# 2012–13 Sporting CP season

The 2012–13 season is Sporting Clube de Portugal's 80th season in the top flight, the Primeira Liga, known as the Liga ZON Sagres for sponsorship purposes. This article shows player statistics and all matches that the club plays during the 2012–13 season.
It is considered to be the worst season ever in Sporting's history. The club ended in the seventh place in the league table, the lowest position in the club's history, thus failing to qualify for the following season's UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. Sporting were also eliminated from the Europa League group stage for the first time ever, ending in fourth place.

## Competitions
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Estoril | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 45 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Rio Ave | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 42 | |
| 7 | Sporting CP | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 42 | |
| 8 | Nacional | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 40 | |
| 9 | Vitória de Guimarães | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* 1 2 Rio Ave ahead of Sporting CP on head-to-head record; Rio Ave–Sporting CP 2–1, Sporting CP–Rio Ave 0–1
* 1 2 Nacional ahead of Vitória de Guimarães on head-to-head record; Nacional–Vitória de Guimarães 2–1, Vitória de Guimarães–Nacional 1–3
* ↑ Vitória de Guimarães qualified for the group stage of 2013–14 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2012–13 Taça de 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 |
| 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 | D | W | D | L | D | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 12 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

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

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Rio Ave | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
| Paços de Ferreira | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
| Sporting CP | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 4 |
| Marítimo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 1 |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage
## Players

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) |
| 5 | DF | POR | Joãozinho |
| 6 | DF | NED | Khalid Boulahrouz |
| 7 | MF | VEN | Jeffrén |
| 8 | MF | NED | Stijn Schaars (vice-captain) |
| 9 | FW | NED | Ricky van Wolfswinkel |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Diego Capel |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Marcelo Boeck |
| 13 | DF | POR | Miguel Lopes |
| 15 | DF | ARG | Marcos Rojo |
| 16 | FW | ARG | Valentín Viola |
| 18 | FW | PER | André Carrillo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | MAR | Zakaria Labyad |
| 21 | MF | ARG | Fabián Rinaudo (vice-captain) |
| 22 | GK | POR | Hugo Ventura |
| 23 | MF | POR | Adrien Silva |
| 28 | MF | POR | André Martins |
| 34 | DF | POR | Tiago Ilori |
| 40 | DF | POR | Pedro Mendes |
| 41 | DF | POR | Cédric |
| 47 | MF | POR | Ricardo Esgaio |
| 51 | FW | POR | Bruma |
| 54 | DF | ENG | Eric Dier |
| 90 | MF | GNB | Zézinho |

## Transfers
### In

* Adrien Silva → Académica → Loan return
* Cédric → Académica → Loan return
* Marcos Rojo → Spartak Moscow → Undisclosed fee
* Valentín Viola → Racing Club → Undisclosed fee
* Danijel Pranjić → Bayern Munich → Free transfer
* Zakaria Labyad → PSV → Free transfer
* Khalid Boulahrouz → VfB Stuttgart → Free transfer
* Gelson Fernandes → Saint-Étienne → Free transfer
* Miguel Lopes → Porto → Free transfer
* Hugo Ventura → Porto → Free transfer
* Joãozinho → Beira-Mar → Loan

### Out

* Agostinho Cá → Barcelona B → Undisclosed fee
* Amido Baldé → Vitória de Guimarães → Contract termination
* André Marques → Sion → End of contract
* Diogo Rosado → Blackburn Rovers → End of contract
* Edgar Ié → Barcelona B → Undisclosed fee
* João Pereira → Valencia → €3,684,210 + €526,320
* Mateus Fonseca → Chiasso → Free transfer
* Ricardo Batista → ? → End of contract
* Rodolfo Simões → Académico de Viseu → Free transfer
* Tiago Ferreira → End of career
* Marco Torsiglieri → Metalist Kharkiv → Undisclosed fee
* Ânderson Polga → São José → End of contract
* Celsinho → Târgu Mureș → End of contract
* Jaime Valdés → Parma → Undisclosed fee
* Matías Fernández → Fiorentina → €3,136,842 + €1,500,000
* Florent Sinama Pongolle → Rostov → Contract termination
* Mexer → Nacional → End of contract
* Alberto Rodríguez → Rio Ave → Contract termination
* Luis Aguiar → San Lorenzo de Almagro → Contract termination
* Sebastián Ribas → Genoa → Loan return
* Daniel Carriço → Reading → €750,000
* Marat Izmailov → Porto → € Free transfer
* Emiliano Insúa → Atlético Madrid → €3,500,000
* Bruno Pereirinha → Lazio → €2,000,000
* Xandão → Kuban Krasnodar → Loan return

### 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 |
| 14 | DF | POR | Nuno Reis (at Olhanense until 30 June 2013) |
| 28 | DF | POR | João Gonçalves (at Vitória de Guimarães until 30 June 2013) |
| — | DF | POR | Miguel Serôdio (at Atlético CP until 30 June 2013) |
| 24 | DF | ARG | Leandro Grimi (at Godoy Cruz until 30 June 2013) |
| — | DF | FRA | Atila Turan (at Orduspor until 30 June 2013) |
| 23 | DF | USA | Oguchi Onyewu (at Málaga until 30 June 2013) |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Evaldo (at Deportivo La Coruña until 30 June 2013) |
| 86 | MF | SUI | Gélson Fernandes (at Sion until 30 June 2014) |
| 77 | MF | BRA | Elias (at Flamengo until 30 June 2013) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 30 | MF | CRO | Danijel Pranjić (at Celta Vigo until 30 June 2013) |
| 8 | MF | POR | André Santos (at Deportivo La Coruña until 30 June 2013) |
| 22 | MF | POR | Diogo Salomão (at Deportivo La Coruña until 30 June 2013) |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Renato Neto (at Gent until 30 June 2013) |
| 21 | MF | POR | William Carvalho (at Cercle Brugge until 30 June 2013) |
| 11 | FW | GHA | William Owusu (at Westerlo until 30 June 2013) |
| 28 | FW | POR | Wilson Eduardo (at Académica until 30 June 2013) |
| 30 | FW | BUL | Valeri Bojinov (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2013) |
| 38 | FW | IND | Sunil Chhetri (at Churchill Brothers until end of season) |