This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Sporting Clube de Portugal. Generally, this means players that have played a significant number of first-class matches for the club. Other players who have played an important role for the club can be included, but the reason why they have been included should be added in the 'Notes' column.

For a list of all Sporting CP players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Sporting CP players, and for the current squad see the main Sporting CP article.

Players are listed according to the date of their first team debut. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included.

Table

Name NationalityPositionSporting careerAppearancesGoalsNotesFrancisco dos Santos MF1908-191140Francisco StrompFW1908-19244313Jaime GonçalvesFW1914-19275830Torres PereiraFW1916-1927628João MaiaFW1917-19297826DF1920-19301090 1928 Summer Olympics participantHenrique PortelaMF1920-1929351Serra e MouraMF1924-19307410FW1925-19294631 1928 Summer Olympics participantArtur DysonGK1930-1936620Alfredo ValadasFW1931-1933114Rui AraújoMF1932-19391053FW1933-194510499Rudolf JenyFW1933-1934256MF1935-19512194GK1935-19534240Joaquim AlcobiaMF1935-1936120Wilhelm PossakFW1935-1937157Mário GalvãoDF1935-194000Aníbal PaciênciaMF1936-1937 194319441808João Cruz FW1936-1947278144/FW1937-1949197332MF1938-195219726Álvaro CardosoMF1938-19481481Georges DemulderFW1940-1941148LW1943-1953157127FW1943-1956335162LW1946-1959321129 13 August 1955; Windsor Park, Belfast: Great Britain 1–4 Rest of EuropeEngland Player Honours - International Representative Teams. England Football Online, 14 February 2005. Retrieved on 5 July 2006. participantManuel VasquesFW1946-1959278190João Martins FW1946-1959204131/DF1949-19513637/MF1949-19581799Carlos Gomes GK1950-19581780José RitaGK1952-195500/FW1953-195462János HrotkóFW1953-1955355Octávio de SáGK1954-1960760Léon MokunaFW1954-19571319José PéridesMF1955-1960 1961–19641319DF1956-1963/1964-19651601MF1956-19682252/MF1957-19641459DF1958-19671274MF1958-196919250 1966 FIFA World Cup participantGK1958-19702440/DF1958-19734710 1966 FIFA World Cup participantBé FW1958-196170FW1959-19614017Jose Ferdinando PugliaMF1959-19615758FW1960-1968232148DF1960-1971942 1966 FIFA World Cup participant/FW1962-19652512DF1962-19742483 1966 FIFA World Cup participantOsvaldo da SilvaMF1962-19667427Barroca GK1963-1970190Alfredo MoreiraDF1963-1967450FW1964-1972219145Jean-Pierre Serra FW1964-19652512Armando ManhiçaDF1964-1970860MF1965-1968/1969-197220065 Brazil Independence Cup participantFrancisco CalóDF1965-1972741GK1966-1976/1984-19893320Manaca /DF1966-1968 1969–1975 1977–19782016FW1967-197723770FW1968-197616843Pedras MF1968-1971419/LW1969-197515127 Brazil Independence Cup participantNélson FernandesMF1969-197619570Fernando ToméMF1970-19769710João LaranjeiraDF1970-19791512António BotelhoGK1970-1974 197–1979580FW1971-1975104104 1974 FIFA World Cup participantWágner MF1971-1975859Jorge JesusMF1973-1976121Baltasar GonçalvesFW1973-19791038Paulo Rocha MF1973-1976280Dé AranhaFW1973-1975135DF1974-19821575Rui PalharesMF1974-1977150Valter CostaMF1974-1977500FW1975-1987326189Amândio BarreirasDF1975-1977140MF1976-1978/1981-198814210FW1976-19798332LW1976-198310111 Francisco BarãoDF1976-19831141ConhéGK1976-1977200ManoelFW1976-198111742FW1977-1979 1979–1987207140 UEFA Euro 1984 participantJoaquim MurçaDF1977-1979100Artur CorreiaDF1977-1979 1979–1980630Eurico GomesDF1979-1982892Lito MF1979-198511317MF1980-1991/1994-199623013Peta Bala'cGK/MF1980150MF1981-19856727Ferenc Mészáros GK1981-1983570Joaquim MeloGK1981-198490DF1982-19922099Fernando FestasDF1982-1984260Vanio KostovMF1982-1985494Vjeran SimunićGK1983-198300LW1983-1984213 Béla KatzirzGK1983-1986300Rodger WyldeFW1983-198491DF1983-19891404 Romeu SilvaMF1983-1986413MF1984-19865413 1986 FIFA World Cup participantMF1984-1986392 1986 FIFA World Cup participantJosé ForbsFW1984-1986 1988–1989294MF1984-199215010MF1984-1991/1994-199830839 UEFA Euro 1996 participantDF1985-1989911Raphael MeadeFW1985-198840 24José Lima FW1985-1992626FW1986153Rob McDonaldFW/MF198661ZinhoMF1986-1987222Silvinho MF1986-1988487Rui CorreiaGK1986-1988150MF1987-198800FW1987-19909438Marlon BrandãoFW1987-1990558Tony SealyFW1987-1988299Peter HoutmanFW1987-1988193FW1987-199516462Amadou Pathé DialloMF1987-1988584DF1988101GK1988-1989160Hans EskilssonFW/DF1988-198971Ali Hassan MF1988-1991220MF1988-19904711 1989 Copa América participantCarlos ManuelMF1988-1990484Jorge AmaralMF1988-1994290DF1989-1992823FW1989-19916331GK1989-19931330 1990 FIFA World Cup participantDF1989-1995657 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship and 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship participantRW1989-199513716 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship and 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship participantDouglasMF1989-199112414José LealDF1989-199411812Pedro Dias FW1989-199200Vlado BozinovskiMF1990-1991110João Oliveira PintoMF1990-199200DF1991-19961153 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship participantMF1991–19951996–199712431991 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and 1996 Summer Olympics participantMF1991-199513843 1994 FIFA World Cup participantBoncho GenchevMF1991-199220FW1991-200118355 1994 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 1996 and 1998 FIFA World Cup participantFernando NélsonDF1991-19961152MF1992-1993255DF1992-1994695 1994 FIFA World Cup participantRW1992-19956510 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship participantFW1992-19957425LW1992-1997120Pedro BarnyDF1992-1993300PoejoMF1992-1996130Luís BilroDF1992-199300MF1993-1994312FW1993-1995222DF1993-1997627GK1993-1997760 1996 Summer Olympics, 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship participantAnselmo RibeiroMF/FW1993-199600Zoran LemajićGK1993-1995240MF1994-1996100 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship participantLW1994-19965117 1994 FIFA World Cup, 1994 Africa Cup of Nations and 1996 Summer Olympics participantDF1994-1996645DF1994-1999361DF1994-19991343DF1994-200624121 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1996 Summer Olympics, UEFA Euro 2000 and 2002 FIFA World Cup participantChiquinho CondeFW1994-1995273FW1994-1997/2000-200617434 UEFA Euro 1996 participantMarco Aurélio DF1994-19991343LW1995-1997624 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and 1996 Summer Olympics participantFW1995-19986822 1996 Summer Olympics participantMF1995-20001105 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, 1996 Summer Olympics and UEFA Euro 2000 participantLuís Miguel DF1995-1998410MF1995-2002655 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and 1996 Summer Olympics participantMF1995-200525941UEFA Euro 1996 participantTomáš SkuhravýFW1995-199640GK1995-2012850Ahmed OuattaraFW1995-1997205Dani MF1995-199690Assis MF1995-1996 199882Tiago Ferreira GK1995-2012850MF1996-1997273Jean-Jacques Missé-MisséFW1996-199740GK1996-1998500 Andrija BalajićDF1996-199730DF1996-2000/2006-2007/2008-2011691Nuno AssisMF1996-200100Carlos FernandesDF1996-199920Luís Boa MorteMF1996-199700Gil BaianoDF1996-1997220FW1997-1998292 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship and 1998 FIFA World Cup participantSimão SabrosaLW1997-19995312 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship participantDF1997-2001610 1998 FIFA World Cup participantGK1997-2006660Quim BertoDF1997-2001483Nuno Santos GK1997-200510Nenê DF1997-199840Didier LangDF1997-1998242Leandro MachadoFW1997-19993512DF1998-199951MF1998-2000556 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship participantEdmílson FW/MF1998-20006619MF1998-2001587DF1998-2004732Petar KrpanFW1998-1999293Alberto AcostaFW1998-20017839Julián KmetMF1998-200010DF1998-20051925 UEFA Euro 2000, 2002 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2004 participantIvo DamasMF1998-200280Vasco FaíscaDF1998-200000Bino MF1998-2001412Alhandra DF1998-199900Bruno MarioniFW1998-1999161Leão MF199820LW1999-2000253FW1999-2000267GK1999-2001550 UEFA Euro 2000 participantMauricio HanuchMF1999-2003120DF1999-2002789ToñitoMF1999-2004879MarcosDF1999-200050Juan Francisco ViverosFW1999-200130Santamaria DF1999-200630Carlos FumoMF1999-200300Antonio RobainaMF1999-200030MF2000-2001233FW2000-2001353 UEFA Euro 2000 participantDF2000-2002370DF2000-2003842FW2000-200411528 2002 FIFA World Cup participantPavel HorváthMF2000-2001191Jovan KirovskiFW2000-200150Alan MahonMF2000-200110MF2000-2004922 2002 FIFA World Cup participantRobert ŠpeharFW2000-2001115Dimas DF2000-2002102Carlos Martins MF2000-2007769MF2001-2002/2004-2005587 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and Men's Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics participantFW2001-20034953RW2001-2003598 LW2001-2003253MF2001-2004551FW2001-20055914MF2001-2007954 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship participant MF2001-20071138 2000 Summer Olympics and 2010 FIFA World Cup participantMario CáceresFW200110Luís Filipe DF2001-2004180Diogo MatosMF2001-200440DF2002-2003302 2000 Summer Olympics and 2010 FIFA World Cup participantDimitris NalitzisFW2002110/LW2002-2005100 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and Men's Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics participantVitali KutuzovFW2002-2003233Custódio CastroMF2002-2007954Jorge VidigalDF200210MF2003–20052008–20096611GK2003-20071250 UEFA Euro 2004 and 2006 FIFA World Cup participant./FW2003-2011313174 2010 FIFA World Cup participantElpídio SilvaFW2003-2006296Clayton FW2003-200580DF2003-20122210PaítoDF2003-2004240Mário Sérgio DF2003-2006120Luís LourençoFW2003-2006174DF2004-2005190DF2004-2006414FW2004-2007475 2006 Africa Cup of Nations participantFW2004–2007205Tinga MF2004200José Semedo MF2004-200700Silvestre VarelaMF2004-200820FW2005-2006369MF2005-2010984 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, UEFA Euro 2008 and 2010 FIFA World Cup participantMF2005–20072014–2015589 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship participantMF2005–201016321 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and UEFA Euro 2008 participant Wender FW200590DF2005-201011710Edson DF2005-200610Mário FelgueirasGK2005-200700Bruninho MF2005-200600Yannick DjalóFW/MF2005-20119823Emídio RafaelDF2005-200700MotaFW200550GK2006-20183270 UEFA Euro 2008, UEFA Euro 2012, 2014 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2016 participantMF2006 2006–2009657Pontus FarnerudMF2006-2008230Yannick PupoMF2006-200800Koke FW200662Ronny MF2006-2010381Abel FerreiraDF2006–20111112Carlos Paredes MF2006-2008180Carlos BuenoFW2006-2007144Bruno PereirinhaMF2006-2013862CelestinoMF2006-200900Zezinando/MF2006-200900David CaiadoMF2006-200810AlecsandroFW2006-2007358Fábio PaimFW2006-201000FW2007-2009278RW2007–201113427GK2007-201090 Men's Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics participantDF2007–2012912MF2007–201716832 UEFA Euro 2016 participantMarián HadDF2007-200850MF2007-2008 2008–2013599 UEFA Euro 2012 participantLuis Páez FW2007-200920Milan PurovićFW2007-2011152Fábio PaímMF2007-201000Tiago PintoDF2007-200900GladstoneDF2007-2008131Pedro SilvaDF2007-2011241FW2008–201111318 UEFA Euro 2008 participantRodrigo TiuíFW2008-2009141André Santos MF2008-2013372William Owusu FW2008-201400Ricardo BatistaGK2008-201100Marco Matias MF2008-201000MF2009–201211719 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2011 Copa América participant Miguel Ángel AnguloMF/FW/DF200940Ibrahim RabiuMF2009-201000Victor GolasGK2009-201400Rui FonteFW2009-201100Felipe CaicedoFW200970Renato NetoMF2009-201481Pedro MendesDF2009-201330André MartinsMF2009-2016723MF2010–2011180 2010 FIFA World Cup participantMF2010–2011171MexerDF2010-201200DF2010–2015672 UEFA Euro 2016 participantEvaldo DF2010-2014420Florent Sinama PongolleFW2010-201251Timo HildebrandGK2010-201100DF2010–20122015–2016