The 2016–17 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga NOS for sponsorship reasons) was the 83rd season of the Primeira Liga, the top Portuguese professional league for association football clubs.
Benfica successfully defended their title, winning the league for a fourth consecutive season and record-extending 36th time.
Teams For the third consecutive season, the league was contested by a total of 18 teams, which included the best 16 sides from the 2015–16 season and two promoted from the 2015–16 LigaPro.
Porto B won the 2015–16 LigaPro title on 8 May 2016, but as the reserve team of Primeira Liga side Porto they were ineligible for promotion, which meant that the third-placed team would be promoted instead. On the same day, Chaves drew 1–1 with Portimonense to secure the return to the top flight of Portuguese football, 17 years after their last appearance in the 1998–99 season. On the final matchday, Feirense secured the third place and last promotion slot after drawing 1–1 with Chaves; they return to the Primeira Liga four years after their last appearance in the 2011–12 season.
The two promoted clubs replaced Académica and União da Madeira. Académica confirmed their relegation on 7 May 2016 after a run of 14 consecutive seasons in the Primeira Liga, following a goalless draw against Braga. On the last matchday, União da Madeira's 2–1 defeat against Rio Ave also sealed their relegation, one season after having been promoted.
Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity2015–16 finish Arouca Arouca Estádio Municipal de Arouca 5,000 5th Belenenses Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 19,856 9th Benfica Lisbon Estádio da Luz 64,642 1st Boavista Porto Estádio do Bessa 30,000 14th Braga Braga Estádio Municipal de Braga 30,286 4th Chaves Chaves Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira 8,000 2nd (LP) Estoril Estoril Estádio António Coimbra da Mota 8,000 8th Feirense Santa Maria da Feira Estádio Marcolino de Castro 5,401 3rd (LP) Marítimo Funchal Estádio do Marítimo 10,600 13th Moreirense Moreira de Cónegos Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas 6,153 12th Nacional Funchal Estádio da Madeira 5,586 11th Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira Estádio Capital do Móvel 6,404 7th Porto Porto Estádio do Dragão 50,035 3rd Rio Ave Vila do Conde Estádio dos Arcos 9,065 6th Sporting CP Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 50,044 2nd Tondela Tondela Estádio João Cardoso 5,000 16th Vitória de Guimarães Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 30,008 10th Vitória de Setúbal Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 13,468 15th
Personnel and sponsors
Team Manager Captain Kit Manufacturer Sponsors Arouca Jorge Leitão Nuno Coelho Joma Banco BIC Belenenses Domingos Paciência Gonçalo Brandão Lacatoni Kia Motors Benfica Rui Vitória Luisão Adidas Emirates Boavista Miguel Leal Idris Lacatoni Mestre da Cor Braga Jorge Simão Alan Lacatoni Visit Braga Chaves Ricardo Soares Nélson Lenho Lacatoni Chaves - Capital Termal Estoril Pedro Emanuel Diogo Amado Nike Banco BIC Feirense Nuno Manta Cris Legea Mestre da Cor Marítimo Daniel Ramos Fransérgio Nike Santander Totta Moreirense Petit André Micael CDT — Nacional João de Deus Rui Correia Hummel Santander Totta Paços de Ferreira Vasco Seabra Ricardo Lacatoni Fixpaços Porto Nuno Espírito Santo Héctor Herrera New Balance MEO Rio Ave Luís Castro Tarantini Adidas MEO Sporting CP Jorge Jesus Adrien Silva Macron NOS Tondela Pepa Kaká CDT Laboratórios BASI Vitória de Guimarães Pedro Martins Josué Sá Macron Shirt sponsor varies from match to match Vitória de Setúbal José Couceiro Frederico Venâncio Hummel Kia Motors
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Chaves Vítor OliveiraMutual consent 10 May 2016 Pre-season Jorge Simão 21 May 2016 Rio Ave Pedro MartinsMutual consent 17 May 2016 Capucho 20 May 2016 Vitória de Setúbal Quim MachadoMutual consent 18 May 2016 José Couceiro 25 May 2016 Vitória de Guimarães Sérgio ConceiçãoMutual consent 18 May 2016 Pedro Martins 25 May 2016 Moreirense Miguel LealContract expired 19 May 2016 Pepa 20 May 2016 Paços de Ferreira Jorge Simão Mutual consent 21 May 2016 Carlos Pinto 25 May 2016 Marítimo Nelo Vingada Contract expired 23 May 2016 Paulo César Gusmão 1 June 2016 Porto José Peseiro Sacked 30 May 2016 Nuno Espírito Santo 1 June 2016 Braga Paulo Fonseca Signed by Shakhtar Donetsk 31 May 2016 José Peseiro 6 June 2016 Marítimo Paulo César Gusmão Mutual consent 19 September 2016 17th Daniel Ramos 22 September 2016 Belenenses Julio Velázquez Mutual consent 5 October 2016 8th Quim Machado 6 October 2016 Boavista Erwin Sánchez Sacked 10 October 2016 13th Miguel Leal 11 October 2016 Rio Ave Capucho Sacked 10 November 2016 13th Luís Castro 14 November 2016 Moreirense Pepa Sacked 21 November 2016 16th Leandro Mendes (caretaker) 22 November 2016 Moreirense Leandro Mendes (caretaker) Ended caretaking role 28 November 2016 18th Augusto Inácio 28 November 2016 Paços de Ferreira Carlos Pinto Sacked 28 November 2016 15th Vasco Seabra 28 November 2016(as caretaker)13 December 2016(confirmed) Estoril Fabiano Sacked 11 December 2016 11th Filipe Pedro (caretaker) 11 December 2016 Braga José Peseiro Sacked 15 December 2016 4th Abel Ferreira (caretaker) 15 December 2016 Estoril Filipe Pedro (caretaker) Ended caretaking role 15 December 2016 11th Pedro Gómez Carmona 15 December 2016 Chaves Jorge Simão Signed by Braga 19 December 2016 7th Carlos Pires (caretaker) 19 December 2016 Braga Abel Ferreira (caretaker) Ended caretaking role 19 December 2016 3rd Jorge Simão 19 December 2016 Feirense José Mota Sacked 20 December 2016 17th Nuno Manta (caretaker) 20 December 2016(as caretaker)30 December 2016(confirmed) Chaves Carlos Pires (caretaker) Ended caretaking role 20 December 2016 8th Ricardo Soares 20 December 2016 Nacional Manuel Machado Mutual consent 28 December 2016 16th Predrag Jokanović 30 December 2016 Tondela Petit Resigned 9 January 2017 18th Pepa 10 January 2017 Estoril Pedro Gómez Carmona Resigned 8 March 2017 15th Pedro Emanuel 8 March 2017 Moreirense Augusto Inácio Mutual consent 20 March 2017 16th Petit 20 March 2017 Nacional Predrag Jokanović Mutual consent 21 March 2017 18th João de Deus 21 March 2017 Arouca Manuel Machado Mutual consent 21 March 2017 14th Jorge Leitão 21 March 2017 Belenenses Quim Machado Sacked 18 April 2017 12th Domingos Paciência 18 April 2017 Braga Jorge Simão Mutual consent 23 April 2017 5th Abel Ferreira 26 April 2017
Season summary
League table
Positions by round
Results
Statistics
Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals 1 Bas DostSporting CP 34 2 SoaresPorto 19 3 Kostas MitroglouBenfica 16 André SilvaPorto5 JonasBenfica13 Moussa MaregaVitória de Guimarães7 WelthonPaços de Ferreira11 Rui FonteBraga9 PizziBenfica1010 HernâniVitória de Guimarães8
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Okacha Hamzaoui Nacional Feirense 0–3 Diogo Jota Porto Nacional 0–4 Moussa Marega Vitória de Guimarães Rio Ave 0–3 Jorginho Arouca Moreirense 1–4 Bas Dost4 Sporting CP Tondela 1–4 Bas Dost Sporting CP Boavista 4–0 Bas Dost Sporting CP Braga 3–2 Bas Dost Sporting CP Chaves 4–1
Top assists
Rank Player Club Assists1 Gelson MartinsSporting CP8 PizziBenfica Alex TellesPorto Wilson EduardoBraga5 Pedro SantosBraga7 Iuri MedeirosBoavista7 Nélson SemedoBenfica6 Moussa MaregaVitória de Guimarães OtávioPorto MateusArouca RaphinhaVitória de Guimarães Eduardo SalvioBenfica PatrickMarítimo
Scoring
First goal of the season: Marcelo, for Rio Ave vs Porto (12 August 2016) Latest goal of the season: Bas Dost, for Sporting CP vs Chaves (21 May 2017) Biggest home win: Porto 7–0 Nacional (4 March 2017) Biggest away win: Nacional 0–4 Porto (1 October 2016) Feirense 0–4 Porto (11 December 2016) Highest scoring match: 8 goals Vitória de Guimarães 5–3 Paços de Ferreira (26 August 2016) Braga 6–2 Feirense (28 November 2016) Biggest winning margin: 7 goals Porto 7–0 Nacional (4 March 2017) Most goals scored in a match by a team: 7 goals Porto 7–0 Nacional (4 March 2017)
Match streaks
Longest winning run: 9 matches Porto, from matchday 17 (15 January 2017) to matchday 25 (10 March 2016) Longest unbeaten run: 30 matches Porto, from matchday 4 (10 September 2016) to matchday 33 (14 May 2017) Longest winless run: 9 matches Feirense, from matchday 6 (24 September 2016) to matchday 14 (19 December 2016) Longest losing run: 7 matches Estoril, from matchday 13 (9 December 2016) to matchday 19 (28 January 2017) Arouca from matchday 21 (10 February 2017) to matchday 27 (2 April 2017) Belenenses from matchday 25 (13 March 2017) to matchday 31 (30 April 2017) Most consecutive draws: 4 matches Chaves, from matchday 9 (31 October 2016) to matchday 12 (4 December 2016) Paços de Ferreira from matchday 23 (25 February 2017) to matchday 26 (18 March 2017)
Discipline
Club Most yellow cards: 100 Feirense Most red cards: 9 Tondela
Player Most yellow cards: 14 Vítor Bruno (Feirense) Most red cards: 3 Tobias Figueiredo (Nacional)
Awards
Monthly awards SJPF Young Player of the Month
MonthPlayerClubVote percentageAugust/September Gelson Martins Sporting CP 19.23%October/November Gonçalo Guedes Benfica15.75%December Gelson Martins Sporting CP 16.34%January André Silva Porto 14.26%February Nélson Semedo Benfica25.11%March João Carvalho Vitória de Setúbal 19.97%April João Carvalho Vitória de Setúbal 20.08%
Goal of the month
MonthScorerForAgainstStadiumDateVote percentageAugust Pedro Santos Braga Vitória de Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 14 August 201643.56%September Salvador Agra Nacional Marítimo Estádio da Madeira 16 September 201655.56%October Yacine Brahimi Porto Arouca Estádio do Dragão 22 October 201640.74%November Renato Santos Boavista Rio Ave Estádio dos Arcos 5 November 201637.04%December Bruno César Sporting CP Vitória de Setúbal Estádio José Alvalade 3 December 201631.75%January Roberto Rodrigo Moreirense Feirense Parque Joaquim de Almeida Freitas 2 February 201750.55%February Hernâni Vitória de Guimarães Belenenses Estádio do Restelo 19 February 201730.56%March Zainadine Júnior Marítimo Arouca Estádio do Marítimo 19 March 201755.56%April Victor Lindelöf Benfica Sporting CP Estádio José Alvalade 22 April 201727.77%May Nildo Petrolina Moreirense Braga Parque Joaquim Almeida Freitas 5 May 201751.70%
Annual awards Player of the Season The Player of the Season was awarded to Pizzi (Benfica) Manager of the Season The Manager of the Season was awarded to Rui Vitória (Benfica) Young Player of the Season The Young Player of the Year was awarded to Nelson Semedo (Benfica)
Goalkeeper of the Season
The Goalkeeper of the Year was awarded to Ederson (Benfica)
Team of the Year Team of the Year Team of the Year Goalkeeper Rui Patrício (Sporting CP) Defenders Alex Telles (Porto) Sebastián Coates (Sporting CP) Felipe (Porto) Nélson Semedo (Benfica) Midfielders Danilo Pereira (Porto) William Carvalho (Sporting CP) Pizzi (Benfica) Forwards Gelson Martins (Sporting CP) Jonas (Benfica) Yacine Brahimi (Porto) Goal of the season The goal of the season was disputed by all the previous winners of the monthly polls. RankScorerVote percentage 1st Hernâni33.55% 2nd Roberto Rodrigo13.56% 3rd Salvador Agra9.78%
Attendances
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