2018–19 Sporting CP season

Sporting CP
2018–19 season
President	Frederico Varandas
Manager	Marcel Keizer
Stadium	Estádio José Alvalade
Primeira Liga	3rd
Taça de Portugal	Winners
Taça da Liga	Winners
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Bruno Fernandes (20); All: Bruno Fernandes (32)
Biggest win	Belenenses 1–8 Sporting CP; (5 May 2019)
Biggest defeat	Portimonense 4–2 Sporting CP; (7 October 2018) Sporting CP 2–4 Benfica; (3 February 2019)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

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	27	Vitória de Guimarães	Transfer	Summer	2023	€6.5M	zerozero.pt
1	GK	Emiliano Viviano	38	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	[1]
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	31	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	31		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

11 July 2018 (2018-07-11) Friendly	Lancy	0–6	Sporting CP	Geneva, Switzerland
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Piccini Gauld Cabral (x2) Montero Pereira

12 July 2018 (2018-07-12) Friendly	Neuchâtel Xamax	2–1	Sporting CP	Baulmes, Switzerland
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cicek 4' Santana 20' Karlen 63'	Report	Montero 3' Mišić 50'	Stadium: Stade Sous-Ville

14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) Friendly	Sporting CP	1–0	Nice	Divonne-les-Bains, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pereira 52'	Report

16 July 2018 (2018-07-16) Friendly	Sporting CP	4–1	Stade Lausanne	Nyon, Switzerland
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Castaignos 2' Geraldes 14' Mattheus 25' Cabral 37'	Report	Matri 45+1'	Stadium: Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon

25 July 2018 (2018-07-25) Friendly	Sporting CP	1–2	Mafra	Alcochete, Portugal
10:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Marcelo	Report	Bruninho Vinícius Tanque	Stadium: Academia Sporting

28 July 2018 (2018-07-28) Presentation	Sporting CP	1–1	Marseille	Lisboa, Portugal
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Pinto 61'	Report	Germain 4'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Rui Rodrigues

31 July 2018 (2018-07-31) Friendly	Sporting CP	1–0	Académica	Alcochete, Portugal
17:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Dost	Report		Stadium: Academia Sporting

2 August 2018 (2018-08-02) Friendly	Sporting CP	1–2	Estoril	Alcochete, Portugal
10:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Fernandes	Report	Roberto (x2)	Stadium: Academia Sporting

5 August 2018 (2018-08-05) Troféu Cinco Violinos	Sporting CP	1–1 (4–5 p)	Empoli	Lisboa, Portugal
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Mišić 51'	Report	La Gumina 69'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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					54	37	7	10	113	52	+61	068.52

Last updated: 25 May 2019
Source: Sporting.pt

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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^[a]
4	Braga	34	21	4	9	56	37	+19	67	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
5	Vitória de Guimarães	34	15	7	12	46	34	+12	52^[b]	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]

Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c 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								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	23	5	6	72	33	+39	74	14	2	1	38	13	+25	9	3	5	34	20	+14

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

Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

12 August 2018 (2018-08-12) 1	Moreirense	1–3	Sporting CP	Moreira de Cónegos
18:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Tavares 6'	Report	Fernandes 16' Dost 74' (pen.), 90+2'	Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 4,886 Referee: Tiago Martins

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) 2	Sporting CP	2–1	Vitória de Setúbal	Lisbon
21:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Nani 9', 66'	Report	Zequinha 19'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 40,611 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 3	Benfica	1–1	Sporting CP	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Félix 86'	Report	Nani 64' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 60,486 Referee: Luís Godinho

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 4	Sporting CP	1–0	Feirense	Lisbon
21:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Cabral 88'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 38,688 Referee: Rui Oliveira

24 September 2018 (2018-09-24) 5	Braga	1–0	Sporting CP	Braga
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Sousa 67'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Referee: Artur Soares Dias

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 6	Sporting CP	2–0	Marítimo	Lisbon
21:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Fernandes 12' (pen.) Montero 35'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 35,238 Referee: Nuno Almeida

7 October 2018 (2018-10-07) 7	Portimonense	4–2	Sporting CP	Portimão
21:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Manafa 30' Nakajima 44', 82' João Carlos 90+3'	Report	Montero 63' Coates 88'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 5,685 Referee: Hugo Miguel

28 October 2018 (2018-10-28) 8	Sporting CP	3–0	Boavista	Lisbon
20:20 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Nani 31', 66' Fernandes 64'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 27,784 Referee: Carlos Xistra

4 November 2018 (2018-11-04) 9	Santa Clara	1–2	Sporting CP	Ponta Delgada
17:30 GMT (UTC-01:00)	Zé Manuel 32'	Report	Dost 62' (pen.) Acuña 75'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Referee: Manuel Mota

11 November 2018 (2018-11-11) 10	Sporting CP	2–1	Chaves	Lisbon
20:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Dost 23', 86' (pen.)	Report	Niltinho 81'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 20,359 Referee: Tiago Martins

3 December 2018 (2018-12-03) 11	Rio Ave	1–3	Sporting CP	Vila do Conde
20:15 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Schmidt 12'	Report	Fernandes 8' Dost 22' Cabral 72'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 5,957 Referee: Carlos Xistra

9 December 2018 (2018-12-09) 12	Sporting CP	4–1	Desportivo das Aves	Lisbon
20:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Dost 40' (pen.), 48' Nani 45+1' Diaby 59'	Report	Defendi 17'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 35,124 Referee: Vítor Ferreira

16 December 2018 (2018-12-16) 13	Sporting CP	5–2	Nacional	Lisbon
20:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Dost 35' (pen.), 87' (pen.) Fernandes 70', 90+1' Mathieu 75'	Report	Camacho 6' Paločević 26'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 31,408 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

23 December 2018 (2018-12-23) 14	Vitória de Guimarães	1–0	Sporting CP	Guimarães
20:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Tozé 26'	Report		Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 27,435 Referee: Luis Godinho

3 January 2019 (2019-01-03) 15	Sporting CP	2–1	Belenenses	Lisbon
18:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Gaspar 57' Luís 80'	Report	Fredy 90'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 30,054 Referee: João Capela

7 January 2019 (2019-01-07) 16	Tondela	2–1	Sporting CP	Tondela
19:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Delgado 5' Tomané 74'	Report	Mathieu 76'	Stadium: Estádio João Cardoso Attendance: 4,772 Referee: Nuno Almeida

12 January 2019 (2019-01-12) 17	Sporting CP	0–0	Porto	Lisbon
15:30 GMT (UTC+00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 45,500 Referee: Hugo Miguel

19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 18	Sporting CP	2–1	Moreirense	Lisbon
18:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Nani 3' Fernandes 26'	Report	Tavares 34'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 30,121 Referee: Rui Costa

30 January 2019 (2019-01-30) 19	Vitória de Setúbal	1–1	Sporting CP	Setúbal
19:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Cádiz 23'	Report	Dost 80'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 5,098 Referee: Hélder Malheiro

3 February 2019 (2019-02-03) 20	Sporting CP	2–4	Benfica	Lisbon
17:30 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Fernandes 43' Dost 89' (pen.)	Report	Seferovic 11' Félix 36' Dias 46' Pizzi 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 45,503 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

10 February 2019 (2019-02-10) 21	Feirense	1–3	Sporting CP	Santa Maria da Feira
20:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Petkov 76'	Report	Briseño 44' (o.g.) Fernandes 58', 68'	Stadium: Estádio Marcolino de Castro Attendance: 4,114 Referee: Manuel Mota

17 February 2019 (2019-02-17) 22	Sporting CP	3–0	Braga	Lisbon
20:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Fernandes 33' Dost 50' (pen.), 68'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 27,673 Referee: Jorge Sousa

24 February 2019 (2019-02-24) 23	Marítimo	0–0	Sporting CP	Funchal
19:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo Attendance: 9,174 Referee: Tiago Martins

3 March 2019 (2019-03-03) 24	Sporting CP	3–1	Portimonense	Lisbon
20:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Diaby 10' Raphinha 11' Fernandes 90' (pen.)	Report	Paulinho 30'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 24,907 Referee: João Capela

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 25	Boavista	1–2	Sporting CP	Porto
20:30 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Neris 3'	Report	Machado 17' (o.g.) Fernandes 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 7,628 Referee: João Pinheiro

15 March 2019 (2019-03-15) 26	Sporting CP	1–0	Santa Clara	Lisbon
20:30 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Raphinha 59'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 28,129 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 27	Chaves	1–3	Sporting CP	Chaves
18:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	André Luís 60'	Report	Luiz Phellype 23', 90+11' Fernandes 80'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira Attendance: 6,229 Referee: Manuel Mota

7 April 2019 (2019-04-07) 28	Sporting CP	3–0	Rio Ave	Lisbon
20:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Luiz Phellype 12' Fernandes 36' (pen.) Wendel 54'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 26,198 Referee: Luís Godinho

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 29	Desportivo das Aves	1–3	Sporting CP	Aves
20:30 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Falcão 33' (pen.)	Report	Luiz Phellype 24' Mathieu 44' Fernandes 84'	Stadium: Estádio do CD Aves Attendance: 2,895 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

19 April 2019 (2019-04-19) 30	Nacional	0–1	Sporting CP	Funchal
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Luiz Phellype 62'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Attendance: 3,804 Referee: Carlos Xistra

27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 31	Sporting CP	2–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Luiz Phellype 40' Raphinha 52'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 44,107 Referee: Rui Costa

5 May 2019 (2019-05-05) 32	Belenenses	1–8	Sporting CP	Lisbon
17:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Licá 61'	Report	Raphinha 10' Luiz Phellype 45+1' Gudelj 65' Fernandes 70' (pen.), 75', 84' Dost 77' Doumbia 90'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 5,209 Referee: João Capela

11 May 2019 (2019-05-11) 33	Sporting CP	1–1	Tondela	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Fernandes 6' (pen.)	Report	Tomané 67'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 40,500 Referee: Tiago Martins

19 May 2019 (2019-05-19) 34	Porto	2–1	Sporting CP	Porto
18:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Pereira 77' Herrera 87'	Report	Luiz Phellype 61'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 39,808 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

Taça de Portugal

20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) Third round	Loures	1–2	Sporting CP	Alverca do Ribatejo
20:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Juninho 90+1'	Report	Fernandes 42' Nani 56'	Stadium: Complexo Desportivo do F.C. Alverca Referee: João Malheiro Pinto

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) Fourth round	Lusitano Vildemoinhos	1–4	Sporting CP	Viseu
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Braz 44'	Report	Dost 42', 71' Fernandes 62' Diaby 72'	Stadium: Estádio do Fontelo Referee: António Nobre

19 December 2018 (2018-12-19) Round of 16	Sporting CP	5–2	Rio Ave	Lisbon
19:30 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Diaby 4', 77' Dost 32', 61' Fernandes 42'	Report	Gaspar 45+1' (o.g.) Carlos Vinícius 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 12,500 Referee: João Pinheiro

16 January 2019 (2019-01-16) Quarter-finals	Feirense	0–2	Sporting CP	Santa Maria da Feira
20:45 GMT (UTC+00:00)			Wendel 64' Fernandes 66'	Stadium: Estádio Marcolino de Castro Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

6 February 2019 (2019-02-06) Semi-finals 1st leg	Benfica	2–1	Sporting CP	Lisbon
20:45 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Gabriel 16' Ilori 64' (o.g.)	Report	Fernandes 82'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 55,636 Referee: Luís Godinho

3 April 2019 (2019-04-03) Semi-finals 2nd leg	Sporting CP	1–0 (2–2 agg.)	Benfica	Lisbon
20:45 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Fernandes 75'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 34,221 Referee: Hugo Miguel

Final

25 May 2019	Sporting CP	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Porto	Oeiras
17:15 WEST	Pereira 45' (o.g.) Dost 101'	Report	Soares 40' Felipe 120+1'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Jorge Sousa
	Penalties
	Dost Fernandes Mathieu Raphinha Coates Luiz Phellype		Soares Pereira Pepe Adrián Hernâni Fernando

Taça da Liga

Group stage

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

Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

16 September 2018 (2018-09-16) 1	Sporting CP	3–1	Marítimo	Lisbon
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Raphinha 26' Fernandes 54', 63'	Report	Correa 61'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 29,500 Referee: Manuel Mota

31 October 2018 (2018-10-31) 2	Sporting CP	1–2	Estoril	Lisbon
	Wendel 9'	Report	Lima 71' Pinto 82' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 10,852 Referee: Hélder Malheiro

29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) 3	Feirense	1–4	Sporting CP	Santa Maria da Feira
19:45 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Silva 24' (p)	Report	Raphinha 5' Fernandes 22' Dost 60' (p) Machado 67' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio Marcolino de Castro Referee: Rui Costa

Knockout phase

23 January 2019 Semi-finals	Braga	1–1 (3-4 p)	Sporting CP	Braga
19:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Sousa 3'	Report	Coates 37'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 10,087 Referee: Manuel Oliveira
	Penalties
	R. Horta Paulinho Murilo Marcelo Goiano Sousa Claudemir Ricardo		Dost Coates B. Fernandes Nani Raphinha Ristovski Jefferson

26 January 2019 Final	Porto	1–1 (1–3 p)	Sporting CP	Braga
19:45 WEST	Fernando 79'	Report	Dost 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 25,213 Referee: João Pinheiro
	Penalties
	Telles Militão Hernâni Felipe		Dost Coates Fernandes Nani

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	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^[a]		0–3	1–2	—	0–1
4	Qarabağ	6	1	0	5	2	13	−11	3^[a]		0–3	1–6	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Goal difference in all group matches: Vorskla Poltava –9, Qarabağ –11.

20 September 2018 (2018-09-20) 1	Sporting CP	2–0	Qarabag	Lisbon
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Raphinha 54' Cabral 88'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 30,098 Referee: François Letexier (France)

4 October 2018 (2018-10-04) 2	Vorskla Poltava	1–2	Sporting CP	Poltava
18:55 (19:55 EEST)	Kulach 10'	Report	Montero 90+1' Cabral 90+3'	Stadium: Oleksiy Butovsky Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 10,082 Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

25 October 2018 (2018-10-25) 3	Sporting CP	0–1	Arsenal	Lisbon
17:55 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Welbeck 77'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 40,784 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

8 November 2018 (2018-11-08) 4	Arsenal	0–0	Sporting CP	London
20:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,758 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

29 November 2018 (2018-11-29) 5	Qarabag	1–6	Sporting CP	Baku
18:55 (21:55 AZT)	Zoubir 14'	Report	Dost 5' (pen.) Fernandes 20', 75' Nani 33' Diaby 65', 82'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 5,416 Referee: Petr Ardeleanu (Czech Republic)

13 December 2018 (2018-12-13) 6	Sporting CP	3–0	Vorskla Poltava	Lisbon
21:00 (20:00 WET)	Montero 17' Luís 35' Dallku 44' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 25,504 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

Round of 32

14 February 2019 (2019-02-14) 1st leg	Sporting CP	0–1	Villarreal	Lisbon
21:00 (20:00 WET)		Report	Pedraza 3'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 27,134 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

21 February 2019 (2019-02-21) 2nd leg	Villarreal	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Sporting CP	Villarreal
18:55	Fornals 80'	Report	Fernandes 45+1'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 14,098 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 18 May 2019

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		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