2025–26 Sporting CP season

Sporting CP
2025–26 season
President	Frederico Varandas
Head coach	Rui Borges
Stadium	Estádio José Alvalade
Primeira Liga	Matchday 1
Taça de Portugal	Third round
Taça da Liga	Quarter-finals
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	Final
UEFA Champions League	League phase

The 2025–26 season will be the 133rd season in the history of Sporting CP, and the club's 92nd 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 8 February 2025^[1]

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
11	FW	POR	Nuno Santos
17	FW	POR	Francisco Trincão
19	FW	DEN	Conrad Harder
20	FW	URU	Maximiliano Araújo
21	FW	MOZ	Geny Catamo
22	DF	ESP	Iván Fresneda


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
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
30	FW	BRA	Biel Teixeira
41	GK	BRA	Diego Callai
42	MF	DEN	Morten Hjulmand (captain)
47	DF	POR	Ricardo Esgaio
51	GK	POR	Diogo Pinto
52	MF	POR	João Simões
57	FW	POR	Geovany Quenda
72	DF	POR	Eduardo Quaresma
73	MF	POR	Eduardo Felicíssimo

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
Summer transfers
FW	Alisson Santos	Vitória	€2,100,000^[2]	30 June 2025	^[3]
GK	Rui Silva	Real Betis	€4,000,000^[4]	1 July 2025	^[5]
MF	Giorgi Kochorashvili	Levante	€5,500,000^[6]	6 July 2025	^[7]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
Summer transfers
MF	Dário Essugo	Chelsea	£18,500,000^[8]^[9]	2 June 2025	^[10]
GK	Diogo Pinto	Estrela da Amadora	Free transfer	25 June 2025	^[11]
GK	Vladan Kovačević	Norwich City	Undisclosed	26 June 2025	^[12]
MF	Koba Koindredi	Basel	Loan	27 June 2025	^[13]
FW	Marcus Edwards	Burnley	€10,000,000	1 July 2025	^[14]
MF	Sotiris Alexandropoulos	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Loan	2 July 2025	^[15]

Friendlies

Pre-season

Competitions

Overall record

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	8–11 August 2025	16 May 2026	Matchday 1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Taça de Portugal	17–20 October 2025	TBD	Third round	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Taça da Liga	28–30 October 2025	TBD	Quarter-finals	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	31 July 2025		Final	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Champions League	16–18 September 2025	TBD	League phase	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result
Position
Points

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

Matches

10 August 2025 1	Casa Pia	v	Sporting CP	Rio Maior
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior

17 August 2025 2	Sporting CP	v	Arouca	Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

24 August 2025 3	Nacional	v	Sporting CP	Funchal
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Madeira

31 August 2025 4	Sporting CP	v	Porto	Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

14 September 2025 5	Famalicão	v	Sporting CP	Vila Nova de Famalicão
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho

21 September 2025 6	Sporting CP	v	Moreirense	Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

28 September 2025 7	Estoril	v	Sporting CP	Estoril
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota

5 October 2025 8	Sporting CP	v	Braga	Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

26 October 2025 9	Tondela	v	Sporting CP	Tondela
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio João Cardoso

2 November 2025 10	Sporting CP	v	Alverca	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

9 November 2025 11	Santa Clara	v	Sporting CP	Ponta Delgada
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel

30 November 2025 12	Sporting CP	v	Estrela da Amadora	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

7 December 2025 13	Benfica	v	Sporting CP	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

14 December 2025 14	Sporting CP	v	AVS	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

21 December 2025 15	Vitória de Guimarães	v	Sporting CP	Guimarães
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques

28 December 2025 16	Sporting CP	v	Rio Ave	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

4 January 2026 17	Gil Vicente	v	Sporting CP	Barcelos
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos

18 January 2026 18	Sporting CP	v	Casa Pia	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

25 January 2026 19	Arouca	v	Sporting CP	Arouca
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca

1 February 2026 20	Sporting CP	v	Nacional	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

8 February 2026 21	Porto	v	Sporting CP	Porto
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão

15 February 2026 22	Sporting CP	v	Famalicão	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

22 February 2026 23	Moreirense	v	Sporting CP	Moreira de Cónegos
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Parque Moreira de Cóngeos

1 March 2026 24	Sporting CP	v	Estoril	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

8 March 2026 25	Braga	v	Sporting CP	Braga
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga

15 March 2026 26	Sporting CP	v	Tondela	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

22 March 2026 27	Alverca	v	Sporting CP	Alverca do Ribatejo
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca

4 April 2026 28	Sporting CP	v	Santa Clara	Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

12 April 2026 29	Estrela da Amadora	v	Sporting CP	Amadora
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Gomes

19 April 2026 30	Sporting CP	v	Benfica	Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

26 April 2026 31	AVS	v	Sporting CP	Vila das Aves
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio do CD Aves

3 May 2026 32	Sporting CP	v	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

10 May 2026 33	Rio Ave	v	Sporting CP	Vila do Conde
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Referee: Luís Godinho

17 May 2026 34	Sporting CP	v	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Taça de Portugal

Taça da Liga

28–30 October 2025 Quarter-finals	Sporting CP	v	Alverca	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

31 July 2025 Final	Sporting CP	v	Benfica	Faro/Loulé
20:45 WEST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Algarve

UEFA Champions League

League phase

The league phase draw will be held on 28 August 2025.

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground
Result
Position

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

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira		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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	GK	POR	Rui Silva	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
51	GK	POR	Diogo Pinto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	BRA	Matheus Reis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	NED	Jerry St. Juste	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	BEL	Zeno Debast	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	URU	Maximiliano Araújo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	ESP	Iván Fresneda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	POR	Gonçalo Inácio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	CIV	Ousmane Diomande	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	DF	POR	Ricardo Esgaio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
54	DF	BRA	Bruno Ramos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
72	DF	POR	Eduardo Quaresma	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	JPN	Hidemasa Morita	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	POR	Pedro Gonçalves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	POR	Daniel Bragança	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	MF	DEN	Morten Hjulmand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
52	MF	POR	João Simões	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
73	MF	POR	Eduardo Felicíssimo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	SWE	Viktor Gyökeres	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	POR	Nuno Santos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	POR	Francisco Trincão	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	DEN	Conrad Harder	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	MOZ	Geny Catamo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	BRA	Gabriel Teixeira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
57	FW	POR	Geovany Quenda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who transferred out during the season

Source: Soccerway

References

^ "Main team". Sporting Clube de Portugal. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
^ "Sporting oficializa contratações de Kochorashvili e Alisson Santos para 2025/26" [Sporting turn official the signings of Kochorashvili and Alisson Santos for 2025/26] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 31 March 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
^ "Alisson Santos officially presented". Sporting CP. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
^ Andrade, Bruno (9 January 2025). "Rui Silva fechado no Sporting: os pormenores do acordo" [Rui Silva confirmed at Sporting: details of the deal] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
^ Travassos, Nuno (14 January 2025). "Mercado Sporting: Rui Silva é oficial" [Sporting market: Rui Silva is official]. A Bola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 January 2025.
^ "OFICIAL: Kochorashvili é reforço do Sporting para a próxima época" [OFFICIAL: Kochorashvili is an addition of Sporting for the following season] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 31 March 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
^ "Kochorashvili presented as Sporting CP signing". Sporting CP. 6 July 2025. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
^ "Chelsea complete £62.5m double deal for Quenda and Essugo from Sporting". The Guardian. 20 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
^ "Chelsea sign Quenda and Essugo for combined £62.4m". BBC Sport. 20 March 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
^ "Dario Essugo completes Chelsea move". Chelsea F.C. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
^ "Sporting: Diogo Pinto fechado no Estrela da Amadora". Mais Futebol. 23 June 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
^ "Vladan Kovacevic: Norwich City sign Sporting goalkeeper". BBC Sport. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
^ "DER FCB VERPFLICHTET KOBA KOINDREDI LEIHWEISE" (in German). FC Basel. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
^ "Burnley release Nathan Redmond and Jonjo Shelvey after promotion to Premier League". BBC Sport. 2025-05-20. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
^ "Fortuna leiht Sotiris Alexandropoulos aus" [Fortuna signs Sotiris Alexandropoulos on loan] (in German). Fortuna Düsseldorf. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.

[1] "Main team". Sporting Clube de Portugal. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.

[2] "Sporting oficializa contratações de Kochorashvili e Alisson Santos para 2025/26" [Sporting turn official the signings of Kochorashvili and Alisson Santos for 2025/26] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 31 March 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.

[3] "Alisson Santos officially presented". Sporting CP. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.

[4] Andrade, Bruno (9 January 2025). "Rui Silva fechado no Sporting: os pormenores do acordo" [Rui Silva confirmed at Sporting: details of the deal] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 15 January 2025.

[5] Travassos, Nuno (14 January 2025). "Mercado Sporting: Rui Silva é oficial" [Sporting market: Rui Silva is official]. A Bola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 January 2025.

[6] "OFICIAL: Kochorashvili é reforço do Sporting para a próxima época" [OFFICIAL: Kochorashvili is an addition of Sporting for the following season] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 31 March 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.

[7] "Kochorashvili presented as Sporting CP signing". Sporting CP. 6 July 2025. Retrieved 6 July 2025.

[8] "Chelsea complete £62.5m double deal for Quenda and Essugo from Sporting". The Guardian. 20 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.

[9] "Chelsea sign Quenda and Essugo for combined £62.4m". BBC Sport. 20 March 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.

[10] "Dario Essugo completes Chelsea move". Chelsea F.C. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.

[11] "Sporting: Diogo Pinto fechado no Estrela da Amadora". Mais Futebol. 23 June 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.

[12] "Vladan Kovacevic: Norwich City sign Sporting goalkeeper". BBC Sport. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.

[13] "DER FCB VERPFLICHTET KOBA KOINDREDI LEIHWEISE" (in German). FC Basel. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.

[14] "Burnley release Nathan Redmond and Jonjo Shelvey after promotion to Premier League". BBC Sport. 2025-05-20. Retrieved 2025-05-20.

[15] "Fortuna leiht Sotiris Alexandropoulos aus" [Fortuna signs Sotiris Alexandropoulos on loan] (in German). Fortuna Düsseldorf. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.

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