The 2012–13 season is Sporting Clube de Portugal's 80th 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 that the club plays during the 2012–13 season.
It is considered to be the worst season ever in Sporting's history. The club ended in the seventh place in the league table, the lowest position in the club's history, thus failing to qualify for the following season's UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. Sporting were also eliminated from the Europa League group stage for the first time ever, ending in fourth place.
Competitions
Legend
Primeira Liga
League table
Results by round
Matches
Taça de Portugal
Taça da Liga
Group stage TeamRio Ave320163+36Paços de Ferreira320153+26Sporting CP311135–24Marítimo301225–31
UEFA Europa League
Play-off round
Group stage
+Group GTeam Genk633094+512 Basel623174+39 Videoton620468−26 Sporting CP6123410−65
Players
Transfers
In Adrien Silva → Académica → Loan return Cédric → Académica → Loan return Marcos Rojo → Spartak Moscow → Undisclosed fee Valentín Viola → Racing Club → Undisclosed fee Danijel Pranjić → Bayern Munich → Free transfer Zakaria Labyad → PSV → Free transfer Khalid Boulahrouz → VfB Stuttgart → Free transfer Gelson Fernandes → Saint-Étienne → Free transfer Miguel Lopes → Porto → Free transfer Hugo Ventura → Porto → Free transfer Joãozinho → Beira-Mar → Loan
Out Agostinho Cá → Barcelona B → Undisclosed fee Amido Baldé → Vitória de Guimarães → Contract termination André Marques → Sion → End of contract Diogo Rosado → Blackburn Rovers → End of contract Edgar Ié → Barcelona B → Undisclosed fee João Pereira → Valencia → €3,684,210 + €526,320 Mateus Fonseca → Chiasso → Free transfer Ricardo Batista → ? → End of contract Rodolfo Simões → Académico de Viseu → Free transfer Tiago Ferreira → End of career Marco Torsiglieri → Metalist Kharkiv → Undisclosed fee Ânderson Polga → São José → End of contract Celsinho → Târgu Mureș → End of contract Jaime Valdés → Parma → Undisclosed fee Matías Fernández → Fiorentina → €3,136,842 + €1,500,000 Florent Sinama Pongolle → Rostov → Contract termination Mexer → Nacional → End of contract Alberto Rodríguez → Rio Ave → Contract termination Luis Aguiar → San Lorenzo de Almagro → Contract termination Sebastián Ribas → Genoa → Loan return Daniel Carriço → Reading → €750,000 Marat Izmailov → Porto → € Free transfer Emiliano Insúa → Atlético Madrid → €3,500,000 Bruno Pereirinha → Lazio → €2,000,000 Xandão → Kuban Krasnodar → Loan return
Out on loan
References
External links Official club website