2011–12 Sporting CP season

The 2011–12 season is Sporting CP's 79th season in the top flight, the Primeira Liga, known as the Liga ZON Sagres for sponsorship purposes. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club plays during the 2011–12 season.

Sporting CP

2011–12 season
President	Luís Godinho Lopes
Manager	Domingos Paciência & Ricardo Sá Pinto
Stadium	Estádio José Alvalade
Primeira Liga	4th
Portuguese Cup	Runners-up
League Cup	Third round
UEFA Europa League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Ricky van Wolfswinkel (14) All: Ricky van Wolfswinkel (25)

Sporting CP's under-19 squad played in the inaugural tournament of the NextGen series.

Season overview

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		R. Patrício	32	EU	2006	167	0	2013	Youth system
2	DF		A. Rodríguez	36	EU	2011	0	0	2016	Free
3	DF		D. Carriço	32	EU	2008	116	4	2013	Youth system
4	DF		Â. Polga	41	EU	2003	305	4	2012	Free	Second nationality: Portugal
5	DF		Onyewu	38	EU	2011	1	0	2014	Free	Second nationality: Belgium
6	LB		Evaldo	38	EU	2010	51	1	2014	€ 3M	Second nationality: Brazil
7	FW		Bojinov	34	EU	2011	2	0	2016	€2.6M	Second nationality: Italy
8	MF		Schaars	37	EU	2011	4	0	2014	€0.85M
9	FW		v. Wolfswinkel	33	EU	2011	4	4	2016	€5.4M
10	MF		Izmailov	38	Non-EU	2008	111	14	2015	€4.5M
11	MF		D. Capel	32	EU	2011	0	0	2016
12	GK		M. Boeck	36	EU	2009	3	0	2016	undisclosed	Second nationality: Belgium
14	MF		Matías	34	Non-EU	2009	77	12	2013	€3.65M	Second nationality: Argentina
16	GK		Tiago	45	EU	2001	131	0	2012	undisclosed
17	LW		Jeffrén Suárez	33	EU	2011	0	0	2016	€3.75M
18	FW		A. Carrillo	29	Non-EU	2011	0	0	2016	€1.2M
19	RB		Arias	29	Non-EU	2011	0	0	2016	Free
20	FW		Yannick	34	EU	2008	155	34	2013	Youth system	Second nationality: Guinea-Bissau
21	MF		Rinaudo	33	EU	2011	3	0	2016	€0.525M	Second nationality: Italy
22	MF		L. Aguiar	35	EU	2011	0	0	2016	Free	Second nationality: Italy
23	FW		H. Postiga	38	EU	2008	112	24	2012	€2.5M
25	MF		B. Pereirinha	32	EU	2006	129	5	2013	Youth system
26	MF		A. Santos	31	EU	2010	46	2	2014	Youth system
28	MF		A. Martins	31	EU	2009	4	0	2012	Youth system
30	MF		Zezinho	28	EU	2011	3	0	2016	Youth system	Second nationality: Portugal
32	GK		V. Golas	30	EU	2009	1	0	2012	Youth system	Second nationality: Poland
33	FW		D. Rubio	27	EU	2011	4	5	2016	€ 1M	Second nationality: Germany
47	RB		J. Pereira	36	EU	2010 (Winter)	51	3	2014	€ 3M
88	RB		J. Gonçalves	33	EU	2007	0	0	2013	Youth system
89	LB		A. Turan	28	EU	2011	0	0	2016	Free	Second nationality: Turkey

• Last updated: 19 July 2011
• Source: Sporting.pt, Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles (for player numbers, appearances, and goals), footballzz.co.uk (for contracts)
• Ordered by squad number.

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
18	FW		André Carrillo	29	Non-EU	Alianza Lima	Transfer	Summer	2016	€1.2M	Sporting.pt
32	GK		Vítor Golas	30	EU	Boavista	Loan return	Summer	2012	N/A
9	FW		Ricky van Wolfswinkel	33	EU	Utrecht	Transfer	Summer	2016	€5.4M	Sporting.pt
2	DF		Alberto Rodríguez	36	EU	Braga	Transfer	Summer	2016	Free	Sporting.pt
8	MF		Stijn Schaars	37	EU	AZ	Transfer	Summer	2014	€0.85M	Sporting.pt
28	MF		André Martins	31	EU	Pinhalnovense	Loan return	Summer	2014	N/A	Sporting.pt
88	RB		João Gonçalves	33	EU	Olhanense	Loan return	Summer	2013	N/A
19	RB		Santiago Arias	29	Non-EU	La Equidad	Transfer	Summer	2016	Free	Sporting.pt
5	DF		Oguchi Onyewu	38	EU	Milan	Transfer	Summer	2014	Free	Sporting.pt
12	GK		Marcelo Boeck	36	EU	Marítimo	Transfer	Summer	2016	Undisclosed	Sporting.pt
21	MF		Fabián Rinaudo	33	EU	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	Transfer	Summer	2016	€0.525M	Sporting.pt
22	MF		Luis Aguiar	35	EU	Dynamo Moscow	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	Sporting.pt
33	FW		Diego Rubio	27	EU	Colo-Colo	Transfer	Summer	2016	€1M	Sporting.pt
7	FW		Valeri Bojinov	34	EU	Parma	Transfer	Summer	2016	€2.6M	Sporting.pt, cmvm.pt
25	MF		Bruno Pereirinha	32	EU	Kavala	Loan return	Summer	2013	N/A	Sporting.pt
89	LB		Atila Turan	28	EU	Grenoble	Transfer	Summer	2016	Free
17	LW		Jeffrén	33	EU	Barcelona	Transfer	Summer	2016	€3.7M	Sporting.pt
11	LW		Diego Capel	32	EU	Sevilla	Transfer	Summer	2016	€3.5M
77	MF		Elias	35	Non-EU	Atlético Madrid	Transfer	Summer	2016	€8.85M
48	LB		Emiliano Insúa	32	EU	Liverpool	Transfer	Summer	2016

Total spending: €15.275 million

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
	GK		Timo Hildebrand	41	EU		End of contract	Summer	Free
	MF		Tales	31	Non-EU	Internacional	Loan return	Summer	Free
	MF		Cristiano	37	EU	Beira-Mar	End of contract	Summer	Free
	FW		Rui Fonte	30	EU	Espanyol	End of contract	Summer	Free
	DF		Nuno Coelho	35	EU	Braga	Undisclosed	Summer	N/A
	MF		Pedro Mendes	41	EU		Contract termination	Summer	N/A
	MF		Maniche	43	EU		Contract termination	Summer	N/A	Sporting.pt
	RB		Abel	42	EU		End of contract	Summer	N/A
	MF		Afonso Taira	28	EU	Córdoba	End of contract	Summer	N/A
	GK		Vladimir Stojković	37	EU	Partizan	Contract cancellation	Summer	Free	Sporting.pt
	DF		Mexer	33	Non-EU	Olhanense	Loan	Summer	N/A
	FW		Amido Baldé	29	EU	Cercle Brugge	Loan	Summer	N/A	Sporting.pt
	DF		Nuno Reis	30	EU	Cercle Brugge	Loan	Summer	N/A	Sporting.pt
	MF		Renato Neto	29	Non-EU	Cercle Brugge	Loan	Summer	N/A	Sporting.pt
	RB		Cédric	29	EU	Académica	Loan	Summer	N/A	Sporting.pt
	MF		Celsinho	32	Non-EU	Târgu Mureș	Loan	Summer	N/A	Sporting.pt
	DF		Eric Dier	27	EU	Everton	Loan	Summer	N/A	Sporting.pt
	FW		Florent Sinama Pongolle	36	EU	Saint-Étienne	Loan	Summer	N/A	Sporting.pt
	LW		Diogo Salomão	32	EU	Deportivo La Coruña	Loan	Summer	N/A	Sporting.pt
	RW		Wilson Eduardo	30	EU	Olhanense	Loan	Summer	N/A
	LB		André Marques	33	EU	Beira-Mar	Loan	Summer	N/A
	DF		Pedro Filipe Mendes	30	EU	Servette	Loan	Summer	N/A
	MF		Adrien Silva	31	EU	Académica	Loan	Summer	N/A
	MF		Diogo Rosado	30	EU	Feirense	Loan	Summer	N/A
	MF		Jaime Valdés	40	EU	Parma	Loan	Summer	N/A
	GK		Ricardo Batista	34	EU	Olhanense	Loan	Summer	N/A

Total income: €0 million

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Ricardo Sá Pinto

Source:

Kit

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

Home

Away

Stromp

Goalkeeper

Goalkeeper

Goalkeeper

Training

Training

Source: Home kit, Sporting.pt

Competitions

Pre-season

9 July 2011 Friendly Game	Sporting CP	3 – 0	Alta de Lisboa	Alcochete, Portugal
11:00 CEST	Postiga  16' Rubio  34', 70'	Report		Stadium: Academia Sporting

13 July 2011 Friendly Game	Presikhaaf	0 – 8	Sporting CP	Arnhem, Netherlands
19:00 CEST		Report	Postiga  2', 6', 39' Rubio  19' Carriço  24' Van Wolfswinkel  66', 72' Bruma  67'	Stadium: Sportpark De Schuytgraaf

16 July 2011 Friendly Game	Telstar	0 – 3	Sporting CP	Arnhem, Netherlands
18:00 CEST		Report	Postiga  34' Rubio  65' Van Wolfswinkel  73' (pen.)	Stadium: Sportpark De Schuytgraaf Referee: Danny Makkelie

18 July 2011 Friendly Game	Ankaragücü	0 – 3	Sporting CP	Wezep, Netherlands
18:00 CEST		Report	Postiga  7' Van Wolfswinkel  42' (pen.) Rubio  78' (pen.)	Stadium: Sportpark Mulderssingel

24 July 2011 2011 WFC	Sporting CP	2 – 1	Juventus	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
00:00 CEST	Djaló  13', 36'	Report	Del Piero  80'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 10,028 Referee: Drew Fischer

30 July 2011 Presentation Game	Sporting CP	0 – 3	Valencia	Lisbon, Portugal
19:45 CEST			Bernat  6' Soldado  31' Piatti  42'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

5 August 2011 Ramón Carranza Semi-final	Málaga	3 – 1	Sporting CP	Cádiz, Spain
--:-- CEST				Stadium: Estadio Ramón de Carranza

6 August 2011 Ramón Carranza Third place	Udinese	2 – 2	Sporting CP	Cádiz, Spain
--:-- CEST	Badu  13' Floro Flores  81'		Rubio  49', 92'	Stadium: Estadio Ramón de Carranza

Last updated: 28 July 2011
Source: Sporting.pt, footballzz.co.uk

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Benfica	30	21	6	3	66	27	+39	69	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Braga	30	19	5	6	59	29	+30	62	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4	Sporting CP	30	18	5	7	47	26	+21	59	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5	Marítimo	30	14	8	8	41	38	+3	50	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
6	Vitória de Guimarães	30	14	3	13	40	40	0	45

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.)[1]

Matches

13 August 2011 1	Sporting CP	1 – 1	Olhanense	Lisbon
	Izmailov  76'	Report	Eduardo  30'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 33,248 Referee: Carlos Xistra

21 August 2011 2	Beira-Mar	0 – 0	Sporting CP	Aveiro
		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Aveiro Attendance: 15,548 Referee: Fernando Martins

28 August 2011 3	Sporting CP	2 – 3	Marítimo	Lisbon
	Izmailov  38' Jeffrén  75'		Rafael Miranda  49' Sami  52' Diawara  90+1'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 27,965 Referee: Pedro Proença

10 September 2011 4	Paços de Ferreira	2 – 3	Sporting CP	Paços de Ferreira
	Michel  5', 55'		Izmailov  75' Elias  78' Van Wolfswinkel  83'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 2,896 Referee: Paulo Batista

19 September 2011 5	Rio Ave	2 – 3	Sporting CP	Vila do Conde
	Atsu  48' Yazalde  63'		Schaars  2' Van Wolfswinkel  3' Onyewu  74'	Stadium: Estádio do Rio Ave FC Attendance: 4,308 Referee: Hugo Miguel

24 September 2011 6	Sporting CP	3 – 0	Vitória de Setúbal	Lisbon
	Schaars  2' Van Wolfswinkel  8', 15'			Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 33,261 Referee: Cosme Machado

2 October 2011 7	Vitória de Guimarães	0 – 1	Sporting CP	Guimarães
			Capel  7'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Referee: Carlos Xistra

24 October 2011 8	Sporting CP	6 – 1	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
	Carriço  7' Van Wolfswinkel  58' (pen.) Capel  62', 65' Bojinov  79', 90+2'		Roberto  75'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 30,103 Referee: João Capela

30 October 2011 9	Feirense	0 – 2	Sporting CP	Aveiro
			Van Wolfswinkel  64' (pen.) Schaars  77'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Aveiro Attendance: 14,848 Referee: André Gralha

6 November 2011 10	Sporting CP	3 – 1	União de Leiria	Lisbon
	Fernández  8', 50' Van Wolfswinkel  90+3' (pen.)		Djaniny  21'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 34,214 Referee: Manuel Mota

26 November 2011 11	Benfica	1–0	Sporting CP	Lisbon
	García  42'			Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 63,146 Referee: João Capela

10 December 2011 12	Sporting CP	1 – 0	Nacional	Lisbon
	Onyewu  22'			Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 40,405 Referee: Vasco Santos

18 December 2011 13	Académica	1 – 1	Sporting CP	Coimbra
	Eder  28'	Report	Elias  80'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 10,454 Referee: Rui Costa

8 January 2012 14	Sporting CP	0 – 0	Porto	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 48,855 Referee: Pedro Proença

15 January 2012 15	Braga	2 – 1	Sporting CP	Braga
	Barbosa  51' Lima  64'	Report	Carrillo  74'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 16,802 Referee: João Capela

23 January 2012 16	Olhanense	0 – 0	Sporting CP	Olhão, Portugal
		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Arcanjo Attendance: 4.066 Referee: Vasco Santos

29 January 2012 17	Sporting CP	2 – 0	Beira-Mar	Lisbon, Portugal
	Onyewu  18', 27'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 38.405 Referee: Duarte Gomes

11 February 2012 18	Marítimo	2 – 0	Sporting CP	Madeira, Portugal
	Benachour  21' Dias  50'	Report		Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Attendance: 4.600 Referee: Cosme Machado

19 February 2012 19	Sporting CP	1 – 0	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon, Portugal
	Ricardo  36' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 28,418 Referee: Jorge Ferreira

26 February 2012 20	Sporting CP	1 – 0	Rio Ave	Lisbon, Portugal
	Izmailov  34'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 25.107 Referee: Paulo Baptista

3 March 2012 21	Vitória de Setúbal	1 – 0	Sporting CP	Setúbal, Portugal
	Amaro  19'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 4.000 Referee: André Gralha

11 March 2012 22	Sporting CP	5 – 0	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon, Portugal
	Van Wolfswinkel  21' Fernández  50' Izmailov  70' (pen.) Jeffrén  80', 87'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 33.349 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

19 March 2012 23	Gil Vicente	2 – 0	Sporting CP	Barcelos, Portugal
	Galo  13' Cláudio  56'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 6.480 Referee: Bruno Paixão

24 March 2012 24	Sporting CP	1 – 0	Feirense	Lisbon, Portugal
	Capel  15' (pen.)	Summary		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 29,509 Referee: Vasco Santos

1 April 2012 25	União de Leiria	0 – 1	Sporting CP	Leiria, Portugal
		Report	Fernández  90+1'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal da Marinha Grande Attendance: 4.930 Referee: Pedro Proença

9 April 2012 26	Sporting CP	1–0	Benfica	Lisbon
	Van Wolfswinkel  18' (pen.)			Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 47,230 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

22 April 2012 27	Nacional	2 – 3	Sporting CP	Madeira
	Mateus  34' Keita  75'	Report	Rubio  12' Neto  31' Van Wolfswinkel  77' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Carlos Xistra

30 April 2012 28	Sporting CP	2 – 1	Académica	Lisbon
	Carrillo  30' Capel  36' Van Wolfswinkel  77' Schaars  79' Carriço  85'	Summary	Simão  9' Polga  44' (o.g.) Edinho  72' Nivaldo  81' Rui Miguel  84'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Hugo Filipe Ferreira de Campos Moreira Miguel

5 May 2012 29	Porto	2 – 0	Sporting CP	Porto
	Săpunaru  14' Moutinho  41' Fernando  43'  90+2' González  49' Hulk  82' (pen.), 89',  83'	Summary	Carrillo  16' Onyewu  20'  67' Polga  81'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 50,212 Referee: Pedro Proença

12 May 2012 30	Sporting CP	3 – 2	Braga	Lisbon
	Van Wolfswinkel  34', 61', 84' Elias  62' Evaldo  87' Carriço  89' Patrício  90'	Summary	Echiéjilé  53' Barbosa  57' Mossoró  62' Lima  88' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 37,820 Referee: Marco Bruno dos Santos Ferreira

Source: Sporting.pt, Journal Record

Taça da Liga

Third round

Group A Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Gil Vicente 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Moreirense 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 Sporting CP 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2 Rio Ave 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2

2 January 2012 1	Rio Ave	1 – 1	Sporting CP	Vila do Conde
	Tomás  16'		Onyewu  87'	Stadium: Estádio do Rio Ave FC Attendance: 3,188 Referee: Cosme Machado

19 January 2012 2	Sporting CP	1 – 1	Moreirense	Lisbon
	Capel  28'	report	Ghilas  35'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 17,440 Referee: Marco Ferreira

4 February 2012 3	Sporting CP	0 – 1	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
		report	Cláudio  54'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 23,801 Referee: Bruno Esteves

Source: Sporting.pt,

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

18 August 2011 First leg	Nordsjælland	0 – 0	Sporting CP	Farum, Denmark
		Report		Stadium: Farum Park Attendance: 3,891 Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)

25 August 2011 Second leg	Sporting CP	2 – 1 (2 – 1 agg.)	Nordsjælland	Lisbon, Portugal
	Santos  77' Evaldo  82'	Report	Laudrup  90+3'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 24,048 Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan (Romania)

Group stage

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sporting CP	6	4	0	2	8	4	+4	12
Lazio	6	2	3	1	7	5	+2	9
Vaslui	6	1	3	2	5	8	-3	6
Zürich	6	1	2	3	5	8	-3	5

15 September 2011 1	Zürich	0 – 2	Sporting CP	Zürich, Switzerland
		Report	Insúa  4' Van Wolfswinkel  21'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 10,400 Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

29 September 2011 2	Sporting CP	2 – 1	Lazio	Lisbon, Portugal
	Van Wolfswinkel  21' Insúa  45+2'	Report	Klose  45+2'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 33,725 Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

20 October 2011 3	Sporting CP	2 – 0	Vaslui	Lisbon, Portugal
	Evaldo  43' Fernández  70'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 28,106 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

3 November 2011 4	Vaslui	1 – 0	Sporting CP	Piatra Neamț, Romania
	Zmeu  30'	Report		Stadium: Ceahlăul Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)

1 December 2011 5	Sporting CP	2 – 0	Zürich	Lisbon, Portugal
	Van Wolfswinkel  15' Bojinov  58'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 13,414 Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)

14 December 2011 6	Lazio	2 – 0	Sporting CP	Rome, Italy
	Kozák  42' Sculli  55'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 8,295 Referee: Mike Dean (England)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

16 February 2012 First leg	Legia Warsaw	2 – 2	Sporting CP	Warsaw, Poland
	Wawrzyniak  37' Gol  79'	Report	Carriço  60' Santos  88'	Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 27,324 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

23 February 2012 Second leg	Sporting CP	1 – 0 (3 – 2 agg.)	Legia Warsaw	Lisbon, Portugal
	Fernández  84'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 20,144 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

Round of 16

8 March 2012 First leg	Sporting CP	1 – 0	Manchester City	Lisbon, Portugal
19:00	Xandão  51'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 34,371 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

15 March 2012 Second leg	Manchester City	3 – 2 (3 – 3a agg.)	Sporting CP	Manchester, England
21:05	Agüero  60', 83' Balotelli  75' (pen.)	Report	Fernández  33' Van Wolfswinkel  40'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 38,021 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)

Quarter-finals

29 March 2012 First leg	Sporting CP	2 – 1	Metalist Kharkiv	Lisbon, Portugal
21:05	Izmailov  51' Insúa  64'	Report	Xavier  90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 40,512 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

5 April 2012 Second leg	Metalist Kharkiv	1 – 1 (2 – 3 agg.)	Sporting CP	Kharkiv, Ukraine
21:05	Cristaldo  57'	Report	Van Wolfswinkel  44'	Stadium: Metalist Stadium Attendance: 38,633 Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

Semi-finals

19 April 2012 First leg	Sporting CP	2 – 1	Athletic Bilbao	Lisbon, Portugal
21:05	Insúa  76' Capel  80'	Report	Aurtenetxe  54'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 37,238 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

26 April 2012 Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	3 – 1 (4 – 3 agg.)	Sporting CP	Bilbao, Spain
21:05	Susaeta  17' Gómez  45+1',  76' Amorebieta  54' Llorente  88'	Report	Van Wolfswinkel  10',  44' Carriço  59' Xandão  90+4'	Stadium: San Mamés Stadium Attendance: 37,598 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Round of 64

16 October 2011	Famalicão	0 – 2	Sporting CP	Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
			Van Wolfswinkel  62', 67'	Stadium: Municipal 22 de Junho Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Round of 32

18 November 2011	Sporting CP	2 – 0	S.C. Braga	Lisbon
	Capel  14' Insúa  21'			Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Jorge Sousa

Round of 16

5 December 2011 1st Leg	Sporting CP	2 – 0	Belenenses	Lisbon
	Van Wolfswinkel  50' Schaars  66'			Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Bruno Esteves

Quarter-finals

22 December 2011	Sporting CP	3 – 0	Marítimo	Lisbon
	Carrillo  48' Van Wolfswinkel  60' (pen.) Insúa  82'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting CP	5 – 3	Nacional	2 - 2	3 - 1

11 January 2012 1st Leg	Sporting CP	2 – 2	Nacional	Lisbon
	Elias  75' Schaars  90+6'	Report	Rondón  36' Candeias  45+1'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Paulo Baptista

8 February 2012 2nd Leg	Nacional	1 – 3	Sporting CP	Funchal, Madeira
	Barcelos  63'	Report	Rinaudo  18' Van Wolfswinkel  75' Pereira  90+4'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Referee: Pedro Proença

Final

20 May 2012 Final	Sporting CP	0 – 1	Académica	Oeiras
17:00 UTC+1		Report	Marinho  4'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 37,522 Referee: Paulo Baptista

Overview

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Primeira Liga	—	—		13 August 2011	13 May 2012
Millennium Cup	QR3	Final		15 October 2011	20 May 2012
Portuguese League Cup	Third qualifying round	—	QR3	2 January 2012	4 February 2012
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round	—	SF	18 August 2011	26 April 2012

Updated to match played 10 July 2011
Source: Competitions

References

1. http://www.lpfp.pt/liga_zon_sagres/pages/classificacao_resultados.aspx

External links

• Official club website (in Portuguese and English)