# 2014–15 Sporting CP season

This article shows Sporting CP's player statistics and all matches that the club plays during the 2014–15 season.

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

    As of match played 31 May 2015
Performance by competition :
| Competition | Starting round | Current position/round | Final position/round | First match |
| Primeira Liga | — | 3rd | 16 August 2014 | 23 May 2015 |
| Taça de Portugal | Third round | Winners | 19 October 2014 | 31 May 2015 |
| Taça da Liga | Third round | Third round (2nd) | 29 December 2014 | 28 January 2014 |
| UEFA Champions League | Group stage | Group stage (3rd) | 17 September 2014 | 10 December 2014 |
| UEFA Europa League | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 19 February 2015 | 26 February 2015 |
Statistics by competition :
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
| Primeira Liga | 34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 67 | 29 | +38 | 064.71 |
| Taça de Portugal | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 071.43 |
| Taça da Liga | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | +0 | 033.33 |
| UEFA Europa League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | 53 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 105 | 54 | +51 | 058.49 |

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Benfica (C) | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 86 | 16 | +70 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Porto | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 74 | 13 | +61 | 82 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 67 | 29 | +38 | 76 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | Braga | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 55 | 28 | +27 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
* ↑ Since Sporting CP won the 2014–15 Taça de Portugal, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot originally meant for the fourth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was given to the sixth-placed team.

#### 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 11 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches
### Taça da Liga
#### Third round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Vitória de Setúbal | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 8 | Advances to knockout phase |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | |
| 3 | Belenenses | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 5 | |
| 4 | Vitória de Guimarães | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | |
| 5 | Boavista | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 2 | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CHE | SCH | SPO | MRB |
| 1 | Chelsea | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–5 | — | 4–3 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–1 | 4–2 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Maribor | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 3 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Round of 32
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 2 May 2015
| Pos. | No. | Name | Primeira Liga | Primeira Liga | Taça de Portugal | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | Taça da Liga | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League | Discipline | Discipline | Discipline |
| Pos. | No. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | | |
| GK | 1 | Rui Patrício | 31 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 6 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | 2 | Ramy Rabia | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | 3 | Maurício | 14 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 5 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 4 | Jefferson | 22 (0) | 1 | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 1 | 1 (0) | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 5 | Ewerton | 6 (1) | 0 | 1 (0) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | 7 | Shikabala | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | 8 | André Martins | 11 (5) | 0 | 3 (1) | 1 | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | 9 | Islam Slimani | 15 (4) | 11 | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 6 (0) | 2 | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | 10 | Fredy Montero | 15 (7) | 11 | 4 (0) | 3 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (5) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | 11 | Diego Capel | 2 (17) | 0 | 2 (0) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | 13 | Miguel Lopes | 6 (2) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 14 | William Carvalho | 26 (2) | 1 | 4 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 6 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 17 | João Mário | 20 (7) | 5 | 6 (0) | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | 18 | André Carrillo | 24 (6) | 5 | 4 (1) | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (2) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | 19 | Junya Tanaka | 5 (10) | 5 | 2 (3) | 1 | 4 (0) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | 20 | Héldon | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (0) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | 22 | Marcelo Boeck | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | 23 | Adrien Silva | 25 (3) | 6 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 6 (0) | 2 | 2 (0) | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 24 | Oriol Rosell | 5 (7) | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | 25 | Hadi Sacko | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (4) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | 26 | Paulo Oliveira | 24 (1) | 1 | 5 (0) | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 27 | Ryan Gauld | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | 29 | Naby Sarr | 8 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 3 (1) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | 32 | Simeon Slavchev | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | 33 | Jonathan Silva | 9 (0) | 1 | 4 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 1 | 1 (0) | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | 34 | Diego Rubio | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | 36 | Carlos Mané | 11 (15) | 6 | 4 (1) | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (2) | 1 | 0 (2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | 38 | Cristian Ponde | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | 41 | Cédric | 22 (0) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 5 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 42 | Wallyson Mallmann | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | 47 | Ricardo Esgaio | 3 (0) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | 55 | Tobias Figueiredo | 10 (2) | 1 | 2 (0) | 1 | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| FW | 56 | Daniel Podence | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | 60 | Gelson Martins | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | 77 | Nani | 25 (0) | 6 | 2 (0) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 5 (0) | 4 | 2 (0) | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 81 | André Geraldes | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | 93 | Ousmane Dramé | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Players
### Current squad

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 (Captain) |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Jefferson |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Ewerton (on loan from Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 8 | MF | POR | André Martins |
| 9 | FW | ALG | Islam Slimani |
| 10 | FW | COL | Fredy Montero |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Diego Capel |
| 14 | MF | POR | William Carvalho |
| 17 | MF | POR | João Mário |
| 18 | FW | PER | André Carrillo |
| 19 | FW | JPN | Junya Tanaka |
| 20 | FW | CPV | Héldon |
| 22 | GK | BRA | Marcelo Boeck |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | POR | Adrien Silva |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Oriol Rosell |
| 26 | DF | POR | Paulo Oliveira |
| 27 | MF | SCO | Ryan Gauld |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Naby Sarr |
| 32 | MF | BUL | Simeon Slavchev |
| 33 | DF | ARG | Jonathan Silva |
| 36 | FW | POR | Carlos Mané |
| 41 | DF | POR | Cédric |
| 55 | DF | POR | Tobias Figueiredo |
| 77 | FW | POR | Nani (on loan from Manchester United) |
| 81 | DF | POR | André Geraldes |

## Transfers
### In

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 |
| — | MF | BUL | Simeon Slavchev (from Litex Lovech) €2,500,000 |
| — | DF | POR | Paulo Oliveira (from Vitória de Guimarães) €2,000,000 |
| — | DF | ESP | Oriol Rosell (from Sporting Kansas City) €1,000,000 |
| — | FW | POR | Gazela (from Padroense) €500,000 |
| — | DF | POR | André Geraldes (from Belenenses) €1,000,000 |
| — | DF | BRA | Jefferson (from Sporting CP) €300,000 (20%) |
| — | FW | JPN | Tanaka (from Kashiwa Reysol) €750,000 |
| — | MF | SCO | Ryan Gauld (from Dundee United) €3,800,000 |
| — | DF | FRA | Naby Sarr (from Lyon) €1,000,000 |
| — | DF | EGY | Ramy Rabia (from Al Ahly) €750,000 (85%) |
| — | DF | ARG | Jonathan Silva (from Estudiantes La Plata) €2,900,000 |
| — | FW | POR | Nani (from Manchester United) Loan |
| — | FW | FRA | Hadi Sacko (from Bordeaux) €1,400,000 |
| — | DF | BRA | Ewerton (from Anzhi Makhachkala) Loan, €300,000 |
Total expending: €18,200,000

### Out

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 |
| — | MF | BRA | Renato Neto (to Gent) End of contract |
| — | DF | BRA | Weldinho (to Palmeiras) End of loan |
| — | MF | BRA | Gérson Magrão End of contract |
| — | DF | PAR | Iván Piris (to Deportivo Maldonado) End of loan |
| — | DF | BRA | Evaldo (to Gil Vicente) Free transfer |
| — | GK | BRA | Victor Golas (to Braga) Free transfer |
| — | MF | ARG | Fabián Rinaudo (to Catania) €1,000,000 (35%) |
| — | FW | POR | Wilson Eduardo (to Dinamo Zagreb) Loan |
| — | FW | POR | Diogo Salomão (to Deportivo La Coruña) Loan |
| — | MF | GNB | Zézinho (to AEL Limassol) Loan |
| — | FW | ARG | Valentín Viola (to Karabükspor) Loan |
| — | DF | PAR | Matías Rodrigo Pérez (to Club Nacional) End of loan |
| — | DF | ENG | Eric Dier (to Tottenham Hotspur) €5,000,000 |
| — | DF | ARG | Marcos Rojo (to Manchester United) €5,000,000 (25%) |
| — | MF | POR | Vítor (to Reus) Free Transfer |
| — | DF | POR | Rúben Semedo (to Reus) Loan |
| — | GK | POR | Mickaël Meira (to AEL Limassol) Free transfer |
| — | DF | BRA | Maurício (to Lazio) Loan |
Total income: €11,000,000