PRIMEIRA LIGA · 2016/17 · ARCHIVE
Sporting Clube de Portugal 2016/17 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2016/17 · top earner Bas Dost on £52,000 per week · see the current Sporting Clube de Portugal wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £500k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £26m
SQUAD SIZE107
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £20k
We hold a wage for all 107 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 20 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Sporting Clube de Portugal pay £586,401 a week in 2026/27 — 17% higher than the £500,170 of 2016/17.
Where the money went in 2016/17
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 15 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2016/17 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bas Dost | £52,000 | £2,704,000 | 27 | ST | Holland | ||
| William Carvalho | £45,000 | £2,340,000 | 24 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Adrien Silva | £44,000 | £2,288,000 | 27 | M C | Portugal | ||
| Joel Campbell | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | 24 | AM RL, ST | Costa Rica | ||
| Bryan Ruíz | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | 30 | AM LC | Costa Rica | ||
| Rui Patrício | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 28 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Douglas (Douglas Franco Teixeira) | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | 28 | D C | Holland | ||
| Ezequiel Schelotto | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | 27 | D/WB/AM R | Italy | ||
| Alan Ruiz | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | 22 | AM C | Argentina | ||
| Sebastián Coates | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 25 | D C | Uruguay | ||
| Bruno Paulista | £18,000 | £936,000 | 20 | DM | Brazil | ||
| Bruno César | £18,000 | £936,000 | 27 | D L, AM LC | Brazil | ||
| Luc Castaignos | £15,000 | £780,000 | 23 | ST | Holland | ||
| Jefferson | £13,000 | £676,000 | 27 | D/WB L | Brazil | ||
| Gelson Martins | £12,000 | £624,000 | 21 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Beto | £9,500 | £494,000 | 34 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Azbe Jug | £7,500 | £390,000 | 24 | GK | Slovenia | ||
| Marvin Zeegelaar | £6,900 | £358,800 | 25 | D/AM L | Holland | ||
| Paulo Oliveira | £6,800 | £353,600 | 24 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Pedro Delgado | £6,800 | £353,600 | 19 | AM RC | Portugal | ||
| Ricardo Esgaio | £6,700 | £348,400 | 23 | D/WB RL, AM R | Portugal | ||
| Matheus Pereira | £5,900 | £306,800 | 20 | AM RLC | Brazil | ||
| André Geraldes | £5,500 | £286,000 | 25 | D RL | Portugal | ||
| Ryan Gauld | £4,700 | £244,400 | 20 | M C | Scotland | ||
| Daniel Podence | £3,400 | £176,800 | 20 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Francisco Geraldes | £3,300 | £171,600 | 21 | AM C | Portugal | ||
| Pedro Empis | £2,800 | £145,600 | 19 | D/WB L, AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Rúben Semedo | £2,700 | £140,400 | 22 | D C, DM | Portugal | ||
| Bubacar Djaló | £2,500 | £130,000 | 19 | DM | Portugal | ||
| David Sualehe | £2,400 | £124,800 | 19 | D/M L | Portugal | ||
| Gélson Dala | £2,200 | £114,400 | 19 | ST | Angola | ||
| João Palhinha | £2,100 | £109,200 | 20 | D C, DM | Portugal | ||
| Mauro Riquicho | £1,900 | £98,800 | 21 | D/WB R | Portugal | ||
| Pedro Marques | £1,800 | £93,600 | 18 | ST | Portugal | ||
| Bruno Fernandes | £1,500 | £78,000 | 19 | AM RL, ST | Portugal | ||
| Bruno Paz | £1,500 | £78,000 | 18 | D RC, DM | Portugal | ||
| Diogo Nunes | £1,400 | £72,800 | 19 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Fábio Martins | £1,300 | £67,600 | 20 | M C | Portugal | ||
| Edu Pinheiro | £1,300 | £67,600 | 18 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Guilherme Ramos | £1,200 | £62,400 | 18 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Ivanildo Fernandes | £1,100 | £57,200 | 20 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Luís Elói | £1,000 | £52,000 | 20 | AM RL, ST | Portugal | ||
| Budaq Nəsirov | £920 | £47,840 | 19 | DM | Azerbaijan | ||
| Mama Baldé | £900 | £46,800 | 20 | D/WB R | Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Guima | £870 | £45,240 | 20 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Pedro Silva | £800 | £41,600 | 19 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Rafael Leão | £760 | £39,520 | 17 | AM L, ST | Portugal | ||
| Vladimir Stojkovic | £720 | £37,440 | 19 | GK | Serbia | ||
| Ronaldo Tavares | £700 | £36,400 | 18 | ST | Portugal | ||
| Rafael Barbosa | £700 | £36,400 | 20 | AM RC | Portugal | ||
| Thierry Rendall Correia | £600 | £31,200 | 17 | D RL | Portugal | ||
| Aya Diouf | £580 | £30,160 | 19 | D C | Senegal | ||
| Kiki Kouyaté | £550 | £28,600 | 19 | D C | Mali | ||
| Jefferson Encada | £190 | £9,880 | 18 | AM RL | Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Tiago Simões | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Vicente Mateus | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM C | Portugal | ||
| Ricky | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | ST | Portugal | ||
| Gonçalo Costa | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D L | Portugal | ||
| Paulo Lima | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | M C | Portugal | ||
| Ivo Cláudio | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D/M L | Portugal | ||
| João Ricciulli | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Tomás Silva | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM C | Portugal | ||
| João Oliveira | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | D R | Portugal | ||
| Dimitar Mitrevski | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | AM C | FYR Macedonia | ||
| Sérgio Félix | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | D L, AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Gabriel Pajé | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | AM/F C | Brazil | ||
| Diogo Brás | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| André Franco | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | AM C | Portugal | ||
| Manuel Pami | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | DM | Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Gonçalo Vieira | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Miguel Lopes | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | D RC | Portugal | ||
| Diogo Rodrigues | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D/AM R | Portugal | ||
| Gil Santos | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | AM RL, ST | Portugal | ||
| Diogo Sousa | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Rafael Van der Laan | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Filipe Semedo | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Rodrigo Vaza | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Edmilson Santos | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM C | Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Paulo Rodrigues | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | ST | Portugal | ||
| Tiago Rodrigues | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | ST | Portugal | ||
| Alex Petrice | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D/WB/M L | Romania | ||
| David Moreira | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Bernardo Sousa | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | M C | Portugal | ||
| João Bacalhau | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Nuno Moreira | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | AM RC | Portugal | ||
| Leonardo Almeida | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | AM RLC | Portugal | ||
| Leandro Tipote | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| João Mendes | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | D/AM L | Portugal | ||
| Rúben Teixeira | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | AM L, ST | Portugal | ||
| Bernardo Prego | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Tiago Djaló | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Jovane Cabral | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | AM RL | Cape Verde | ||
| João Moutinho | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | D L | Portugal | ||
| João Silva | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Miguel Luís | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | M C | Portugal | ||
| Nuno Sualehe | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Frederico Duarte | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | AM C | Portugal | ||
| Babacar Fati | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM RC | Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Daniel Bragança | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Miguel Velosa | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Chiquinho | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | ST | Portugal | ||
| Luís Maximiano | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Douglas Aurélio | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | AM RL, ST | Brazil | ||
| Pedro Ferreira | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | DM, AM LC | Portugal | ||
| Dinis Ieseanu | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Abdu Conté | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | D LC | Portugal | ||
| Elves Baldé | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
Wage vs age, 2016/17
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2016/17 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
65 Under £1k 2%
10 £1k-£2k 3%
9 £2k-£5k 5%
8 £5k-£10k 11%
8 £10k-£25k 28%
7 £25k-£100k 51%
Top 5 earners took 40% of the squad wage bill, across the 107 players we hold a 2016/17 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2016/17 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Sporting Clube de Portugal wages, 2016/17
What was Sporting Clube de Portugal's wage bill in 2016/17?
Sporting Clube de Portugal paid £500,170 a week in 2016/17 - £26,008,840 across the year - spread over a squad of 107. We hold a wage for all 107 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Sporting Clube de Portugal player in 2016/17?
Bas Dost was the highest earner in the 2016/17 squad on £52,000 a week, 2.5x the 22+ squad average of £20,430.
What was the average Sporting Clube de Portugal salary in 2016/17?
The average Sporting Clube de Portugal player aged 22 or over earned £20,430 a week in 2016/17, across the 20 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 107. The top five earners took 40% of the bill between them.
How do Sporting Clube de Portugal's 2016/17 wages compare with now?
Sporting Clube de Portugal pay £586,401 a week in 2026/27, 17% higher than the £500,170 of 2016/17. The current squad is 98 players against 107 then.