2009–10 Sporting CP season

Sporting CP
2009–10 season
Manager	Paulo Bento ; (until 6 November 2009); Leonel Pontes1; (from 6 November 2009 to 15 November 2009); Carlos Carvalhal ; (from 15 November 2009)
Liga Sagres	4th
Cup of Portugal Millennium	Quarter-finals
Carlsberg Cup	Semi-finals
UEFA Champions League	Play-off round
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Liédson (13); All: Liédson (22)
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season was Sporting Clube de Portugal's 76th season in the top flight, the Liga Sagres. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club have and will play during the 2009–10 season.

Squad

First team squad

As of 1 January 2010.

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	POR	Rui Patrício
2	MF	POR	Pedro Mendes
3	DF	POR	Daniel Carriço
4	DF	BRA	Ânderson Polga (vice-captain 2nd)
5	DF	BRA	Pedro Silva
6	MF	POR	Adrien Silva
7	MF	RUS	Marat Izmailov
9	FW	POR	Carlos Saleiro
10	MF	MNE	Simon Vukčević
12	DF	POR	Marco Caneira
13	DF	POR	Tonel
14	MF	CHI	Matías Fernández
16	GK	POR	Tiago Ferreira (vice-captain 3rd)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	ARG	Leandro Grimi
19	GK	POR	Ricardo Batista
20	FW	POR	Yannick Djaló
21	DF	POR	João Pereira
22	FW	FRA	Florent Sinama Pongolle
23	FW	POR	Hélder Postiga
24	MF	POR	Miguel Veloso
25	MF	POR	Bruno Pereirinha
28	MF	POR	João Moutinho (captain)
30	DF	MOZ	Mexer
31	FW	POR	Liédson
78	DF	POR	Abel

^[4]

Youth Squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	POR	Ruben Luís (a)
—	GK	POR	João Figueiredo (a)
—	GK	POR	Luís Ribeiro
—	DF	BRA	Matheus Silva (a)
—	DF	POR	André Oliveira
—	DF	POR	Leandro Albano
—	DF	POR	João Freitas
—	DF	POR	Miguel Serôdio (a)
—	DF	ARG	Nacho Ameli
—	DF	POR	Nuno Reis (a)
—	DF	POR	Cédric (a)
—	MF	GNB	Zezinho
—	MF	POR	Ari Oliveira
—	MF	POR	Luís Almeida (a)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	POR	João Oliveira
—	MF	USA	Gregory Garza (a)
—	MF	BRA	Renato Neto (a)
—	MF	POR	William Carvalho
—	MF	ARG	Alexis Quintulén
—	MF	POR	Afonso Taira (a)
—	FW	POR	Henrique Gomes
—	FW	POR	Amido Baldé (a)
—	FW	POR	Danilo Serrano (a)
—	FW	POR	Alex Zahavi (a)
—	FW	POR	Renato Santos (a)
—	FW	BRA	Matheus Coelho (a)
—	FW	POR	Peter Caraballo (a)

(a) According to LPFP^[5]

^[6]

UEFA Europa League squad

As of 14 September 2009.

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	POR	Rui Patrício
2	MF	POR	Pedro Mendes
3	DF	POR	Daniel Carriço
4	DF	BRA	Ânderson Polga (vice-captain 2nd)
5	DF	BRA	Pedro Silva
6	MF	POR	Adrien Silva
7	MF	RUS	Marat Izmailov
9	FW	POR	Carlos Saleiro
10	MF	MNE	Simon Vukčević
12	DF	POR	Marco Caneira
13	DF	POR	Tonel
14	MF	CHI	Matías Fernández
16	GK	POR	Tiago Ferreira (vice-captain 3rd)
18	DF	ARG	Leandro Grimi
19	GK	POR	Ricardo Batista
20	FW	POR	Yannick Djaló
23	FW	POR	Hélder Postiga
24	MF	POR	Miguel Veloso


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	MF	POR	Bruno Pereirinha
28	MF	POR	João Moutinho (captain)
30	DF	MOZ	Mexer
31	FW	POR	Liédson
40	MF	POR	Alex Zahavi (from List B)
41	DF	POR	Cédric (from List B)
43	MF	POR	Luís Almeida (from List B)
44	DF	POR	Nuno Reis (from List B)
46	MF	BRA	Renato Neto (from List B)
47	FW	POR	Renato Santos (from List B)
50	GK	POR	Ruben Luís (from List B)
51	FW	POR	Peter Caraballo (from List B)
52	DF	POR	Miguel Serôdio (from List B)
53	MF	POR	Danilo Serrano (from List B)
54	MF	POR	Afonso Taira (from List B)
56	GK	POR	João Figueiredo (from List B)
78	DF	POR	Abel

List B Players included in UEFA^[7]

Transfers

In

Summer

Num	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
55	DF	André Marques	Vitória de Setúbal	Loan return
9	FW	Carlos Saleiro	Académica de Coimbra	Loan return
14	MF	Matías Fernández	Villarreal	€3.635M	1 July 2009^[8]
11	DF	Felipe Caicedo	Manchester City	On loan	25 July 2009^[9]
17	MF	Miguel Ángel Angulo	Valencia	Free transfer	30 August 2009^[10]

Winter

Num	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
30	DF	Mexer	Desportivo de Maputo	€0.166M	15 December 2009^[11]
21	DF	João Pereira	Braga	€3M	22 December 2009^[12]^[13]
22	FW	Florent Sinama Pongolle	Atlético Madrid	€6.5M	28 December 2009^[14]
2	DF	Pedro Mendes	Rangers	€1.3M	30 January 2010^[15]

Total spending: €10.966 million

Out

Summer

Num	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
30	MF	Leandro Romagnoli	San Lorenzo	Mutual agreement	6 August 2009^[16]
8	MF	Fábio Rochemback	Grêmio	Free transfer	31 August 2009^[17]
11	FW	Derlei	Vitória	End of contract
22	FW	Rodrigo Tiuí	Atlético Paranaense	Free transfer
	GK	André Filipe Martins	Igreja Nova	End of contract (loan return from Casa Pia)
	DF	Tiago Pinto	Braga	End of contract (loan return from Trofense)
	MF	Zezinando	Estrela da Amadora	End of contract (loan return from Real Massamá)
	MF	Celestino	Belenenses	End of contract (loan return from Estrela da Amadora)
	MF	João Martins	Braga	End of contract (loan return from Atlético CP)
	MF	Celsinho	Portuguesa	End of contract (loan return from Estrela da Amadora)
	FW	Bruno Matias	Estoril	End of contract (loan return from Fátima)
	FW	Ricardo Nogueira	Montalegre	End of contract (loan return from Oriental)
	FW	Luis Paéz	Tacuary	End of contract (loan return from Fátima)

Winter

Num	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
17	MF	Miguel Ángel Angulo		Mutual agreement	5 December 2009^[18]
11	FW	Felipe Caicedo	Manchester City	Loan return	12 January 2010^[19]

Total income: €0 million

Loaned out

Num	Pos	Player	To	Return Date
	GK	Vladimir Stojković	Wigan Athletic	End of season
	GK	Victor Golas	Real Massamá	End of season
	DF	Ronny	União de Leiria	End of season
55	DF	André Marques	Iraklis	End of season
	DF	João Gonçalves	Olhanense	End of season
	DF	Paulo Renato	Estrela da Amadora	End of season
	MF	André Santos	União de Leiria	End of season
	MF	Diogo Amado	Odivelas	End of season
	MF	André Martins	Real Massamá	End of season
	MF	Fábio Paím	Real Massamá	End of season
	MF	Diogo Rosado	Real Massamá	End of season
	MF	Marco Matias	Real Massamá	End of season
	MF	Rabiu Ibrahim	Real Massamá	End of season
	MF	William Owusu	Gil Vicente	End of season
	FW	Wilson Eduardo	Portimonense	End of season
	FW	Rui Fonte	Vitória de Setúbal	End of season
	FW	Milan Purović	Olimpja	End of season

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 10 May.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Liga Sagres		UEFA Europa League		Taça de Portugal		Carlsberg Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	POR	Rui Patrício	47	0	30	0	10	0	3	0	4	0
2	MF	POR	Pedro Mendes	16	1	11	0	4	1	0	0	1	0
3	DF	POR	Daniel Carriço	40	2	25	1	8	0	3	1	4	0
4	DF	BRA	Ânderson Polga (vice-captain 2nd)	23	1	15	0	5	1	2	0	1	0
5	DF	BRA	Pedro Silva	16	1	7	1	5	0	2	0	2	0
6	MF	POR	Adrien Silva	24	1	13	0	4	1	3	0	4	0
7	MF	RUS	Marat Izmailov	23	2	13	1	5	0	2	1	3	0
9	FW	POR	Carlos Saleiro	30	5	17	2	6	1	4	1	3	1
10	MF	MNE	Simon Vukčević	24	2	14	1	6	0	3	1	1	0
11	FW	ECU	Felipe Caicedo*	9	0	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	POR	Marco Caneira	11	0	7	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
13	DF	POR	Tonel	37	1	23	1	8	0	3	0	3	0
14	MF	CHI	Matías Fernández	43	5	28	3	9	1	3	1	3	0
16	GK	POR	Tiago Ferreira (vice-captain 3rd)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
17	MF	ESP	Miguel Ángel Angulo*	9	0	4	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
18	DF	ARG	Leandro Grimi	36	2	20	1	8	1	4	0	4	0
19	GK	POR	Ricardo Batista	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	POR	Yannick Djaló	27	7	18	6	4	0	1	1	4	0
21	DF	POR	João Pereira	16	2	12	1	0	0	1	0	3	1
22	FW	FRA	Florent Sinama Pongolle	7	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
23	FW	POR	Hélder Postiga	30	1	22	1	4	0	2	0	2	0
24	MF	POR	Miguel Veloso	41	10	25	3	10	3	3	2	3	2
25	MF	POR	Bruno Pereirinha	27	0	17	0	5	0	3	0	2	0
28	MF	POR	João Moutinho (captain)	46	8	28	5	10	1	4	2	4	0
30	DF	MOZ	Mexer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW	POR	Liédson	42	22	28	13	9	4	3	3	2	2

Note's:

* = Player is no longer with the club but still made an appearance during the season.

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Carlos Carvalhal
Assistant coach	Rifa (Paulo Sampaio)
Assistant coach	João Mário
Assistant coach	José Lima
Goalkeepers coach	Vítor Silvestre

Source: sporting.pt

Kit

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): TMN, Meo, Super Bock

Home

Away

Stromp

Goalkeeper home

Goalkeeper Away

Source: sporting.pt

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Liga Sagres	—	4/16		15 August 2009	9 May 2010
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round	—	eliminated	18 August 2009	26 August 2009
UEFA Europa League	Group stage	—	Round of 16	17 September 2009	18 March 2010
Taça de Portugal	Third Round	—	Quarterfinals	18 October 2009	2 February 2010
Carlsberg Cup	Third Round	—	Semifinals	3 January 2010	9 February 2010

Updated to match played 25 March 2010
Source: Competitions

Liga Sagres

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Braga	30	22	5	3	48	20	+28	71	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Porto	30	21	5	4	70	26	+44	68	Qualification to Europa League play-off round^[a]
4	Sporting CP	30	13	9	8	42	26	+16	48	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
5	Marítimo	30	11	8	11	42	43	−1	41^[b]	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
6	Vitória de Guimarães	30	11	8	11	31	34	−3	41^[b]

Source: LPFP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Porto qualified for the play-off round of 2010–11 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2009–10 Taça de Portugal.
^ ^a ^b Marítimo ahead of Vitória de Guimarães on head-to-head record; Vitória de Guimarães–Marítimo 1–2, Marítimo–Vitória de Guimarães 0–1.

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
30	13	9	8	42	26	+16	48	8	3	4	24	13	+11	5	6	4	18	13	+5

Last updated: 10 May 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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W
Position	2	10	6	5	4	5	4	4	7	8	6	6	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2010. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

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

Last updated: 28 February.
Source: UEFA Champions League

UEFA Europa League

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SCP	HER	HVN	VEN
1	Sporting CP	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–0	1–1	1–1
2	Hertha BSC	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10	Advance to knockout phase	1–0	—	0–1	1–1
3	Heerenveen	6	2	2	2	11	7	+4	8		2–3	2–3	—	5–0
4	Ventspils	6	0	3	3	3	10	−7	3		1–2	0–1	0–0	—

Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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

Updated to match(es) played on 28 February 2010. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Everton	2–4	Sporting CP	2–1	0–3

Last updated: 28 February.
Source: UEFA Europa League

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting CP	2–2 (a)	Atlético Madrid	0–0	2–2

Last updated: 28 February.
Source: UEFA Europa League

Carlsberg Cup

Third round

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sporting CP	3	3	0	0	5	2	+3	9	Advance to knockout phase
2	Trofense	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	Braga	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	3
4	União de Leiria	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knock-out stage

Semi-finals

9 February 2010

20:15 UTC

Sporting CP	1–4	Benfica
Liédson 37'	Report	David Luiz 8' Ramires 29' Luisão 68' Cardozo 90+4'

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Olegário Benquerença

Competitive

Win Tie Loss

Liga Sagres

Kickoff times are in UTC+0.

15 August 2009 1	Nacional	1–1	Sporting CP	Estádio da Madeira, Funchal
19:15	Aurélio 26' Rúben Micael 42'	(Report)	Moutinho 24' Aurélio 75' (o.g.) Polga 71'	Attendance: 3,877 Referee: Pedro Proença

22 August 2009 2	Sporting CP	1–2	Braga	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
21:15	Carriço 45' Liédson 51' Djaló 70'	(Report)	Alan 11' Mossoró 32' Viana 32' Eduardo 52' Rodríguez 53' Meyong 80'	Attendance: 24,280 Referee: Olegário Benquerença

30 August 2009 3	Académica	0–2	Sporting CP	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
20:15	Pedro 26' 75' Fontes 35'	(Report)	P. Silva 51' Marques 53' Moutinho 57' Liédson 64' Veloso 66' Carriço 77' Djaló 84'	Attendance: 24,280 Referee: Olegário Benquerença

13 September 2009 4	Sporting CP	1–0	Paços de Ferreira	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
20:15	Marques 17' Veloso 27' Vukčević 30' Liédson 80'	(Report)	Ozéia 30' Ricardo 34' Baiano 41' 90+3' Ciel 43' Pedrinha 77' Pacheco 78' 86' Cristiano 87'	Attendance: 23,319 Referee: Bruno Paixão

21 September 2009 5	Sporting CP	3–2	Olhanense	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
20:15	Carriço 35' Moutinho 42' Caicedo 77' Vukčević 86'	(Report)	Rabiola 9' Castro 18' Anselmo 40' Garcia 43' Duarte 52'	Attendance: 24,205 Referee: Rui Costa

26 September 2009 6	Porto	1–0	Sporting CP	Estádio do Dragão, Porto
19:15	Falcao 3' Meireles 12' Fucile 56' Alves 65' Costa 78'	(Report)	Veloso 25' 90+2' Polga 34' 52' Abel 36'	Attendance: 46,511 Referee: Duarte Gomes

4 October 2009 7	Sporting CP	0–0	Belenenses	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
18:00		(Report)	Gómez 19' Zé Pedro 58' Celestino 70' Barge 83'	Attendance: 24,581 Referee: Carlos Xistra

27 October 2009 8	Vitória de Guimarães	1–1	Sporting CP	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães
20:15	Alex 66' Nilson 82' Meireles 84' Rui Miguel 90+3'	(Report)	Grimi 19' Abel 40' Moutinho 73' Tonel 84' Fernández 82' Saleiro 89'	Attendance: 18,105 Referee: Olegário Benquerença

1 November 2009 9	Sporting CP	1–1	Marítimo	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
20:15	Postiga 13' Veloso 24' P. Silva 43' Fernández 52' Carriço 59'	(Report)	Fernando 48' Sousa 51' Manú 61' Peçanha 90+4'	Attendance: 22,857 Referee: Cosme Machado

8 November 2009 10	Rio Ave	2–2	Sporting CP	Estádio do Rio Ave FC, Vila do Conde
20:15	Tomás 56', 60'	(Report)	Fernández 20' Carriço 43' 64' Moutinho 45' Marques 90+4'	Attendance: 3,385 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

28 November 2009 11	Sporting CP	0–0	Benfica	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
21:15	Polga 29' A. Silva 52' Veloso 69'	(Report)	Di María 45+2' García 71' David Luiz 77'	Attendance: 45,880 Referee: Pedro Proença

7 December 2009 12	Vitória de Setúbal	0–2	Sporting CP	Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal
20:15	Pinto 63' 64' Zarabi 85' Zoro 88' Keita 90+2'	(Report)	Liédson 4', 87'	Attendance: 4,207 Referee: Elmano Santos

12 December 2009 13	Sporting CP	0–1	União de Leiria	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
17:00	A. Silva 51' Vukčević 62'	(Report)	Paulo Vinícius 26' Pateiro 50' Ðuričić 79'	Attendance: 25,693 Referee: Vasco Santos

19 December 2009 14	Naval	0–1	Sporting CP	Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa, Figueira da Foz
21:15	Hauw 52' Godemèche 76' Marinho 90+2'	(Report)	Carriço 11' Saleiro 35' Veloso 39' A. Silva 51' Abel 71'	Attendance: 2,167 Referee: Carlos Xistra

9 January 2010 15	Sporting CP	1–0	Leixões	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
19:15	Tonel 82'	(Report)	Gallo 63' 69' Espinho 76'	Attendance: 23,230 Referee: Paulo Baptista

16 January 2010 16	Sporting CP	3–2	Nacional	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
21:15	Djaló 25' Grimi 27' Pereira 46' Liédson 59', 71'	(Report)	Rúben Micael 23' Pečnik 25' Amuneke 53' Lopes 67' Edgar 83' Anselmo 86'	Attendance: 20,056 Referee: Bruno Paixão

29 January 2010 17	Braga	1–0	Sporting CP	Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga
20:45	Paulo César 31' Meyong 55' Mossoró 77'	(Report)	Carriço 36' A. Silva 44' Veloso 61' Saleiro 65' Polga 85'	Attendance: 14,761 Referee: João Ferreira

6 February 2010 18	Sporting CP	1–2	Académica	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
19:15	Moutinho 23'	(Report)	Orlando 2' Ribeiro 58' Sougou 85'	Attendance: 20,060 Referee: Pedro Henriques

12 February 2010 19	Paços de Ferreira	0–0	Sporting CP	Estádio da Mata Real, Paços de Ferreira
20:15	Ozéia 83'	(Report)	Liédson 23'	Attendance: 1,401 Referee: Duarte Gomes

20 February 2010 20	Olhanense	0–0	Sporting CP	Estádio José Arcanjo, Olhão
21:15	Gonçalves 77'	(Report)	Carriço 21' Djaló 31' Veloso 69' Postiga 79' Abel 85'	Attendance: 3,801 Referee: Pedro Proença

28 February 2010 21	Sporting CP	3–0	Porto	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
20:15	Djaló 5', 29' Veloso 11', 46' Moutinho 15' Izmailov 45', 77' Liédson 78'	(Report)	Alves 16' Costa 45' Belluschi 73' Helton 75' Pereira 89'	Attendance: 28,220 Referee: João Ferreira

7 March 2010 22	Belenenses	0–4	Sporting CP	Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon
	Fredy 70'	(Report)	Liédson 50', 60', 80', 88' Tiago 54'	Attendance: 5,664 Referee: Hugo Miguel

14 March 2010 23	Sporting CP	3–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
	Grimi 8' Liédson 9', 70' Veloso 55' Moutinho 81' Tonel 88'	(Report)	Valdomiro 53', 66' Moreno 60' Gustavo 72'	Attendance: 35,007 Referee: Bruno Paixão

28 March 2010 24	Marítimo	3–2	Sporting CP	Estádio dos Barreiros, Funchal
20:15	Tchô 16' Rafael Miranda 65' João Guilherme 70', 81' Pitbull 90' Diakité 90+2'	(Report)	Pereira 36' Pereirinha 90' Sinama Pongolle 90+4'	Attendance: 4,023 Referee: Vasco Santos

3 April 2010 25	Sporting CP	5–0	Rio Ave	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
	Djaló 6', 56', 75' Liédson 34' Carriço 51' Moutinho 66' Izmailov 83'	(Report)	Gomes 38' Vilas Boas 50' Faria 62'	Attendance: 16,406 Referee: Pedro Proença

11 April 2010 26	Benfica	2–0	Sporting CP	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
20:45	Luisão 47' Coentrão 55' Cardozo 67' Di María 76' Aimar 79'	(Report)	Patrício 41' Abel 45' Carriço 45'	Attendance: 59,317 Referee: João Ferreira

18 April 2010 27	Sporting CP	2–1	Vitória de Setúbal	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
20:15	Fernández 47' Moutinho 60' Postiga 70'	(Report)	Collin 10', 59'	Attendance: 19,187 Referee: Jorge Sousa

25 April 2010 28	União de Leiria	1–1	Sporting CP	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria
20h:15	Cássio 48' Paulo Vinícius 66' Diego Gaúcho 83'	(Report)	Fernández 8' Liédson 15' Carriço 8'	Attendance: 4,365 Referee: Marco Ferreira

2 May 2010 29	Sporting CP	0–1	Naval	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
20:15	Carriço 78' Pereira 80' Tonel 89'	(Report)	Diego Ângelo 55' Fábio Júnior 64'	Attendance: 16,102 Referee: André Gralha

9 May 2010 30	Leixões	1–2	Sporting CP	Estádio do Mar, Matosinhos
21:15	Braga 23' Seabra 46' João Paulo 81'	(Report)	Grimi 6' Veloso 15', 90+2' P. Silva 54', 60' Djaló 90+1'	Attendance: 2,595 Referee: Elmano Santos

UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

18 August 2009 First leg	Sporting CP	2–2	Fiorentina	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
20:45 CEST	Vukčević 58', 12' 58' Veloso 66'	(Report)	Vargas 6' Gamberini 12' Zanetti 15' Dainelli 15' Gilardino 79'	Attendance: 27,602 Referee: Viktor Kassai

26 August 2009 Second leg	Fiorentina	1–1	Sporting CP	Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence
20:45 CET	Comotto 33' Jovetić 54', 68' Zanetti 60'	(Report)	Moutinho 35' P. Silva 49' Marques 70' Caneira 90+2'	Attendance: 30,821 Referee: Howard Webb

Fiorentina 3–3 Sporting CP on aggregate. Fiorentina won on away goals.

UEFA Europa League

Kickoff times are in CET.

Group Stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SCP	HER	HVN	VEN
1	Sporting CP	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–0	1–1	1–1
2	Hertha BSC	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10	Advance to knockout phase	1–0	—	0–1	1–1
3	Heerenveen	6	2	2	2	11	7	+4	8		2–3	2–3	—	5–0
4	Ventspils	6	0	3	3	3	10	−7	3		1–2	0–1	0–0	—

Source: Soccerway

17 September 2009 1	Heerenveen	2–3	Sporting CP	Abe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen
19:00	Sibon 12' Dingsdag 77' Assaidi 79'	(Report)	Liédson 17', 40', 88' Veloso 66'	Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

1 October 2009 2	Sporting CP	1–0	Hertha BSC	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
21:05	A. Silva 18', 32' 90+3' Fernández 20' Moutinho 34'	(Report)	Pejčinović 16' Wichniarek 30' Kaká 45+1' Janker 73' Raffael 85'	Attendance: 16,197 Referee: Serge Gumienny

22 October 2009 3	Ventspils	1–2	Sporting CP	Skonto stadions, Riga
21:05	Laizāns 64' (pen.)	(Report)	Veloso 6' Moutinho 85' Angulo 88' Liédson 90'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Sascha Kever

5 November 2009 4	Sporting CP	1–1	Ventspils	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
19:00	Marques 14' Saleiro 22' Fernández 60' P. Silva 81'	(Report)	Zamperini 15' Žigajevs 45'	Attendance: 18,103 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev

3 December 2009 5	Sporting CP	1–1	Heerenveen	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
21:05	Liédson 52' Grimi 90+1'	(Report)	Assaidi 47' Popov 67' Elm 78'	Attendance: 12,204 Referee: Pavel Královec

16 December 2009 6	Hertha BSC	1–0	Sporting CP	Olympic Stadium, Berlin
19:00	Kačar 70', 71'	(Report)	Carriço 42' Saleiro 82'	Attendance: 14,417 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov

Round of 32

16 February 2010 First leg	Everton	2–1	Sporting CP	Goodison Park, Liverpool, England
18:45	Pienaar 35' Distin 49', 86'	(Report)	Moutinho 54' Carriço 74' Veloso 87' (pen.)	Attendance: 28,131 Referee: Darko Čeferin

25 February 2010 Second leg	Sporting CP	3–0	Everton	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
21:05	Veloso 64' Mendes 76' Abel 81' Fernández 90+4'	(Report)	Pienaar 74'	Attendance: 17,609 Referee: Alon Yefet

Sporting CP won 4–2 on aggregate. Round of 16

11 March 2010 First leg	Atlético Madrid	0–0	Sporting CP	Vicente Calderón, Madrid
19:00	Ujfaluši 81'	Report	Grimi 9' 31' Veloso 53' Pereirinha 60' Tonel 89' Saleiro 90+4'	Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Pieter Vink

18 March 2010 Second leg	Sporting CP	2–2	Atlético Madrid	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
21:05	Liédson 19' Polga 45+1', 80' P. Silva 51' Abel 76'	Report	Agüero 3', 33'	Referee: Knut Kircher

Atlético Madrid won 2–2 on aggregate from the away goals rule.

Pre-season and friendlies

4 July 2009	Sporting CP	3–0	Atlético Cacém	Alcochete
10h15	Postiga 21' Fernández 62', 66'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}		Stadium: Académia Sporting/Puma Attendance: 1,000

11 July 2009	Sporting CP	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Albufeira
21:15		(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Anderson 80'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium Referee: Bruno Paixão

18 July 2009	Sporting CP	1–2	Feyenoord	Lisbon
19h30	Postiga 31'	(Report)	De Guzmán 47' Makaay 50'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Hélder Malheiro

21 July 2009	Vitória de Guimarães	2–2	Sporting CP	Guimarães
21h15	Roberto 70' Gonçalves 88'	(Report)	Fernández 46' Postiga 58'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Referee: Artur Soares Dias

References

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[table_note_res_ELPR0.72873605495726-20] Porto qualified for the play-off round of 2010–11 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2009–10 Taça de Portugal.

[table_hth_VGU0.72873605495726-21] Marítimo ahead of Vitória de Guimarães on head-to-head record; Vitória de Guimarães–Marítimo 1–2, Marítimo–Vitória de Guimarães 0–1.

[1] "Sporting – Sociedade Sport Football SAD announces the resignation of coach Paulo Bento" (PDF) (in Portuguese). 6 November 2009.

[2] "Leonel Pontes ensures, for now, the technical guidance of the team" (in Portuguese). 6 November 2009.

[3] "Carlos Carvalhal new Coach" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CMVM.

[4] "First team Profiles Index". Archived from the original on 4 March 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2009.

[5] "Liga Portugal". www.lpfp.pt.

[6] "Sporting Clube de Portugal - Jun.A S19 :: Estatísticas :: Títulos :: Palmarés :: História :: Golos :: Próximos Jogos :: Resultados :: Notícias :: Videos :: Fotos :: Plantel :: zerozero.pt". www.zerozero.pt.

[uefa.com-7] "UEFA.com - UEFA Europa League - Sporting". Archived from the original on 15 March 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2010.

[8] "Sporting and Villareal reached a deal" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CMVM. 1 July 2009.

[9] "Felipe Caicedo, arrives on loan from Manchester City" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CMVM. 25 July 2009.

[10] "OFFICIAL: Miguel Angel Angulo strengthens Sporting" (in Portuguese). maisfutebol.iol.pt. 30 August 2009.

[11] "Mexer: "I come to my club the heart"" (in Portuguese). sporting.pt. 15 December 2009. Archived from the original on 18 December 2009.

[12] "João Pereira: "Give life by Sporting fighting to the death"" (in Portuguese). sporting.pt. 22 December 2009. Archived from the original on 25 December 2009.

[13] "Sporting and Sporting de Braga reached a deal" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CMVM. 22 December 2009.

[14] "Sporting and Atlético Madrid reached a deal" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CMVM. 28 December 2009.

[15] "The Sporting Club is a great" (in Portuguese). sporting.pt. 30 January 2010. Archived from the original on 2 February 2010.

[16] "Sporting and Romagnoli mutual agreement" (in Portuguese). sporting.pt. 6 August 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}

[17] "Grêmio presents Fábio Rochemback from Sporting" (in Portuguese). gremio.net. 31 August 2009. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011.

[18] "Sporting and Angulo mutual agreement" (in Portuguese). sporting.pt. 5 December 2009. Archived from the original on 8 December 2009.

[19] "Repeal of the loan player" (PDF) (in Portuguese). cmvm.pt. 12 January 2010.

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