# 2022–23 Sporting CP season

The 2022–23 season was the 117th season in the history of Sporting CP and their 89th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. In addition to the domestic league, they participated in this season's editions of the Taça de Portugal, Taça da Liga, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 3 February 2023
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 | ESP | Antonio Adán (3rd captain) |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Matheus Reis |
| 3 | DF | NED | Jerry St. Juste |
| 4 | DF | URU | Sebastián Coates (captain) |
| 5 | MF | JPN | Hidemasa Morita |
| 6 | MF | GRE | Sotiris Alexandropoulos |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Marcus Edwards |
| 11 | MF | POR | Nuno Santos |
| 12 | GK | URU | Franco Israel |
| 13 | DF | POR | Luís Neto (vice-captain) |
| 15 | MF | URU | Manuel Ugarte |
| 16 | MF | POR | Rochinha |
| 17 | FW | POR | Francisco Trincão (on loan from Barcelona) |
| 18 | FW | GHA | Abdul Fatawu Issahaku |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Héctor Bellerín |
| 20 | FW | POR | Paulinho |
| 22 | GK | POR | André Paulo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | POR | Daniel Bragança |
| 25 | DF | POR | Gonçalo Inácio (5th captain) |
| 26 | DF | CIV | Ousmane Diomande |
| 28 | MF | POR | Pedro Gonçalves |
| 32 | MF | ARG | Mateo Tanlongo |
| 33 | FW | BRA | Arthur Gomes |
| 41 | GK | BRA | Diego Callai |
| 46 | DF | POR | Gonçalo Esteves |
| 47 | DF | POR | Ricardo Esgaio (4th captain) |
| 71 | DF | POR | Flávio Nazinho |
| 73 | DF | POR | Chico Lamba |
| 77 | FW | CPV | Jovane Cabral |
| 79 | FW | POR | Youssef Chermiti |
| 82 | MF | POR | Mateus Fernandes |
| 84 | MF | POR | Dário Essugo |
| 91 | FW | POR | Rodrigo Ribeiro |

### 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 |
| 92 | MF | BRA | Eduardo Henrique |

### 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 | POR | Eduardo Quaresma (at 1899 Hoffenheim until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | ESP | José Marsà (at Sporting Gijón until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | ESP | Pedro Porro (at Tottenham Hotspur until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | POR | Rúben Vinagre (at Everton until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | POR | Tiago Ilori (at Paços de Ferreira until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | CIV | Idrissa Doumbia (at Alanyaspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | POR | Renato Veiga (at Augsburg until 31 December 2023) |
| — | FW | POR | Rafael Camacho (at Aris until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | POR | Tiago Tomás (at VfB Stuttgart until 30 June 2023) |

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

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 16 | DF | Rúben Vinagre | Wolverhampton Wanderers | €10,000,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 24 | DF | Pedro Porro | Manchester City | €8,500,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 3 | DF | Jeremiah St. Juste | Mainz 05 | €9,500,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 5 | MF | Hidemasa Morita | Santa Clara | €3,800,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 22 | GK | Franco Israel | Juventus U23 | €650,000 | 5 July 2022 |
| 27 | FW | Rochinha | Vitória de Guimarães | €2,000,000 | 6 July 2022 |
| 17 | FW | Francisco Trincão | Barcelona | Loan (€3,000,000) | 13 July 2022 |
| 6 | MF | Sotiris Alexandropoulos | Panathinaikos | €4,500,000 | 29 August 2022 |
| 33 | FW | Arthur Gomes | Estoril | €2,500,000 | 1 September 2022 |
| Disclosed total |||||||
| €44,450,000 |||||||

#### Winter

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| 32 | MF | Mateo Tanlongo | Rosario Central | Free | 5 January 2023 | |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 3 | DF | Zouhair Feddal | Valladolid | Free | 15 May 2022 |
| — | DF | Nuno Mendes | Paris Saint-Germain | €38,000,000 | 10 June 2022 |
| — | FW | Pedro Marques | NEC | Free | 21 June 2022 |
| 87 | DF | Gonçalo Esteves | Estoril | Loan | 1 July 2022 |
| 6 | MF | João Palhinha | Fulham | €20,000,000 | 4 July 2022 |
| — | FW | Gonzalo Plata | Valladolid | €3,000,000 | 11 July 2022 |
| 40 | GK | Renan Ribeiro | Al Ahli | Free | 20 July 2022 |
| — | FW | Luiz Phellype | FC Tokyo | Loan | 20 July 2022 |
| — | FW | Rafael Camacho | Aris | Loan | 20 July 2022 |
| — | FW | Andraž Šporar | Panathinaikos | €3,500,000 | 26 July 2022 |
| 16 | DF | Rúben Vinagre | Everton | Loan | 27 July 2022 |
| 8 | MF | Matheus Nunes | Wolverhampton Wanderers | €45,000,000 | 17 August 2022 |
| — | DF | Tiago Ilori | Paços de Ferreira | Loan | 22 July 2022 |
| — | DF | Eduardo Quaresma | Hoffenheim | Loan | 4 August 2022 |
| — | MF | Idrissa Doumbia | Paços de Ferreira | Loan | 5 August 2022 |
| 9 | FW | Islam Slimani | Brest | €1,500,000 | 25 August 2022 |
| — | FW | Pedro Mendes | Ascoli | €500,000 | 29 August 2022 |
| Disclosed total |||||||
| €111,500,000 |||||||

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 7 August 2022 | 26 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 71 | 32 | +39 | 067.65 |
| Taça de Portugal | 16 October 2022 | 16 October 2022 | Third round | Third round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Taça da Liga | 30 November 2022 | 28 January 2023 | Group stage | Runners-up | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 083.33 |
| UEFA Champions League | 7 September 2022 | 1 November 2022 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 033.33 |
| UEFA Europa League | 16 February 2023 | 20 April 2023 | Knockout round play-offs | Quarter-finals | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 016.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 53 | 31 | 10 | 12 | 108 | 51 | +57 | 058.49 |
Source: Soccerway

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Porto | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 73 | 22 | +51 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Braga | 34 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 75 | 30 | +45 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 71 | 32 | +39 | 74 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Arouca | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 8 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches
### Taça de Portugal

Sporting entered in the third round.

### Taça da Liga
#### Third round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SPO | RIO | FAR | MAR |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | — | — | 6–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Rio Ave | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | — |
| 3 | Farense | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | | — | — | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Marítimo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 | | — | 0–1 | — | — |

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

The draw for the group stage was held on 25 August 2022.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TOT | FRA | SPO | MAR |
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–0 | — | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–2 |
| 4 | Marseille | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | — |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Knockout phase
##### Knockout round play-offs

The Knockout round play-offs draw was held on 7 November 2022.

##### Round of 16

The Round of 16 draw was held on 24 February 2023.

##### Quarter-finals

The Quarter-finals draw was held on 17 March 2023.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 26 May 2023
| 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 | ESP | Antonio Adán | 46 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | URU | Franco Israel | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | POR | André Paulo | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BRA | Matheus Reis | 51 | 1 | 26+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NED | Jerry St. Juste | 32 | 1 | 7+14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | URU | Sebastián Coates | 44 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | POR | Luís Neto | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Héctor Bellerín | 13 | 1 | 6+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | POR | Gonçalo Inácio | 52 | 4 | 26+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | CIV | Ousmane Diomande | 17 | 1 | 11+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | POR | Gonçalo Esteves | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | POR | Ricardo Esgaio | 32 | 1 | 15+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | DF | POR | Flávio Nazinho | 6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | DF | POR | Chico Lamba | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | JPN | Hidemasa Morita | 41 | 6 | 21+8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GRE | Sotiris Alexandropoulos | 14 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Marcus Edwards | 51 | 12 | 27+6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | POR | Nuno Santos | 49 | 9 | 25+6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | URU | Manuel Ugarte | 45 | 0 | 28+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | POR | Rochinha | 20 | 1 | 3+13 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | POR | Daniel Bragança | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | POR | Pedro Gonçalves | 51 | 20 | 33 | 15 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 32 | MF | ARG | Mateo Tanlongo | 14 | 0 | 0+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 82 | MF | POR | Mateus Fernandes | 7 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | POR | Dário Essugo | 10 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 17 | FW | POR | Francisco Trincão | 52 | 13 | 26+8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 5+1 | 2 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | GHA | Abdul Fatawu Issahaku | 12 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | POR | Paulinho | 38 | 15 | 14+8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 2+3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 33 | FW | BRA | Arthur Gomes | 38 | 4 | 6+18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+5 | 1 | 1+2 | 2 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | CPV | Jovane Cabral | 10 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | FW | POR | Youssef Chermiti | 31 | 3 | 16+9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | POR | Rodrigo Ribeiro | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||||||
| 24 | DF | ESP | Pedro Porro | 21 | 3 | 12+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | DF | ESP | José Marsà | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | POR | Matheus Nunes | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: soccerway