2016–17 Sporting CP season

Sporting CP
2016–17 season
President	Bruno de Carvalho
Manager	Jorge Jesus
Stadium	Estádio José Alvalade
Primeira Liga	3rd
Taça de Portugal	Quarter-finals
Taça da Liga	Third round
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Bas Dost (34); All: ; Bas Dost (36)
Highest home attendance	50,046 vs Real Madrid; (22 November 2016, Champions League)
Lowest home attendance	10,698 vs Arouca; (30 November 2016, Taça da Liga)
Average home league attendance	43,148
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This article shows Sporting Clube de Portugal's player statistics and all matches that the club played during the 2016–17 season.

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

13 July 2016 Friendly	Monaco	4–1	Sporting CP	Lausanne, Switzerland
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Germain 12' Falcao 23', 66' Carrillo 82'	Report	Podence 21'	Stadium: Stade Juan Antonio Samaranch Referee: Sébastien Pache (Switzerland)

14 July 2016 Friendly	Stade Nyonnais	1–3	Sporting CP	Nyon, Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Salihaj 47'	Report	A. Ruiz 12' (pen.) J. Pereira 27' Jefferson 37'	Stadium: Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon

16 July 2016 Friendly	Zenit Saint Petersburg	4–2	Sporting CP	Montreux, Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	García 8' Zhirkov 16' A. Kerzhakov 17' Đorđević 85'	Report	Bruno César 9' Martins 37'	Stadium: Stade de Chailly

18 July 2016 Friendly	PSV	5–0	Sporting CP	Lausanne, Switzerland
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	De Jong 5' (pen.), 55' Locadia 21' Hendrix 41' Maher 50'	Report		Stadium: Stade Juan Antonio Samaranch Referee: Sascha Amhof (Switzerland)

23 July 2016 Presentation	Sporting CP	0–1	Lyon	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Lacazette 53'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Hugo Miguel (Portugal)

26 July 2016 Trofeo Ibérico	Villarreal	0–0 (4–3 p)	Sporting CP	Badajoz, Spain
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Nuevo Vivero Referee: Francisco José Hernández Maeso (Spain)
	Penalties
	Costa Guerra González Cantalapiedra Suárez		Slimani Bruno César Medeiros M. Pereira Semedo

30 July 2016 Troféu Cinco Violinos	Sporting CP	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Slimani 26' A. Silva 34' (pen.)	Report	Donkor 78'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Rui Rodrigues (Portugal)

4 August 2016 Ibérica Cup	Sporting CP	2–3	Real Betis	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	A. Ruiz 17' Slimani 75'	Report	Castro 27', 29', 58'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: Nuno Almeida (Portugal)

5 August 2016 Algarve Summer Cup	Sporting CP	0–0	Nice	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: Luís Godinho (Portugal)

Competitions

Overall record

As of match played on 13 May 2017

Performance by competition
Competition	Starting round	Current position/round	Final position/round	First match	Last match
Primeira Liga	—	3rd	3rd	12 August 2016	21 May 2017
Taça de Portugal	Third round	—	Quarter-finals	13 October 2016	17 January 2017
Taça da Liga	Third round	—	Third round (2nd)	30 November 2016	4 January 2017
UEFA Champions League	Group stage	—	Group stage (4th)	14 September 2016	7 December 2016

Statistics by competition
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Primeira Liga	34	21	7	6	68	36	+32	061.76
Taça de Portugal	4	3	0	1	7	2	+5	075.00
Taça da Liga	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	066.67
UEFA Champions League	6	1	0	5	5	8	−3	016.67
Total	47	27	7	13	83	48	+35	057.45

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Benfica (C)	34	25	7	2	72	18	+54	82	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Porto	34	22	10	2	71	19	+52	76	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Sporting CP	34	21	7	6	68	36	+32	70	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
4	Vitória de Guimarães	34	18	8	8	50	39	+11	62	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
5	Braga	34	15	9	10	51	36	+15	54	Qualification for the Europa League third 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.
(Note: The LPFP decided that only criteria 1, 5, 6 and 7 would be applied to establish the classification during the competition.)^[4]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Since Benfica won the 2016–17 Taça de Portugal, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot originally meant for the fourth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was given to the sixth-placed team.

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	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	W
Position	5	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 21 January 2017. Source: Thefinalball.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

13 August 2016 1	Sporting CP	2–0	Marítimo	Lisbon
18:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Coates 21' B. Ruiz 60' A. Ruiz 75'	Report	Nepomuceno 33' Patrick 51'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 42,577 Referee: Carlos Xistra

20 August 2016 2	Paços de Ferreira	0–1	Sporting CP	Paços de Ferreira
18:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Welthon 90+2'	Report	Carvalho 35' A. Silva 45' Zeegelaar 77'	Stadium: Estádio Capital do Móvel Attendance: 6,271 Referee: Hugo Miguel

28 August 2016 3	Sporting CP	2–1	Porto	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Slimani 15' Martins 27', 27' A. Silva 42' Carvalho 60' Bruno Paulista 77' Bruno César 83' J. Pereira 90+3'	Report	Felipe 8' Casillas 27' Corona 39' D. Pereira 42'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 49,399 Referee: Tiago Martins

10 September 2016 4	Sporting CP	3–0	Moreirense	Lisbon
18:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Martins 27' Semedo 30' Campbell 52' Dost 56' Coates 86' Campbell 90+1'	Report	Neto 20' 34' Schons 37' Jander 89'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 44,393 Referee: Nuno Almeida

18 September 2016 5	Rio Ave	3–1	Sporting CP	Vila do Conde
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Tarantini 29' Guedes 36' Dias 43' Pedrinho 87'	Report	Dost 54', 82' Marković 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 8,315 Referee: João Pinheiro

23 September 2016 6	Sporting CP	4–2	Estoril	Lisbon
21:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Dost 13', 62' Coates 59' André 90+1'	Report	Gomes 85', 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 41,994 Referee: João Capela

1 October 2016 7	Vitória de Guimarães	3–3	Sporting CP	Guimarães
18:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Ferreira 28' Soares 45', 89' Marega 74' (pen.), 75' M. Silva 89'	Report	Schelotto 16' Marković 29' Coates 41', 50' Martins 62' Elias 71'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 23,104 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

22 October 2016 8	Sporting CP	1–1	Tondela	Lisbon
18:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Elias 6' Bruno César 88' Carvalho 90+2' Campbell 90+5', 90+6'	Report	Monteiro 48' Ramos 71' Murillo 73'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 43,580 Referee: Rui Costa

28 October 2016 9	Nacional	0–0	Sporting CP	Funchal, Madeira
21:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Correia 8' Silva 89'	Report	Coates 26'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Attendance: 3,954 Referee: Vasco Santos

6 November 2016 10	Sporting CP	3–0	Arouca	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Dost 9', 68' Martins 15' A. Silva 44' Campbell 53', 55'	Report	Adilson 27' Vítor 45' 50'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 40,743 Referee: Carlos Xistra

26 November 2016 11	Boavista	0–1	Sporting CP	Porto
18:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	C. Santos 31' Espinho 33' Schembri 55'	Report	Dost 25', 44' Bruno César 28' Semedo 56' 80' Zeegelaar 90+1' B. Ruiz 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 9,958 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

3 December 2016 12	Sporting CP	2–0	Vitória de Setubal	Lisbon
18:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Carvalho 7', 59' Bruno César 37'	Report	Pinto 23' Agu 65'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 43,467 Referee: Rui Costa

11 December 2016 13	Benfica	2–1	Sporting CP	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Salvio 25' Guedes 37' Jiménez 48', 73' Danilo 85'	Report	Bruno César 25' Dost 69' Zeegelaar 81' Coates 82'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 63,312 Referee: Jorge Sousa

18 December 2016 14	Sporting CP	0–1	Braga	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	J. Pereira 82'	Report	Marcelo Goiano 41' Eduardo 70' Fonte 80' Matheus 87'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 42,148 Referee: Hugo Miguel

22 December 2016 15	Belenenses	0–1	Sporting CP	Lisbon
21:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Gomes 15' G. Silva 65' Sturgeon 74' Gerso 80' Camará 90+2'	Report	Esgaio 42' Dost 50', 90+3' A. Silva 55'	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Attendance: 8,268 Referee: Tiago Martins

8 January 2017 16	Sporting CP	2–1	Feirense	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Dost 5', 16' Elias 57' 90+2' Esgaio 78'	Report	Aurélio 31' Platiny 61', 81'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 40,027 Referee: Bruno Esteves

14 January 2017 17	Chaves	2–2	Sporting CP	Chaves
18:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	R. Lopes 4' Martins 34', 87'	Report	Semedo 33' 73' Dost 45', 74'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira Attendance: 6,964 Referee: Nuno Almeida

21 January 2017 18	Marítimo	2–2	Sporting CP	Funchal, Madeira
18:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Bessa 8' R. Silva 33'	Report	Dost 24' Coates 57' Martins 60' A. Silva 80'	Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo Attendance: 10,036 Referee: João Pinheiro

28 January 2017 19	Sporting CP	4–2	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	A. Silva 12' Dost 32', 78' Martins 35' Carvalho 45' A. Ruiz 60' Palhinha 65'		Monteiro 11' Christian 34' Baixinho 45+1' Welthon 50', 76'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

4 February 2017 20	Porto	2–1	Sporting CP	Porto
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Soares 6', 40' Corona 39' M. Pereira 51' Jota 78' Felipe 85'	Report	Zeegelaar 29' A. Ruiz 60', 85' Coates 87'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 48,329 Referee: Hugo Miguel

12 February 2017 21	Moreirense	2–3	Sporting CP	Moreira de Cónegos
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Micael 15' Dramé 17', 81' Cauê 43' Sagna 47'	Report	A. Ruiz 40' Patrício 42' Dost 68' A. Silva 73' Schelotto 90+2'	Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Referee: Manuel Oliveira

18 February 2017 22	Sporting CP	1–0	Rio Ave	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	A. Ruiz 20', 58' Carvalho 44' A. Silva 44' Martins 90+2'	Report	Rafa 26' Tarantini 60' Monte 73'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 40,053 Referee: Bruno Esteves

25 February 2017 23	Estoril	0–2	Sporting CP	Estoril
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Diakhite 85'	Report	B. Ruiz 22' Dost 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Attendance: 5,266 Referee: Rui Costa

5 March 2017 24	Sporting CP	1–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Bruno César 23' A. Ruiz 33', 35'	Report	Zungu 24' Raphinha 65' Marega 75' Rafael 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 41,822 Referee: Jorge Sousa

11 March 2017 25	Tondela	1–4	Sporting CP	Tondela
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Osorio 13' Murillo 52', 69' Gonçalves 90'	Report	Dost 32', 55', 71' (pen.), 77' (pen.) Oliveira 73' Campbell 88'	Stadium: Estádio João Cardoso Attendance: 4,987 Referee: Bruno Paixão

18 March 2017 26	Sporting CP	2–0	Nacional	Lisbon
18:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Dost 13', 33' Semedo 29' Schelotto 44'	Report	Mezga 30' César 55' García 60'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 43,167 Referee: Jorge Ferreira

2 April 2017 27	Arouca	1–2	Sporting CP	Arouca
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Mateus 9' Vítor 25' Adilson 45' Anderson Luís 80'	Report	A. Ruiz 23', 34' Bruno César 36' Podence 80' Carvalho 88' Patrício 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 1,875 Referee: Luís Godinho

9 April 2017 28	Sporting CP	4–0	Boavista	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	A. Ruiz 20' Dost 29', 48' (pen.), 63'	Report	Machado 16' Rochinha 73'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 42,822 Referee: Manuel Mota

14 April 2017 29	Vitória de Setúbal	0–3	Sporting CP	Setúbal
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Pinto 22' Fernandes 28' Costinha 72'	Report	Martins 20' Schelotto 30' Zeegelaar 31' A. Ruiz 51' Carvalho 55' Dost 61'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 9,038 Referee: João Pinheiro

23 April 2017 30	Sporting CP	1–1	Benfica	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	A. Silva 5' (pen.) A. Ruiz 64'	Report	Lindelöf 66' Mitroglou 76' Jiménez 81' Luisão 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 48,765 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

30 April 2017 31	Braga	2–3	Sporting CP	Braga
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Horta 13' Baiano 23' Rosić 30' Marcelo Goiano 49' Santos 61' Fonte 79'	Report	Dost 50' (pen.), 75', 84', 62' Podence 55' Zeegelaar 70' Martins 80' Carvalho 89' Oliveira 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 14,907 Referee: Nuno Almeida

7 May 2017 32	Sporting CP	1–3	Belenenses	Lisbon
11:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Bruno César 52'	Report	Camará 65' (pen.) Almeida 84' Silva 88'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 45,864 Referee: Bruno Paixão

14 May 2017 33	Feirense	2–1	Sporting CP	Santa Maria da Feira
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Silva 25', 69' (pen.), 71' Vítor Bruno 76'	Report	Martins 19', 55' Carvalho 53' Semedo 68' Bruno César 71' Jefferson 76'	Stadium: Estádio Marcolino de Castro Attendance: 3,458 Referee: Vasco Santos

21 May 2017 34	Sporting CP	4–1	Chaves	Lisbon
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Dost 10' (pen.), 15', 90+1' (pen.) M. Pereira 30', 56' A. Silva 38' Coates 80' Geraldes 81'	Report	William 60', 78' Tiago 78' Patrão 85' Massaia 90'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 32,457 Referee: Jorge Ferreira

Taça de Portugal

Third round

13 October 2016	Famalicão	0–1	Sporting CP	Vila Nova de Famalicão
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Marković 10'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Attendance: 3,109 Referee: Manuel Mota

Fourth round

17 November 2016	Sporting CP	5–1	Praiense	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Oliveira 21' A. Silva 47' (pen.) Bruno César 62' André 79', 88'	Report	Andrade 2'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 13,895 Referee: Luís Ferreira

Fifth round

14 December 2016	Vitória de Setúbal	0–1	Sporting CP	Setúbal
21:00 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report	Dost 75'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 4,993 Referee: Nuno Almeida

Quarter-finals

17 January 2017	Chaves	1–0	Sporting CP	Chaves
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Ponck 87'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira Attendance: 5,320 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Taça da Liga

Third round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	VSE	SCP	ARO	VAR
1	Vitória de Setúbal	3	2	1	3	2	+1	6	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–1	1–0	—
2	Sporting CP	3	2	1	3	2	+1	6		—	—	1–0	1–0
3	Arouca	3	1	2	3	2	+1	3		—	—	—	3–0
4	Varzim	3	1	2	1	4	−3	3		1–0	—	—	—

Source: LPFP
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

30 November 2016 1	Sporting CP	1–0	Arouca	Lisbon
18:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	A. Ruiz 44'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 10,698 Referee: Hugo Miguel

30 December 2016 2	Sporting CP	1–0	Varzim	Lisbon
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Martins 19'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 24,752 Referee: Bruno Paixão

4 January 2017 3	Vitória de Setúbal	2–1	Sporting CP	Setúbal
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Venâncio 19' Edinho 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Elias 79'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 4,231 Referee: Rui Oliveira

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	DOR	RMA	LEG	SPO
1	Borussia Dortmund	6	4	2	0	21	9	+12	14	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–2	8–4	1–0
2	Real Madrid	6	3	3	0	16	10	+6	12	Advance to knockout phase	2–2	—	5–1	2–1
3	Legia Warsaw	6	1	1	4	9	24	−15	4	Transfer to Europa League	0–6	3–3	—	1–0
4	Sporting CP	6	1	0	5	5	8	−3	3		1–2	1–2	2–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

14 September 2016 1	Real Madrid	2–1	Sporting CP	Madrid, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kroos 75' Ronaldo 89' Morata 90+4'	Report	A. Silva 39' Bruno César 48' Carvalho 57' Zeegelaar 65'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 72,179 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

27 September 2016 2	Sporting CP	2–0	Legia Warsaw	Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	B. Ruiz 28' Dost 37'	Report	Guilherme 39' Bereszyński 86' Rzeźniczak 87'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 40,094 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

18 October 2016 3	Sporting CP	1–2	Borussia Dortmund	Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Elias 54' Bruno César 67', 86' Schelotto 68' Campbell 76'	Report	Aubameyang 9' Weigl 43' Passlack 49' Rode 76' Bürki 88'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 46,609 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

2 November 2016 4	Borussia Dortmund	1–0	Sporting CP	Dortmund, Germany
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ramos 12' Guerreiro 65'	Report	Semedo 11' Castaignos 21' Zeegelaar 75'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 65,849 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

22 November 2016 5	Sporting CP	1–2	Real Madrid	Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	B. Ruiz 57' J. Pereira 64' A. Silva 80' (pen.) Campbell 90' André 90+2'	Report	Varane 29' Marcelo 40' Kovačić 64' Benzema 87'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 50,046 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

7 December 2016 6	Legia Warsaw	1–0	Sporting CP	Warsaw, Poland
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Guilherme 30' Kopczyński 36' Rzeźniczak 74' Odjidja-Ofoe 75' Radović 79' Pazdan 81'	Report	A. Silva 56' Carvalho 81' 85'	Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 28,232 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Players

Squad statistics

As of match played 30 May 2017

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Rui Patrício	38	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
26	GK		Ažbe Jug	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	GK		Beto	9	0	3	0	3	0	3	0	0	0
2	DF		Ezequiel Schelotto	25	0	22+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF		Jefferson	16	0	8+2	0	3	0	2	0	1	0
13	DF		Sebastián Coates	43	3	33	3	2	0	2	0	6	0
15	DF		Paulo Oliveira	19	1	10+3	0	3	1	1	0	2	0
19	DF		Douglas	7	0	1+1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0
21	DF		João Pereira	14	0	8+1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
31	DF		Marvin Zeegelaar	26	0	18+2	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
35	DF		Rúben Semedo	31	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
47	DF		Ricardo Esgaio	13	0	5+3	0	2	0	3	0	0	0
8	MF		Radosav Petrović	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
11	MF		Bruno César	40	6	22+9	3	3	1	1	0	5	2
14	MF		William Carvalho	42	2	31+1	2	2	0	2	0	6	0
18	MF		Francisco Geraldes	14	0	0+4	0	2	0	2	0	6	0
22	MF		Elias	13	2	1+7	1	2	0	2	1	1	0
23	MF		Adrien Silva	35	6	26+1	4	3	1	1	0	4	1
25	MF		Marcelo Meli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF		Bruno Paulista	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
66	MF		João Palhinha	11	0	4+7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	FW		Lazar Marković	11	2	2+4	1	1	1	2	0	2	0
7	FW		Joel Campbell	23	3	7+12	3	1	0	3	0	0	0
10	FW		Bryan Ruiz	39	3	23+9	2	1	0	1	0	5	1
16	FW		André	10	3	2+5	1	2	2	1	0	0	0
20	FW		Luc Castaignos	10	0	0+6	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
28	FW		Bas Dost	39	36	30+1	34	2	1	1	0	5	1
33	FW		Lukas Spalvis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
56	FW		Daniel Podence	13	0	4+9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
73	FW		Matheus Pereira	8	1	5+2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
77	FW		Gelson Martins	41	7	32	6	2	0	1	1	6	0
99	FW		Alan Ruiz	26	7	19+4	6	2	0	1	1	0	0

Transfers

In

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
34	GK	POR	Beto (from Sevilla, free)
13	DF	URU	Sebastián Coates (from Sunderland, loan until 30 June 2017)
19	DF	NED	Douglas (from Trabzonspor, €1M)
8	MF	SRB	Radosav Petrović (from Dynamo Kyiv, €2M)
25	MF	ARG	Marcelo Meli (from Boca Juniors, loan until 30 June 2017)
–	MF	BRA	Elias (from Corinthians, €2.5M)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	FW	BRA	André (from Corinthians, undisclosed)
3	FW	SRB	Lazar Marković (from Liverpool, loan until 30 June 2017)
7	FW	CRC	Joel Campbell (from Arsenal, loan until 30 June 2017)
20	FW	NED	Luc Castaignos (from Eintracht Frankfurt, €2.5M)
99	FW	ARG	Alan Ruiz (from Colón, €5.3M)
33	FW	LTU	Lukas Spalvis (from Aalborg BK, €1.6M)
28	FW	NED	Bas Dost (from VfL Wolfsburg, €10M+€2M variables)

Out

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
17	MF	POR	João Mário (at Internazionale, €40M+€5M variables)
9	FW	ALG	Islam Slimani (at Leicester City, €30M+€5M variables)
6	MF	ITA	Alberto Aquilani (at Pescara, undisclosed)
44	DF	BRA	Naldo (at Krasnodar, €4.5M)
28	MF	POR	André Martins (at Olympiacos, free, end of contract)
10	FW	PER	André Carrillo (at Benfica, free, end of contract)
20	FW	NED	Zakaria Labyad (free, end of contract)
81	DF	POR	André Geraldes (at Vitória de Setúbal, loan until 30 June 2017)
13	DF	POR	Miguel Lopes (at Akhisar Belediyespor, loan until 30 June 2017)
5	DF	BRA	Ewerton (at 1. FC Kaiserslautern, loan until 30 June 2017)
55	DF	POR	Tobias Figueiredo (at Nacional, loan until 30 June 2017)
40	DF	GNB	Sambinha (at New England Revolution, loan until 31 December 2016)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
33	DF	ARG	Jonathan Silva (at Boca Juniors, loan until 30 June 2017)
27	MF	SCO	Ryan Gauld (at Vitória de Setúbal, loan until 30 June 2017)
42	MF	BRA	Wallyson (at Standard Liège, loan until 30 June 2017)
24	MF	ESP	Oriol Rosell (at Belenenses, loan until 30 June 2017)
66	MF	POR	João Palhinha (at Belenenses, loan until 30 June 2017)
25	MF	BUL	Simeon Slavchev (at Lechia Gdańsk, loan until 30 June 2017)
36	MF	POR	Carlos Mané (at VfB Stuttgart, loan until 30 June 2018)
45	MF	POR	Iuri Medeiros (at Boavista, loan until 30 June 2017)
56	MF	POR	Daniel Podence (at Moreirense, loan until 30 June 2017)
19	FW	COL	Teófilo Gutiérrez (at Rosario Central, loan until 30 June 2017)
29	FW	ARG	Hernán Barcos (at Vélez Sarsfield, loan until 30 June 2017)
19	FW	JPN	Junya Tanaka (at Kashiwa Reysol, loan until 30 June 2017)

References

^ "Sporting Clube de Portugal v Real Madrid CF – Full time report" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
^ "Sporting CP 1 : 0 FC Arouca" (in Portuguese). Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP). Retrieved 30 November 2016.
^ "Painel de Espectadores Liga NOS por clube" [Liga NOS attendance list by club] (in Portuguese). LPFP. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
^ "Regulamento das Competições Organizadas pela Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional" [Regulation for the competitions organised by the Portuguese Professional Football League] (PDF). LPFP (in Portuguese). 28 June 2016. p. 10. Retrieved 2 September 2016.

External links

Official club website (in Portuguese and English)

[table_note_res_ELGS0.26218830294078-4] Since Benfica won the 2016–17 Taça de Portugal, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot originally meant for the fourth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was given to the sixth-placed team.

[Sporting_CP_1–2_Real_Madrid-1] "Sporting Clube de Portugal v Real Madrid CF – Full time report" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 22 November 2016.

[Sporting_CP_1–0_Arouca-2] "Sporting CP 1 : 0 FC Arouca" (in Portuguese). Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP). Retrieved 30 November 2016.

[Painel_de_Espectadores_Liga_NOS_por_clube-3] "Painel de Espectadores Liga NOS por clube" [Liga NOS attendance list by club] (in Portuguese). LPFP. Retrieved 10 January 2017.

[5] "Regulamento das Competições Organizadas pela Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional" [Regulation for the competitions organised by the Portuguese Professional Football League] (PDF). LPFP (in Portuguese). 28 June 2016. p. 10. Retrieved 2 September 2016.

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