# 2017–18 Sporting CP season

This article shows Sporting CP's player statistics and all matches that the club played during the 2017–18 season.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 1 February 2018
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 Patrício (vice-captain) |
| 4 | DF | URU | Sebastián Coates |
| 5 | DF | POR | Fábio Coentrão (on loan from Real Madrid) |
| 6 | DF | POR | André Pinto |
| 7 | FW | POR | Rúben Ribeiro |
| 8 | MF | POR | Bruno Fernandes |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Marcos Acuña |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Bruno César |
| 13 | DF | MKD | Stefan Ristovski |
| 14 | MF | POR | William Carvalho (captain) |
| 15 | DF | GHA | Lumor Agbenyenu |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Rodrigo Battaglia |
| 17 | FW | POR | Daniel Podence |
| 18 | GK | FRA | Romain Salin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | NED | Douglas |
| 20 | FW | CRC | Bryan Ruiz |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Mathieu |
| 25 | MF | SRB | Radosav Petrović |
| 27 | MF | CRO | Josip Mišić |
| 28 | FW | NED | Bas Dost |
| 37 | MF | BRA | Wendel |
| 40 | FW | COL | Fredy Montero |
| 66 | MF | POR | João Palhinha |
| 77 | FW | POR | Gelson Martins |
| 82 | GK | POR | Pedro Silva |
| 88 | FW | CIV | Seydou Doumbia (on loan from Roma) |
| 92 | DF | ITA | Cristiano Piccini |

### 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 | BRA | Jefferson (at Braga until 30 June 2018) |
| — | DF | ARG | Jonathan Silva (at Roma until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | POR | Tobias Figueiredo (at Nottingham Forest until 30 June 2018) |
| — | MF | BRA | Bruno Paulista (at Vasco da Gama until 31 December 2018) |
| — | MF | POR | Francisco Geraldes (at Rio Ave until 30 June 2018) |
| — | MF | BRA | Mattheus Oliveira (at Vitória de Guimarães until 30 June 2018) |
| — | MF | SCO | Ryan Gauld (at Desportivo das Aves until 30 June 2018) |
| — | MF | BUL | Simeon Slavchev (at Lechia Gdańsk until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | POR | Carlos Mané (at VfB Stuttgart until 30 June 2018) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ANG | Gelson Dala (at Rio Ave until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | CPV | Héldon (at Vitória de Guimarães until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | POR | Iuri Medeiros (at Genoa until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | COL | Leonardo Ruiz (at Boavista until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | NED | Luc Castaignos (at Vitesse until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | LTU | Lukas Spalvis (at 1. FC Kaiserslautern until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | BRA | Matheus Pereira (at Chaves until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | ARG | Alan Ruiz (at Colón until 31 December 2018) |

### Transfers
#### Transfers in

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 6 | CB | André Pinto | 27 | Braga | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free |
| 92 | RB | Cristiano Piccini | 24 | Real Betis | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | €3.2 m |
| 21 | AM | Mattheus Oliveira | 24 | Estoril | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | €2.0 m |
| 16 | CM | Rodrigo Battaglia | 25 | Braga | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | €4.5 m |
| 8 | MF | Bruno Fernandes | 22 | Sampdoria | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | €8.5 m |
| 88 | FW | Seydou Doumbia | 29 | Roma | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | €3.5 m |
| 5 | LB | Fábio Coentrão | 29 | Real Madrid | Loan | Summer | 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 22 | CB | Jérémy Mathieu | 33 | Barcelona | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free |
| 9 | LW | Marcos Acuña | 25 | Racing Club | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | €9.6 m |
| 18 | GK | Romain Salin | 33 | Guingamp | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Undisclosed |
| 13 | RB | Stefan Ristovski | 25 | Rijeka | Loan | Summer | 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 82 | GK | Pedro Silva | 20 | Sporting CP B | | Summer | 2022 | Youth system |

#### Transfers out

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| DF | Rúben Semedo | 23 | Villarreal | Transfer | Summer | €14.0 m |
| DF | Filipe Chaby | 25 | Belenenses | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| DF | Ricardo Esgaio | 24 | Braga | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| DF | Paulo Oliveira | 25 | Eibar | Transfer | Summer | €3.5 m |
| DF | André Geraldes | 21 | Desportivo das Aves | Loan | Summer | Free |
| DF | Mama Baldé | 21 | Belenenses | Loan | Summer | Free |
| DF | Domingos Duarte | 22 | Chaves | Loan | Summer | Free |
| DF | Jefferson | 28 | Braga | Loan | Summer | Free |
| MF | Francisco Geraldes | 22 | Rio Ave | Loan | Summer | Free |
| MF | Ryan Gauld | 21 | Desportivo das Aves | Loan | Summer | Free |
| MF | Simeon Slavchev | 23 | Lechia Gdańsk | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed |
| FW | Héldon | 28 | Vitória de Guimarães | Loan | Summer | Free |
| FW | Matheus Pereira | 21 | Chaves | Loan | Summer | Free |
| FW | Luc Castaignos | 24 | Vitesse | Loan | Summer | Free |
| FW | Leonardo Ruiz | 21 | Boavista | Loan | Summer | Free |
| FW | Lukas Spalvis | 22 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Loan | Summer | Free |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Primeira Liga | 6 August 2017 | 13 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 63 | 24 | +39 | 070.59 |
| Taça de Portugal | 12 October 2017 | 20 May 2018 | 3rd round | Runners-up | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 071.43 |
| Taça da Liga | 19 September 2017 | 27 January 2018 | Group stage | Winners | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 060.00 |
| Champions League | 15 August 2017 | 5 December 2017 | Play-off round | Group stage | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 037.50 |
| Europa League | 15 February 2018 | 12 April 2018 | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 60 | 38 | 11 | 11 | 108 | 50 | +58 | 063.33 |
Source: Sporting.pt

### Primeira Liga

On 5 July 2017, Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional announced nine stipulations for the Liga NOS fixture draw that took place on 7 July. Among previous conditions, two new were added, the two teams who will play the Supertaça could not play against Sporting CP (Portuguese team in the play-off round of Champions League) on the first two matchdays.

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Porto (C) | 34 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 82 | 18 | +64 | 88 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Benfica | 34 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 80 | 22 | +58 | 81 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 63 | 24 | +39 | 78 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 4 | Braga | 34 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 74 | 29 | +45 | 75 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Rio Ave | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
* 1 2 3 Desportivo das Aves qualified for the Europa league group stage by winning the 2017–18 Taça de Portugal. However, since they failed to obtain a license for European competitions, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team, 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 was passed to the fifth-placed team (Europa league second qualifying round).

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | L |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
$^^$ Tied with FC Porto at matchday 3.

#### Matches
### Taça de Portugal
#### Semi-finals

1–1 on aggregate. Sporting CP won 5–4 on penalties.

#### Final
### Taça da Liga
#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 5 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Marítimo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | Belenenses | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | União da Madeira | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 | |

#### Final
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAR | JUV | SPO | OLY |
| 1 | Barcelona | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Juventus | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Olympiacos | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 1 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | — |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Quarter-finals
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 18 May 2019
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Primeira Liga | Primeira Liga | Taça de Portugal | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | Taça da Liga | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | POR | Rui Patrício | 42 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | GK | FRA | Romain Salin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | GK | POR | Pedro Silva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | URU | Sebastián Coates | 43 | 5 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | POR | Fábio Coentrão | 33 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | POR | André Pinto | 10 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | MKD | Stefan Ristovski | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GHA | Lumor Agbenyenu | 7 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | NED | Douglas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Mathieu | 36 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | DF | ITA | Cristiano Piccini | 30 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | POR | Bruno Fernandes | 42 | 12 | 32+1 | 11 | 3+2 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Bruno César | 25 | 0 | 7+11 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | POR | William Carvalho | 29 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Rodrigo Battaglia | 43 | 1 | 21+12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | SRB | Radosav Petrović | 8 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | CRO | Josip Mišić | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | BRA | Wendel | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | POR | João Palhinha | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | POR | Rúben Ribeiro | 12 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Marcos Acuña | 41 | 5 | 27+4 | 4 | 4+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | POR | Daniel Podence | 18 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | CRC | Bryan Ruiz | 27 | 2 | 11+9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | NED | Bas Dost | 38 | 30 | 29+1 | 27 | 3+1 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | COL | Fredy Montero | 16 | 2 | 4+7 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | POR | Gelson Martins | 39 | 10 | 30+1 | 8 | 3+2 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | FW | CIV | Seydou Doumbia | 21 | 5 | 4+10 | 0 | 3+1 | 3 | 2+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | FW | POR | Rafael Leão | 4 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have been loaned out or transferred ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ARG | Jonathan Silva | 12 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | POR | Tobias Figueiredo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Matheus Pereira | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | POR | Adrien Silva | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | POR | Iuri Medeiros | 10 | 1 | 1+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Alan Ruiz | 8 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

| No. | Player | Primeira Liga | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | Rui Patrício | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24 |
| 18 | Romain Salin | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 27 |