2020–21 Sporting CP season

The 2020–21 season was the 115th season in existence of Sporting Clube de Portugal and the club's 87th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. In addition to the domestic league, Sporting CP participated in this season's editions of the Taça de Portugal and the UEFA Europa League. The club also qualified for the Taça da Liga, winning the competition and achieving an unofficial double. The season covered the period from 26 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Sporting CP

2020–21 season
President	Frederico Varandas
Head coach	Ruben Amorim
Stadium	Estádio José Alvalade
Primeira Liga	1st
Taça de Portugal	Fifth round
Taça da Liga	Winners
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Pedro Gonçalves (23) All: Pedro Gonçalves (23)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Sporting won the 2020–21 Primeira Liga with two matches remaining, following a 1–0 home win against Boavista, and thus became Portuguese champions for the 19th time in their history, and for the first time since the 2001–02 season. In this season, Sporting set a league record for the longest unbeaten run in a single season with 32 matches in a row (25 wins and seven draws) out of 34 matches.

Players

First-team squad

As of 15 February 2021.^[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  ESP Antonio Adán 2 DF  BRA Matheus Reis (on loan from Rio Ave) 3 DF  MAR Zouhair Feddal 4 DF  URU Sebastián Coates (captain) 5 DF  POR Nuno Mendes 6 MF  POR João Palhinha 7 FW  BRA Bruno Tabata 8 MF  BRA Matheus Nunes 11 FW  POR Nuno Santos 13 DF  POR Luís Neto 17 MF  POR João Mário (on loan from Inter Milan) 19 FW  POR Tiago Tomás

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  ECU Gonzalo Plata 21 FW  POR Paulinho 22 GK  POR André Paulo 24 DF  ESP Pedro Porro (on loan from Manchester City) 27 DF  POR João Pereira 28 MF  POR Pedro Gonçalves 52 DF  POR Gonçalo Inácio 55 DF  POR Vitorino Antunes 68 MF  POR Daniel Bragança 72 DF  POR Eduardo Quaresma 77 FW  CPV Jovane Cabral 81 GK  POR Luís Maximiano

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 40 GK  BRA Renan Ribeiro 76 DF  ANG Bruno Gaspar 80 MF  POR Rodrigo Fernandes

No. Pos. Nation Player 89 DF  GHA Lumor 96 FW  POR Joelson 99 GK  POR Diogo Sousa

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  POR Ivanildo Fernandes (at Almería until 30 June 2021) — DF  POR Tiago Ilori (at Lorient until 30 June 2021) — DF  POR Mauro Riquicho (at Fátima until 30 June 2021) — DF  FRA Valentin Rosier (at Beşiktaş until 30 June 2021) — DF  POR João Silva (at Istra 1961 until 30 June 2021) — MF  ARG Rodrigo Battaglia (at Alavés until 30 June 2021) — MF  POR Filipe Chaby (at Académica until 30 June 2021) — MF  MLI Abdoulay Diaby (at Getafe until 30 June 2021) — MF  CIV Idrissa Doumbia (at Huesca until 30 June 2021)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BRA Eduardo (at Crotone until 30 June 2021) — MF  BRA Mattheus (at Coritiba until 30 June 2021) — MF  CRO Josip Mišić (at Dinamo Zagreb until 30 June 2021) — FW  COL Leonardo Acevedo (at Logroñés until 30 June 2021) — FW  POR Rafael Camacho (at Rio Ave until 30 June 2021) — FW  POR Pedro Marques (at Gil Vicente until 30 June 2021) — FW  POR Pedro Mendes (at Nacional until 30 June 2021) — FW  SVN Andraž Šporar (at Braga until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
1	GK	Antonio Adán	Atlético Madrid	Free transfer	20 August 2020	[2]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Portimonense v Sporting CP

28 August 2020 Friendly	Portimonense	1–2	Sporting CP	Portimão, Portugal
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Possignolo 53' (pen.)	Report	Šporar 65' (pen.) Tomás 74'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Referee: Miguel Nogueira

Sporting CP v Belenenses

30 August 2020 Friendly	Sporting CP	3–1	Belenenses	Faro, Portugal
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Gonçalves 14' Tomás 23' Šporar 74'	Report	Agrelos 85'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: Hugo Silva

Sporting CP v Valladolid

4 September 2020 Friendly	Sporting CP	2–1	Valladolid	Alverca do Ribatejo, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Feddal 71' Cabral 79' (pen.)	Report	Gassama 64' (pen.) Miguel Ángel  78'	Stadium: Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca

Sporting CP v Napoli

13 September 2020 Troféu Cinco Violinos	Sporting CP	Cancelled	Napoli	Lisbon, Portugal
19:30 WEST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Note: The match was cancelled after several Sporting CP players tested positive for COVID-19.[3]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primeira Liga	27 September 2020	19 May 2021	Matchday 1	Winners	34	26	7	1	65	20	+45	076.47
Taça de Portugal	23 November 2020	11 January 2021	Third round	Fifth round	3	2	0	1	10	3	+7	066.67
Taça da Liga	15 December 2020	23 January 2021	Quarter-finals	Winners	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
Europa League	24 September 2020	1 October 2020	Third qualifying round	Play-off round	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	050.00
Total					42	32	7	3	82	28	+54	076.19

Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

Main article: 2020–21 Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting CP (C)	34	26	7	1	65	20	+45	85	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Porto	34	24	8	2	74	29	+45	80
3	Benfica	34	23	7	4	69	27	+42	76	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Braga	34	19	7	8	53	33	+20	64	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
5	Paços de Ferreira	34	15	8	11	40	41	−1	53	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third 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.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Braga qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2020–21 Taça de Portugal. Since they would have qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round by finishing fourth, the berth was awarded to the fifth-placed team (Paços de Ferreira), and the Europa Conference League second qualifying round berth reserved to the fifth-placed team was awarded to the sixth-placed team (Santa Clara).

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	26	7	1	65	20	+45	85	13	4	0	34	10	+24	13	3	1	31	10	+21

Source: Liga Portugal

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	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W
Position	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 28 August 2020.^[4]

Paços de Ferreira v Sporting CP

27 September 2020 2	Paços de Ferreira	0–2	Sporting CP	Paços de Ferreira
18:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Douglas  21' Eustáquio  74'	Report	Neto  10' Cabral 23' (pen.),  25' Wendel  36' Adán  45+3' Coates 63' Nunes  80' Feddal  84'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

Portimonense v Sporting CP

4 October 2020 3	Portimonense	0–2	Sporting CP	Portimão
21:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Lucas Fernandes  40'	Report	Mendes 4' Santos 11' Coates  46'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Manuel Oliveira

Sporting CP v Porto

17 October 2020 4	Sporting CP	2–2	Porto	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Santos 9' Gonçalves  11' Neto  45+7' Feddal  61' Vietto  78', 87' Coates  79'	Report	Corona  19', 45' Sanusi  20' Uribe 25' Otávio  54' Marchesín  86'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Luís Godinho

Santa Clara v Sporting CP

24 October 2020 5	Santa Clara	1–2	Sporting CP	Ponta Delgada
19:00 WEST (UTC+1)	González  18' Thiago Santana 42' Sagna  45' Carvalho  63'	Report	Gonçalves 20', 81' Coates  90+3'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 932 Referee: Manuel Mota

Sporting CP v Gil Vicente

28 October 2020 1	Sporting CP	3–1	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
21:45 WET (UTC±0)	Palhinha  1' Neto  60' Feddal  64' Gonçalves  64', 90+5' Šporar  68', 83' Tomás 84'	Report	Denis  35' João Afonso  37' Mineiro 52' Miullen  66' Rodrigão  88'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0[a] Referee: André Narciso

Sporting CP v Tondela

1 November 2020 6	Sporting CP	4–0	Tondela	Lisbon
20:00 WET (UTC±0)	Palhinha  32' Gonçalves 45', 49' Porro 79' Nunes  85' Santos  86' Šporar 90+3'	Report	Ferreira  28' Augusto  85'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0[a] Referee: António Nobre

Vitória de Guimarães v Sporting CP

7 November 2020 7	Vitória de Guimarães	0–4	Sporting CP	Guimarães
20:30 WET (UTC±0)	Agu  3' André  39' Suliman  42'	Report	Santos 11' Porro  39' Gonçalves 43', 55' Cabral 79'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Hugo Miguel

Sporting CP v Moreirense

28 November 2020 8	Sporting CP	2–1	Moreirense	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±0)	Gonçalves 8', 75' Santos  78'	Report	Neto 3' (o.g.) Lacerda  74' Galego  82'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Vítor Ferreira

Famalicão v Sporting CP

5 December 2020 9	Famalicão	2–2	Sporting CP	Vila Nova de Famalicão
18:00 WET (UTC±0)	Campana  8' Assunção 43',  68' Riccieli  45' Pereyra  45+3' Babić  74' Jhonata Robert  83', 89'	Report	Gonçalves  22'  80', 37' Santos  45' Porro 45+4' Palhinha  87' Feddal  90+3'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Luís Godinho

Sporting CP v Farense

19 December 2020 10	Sporting CP	1–0	Farense	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±0)	Tomás  26' Palhinha  41' Coates  68' Šporar 90+1' (pen.) Santos  90+7'	Report	Defendi  36'  86' Isidoro  43' Nunes  75' Mancha  83'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0[a] Referee: André Narciso

Belenenses SAD v Sporting CP

27 December 2020 11	Belenenses SAD	1–2	Sporting CP	Oeiras
20:00 WET (UTC±0)	Cardoso 14', 16',  45+1' Esgaio  23' Ribeiro  75'  77'	Report	Tomás 5' Adán  16' João Mário 24' (pen.) Inácio  63' Neto  82'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Rui Costa

Sporting CP v Braga

2 January 2021 12	Sporting CP	2–0	Braga	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±0)	Gonçalves 54' Nunes 78',  90+1' Porro  79' Antunes  90+2'	Report	Galeno  37' Silva  51' Elmusrati  58' Matheus  88'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

Nacional v Sporting CP

8 January 2021 13	Nacional	0–2	Sporting CP	Madeira
18:00 WET (UTC±0)	Micael  11' Borges  61' Freitas  69'	Report	Feddal  27' Santos 43' Cabral 90'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Manuel Mota

Sporting CP v Rio Ave

15 January 2021 14	Sporting CP	1–1	Rio Ave	Lisbon
18:30 WET (UTC±0)	Plata  7' João Mário  24' Gonçalves 42' Tabata  87'	Report	Amaral  15' Coentrão  25' Gelson 61' Tarantini  69' Gabrielzinho  69' Rodrigues  83' Pereira  90+4'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Hélder Malheiro

Boavista v Sporting CP

26 January 2021 15	Boavista	0–2	Sporting CP	Porto
21:15 WET (UTC±0)	Paulinho  87' Nathan  90'	Report	Santos 24' Porro 77' Palhinha  79' João Mário  79'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

Sporting CP v Benfica

1 February 2021 16	Sporting CP	1–0	Benfica	Lisbon
21:30 WET (UTC±0)	Tomás  15' Neto  40' Nunes 90+2' Tabata  90+5'	Report	Gilberto  13' Weigl  16' Otamendi  53' Pizzi  76' Gabriel  79'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Marítimo v Sporting CP

5 February 2021 17	Marítimo	0–2	Sporting CP	Funchal
19:00 WET (UTC±0)	Andrade  30' Renê  84'	Report	Gonçalves 9', 57' Pereira  90+3'	Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Hugo Miguel

Gil Vicente v Sporting CP

9 February 2021 18	Gil Vicente	1–2	Sporting CP	Barcelos
21:00 WET (UTC±0)	Lucas  3' Fujimoto 36' Lino  73' Pedrinho  87' Denis  89'	Report	Nunes  31' Coates 83', 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Nuno Almeida

Sporting CP v Paços de Ferreira

15 February 2021 19	Sporting CP	2–0	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±0)	Mendes  8' Feddal  14' João Mário 20' (pen.) Palhinha 48' Porro  54' Adán  75' Cabral  88'	Report	Baixinho  13' Rebocho  19' Douglas  22'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0[a] Referee: André Narciso

Sporting CP v Portimonense

20 February 2021 20	Sporting CP	2–0	Portimonense	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±0)	Feddal 27' Santos 31'	Report	Ewerton  37' Henrique  49' Dener  90+1'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Rui Costa

Porto v Sporting CP

27 February 2021 21	Porto	0–0	Sporting CP	Porto
20:30 WET (UTC±0)	Pepe  55'	Report	Mendes  27' Feddal  55'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 0[a] Referee: João Pinheiro

Sporting CP v Santa Clara

5 March 2021 22	Sporting CP	2–1	Santa Clara	Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC±0)	Gonçalves 22' Antunes  90+1' Coates 90+3'	Report	Carvalho  41' Cardoso  62' Costa 84'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Manuel Oliveira

Tondela v Sporting CP

13 March 2021 23	Tondela	0–1	Sporting CP	Tondela
20:30 WET (UTC±0)	Khacef  40' Olabe  52' Alves  60'	Report	Coates  44' Pereira  56' Tomás 81'	Stadium: Estádio João Cardoso Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Nuno Almeida

Sporting CP v Vitória de Guimarães

20 March 2021 24	Sporting CP	1–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±0)	Inácio 44' Neto  68' João Mário  72'	Report	Pepelu  89'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Tiago Martins

Moreirense v Sporting CP

5 April 2021 25	Moreirense	1–1	Sporting CP	Moreira de Cónegos
21:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Ba  39' Walterson 90' Pasinato  90+5'	Report	Paulinho 21' Tomás  78' Inácio  85'	Stadium: Parque Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 0[a] Referee: João Pinheiro

Sporting CP v Famalicão

11 April 2021 26	Sporting CP	1–1	Famalicão	Lisbon
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Palhinha  10' Gonçalves 25' Antunes  51' Porro  58'	Report	Anderson 27' William  53' Riccieli  69' Luiz Júnior  90+4'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Rui Costa

Farense v Sporting CP

16 April 2021 27	Farense	0–1	Sporting CP	Faro
21:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Gauld  90+3'	Report	Gonçalves 35' Reis  40' Adán  86'	Stadium: Estádio de São Luís Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Hugo Miguel

Sporting CP v Belenenses SAD

21 April 2021 28	Sporting CP	2–2	Belenenses SAD	Lisbon
21:15 WEST (UTC+1)	Tomás  3' João Mário 42' Coates 83' Cabral 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Cassierra 13', 54' Henrique  41' Cardoso  81' Silva  90+1'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Nuno Almeida

Braga v Sporting CP

25 April 2021 29	Braga	0–1	Sporting CP	Braga
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Fransérgio  17' Gaitán  64' A. Horta  78' Esgaio  90+4'	Report	Inácio  10'  18' Tomás  76' Nunes 81' Gonçalves  90+4' Adán  90+6'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Sporting CP v Nacional

1 May 2021 30	Sporting CP	2–0	Nacional	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Paulinho  31' Bragança  53' Feddal 83' Cabral 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Alhassan  23'  67' Bessa  57' Júlio César  65' Correia  90+1'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Manuel Oliveira

Rio Ave v Sporting CP

5 May 2021 31	Rio Ave	0–2	Sporting CP	Vila do Conde
21:15 WEST (UTC+1)	Filipe Augusto  23' Santos  38' Tarantini  62' Coentrão  65' Brandão  90+4'	Report	Mendes  26' Gonçalves 34' (pen.) Feddal  42' Paulinho 63' Palhinha  74' Neto  90+3' Coates  90+4'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

Sporting CP v Boavista

11 May 2021 32	Sporting CP	1–0	Boavista	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Paulinho 36',  85' Feddal  61'	Report	Pérez  41' Gomes  66' Rami  71'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Luís Godinho

Benfica v Sporting CP

15 May 2021 33	Benfica	4–3	Sporting CP	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Grimaldo  7' Seferovic 12', 48' (pen.) Pizzi 29' Veríssimo 37',  38' Otamendi  43' Gabriel  57' Tavares  87' Núñez  90+2'	Report	Reis  31' Gonçalves 45+1', 77' (pen.),  90+2' Mendes  57' Santos 62' João Mário  65'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Tiago Martins

Sporting CP v Marítimo

19 May 2021 34	Sporting CP	5–1	Marítimo	Lisbon
21:45 WEST (UTC+1)	Gonçalves 7', 20', 62' Karo 21' (o.g.) Nunes  28' Coates  46' Plata 75' Tomás  79'	Report	Cléber  66' Beltrame 89'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Gustavo Correia

Taça de Portugal

Main article: 2020–21 Taça de Portugal

Sacavenense v Sporting CP

23 November 2020 Third round	Sacavenense	1–7	Sporting CP	Sacavém
21:15 WET (UTC±0)	Iaquinta 53'	Report	Santos 3' Coates 26', 47' Cabral 32' (pen.) Marques 86', 90' Inácio 90+2'	Stadium: Complexo Desportivo Elias Pereira Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Helder Malheiro

Sporting CP v Paços de Ferreira

11 December 2020 Fourth round	Sporting CP	3–0	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
21:15 WET (UTC±0)	Porro  22' Tomás 26' Tabata 44' Palhinha  61', 64' Santos  71'	Report	Castanheira  82'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0[a] Referee: João Pinheiro

Marítimo v Sporting CP

11 January 2021 Fifth round	Marítimo	2–0	Sporting CP	Funchal
21:15 WET (UTC±0)	Joel  45+4' Andrade  49', 79' Winck  61' Pinho 68' Correa  90+5'	Report	Neto  37' Tabata  66' Gonçalves  72' Plata  90+5'	Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Manuel Oliveira

Taça da Liga

Main article: 2020–21 Taça da Liga

Sporting CP v Mafra

15 December 2020 Quarter-finals	Sporting CP	2–0	Mafra	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±0)	Šporar 64' Tabata 71'	Report	Lourenço  29' Camará  40' Graça  58' Okitokandjo  72'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Tiago Martins

Sporting CP v Porto

19 January 2021 Semi-finals	Sporting CP	2–1	Porto	Leiria
19:45 WET (UTC±0)	Porro  42' Palhinha  52' Coates  57' Antunes  72' Cabral 86', 90+4'	Report	Grujić  35' Anderson  43' Marega 79' Vieira  90+6'	Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Attendance: 0[a] Referee: João Pinheiro

Sporting CP v Braga

23 January 2021 Final	Sporting CP	1–0	Braga	Leiria
19:45 WET (UTC±0)	Cabral  24' Porro 41',  81' Mendes  76' Nunes  87' Gonçalves  90+5',  90+6' Neto  90+6'	Report	Sequeira  32' Elmusrati  90+4'	Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Tiago Martins

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League

Sporting CP v Aberdeen

24 September 2020 Third qualifying round	Sporting CP	1–0	Aberdeen	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Tomás 8',  64' Vietto  30'	Report	McLennan  90+3'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0 Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

Sporting CP v LASK

1 October 2020 Play-off round	Sporting CP	1–4	LASK	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Neto  25' Porro  36' Tomás 42' Coates  63' Gonçalves  90+3'	Report	Trauner 14' Michorl  20' Raguž 58' Michorls 65' Gruber 69'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		UEFA Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Antonio Adán	37	0	32	0	1	0	2	0	2	0
22	GK	POR	André Paulo	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	BRA	Renan Ribeiro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
81	GK	POR	Luís Maximiano	5	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
99	GK	POR	Diogo Sousa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	BRA	Matheus Reis	15	0	4+11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	MAR	Zouhair Feddal	34	2	28	2	2	0	2	0	2	0
4	DF	URU	Sebastián Coates	40	7	33	5	2+1	2	2	0	2	0
5	DF	POR	Nuno Mendes	35	1	29	1	2	0	1+1	0	2	0
13	DF	POR	Luís Neto	28	0	20+2	0	3	0	0+1	0	2	0
24	DF	ESP	Pedro Porro	37	4	30	3	1+1	0	2+1	1	2	0
27	DF	POR	João Pereira	5	0	3+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
52	DF	POR	Gonçalo Inácio	25	2	15+5	1	1+1	1	3	0	0	0
55	DF	POR	Vitorino Antunes	13	0	4+4	0	1+1	0	2	0	0+1	0
72	DF	POR	Eduardo Quaresma	3	0	1+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	POR	João Palhinha	38	2	28+4	1	2+1	1	2+1	0	0	0
8	MF	BRA	Matheus Nunes	39	3	12+19	3	2+1	0	1+2	0	2	0
17	MF	POR	João Mário	34	2	24+4	2	2+1	0	2+1	0	0	0
28	MF	POR	Pedro Gonçalves	37	23	32	23	0+1	0	3	0	0+1	0
68	MF	POR	Daniel Bragança	25	0	6+15	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
80	MF	POR	Rodrigo Fernandes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
82	MF	POR	Tomás Silva	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
84	MF	POR	Dário Essugo	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	BRA	Bruno Tabata	20	2	2+14	0	2+1	1	0+1	1	0	0
11	FW	POR	Nuno Santos	37	8	23+8	7	3	1	1+1	0	1	0
19	FW	POR	Tiago Tomás	37	6	16+14	3	2	1	3	0	2	2
20	FW	ECU	Gonzalo Plata	14	1	1+8	1	1+1	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
21	FW	POR	Paulinho	14	3	13+1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	BRA	Luiz Phellype	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	FW	CPV	Jovane Cabral	28	8	6+18	5	1	1	1+1	2	1	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
9	FW	SVN	Andraž Šporar	20	4	6+7	3	1+2	0	1+1	1	0+2	0
10	FW	ARG	Luciano Vietto	5	1	2+1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
23	DF	MKD	Stefan Ristovski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW	POR	Pedro Marques	1	2	0	0	0+1	2	0	0	0	0
26	DF	COL	Cristian Borja	4	0	1+1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
27	MF	POR	Miguel Luís	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	BRA	Wendel	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
73	DF	POR	Tiago Ilori	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
74	DF	FRA	Valentin Rosier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
78	FW	POR	Rafael Camacho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
98	MF	CIV	Idrissa Doumbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

• Source: [[[Category:All articles with unsourced statements]]^{[citation needed]}]

Goalscorers

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Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat	Name	Primeira Liga	Taça de Portugal	Taça da Liga	Europa League	Total
1	28	FW		Pedro Gonçalves	23	0	0	0	23
2	11	FW		Nuno Santos	7	1	0	0	8
	77	FW		Jovane Cabral	5	1	2	0	8
4	4	DF		Sebastián Coates	5	2	0	0	7
5	19	FW		Tiago Tomás	3	1	0	2	6
6	9	FW		Andraž Šporar[b]	3	0	1	0	4
	24	MF		Pedro Porro	3	0	1	0	4
8	8	MF		Matheus Nunes	3	0	0	0	3
	21	FW		Paulinho	3	0	0	0	3
10	3	DF		Zouhair Feddal	2	0	0	0	2
	6	MF		João Palhinha	1	1	0	0	2
	7	MF		Bruno Tabata	0	1	1	0	2
	17	MF		João Mário	2	0	0	0	2
	25	FW		Pedro Marques[b]	0	2	0	0	2
	52	DF		Gonçalo Inácio	1	1	0	0	2
16	10	FW		Luciano Vietto[b]	1	0	0	0	1
	20	FW		Gonzalo Plata	1	0	0	0	1
	35	DF		Nuno Mendes	1	0	0	0	1
Own goals					1	0	0	0	1
Totals					65	10	5	2	82

Notes

1. The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal.^[5]
2. Player left during the season