2026–27 Sporting CP season

Sporting CP
2026–27 season
President	Frederico Varandas
Head coach	Rui Borges
Stadium	Estádio José Alvalade
Primeira Liga	2nd
Taça de Portugal	Fourth round
Taça da Liga	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	League phase
Top goalscorer	League: Fotis Ioannidis (2); All: Fotis Ioannidis (2)

The 2026–27 season is the 134th season in the history of Sporting CP, and the club's 93rd consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. In addition to the domestic league, the club is participating in this season's editions of the Taça de Portugal, the Taça da Liga, and the UEFA Champions League.

Players

Current squad

As of 2 August 2026^[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	POR	Rui Silva
4	MF	DEN	Silas Andersen
5	MF	ESP	Sergi Altimira
6	DF	BEL	Zeno Debast
7	FW	GRE	Fotis Ioannidis
8	MF	POR	Pedro Gonçalves
9	FW	POR	Rafael Nel
10	FW	MOZ	Geny Catamo
11	DF	POR	Nuno Santos
12	GK	POR	João Virgínia
13	DF	GRE	Georgios Vagiannidis
14	MF	GEO	Giorgi Kochorashvili
17	MF	URU	Rodrigo Zalazar
20	FW	URU	Maximiliano Araújo
21	MF	BRA	Pedro Lima


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	ESP	Iván Fresneda
23	MF	POR	Daniel Bragança (vice-captain)
25	DF	POR	Gonçalo Inácio (3rd captain)
26	DF	CIV	Ousmane Diomande
28	FW	ENG	Jesse Derry (on loan from Chelsea)
31	FW	BRA	Luis Guilherme
41	GK	BRA	Diego Callai
52	MF	POR	João Simões
58	MF	POR	Flávio Gonçalves
72	DF	POR	Eduardo Quaresma
77	MF	ITA	Issa Doumbia
80	MF	FRA	Koba Koindredi
97	FW	COL	Luis Suárez
99	GK	POR	Francisco Silva
—	DF	SEN	Ibrahima Ba

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
32	MF	ARG	Mateo Tanlongo

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
Summer transfers
Disclosed total
€0

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
Summer transfers
Disclosed total
€0

Friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primeira Liga	8 August 2026	16 May 2027	Matchday 1	TBD	3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	066.67
Taça de Portugal	21–22 November 2026	TBD	Fourth round	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Taça da Liga	27–29 October 2026	TBD	Quarter-finals	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Champions League	8–10 September 2026	TBD	League phase	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	066.67

Last updated: 22 August 2026
Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9	Qualification for the Champions League league phase
2	Sporting CP	3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	7	Qualification for the Champions League league phase
3	Marítimo	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Santa Clara	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5	Arouca	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round

Updated to match(es) played on 24 August 2026. Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Matches won; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.

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
3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	7	2	0	0	6	3	+3	0	1	0	2	2	0

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W
Position	11	6	2
Points	1	4	7

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

Matches

8 August 2026 1	Estrela da Amadora	2–2	Sporting CP	Amadora
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Antonetti 72' Souza 84'	Report	Zalazar 46' Ioannidis 59'	Stadium: Estádio José Gomes Attendance: 7,033 Referee: João Gonçalves

14 August 2026 2	Sporting CP	3–2	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Gonçalves 9' Ioannidis 22' Altimira 41'	Report	Samu 66' Ndoye 68'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 47,531 Referee: David Rafael Silva

22 August 2026 3	Sporting CP	3–1	Alverca	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Araújo 2' Matheus Mendes 55' (o.g.) Suárez 60'	Report	Figueiredo 88'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 50,507 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

28 August 2026 4	Rio Ave	v	Sporting CP	Vila do Conde
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos

6 September 2026 5	Sporting CP	v	Nacional	Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

13 September 2026 6	Famalicão	v	Sporting CP	Vila Nova de Famalicão
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho

20 September 2026 7	Sporting CP	v	Arouca	Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

11 October 2026 8	Braga	v	Sporting CP	Braga
--:- -WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga

25 October 2026 9	Sporting CP	v	Académico de Viseu	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

1 November 2026 10	Casa Pia	v	Sporting CP	Rio Maior
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior

8 November 2026 11	Sporting CP	v	Moreirense	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

29 November 2026 12	Porto	v	Sporting CP	Porto
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão

6 December 2026 13	Sporting CP	v	Marítimo	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

20 December 2026 14	Gil Vicente	v	Sporting CP	Barcelos
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos

20 December 2026 15	Sporting CP	v	Estoril	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

27 December 2026 16	Benfica	v	Sporting CP	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

10 January 2027 17	Sporting CP	v	Santa Clara	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

17 January 2027 18	Sporting CP	v	Estrela da Amadora	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

24 January 2027 19	Vitória de Guimarães	v	Sporting CP	Guimarães
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques

31 January 2027 20	Alverca	v	Sporting CP	Alverca do Ribatejo
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca

7 February 2027 21	Sporting CP	v	Rio Ave	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

14 February 2027 22	Nacional	v	Sporting CP	Funchal
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Madeira

21 February 2027 23	Sporting CP	v	Famalicão	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

28 February 2027 24	Arouca	v	Sporting CP	Arouca
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca

7 March 2027 25	Sporting CP	v	Braga	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

14 March 2027 26	Académico de Viseu	v	Sporting CP	Viseu
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio do Fontelo

21 March 2027 27	Sporting CP	v	Casa Pia	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

4 April 2027 28	Moreirense	v	Sporting CP	Moreira de Cónegos
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Parque Moreira de Cóngeos

11 April 2027 29	Sporting CP	v	Porto	Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

18 April 2027 30	Marítimo	v	Sporting CP	Funchal
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo

25 April 2027 31	Sporting CP	v	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

2 May 2027 32	Estoril	v	Sporting CP	Estoril
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota

9 May 2027 33	Sporting CP	v	Benfica	Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

16 May 2027 34	Santa Clara	v	Sporting CP	Ponta Delgada
--:-- AZST (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel

Taça de Portugal

Taça da Liga

27–29 October 2026 Quarter-finals	Sporting CP	v	Marítimo	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

UEFA Champions League

League phase

The league phase draw will be held on 27 August 2026.

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground
Result
Position

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

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		UEFA Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	POR	Rui Silva	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	POR	João Virgínia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	GK	BRA	Diego Callai	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	GK	POR	Francisco Silva	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
6	DF	BEL	Zeno Debast	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	DF	POR	Nuno Santos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF	GRE	Georgios Vagiannidis	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	ESP	Iván Fresneda	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	POR	Gonçalo Inácio	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	CIV	Ousmane Diomande	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	DF	POR	Rodrigo Dias	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	DF	SEN	Ibrahima Ba	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
72	DF	POR	Eduardo Quaresma	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	DEN	Silas Andersen	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	MF	ESP	Sergi Altimira	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	POR	Pedro Gonçalves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	GEO	Giorgi Kochorashvili	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	URU	Rodrigo Zalazar	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	AUS	Nestory Irankunda	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	BRA	Pedro Lima	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	POR	Daniel Bragança	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
52	MF	POR	João Simões	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
58	MF	POR	Flávio Gonçalves	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
73	MF	POR	Eduardo Felicíssimo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF	ITA	Issa Doumbia	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
80	MF	FRA	Koba Koindredi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	GRE	Fotis Ioannidis	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	POR	Rafael Nel	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	MOZ	Geny Catamo	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	URU	Maximiliano Araújo	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW	ENG	Jesse Derry	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW	BRA	Luis Guilherme	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
97	FW	COL	Luis Suárez	3	1	1+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who transferred out during the season

Source: Soccerway

References

↑ "Main team". Sporting Clube de Portugal. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.

[1] "Main team". Sporting Clube de Portugal. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.

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