List of Sporting CP seasons

Sporting Clube de Portugal, referred to colloquially as Sporting, Sporting CP or Sporting Lisbon, is a Portuguese sports club based in Lisbon. The club is particularly renowned for its football branch. With more than 100,000 registered club members,^[1] Sporting is one of the most successful and popular sports clubs in Portugal. Its teams, athletes and supporters are often nicknamed Os Leões (English: The Lions).

Evolution of Sporting Clube de Portugal's league performances since 1938

Key

Table headers Pos – Final position in the league classification Pld – Number of league matches played W – Number of league matches won D – Number of league matches drawn L – Number of league matches lost GF – Number of goals scored in league matches GA – Number of goals conceded in league matches Pts – Number of points at the end of the league

Divisions Regional – Lisbon regional championship

Results and rounds  1st  or  W  – Champion or Winner  2nd  or  RU  – Runner-up SF – Semi-finals QF – Quarter-finals R16, R32, R64, R128 – Round of 16, 32, 64, 128 R1, R2, R3, R4 – First, second, third, fourth round GS, GS2 – (First) Group stage, second group stage PO – Play-off round Q3 – Third qualifying round PR – Preliminary round

Top-scorers

• Players whose name is in italics were also the regional championship or Primeira Liga top-scorers.
• GS – Players who were also top-scorers in Europe (European Golden Shoe).

Seasons

As of match played 25 May 2025

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Season	Division	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Cup[n 1][2]	League Cup[3]	Competition	Result	Competition	Result	Player(s)	Goals
	League[4]											European competitions[5][6][7][8]		Other competitions[9]		Top scorer(s)[n 2]
1906–07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1907–08	Regional	2nd	10	7	0	3	11	15	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1908–09	Regional	4th	10	4	0	6	14	8	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1909–10	Regional	5th	10	2	2	6	10	18	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1910–11	Regional	3rd	12	6	2	4	30	15	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1911–12	Regional	3rd	6	2	0	4	9	12	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1912–13	Regional	2nd	8	5	1	2	17	10	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1913–14	Regional	3rd	10	5	1	4	11	18	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1914–15	Regional	1st	10	9	0	1	37	8	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1915–16	Regional	3rd	8	3	1	4	19	1	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1916–17	Regional	2nd	8	6	1	1	21	4	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1917–18	Regional	2nd	4	2	1	1	9	3	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1918–19	Regional	1st[n 3]	10	8	0	2	20	9	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1919–20	Regional	3rd	7	3	1	3	9	8	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1920–21	Regional	2nd[n 4]	12	6	4	2	25	16	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1921–22	Regional	1st	6	5	0	1	15	2	10	RU	—	—	—	—	—	Jaime Gonçalves	5
1922–23	Regional	1st	8	6	2	0	20	6	14	W	—	—	—	—	—	Jaime Gonçalves	6
1923–24	Regional	2nd	8	4	1	3	15	11	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	João Francisco	8
1924–25	Regional	1st	8	5	2	1	19	11	12	RU	—	—	—	—	—	Jaime Gonçalves	8
1925–26	Regional	2nd	14	7	4	3	26	29	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	João Francisco J. Manuel Martins Emílio Ramos	6
1926–27	Regional	4th	14	6	4	4	26	29	16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	J. Manuel Martins	6
1927–28	Regional	1st[n 5]	15	12	1	2	36	12	25	RU	—	—	—	—	—	J. Manuel Martins	10
1928–29	Regional[n 6]	5th	14	5	4	5	26	22	28	SF	—	—	—	—	—	A. Abrantes Mendes	12
1929–30	Regional	3rd	14	10	1	3	37	13	35	R16	—	—	—	—	—	Rogério de Sousa	12
1930–31	Regional	1st	14	12	1	1	40	8	39	—	—	—	—	—	—	A. Abrantes Mendes Eduardo Mourinha Rogério de Sousa	11
1931–32	Regional	2nd[n 7]	14	9	2	3	43	15	33	R16	—	—	—	—	—	A. Abrantes Mendes	12
1932–33	Regional	3rd	18	11	3	4	44	24	43	RU	—	—	—	—	—	Alfredo Valadas	14
1933–34	Regional	1st	9	7	1	1	25	6	24	W	—	—	—	—	—	Adolfo Mourão	6
1934–35	Primeira Liga Regional	2nd 1st[n 8]	14 12	8 8	4 2	2 2	39 32	20 13	20 30	RU	—	—	—	—	—	Manuel Soeiro Manuel Soeiro	14 11
1935–36	Primeira Liga Regional	3rd 1st[n 9]	14 11	8 9	2 0	4 2	41 40	31 12	18 29	W	—	—	—	—	—	Francisco Lopes Pedro Pireza	11 11
1936–37	Primeira Liga Regional	3rd 1st	14 10	9 6	2 2	3 2	54 31	25 9	20 24	RU	—	—	—	—	—	Manuel Soeiro Manuel Soeiro	24 12
1937–38	Primeira Liga Regional	3rd 1st	14 10	10 9	2 1	2 0	67 44	23 11	22 29	W	—	—	—	—	—	Fernando Peyroteo Fernando Peyroteo	34 13
1938–39	Primeira Divisão[n 10] Regional	2nd 1st	14 10	10 7	2 1	2 2	44 53	17 13	22 25	SF	—	—	—	—	—	Fernando Peyroteo Fernando Peyroteo	14 23
1939–40	Primeira Divisão Regional	2nd 2nd	18 10	15 8	2 1	1 1	87 44	23 17	32 27	QF	—	—	—	—	—	Fernando Peyroteo Fernando Peyroteo	29 17
1940–41	Primeira Divisão Regional	1st 1st	14 10	11 8	1 0	2 2	58 55	23 11	23 26	W	—	—	—	—	—	Fernando Peyroteo Manuel Soeiro	29 17
1941–42	Primeira Divisão Regional	2nd 1st	22 10	17 9	0 0	5 1	93 47	31 10	34 28	SF	—	—	—	—	—	Fernando Peyroteo Fernando Peyroteo	28 18
1942–43	Primeira Divisão Regional	2nd 1st	18 10	14 8	1 1	3 1	66 35	37 17	29 27	SF	—	—	—	—	—	Fernando Peyroteo Fernando Peyroteo	22 13
1943–44	Primeira Divisão Regional	1st 3rd	18 10	14 5	3 2	1 3	61 28	22 24	31 22	R16	—	—	—	—	—	Fernando Peyroteo Fernando Peyroteo	23 11
1944–45	Primeira Divisão Regional	3rd 1st	18 10	13 7	1 2	4 1	57 27	37 18	27 26	W	—	—	—	—	—	Fernando Peyroteo Fernando Peyroteo	19 11
1945–46	Primeira Divisão Regional	3rd 2nd	22 10	15 6	2 1	5 3	73 24	36 20	32 23	W	—	—	—	—	—	Fernando Peyroteo Fernando Peyroteo	39 11
1946–47	Primeira Divisão Regional	1st 1st	26 10	23 7	1 2	2 1	123 37	40 19	47 26	Not held[n 11]	—	—	—	—	—	Fernando Peyroteo A. Jesus Correia	43 13
1947–48	Primeira Divisão	1st	26	20	1	5	92	40	41	W	—	—	—	—	—	Manuel Vasques	17
1948–49	Primeira Divisão	1st	26	20	2	4	100	35	42	R32	—	—	—	Latin Cup	RU	Fernando Peyroteo	39
1949–50	Primeira Divisão	2nd	26	19	1	6	91	35	39	Not held[n 12]	—	—	—	—	—	Mário Wilson	24
1950–51	Primeira Divisão	1st	26	21	3	2	91	28	45	R16	—	—	—	Latin Cup	4th	Manuel Vasques	29
1951–52	Primeira Divisão	1st	26	19	3	4	91	32	41	W	—	—	—	Latin Cup	4th	A. Jesus Correia	22
1952–53	Primeira Divisão	1st	26	19	5	2	77	22	43	QF[n 13]	—	—	—	Latin Cup	3rd	João Martins	26
1953–54	Primeira Divisão	1st	26	20	3	3	80	25	43	W	—	—	—	—	—	João Martins	31
1954–55	Primeira Divisão	3rd	26	15	7	4	73	27	37	RU	—	—	—	—	—	João Martins	22
1955–56	Primeira Divisão	4th	26	15	6	5	54	27	36	R16	—	European Cup	R1	—	—	Manuel Vasques	19
1956–57	Primeira Divisão	4th	26	12	7	7	62	28	31	QF	—	—	—	—	—	João Martins	13
1957–58	Primeira Divisão	1st	26	19	5	2	79	21	43	QF	—	—	—	—	—	Manuel Vasques	19
1958–59	Primeira Divisão	4th	26	12	7	7	50	28	31	SF	—	European Cup	R1	—	—	Hugo Sarmento	9
1959–60	Primeira Divisão	2nd	26	19	5	2	82	20	43	RU	—	—	—	—	—	Fernando Puglia	23
1960–61	Primeira Divisão	2nd	26	19	4	3	61	19	42	SF	—	—	—	—	—	Fernando Puglia	18
1961–62	Primeira Divisão	1st	26	19	5	2	66	17	43	QF	—	European Cup	PR	—	—	Diego Arizaga	16
1962–63	Primeira Divisão	3rd	26	18	2	6	71	31	38	W	—	European Cup	R1	—	—	João Morais	18
1963–64	Primeira Divisão	3rd	26	13	8	5	49	26	34	R16	—	Cup Winners' Cup	W	—	—	Ernesto Figueiredo	17
1964–65	Primeira Divisão	5th	26	12	8	6	39	35	32	SF	—	Cup Winners' Cup	R2	—	—	João Lourenço	15
1965–66	Primeira Divisão	1st	26	18	6	2	70	21	42	SF	—	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R2	—	—	Ernesto Figueiredo	25
1966–67	Primeira Divisão	4th	26	11	8	7	36	24	30	R64	—	European Cup	R1	—	—	Manuel Duarte	11
1967–68	Primeira Divisão	2nd	26	17	3	6	48	24	37	R32	—	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R3	—	—	João Lourenço	17
1968–69	Primeira Divisão	5th	26	11	8	7	35	20	30	SF	—	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R2	—	—	João Lourenço	16
1969–70	Primeira Divisão	1st	26	21	4	1	61	17	46	RU	—	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R2	—	—	Nélson	17
1970–71	Primeira Divisão	2nd	26	16	6	4	45	14	38	W	—	European Cup	R2	—	—	João Lourenço Nélson Fernando Peres	7
1971–72	Primeira Divisão	3rd	30	17	9	4	51	26	43	RU	—	Cup Winners' Cup	R2	—	—	Chico Faria Fernando Peres	10
1972–73	Primeira Divisão	5th	30	15	7	8	57	31	37	W	—	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	—	—	Héctor Yazalde	19
1973–74	Primeira Divisão	1st	30	23	3	4	96	21	49	W	—	Cup Winners' Cup	SF	—	—	Héctor Yazalde	46GS
1974–75	Primeira Divisão	3rd	30	17	9	4	59	25	43	SF	—	European Cup	R1	—	—	Héctor Yazalde	30
1975–76	Primeira Divisão	5th	30	16	6	8	54	31	38	SF	—	UEFA Cup	R2	—	—	Manuel Fernandes	26
1976–77	Primeira Divisão	2nd	30	17	8	5	59	26	42	QF	—	—	—	—	—	Manuel Fernandes	21
1977–78	Primeira Divisão	3rd	30	19	4	7	63	30	42	W	—	UEFA Cup	R1	—	—	Rui Jordão	15
1978–79	Primeira Divisão	3rd	30	17	8	5	46	22	42	RU	—	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	—	—	Manuel Fernandes Salif Keïta	10
1979–80	Primeira Divisão	1st	30	24	4	2	67	17	52	R16	—	UEFA Cup	R2	—	—	Rui Jordão	31
1980–81	Primeira Divisão	3rd	30	14	9	7	48	28	37	R128	—	European Cup	R1	Supertaça	RU	Rui Jordão	14
1981–82	Primeira Divisão	1st	30	19	8	3	66	26	46	W	—	UEFA Cup	R3	—	—	Rui Jordão	26
1982–83	Primeira Divisão	3rd	30	18	6	6	48	25	42	QF	—	European Cup	QF	Supertaça	W	Rui Jordão	18
1983–84	Primeira Divisão	3rd	30	19	4	7	58	24	42	SF	—	UEFA Cup	R2	—	—	Manuel Fernandes	17
1984–85	Primeira Divisão	2nd	30	19	9	2	78	26	47	R16	—	UEFA Cup	R2	—	—	Manuel Fernandes	16
1985–86	Primeira Divisão	3rd	30	20	6	4	64	20	46	QF	—	UEFA Cup	QF	—	—	Manuel Fernandes	30
1986–87	Primeira Divisão	4th	30	15	8	7	52	28	38	RU	—	UEFA Cup	R2	—	—	Manuel Fernandes	17
1987–88	Primeira Divisão	4th	38	17	13	8	62	41	47	R128	—	Cup Winners' Cup	QF	Supertaça	W	Paulinho Cascavel	23
1988–89	Primeira Divisão	4th	38	18	9	11	50	33	45	SF	—	UEFA Cup	R2	—	—	Paulinho Cascavel	11
1989–90	Primeira Divisão	3rd	34	17	12	5	42	24	46	R64	—	UEFA Cup	R1	—	—	Fernando Gomes	9
1990–91	Primeira Divisão	3rd	38	24	8	6	58	23	56	R16	—	UEFA Cup	SF	—	—	Fernando Gomes	22
1991–92	Primeira Divisão	4th	34	18	8	8	56	26	44	R16	—	UEFA Cup	R1	—	—	Jorge Cadete	25
1992–93	Primeira Divisão	3rd	34	17	11	6	59	30	45	SF	—	UEFA Cup	R1	—	—	Jorge Cadete	18
1993–94	Primeira Divisão	3rd	34	23	5	6	71	29	51	RU	—	UEFA Cup	R3	—	—	Krasimir Balakov	15
1994–95	Primeira Divisão	2nd	34	23	9	2	59	21	55	W	—	UEFA Cup	R1	—	—	Andrzej Juskowiak	10
1995–96	Primeira Divisão[n 14]	3rd	34	19	10	5	69	27	67	RU	—	Cup Winners' Cup	R2	Supertaça	W	Paulo Alves	10
1996–97	Primeira Divisão	2nd	34	22	6	6	55	19	72	SF	—	UEFA Cup	R2	—	—	Paulo Alves Oceano Ricardo Sá Pinto Ivaylo Yordanov	6
1997–98	Primeira Divisão	4th	34	15	11	8	45	33	56	QF	—	Champions League	GS	—	—	Leandro	10
1998–99	Primeira Divisão	4th	34	17	12	5	64	32	63	R64	—	UEFA Cup	R1	—	—	Ivaylo Yordanov	13
1999–2000	Primeira Liga	1st	34	23	8	3	57	22	77	RU	—	UEFA Cup	R1	—	—	Alberto Acosta	22
2000–01	Primeira Liga	3rd	34	19	5	10	56	37	62	SF	—	Champions League	GS	Supertaça	W	Alberto Acosta	14
2001–02	Primeira Liga	1st	34	22	9	3	74	25	75	W	—	UEFA Cup	R3	—	—	Mário Jardel	42GS
2002–03	Primeira Liga	3rd	34	17	8	9	52	38	59	QF	—	Champions League UEFA Cup	Q3 R1	Supertaça	W	Mário Jardel	11
2003–04	Primeira Liga	3rd	34	23	4	7	60	33	73	R32	—	UEFA Cup	R2	—	—	Liédson	15
2004–05	Primeira Liga	3rd	34	18	7	9	66	36	61	R16	—	UEFA Cup	RU	—	—	Liédson	25
2005–06	Primeira Liga	2nd	34	22	6	6	50	24	72	SF	—	Champions League UEFA Cup	Q3 R1	—	—	Liédson	15
2006–07	Primeira Liga	2nd	30	20	8	2	54	15	68	W	—	Champions League	GS	—	—	Liédson	15
2007–08	Primeira Liga	2nd	30	16	7	7	46	28	55	W	RU	Champions League UEFA Cup	GS QF	Supertaça	W	Liédson	11
2008–09	Primeira Liga	2nd	30	20	6	4	45	20	66	R32	RU	Champions League	R16	Supertaça	W	Liédson	17
2009–10	Primeira Liga	4th	30	13	9	8	42	26	48	QF	SF	Champions League Europa League	PO R16	—	—	Liédson	13
2010–11	Primeira Liga	3rd	30	13	9	8	41	31	48	R16	SF	Europa League	R32	—	—	Yannick Djaló Hélder Postiga	6
2011–12	Primeira Liga	4th	30	18	5	7	47	26	59	RU	R3 (GS2)	Europa League	SF	—	—	R. van Wolfswinkel	14
2012–13	Primeira Liga	7th	30	11	9	10	36	36	42	R64	R3 (GS2)	Europa League	GS	—	—	R. van Wolfswinkel	14
2013–14	Primeira Liga	2nd	30	20	7	3	54	20	67	R32	R3 (GS2)	—	—	—	—	Fredy Montero	13
2014–15	Primeira Liga	3rd	34	22	10	2	67	29	76	W	R3 (GS2)	Champions League Europa League	GS R32	—	—	Islam Slimani	12
2015–16	Primeira Liga	2nd	34	27	5	2	79	21	86	R16	R3 (GS)	Champions League Europa League	PO R32	Supertaça	W	Islam Slimani	27
2016–17	Primeira Liga	3rd	34	21	7	6	68	36	70	QF	R3 (GS)	Champions League	GS	—	—	Bas Dost	34
2017–18	Primeira Liga	3rd	34	24	6	4	63	24	78	RU	W	Champions League Europa League	GS QF	—	—	Bas Dost	27
2018–19	Primeira Liga	3rd	34	23	5	6	72	33	74	W	W	Europa League	R32	—	—	Bruno Fernandes	20
2019–20	Primeira Liga	4th	34	18	6	10	49	34	60	R64	SF	Europa League	R32	Supertaça	RU	Bruno Fernandes	8
2020–21	Primeira Liga	1st	34	26	7	1	65	20	85	R16	W	Europa League	PO	—	—	Pedro Gonçalves	23
2021–22	Primeira Liga	2nd	34	27	4	3	73	23	85	SF	W	Champions League	R16	Supertaça	W	Pablo Sarabia	15
2022–23	Primeira Liga	4th	34	23	5	6	71	32	74	R64	RU	Champions League Europa League	GS QF	—	—	Pedro Gonçalves	15
2023–24	Primeira Liga	1st	34	29	3	2	96	29	90	RU	SF	Europa League	R16	—	—	Viktor Gyökeres	29
2024–25	Primeira Liga	1st	34	25	7	2	88	27	82	W	RU	Champions League	KPO	Supertaça	RU	Viktor Gyökeres	39

Notes

1. Before the official establishment of the Primeira Liga as the primary national championship, in the 1938–39 season, the Taça de Portugal was called Campeonato de Portugal (English: Championship of Portugal) and its winners were declared the national champions (although the winners of the Championship of Portugal no longer count as Portuguese football champions).
2. Only goals scored in the regional championship or Primeira Liga are considered.
3. Sporting CP had to play a two-legged final against Benfica as both finished the Regional at the top two positions with the same number of points. Sporting CP won both legs, 1–0 away (Campo de Benfica) and 2–1 at home (Estádio do Campo Grande). Both final matches are included on the stats.
4. Sporting CP had to play a match after the end of the second stage at the Estádio do Campo Grande against Belenenses to determine the second finalist as both finished the second stage of the Regional at the middle two positions with the same number of points. Sporting CP won 1–0. This match is included on the stats.
5. Sporting CP had to play a final match at an unknown ground against Benfica as both finished the Regional at the top two positions with the same number of points. Sporting CP won 3–0. The final match is included on the stats.
6. Starting this season, Regional wins became worth 3 points, ties became worth 2 points and defeats became worth 1 point; instead of the traditional 2/1/0 points. If a team failed to show up at any given match, that team would not get any point.
7. Sporting CP had to play a final match at an unknown ground against Belenenses as both finished the Regional at the top two positions with the same number of points. However, Sporting CP failed to show up for the final, getting 0 points as a consequence, and Belenenses won the Regional. The final match is included on the stats, as a third defeat.
8. Sporting CP had to play a final round-robin tournament against Benfica and Belenenses as all three finished the Regional at the top three positions with the same number of points. Sporting CP won both matches and got the first place. Both Sporting CP matches are included on the stats.
9. Sporting CP had to play a final match at the Campo das Salésias against Benfica as both finished the Regional at the top two positions with the same number of points. Sporting CP won 4–1. The final match is included on the stats.
10. After four experimental editions, the Primeira Liga was officially established as a national league competition with the purpose of determining the national champions, thus replacing the Campeonato de Portugal, which was converted into the Taça de Portugal, the top domestic cup competition.
11. The Cup was not organized in the 1946–47 season due to overscheduling caused by the major changes of the football league system.
12. The Cup was not organized in the 1949–50 season because the Estádio Nacional was the host venue for the Latin Cup.
13. Sporting CP did not show up for the second leg of the quarter-final tie with Lusitano Évora after a 2–2 draw at home on the first leg, and forfeited the competition in order to focus on the Latin Cup participation days later. Lusitano Évora advanced automatically to the semi-finals.
14. Starting this season, league wins became worth 3 points, instead of the traditional 2 points.