Preparations announced for 2017-18 campaign

26th of June 2017
– Start of programme at the Sporting Academy

7th of July 2017
– Friendly match:
Sporting CP-FC Os Belenenses (Estádio do Algarve)

10th to 18th of July 2017
– Tour in Switzerland

Friendly matches in Switzerland
12th of July 2017 - Sporting CP – Fenerbahçe - Location: Renens – 20:30
13th of July 2017 - Sporting CP – CF Valencia – Location: Martigny – 20:30
15th of July 2017 - Sporting CP – FC Basel – Location: Portalban – 19:00
18th of July 2017 - Sporting Cp – Marseille – Lication: Annecy (France) – 20:00

22th of July 2017
– Presentation match
Sporting CP-TBC

TBC:
– Possibility of another friendly.

29th of July 2017
– Five Violins Trophy
Sporting CP – TBC – Estádio José Alvalade

Sporting CP to visit Spanish giants on the 14th of September

Sporting faces a tricky Champions League campaign, after being placed in the same group as Real Madrid, Borussia Dormund and Legia Warsaw.

Sporting will open with a visit to Real Madrid, before hosting Legia Warsaw. The two encounters with Dortmund are scheduled for the 18th of October ans 12th of November, before Sporting hosts Real Madrid on the 22nd of November and finishing with a visit to Poland on the 7th of December.

Group F fixtures in full:

14th of September: Real Madrid - Sporting CP / Legia Warsaw – B.Dortmund

27th of September: Sporting CP – Legia Warsaw / B.Dortmund – Real Madrid

18th of October: Sporting CP – B.Dortmund / Real Madrid – Legia Warsaw

2nd of November: B. Dortmund – Sporting CP / Legia Warsaw – Real Madrid

22nd of November: Sporting CP – Real Madrid / B.Dortmund – Legia Warsaw

7th of December: Legia Warsaw – Sporting CP / Real Madrid – B. Dortmund

Football League announces kick-off times

The Portuguese Professional Football League this week announced two alterations to kick-off times and the respective television coverage.

Sporting will open the 2016/17 season against Marítimo at 18H15 on Saturday the 13th of August, before visiting Paços de Ferreira at the same time on the 20th of August.

FC Porto visit Alvalade on matchday 3, before matchday 13 trip to Benfica

The official fixture list for the 2016/17 National Championship campaign was released this Saturday. Sporting will open with a hosting of Marítimo on August the 14th, before visiting Paços de Ferreira on matchday 2. A hosting of FC Porto awaits on matchday three.

Rui Patrício was named as Goalkeeper of the Season at the draw and the Alvalade shotstopper couldn't be happier: "I want to thank everyone for this trophy, but to also say that it isn't only mine. It is for the whole squad

Fixture list in full:

Matchday 1 (14/8): Sporting CP - Marítimo (22/1) matchday 18

Matchday 2 (21/8): Paços de Ferreira - Sporting CP (28/1) matchday 19

Matchday 3 (28/8): Sporting CP - FC Porto (5/2) matchday 20

Matchday 4 (11/9): Sporting CP - Moreirense (12/2) matchday 21

Matchday 5 (18/9): Rio Ave - Sporting CP (19/2) matchday 22

Matchday 6 (25/9): Sporting CP - Estoril (26/2) matchday 23

Matchday 7 (2/10): V. Guimarães - Sporting CP (5/3) matchday 24

Matchday 8 (23/10): Sporting CP - Tondela (11/3) matchday 25

Matchday 9 (30/10): Nacional - Sporting CP (19/2) matchday 26

Matchday 10 (6/11): Sporting CP - Arouca (2/4) matchday 27

Matchday 11 (27/11): Boavista - Sporting CP (9/4) matchday 28

Matchday 12 (4/12): Sporting CP - V. Setúbal (15/4) matchday 29

Matchday 13 (11/12): Benfica - Sporting CP (23/4) matchday 30

Matchday 14 (18/12): Sporting CP - Sp. Braga (30/4) matchday 31

Matchday 15 (21/12): Belenenses - Sporting CP (7/5) matchday 32

Matchday 16 (8/1): Sporting CP - Feirense (14/5) matchday 33

Matchday 17 (15/1): Chaves - Sporting CP (21/5) matchday 34

Jorge Jesus puts 31 players through their paces

Sporting were once again out on the training pitch this Thursday, in the second session of the pre-season campaign so far.

Jorge Jesus had a total of 31 players at his disposal: Azbe Jug, Vladimir Stojkovic, Guilherme Oliveira, Luís Maximiano, João Pereira, Ezequiel Schelotto, Ricardo Esgaio, André Geraldes, Sebastián Coates, Paulo Oliveira, Ewerton, Naldo, Rúben Semedo, Jefferson, Marvin Zeegelaar, Bruno Paulista, Radosav Petrovic, João Palhinha, Ryan Gauld, Alberto Aquilani, Federico Ruiz, Bruno César, Carlos Mané, Daniel Podence, Gelson Martins, Matheus Pereira, Iuri Medeiros, Alan Ruiz, Teo Gutiérrez, Lukas Spalvis and Hernán Barcos.

the midfielder Wallyson continues in treatment.

Pre-season fixture schedule:

9th of July: Sporting B (Friendly at the Academy)

13th of July: AS Monaco (Friendly in Switzerland, 20h30)

14th of July: Nyonnais (Friendly in Switzerland, 19h)

16th of July: Zenit (Friendly in Switzerland, 19h)

18th of July: PSV (Friendly in Switzerland, 20h30)

23rd of July: Lyon (Presentation match in Alvalade, 20h)

26th of July: Villarreal (Iberian Trophy in Badajoz, 20h15)

30th of July: Wolfsburg (Five Violins Trophy in Alvalade, 20h)

4th of August: Betis (Iberia Cup in the Algarve, 20h)

5th of August: Nice (Algarve Summer Cup in the Algarve, 20h30)

The squad will be back out on the pitch at 09h00 on Friday.

Jorge Jesus' side set for exciting build up to the season with 10 friendlies

AS Monaco, PSV Eindhoven, Lyon and Villareal all await Sporting in what promises to be an exciting pre-season campaign, in what will be a total of 10 friendly encounters.

The first friendly is penciled in for the 9th of July against the B team. A training camp will follow from the 11th to the 18th of July in Lausanne, Switzerland, where Sporting will face Monaco (13th of July, at 20h30), FC Nyonnais (14th of July, at 19h), Zenit (16th of July, at 19h) and PSV Eindhoven (18th of July, at 20h30).

Five days later, Alvalade will host Lyon in the official presentation match. Jesus' side will then take part in the Iberian Trophy (26th of July, at 20h15) against Villarreal, before hosting Wolfsburg in Lisbon in the Five Violins Trophy (30th of July, at 20h).

August is reserved for Sporting's Iberian Cup campaign (4th of August, at 20h) against Betis, ahead of an encounter against Nice the following day (5th of August, at 20h30, in the Algarve Summer Cup.

Sporting CP to host French giants in presentation match

Sporting will debut Alvalade's new pitch, which is currently being laid, against the French side Olympique Lyon, at 19h30 on the 23rd of July.

Also announced this week was this season's Five Violins Trophy match, will will see Wolfsburg visit Alvalade at 19h30 on the 30th of July.

Liga NOS matchday 33 kick-off times announced

Sporting CP will host V. Setúbal at 20h45 on Saturday the 7th of May, on Liga NOS matchday 33.

The match will be the last in Estádio José Alvalade, with a full house expected after what has been a record-breaking season in terms of crowd numbers.

Liga NOS matchday 33 kick-off times in full:

- P. Ferreira-Tondela (Friday, 6th of May, 20h30)

- Rio Ave-FC Porto (Saturday, 7th of May, 16h15)

- Académica-Sp. Braga (Saturday, 7th of May, 18h30)

- SPORTING CP-V. Setúbal (Saturday, 7th of May, 20h45)

- Nacional-Belenenses (Sunday, 8th of May, 16h)

- Boavista-U. Madeira (Sunday, 8th of May, 16h)

- V. Guimarães-Moreirense (Sunday, 8th of May, 18h15)

- Marítimo-Benfica (Sunday, 8th of May, 20h30)

- Estoril-Arouca (Monday, 9th of May 20h)

Fixtures announced for Liga NOS matchday 32

FC Porto-Sporting CP has been penciled in for 18h30 on Saturday the 30th of April, announced today by the League of Professional Football Clubs.

Liga NOS matchday 32 fixtures in full:

- Benfica-V. Guimarães (29th of April, 19h)

- Sp. Braga-V. Setúbal (29th of April, 21h)

- Tondela-Rio Ave (30th of April, 16h)

- Belenenses-P. Ferreira (30th of April, 16h)

- FC Porto-SPORTING CP (30th of April, 18h30)

- Moreirense-Boavista (1st of May, 16h)

- Estoril-Marítimo (1st of May, 16h)

- Arouca-Nacional (1st of May, 18h15)

- U. Madeira-Académica (1st of May, 20h30) 

Sporting to face Vilafranca on the 30th of April

Sporting's roller hockey team will face the Spanish side Vilafrance in the semi-finals of the CERS Cup Final Four, in a 21h00 start on the 30th of April.

Meanwhile, the hosts OC Barcelos will face the Italian side Matera at 19h00 on the same day.

The final will be played at 19h00 on Sunday the 1st of May.