# 2024–25 Sporting CP season

The 2024–25 season is the 132nd season in the history of Sporting CP, and the club's 91st consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. In addition to the domestic league, the club is participating 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
### Current squad

    As of 3 February 2025
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 | URU | Franco Israel |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Matheus Reis |
| 3 | DF | NED | Jerry St. Juste |
| 5 | MF | JPN | Hidemasa Morita |
| 6 | DF | BEL | Zeno Debast |
| 8 | MF | POR | Pedro Gonçalves |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Viktor Gyökeres |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Marcus Edwards |
| 11 | FW | POR | Nuno Santos |
| 17 | FW | POR | Francisco Trincão |
| 19 | FW | DEN | Conrad Harder |
| 20 | FW | URU | Maximiliano Araújo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | FW | MOZ | Geny Catamo |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Iván Fresneda |
| 23 | MF | POR | Daniel Bragança (vice-captain) |
| 24 | GK | POR | Rui Silva (on loan from Real Betis) |
| 25 | DF | POR | Gonçalo Inácio (3rd captain) |
| 26 | DF | CIV | Ousmane Diomande |
| 41 | GK | BRA | Diego Callai |
| 42 | MF | DEN | Morten Hjulmand (captain) |
| 47 | DF | POR | Ricardo Esgaio |
| 57 | FW | POR | Geovany Quenda |
| 72 | DF | POR | Eduardo Quaresma |
| — | FW | BRA | Gabriel Teixeira |

### 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 |
| 90 | FW | POR | Afonso Moreira |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| GK | Vladan Kovačević | Raków Częstochowa | €5,000,000 | 1 July 2024 | |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| GK | Antonio Adán | | End of contract | 1 July 2024 | |
| MF | Abdul Fatawu | Leicester City | €17,000,000 | 1 July 2024 | |

## 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 | 9 August 2024 | 18 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | TBD | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 70 | 23 | +47 | 073.08 |
| Taça de Portugal | 18 October 2024 | TBD | Third round | TBD | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 100.00 |
| Taça da Liga | 29 October 2024 | 11 January 2025 | Quarter-finals | Runners-up | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira | 3 August 2024 | 3 August 2024 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 17 September 2024 | 19 February 2025 | League phase | Knockout phase play-offs | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 030.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 102 | 46 | +56 | 063.64 |
Last updated: 15 March 2025 Source: Soccerway

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 70 | 23 | +47 | 62 | Qualification for the Champions League league stage |
| 2 | Benfica | 24 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 56 | 18 | +38 | 56 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Porto | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 51 | 20 | +31 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Braga | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 22 | +20 | 53 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Santa Clara | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 43 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 March 2025. 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 | 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 |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Points | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 36 | 37 | 40 | 41 | 44 | 47 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 56 | 59 | 62 | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### League phase

The league phase draw was held on 29 August 2024.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 21 | Celtic | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded) |
| 22 | Manchester City | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded) |
| 23 | Sporting CP | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded) |
| 24 | Club Brugge | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded) |
| 25 | Dinamo Zagreb | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 11 | |
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | D |
| Position | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 23 |

#### Knockout phase
##### Knockout phase play-offs

The draw for the knockout phase play-offs was held on 31 January 2025.

## 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 | URU | Franco Israel | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | POR | Rui Silva | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | BRA | Diego Callai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BRA | Matheus Reis | 35 | 0 | 12+10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NED | Jerry St. Juste | 19 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BEL | Zeno Debast | 37 | 2 | 15+8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | URU | Maximiliano Araújo | 37 | 2 | 13+8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+4 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Iván Fresneda | 25 | 3 | 9+5 | 3 | 2+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | POR | Gonçalo Inácio | 32 | 5 | 17+3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | CIV | Ousmane Diomande | 37 | 2 | 22+2 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | POR | João Muniz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | POR | Ricardo Esgaio | 15 | 1 | 2+5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 54 | DF | BRA | Bruno Ramos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | POR | José Silva | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | DF | POR | Eduardo Quaresma | 21 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 95 | DF | ESP | Lucas Taibo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | DF | POR | Diogo Travassos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | JPN | Hidemasa Morita | 30 | 2 | 11+8 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | POR | Pedro Gonçalves | 12 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | POR | Daniel Bragança | 28 | 4 | 14+4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+6 | 1 |
| 42 | MF | DEN | Morten Hjulmand | 37 | 3 | 21+1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 50 | FW | POR | Alexandre Brito | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 52 | MF | POR | João Simões | 18 | 1 | 4+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 73 | MF | POR | Eduardo Felicíssimo | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | MF | POR | Henrique Arreiol | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | SWE | Viktor Gyökeres | 41 | 40 | 23+3 | 28 | 1+2 | 2 | 2+1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6+2 | 6 |
| 11 | FW | POR | Nuno Santos | 10 | 1 | 4+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | POR | Francisco Trincão | 43 | 9 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | DEN | Conrad Harder | 37 | 9 | 6+15 | 4 | 3+1 | 4 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+5 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | MOZ | Geny Catamo | 37 | 5 | 13+10 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+3 | 1 |
| 30 | FW | BRA | Gabriel Teixeira | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 57 | FW | POR | Geovany Quenda | 44 | 2 | 23+3 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8+2 | 0 |
| 59 | FW | BRA | Kauã Oliveira | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | FW | POR | Lucas Anjos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 78 | FW | POR | Mauro Couto | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | FW | POR | Rafael Nel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | POR | Afonso Moreira | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players who transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | ENG | Marcus Edwards | 10 | 3 | 1+5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | BIH | Vladan Kovačević | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | POR | Dário Essugo | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | POR | Mateus Fernandes | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | DF | FRA | Koba Koindredi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | POR | Rodrigo Ribeiro | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: Soccerway