Sporting CP in European football

The following article lists Sporting Clube de Portugal's history and statistics in UEFA competitions.

1963–64 Cup Winners' Cup

The 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup was won by Sporting CP, who defeated MTK Budapest of Hungary in the final. It was the first and only time a Portuguese team side has won a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup trophy.^[1]

Sporting began the competition by defeating Atalanta in the qualifying round, got past APOEL with the biggest club win in UEFA competitions (16–1), Manchester United, Lyon and in the end defeated MTK Budapest, the same final that was played over two legs on neutral ground. Sporting thus lifted their first European title.

Honours

European Cup Winners' Cup

Winners (1): 1963−64

UEFA Cup

Runners-up (1): 2004–05

Matches

From 1955–56 to 1979–80

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
1955–56	European Cup	R1	Partizan	3–3	2–5	5–8
1958–59	European Cup	PR	Utrecht	2–1	4–3	6–4
1958–59	European Cup	R1	Standard Liège	2–3	0–3	2–6
1961–62	European Cup	PR	Partizan	1–1	0–2	1–3
1962–63	European Cup	PR	Shelbourne	5–1	2–0	7–1
1962–63	European Cup	R1	Dundee	1–0	1–4	2–4
1963–64	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Atalanta	3–1	0–2	3–3 (3–1 (aet) rep)
		R2	APOEL	16–1	2–0	18–1
		QF	Manchester United	5–0	1–4	6–4
		SF	Lyon	1–1	0–0	1–1 (3–1 rep)
		F	MTK Budapest	—	—	3–3 (1–0 rep)
1964–65	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Bye
1964–65	Cup Winners' Cup	R2	Cardiff City	1–2	0–0	1–2
1965–66	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R1	Bordeaux	4–0	6–1	10–1
1965–66	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R2	Espanyol	2–1	3–4	5–5 (1–2 rep)
1966–67	European Cup	R1	Vasas	0–2	0–5	0–7
1967–68	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R1	Club Brugge	0–0	2–1	2–1
		R2	Fiorentina	2–1	1–1	3–2
		R3	Zürich	0–3	1–0	1–3
1968–69	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R1	Valencia	4–0	1–4 (aet)	5–4
1968–69	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R2	Newcastle United	1–1	0–1	1–2
1969–70	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R1	LASK Linz	4–0	2–2	6–2
1969–70	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R2	Arsenal	0–0	0–3	0–3
1970–71	European Cup	R1	Floriana	5–0	4–0	9–0
1970–71	European Cup	R2	Carl Zeiss Jena	1–2	1–2	2–4
1971–72	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Lyn	4–0	3–0	7–0
1971–72	Cup Winners' Cup	R2	Rangers	4–3 (aet)	2–3	6–6 (a)
1972–73	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Hibernian	2–1	1–6	3–7
1973–74	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Cardiff City	0–0	2–1	2–1
		R2	Sunderland	2–0	1–2	3–2
		QF	Zürich	3–0	1–1	4–1
		SF	Magdeburg	1–1	1–2	2–3
1974–75	European Cup	R1	Saint-Étienne	1–1	0–2	1–3
1975–76	UEFA Cup	R1	Sliema Wanderers	2–1	3–1	5–2
1975–76	UEFA Cup	R2	Vasas	2–1	1–3	3–4
1977–78	UEFA Cup	R1	Bastia	2–3	1–2	3–5
1978–79	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Baník Ostrava	0–1	0–1	0–2
1979–80	UEFA Cup	R1	Bohemians	2–0	0–0	2–0
1979–80	UEFA Cup	R2	Kaiserslautern	1–1	0–2	1–3

Note: Sporting CP score always listed first.

From 1980–81 to 1999–2000

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
1980–81	European Cup	R1	Budapest Honvéd	0–2	0–1	0–3
1981–82	UEFA Cup	R1	Red Boys Differdange	4–0	7–0	11–0
		R2	Southampton	0–0	4–2	4–2
		R3	Neuchâtel Xamax	0–0	0–1	0–1
1982–83	European Cup	R1	Dinamo Zagreb	3–0	0–1	3–1
		R2	CSKA September Flag	0–0	2–2	2–2 (a)
		QF	Real Sociedad	1–0	0–2	1–2
1983–84	UEFA Cup	R1	Sevilla	3–2	1–1	4–3
1983–84	UEFA Cup	R2	Celtic	2–0	0–5	2–5
1984–85	UEFA Cup	R1	Auxerre	2–0	2–2 (aet)	4–2
1984–85	UEFA Cup	R2	Dinamo Minsk	2–0	0–2 (aet)	2–2 (3–5 p)
1985–86	UEFA Cup	R1	Feyenoord	3–1	1–2	4–3
		R2	Dinamo Tirana	1–0	0–0	1–0
		R3	Athletic Bilbao	3–0	1–2	4–2
		QF	Köln	1–1	0–2	1–3
1986–87	UEFA Cup	R1	ÍA	6–0	9–0	15–0
1986–87	UEFA Cup	R2	Barcelona	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
1987–88	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Swarovski Tirol	4–0	2–4	6–4
		R2	Kalmar FF	5–0	0–1	5–1
		QF	Atalanta	1–1	0–2	1–3
1988–89	UEFA Cup	R1	Ajax	4–2	2–1	6–3
1988–89	UEFA Cup	R2	Real Sociedad	1–2	0–0	1–2
1989–90	UEFA Cup	R1	Napoli	0–0	0–0 (aet)	0–0 (3–4 p)
1990–91	UEFA Cup	R1	Mechelen	1–0	2–2	3–2
		R2	Politehnica Timișoara	7–0	0–2	7–2
		R3	Vitesse	2–1	2–0	4–1
		QF	Bologna	2–0	1–1	3–1
		SF	Internazionale	0–0	0–2	0–2
1991–92	UEFA Cup	R1	Dinamo București	1–0	0–2 (aet)	1–2
1992–93	UEFA Cup	R1	Grasshopper	1–3 (aet)	2–1	3–4
1993–94	UEFA Cup	R1	Kocaelispor	2–0	0–0	2–0
		R2	Celtic	2–0	0–1	1–0
		R3	Casino Salzburg	2–0	0–3 (aet)	2–3
1994–95	UEFA Cup	R1	Real Madrid	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
1995–96	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Maccabi Haifa	4–0	0–0	4–0
1995–96	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	R2	Rapid Wien	2–0	0–4 (aet)	2–4
1996–97	UEFA Cup	R1	Montpellier	1–0	1–1	2–1
1996–97	UEFA Cup	R2	Metz	2–1	0–2	2–3
1997–98	UEFA Champions League	QR2	Beitar Jerusalem	3–0	0–0	3–0
		GS	Monaco	3–0	2–3	3rd
			Lierse	2–1	1–1
			Bayer Leverkusen	0–2	1–4
1998–99	UEFA Cup	R1	Bologna	0–2	1–2	1–4
1999–2000	UEFA Cup	R1	Viking	1–0	0–3	1–3

Note: Sporting CP score always listed first.

From 2000–01 to present

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
2000–01	UEFA Champions League	GS1	Real Madrid	2–2	0–4	4th
			Bayer Leverkusen	0–0	2–3
			Spartak Moscow	0–3	1–3
2001–02	UEFA Cup	R1	Midtjylland	3–2	3–0	6–3
		R2	Halmstad	6–1	1–0	7–1
		R3	Milan	1–1	0–2	1–3
2002–03	UEFA Champions League	QR3	Internazionale	0–0	0–2	0–2
2002–03	UEFA Cup	R1	Partizan	1–3	3–3 (a.e.t.)	4–6
2003–04	UEFA Cup	R1	Malmö FF	2–0	1–0	3–0
2003–04	UEFA Cup	R2	Gençlerbirliği	0–3	1–1	1–4
2004–05	UEFA Cup	R1	Rapid Wien	2–0	0–0	2–0
		GS	Panionios	4–1	—	3rd
			Dinamo Tbilisi	—	4–0
			Sochaux	0–1	—
			Newcastle United	—	1–1
		R32	Feyenoord	2–1	2–1	4–2
		R16	Middlesbrough	1–0	3–2	4–2
		QF	Newcastle United	4–1	0–1	4–2
		SF	AZ	2–1	2–3 (a.e.t.)	4–4 (a)
		F	CSKA Moscow	—	—	1–3
2005–06	UEFA Champions League	QR3	Udinese	0–1	2–3	2–4
2005–06	UEFA Cup	R1	Halmstad	2–3 (a.e.t.)	2–1	4–4 (a)
2006–07	UEFA Champions League	GS	Internazionale	1–0	0–1	4th
			Spartak Moscow	1–3	1–1
			Bayern Munich	0–1	0–0
2007–08	UEFA Champions League	GS	Manchester United	0–1	1–2	3rd
			Dynamo Kyiv	2–1	3–0
			Roma	2–2	1–2
2007–08	UEFA Cup	R32	Basel	2–0	3–0	5–0
		R16	Bolton Wanderers	1–0	1–1	2–1
		QF	Rangers	0–2	0–0	0–2
2008–09	UEFA Champions League	GS	Barcelona	2–5	1–3	2nd
			Basel	2–0	1–0
			Shakhtar Donetsk	1–0	1–0
		R16	Bayern Munich	0–5	1–7	1–12
2009–10	UEFA Champions League	QR3	Twente	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
2009–10	UEFA Champions League	PO	Fiorentina	2–2	1–1	3–3 (a)
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	GS	Heerenveen	1–1	3–2	1st
			Hertha BSC	1–0	0–1
			Ventspils	1–1	2–1
		R32	Everton	1–2	3–0	4–2
		R16	Atlético Madrid	2–2	0–0	2–2 (a)
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	QR3	Nordsjælland	2–1	1–0	3–1
		PO	Brøndby	0–2	3–0	3–2
		GS	Lille	1–0	2–1	1st
			Levski Sofia	5–0	0–1
			Gent	5–1	1–3
		R32	Rangers	2–2	1–1	3–3 (a)
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	PO	Nordsjælland	2–1	0–0	2–1
		GS	Zürich	2–0	2–0	1st
			Lazio	2–1	0–2
			Vaslui	2–0	0–1
		R32	Legia Warsaw	1–0	2–2	3–2
		R16	Manchester City	1–0	2–3	3–3 (a)
		QF	Metalist Kharkiv	2–1	1–1	3–2
		SF	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	1–3	3–4
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	PO	Horsens	5–0	1–1	6–1
		GS	Basel	0–0	0–3	4th
			Videoton	2–1	0–3
			Genk	1–1	1–2
2014–15	UEFA Champions League	GS	Maribor	3–1	1–1	3rd
			Chelsea	0–1	1–3
			Schalke 04	4–2	3–4
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	R32	VfL Wolfsburg	0–0	0–2	0–2
2015–16	UEFA Champions League	PO	CSKA Moscow	2–1	1–3	3–4
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	GS	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–3	4–2	2nd
			Beşiktaş	3–1	1–1
			Skënderbeu	5–1	0–3
		R32	Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	1–3	1–4
2016–17	UEFA Champions League	GS	Real Madrid	1–2	1–2	4th
			Legia Warsaw	2–0	0–1
			Borussia Dortmund	1–2	0–1
2017–18	UEFA Champions League	PO	FCSB	0–0	5–1	5–1
		GS	Olympiacos	3–1	3–2	3rd
			Barcelona	0–1	0–2
			Juventus	1–1	1–2
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	R32	Astana	3–3	3–1	6–4
		R16	Viktoria Plzeň	2–0	1–2 (a.e.t.)	3–2
		QF	Atlético Madrid	1–0	0–2	1–2
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	GS	Qarabağ	2–0	6–1	2nd
			Vorskla Poltava	3–0	2–1
			Arsenal	0–1	0–0
		R32	Villarreal	0–1	1–1	1–2
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	GS	PSV Eindhoven	4–0	2–3	2nd
			Rosenborg	1–0	2–0
			LASK	2–1	0–3
		R32	İstanbul Başakşehir	3–1	1–4 (a.e.t.)	4–5
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	QR3	Aberdeen	1–0	—	—
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	PO	LASK	1–4	—	—
2021–22	UEFA Champions League	GS	Ajax	1–5	2–4	2nd
			Borussia Dortmund	3–1	0–1
			Beşiktaş	4–0	4–1
		R16	Manchester City	0–5	0–0	0–5
2022–23	UEFA Champions League	GS	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–2	3–0	3rd
			Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	1–1
			Marseille	0–2	1–4
2022–23	UEFA Europa League	KPO	Midtjylland	1–1	4–0	5–1
		R16	Arsenal	2–2 (a.e.t.)	1–1	3–3 (5–3 p)
		QF	Juventus	1–1	0–1	1–2
2023–24	UEFA Europa League	GS	Sturm Graz	3–0	2–1	2nd
			Atalanta	1–2	1–1
			Raków Częstochowa	2–1	1–1
		KPO	Young Boys	1–1	3–1	4–2
		R16	Atalanta	1–1	1–2	2–3
2024–25	UEFA Champions League	LP	Lille	2–0	—	23rd
			PSV Eindhoven	—	1–1
			Sturm Graz	—	2–0
			Manchester City	4–1	—
			Arsenal	1–5	—
			Club Brugge	—	1–2
			RB Leipzig	—	1–2
			Bologna	1–1	—
		KPO	Borussia Dortmund	0–3	0–0	0–3
2025–26	UEFA Champions League	LP	Kairat	4–1	—
			Napoli	—	1–2
			Marseille	2–1	—
			Juventus	—	1–1
			Club Brugge	3–0	—
			Bayern Munich	—	1–3
			Paris Saint-Germain		—
			Athletic Bilbao	—

Last updated: 9 December 2025
Note: Sporting CP score always listed first.

Overall record

By competition

As of 9 December 2025

Sporting Clube de Portugal record in European football by competition^[2]
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%^[a]
UEFA Champions League / European Cup	122	37	26	59	165	201	−36	030.33
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	40	18	9	13	82	49	+33	045.00
UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup	203	95	48	60	321	226	+95	046.80
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	19	8	5	6	34	25	+9	042.11
Total	384	158	88	138	602	501	+101	041.15

Finals

Year	Competition	Opposing team	Score	Venue
1964	Cup Winners' Cup	MTK Budapest	3–3 (1–0 rep)	Heysel Stadium, Brussels Bosuilstadion, Antwerp (rep)
2005	UEFA Cup	CSKA Moscow	1–3	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Notes

^ Win% is rounded to two decimal places.

References

^ "1963/64: Sporting at the second attempt". UEFA. 1 May 1964. Archived from the original on 29 June 2010.
^ "Sporting Histórico Competições". Zerozero.pt.

[3] Win% is rounded to two decimal places.

[1] "1963/64: Sporting at the second attempt". UEFA. 1 May 1964. Archived from the original on 29 June 2010.

[2] "Sporting Histórico Competições". Zerozero.pt.

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