# 2018–19 Sporting CP season

The 2018–19 Sporting CP season was the club's 113th season in existence and 85th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football.

## Overview
### August

Sporting CP began the domestic season on 12 August 2018 with a 3–1 away win against Moreirense through two goals from Bas Dost and one from Bruno Fernandes. The first Lisbon derby against Benfica was played on 25 August (matchday 3), where a penalty goal from Nani was not enough for a win as the match finished 1–1 at Estádio da Luz.

## Players

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 3 | DF | Tiago Ilori | 25 | 2019 | 3 | | 2023 | Undisclosed | |
| 4 | DF | Sebastián Coates (2nd VC) | 27 | 2016 (Winter) | 142 | 10 | 2022 | €5M | |
| 5 | DF | Jefferson | 30 | 2013 | 122 | 4 | | €0.4M | Loan return from Braga |
| 6 | DF | André Pinto | 28 | 2017 | 37 | 0 | 2021 | Free | |
| 8 | MF | Bruno Fernandes (VC) | 23 | 2017 | 89 | 32 | 2023 | €8.5M | |
| 9 | DF | Marcos Acuña | 26 | 2017 | 81 | 7 | 2021 | €10.5M | |
| 10 | FW | Fredy Montero | 31 | 2018 | 16 | 4 | 2019 | Free | |
| 13 | DF | Stefan Ristovski | 26 | 2017 | 41 | | | | |
| 16 | MF | Rodrigo Battaglia | 27 | 2017 | 68 | 3 | | | |
| 17 | FW | Nani (Captain) | 31 | 2018 | 27 | 9 | | | |
| 19 | GK | Romain Salin | 34 | 2017 | 18 | | | | |
| 21 | MF | Raphinha | 21 | 2018 | 19 | 3 | | | |
| 22 | DF | Jérémy Mathieu | 34 | 2017 | 68 | 5 | | | |
| 23 | FW | Abdoulay Diaby | 27 | 2018 | 26 | 6 | | | |
| 24 | MF | Francisco Geraldes | 23 | 2017 | 4 | | 2021 | | |
| 25 | MF | Radosav Petrović | 29 | 2016 | 37 | | | | |
| 26 | DF | Cristian Borja | 25 | 2019 | 11 | | 2024 | | |
| 28 | FW | Bas Dost | 29 | 2016 | 112 | 88 | | | |
| 29 | FW | Luiz Phellype | 24 | 2019 | 14 | 8 | 2024 | | |
| 30 | FW | Luc Castaignos | 25 | 2016 | 17 | | | | |
| 37 | MF | Wendel | 20 | 2018 | 18 | 2 | | | |
| 40 | GK | Renan Ribeiro | 28 | 2018 | 21 | | | | On loan from Estoril until 30 June 2019 |
| 76 | DF | Bruno Gaspar | 25 | 2018 | 22 | 1 | | | |
| 77 | FW | Jovane Cabral | 20 | 2018 | 24 | 4 | | Youth system | |
| 81 | GK | Luís Maximiano | 19 | 2018 | | | | Youth system | |
| 86 | MF | Nemanja Gudelj | 26 | 2018 | 27 | 1 | 2019 | | On loan from Guangzhou Evergrande until 30 June 2019 |
| 90 | MF | Miguel Luís | 19 | 2018 | 10 | 2 | 2019 | Youth system | |
| 98 | MF | Idrissa Doumbia | 20 | 2019 | 12 | 1 | 2024 | | |
| NA | FW | Gonzalo Plata | 17 | 2019 | | | 2024 | | |
* Last updated: 3 February 2019
* Source: Sporting.pt
* Ordered by squad number.

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 2 | DF | Marcelo | 35 | Rio Ave | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free | zerozero.pt |
| 21 | FW | Raphinha | 28 | Vitória de Guimarães | Transfer | Summer | 2023 | €6.5M | zerozero.pt |
| 1 | GK | Emiliano Viviano | 39 | Sampdoria | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | €2M | record.pt |
| 76 | DF | Bruno Gaspar | 31 | Fiorentina | Transfer | Summer | 2023 | €4.5M | zerozero.pt |
| 93 | FW | Mees de Wit | 26 | Free agent | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free | sporting.pt |
| 17 | FW | Nani | 38 | Free agent | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | Free | sporting.pt |
| 23 | FW | Abdoulay Diaby | 33 | Club Brugges | Transfer | Summer | 2023 | Free | sporting.pt |
| 14 | MF | Stefano Sturaro | 31 | Juventus | Loan | Summer | 2019 | Free | |
| 29 | DF | Luiz Phellype | 31 | Paços de Ferreira | Transfer | Winter | 2024 | €0.55M | |
| 98 | MF | Idrissa Doumbia | 26 | Akhmat Grozny | Transfer | Winter | 2024 | €4.3M | |
| | DF | Cristian Borja | 32 | Toluca | Transfer | Winter | 2024 | €3.4M | |
| | FW | Gonzalo Plata | 24 | Independiente del Valle | Transfer | Winter | 2024 | Undisclosed | |
| | MF | Francisco Geraldes | 29 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Loan end | Winter | 2021 | Free | |
| | DF | Tiago Ilori | 32 | | Transfer | Winter | 2024 | Undisclosed | |
Last updated: 27 July 2018

### Out

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |

## 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 | 12 August 2018 | 19 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 72 | 33 | +39 | 067.65 |
| Taça de Portugal | 20 October 2018 | 25 May 2019 | 3rd round | Winners | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 085.71 |
| Taça da Liga | 16 September 2018 | 26 January 2019 | Group stage | Winners | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 080.00 |
| Europa League | 20 September 2018 | 22 February 2019 | Group stage | Round of 32 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 54 | 37 | 7 | 10 | 113 | 52 | +61 | 068.52 |
Last updated: 25 May 2019 Source: Sporting.pt

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Benfica (C) | 34 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 103 | 31 | +72 | 87 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Porto | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 74 | 20 | +54 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 72 | 33 | +39 | 74 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 4 | Braga | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 67 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
* 1 2 3 Since the winners of the 2018–19 Taça de Portugal, Sporting CP, qualified for European competition based on league position, 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 (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.
* ↑ Vitória de Guimarães finished ahead of Moreirense on head-to-head points: Vitória de Guimarães 1–0 Moreirense, Moreirense 1–3 Vitória de Guimarães.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 25 May 2019. Source: Liga Portugal

#### Result round 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches
### Taça da Liga
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SCP | EST | FEI | MAR |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | Advanced to knockout phase | — | 1–2 | — | 3–1 |
| 2 | Estoril | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | | — | — | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| 3 | Feirense | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | | 1–4 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Marítimo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 | | — | 0–1 | — | — |

#### Knockout phase
### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ARS | SPO | VOR | QRB |
| 1 | Arsenal | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Vorskla Poltava | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 3 | | 0–3 | 1–2 | — | 0–1 |
| 4 | Qarabağ | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 3 | | 0–3 | 1–6 | 0–1 | — |
* 1 2 Goal difference in all group matches: Vorskla Poltava –9, Qarabağ –11.

#### Round of 32
## 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 Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 19 | GK | FRA | Romain Salin | 18 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | BRA | Renan Ribeiro | 36 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 81 | GK | POR | Luís Maximiano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | POR | Tiago Ilori | 9 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | URU | Sebastián Coates | 47 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Jefferson | 21 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | POR | André Pinto | 24 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | MKD | Stefan Ristovski | 30 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Mathieu | 31 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | COL | Cristian Borja | 13 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 76 | DF | POR | Bruno Gaspar | 28 | 1 | 12+4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 80 | DF | POR | Bruno Paz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 95 | DF | POR | Thierry Correia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | POR | Bruno Fernandes | 51 | 31 | 33 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 4+1 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Rodrigo Battaglia | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Raphinha | 34 | 7 | 16+8 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | POR | Francisco Geraldes | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | SRB | Radosav Petrović | 23 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | BRA | Wendel | 31 | 3 | 20+1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 86 | MF | SRB | Nemanja Gudelj | 41 | 1 | 26+1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | POR | Miguel Luís | 14 | 2 | 3+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 98 | MF | CIV | Idrissa Doumbia | 12 | 1 | 4+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ARG | Marcos Acuña | 43 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | MLI | Abdoulay Diaby | 42 | 7 | 19+10 | 2 | 2+1 | 3 | 2+2 | 0 | 4+2 | 2 |
| 28 | FW | NED | Bas Dost | 34 | 22 | 18+4 | 15 | 3+1 | 4 | 3+1 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 29 | FW | BRA | Luiz Phellype | 19 | 8 | 9+5 | 8 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 54 | FW | POR | Pedro Marques | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | CPV | Jovane Cabral | 35 | 4 | 15+7 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+5 | 2 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have been loaned out or transferred ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ITA | Emiliano Viviano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Marcelo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | GHA | Lumor Agbenyenu | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Bruno César | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Stefano Sturaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | CRO | Josip Mišić | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Matheus Pereira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | COL | Fredy Montero | 16 | 4 | 6+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | POR | Nani | 28 | 9 | 16+2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | POR | Carlos Mané | 7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | NED | Luc Castaignos | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |