# 2009–10 Sporting CP season

The 2009–10 season was Sporting Clube de Portugal's 76th season in the top flight, the Liga Sagres. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club have and will play during the 2009–10 season.

## Squad
### First team squad

    As of 1 January 2010.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | POR | Rui Patrício |
| 2 | MF | POR | Pedro Mendes |
| 3 | DF | POR | Daniel Carriço |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Ânderson Polga (vice-captain 2nd) |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Pedro Silva |
| 6 | MF | POR | Adrien Silva |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Marat Izmailov |
| 9 | FW | POR | Carlos Saleiro |
| 10 | MF | MNE | Simon Vukčević |
| 12 | DF | POR | Marco Caneira |
| 13 | DF | POR | Tonel |
| 14 | MF | CHI | Matías Fernández |
| 16 | GK | POR | Tiago Ferreira (vice-captain 3rd) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | ARG | Leandro Grimi |
| 19 | GK | POR | Ricardo Batista |
| 20 | FW | POR | Yannick Djaló |
| 21 | DF | POR | João Pereira |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Florent Sinama Pongolle |
| 23 | FW | POR | Hélder Postiga |
| 24 | MF | POR | Miguel Veloso |
| 25 | MF | POR | Bruno Pereirinha |
| 28 | MF | POR | João Moutinho (captain) |
| 30 | DF | MOZ | Mexer |
| 31 | FW | POR | Liédson |
| 78 | DF | POR | Abel |

### Youth Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | POR | Ruben Luís (a) |
| — | GK | POR | João Figueiredo (a) |
| — | GK | POR | Luís Ribeiro |
| — | DF | BRA | Matheus Silva (a) |
| — | DF | POR | André Oliveira |
| — | DF | POR | Leandro Albano |
| — | DF | POR | João Freitas |
| — | DF | POR | Miguel Serôdio (a) |
| — | DF | ARG | Nacho Ameli |
| — | DF | POR | Nuno Reis (a) |
| — | DF | POR | Cédric (a) |
| — | MF | GNB | Zezinho |
| — | MF | POR | Ari Oliveira |
| — | MF | POR | Luís Almeida (a) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | POR | João Oliveira |
| — | MF | USA | Gregory Garza (a) |
| — | MF | BRA | Renato Neto (a) |
| — | MF | POR | William Carvalho |
| — | MF | ARG | Alexis Quintulén |
| — | MF | POR | Afonso Taira (a) |
| — | FW | POR | Henrique Gomes |
| — | FW | POR | Amido Baldé (a) |
| — | FW | POR | Danilo Serrano (a) |
| — | FW | POR | Alex Zahavi (a) |
| — | FW | POR | Renato Santos (a) |
| — | FW | BRA | Matheus Coelho (a) |
| — | FW | POR | Peter Caraballo (a) |
(a) According to LPFP

### UEFA Europa League squad

    As of 14 September 2009.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | POR | Rui Patrício |
| 2 | MF | POR | Pedro Mendes |
| 3 | DF | POR | Daniel Carriço |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Ânderson Polga (vice-captain 2nd) |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Pedro Silva |
| 6 | MF | POR | Adrien Silva |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Marat Izmailov |
| 9 | FW | POR | Carlos Saleiro |
| 10 | MF | MNE | Simon Vukčević |
| 12 | DF | POR | Marco Caneira |
| 13 | DF | POR | Tonel |
| 14 | MF | CHI | Matías Fernández |
| 16 | GK | POR | Tiago Ferreira (vice-captain 3rd) |
| 18 | DF | ARG | Leandro Grimi |
| 19 | GK | POR | Ricardo Batista |
| 20 | FW | POR | Yannick Djaló |
| 23 | FW | POR | Hélder Postiga |
| 24 | MF | POR | Miguel Veloso |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | MF | POR | Bruno Pereirinha |
| 28 | MF | POR | João Moutinho (captain) |
| 30 | DF | MOZ | Mexer |
| 31 | FW | POR | Liédson |
| 40 | MF | POR | Alex Zahavi (from List B) |
| 41 | DF | POR | Cédric (from List B) |
| 43 | MF | POR | Luís Almeida (from List B) |
| 44 | DF | POR | Nuno Reis (from List B) |
| 46 | MF | BRA | Renato Neto (from List B) |
| 47 | FW | POR | Renato Santos (from List B) |
| 50 | GK | POR | Ruben Luís (from List B) |
| 51 | FW | POR | Peter Caraballo (from List B) |
| 52 | DF | POR | Miguel Serôdio (from List B) |
| 53 | MF | POR | Danilo Serrano (from List B) |
| 54 | MF | POR | Afonso Taira (from List B) |
| 56 | GK | POR | João Figueiredo (from List B) |
| 78 | DF | POR | Abel |
List B Players included in UEFA

## Transfers
### In
#### Summer

| Num | Pos | Player | From | Fee | Date |
| 55 | DF | André Marques | Vitória de Setúbal | Loan return | |
| 9 | FW | Carlos Saleiro | Académica de Coimbra | Loan return | |
| 14 | MF | Matías Fernández | Villarreal | €3.635M | 1 July 2009 |
| 11 | DF | Felipe Caicedo | Manchester City | On loan | 25 July 2009 |
| 17 | MF | Miguel Ángel Angulo | Valencia | Free transfer | 30 August 2009 |

#### Winter

| Num | Pos | Player | From | Fee | Date |
| 30 | DF | Mexer | Desportivo de Maputo | €0.166M | 15 December 2009 |
| 21 | DF | João Pereira | Braga | €3M | 22 December 2009 |
| 22 | FW | Florent Sinama Pongolle | Atlético Madrid | €6.5M | 28 December 2009 |
| 2 | DF | Pedro Mendes | Rangers | €1.3M | 30 January 2010 |
Total spending: €10.966 million

### Out
#### Summer

| Num | Pos | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| 30 | MF | Leandro Romagnoli | San Lorenzo | Mutual agreement | 6 August 2009 |
| 8 | MF | Fábio Rochemback | Grêmio | Free transfer | 31 August 2009 |
| 11 | FW | Derlei | Vitória | End of contract | |
| 22 | FW | Rodrigo Tiuí | Atlético Paranaense | Free transfer | |
| | GK | André Filipe Martins | Igreja Nova | End of contract (loan return from Casa Pia) | |
| | DF | Tiago Pinto | Braga | End of contract (loan return from Trofense) | |
| | MF | Zezinando | Estrela da Amadora | End of contract (loan return from Real Massamá) | |
| | MF | Celestino | Belenenses | End of contract (loan return from Estrela da Amadora) | |
| | MF | João Martins | Braga | End of contract (loan return from Atlético CP) | |
| | MF | Celsinho | Portuguesa | End of contract (loan return from Estrela da Amadora) | |
| | FW | Bruno Matias | Estoril | End of contract (loan return from Fátima) | |
| | FW | Ricardo Nogueira | Montalegre | End of contract (loan return from Oriental) | |
| | FW | Luis Paéz | Tacuary | End of contract (loan return from Fátima) | |

#### Winter

| Num | Pos | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| 17 | MF | Miguel Ángel Angulo | | Mutual agreement | 5 December 2009 |
| 11 | FW | Felipe Caicedo | Manchester City | Loan return | 12 January 2010 |
Total income: €0 million

### Loaned out

| Num | Pos | Player | To | Return Date |
| | GK | Vladimir Stojković | Wigan Athletic | End of season |
| | GK | Victor Golas | Real Massamá | End of season |
| | DF | Ronny | União de Leiria | End of season |
| 55 | DF | André Marques | Iraklis | End of season |
| | DF | João Gonçalves | Olhanense | End of season |
| | DF | Paulo Renato | Estrela da Amadora | End of season |
| | MF | André Santos | União de Leiria | End of season |
| | MF | Diogo Amado | Odivelas | End of season |
| | MF | André Martins | Real Massamá | End of season |
| | MF | Fábio Paím | Real Massamá | End of season |
| | MF | Diogo Rosado | Real Massamá | End of season |
| | MF | Marco Matias | Real Massamá | End of season |
| | MF | Rabiu Ibrahim | Real Massamá | End of season |
| | MF | William Owusu | Gil Vicente | End of season |
| | FW | Wilson Eduardo | Portimonense | End of season |
| | FW | Rui Fonte | Vitória de Setúbal | End of season |
| | FW | Milan Purović | Olimpja | End of season |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 10 May.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Liga Sagres | Liga Sagres | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Taça de Portugal | Taça de Portugal | Carlsberg Cup | Carlsberg Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | POR | Rui Patrício | 47 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | POR | Pedro Mendes | 16 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | POR | Daniel Carriço | 40 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Ânderson Polga (vice-captain 2nd) | 23 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Pedro Silva | 16 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | POR | Adrien Silva | 24 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Marat Izmailov | 23 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | POR | Carlos Saleiro | 30 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | MNE | Simon Vukčević | 24 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ECU | Felipe Caicedo* | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | POR | Marco Caneira | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | POR | Tonel | 37 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | CHI | Matías Fernández | 43 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | POR | Tiago Ferreira (vice-captain 3rd) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Miguel Ángel Angulo* | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ARG | Leandro Grimi | 36 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | GK | POR | Ricardo Batista | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | POR | Yannick Djaló | 27 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | POR | João Pereira | 16 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Florent Sinama Pongolle | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | POR | Hélder Postiga | 30 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | POR | Miguel Veloso | 41 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 25 | MF | POR | Bruno Pereirinha | 27 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | POR | João Moutinho (captain) | 46 | 8 | 28 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | MOZ | Mexer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | POR | Liédson | 42 | 22 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Note's:
* * = Player is no longer with the club but still made an appearance during the season.

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Carlos Carvalhal |
| Assistant coach | Rifa (Paulo Sampaio) |
| Assistant coach | João Mário |
| Assistant coach | José Lima |
| Goalkeepers coach | Vítor Silvestre |
Source: sporting.pt

### Kit

Supplier: Puma Sponsor(s): TMN, Meo, Super Bock
| Home | Away | Stromp | Goalkeeper home | Goalkeeper Away | Goalkeeper Away |
Source: sporting.pt

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Liga Sagres | — | 4/16 | | 15 August 2009 | 9 May 2010 |
| UEFA Champions League | Third qualifying round | — | eliminated | 18 August 2009 | 26 August 2009 |
| UEFA Europa League | Group stage | — | Round of 16 | 17 September 2009 | 18 March 2010 |
| Taça de Portugal | Third Round | — | Quarterfinals | 18 October 2009 | 2 February 2010 |
| Carlsberg Cup | Third Round | — | Semifinals | 3 January 2010 | 9 February 2010 |
Updated to match played 25 March 2010 Source: Competitions

### Liga Sagres
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Braga | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 48 | 20 | +28 | 71 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Porto | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 70 | 26 | +44 | 68 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 42 | 26 | +16 | 48 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Marítimo | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 41 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Vitória de Guimarães | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 41 | |
* ↑ Porto qualified for the play-off round of 2010–11 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2009–10 Taça de Portugal.
* 1 2 Marítimo ahead of Vitória de Guimarães on head-to-head record; Vitória de Guimarães–Marítimo 1–2, Marítimo–Vitória de Guimarães 0–1.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 10 May 2010. Source: Competitive Matches

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

### UEFA Champions League
#### Play-off round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sporting CP | 3–3 (a) | Fiorentina | 2–2 | 1–1 |
Last updated: 28 February. Source: UEFA Champions League

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SCP | HER | HVN | VEN |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Hertha BSC | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Heerenveen | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 8 | | 2–3 | 2–3 | — | 5–0 |
| 4 | Ventspils | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | D | D | L |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Round of 32

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Everton | 2–4 | Sporting CP | 2–1 | 0–3 |
Last updated: 28 February. Source: UEFA Europa League

#### Round of 16

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sporting CP | 2–2 (a) | Atlético Madrid | 0–0 | 2–2 |
Last updated: 28 February. Source: UEFA Europa League

### Carlsberg Cup
#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Trofense | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Braga | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | União de Leiria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 | |

#### Knock-out stage
##### Semi-finals
### Competitive

Win  Tie  Loss

#### Liga Sagres

Kickoff times are in UTC+0.

#### UEFA Champions League

Play-off round
Fiorentina 3–3 Sporting CP on aggregate. Fiorentina won on away goals.

#### UEFA Europa League

Kickoff times are in CET.
Group Stage
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SCP | HER | HVN | VEN |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Hertha BSC | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Heerenveen | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 8 | | 2–3 | 2–3 | — | 5–0 |
| 4 | Ventspils | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |
Round of 32
Sporting CP won 4–2 on aggregate. Round of 16
Atlético Madrid won 2–2 on aggregate from the away goals rule.