2010–11 Sporting CP season

Sporting CP
2010–11 season
Chairman	José Eduardo Bettencourt
Manager	Paulo Sérgio
Stadium	Estádio José Alvalade
Primeira Liga	3rd
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Taça de Portugal	Fourth round
Taça da Liga	Semi-final

The 2010–11 Sporting CP season was the club's 77th season in the top-flight Primeira Liga, known as the Liga Zon Sagres for sponsorship purposes. The club also participated in the UEFA Europa League, which it entered in the third qualifying round.

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	R. Patrício	37	EU	2006	147	0	2013	Youth system
2	DF	M. Torsiglieri	37	EU	2010	12	0	2014	€3.4M	Second nationality: Italy
3	DF	D. Carriço	36	EU	2008	101	5	2013	Youth system
4	DF	Â. Polga	46	EU	2003	288	4	2012	Free	Second nationality: Portugal
5	LB	Evaldo	43	EU	2010	32	1	2014	€3M	Second nationality: Brazil
6	MF	P. Mendes	46	EU	2010 (Winter)	25	1	2012	€1M
7	MF	Izmailov	42	Non-EU	2008	106	14	2013	€4.5M
8	MF	Maniche	47	EU	2010	26	6	2011	Free
9	FW	C. Saleiro	39	EU	2010	57	11	2012	Youth system
14	MF	Matías	39	Non-EU	2009	62	8	2013	€3.65M	Second nationality: Chile
15	MF	J. Valdés	44	EU	2010	23	5	2013	€2.99M
16	GK	Tiago	50	EU	2001	131	0	2011	undisclosed
18	LB	L. Grimi	40	EU	2008	85	2	2013	€2.5M	Second nationality: Italy
20	FW	Yannick	39	EU	2008	143	30	2013	Youth system	Second nationality: Guinea-Bissau
21	MF	Zapater	40	EU	2010	11	0	2015	Involved in M. Veloso's transfer
23	FW	H. Postiga	42	EU	2008	96	17	2011	€2.5M
26	MF	A. Santos	36	EU	2010	29	1	2014	Youth system
30	GK	Hildebrand	46	EU	2010	3	0	2011	Free
31	FW	Liédson	47	EU	2003	305	169	2012	Free	Second nationality: Brazil
33	FW	D. Salomão	36	EU	2010	18	3	2014	€0.1M
41	RB	C. Soares	33	EU	2010	1	0	?	Youth system	Second nationality: Germany
44	DF	N. Coelho	39	EU	2010	15	1	2014	Involved in J. Moutinho's transfer
47	RB	J. Pereira	41	EU	2010 (Winter)	47	3	2014	€3M
55	MF	Tales	35	EU	2010	0	0	2011	Loan
77	MF	Simon	39	EU	2007	124	26	2013	€2M
78	RB	Abel	46	EU	2006	177	4	2011	€0.75M

Last updated: 8 December 2010
Source: Sporting.pt, footballzz.co.uk

Players in / out

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
32	GK	Golas	34	Non-EU	Real	Loan return	Summer	2013	n/a
34	GK	Stojković	41	EU	Wigan Athletic	Loan return	Summer	2012	n/a
2	DF	M. Torsiglieri	37	EU	Vélez Sarsfield	Transfer	Summer	2014	€3.4M	CMVM.pt
44	DF	N. Coelho	39	EU	Porto	Transfer	Summer	2014	€1M + involved in J. Moutinho's transfer	CMVM.pt
5	LB	Evaldo	43	EU	Braga	Transfer	Summer	2014	€3M	CMVM.pt
26	MF	A. Santos	36	EU	União de Leiria	Loan return	Summer	2014	n/a	Sporting.pt
30	MF	A. Martins	35	EU	Real	Loan return	Summer	2012	n/a	Sporting.pt
8	MF	Maniche	47	EU	1. FC Köln	Transfer	Summer	2011^[3]	Free	Sporting.pt
33	FW	D. Salomão	36	EU	Real	Transfer	Summer	2014	€0.1M	Sporting.pt
15	MF	J. Valdés	44	EU	Atalanta	Transfer	Summer	2013^[4]	€2.99M	CMVM.pt
21	MF	Zapater	40	EU	Genoa	Transfer	Summer	2015	€2M + involved in Miguel Veloso's transfer	CMVM.pt
41	RB	C. Soares	33	EU	Youth system	Transfer	Summer	?	n/a
30	GK	Hildebrand	46	EU	Free Agent	Transfer	Summer	2010	Free	Sporting.pt
55	MF	Tales	35	Non-EU	Internacional	Transfer	Summer	2010	Loan	Sporting.pt

Total spending: €12.49 million.

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
—	LB	Ronny	39	Non-EU	Hertha BSC	Contract ended	Summer	n/a	RTP.pt
—	DF	Tonel	45	EU	Dinamo Zagreb	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Sporting.pt
—	MF	J. Moutinho	38	EU	Porto	Transfer	Summer	€11M + N. Coelho	CMVM.pt
—	MF	D. Amado	35	EU	União de Leiria	Contract ended	Summer	n/a	Maisfutebol.iol.pt
—	MF	M. Veloso	39	EU	Genoa	Transfer	Summer	€9M + Zapater	CMVM.pt
—	MF	Fábio Paím	37	EU	Torreense	Contract ended	Summer	n/a
—	MF	Rabiu Ibrahim	34	Non-EU	Free agent	Contract ended	Summer	n/a
—	FW	M. Matias	36	EU	Vitória de Guimarães	Contract ended	Summer	n/a
—	GK	R. Batista	38	EU	Olhanense	Loan	Summer	Loan	Sporting.pt
—	GK	Stojković	41	EU	Partizan	Loan	Summer	Loan	Sporting.pt
—	GK	V. Golas	34	Non-EU	Boavista	Loan	Summer	Loan	Sporting.pt
—	RB	J. Gonçalves	37	EU	Olhanense	Loan	Summer	Loan
—	RB	Pedro Silva	44	Non-EU	Portimonense	Loan	Summer	Loan	Sporting.pt
—	DF	N. Reis	34	EU	Cercle Brugge	Loan	Summer	Loan	Sporting.pt
—	DF	P. Mendes	34	EU	Servette	Loan	Summer	Loan	Sporting.pt
—	DF	Mexer	37	EU	Olhanense	Loan	Summer	Loan	Sporting.pt
—	LB	A. Marques	37	EU	Beira-Mar	Loan	Summer	Loan	Beiramar.pt
—	MF	A. Silva	36	EU	Maccabi Haifa	Loan	Summer	Loan	Sporting.pt
—	MF	B. Pereirinha	37	EU	Vitória de Guimarães	Loan	Summer	Loan	Sporting.pt
—	MF	R. Neto	33	Non-EU	Cercle Brugge	Loan	Summer	Loan	Sporting.pt
—	MF	Celsinho	36	Non-EU	Portuguesa	Loan	Summer	Loan	Sporting.pt
—	MF	A. Martins	37	EU	Belenenses	Loan	Summer	Loan	Sporting.pt
—	MF	G. Garza	33	Non-EU	Estoril Praia	Loan	Summer	Loan
—	MF	D. Rosado	35	EU	Penafiel	Loan	Summer	Loan	Sporting.pt
—	FW	W. Eduardo	35	EU	Beira-Mar	Loan	Summer	Loan	Beiramar.pt
—	FW	R. Fonte	35	EU	Espanyol	Loan	Summer	Loan	Sporting.pt
—	FW	A. Baldé	34	EU	Santa Clara	Loan	Summer	Loan	Sporting.pt
—	FW	W. Owusu	35	Non-EU	Cercle Brugge	Loan	Summer	Loan	Sporting.pt
—	FW	Purović	40	Non-EU	Belenenses	Loan	Summer	Loan	Sporting.pt
—	FW	Sinama P.	40	EU	Zaragoza	Loan	Summer	Loan	Sporting.pt

Total income: €20 million.

Player statistics

Squad stats

				Total				Primeira Liga		UEFA Europa League		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		Others¹
N	Pos.	Name	Nat.	GS	App	Gls	Min	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	Notes
1	GK	R. Patrício		24	27	-22	2143	13	-13	6	-3	1				7	-6	(−) means goals conceded
16	GK	Tiago		3	7	-2	302			1	-1					6	-1	(−) means goals conceded
30	GK	Hildebrand		3	3	-5	270			2	-4	1	-1					(−) means goals conceded
2	DF	M. Torsiglieri		9	13		851	4		3						6
3	DF	D. Carriço		27	29	3	2473	13		8	1	2				6	2
4	DF	Â. Polga		18	21	1	1642	6		6	1	2				7
5	DF	Evaldo		27	33	1	2584	13		9	1	2				9
18	DF	L. Grimi		6	8		396									8
41	DF	C. Soares		1	1		59			1
44	DF	N. Coelho		12	17	1	1120	7		4	1					6
47	DF	J. Pereira		23	31	1	2187	12	1	8		2				9
78	DF	Abel		15	20	1	1263	7	1	5		1				7
6	MF	P. Mendes		8	10		620	3		2		1				4
7	MF	Izmailov			1		45									1		Source
8	MF	Maniche		23	27	6	2121	11	1	7	3					9	2
14	MF	Matías		10	16	4	849	8	2	4	1	1				3	1
15	MF	J. Valdés		15	24	5	1292	10	4	6		2				6	1
21	MF	Zapater		8	12		711	6		5		1
26	MF	A. Santos		25	30	1	2298	11	1	8		2				9
55	MF	Tales
77	MF	Simon		18	28	4	1537	11	2	8	2	2				7
9	FW	C. Saleiro		9	28	6	865	12	1	6	1	1				9	4
20	FW	Yannick		14	26	6	1408	9	1	6	1	1	1			10	3
23	FW	H. Postiga		23	31	11	2098	11	2	9	4	2	1			9	4
31	FW	Liédson		16	20	4	1418	9	1	6	2	2	1			3
33	FW	D. Salomão		10	18	3	1056	3		4	2	2				9	1

Last updated: 8 December 2010
Source: Sporting.pt
Ordered by position
0 shown as blank

¹ Other Competitions: Pre-season and friendlies

Disciplinary records

N	Pos.	Name				Notes
1	GK	R. Patrício	2
16	GK	Tiago
30	GK	Hildebrand
2	DF	M. Torsiglieri	1
3	DF	D. Carriço	6
4	DF	Â. Polga	2
5	DF	Evaldo	5
18	DF	L. Grimi
41	DF	C. Soares
44	DF	N. Coelho
47	DF	J. Pereira	6
78	DF	Abel	2	1
6	MF	P. Mendes	1
7	MF	Izmailov
8	MF	Maniche	4		2	Punished for responding to aggression^[5]
14	MF	Matías	1
15	MF	J. Valdés	3
21	MF	Zapater
26	MF	A. Santos	3
55	MF	Tales
77	MF	Simon	2
9	FW	C. Saleiro	3
20	FW	Yannick	1
23	FW	H. Postiga	5
31	FW	Liédson	2
33	FW	D. Salomão

Last updated: 8 December 2010
Source: Competitive matches
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Starting players

No.	Pos.	Name	MS
11 starters
1	GK	R. Patrício	4
47	RB	J. Pereira	4
3	CB	D. Carriço	4
4	CB	N. Coelho	3
5	LB	Evaldo	4
26	CM	A. Santos	2
8	CM	Maniche	4
77	CM	Simon	2
15	CM	J. Valdés	4
23	FW	Yannick	4
31	FW	Liédson	4
Other starters
20	CB	N. Coelho	2
6	CM	P. Mendes	1
14	AM	Matías	3
9	FW	C. Saleiro	1
20	FW	H. Postiga	2

Last updated: 14 August 2010
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Club

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach First Team	José Couceiro
Assistant Coach	Oceano da Cruz
Assistant Coach	Sérgio Cruz
Assistant Coach	Alberto Cabral
Goalkeeping Coach	Vítor Silvestre
Physical fitness coach	José Herculano
Director of Football	José Couceiro

Last updated: 21 June
Source: sporting.pt

Competitions

Overall statistics

Overview

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	First match	Last match
Primeira Liga	—	3rd	15 August 2010	15 May 2011
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round	Group stage	29 July 2010
Taça de Portugal	Third qualifying round	Round of 32	16 October 2010
Taça da Liga	Third qualifying round	—	3 January 2011

Updated to match played 7 December 2010
Source: Competitions

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto (C)	30	27	3	0	73	16	+57	84	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Benfica	30	20	3	7	61	31	+30	63	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Sporting CP	30	13	9	8	41	31	+10	48	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
4	Braga	30	13	7	10	45	33	+12	46	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5	Vitória de Guimarães	30	12	7	11	36	37	−1	43	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round

Source: LPFP (in Portuguese)
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.
(Note: LPFP decided that only criteria 1, 5, 6 and 7 would be applied to establish the classification during the competition.)^[6]
(C) Champions

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
13	6	4	3	17	13	+4	22	2	3	1	6	5	+1	4	1	2	11	8	+3

Last updated: 7 December 2010.
Source: Competitive Matches

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	W	W	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	D	W
Position	12	7	3	5	7	8	10	7	3	6	4	4	3

Updated to match(es) played on 7 December 2010. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nordsjælland	1–3	Sporting CP	0–1	1–2

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting CP	3–2	Brøndby	0–2	3–0

Group stage

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SCP	LIL	GNT	LS
1	Sporting CP	6	4	0	2	14	6	+8	12	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–0	5–1	5–0
2	Lille	6	2	2	2	8	6	+2	8	Advance to knockout phase	1–2	—	3–0	1–0
3	Gent	6	2	1	3	8	13	−5	7		3–1	1–1	—	1–0
4	Levski Sofia	6	2	1	3	6	11	−5	7		1–0	2–2	3–2	—

Source: Soccerway

Last 32

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rangers	3(a)- 3	Sporting CP	1–1	2–2

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	L	W
Position	2	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2010. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Taça de Portugal

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Estoril Praia (II)	1–2	Sporting CP

Fourth qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Sporting CP	1–0	Paços de Ferreira

Fifth qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Vitória de Setúbal	2–1	Sporting CP

Last updated: 1 December 2010.
Source: Competitive Matches

Portuguese League Cup

Third round

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SCP	ESP	NAV	PEN
1	Sporting CP	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6	Advance to knockout phase			2–0	4–0
2	Estoril	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4		2–1			0–1
3	Naval	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4			2–2
4	Penafiel	3	1	0	2	1	5	−4	3				0–1

Source:

Competitive

Portuguese Liga

Kickoff times are in UTC.

Win Draw Loss

14 August 2010 Round 1	Paços de Ferreira	1–0	Sporting CP	Estádio da Mata Real, Paços de Ferreira
21:15	Rondón 59'	(Report)		Attendance: 4,845 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

22 August 2010 Round 2	Sporting CP	1–0	Marítimo	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
18:00	Fernández 88' (pen.)	(Report)		Attendance: 20,828 Referee: Bruno Paixão (Setúbal)

30 August 2010 Round 3	Naval 1º de Maio	1–3	Sporting CP	Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa, Figueira da Foz
20:15	João Pedro 74'	(Report)	Liédson 40' Fernández 59' (pen.) Djaló 69'	Attendance: 5,201 Referee: Elmano Santos (Madeira)

11 September 2010 Round 4	Sporting CP	0–0	Olhanense	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
19:15		(Report)		Attendance: 25,807 Referee: André Gralha (Santarém)

19 September 2010 Round 5	Benfica	2–0	Sporting CP	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
20:15	Cardozo 13', 50'	(Report)		Attendance: 51,899 Referee: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)

26 September 2010 Round 6	Sporting CP	1–1	Nacional	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
20:15	Saleiro 63'	(Report)	Danielson 79'	Attendance: 23,372 Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

3 October 2010 Round 7	Beira-Mar	1–1	Sporting CP	Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro
19:15	Renan 38'	(Report)	Pereira 40'	Attendance: 13,391 Referee: Paulo Baptista (Portalegre)

24 October 2010 Round 8	Sporting CP	1–0	Rio Ave	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
18:15	Abel 89'	(Report)		Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Leiria)

31 October 2010 Round 9	União de Leiria	1–2	Sporting CP	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria
20:15	Carlão 22'	(Report)	Valdés 14', 41'	Attendance: 4,870 Referee: João Ferreira (Setúbal)

7 November 2010 Round 10	Sporting CP	2–3	Vitória de Guimarães	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
19:45	Postiga 13' Vukčević 29'	(Report)	Targino 77', 78' Teles 88'	Attendance: 20,093 Referee: Elmano Santos (Madeira)

14 November 2010 Round 11	Académica de Coimbra	1–2	Sporting CP	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra
21:15	Valdés 9' Vukčević 32'	(Report)	Fidalgo 47'	Attendance: 6,069 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

28 November 2010 Round 12	Sporting CP	1–1	Porto	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
21:15	Valdés 37'	(Report)	Falcao 57'	Attendance: 35,063 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto)

5 December 2010 Round 13	Portimonense	1–3	Sporting CP	Estádio Municipal de Portimão, Portimão
20:15	Pires 37'	(Report)	Postiga 22' Maniche 43' Santos 46'	Attendance: 4,585 Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

20 December 2010 Round 14	Vitória de Setúbal	0–3	Sporting CP	Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal
19:45		(Report)	Djaló 20', 57' Abel 39'	Attendance: 1,849 Referee: João Capela (Porto)

8 January 2011 Round 15	Sporting CP	2–1	Braga	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
21:15	Salomão 11' Valdés 13'	(Report)	Paulo César 17'	Attendance: 22,314 Referee: Bruno Paixão (Setúbal)

16 January 2011 Round 16	Sporting CP	2–3	Paços de Ferreira	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
21h15	Liédson 42' Salomão 63'	(Report)	Samuel 28' Manuel José 45' Pizzi 81'	Attendance: 17,643 Referee: Luís Catita (Évora)

23 January 2011 Round 17	Marítimo	0–3	Sporting CP	Estádio dos Barreiros, Funchal
		(Report)

6 February 2011 Round 18	Sporting CP	3–3	Naval 1º de Maio	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
		(Report)		Referee: Bruno Esteves

13 February 2011 Round 19	Olhanense	2–2	Sporting CP	Estádio José Arcanjo, Olhão
		(Report)		Referee: Olegário Benquerença

20 February 2011 Round 20	Sporting CP	0–2	Benfica	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
		(Report)		Referee: Artur Soares Dias

27 February 2011 Round 21	Nacional	1–0	Sporting CP	Estádio da Madeira, Funchal
		(Report)		Referee: Carlos Xistra

6 March 2011 Round 22	Sporting CP	1–0	Beira-Mar	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
		(Report)		Referee: Hugo Pacheco

13 March 2011 Round 23	Rio Ave	0–0	Sporting CP	Estádio do Rio Ave FC, Vila do Conde
		(Report)

20 March 2011 Round 24	Sporting CP	0–0	União de Leiria	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
		(Report)

3 April 2011 Round 25	Vitória de Guimarães	1–1	Sporting CP	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães
		(Report)

10 April 2011 Round 26	Sporting CP	2–0	Académica de Coimbra	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
		(Report)		Referee: Hugo Miguel

17 April 2011 Round 27	Porto	3–2	Sporting CP	Estádio do Dragão, Porto
		(Report)		Referee: Artur Soares Dias

1 May 2011 Round 28	Sporting CP	2–1	Portimonense	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
		(Report)		Referee: Duarte Gomes

8 May 2011 Round 29	Sporting CP	3–0	Vitória de Setúbal	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
		(Report)

15 May 2011 Round 30	Braga	0–1	Sporting CP	Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga
		(Report)		Referee: Pedro Proença

Last updated: 1 December 2010.
Source: LPFP.pt

UEFA Europa League

Kickoff times are in CET.

Win Draw Loss

Third qualifying round

29 July 2010 First leg	Nordsjælland	0–1	Sporting CP	Farum Park, Farum, Denmark
20:30		Report	Vukčević 24'	Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

5 August 2010 Second leg	Sporting CP	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	Nordsjælland	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
20:45	Postiga 24' Maniche 90+2'	Report	Lawan 79'	Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Marijo Strahonja

Play-off round

19 August 2010 First leg	Sporting CP	0–2	Brøndby	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
21:30		Report	Kristiansen 43' Jallow 52'	Attendance: 20,057 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer

26 August 2010 Second leg	Brøndby	0–3 (2–3 agg.)	Sporting CP	Brøndby Stadium, Brøndby, Denmark
19:00		Report	Evaldo 45+1' Coelho 75' Djaló 90+1'	Referee: Jiri Jech

Group stage

16 September 2010 1	Lille	1–2	Sporting CP	Stadium Nord Lille Métropole, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
19:00	Frau 57'	Report	Vukčević 11' Postiga 34'	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Martin Atkinson

30 September 2010 2	Sporting CP	5–0	Levski Sofia	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
21:05	Carriço 30' Maniche 43' Salomão 53' Postiga 61' Fernández 79'	Report		Attendance: 15,081 Referee: Sascha Kever

21 October 2010 3	Sporting CP	5–1	Gent	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
21:05	Salomão 6' Liédson 13', 27' Maniche 37' Postiga 60'	Report	Wils 16'	Attendance: 15,008 Referee: Alan Kelly

4 November 2010 4	Gent	3–1	Sporting CP	Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent, Belgium
19:00	Smolders 7' (pen.) Conte 79' Arbeitman 82'	Report	Saleiro 38'	Attendance: 8,795 Referee: Peter Rasmussen

1 December 2010 5	Sporting CP	1–0	Lille	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
21:05	Polga 28'	Report		Attendance: 16569 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

16 December 2010 6	Levski Sofia	1–0	Sporting CP	Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria
19:00	Mladenov 45'	Report		Attendance: 5000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

Last updated: 1 December 2010.
Source: UEFA.com

Taça de Portugal

Kickoff times are in UTC.

Win Loss

Third qualifying round

16 October 2010 Third round	Estoril Praia	1–2	Sporting CP	Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, Estoril
17:00	Afonso 35'	Report	Liédson 64' Postiga 79'	Referee: Pedro Proença (Lisbon)

Fourth qualifying round

21 November 2010 Fourth round	Sporting CP	1–0	Paços de Ferreira	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
20:15	Djaló 45'	Report		Referee: Bruno Paixão (Setúbal)

Fifth qualifying round

11 December 2010 Fifth round	Vitória de Setúbal	2–1	Sporting CP	Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal
20:15	Santos 29' Zeca 34'	[ Report]	Liédson 76'	Referee: Olegário Benquerença

Last updated: 1 December 2010.
Source: FPF.pt

Taça da Liga

Kickoff times are in UTC.

Win Draw Loss

Third qualifying round

3 January 2011 Round 1	Sporting CP	2–0	Naval 1º de Maio	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
19:15	Vukčević 69' Liédson 72'	Report		Attendance: 11,243 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

20 January 2011 Round 2	Sporting CP	4–0	Penafiel	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
20h15	Pereira 45+3' Valdés 71' Zapater 83', 90+1'	Report		Attendance: 9.489 Referee: Duarte Gomes (Lisbon)

29 January 2011 Round 3	Estoril	v	Sporting CP	Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, Estoril
		Report

Last updated: 4 December 2010.
Source: LPFP.pt

Pre-season

Game

Date

Tournament

Round

Ground

Opponent

Score¹

Report

1

26 June

–

Friendly

N

1º de Maio Sarilhense

10 – 0

Sporting CP	1º de Maio Sarilhense
Report	Report link
Kick off	09:00 UTC
Referee	Arlindo Santos
Moutinho Saleiro Eduardo Owusu Maniche Sinama Pongolle Carriço

2

2 July

–

Friendly

N

Mafra

2 – 2

Sporting CP	Mafra
Report	Report link
Kick off	10:00 UTC
Referee	Miguel Soares
Postiga	Kifuta Samuel

3

3 July

–

Friendly

N

1º de Maio Sarilhense

5 – 1

Sporting CP	1º de Maio Sarilhense
Report	Report link
Kick off	09:00 UTC
Referee	Bruno Cunha
Eduardo Postiga Saleiro Salomão Owusu	Nivaldo

4

9 July

–

Friendly

N

Young Boys

1 – 0

Sporting CP	Young Boys
Report	Report link
Kick off	19:30 CET
Referee	Patrick Graf
Saleiro 27'

5

11 July

–

Friendly

N

Nice

1 – 1

Sporting CP	Nice
Report	Report link
Kick off	16:30 CET
Referee	Olivier Thual
Sinama Pongolle 74' (pen.)	14' (pen.) Rémy

6

14 July

–

Friendly

N

Paris Saint-Germain

2 – 4

Sporting CP	Paris Saint-Germain
Report	Report link
Kick off	19:00 CET
Referee	Wilfried Bien
Edel 1' (o.g.) Carriço 4'	20' Erdinç 23' Giuly 57' Sessègnon 65' Maurice

7

18 July

–

Friendly

H

Lyon

2 – 0

Sporting CP	Lyon
Report	Report link
Kick off	20:00 UTC
Referee	João Capela
Tonel 2' Djaló 71'

8

21 July

Fenway Football Challenge

Friendly

N

Celtic

1 – 1
(5–6 pen.)

Sporting CP	Celtic
Report	Report link
Kick off	20:00 EST
Attendance	32,162
Referee	Michael Kennedy
Postiga 81'	72' (pen.) Samaras

9

23 July

Barclays New York Challenge

Day 2

N

Manchester City

2 – 0

Sporting CP	Manchester City
Report	Report link
Kick off	20:00 EST
Referee	Kevin Scott
Djaló 22', 39'

10

25 July

Barclays New York Challenge

Day 3

N

Tottenham Hotspur

2 – 2

Sporting CP	Tottenham Hotspur
Report	Report link
Kick off	13:00 EST
Referee	Steven DePiero
Fernández 25' Valdés 48'	Keane 24' Obika 70'

Last updated: 27 July 2010
Source: sporting.pt
¹Sporting CP goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Sporting CP.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

References

^ "Designate it for the office of President after winning the elections" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CMVM.
^ "Sporting – Sociedade Sports Soccer, SAD announces the hiring of coach Paulo Sergio for the sports season 2010/2011" (PDF). cmvm.pt (in Portuguese). 20 April 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
^ Maniche assinou contrato com o Sporting por uma temporada, com mais duas de opção.
^ Com a possibilidade de ser prorrogado por mais uma época, a de 2013/14.
^ "Maniche punido por resposta a agressão". Record (in Portuguese). record.xl.pt. 22 September 2010.
^ "Liga Portugal".

External links

Official club website (in Portuguese and English)

[1] "Designate it for the office of President after winning the elections" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CMVM.

[2] "Sporting – Sociedade Sports Soccer, SAD announces the hiring of coach Paulo Sergio for the sports season 2010/2011" (PDF). cmvm.pt (in Portuguese). 20 April 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2010.

[3] Maniche assinou contrato com o Sporting por uma temporada, com mais duas de opção.

[4] Com a possibilidade de ser prorrogado por mais uma época, a de 2013/14.

[5] "Maniche punido por resposta a agressão". Record (in Portuguese). record.xl.pt. 22 September 2010.

[6] "Liga Portugal".

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