 December 2009 13	Sporting CP	0–1	União de Leiria	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
17:00	A. Silva  51' Vukčević  62'	(Report)	Paulo Vinícius 26' Pateiro  50' Ðuričić  79'	Attendance: 25,693 Referee: Vasco Santos

Naval v Sporting CP

19 December 2009 14	Naval	0–1	Sporting CP	Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa, Figueira da Foz
21:15	Hauw  52' Godemèche  76' Marinho  90+2'	(Report)	Carriço  11' Saleiro 35' Veloso  39' A. Silva  51' Abel  71'	Attendance: 2,167 Referee: Carlos Xistra

Sporting CP v Leixões

9 January 2010 15	Sporting CP	1–0	Leixões	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
19:15	Tonel 82'	(Report)	Gallo  63'  69' Espinho  76'	Attendance: 23,230 Referee: Paulo Baptista

Sporting CP v Nacional

16 January 2010 16	Sporting CP	3–2	Nacional	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
21:15	Djaló 25' Grimi  27' Pereira  46' Liédson 59', 71'	(Report)	Rúben Micael 23' Pečnik  25' Amuneke  53' Lopes  67' Edgar 83' Anselmo  86'	Attendance: 20,056 Referee: Bruno Paixão

Braga v Sporting CP

29 January 2010 17	Braga	1–0	Sporting CP	Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga
20:45	Paulo César 31' Meyong  55' Mossoró  77'	(Report)	Carriço  36' A. Silva  44' Veloso  61' Saleiro  65' Polga  85'	Attendance: 14,761 Referee: João Ferreira

Sporting CP v Académica

6 February 2010 18	Sporting CP	1–2	Académica	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
19:15	Moutinho 23'	(Report)	Orlando 2' Ribeiro 58' Sougou  85'	Attendance: 20,060 Referee: Pedro Henriques

Paços de Ferreira v Sporting CP

12 February 2010 19	Paços de Ferreira	0–0	Sporting CP	Estádio da Mata Real, Paços de Ferreira
20:15	Ozéia  83'	(Report)	Liédson  23'	Attendance: 1,401 Referee: Duarte Gomes

Olhanense v Sporting CP

20 February 2010 20	Olhanense	0–0	Sporting CP	Estádio José Arcanjo, Olhão
21:15	Gonçalves  77'	(Report)	Carriço  21' Djaló  31' Veloso  69' Postiga  79' Abel  85'	Attendance: 3,801 Referee: Pedro Proença

Sporting CP v Porto

28 February 2010 21	Sporting CP	3–0	Porto	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
20:15	Djaló 5',  29' Veloso  11', 46' Moutinho  15' Izmailov 45',  77' Liédson  78'	(Report)	Alves  16' Costa  45' Belluschi  73' Helton  75' Pereira  89'	Attendance: 28,220 Referee: João Ferreira

Belenenses v Sporting CP

7 March 2010 22	Belenenses	0–4	Sporting CP	Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon
	Fredy  70'	(Report)	Liédson 50', 60', 80', 88' Tiago  54'	Attendance: 5,664 Referee: Hugo Miguel

Sporting CP v Vitória de Guimarães

14 March 2010 23	Sporting CP	3–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
	Grimi 8' Liédson 9',  70' Veloso  55' Moutinho  81' Tonel  88'	(Report)	Valdomiro  53', 66' Moreno  60' Gustavo  72'	Attendance: 35,007 Referee: Bruno Paixão

Marítimo v Sporting CP

28 March 2010 24	Marítimo	3–2	Sporting CP	Estádio dos Barreiros, Funchal
20:15	Tchô 16' Rafael Miranda  65' João Guilherme  70', 81' Pitbull 90' Diakité  90+2'	(Report)	Pereira 36' Pereirinha  90' Sinama Pongolle 90+4'	Attendance: 4,023 Referee: Vasco Santos

Sporting CP v Rio Ave

3 April 2010 25	Sporting CP	5–0	Rio Ave	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
	Djaló 6', 56', 75' Liédson 34' Carriço  51' Moutinho 66' Izmailov  83'	(Report)	Gomes  38' Vilas Boas  50' Faria  62'	Attendance: 16,406 Referee: Pedro Proença

Benfica v Sporting CP

11 April 2010 26	Benfica	2–0	Sporting CP	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
20:45	Luisão  47' Coentrão  55' Cardozo 67' Di María  76' Aimar 79'	(Report)	Patrício  41' Abel  45' Carriço  45'	Attendance: 59,317 Referee: João Ferreira

Sporting CP v Vitória de Setúbal

18 April 2010 27	Sporting CP	2–1	Vitória de Setúbal	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
20:15	Fernández  47' Moutinho 60' Postiga 70'	(Report)	Collin 10',  59'	Attendance: 19,187 Referee: Jorge Sousa

União de Leiria v Sporting CP

25 April 2010 28	União de Leiria	1–1	Sporting CP	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria
20h:15	Cássio 48' Paulo Vinícius  66' Diego Gaúcho  83'	(Report)	Fernández  8' Liédson 15' Carriço  8'	Attendance: 4,365 Referee: Marco Ferreira

Sporting CP v Naval

2 May 2010 29	Sporting CP	0–1	Naval	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
20:15	Carriço  78' Pereira  80' Tonel  89'	(Report)	Diego Ângelo  55' Fábio Júnior 64'	Attendance: 16,102 Referee: André Gralha

Leixões v Sporting CP

9 May 2010 30	Leixões	1–2	Sporting CP	Estádio do Mar, Matosinhos
21:15	Braga  23' Seabra  46' João Paulo 81'	(Report)	Grimi  6' Veloso 15',  90+2' P. Silva 54',  60' Djaló  90+1'	Attendance: 2,595 Referee: Elmano Santos

UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

Sporting CP v Fiorentina

18 August 2009 First leg	Sporting CP	2–2	Fiorentina	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
20:45 CEST	Vukčević 58',  12'  58' Veloso 66'	(Report)	Vargas 6' Gamberini  12' Zanetti  15' Dainelli  15' Gilardino 79'	Attendance: 27,602 Referee: Viktor Kassai

Fiorentina v Sporting CP

26 August 2009 Second leg	Fiorentina	1–1	Sporting CP	Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence
20:45 CET	Comotto  33' Jovetić 54',  68' Zanetti  60'	(Report)	Moutinho 35' P. Silva  49' Marques  70' Caneira  90+2'	Attendance: 30,821 Referee: Howard Webb

Fiorentina 3–3 Sporting CP on aggregate. Fiorentina won on away goals.

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League

Kickoff times are in CET.

Group Stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SCP	HER	HVN	VEN
1	Sporting CP	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	1–1	1–1
2	Hertha BSC	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10			1–0	—	0–1	1–1
3	Heerenveen	6	2	2	2	11	7	+4	8			2–3	2–3	—	5–0
4	Ventspils	6	0	3	3	3	10	−7	3			1–2	0–1	0–0	—

Source: Soccerway

Heerenveen v Sporting CP

17 September 2009 1	Heerenveen	2–3	Sporting CP	Abe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen
19:00	Sibon 12' Dingsdag 77' Assaidi  79'	(Report)	Liédson 17', 40', 88' Veloso  66'	Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

Sporting CP v Hertha BSC

1 October 2009 2	Sporting CP	1–0	Hertha BSC	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
21:05	A. Silva 18',  32'  90+3' Fernández  20' Moutinho  34'	(Report)	Pejčinović  16' Wichniarek  30' Kaká  45+1' Janker  73' Raffael  85'	Attendance: 16,197 Referee: Serge Gumienny

Ventspils v Sporting CP

22 October 2009 3	Ventspils	1–2	Sporting CP	Skonto stadions, Riga
21:05	Laizāns 64' (pen.)	(Report)	Veloso 6' Moutinho 85' Angulo  88' Liédson  90'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Sascha Kever

Sporting CP v Ventspils

5 November 2009 4	Sporting CP	1–1	Ventspils	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
19:00	Marques  14' Saleiro 22' Fernández  60' P. Silva  81'	(Report)	Zamperini 15' Žigajevs  45'	Attendance: 18,103 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev

Sporting CP v Heerenveen

3 December 2009 5	Sporting CP	1–1	Heerenveen	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
21:05	Liédson  52' Grimi 90+1'	(Report)	Assaidi 47' Popov  67' Elm  78'	Attendance: 12,204 Referee: Pavel Královec

Hertha BSC v Sporting CP

16 December 2009 6	Hertha BSC	1–0	Sporting CP	Olympic Stadium, Berlin
19:00	Kačar 70',  71'	(Report)	Carriço  42' Saleiro  82'	Attendance: 14,417 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov

Round of 32

Everton v Sporting CP

16 February 2010 First leg	Everton	2–1	Sporting CP	Goodison Park, Liverpool, England
18:45	Pienaar 35' Distin 49',  86'	(Report)	Moutinho  54' Carriço  74' Veloso 87' (pen.)	Attendance: 28,131 Referee: Darko Čeferin

Sporting CP v Everton

25 February 2010 Second leg	Sporting CP	3–0	Everton	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
21:05	Veloso 64' Mendes 76' Abel  81' Fernández 90+4'	(Report)	Pienaar  74'	Attendance: 17,609 Referee: Alon Yefet

Sporting CP won 4–2 on aggregate. Round of 16

Atlético Madrid v Sporting CP

11 March 2010 First leg	Atlético Madrid	0–0	Sporting CP	Vicente Calderón, Madrid
19:00	Ujfaluši  81'	Report	Grimi  9'  31' Veloso  53' Pereirinha  60' Tonel  89' Saleiro  90+4'	Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Pieter Vink

Sporting CP v Atlético Madrid

18 March 2010 Second leg	Sporting CP	2–2	Atlético Madrid	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
21:05	Liédson 19' Polga 45+1',  80' P. Silva  51' Abel  76'	Report	Agüero 3', 33'	Referee: Knut Kircher

Atlético Madrid won 2–2 on aggregate from the away goals rule.

Pre-season and friendlies

Sporting CP v Atlético Cacém

4 July 2009	Sporting CP	3–0	Atlético Cacém	Alcochete
10h15	Postiga 21' Fernández 62', 66'	(Report)[permanent dead link]		Stadium: Académia Sporting/Puma Attendance: 1,000

Sporting CP v Nottingham Forest

11 July 2009	Sporting CP	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Albufeira
21:15		(Report)[permanent dead link]	Anderson 80'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium Referee: Bruno Paixão

Sporting CP v Feyenoord

18 July 2009	Sporting CP	1–2	Feyenoord	Lisbon
19h30	Postiga 31'	(Report)	De Guzmán 47' Makaay 50'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Hélder Malheiro

Vitória de Guimarães v Sporting CP

21 July 2009	Vitória de Guimarães	2–2	Sporting CP	Guimarães
21h15	Roberto 70' Gonçalves 88'	(Report)	Fernández 46' Postiga 58'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Referee: Artur Soares Dias