2019–20 Sporting CP season

The 2019–20 Sporting CP season was the club's 114th season in existence and 87th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 25 July 2020.

Sporting CP

2019–20 season
President	Frederico Varandas
Manager	Leonel Pontes (until 26 September)[1] Silas (from 26 September until 4 March)[2] Ruben Amorim (from 4 March)
Stadium	Estádio José Alvalade
Primeira Liga	4th
Taça de Portugal	Third round
Taça da Liga	Semi-finals
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	Runners-up
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Bruno Fernandes (8) All: Bruno Fernandes[A] (15)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Players

Current squad

As of 30 January 2020^[3]

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  BRA Renan Ribeiro 3 DF  POR Tiago Ilori 4 DF  URU Sebastián Coates 5 MF  BRA Eduardo 7 MF  POR Rafael Camacho 9 FW  ARG Marcos Acuña 10 FW  ARG Luciano Vietto 13 DF  MKD Stefan Ristovski 14 DF  POR Luís Neto 16 MF  ARG Rodrigo Battaglia 18 FW  BRA Fernando (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) 19 DF  FRA Valentin Rosier

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  ECU Gonzalo Plata 21 FW  ESP Jesé (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain) 22 DF  FRA Jérémy Mathieu 26 DF  COL Cristian Borja 27 MF  POR Miguel Luís 29 FW  BRA Luiz Phellype 37 MF  BRA Wendel 77 FW  CPV Jovane Cabral 81 GK  POR Luís Maximiano 89 FW  COD Yannick Bolasie (on loan from Everton) 98 MF  CIV Idrissa Doumbia 99 GK  POR Diogo Sousa

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 — GK  ITA Emiliano Viviano — DF  POR Mauro Riquicho — MF  BRA Mattheus

Out on loan

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 — DF  GHA Lumor Agbenyenu (at Mallorca until 30 June 2020) — DF  POR Bruno Gaspar (at Olympiacos until 30 June 2020) — DF  POR André Geraldes (at Maccabi Tel Aviv until 30 June 2020) — MF  POR Filipe Chaby (at Académica until 30 June 2020) — MF  POR Francisco Geraldes (at AEK Athens until 30 June 2020) — MF  CRO Josip Mišić (at PAOK until 30 June 2020)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  POR João Palhinha (at Braga until 30 June 2020) — FW  COL Leonardo Acevedo (at Varzim until 30 June 2020) — FW  MLI Abdoulay Diaby (at Beşiktaş until 30 June 2020) — FW  ANG Gelson (at Antalyaspor until 30 June 2020) — FW  BRA Matheus Pereira (at West Bromwich Albion until 30 June 2020) — FW  ARG Alan Ruiz (at Aldosivi until 30 June 2020)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
14	DF		Luís Neto	31	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Transfer	Summer	2022	Free	jn.pt
10	FW		Luciano Vietto	25	Atlético Madrid	Transfer	Summer	2024	€7.5M	desporto.sapo.pt
5	MF		Eduardo	24	Internacional	Transfer	Summer	2024	€3M
7	FW		Rafael Camacho	19	Liverpool	Transfer	Summer	2024	Undisclosed
19	DF		Valentin Rosier	22	Dijon	Transfer	Summer	2022	€7.5M

Last updated: 18 March 2024

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
8	MF		Bruno Fernandes	25	Manchester United	Transfer	January	€55M (+€25M)

Last updated: 18 March 2024

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

On 29 April 2019, Sporting announced the first pre-season plans, including two matches in Switzerland as well as an unprecedented match against Liverpool in New York.^[4] The presentation match, against Valencia, was announced on 7 June following the announcement of a match against Club Brugge in Belgium three days earlier.^[5][6]

Rapperswil-Jona v Sporting CP

10 July 2019 (2019-07-10) Friendly	Rapperswil-Jona	2–1	Sporting CP	Rapperswil, Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gele 49' Hadzi 68'	Report	B. Fernandes 13' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Grünfeld

St. Gallen v Sporting CP

13 July 2019 (2019-07-13) Friendly	St. Gallen	2–2	Sporting CP	St. Gallen, Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kutesa 43' Heftis 52'	Report	B. Fernandes 2' Wendel 25'	Stadium: Kybunpark

Club Brugge v Sporting CP

19 July 2019 (2019-07-19) Friendly	Club Brugge	2–2 (4–3 p)	Sporting CP	Bruges, Belgium
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Okereke 16' Vanaken 62' (pen.)	Report	B. Fernandes 45+2' (pen.) Cabral 53'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
	Penalties
	Vossen Schrijvers Danjuma Mitrović Deli Okereke		Luiz Phellype Plata Luís Cabral Henrique Bragança

Liverpool v Sporting CP

24 July 2019 (2019-07-24) Friendly	Liverpool	2–2	Sporting CP	New York, United States
21:30 EDT (UTC−4)	Origi 20' Wijnaldum 44' Fabinho  88'	Report	B. Fernandes 5' Neto  30' Wendel 54'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 31,112 Referee: Sorin Stoica (United States)

Sporting CP v Valencia

28 July 2019 (2019-07-28) Troféu Cinco Violinos	Sporting CP	1–2	Valencia	Lisbon, Portugal
19:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Dost 5' B. Fernandes  54'	Report	Kondogbia 9' Gameiro 66' Gabriel  71'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 32,154 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	11 August 2019	25 July 2020	Matchday 1	4th	34	18	6	10	49	34	+15	052.94
Taça de Portugal	17 October 2019		Third round	Third round	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Taça da Liga	26 September 2019	21 January 2020	Group stage	Semi-finals	4	2	0	2	8	6	+2	050.00
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	4 August 2019		Final	Runners-up	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5	000.00
Europa League	19 September 2019	27 February 2020	Group stage	Round of 32	8	5	0	3	15	12	+3	062.50
Total					48	25	6	17	72	59	+13	052.08

Last updated: 25 July 2020
Source: Sporting.pt

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Main article: 2019 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Benfica v Sporting CP

4 August 2019 (2019-08-04)	Benfica	5–0	Sporting CP	Faro/Loulé
20:45 WEST (UTC+1)	Silva 40' Dias  45+2' Grimaldo  46', 64' Ferro  50' Pizzi 60', 75' Seferovic  70' De Tomás  72' Chiquinho 90'	[citation needed]	Acuña  20' Doumbia  32'  89' Raphinha  49' B. Fernandes  62' Coates  62'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: Nuno Almeida

Primeira Liga

Main article: 2019–20 Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Benfica	34	24	5	5	71	26	+45	77	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Braga	34	18	6	10	61	40	+21	60[a]	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[b]
4	Sporting CP	34	18	6	10	49	34	+15	60[a]	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[b]
5	Rio Ave	34	15	10	9	48	36	+12	55	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[b]
6	Famalicão	34	14	12	8	53	51	+2	54

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.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head away goals: Braga 1, Sporting 0
2. Since the winners of the 2019–20 Taça de Portugal, Porto, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, 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 (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.

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
34	18	6	10	49	34	+15	60	12	1	4	25	13	+12	6	5	6	24	21	+3

Last updated: 25 July 2020.
Source: Liga Portugal

Result round 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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	L
Position	7	4	1	5	8	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4

Updated to match(es) played on 25 July 2020. Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Marítimo v Sporting CP

11 August 2019 (2019-08-11) 1	Marítimo	1–1	Sporting CP	Funchal, Madeira
18:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Getterson 7'	Report	Coates 29'	Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo Attendance: 9,673 Referee: Tiago Martins

Sporting CP v Braga

18 August 2019 (2019-08-18) 2	Sporting CP	2–1	Braga	Lisbon
21:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Wendel 16' B. Fernandes 44'	Report	Eduardo 73'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 35,692 Referee: Luis Godinho

Portimonense v Sporting CP

25 August 2019 (2019-08-25) 3	Portimonense	1–3	Sporting CP	Portimão
18:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Rômulo 9'	Report	Raphinha 3', 65' Luiz Phellype 5'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 5,634 Referee: Carlos Xistra

Sporting CP v Rio Ave

31 August 2019 (2019-08-31) 4	Sporting CP	2–3	Rio Ave	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	B. Fernandes 20' Luiz Phellype 53'	Report	Filipe Augusto 6' (pen.), 90+2' (pen.) Ronan 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 37,942 Referee: João Pinheiro

Boavista v Sporting CP

15 September 2019 (2019-09-15) 5	Boavista	1–1	Sporting CP	Porto
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Marlon 7'	Report	B. Fernandes 62'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 12,314 Referee: Jorge Sousa

Sporting CP v Famalicão

23 September 2019 (2019-09-23) 6	Sporting CP	1–2	Famalicão	Lisbon
21:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Vietto 25'	Report	Lameiras 55' Coates 89' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio de Alvalade Attendance: 28,576 Referee: Hugo Miguel

Desportivo das Aves v Sporting CP

30 September 2019 (2019-09-30) 7	Desportivo das Aves	0–1	Sporting CP	Vila das Aves
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	B. Fernandes 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio do Clube Desportivo das Aves Attendance: 2,850 Referee: Carlos Xistra

Sporting CP v Vitória de Guimarães

27 October 2019 (2019-10-27) 8	Sporting CP	3–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Jesé 30' Acuña 32' Coates 73'	Report	Bonatini 67'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 28,135 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Paços de Ferreira v Sporting CP

31 October 2019 (2019-10-31) 9	Paços de Ferreira	1–2	Sporting CP	Paços de Ferreira
19:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Douglas 73'	Report	Luiz Phellype 12' B. Fernandes 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 2,901 Referee: Rui Costa

Tondela v Sporting CP

3 November 2019 (2019-11-03) 10	Tondela	1–0	Sporting CP	Tondela
17:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Bruno Wilson 88'	Report		Stadium: Estádio João Cardoso Attendance: 4,096 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

Sporting CP v Belenenses

10 November 2019 (2019-11-10) 11	Sporting CP	2–0	Belenenses	Lisbon
18:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Vietto 74', 80'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 27,102 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

Gil Vicente v Sporting CP

1 December 2019 (2019-12-01) 12	Gil Vicente	3–1	Sporting CP	Barcelos
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Kraev 18' Lima 54' (pen.) Naidji 90+8'	Report	Wendel 45+3'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 7,009 Referee: Hugo Miguel

Sporting CP v Moreirense

8 December 2019 (2019-12-08) 13	Sporting CP	1–0	Moreirense	Lisbon
17:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Luiz Phellype 71'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 26,093 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Santa Clara v Sporting CP

16 December 2019 (2019-12-16) 14	Santa Clara	0–4	Sporting CP	Ponta Delgada
19:05 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report	Luiz Phellype 40', 47' Bolasie 54' B. Fernandes 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 5,282 Referee: Manuel Mota

Sporting CP v Porto

5 January 2020 (2020-01-05) 15	Sporting CP	1–2	Porto	Lisbon
17:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Acuña 44'	Report	Marega 6' Soares 73'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 41,247 Referee: Jorge Sousa

Vitória de Setúbal v Sporting CP

11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) 16	Vitória de Setúbal	1–3	Sporting CP	Setúbal
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Carlinhos 63'	Report	Meira 27' (o.g.) B. Fernandes 34', 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 5,761 Referee: Tiago Martins

Sporting CP v Benfica

17 January 2020 (2020-01-17) 17	Sporting CP	0–2	Benfica	Lisbon
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report	Silva 80', 90+9'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 41,017 Referee: Hugo Miguel

Sporting CP v Marítimo

27 January 2020 (2020-01-27) 18	Sporting CP	1–0	Marítimo	Lisbon
21:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Borja 76'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 12,798 Referee: Rui Costa

Braga v Sporting CP

2 February 2020 (2020-02-02) 19	Braga	1–0	Sporting CP	Braga
17:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Trincão 75'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 18,379 Referee: Jorge Sousa

Sporting CP v Portimonense

9 February 2020 (2020-02-09) 20	Sporting CP	2–1	Portimonense	Lisbon
17:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Mathieu 31' Jadson 72' (o.g.)	Report	Martínez 26'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 28,763 Referee: Hugo Miguel

Rio Ave v Sporting CP

15 February 2020 (2020-02-15) 21	Rio Ave	1–1	Sporting CP	Vila do Conde
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Piazon 2'	Report	Cabral 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 4,434 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

Sporting CP v Boavista

23 February 2020 (2020-02-23) 22	Sporting CP	2–0	Boavista	Lisbon
17:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Šporar 13' Plata 42'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 29,171 Referee: Nuno Almeida

Famalicão v Sporting CP

3 March 2020 (2020-03-03) 23	Famalicão	3–1	Sporting CP	Vila Nova de Famalicão
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Račić 5' Gonçalves 8', 65'	Report	Coates 45'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Attendance: 3,824 Referee: Luís Godinho

Sporting CP v Desportivo das Aves

8 March 2020 (2020-03-08) 24	Sporting CP	2–0	Desportivo das Aves	Lisbon
17:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Šporar 62' Vietto 68' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 27,272 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

Vitória de Guimarães v Sporting CP

4 June 2020 (2020-06-04) 25	Vitória de Guimarães	2–2	Sporting CP	Guimarães
21:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Teixeira 32' Edwards 68'	Report	Šporar 18', 54'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 0 Referee: Carlos Xistra

Sporting CP v Paços de Ferreira

12 June 2020 (2020-06-12) 26	Sporting CP	1–0	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
21:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Cabral 64'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0 Referee: Rui Costa

Sporting CP v Tondela

18 June 2020 (2020-06-18) 27	Sporting CP	2–0	Tondela	Lisbon
21:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Cabral 13' Šporar 31' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

Belenenses v Sporting CP

26 June 2020 (2020-06-26) 28	Belenenses	1–3	Sporting CP	Lisbon
19:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Licá 9'	Report	Coates 21' Cabral 36', 45+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Attendance: 0 Referee: Hélder Malheiro

Sporting CP v Gil Vicente

1 July 2020 (2020-07-01) 29	Sporting CP	2–1	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
21:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Wendel 21' Plata 49'	Report	Ribeiro 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0 Referee: Rui Oliveira

Moreirense v Sporting CP

6 July 2020 (2020-07-06) 30	Moreirense	0–0	Sporting CP	Moreira de Cónegos
21:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 0 Referee: Tiago Martins

Sporting CP v Santa Clara

10 July 2020 (2020-07-10) 31	Sporting CP	1–0	Santa Clara	Lisbon
19:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Cabral 67'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0 Referee: António Nobre

Porto v Sporting CP

15 July 2020 (2020-07-15) 32	Porto	2–0	Sporting CP	Porto
21:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Pereira 64' Marega 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 0 Referee: João Pinheiro

Sporting CP v Vitória de Setúbal

21 July 2020 (2020-07-21) 33	Sporting CP	0–0	Vitória de Setúbal	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0 Referee: Nuno Almeida

Benfica v Sporting CP

25 July 2020 (2020-07-25) 34	Benfica	2–1	Sporting CP	Lisbon
21:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Seferovic 28' Carlos Vinícius 88'	Report	Šporar 69'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

Taça de Portugal

Main article: 2019–20 Taça de Portugal

Third round

Alverca v Sporting CP

17 October 2019	Alverca	2–0	Sporting CP	Alverca
20:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Apolinário 10' Silva 55'			Stadium: Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca Referee: Luis Godinho

Taça da Liga

Main article: 2019–20 Taça da Liga

Third round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SPO	RAV	PTM	GIL
1	Sporting CP	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–2	—	—
2	Rio Ave	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4			—	—	—	0–1
3	Portimonense	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4			2–4	1–1	—	—
4	Gil Vicente	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3			0–2	—	1–2	—

Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Sporting CP v Rio Ave

26 September 2019 1	Sporting CP	1–2	Rio Ave	Lisbon
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	B. Fernandes 35'	Report	Ronan 32' Piazon 83'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 12,656 Referee: Manuel Mota

Gil Vicente v Sporting CP

4 December 2019 2	Gil Vicente	0–2	Sporting CP	Barcelos
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report	B. Fernandes 89' Vietto 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 3,202 Referee: Rui Costa

Portimonense v Sporting CP

21 December 2019 3	Portimonense	2–4	Sporting CP	Portimão
17:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Martínez 16' (pen.) Mathieu 31' (o.g.)	Report	Vietto 37' Camacho 77' Plata 84' Luiz Phellype 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 3,499 Referee: João Pinheiro

Knockout phase

Braga v Sporting CP

21 January 2020 Semi-finals	Braga	2–1	Sporting CP	Braga
19:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	R. Horta 8' Paulinho 90'	Report	Mathieu 44'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 10,047 Referee: Nuno Almeida

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LASK	SPO	PSV	ROS
1	LASK	6	4	1	1	11	4	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–0	4–1	1–0
2	Sporting CP	6	4	0	2	11	7	+4	12			2–1	—	4–0	1–0
3	PSV Eindhoven	6	2	2	2	9	12	−3	8			0–0	3–2	—	1–1
4	Rosenborg	6	0	1	5	3	11	−8	1			1–2	0–2	1–4	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

PSV Eindhoven v Sporting CP

19 September 2019 1	PSV Eindhoven	3–2	Sporting CP	Eindhoven
18:55 CEST	Malen 19' Coates 25' (o.g.) Baumgartl 48'	Report	B. Fernandes 38' (pen.) Mendes 82'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Sporting CP v LASK

3 October 2019 2	Sporting CP	2–1	LASK	Lisbon
20:00 WEST	Luiz Phellype 58' B. Fernandes 63'	Report	Raguž 16'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 31,225 Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)

Sporting CP v Rosenborg

24 October 2019 3	Sporting CP	1–0	Rosenborg	Lisbon
20:00 WEST	Bolasie 70'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 27,671 Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

Rosenborg v Sporting CP

7 November 2019 4	Rosenborg	0–2	Sporting CP	Trondheim
18:55 CET		Report	Coates 16' B. Fernandes 38'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 11,018 Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)

Sporting CP v PSV Eindhoven

28 November 2019 5	Sporting CP	4–0	PSV Eindhoven	Lisbon
20:00 WET	Luiz Phellype 9' B. Fernandes 16', 64' (pen.) Mathieu 43'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 30,146 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

LASK v Sporting CP

12 December 2019 6	LASK	3–0	Sporting CP	Linz
18:55 CET	Trauner 23' Klauss 38' (pen.) Raguž 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 11,627 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League knockout phase § Round of 32

Round of 32

Sporting CP v İstanbul Başakşehir

20 February 2020 First leg	Sporting CP	3–1	İstanbul Başakşehir	Lisbon
17:55 WET	Coates 3' Šporar 44' Vietto 51'	Report	Višća 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 27,392 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

İstanbul Başakşehir v Sporting CP

27 February 2020 Second leg	İstanbul Başakşehir	4–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 agg.)	Sporting CP	Istanbul
20:55 TRT	Škrtel 31' Aleksić 45' Višća 90+2', 119' (pen.)	Report	Vietto 68'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 5,892 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		UEFA Europa League		Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	BRA	Renan Ribeiro	18	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	0
81	GK	POR	Luís Maximiano	31	0	23	0	1	0	3	0	3+1	0	0	0
99	GK	POR	Diogo Sousa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	POR	Tiago Ilori	14	0	6+2	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
4	DF	URU	Sebastián Coates	40	6	28+1	4	0	0	3	0	7	2	1	0
13	DF	MKD	Stefan Ristovski	26	0	19+2	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
14	DF	POR	Luís Neto	22	0	11+1	0	1	0	2+1	0	4+1	0	1	0
19	DF	FRA	Valentin Rosier	16	0	8+1	0	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0
26	DF	COL	Cristian Borja	30	1	15+8	1	1	0	1	0	2+2	0	0+1	0
35	DF	POR	Nuno Mendes	9	0	7+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
72	DF	POR	Eduardo Quaresma	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	BRA	Eduardo Henrique	22	0	8+7	0	1	0	0+1	0	2+3	0	0	0
7	MF	POR	Rafael Camacho	26	1	9+10	0	0	0	2+1	1	1+3	0	0	0
16	MF	ARG	Rodrigo Battaglia	20	0	9+6	0	0	0	2+1	0	2	0	0	0
17	MF	POR	Francisco Geraldes	8	0	1+7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	POR	Miguel Luís	7	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
37	MF	BRA	Wendel	39	3	26+2	3	0	0	4	0	6	0	1	0
73	MF	BRA	Matheus Luiz	10	0	9+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
93	MF	POR	Rodrigo Fernandes	4	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
98	MF	CIV	Idrissa Doumbia	35	0	17+5	0	1	0	3	0	5+3	0	1	0
Forwards
9	FW	ARG	Marcos Acuña	36	2	23+1	2	0+1	0	4	0	6	0	1	0
10	FW	ARG	Luciano Vietto	35	8	19+5	4	1	0	2+1	2	6+1	2	0	0
20	FW	ECU	Gonzalo Plata	24	3	12+9	2	0	0	0+1	1	0+2	0	0	0
29	FW	BRA	Luiz Phellype	26	9	12+4	6	1	0	2+2	1	3+1	2	0+1	0
51	FW	POR	Tiago Tomás	5	0	1+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	FW	POR	Pedro Mendes	12	1	0+6	0	0	0	0	0	1+5	1	0	0
77	FW	CPV	Jovane Cabral	20	6	10+6	6	0	0	0+1	0	2+1	0	0	0
90	FW	SVN	Andraž Šporar	18	7	15+1	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
96	FW	POR	Joelson Fernandes	4	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
50	DF	POR	Thierry Correia	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
76	DF	POR	Bruno Gaspar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	POR	Bruno Fernandes	28	15	17	8	0+1	0	4	2	5	5	1	0
11	FW	BRA	Raphinha	5	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	FW	BRA	Fernando	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	ESP	Jesé	17	1	6+6	1	1	0	1+1	0	1+1	0	0	0
22	DF	FRA	Jérémy Mathieu	25	3	19	1	0	0	2	1	3	1	1	0
23	FW	MLI	Abdoulay Diaby	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
28	FW	NED	Bas Dost	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
89	FW	COD	Yannick Bolasie	25	2	12+2	1	0+1	0	2+1	0	7	1	0	0

• Last updated: 25 July 2020
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