2011–12 Sporting CP season

The 2011–12 season is Sporting CP's 79th season in the top flight, the Primeira Liga, known as the Liga ZON Sagres for sponsorship purposes. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club plays during the 2011–12 season.

Sporting CP

2011–12 season
President	Luís Godinho Lopes
Manager	Domingos Paciência & Ricardo Sá Pinto
Stadium	Estádio José Alvalade
Primeira Liga	4th
Portuguese Cup	Runners-up
League Cup	Third round
UEFA Europa League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Ricky van Wolfswinkel (14) All: Ricky van Wolfswinkel (25)
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

Sporting CP's under-19 squad played in the inaugural tournament of the NextGen series.

Season overview

Pre-season

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		R. Patrício	37	EU	2006	167	0	2013	Youth system
2	DF		A. Rodríguez	41	EU	2011	0	0	2016	Free
3	DF		D. Carriço	36	EU	2008	116	4	2013	Youth system
4	DF		Â. Polga	46	EU	2003	305	4	2012	Free	Second nationality: Portugal
5	DF		Onyewu	43	EU	2011	1	0	2014	Free	Second nationality: Belgium
6	LB		Evaldo	43	EU	2010	51	1	2014	€ 3M	Second nationality: Brazil
7	FW		Bojinov	39	EU	2011	2	0	2016	€2.6M	Second nationality: Italy
8	MF		Schaars	41	EU	2011	4	0	2014	€0.85M
9	FW		v. Wolfswinkel	38	EU	2011	4	4	2016	€5.4M
10	MF		Izmailov	42	Non-EU	2008	111	14	2015	€4.5M
11	MF		D. Capel	37	EU	2011	0	0	2016
12	GK		M. Boeck	40	EU	2009	3	0	2016	undisclosed	Second nationality: Belgium
14	MF		Matías	39	Non-EU	2009	77	12	2013	€3.65M	Second nationality: Argentina
16	GK		Tiago	50	EU	2001	131	0	2012	undisclosed
17	LW		Jeffrén Suárez	37	EU	2011	0	0	2016	€3.75M
18	FW		A. Carrillo	34	Non-EU	2011	0	0	2016	€1.2M
19	RB		Arias	33	Non-EU	2011	0	0	2016	Free
20	FW		Yannick	39	EU	2008	155	34	2013	Youth system	Second nationality: Guinea-Bissau
21	MF		Rinaudo	38	EU	2011	3	0	2016	€0.525M	Second nationality: Italy
22	MF		L. Aguiar	39	EU	2011	0	0	2016	Free	Second nationality: Italy
23	FW		H. Postiga	43	EU	2008	112	24	2012	€2.5M
25	MF		B. Pereirinha	37	EU	2006	129	5	2013	Youth system
26	MF		A. Santos	36	EU	2010	46	2	2014	Youth system
28	MF		A. Martins	35	EU	2009	4	0	2012	Youth system
30	MF		Zezinho	32	EU	2011	3	0	2016	Youth system	Second nationality: Portugal
32	GK		V. Golas	34	EU	2009	1	0	2012	Youth system	Second nationality: Poland
33	FW		D. Rubio	32	EU	2011	4	5	2016	€ 1M	Second nationality: Germany
47	RB		J. Pereira	41	EU	2010 (Winter)	51	3	2014	€ 3M
88	RB		J. Gonçalves	37	EU	2007	0	0	2013	Youth system
89	LB		A. Turan	33	EU	2011	0	0	2016	Free	Second nationality: Turkey

• Last updated: 19 July 2011
• Source: Sporting.pt, Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles (for player numbers, appearances, and goals), footballzz.co.uk (for contracts)
• Ordered by squad number.

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
18	FW		André Carrillo	34	Non-EU	Alianza Lima	Transfer	Summer	2016	€1.2M	Sporting.pt
32	GK		Vítor Golas	34	EU	Boavista	Loan return	Summer	2012	N/A
9	FW		Ricky van Wolfswinkel	38	EU	Utrecht	Transfer	Summer	2016	€5.4M	Sporting.pt
2	DF		Alberto Rodríguez	41	EU	Braga	Transfer	Summer	2016	Free	Sporting.pt
8	MF		Stijn Schaars	41	EU	AZ	Transfer	Summer	2014	€0.85M	Sporting.pt
28	MF		André Martins	35	EU	Pinhalnovense	Loan return	Summer	2014	N/A	Sporting.pt
88	RB		João Gonçalves	37	EU	Olhanense	Loan return	Summer	2013	N/A
19	RB		Santiago Arias	33	Non-EU	La Equidad	Transfer	Summer	2016	Free	Sporting.pt
5	DF		Oguchi Onyewu	43	EU	Milan	Transfer	Summer	2014	Free	Sporting.pt
12	GK		Marcelo Boeck	40	EU	Marítimo	Transfer	Summer	2016	Undisclosed	Sporting.pt
21	MF		Fabián Rinaudo	38	EU	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	Transfer	Summer	2016	€0.525M	Sporting.pt
22	MF		Luis Aguiar	39	EU	Dynamo Moscow	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	Sporting.pt
33	FW		Diego Rubio	32	EU	Colo-Colo	Transfer	Summer	2016	€1M	Sporting.pt
7	FW		Valeri Bojinov	39	EU	Parma	Transfer	Summer	2016	€2.6M	Sporting.pt, cmvm.pt
25	MF		Bruno Pereirinha	37	EU	Kavala	Loan return	Summer	2013	N/A	Sporting.pt
89	LB		Atila Turan	33	EU	Grenoble	Transfer	Summer	2016	Free
17	LW		Jeffrén	37	EU	Barcelona	Transfer	Summer	2016	€3.7M	Sporting.pt
11	LW		Diego Capel	37	EU	Sevilla	Transfer	Summer	2016	€3.5M
77	MF		Elias	40	Non-EU	Atlético Madrid	Transfer	Summer	2016	€8.85M
48	LB		Emiliano Insúa	36	EU	Liverpool	Transfer	Summer	2016

Total spending: €15.275 million

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
	GK		Timo Hildebrand	46	EU		End of contract	Summer	Free
	MF		Tales	35	Non-EU	Internacional	Loan return	Summer	Free
	MF		Cristiano	41	EU	Beira-Mar	End of contract	Summer	Free
	FW		Rui Fonte	35	EU	Espanyol	End of contract	Summer	Free
	DF		Nuno Coelho	39	EU	Braga	Undisclosed	Summer	N/A
	MF		Pedro Mendes	46	EU		Contract termination	Summer	N/A
	MF		Maniche	47	EU		Contract termination	Summer	N/A	Sporting.pt
	RB		Abel	46	EU		End of contract	Summer	N/A
	MF		Afonso Taira	33	EU	Córdoba	End of contract	Summer	N/A
	GK		Vladimir Stojković	42	EU	Partizan	Contract cancellation	Summer	Free	Sporting.pt
	DF		Mexer	37	Non-EU	Olhanense	Loan	Summer	N/A
	FW		Amido Baldé	34	EU	Cercle Brugge	Loan	Summer	N/A	Sporting.pt
	DF		Nuno Reis	34	EU	Cercle Brugge	Loan	Summer	N/A	Sporting.pt
	MF		Renato Neto	33	Non-EU	Cercle Brugge	Loan	Summer	N/A	Sporting.pt
	RB		Cédric	33	EU	Académica	Loan	Summer	N/A	Sporting.pt
	MF		Celsinho	36	Non-EU	Târgu Mureș	Loan	Summer	N/A	Sporting.pt
	DF		Eric Dier	31	EU	Everton	Loan	Summer	N/A	Sporting.pt
	FW		Florent Sinama Pongolle	40	EU	Saint-Étienne	Loan	Summer	N/A	Sporting.pt
	LW		Diogo Salomão	36	EU	Deportivo La Coruña	Loan	Summer	N/A	Sporting.pt
	RW		Wilson Eduardo	35	EU	Olhanense	Loan	Summer	N/A
	LB		André Marques	38	EU	Beira-Mar	Loan	Summer	N/A
	DF		Pedro Filipe Mendes	34	EU	Servette	Loan	Summer	N/A
	MF		Adrien Silva	36	EU	Académica	Loan	Summer	N/A
	MF		Diogo Rosado	35	EU	Feirense	Loan	Summer	N/A
	MF		Jaime Valdés	44	EU	Parma	Loan	Summer	N/A
	GK		Ricardo Batista	38	EU	Olhanense	Loan	Summer	N/A

Total income: €0 million

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Ricardo Sá Pinto

Source:

Kit

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

Home

Away

Stromp

Goalkeeper

Goalkeeper

Goalkeeper

Training

Training

Source: Home kit, Sporting.pt

Competitions

Pre-season

Sporting CP v Alta de Lisboa

9 July 2011 (2011-07-09) Friendly Game	Sporting CP	3 – 0	Alta de Lisboa	Alcochete, Portugal
11:00 CEST	Postiga 16' Rubio 34', 70'	Report		Stadium: Academia Sporting

Presikhaaf v Sporting CP

13 July 2011 (2011-07-13) Friendly Game	Presikhaaf	0 – 8	Sporting CP	Arnhem, Netherlands
19:00 CEST		Report	Postiga 2', 6', 39' Rubio 19' Carriço 24' Van Wolfswinkel 66', 72' Bruma 67'	Stadium: Sportpark De Schuytgraaf

Telstar v Sporting CP

16 July 2011 (2011-07-16) Friendly Game	Telstar	0 – 3	Sporting CP	Arnhem, Netherlands
18:00 CEST		Report	Postiga 34' Rubio 65' Van Wolfswinkel 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Sportpark De Schuytgraaf Referee: Danny Makkelie

Ankaragücü v Sporting CP

18 July 2011 (2011-07-18) Friendly Game	Ankaragücü	0 – 3	Sporting CP	Wezep, Netherlands
18:00 CEST		Report	Postiga 7' Van Wolfswinkel 42' (pen.) Rubio 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Sportpark Mulderssingel

Sporting CP v Juventus

24 July 2011 (2011-07-24) 2011 WFC	Sporting CP	2 – 1	Juventus	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
00:00 CEST	Djaló 13', 36'	Report	Del Piero 80'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 10,028 Referee: Drew Fischer

Sporting CP v Valencia

30 July 2011 (2011-07-30) Presentation Game	Sporting CP	0 – 3	Valencia	Lisbon, Portugal
19:45 CEST			Bernat 6' Soldado 31' Piatti 42'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Málaga v Sporting CP

5 August 2011 (2011-08-05) Ramón Carranza Semi-final	Málaga	3 – 1	Sporting CP	Cádiz, Spain
--:-- CEST				Stadium: Estadio Ramón de Carranza

Udinese v Sporting CP

6 August 2011 (2011-08-06) Ramón Carranza Third place	Udinese	2 – 2	Sporting CP	Cádiz, Spain
--:-- CEST	Badu 13' Floro Flores 81'		Rubio 49', 92'	Stadium: Estadio Ramón de Carranza

Last updated: 28 July 2011
Source: Sporting.pt, footballzz.co.uk

Primeira Liga

Main article: 2011–12 Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Benfica	30	21	6	3	66	27	+39	69	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Braga	30	19	5	6	59	29	+30	62	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4	Sporting CP	30	18	5	7	47	26	+21	59	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5	Marítimo	30	14	8	8	41	38	+3	50	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
6	Vitória de Guimarães	30	14	3	13	40	40	0	45

Source: LPFP (in Portuguese)
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: LPFP decided that only criteria 1, 5, 6 and 7 would be applied to establish the classification during the competition.)^[1]

Matches

Sporting CP v Olhanense

13 August 2011 (2011-08-13) 1	Sporting CP	1 – 1	Olhanense	Lisbon
	Izmailov 76'	Report	Eduardo 30'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 33,248 Referee: Carlos Xistra

Beira-Mar v Sporting CP

21 August 2011 (2011-08-21) 2	Beira-Mar	0 – 0	Sporting CP	Aveiro
		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Aveiro Attendance: 15,548 Referee: Fernando Martins

Sporting CP v Marítimo

28 August 2011 (2011-08-28) 3	Sporting CP	2 – 3	Marítimo	Lisbon
	Izmailov 38' Jeffrén 75'		Rafael Miranda 49' Sami 52' Diawara 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 27,965 Referee: Pedro Proença

Paços de Ferreira v Sporting CP

10 September 2011 (2011-09-10) 4	Paços de Ferreira	2 – 3	Sporting CP	Paços de Ferreira
	Michel 5', 55'		Izmailov 75' Elias 78' Van Wolfswinkel 83'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 2,896 Referee: Paulo Batista

Rio Ave v Sporting CP

19 September 2011 (2011-09-19) 5	Rio Ave	2 – 3	Sporting CP	Vila do Conde
	Atsu 48' Yazalde 63'		Schaars 2' Van Wolfswinkel 3' Onyewu 74'	Stadium: Estádio do Rio Ave FC Attendance: 4,308 Referee: Hugo Miguel

Sporting CP v Vitória de Setúbal

24 September 2011 (2011-09-24) 6	Sporting CP	3 – 0	Vitória de Setúbal	Lisbon
	Schaars 2' Van Wolfswinkel 8', 15'			Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 33,261 Referee: Cosme Machado

Vitória de Guimarães v Sporting CP

2 October 2011 (2011-10-02) 7	Vitória de Guimarães	0 – 1	Sporting CP	Guimarães
			Capel 7'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Referee: Carlos Xistra

Sporting CP v Gil Vicente

24 October 2011 (2011-10-24) 8	Sporting CP	6 – 1	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
	Carriço 7' Van Wolfswinkel 58' (pen.) Capel 62', 65' Bojinov 79', 90+2'		Roberto 75'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 30,103 Referee: João Capela

Feirense v Sporting CP

30 October 2011 (2011-10-30) 9	Feirense	0 – 2	Sporting CP	Aveiro
			Van Wolfswinkel 64' (pen.) Schaars 77'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Aveiro Attendance: 14,848 Referee: André Gralha

Sporting CP v União de Leiria

6 November 2011 (2011-11-06) 10	Sporting CP	3 – 1	União de Leiria	Lisbon
	Fernández 8', 50' Van Wolfswinkel 90+3' (pen.)		Djaniny 21'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 34,214 Referee: Manuel Mota

Benfica v Sporting CP

26 November 2011 (2011-11-26) 11	Benfica	1–0	Sporting CP	Lisbon
	García 42'			Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 63,146 Referee: João Capela

Sporting CP v Nacional

10 December 2011 (2011-12-10) 12	Sporting CP	1 – 0	Nacional	Lisbon
	Onyewu 22'			Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 40,405 Referee: Vasco Santos

Académica v Sporting CP

18 December 2011 (2011-12-18) 13	Académica	1 – 1	Sporting CP	Coimbra
	Eder 28'	Report	Elias 80'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 10,454 Referee: Rui Costa

Sporting CP v Porto

8 January 2012 (2012-01-08) 14	Sporting CP	0 – 0	Porto	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 48,855 Referee: Pedro Proença

Braga v Sporting CP

15 January 2012 (2012-01-15) 15	Braga	2 – 1	Sporting CP	Braga
	Barbosa 51' Lima 64'	Report	Carrillo 74'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 16,802 Referee: João Capela

Olhanense v Sporting CP

23 January 2012 (2012-01-23) 16	Olhanense	0 – 0	Sporting CP	Olhão, Portugal
		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Arcanjo Attendance: 4.066 Referee: Vasco Santos

Sporting CP v Beira-Mar

29 January 2012 (2012-01-29) 17	Sporting CP	2 – 0	Beira-Mar	Lisbon, Portugal
	Onyewu 18', 27'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 38.405 Referee: Duarte Gomes

Marítimo v Sporting CP

11 February 2012 (2012-02-11) 18	Marítimo	2 – 0	Sporting CP	Madeira, Portugal
	Benachour 21' Dias 50'	Report		Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Attendance: 4.600 Referee: Cosme Machado

Sporting CP v Paços de Ferreira

19 February 2012 (2012-02-19) 19	Sporting CP	1 – 0	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon, Portugal
	Ricardo 36' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 28,418 Referee: Jorge Ferreira

Sporting CP v Rio Ave

26 February 2012 (2012-02-26) 20	Sporting CP	1 – 0	Rio Ave	Lisbon, Portugal
	Izmailov 34'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 25.107 Referee: Paulo Baptista

Vitória de Setúbal v Sporting CP

3 March 2012 (2012-03-03) 21	Vitória de Setúbal	1 – 0	Sporting CP	Setúbal, Portugal
	Amaro 19'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 4.000 Referee: André Gralha

Sporting CP v Vitória de Guimarães

11 March 2012 (2012-03-11) 22	Sporting CP	5 – 0	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon, Portugal
	Van Wolfswinkel 21' Fernández 50' Izmailov 70' (pen.) Jeffrén 80', 87'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 33.349 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Gil Vicente v Sporting CP

19 March 2012 (2012-03-19) 23	Gil Vicente	2 – 0	Sporting CP	Barcelos, Portugal
	Galo 13' Cláudio 56'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 6.480 Referee: Bruno Paixão

Sporting CP v Feirense

24 March 2012 (2012-03-24) 24	Sporting CP	1 – 0	Feirense	Lisbon, Portugal
	Capel 15' (pen.)	Summary		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 29,509 Referee: Vasco Santos

União de Leiria v Sporting CP

1 April 2012 (2012-04-01) 25	União de Leiria	0 – 1	Sporting CP	Leiria, Portugal
		Report	Fernández 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal da Marinha Grande Attendance: 4.930 Referee: Pedro Proença

Sporting CP v Benfica

9 April 2012 (2012-04-09) 26	Sporting CP	1–0	Benfica	Lisbon
	Van Wolfswinkel 18' (pen.)			Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 47,230 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Nacional v Sporting CP

22 April 2012 (2012-04-22) 27	Nacional	2 – 3	Sporting CP	Madeira
	Mateus 34' Keita 75'	Report	Rubio 12' Neto 31' Van Wolfswinkel 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Carlos Xistra

Sporting CP v Académica

30 April 2012 (2012-04-30) 28	Sporting CP	2 – 1	Académica	Lisbon
	Carrillo 30' Capel  36' Van Wolfswinkel 77' Schaars  79' Carriço  85'	Summary	Simão  9' Polga 44' (o.g.) Edinho  72' Nivaldo  81' Rui Miguel  84'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Hugo Filipe Ferreira de Campos Moreira Miguel

Porto v Sporting CP

5 May 2012 (2012-05-05) 29	Porto	2 – 0	Sporting CP	Porto
	Săpunaru  14' Moutinho  41' Fernando  43'  90+2' González  49' Hulk 82' (pen.), 89',  83'	Summary	Carrillo  16' Onyewu  20'  67' Polga  81'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 50,212 Referee: Pedro Proença

Sporting CP v Braga

12 May 2012 (2012-05-12) 30	Sporting CP	3 – 2	Braga	Lisbon
	Van Wolfswinkel 34', 61', 84' Elias  62' Evaldo  87' Carriço  89' Patrício  90'	Summary	Echiéjilé  53' Barbosa 57' Mossoró  62' Lima 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 37,820 Referee: Marco Bruno dos Santos Ferreira

Source: Sporting.pt, Journal Record

Taça da Liga

Main article: 2011–12 Taça da Liga

Third round

Group A Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Gil Vicente 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Moreirense 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 Sporting CP 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2 Rio Ave 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2

Rio Ave v Sporting CP

2 January 2012 (2012-01-02) 1	Rio Ave	1 – 1	Sporting CP	Vila do Conde
	Tomás 16'		Onyewu 87'	Stadium: Estádio do Rio Ave FC Attendance: 3,188 Referee: Cosme Machado

Sporting CP v Moreirense

19 January 2012 (2012-01-19) 2	Sporting CP	1 – 1	Moreirense	Lisbon
	Capel 28'	report	Ghilas 35'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 17,440 Referee: Marco Ferreira

Sporting CP v Gil Vicente

4 February 2012 (2012-02-04) 3	Sporting CP	0 – 1	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
		report	Cláudio 54'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 23,801 Referee: Bruno Esteves

Source: Sporting.pt,

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round § Play-off round

Nordsjælland v Sporting CP

18 August 2011 (2011-08-18) First leg	Nordsjælland	0 – 0	Sporting CP	Farum, Denmark
		Report		Stadium: Farum Park Attendance: 3,891 Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)

Sporting CP v Nordsjælland

25 August 2011 (2011-08-25) Second leg	Sporting CP	2 – 1 (2 – 1 agg.)	Nordsjælland	Lisbon, Portugal
	Santos 77' Evaldo 82'	Report	Laudrup 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 24,048 Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan (Romania)

Group stage

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group D

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sporting CP	6	4	0	2	8	4	+4	12
Lazio	6	2	3	1	7	5	+2	9
Vaslui	6	1	3	2	5	8	-3	6
Zürich	6	1	2	3	5	8	-3	5

Zürich v Sporting CP

15 September 2011 (2011-09-15) 1	Zürich	0 – 2	Sporting CP	Zürich, Switzerland
		Report	Insúa 4' Van Wolfswinkel 21'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 10,400 Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

Sporting CP v Lazio

29 September 2011 (2011-09-29) 2	Sporting CP	2 – 1	Lazio	Lisbon, Portugal
	Van Wolfswinkel 21' Insúa 45+2'	Report	Klose 45+2'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 33,725 Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

Sporting CP v Vaslui

20 October 2011 (2011-10-20) 3	Sporting CP	2 – 0	Vaslui	Lisbon, Portugal
	Evaldo 43' Fernández 70'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 28,106 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Vaslui v Sporting CP

3 November 2011 (2011-11-03) 4	Vaslui	1 – 0	Sporting CP	Piatra Neamț, Romania
	Zmeu 30'	Report		Stadium: Ceahlăul Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)

Sporting CP v Zürich

1 December 2011 (2011-12-01) 5	Sporting CP	2 – 0	Zürich	Lisbon, Portugal
	Van Wolfswinkel 15' Bojinov 58'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 13,414 Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)

Lazio v Sporting CP

14 December 2011 (2011-12-14) 6	Lazio	2 – 0	Sporting CP	Rome, Italy
	Kozák 42' Sculli 55'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 8,295 Referee: Mike Dean (England)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Round of 32

Legia Warsaw v Sporting CP

16 February 2012 (2012-02-16) First leg	Legia Warsaw	2 – 2	Sporting CP	Warsaw, Poland
	Wawrzyniak 37' Gol 79'	Report	Carriço 60' Santos 88'	Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 27,324 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Sporting CP v Legia Warsaw

23 February 2012 (2012-02-23) Second leg	Sporting CP	1 – 0 (3 – 2 agg.)	Legia Warsaw	Lisbon, Portugal
	Fernández 84'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 20,144 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

Round of 16

Sporting CP v Manchester City

8 March 2012 (2012-03-08) First leg	Sporting CP	1 – 0	Manchester City	Lisbon, Portugal
19:00	Xandão 51'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 34,371 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

Manchester City v Sporting CP

15 March 2012 (2012-03-15) Second leg	Manchester City	3 – 2 (3 – 3a agg.)	Sporting CP	Manchester, England
21:05	Agüero 60', 83' Balotelli 75' (pen.)	Report	Fernández 33' Van Wolfswinkel 40'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 38,021 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)

Quarter-finals

Sporting CP v Metalist Kharkiv

29 March 2012 (2012-03-29) First leg	Sporting CP	2 – 1	Metalist Kharkiv	Lisbon, Portugal
21:05	Izmailov 51' Insúa 64'	Report	Xavier 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 40,512 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Metalist Kharkiv v Sporting CP

5 April 2012 (2012-04-05) Second leg	Metalist Kharkiv	1 – 1 (2 – 3 agg.)	Sporting CP	Kharkiv, Ukraine
21:05	Cristaldo 57'	Report	Van Wolfswinkel 44'	Stadium: Metalist Stadium Attendance: 38,633 Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

Semi-finals

Sporting CP v Athletic Bilbao

19 April 2012 (2012-04-19) First leg	Sporting CP	2 – 1	Athletic Bilbao	Lisbon, Portugal
21:05	Insúa 76' Capel 80'	Report	Aurtenetxe 54'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 37,238 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Athletic Bilbao v Sporting CP

26 April 2012 (2012-04-26) Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	3 – 1 (4 – 3 agg.)	Sporting CP	Bilbao, Spain
21:05	Susaeta 17' Gómez 45+1',  76' Amorebieta  54' Llorente 88'	Report	Van Wolfswinkel  10', 44' Carriço  59' Xandão  90+4'	Stadium: San Mamés Stadium Attendance: 37,598 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Taça de Portugal

Round of 64

Famalicão v Sporting CP

16 October 2011 (2011-10-16)	Famalicão	0 – 2	Sporting CP	Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
			Van Wolfswinkel 62', 67'	Stadium: Municipal 22 de Junho Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Round of 32

Sporting CP v S.C. Braga

18 November 2011 (2011-11-18)	Sporting CP	2 – 0	S.C. Braga	Lisbon
	Capel 14' Insúa 21'			Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Jorge Sousa

Round of 16

Sporting CP v Belenenses

5 December 2011 (2011-12-05) 1st Leg	Sporting CP	2 – 0	Belenenses	Lisbon
	Van Wolfswinkel 50' Schaars 66'			Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Bruno Esteves

Quarter-finals

Sporting CP v Marítimo

22 December 2011 (2011-12-22)	Sporting CP	3 – 0	Marítimo	Lisbon
	Carrillo 48' Van Wolfswinkel 60' (pen.) Insúa 82'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Semi-finals

Main article: 2011–12 Taça de Portugal

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting CP	5 – 3	Nacional	2 - 2	3 - 1

Sporting CP v Nacional

11 January 2012 (2012-01-11) 1st Leg	Sporting CP	2 – 2	Nacional	Lisbon
	Elias 75' Schaars 90+6'	Report	Rondón 36' Candeias 45+1'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Paulo Baptista

Nacional v Sporting CP

8 February 2012 (2012-02-08) 2nd Leg	Nacional	1 – 3	Sporting CP	Funchal, Madeira
	Barcelos 63'	Report	Rinaudo 18' Van Wolfswinkel 75' Pereira 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Referee: Pedro Proença

Final

Main article: 2012 Taça de Portugal Final

Sporting CP v Académica

20 May 2012 (2012-05-20) Final	Sporting CP	0 – 1	Académica	Oeiras
17:00 UTC+1		Report	Marinho 4'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 37,522 Referee: Paulo Baptista

Overview

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Primeira Liga	—	—		13 August 2011	13 May 2012
Millennium Cup	QR3	Final		15 October 2011	20 May 2012
Portuguese League Cup	Third qualifying round	—	QR3	2 January 2012	4 February 2012
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round	—	SF	18 August 2011	26 April 2012

Updated to match played 10 July 2011
Source: Competitions