# 2021–22 Sporting CP season

The 2021–22 season was the 116th season in the existence of Sporting CP and the club's 88th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. In addition to the domestic league, Sporting CP participated in this season's editions of the Taça de Portugal, the Taça da Liga, the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira and the UEFA Champions League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2022
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 |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Matheus Reis |
| 3 | DF | MAR | Zouhair Feddal |
| 4 | DF | URU | Sebastián Coates (captain) |
| 6 | MF | POR | João Palhinha (3rd captain) |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Bruno Tabata |
| 8 | MF | POR | Matheus Nunes |
| 9 | FW | ALG | Islam Slimani |
| 11 | FW | POR | Nuno Santos |
| 13 | DF | POR | Luís Neto (vice-captain) |
| 15 | MF | URU | Manuel Ugarte |
| 16 | DF | POR | Rúben Vinagre (on loan from Wolverhampton) |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Pablo Sarabia (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | FW | POR | Paulinho |
| 22 | GK | POR | André Paulo |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Marcus Edwards |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Pedro Porro (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 25 | DF | POR | Gonçalo Inácio |
| 28 | MF | POR | Pedro Gonçalves |
| 31 | GK | POR | João Virgínia (on loan from Everton) |
| 47 | DF | POR | Ricardo Esgaio |
| 68 | MF | POR | Daniel Bragança |
| 71 | DF | POR | Flávio Nazinho |
| 84 | MF | POR | Dário Essugo |
| 87 | DF | POR | Gonçalo Esteves |

### 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 |
| 40 | GK | BRA | Renan Ribeiro |
| 91 | FW | POR | Rodrigo Ribeiro |

### 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 Tondela until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | POR | Nuno Mendes (at Paris Saint-Germain until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | POR | Tiago Ilori (at Boavista until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ARG | Rodrigo Battaglia (at Mallorca until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | BRA | Carlos Jatobá (at Santo André until 31 December 2022) |
| — | MF | BRA | Eduardo Henrique (at Al Raed until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | CIV | Idrissa Doumbia (at Zulte Waregem until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | POR | Filipe Chaby (at Nacional until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | BRA | Luiz Phellype (at OFI until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | CPV | Jovane Cabral (at Lazio until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ECU | Gonzalo Plata (at Valladolid until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | POR | Pedro Marques (at Famalicão until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | POR | Pedro Mendes (at Rio Ave until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | POR | Rafael Camacho (at Belenenses SAD until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | POR | Tiago Tomás (at Stuttgart until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | SVN | Andraž Šporar (at Middlesbrough until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| | MF | Josip Mišić | Dinamo Zagreb | Return from loan | 1 June 2021 |
| 47 | DF | Ricardo Esgaio | Braga | €5,500,000 | 3 July 2021 |
| 16 | DF | Rúben Vinagre | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Loan | 9 July 2021 |
| 15 | MF | Manuel Ugarte | Famalicão | €6,500,000 | 9 August 2021 |
| 31 | GK | João Virgínia | Everton | Loan | 24 August 2021 |
| 17 | MF | Pablo Sarabia | Paris Saint-Germain | Loan (fee €2,000,000) | 1 September 2021 |
Total Spending = €14,000,000

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| | MF | Josip Mišić | Dinamo Zagreb | €2,000,000 | 2 June 2021 | |
| 27 | DF | João Pereira | Retired | | 1 July 2021 | |

## 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 | 6 August 2021 | 14 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 73 | 23 | +50 | 079.41 |
| Taça de Portugal | 15 October 2021 | 21 April 2022 | Third round | Semi-finals | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 066.67 |
| Taça da Liga | 26 October 2021 | 29 January 2022 | Third round | Winners | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 100.00 |
| Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira | 31 July 2021 | 31 July 2021 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 15 September 2021 | 9 March 2022 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 53 | 39 | 5 | 9 | 109 | 49 | +60 | 073.58 |
Last updated: 14 May 2022 Source: Soccerway

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Porto (C) | 34 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 86 | 22 | +64 | 91 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 73 | 23 | +50 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Benfica | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 78 | 30 | +48 | 74 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Braga | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2021–22 Taça de Portugal, Porto, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team (Europa Conference League third qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa Conference League second qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 14 May 2022. 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 | 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SPO | FAM | PEN |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | — |
| 2 | Famalicão | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 3 | | — | — | 5–0 |
| 3 | Penafiel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | | 0–1 | — | — |

#### Final
### Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AJX | SPO | DOR | BES |
| 1 | Ajax | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 18 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 4–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–5 | — | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 9 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–3 | 1–0 | — | 5–0 |
| 4 | Beşiktaş | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 19 | −16 | 0 | | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | — |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points. Head-to-head goal difference: Sporting CP +1, Borussia Dortmund −1.

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 13 December 2021.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Primeira Liga | Primeira Liga | Taça de Portugal | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | Taça da Liga | Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira | Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ESP | Antonio Adán | 45 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | POR | André Paulo | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | POR | João Virgínia | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | BRA | Renan Ribeiro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BRA | Matheus Reis | 44 | 2 | 23+3 | 2 | 4+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | MAR | Zouhair Feddal | 27 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | URU | Sebastián Coates | 41 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | POR | Luís Neto | 32 | 0 | 16+5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | POR | Rúben Vinagre | 18 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Pedro Porro | 35 | 5 | 19+4 | 4 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | POR | Gonçalo Inácio | 45 | 5 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | POR | Ricardo Esgaio | 44 | 0 | 15+12 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 |
| 63 | DF | ESP | José Marsà | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | DF | POR | Flávio Nazinho | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | POR | Gonçalo Esteves | 10 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | POR | João Palhinha | 39 | 3 | 23+4 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | POR | Matheus Nunes | 50 | 4 | 31+2 | 3 | 4+2 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | URU | Manuel Ugarte | 38 | 1 | 10+15 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Pablo Sarabia | 45 | 21 | 26+3 | 15 | 3+1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6+2 | 2 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Marcus Edwards | 15 | 3 | 5+7 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | POR | Pedro Gonçalves | 41 | 15 | 25+2 | 8 | 3+1 | 2 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4+1 | 4 |
| 68 | MF | POR | Daniel Bragança | 36 | 2 | 5+21 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | POR | Dário Essugo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | POR | Rodrigo Ribeiro | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | BRA | Bruno Tabata | 41 | 6 | 21+9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ALG | Islam Slimani | 12 | 4 | 4+5 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | POR | Nuno Santos | 50 | 10 | 23+9 | 6 | 3+3 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+5 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | POR | Paulinho | 46 | 14 | 27+2 | 11 | 3+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7+1 | 3 |
| Players who departed during the season ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | POR | Nuno Mendes | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | POR | João Goulart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | DF | MOZ | Geny Catamo | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | CPV | Jovane Cabral | 17 | 3 | 4+6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | POR | Tiago Tomás | 24 | 3 | 0+13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
* Source: soccerway