2022–23 Sporting CP season

Sporting CP
2022–23 season
President	Frederico Varandas
Head coach	Rúben Amorim
Stadium	Estádio José Alvalade
Primeira Liga	4th
Taça de Portugal	Third round
Taça da Liga	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Europa League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Pedro Gonçalves (15); All: ; Pedro Gonçalves (20)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 117th season in the history of Sporting CP and their 89th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. In addition to the domestic league, they participated in this season's editions of the Taça de Portugal, Taça da Liga, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

As of 3 February 2023^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ESP	Antonio Adán (3rd captain)
2	DF	BRA	Matheus Reis
3	DF	NED	Jerry St. Juste
4	DF	URU	Sebastián Coates (captain)
5	MF	JPN	Hidemasa Morita
6	MF	GRE	Sotiris Alexandropoulos
10	MF	ENG	Marcus Edwards
11	MF	POR	Nuno Santos
12	GK	URU	Franco Israel
13	DF	POR	Luís Neto (vice-captain)
15	MF	URU	Manuel Ugarte
16	MF	POR	Rochinha
17	FW	POR	Francisco Trincão (on loan from Barcelona)
18	FW	GHA	Abdul Fatawu Issahaku
19	DF	ESP	Héctor Bellerín
20	FW	POR	Paulinho
22	GK	POR	André Paulo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	POR	Daniel Bragança
25	DF	POR	Gonçalo Inácio (5th captain)
26	DF	CIV	Ousmane Diomande
28	MF	POR	Pedro Gonçalves
32	MF	ARG	Mateo Tanlongo
33	FW	BRA	Arthur Gomes
41	GK	BRA	Diego Callai
46	DF	POR	Gonçalo Esteves
47	DF	POR	Ricardo Esgaio (4th captain)
71	DF	POR	Flávio Nazinho
73	DF	POR	Chico Lamba
77	FW	CPV	Jovane Cabral
79	FW	POR	Youssef Chermiti
82	MF	POR	Mateus Fernandes
84	MF	POR	Dário Essugo
91	FW	POR	Rodrigo Ribeiro

Other players under contract[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
92	MF	BRA	Eduardo Henrique

Out on loan[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	POR	Eduardo Quaresma (at 1899 Hoffenheim until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	ESP	José Marsà (at Sporting Gijón until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	ESP	Pedro Porro (at Tottenham Hotspur until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	POR	Rúben Vinagre (at Everton until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	POR	Tiago Ilori (at Paços de Ferreira until 30 June 2023)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	CIV	Idrissa Doumbia (at Alanyaspor until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	POR	Renato Veiga (at Augsburg until 31 December 2023)
—	FW	POR	Rafael Camacho (at Aris until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	POR	Tiago Tomás (at VfB Stuttgart until 30 June 2023)

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Summer[edit]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
16	DF	Rúben Vinagre	Wolverhampton Wanderers	€10,000,000	1 July 2022	^[2]
24	DF	Pedro Porro	Manchester City	€8,500,000		^[3]
3	DF	Jeremiah St. Juste	Mainz 05	€9,500,000		^[4]
5	MF	Hidemasa Morita	Santa Clara	€3,800,000		^[5]
22	GK	Franco Israel	Juventus U23	€650,000	5 July 2022	^[6]
27	FW	Rochinha	Vitória de Guimarães	€2,000,000	6 July 2022	^[7]
17	FW	Francisco Trincão	Barcelona	Loan (€3,000,000)	13 July 2022	^[8]^[9]
6	MF	Sotiris Alexandropoulos	Panathinaikos	€4,500,000	29 August 2022	^[10]
33	FW	Arthur Gomes	Estoril	€2,500,000	1 September 2022	^[11]
Disclosed total
€44,450,000

Winter[edit]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
32	MF	Mateo Tanlongo	Rosario Central	Free	5 January 2023	^[12]^[13]

Out[edit]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
3	DF	Zouhair Feddal	Valladolid	Free	15 May 2022	^[14]
—	DF	Nuno Mendes	Paris Saint-Germain	€38,000,000	10 June 2022	^[15]^[16]
—	FW	Pedro Marques	NEC	Free	21 June 2022	^[17]
87	DF	Gonçalo Esteves	Estoril	Loan	1 July 2022	^[18]
6	MF	João Palhinha	Fulham	€20,000,000	4 July 2022	^[19]^[20]
—	FW	Gonzalo Plata	Valladolid	€3,000,000	11 July 2022	^[21]
40	GK	Renan Ribeiro	Al Ahli	Free	20 July 2022	^[22]
—	FW	Luiz Phellype	FC Tokyo	Loan	20 July 2022	^[23]
—	FW	Rafael Camacho	Aris	Loan	20 July 2022	^[24]
—	FW	Andraž Šporar	Panathinaikos	€3,500,000	26 July 2022	^[25]
16	DF	Rúben Vinagre	Everton	Loan	27 July 2022	^[26]
8	MF	Matheus Nunes	Wolverhampton Wanderers	€45,000,000	17 August 2022	^[27]
—	DF	Tiago Ilori	Paços de Ferreira	Loan	22 July 2022	^[28]
—	DF	Eduardo Quaresma	Hoffenheim	Loan	4 August 2022	^[29]^[30]
—	MF	Idrissa Doumbia	Paços de Ferreira	Loan	5 August 2022	^[31]
9	FW	Islam Slimani	Brest	€1,500,000	25 August 2022	^[32]
—	FW	Pedro Mendes	Ascoli	€500,000	29 August 2022	^[33]
Disclosed total
€111,500,000

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

13 July 2022 Friendly	Sporting CP	1–1	Union Saint-Gilloise	Parchal
19:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Porro 19' (pen.)	Report	Sykes 20', 50'	Stadium: Complexo Desportivo Belavista

14 July 2022 Friendly	Sporting CP	1–1	Villarreal	Faro/Loulé
21:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Gonçalves 40'	Report	Baena 68'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: Ricardo Baixinho

19 July 2022 Friendly	Sporting CP	3–2	Roma	Faro/Loulé
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Gonçalves 29' (pen.) Inácio 53' Ugarte 62' Nunes 85' Tabata 86'	Report	Inácio 31' (o.g.) Smalling 52' Mancini 58' Pellegrini 69' Zaniolo 79' Veretout 85'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: Hugo Silva

24 July 2022 Troféu Cinco Violinos	Sporting CP	1–1 (5–6 p)	Sevilla	Lisbon
19:45 WEST (UTC+1)	Tabata 55' Paulinho 82' Edwards 90'	Report	Corona 15' Acuña 54'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)
	Penalties
	Porro Gonçalves Rochinha Tabata Edwards Issahaku		Gudelj Ocampos Gómez Jordán Suso Montiel

30 July 2022 Friendly	Sporting CP	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Faro/Loulé
--:-- WEST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Estádio Algarve

23 September 2022 Friendly	Sporting CP	1–0	Vilafranquense	Alcochete
19:00 WEST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Academia

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

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	7 August 2022	26 May 2023	Matchday 1	4th	34	23	5	6	71	32	+39	067.65
Taça de Portugal	16 October 2022		Third round	Third round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Taça da Liga	30 November 2022	28 January 2023	Group stage	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	20	3	+17	083.33
UEFA Champions League	7 September 2022	1 November 2022	Group stage	Group stage	6	2	1	3	8	9	−1	033.33
UEFA Europa League	16 February 2023	20 April 2023	Knockout round play-offs	Quarter-finals	6	1	4	1	9	6	+3	016.67
Total					53	31	10	12	108	51	+57	058.49

Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Porto	34	27	4	3	73	22	+51	85	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Braga	34	25	3	6	75	30	+45	78	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Sporting CP	34	23	5	6	71	32	+39	74	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
5	Arouca	34	15	9	10	36	37	−1	54	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round
6	Vitória de Guimarães	34	16	5	13	34	39	−5	53	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round

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

Results summary[edit]


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	71	32	+39	74	13	2	2	42	12	+30	10	3	4	29	20	+9

Source: Liga Portugal

Results by round[edit]

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	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W
Position	8	5	12	13	8	7	8	7	5	4	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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

Matches[edit]

7 August 2022 1	Braga	3–3	Sporting CP	Braga
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Banza 14' Niakaté 45+1' Ruiz 88'	Report	Gonçalves 9' Nuno Santos 18' Edwards 83'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 17,714 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

13 August 2022 2	Sporting CP	3–0	Rio Ave	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Gonçalves 36', 75' Nunes 66'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 31,760 Referee: Manuel Mota

20 August 2022 3	Porto	3–0	Sporting CP	Porto
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Evanilson 42' Uribe 77' (pen.) Galeno 86' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 49,430 Referee: Nuno Almeida

27 August 2022 4	Sporting CP	0–2	Chaves	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Vitória 60' Vieira 63'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 31,408 Referee: André Narciso

2 September 2022 5	Estoril	0–2	Sporting CP	Estoril
21:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Juste 13' Edwards 21'	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Attendance: 4,718 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

10 September 2022 6	Sporting CP	4–0	Portimonense	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Trincão 7', 41' Gonçalves 72' Nuno Santos 76'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 29,782 Referee: Claúdio Pereira

17 September 2022 7	Boavista	2–1	Sporting CP	Porto
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Lourenço 45+2', 83' (pen.)	Report	Edwards 55'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 8,480 Referee: João Pinheiro

30 September 2022 8	Sporting CP	3–1	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Morita 16' Gonçalves 22' Rochinha 82'	Report	Navarro 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 27,829 Referee: Tiago Martins

8 October 2022 9	Santa Clara	1–2	Sporting CP	Ponta Delgada
14:30 AZOST (UTC±00:00)	Tagawa 90+4'	Report	Morita 29' Nuno Santos 90'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 4,447 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

22 October 2022 10	Sporting CP	3–1	Casa Pia	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Paulinho 57' Nuno Santos 59' Gonçalves 65'	Report	Clayton 43'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 26,679 Referee: Hélder Malheiro

29 October 2022 11	Arouca	1–0	Sporting CP	Arouca
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Basso 47'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 2,364 Referee: Rui Costa

5 November 2022 12	Sporting CP	3–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Edwards 34', 55' Morita 40'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 27,324 Referee: Manuel Mota

13 November 2022 13	Famalicão	1–2	Sporting CP	Vila Nova de Famalicão
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Jaime 78'	Report	Trincão 42' Gonçalves 45+3'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Attendance: 3,937 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

29 December 2022 14	Sporting CP	3–0	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Porro 3' Nuno Santos 22' Paulinho 44'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 31,005 Referee: António Nobre

8 January 2023 15	Marítimo	1–0	Sporting CP	Funchal
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Winck 55' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo Attendance: 9,510 Referee: Hélder Malheiro

15 January 2023 16	Benfica	2–2	Sporting CP	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Ramos 37', 64'	Report	Bah 27' (o.g.) Gonçalves 53' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 62,295 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

20 January 2023 17	Sporting CP	2–1	Vizela	Lisbon
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Gonçalves 59' Porro 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Mendez 75'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 23,358 Referee: Rui Costa

2 February 2023 18	Sporting CP	5–0	Braga	Lisbon
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Morita 9', 46' Edwards 61' Reis 86' Gonçalves 90+3' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 26,338 Referee: Nuno Almeida

6 February 2023 19	Rio Ave	0–1	Sporting CP	Vila do Conde
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report	Chermiti 84'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 4,125 Referee: Manuel Mota

12 February 2023 20	Sporting CP	1–2	Porto	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Chermiti 90+7'	Report	Uribe 60' Pepê 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 39,528 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

20 February 2023 21	Chaves	2–3	Sporting CP	Chaves
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Teixeira 34' Hernández 90+6'	Report	Gonçalves 8' (pen.), 61' Nuno Santos 70'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Chaves Attendance: 4,981 Referee: António Nobre

27 February 2023 22	Sporting CP	2–0	Estoril	Lisbon
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Bellerín 40' Trincão 51'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 22,313 Referee: Manuel Mota

4 March 2023 23	Portimonense	0–1	Sporting CP	Portimão
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report	Paulinho 77'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 4,474 Referee: Gustavo Correia

12 March 2023 24	Sporting CP	3–0	Boavista	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Nuno Santos 17' Agra 43' (o.g.) Paulinho 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 27,535 Referee: João Pinheiro

1 April 2023 26	Sporting CP	3–0	Santa Clara	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Paulinho 14' Trincão 22' Edwards 52'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 31,603 Referee: André Narciso

5 April 2023 25	Gil Vicente	0–0	Sporting CP	Barcelos
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 8,076 Referee: Nuno Almeida

9 April 2023 27	Casa Pia	3–4	Sporting CP	Oeiras
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Martins 7' Soma 45+1' Cardoso 62'	Report	Trincão 1', 39', 85' Gonçalves 48'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 10,509 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

16 April 2023 28	Sporting CP	1–1	Arouca	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Gonçalves 87' (pen.)	Report	Antony 38'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 25,584 Referee: Vítor Ferreira

24 April 2023 29	Vitória de Guimarães	0–2	Sporting CP	Guimarães
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Gonçalves 47' Arthur 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 21,893 Referee: Luís Godinho

30 April 2023 30	Sporting CP	2–1	Famalicão	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Morita 18' Esgaio 60'	Report	Coates 69' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 29,443 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

7 May 2023 31	Paços de Ferreira	0–4	Sporting CP	Paços de Ferreira
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Marafona 7' (o.g.) Nuno Santos 33' Trincão 62' Chermiti 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 4,791 Referee: Nuno Almeida

13 May 2023 32	Sporting CP	2–1	Marítimo	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Matheus Costa 85' Coates 90+3'	Report	Costa 10'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 27,130 Referee: Tiago Martins

21 May 2023 33	Sporting CP	2–2	Benfica	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Trincão 39' Diomande 44'	Report	Aursnes 71' Neves 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 39,348 Referee: João Pinheiro

26 May 2023 34	Vizela	1–2	Sporting CP	Vizela
21:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Osmajić 6'	Report	Inácio 20' Fernandes 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio do FC Vizela Attendance: 3,309 Referee: Claúdio Pereira

Taça de Portugal[edit]

Sporting entered in the third round.^[34]

16 October 2022 Third round	Varzim	1–0	Sporting	Barcelos
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	João Faria 70'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Referee: Bruno Costa

Taça da Liga[edit]

Third round[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SPO	RIO	FAR	MAR
1	Sporting CP	3	3	0	13	0	+13	9	Advance to knockout phase	—	—	6–0	5–0
2	Rio Ave	3	2	1	3	3	0	6		0–2	—	2–1	—
3	Farense	3	1	2	3	8	−5	3		—	—	—	2–0
4	Marítimo	3	0	3	0	8	−8	0		—	0–1	—	—

Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

30 November 2022 1	Sporting CP	6–0	Farense	Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Paulinho 20', 22' Edwards 39' Gonçalves 48' Arthur 75' Fernandes 85' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 17,008 Referee: Nuno Almeida

7 December 2022 2	Rio Ave	0–2	Sporting CP	Vila do Conde
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report	Inácio 62' Boateng 73' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 2,622 Referee: Miguel Nogueira

13 December 2022 3	Sporting CP	5–0	Marítimo	Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Paulinho 1', 15', 31' Porro 73' Silva 86' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 1 Referee: André Narciso

Quarter-finals[edit]

19 December 2022	Sporting CP	5–0	Braga	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±0)	Inácio 4' Paulinho 7' Gonçalves 20' (pen.) Trincão 41' Edwards 45+4' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 20,396 Referee: Luís Godinho

Semi-finals[edit]

24 January 2023	Arouca	1–2	Sporting CP	Leiria
19:45 WET (UTC±0)	Dabbagh 58'	Report	Paulinho 45+7', 82'	Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Attendance: 10,259 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

Final[edit]

28 January 2023	Sporting CP	0–2	Porto	Leiria
19:45 WET (UTC±0)		Report	Eustáquio 10' Marcano 86'	Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Attendance: 19,263 Referee: João Pinheiro

UEFA Champions League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

The draw for the group stage was held on 25 August 2022.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	TOT	FRA	SPO	MAR
1	Tottenham Hotspur	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–2	1–1	2–0
2	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	3	1	2	7	8	−1	10	Advance to knockout phase	0–0	—	0–3	2–1
3	Sporting CP	6	2	1	3	8	9	−1	7	Transfer to Europa League	2–0	1–2	—	0–2
4	Marseille	6	2	0	4	8	8	0	6		1–2	0–1	4–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

7 September 2022 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–3	Sporting CP	Frankfurt, Germany
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Edwards 65' Trincão 67' Santos 82'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 50,500 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

13 September 2022 2	Sporting CP	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Lisbon, Portugal
17:45 WEST (UTC+1)	Paulinho 90' Arthur 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 39,899 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

4 October 2022 3	Marseille	4–1	Sporting CP	Marseille, France
19:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Sánchez 13' Harit 16' Balerdi 28' Mbemba 84'	Report	Trincão 1'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 618 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
Note: The match was originally scheduled to be played at 18:45, but was delayed to 19:05 after the bus carrying Sporting CP's players was caught in traffic and arrived late at the stadium.^[35]

12 October 2022 4	Sporting CP	0–2	Marseille	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)		Report	Guendouzi 20' (pen.) Sánchez 30'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 38,126 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

26 October 2022 5	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	Sporting CP	London, England
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Bentancur 80'	Report	Edwards 22'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 59,588 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

1 November 2022 6	Sporting CP	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC±0)	Arthur 39'	Report	Kamada 62' (pen.) Kolo Muani 72'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 41,744 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

UEFA Europa League[edit]

Knockout phase[edit]

Knockout round play-offs[edit]

The Knockout round play-offs draw was held on 7 November 2022.

16 February 2023 First leg	Sporting CP	1–1	Midtjylland	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WET	Coates 90+4'	Report	Ashour 77'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 23,279 Referee: François Letexier (France)

23 February 2023 Second leg	Midtjylland	0–4 (1–5 agg.)	Sporting CP	Herning, Denmark
18:45 CET		Report	Coates 21' Gonçalves 50', 77' Gartenmann 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 9,576 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Round of 16[edit]

The Round of 16 draw was held on 24 February 2023.

9 March 2023 First leg	Sporting CP	2–2	Arsenal	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WET	Inácio 34' Paulinho 55'	Report	Saliba 22' Morita 62' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 36,006 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

16 March 2023 Second leg	Arsenal	1–1 (3–3 agg.) (3–5 p)	Sporting CP	London, England
20:00 GMT	Xhaka 19'	Report	Gonçalves 62'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,929 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
	Penalties
	Ødegaard Saka Trossard Martinelli		St. Juste Esgaio Inácio Arthur Santos

Quarter-finals[edit]

The Quarter-finals draw was held on 17 March 2023.

13 April 2023 First leg	Juventus	1–0	Sporting CP	Turin, Italy
21:00 CEST	Gatti 73'	Report		Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 38,490 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

20 April 2023 Second leg	Sporting CP	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Juventus	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST	Edwards 20' (pen.)	Report	Rabiot 9'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 45,903 Referee: François Letexier (France)

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

As of 26 May 2023

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		UEFA Champions League		UEFA Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Antonio Adán	46	0	31	0	0	0	4	0	5	0	6	0
12	GK	URU	Franco Israel	8	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
22	GK	POR	André Paulo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	GK	BRA	Diego Callai	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	BRA	Matheus Reis	51	1	26+7	1	1	0	6	0	5+1	0	3+2	0
3	DF	NED	Jerry St. Juste	32	1	7+14	1	0	0	1+1	0	3+1	0	5	0
4	DF	URU	Sebastián Coates	44	3	30	1	0	0	4	0	5	0	5	2
13	DF	POR	Luís Neto	7	0	4+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
19	DF	ESP	Héctor Bellerín	13	1	6+4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0
25	DF	POR	Gonçalo Inácio	52	4	26+7	1	1	0	5+1	2	6	0	5+1	1
26	DF	CIV	Ousmane Diomande	17	1	11+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0
46	DF	POR	Gonçalo Esteves	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
47	DF	POR	Ricardo Esgaio	32	1	15+10	1	0	0	1+3	0	2+1	0	0	0
71	DF	POR	Flávio Nazinho	6	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0	0	0
73	DF	POR	Chico Lamba	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	JPN	Hidemasa Morita	41	6	21+8	6	1	0	2	0	5	0	4	0
6	MF	GRE	Sotiris Alexandropoulos	14	0	0+6	0	1	0	0+4	0	0+3	0	0	0
10	MF	ENG	Marcus Edwards	51	12	27+6	7	1	0	5	2	6	2	6	1
11	MF	POR	Nuno Santos	49	9	25+6	8	1	0	5	0	5+1	1	3+3	0
15	MF	URU	Manuel Ugarte	45	0	28+3	0	0+1	0	4+1	0	6	0	0+2	0
16	MF	POR	Rochinha	20	1	3+13	1	0+1	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0	0
23	MF	POR	Daniel Bragança	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	POR	Pedro Gonçalves	51	20	33	15	0+1	0	5+1	2	5	0	6	3
32	MF	ARG	Mateo Tanlongo	14	0	0+9	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+3	0
82	MF	POR	Mateus Fernandes	7	1	1+2	0	0	0	1+1	1	0+1	0	0+1	0
84	MF	POR	Dário Essugo	10	0	3+1	0	0	0	2+1	0	0+1	0	0+2	0
Forwards
17	FW	POR	Francisco Trincão	52	13	26+8	10	1	0	4+1	1	5+1	2	4+2	0
18	FW	GHA	Abdul Fatawu Issahaku	12	0	1+5	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	0+2	0	0+1	0
20	FW	POR	Paulinho	38	15	14+8	5	1	0	6	8	2+3	1	4	1
33	FW	BRA	Arthur Gomes	38	4	6+18	1	0	0	1+5	1	1+2	2	2+3	0
77	FW	CPV	Jovane Cabral	10	0	0+4	0	0+1	0	1+3	0	0+1	0	0	0
79	FW	POR	Youssef Chermiti	31	3	16+9	3	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+4	0
91	FW	POR	Rodrigo Ribeiro	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
24	DF	ESP	Pedro Porro	21	3	12+2	2	1	0	5+1	1	0	0	0	0
63	DF	ESP	José Marsà	7	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
8	DF	POR	Matheus Nunes	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: soccerway

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[2] "Vinagre's Wolves exit becomes permanent". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.

[3] "OFICIAL: Sporting aciona opção de compra por Porro".

[4] "Sporting beat Bayern Munich to St Juste". Football Oranje. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2022.

[5] "Morita é leão e já treina às ordens de Rúben Amorim". Diário de Notícias. 1 July 2022.

[6] "Franco Israel reforça baliza leonina" [Franco Israel reinforces leonine goal] (in Portuguese). Sporting CP. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.

[7] "Avançado foi oficializado no Sporting" [Forward was confirmed on Sporting]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.

[8] "Francisco Trincão: "Vou dar tudo pelo Sporting CP"" [Francisco Trincão: "I will give everything for Sporting CP"] (in Portuguese). Sporting CP. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.

[9] "Trincão loaned to Sporting Clube de Portugal". FC Barcelona. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.

[10] "É oficial: Sotiris Alexandropoulos é reforço do Sporting" (in Portuguese). 29 August 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.

[11] "ARTHUR GOMES É LEÃO". 1 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.

[12] "Mateo Tanlongo já é leão". 17 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.

[13] "Mateo Tanlongo é Leão". 5 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

[14] "Feddal anuncia saída do Sporting" (in Portuguese). 15 June 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.

[:1-15] "Paris Saint-Germain triggers option to buy for Nuno Mendes". Paris Saint-Germain F.C. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.

[16] Opoczynski, David (31 May 2022). "PSG : option levée pour Nuno Mendes" [PSG: option triggered for Nuno Mendes]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 1 June 2022.

[17] "N.E.C. presenteert eerste zomerse aanwinsten" [NEC present first summer acquisitions] (in Dutch). NEC Nijmegen. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.

[18] "Oficial: Gonçalo Esteves é reforço do Estoril" (in Portuguese). NEC Nijmegen. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.

[19] Pruce, Geoff (4 July 2022). "Fulham sign Palhinha". Fulham F.C. Retrieved 4 July 2022.

[20] "Joao Palhinha: Fulham confirm £20m signing of midfielder from Sporting Lisbon on five-year contract". Sky Sports. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.

[21] Pruce, Geoff (11 July 2022). "Gonzalo Plata deixa o Sporting rumo ao Valladolid a título definitivo". Público. Retrieved 11 July 2022.

[22] "Renan já rescindiu com o Sporting" (in Portuguese). 20 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

[23] "Luiz Phellype segue para o Japão" (in Portuguese). 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

[24] "Sporting empresta Rafael Camacho ao Aris Salónica" (in Portuguese). 12 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

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[29] "OFICIAL: Sporting empresta Eduardo Quaresma ao Hoffenheim" [OFFICIAL: Sporting loan Eduardo Quaresma to Hoffenheim] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.

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