1999-2000 SPORTING CP SQUAD

Primeira Liga : 1st
Taça de Portugal: Runners-up
UEFA Cup: First round

Top goalscorer: Alberto Acosta (22)
Head coach: Giuseppe Materazzi (from July until September)
Augusto Inácio (from September)


Goalkeepers:
Peter Schmeichel - age 36 - 1,96m - Denmark
Nélson Pereira - age 24 - 1,90m - Portugal

Right back:
Quim Berto - age 28 - 1,67m - Portugal
Abdelilah Saber - age 25 - 1,81m - Morocco
César Prates - age 24 - 1,74m - Brazil

Centre back:
Vinícius - age 22 - 1,85m - Brazil
Marcos - age 24 - 1,82m - Brazil
Vasco Faísca -  age 19 - 1,85m - Portugal
Beto - age 23 - 1,85m - Portugal
Facundo Quiroga - age 21 - 1,79m - Argentina
André Cruz - age 31 - 1,82m - Brazil

Left back:
Rui Jorge - age 26 - 1,70m - Portugal

Defensive midfield:
Delfim -  age 22 - 1,79m - Portugal
Aldo Duscher - age 20 - 1,80m - Argentina

Central midfield:
Luís Vidigal -  age 26 - 1,84m - Portugal
Mauricio Hanuch - age 23 - 1,72m - Argentina
Pedro Barbosa (c) - age 29 - 1,82m - Portugal

Attacking midfield:
Toñito - age 22 - 1,70m - Spain
Afonso Martins - age 26 - 1,70m - Portugal

Wing:
Juan Francisco Viveros - age 19 - 1,85m - Chile

Striker:
Ivaylo Yordanov - age 31 - 1,80m - Bulgaria
Beto Acosta - age 33 - 1,77m - Argentina
Kwame Ayew - age 26 - 1,79m - Ghana
Edmílson - age 28 -1,82m - Brazil
Mbo Mpenza - age 23 -1,77m - Belgium