Sporting CP — Champions League 2026/27

Sporting CP's confirmed playing squad, fixtures, results, current standing and league-phase journey in the 2026/27 UEFA Champions League.

Results last changed 14 Oct 2026, 22:16 UTC. Data last checked 15 Oct 2026, 10:33 UTC.

Rank

Points

Won

Played

Sporting CP currently sit 6th in the 36-team table with 6 points from 2 matches played (6 remaining). That position is currently in the "Round of 16 (direct qualification)" zone. Next up: Matchday 3, home to LASK.

Zone: Round of 16 (direct qualification)

Sporting CP club profile

Founded: 1906

Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Capacity: 52,707

Honours

21×Primeira Liga
18×Taça de Portugal
1×UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1964)

The only Portuguese club to win the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1963–64), a campaign that included a 16–1 win over APOEL, still a European competition record.

Source: Wikipedia, cross-checked 12 Oct 2026. See Data Sources.

Can Sporting CP still qualify?

Sporting CP can still finish anywhere from 1st to 36th in the 36-team table.

Direct to the round of 16 (top 8): In contention — a top-8 finish is still mathematically possible.

Avoiding elimination (top 24): 14 more points from the remaining 6 games would guarantee avoiding elimination.

Based only on points still mathematically reachable — a “guarantee” holds even if every rival wins all its remaining games. Try your own results in the simulator.

How Sporting CP got here

Sporting CP (🇵🇹) qualified for the 2026/27 UEFA Champions League and was placed in Pot 2 for the league-phase draw. In the 36-team Swiss-style league phase, every club plays eight different opponents — two drawn from each of the four pots — with the top eight going straight to the round of 16, teams 9th–24th entering the knockout play-offs, and 25th–36th eliminated. How the league phase works →

Who Sporting CP play in the league phase

Sporting CP's eight league-phase opponents are Galatasaray (home), Lens (away), LASK (home), Shakhtar Donetsk (away), Manchester United (home), Roma (away), Barcelona (home) and Manchester City (away). Two are drawn from each of the four seeding pots, with four matches at home and four away.

Pot 1Barcelona (H), Manchester City (A)

Pot 2Manchester United (H), Roma (A)

Pot 3Galatasaray (H), Shakhtar Donetsk (A)

Pot 4Lens (A), LASK (H)

Sporting CP's league-phase journey

Across 2 league-phase matches, Sporting CP have won 2, drawn 0 and lost 0, scoring 5 and conceding 1. They currently sit 6th of 36 in the “Round of 16 (direct qualification)” zone.

Recent form: W W

Beaten: Galatasaray, Lens

Sporting CP records this campaign

Current run: 2 wins in a row

Biggest win: 3–1 home to Galatasaray (MD1)

Highest-scoring match: 3–1 home to Galatasaray (MD1) — 4 goals

Clean sheets: 1

Sporting CP playing squad

The Sporting CP confirmed squad for the 2026/27 UEFA Champions League league phase features 12 registered players, captained by Morten Hjulmand. The roster features 1 goalkeeper, 4 defenders, 3 midfielders, and 4 forwards.