2015–16 Primeira Liga

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The 2015–16 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga NOS for sponsorship reasons) was the 82nd season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. The fixtures were determined by draw on 4 July 2015.[3] The season began on 14 August 2015 and concluded on 15 May 2016.[4]

Season2015–16
Dates14 August 2015 – 15 May 2016
ChampionsBenfica
35th title
RelegatedUnião da Madeira
Académica
Quick facts Season, Dates ...
Primeira Liga
Season2015–16
Dates14 August 2015 – 15 May 2016
ChampionsBenfica
35th title
RelegatedUnião da Madeira
Académica
Champions LeagueBenfica
Sporting CP
Porto
Europa LeagueBraga
Arouca
Rio Ave
Matches306
Goals831 (2.72 per match)
Best PlayerJonas[1]
Top goalscorerJonas (32 goals)
Best goalkeeperRui Patrício
Biggest home winBenfica 6–0 Belenenses
(11 September 2015)
Paços de Ferreira 6–0 União da Madeira
(12 December 2015)
Benfica 6–0 Marítimo
(6 January 2016)
Biggest away winVitória de Setúbal 0–6 Sporting CP
(6 January 2016)
Highest scoringMarítimo 5–2 Vitória de Setúbal
(13 September 2015)
Vitória de Guimarães 3–4 Marítimo
(12 December 2015)
Académica 4–3 Belenenses
(14 December 2015)
Moreirense 3–4 Vitória de Guimarães
(6 January 2016)
Tondela 3–4 Marítimo
(21 February 2016)
Belenenses 2–5 Sporting CP
(4 April 2016)
União da Madeira 3–4 Paços de Ferreira
(17 April 2016)
Longest winning run12 matches
Benfica
Longest unbeaten run14 matches
Benfica
Porto
Longest winless run15 matches
Vitória de Setúbal
Longest losing run6 matches
Académica
Tondela
Highest attendance64,235[2]
Benfica 4–1 Nacional
(15 May 2016)
Lowest attendance705[2]
Arouca 1–0 Estoril
(6 January 2016)
Total attendance3,313,851
Average attendance10,830
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Benfica won their third consecutive and 35th overall title, after beating Nacional 4–1 in their last match. They finished the league with a record 88 points in 34 matches (from 29 wins and one draw), two points more than runners-up Sporting CP.[5]

Tondela and União da Madeira entered the season as the two promoted teams from the 2014–15 Segunda Liga. On the last matchday, both teams were at risk of returning to the second division, but the combination of their results dictated União da Madeira's relegation alongside Académica.[5]

Teams

For the second consecutive season, the league was contested by a total of 18 teams, which included the best 16 sides from the 2014–15 season and two promoted from the 2014–15 Segunda Liga.

Tondela made their debut in the top flight of Portuguese football, after winning the 2014–15 Segunda Liga title. while runners-up União da Madeira returned for the first time since the 1994–95 season.[6] These two clubs replaced Gil Vicente, relegated after four seasons in the Primeira Liga, and Penafiel, who returned to the second division one season after being promoted.

For the first time since the 1990–91 season, the autonomous region of Madeira was again represented at the highest level of Portuguese football with three teams: União da Madeira, Marítimo and Nacional, all set in Funchal making the madeirense capital the second town having three teams in Primeira Liga after Lisbon.

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in 2015–16 Primeira Liga (Mainland)
Location of teams in 2015–16 Primeira Liga (Madeira)
More information Team, Location ...
Team Location Stadium Capacity 2014–15 finish
Académica Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 29,744 14th
Arouca Arouca Estádio Municipal de Arouca 5,000 16th
Belenenses Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 19,856 6th
Benfica Lisbon Estádio da Luz 64,642 1st
Boavista Porto Estádio do Bessa 30,000 13th
Braga Braga Estádio Municipal de Braga 30,286 4th
Estoril Estoril Estádio António Coimbra da Mota 8,000 12th
Marítimo Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 7,200 9th
Moreirense Moreira de Cónegos Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas 6,153 11th
Nacional Funchal Estádio da Madeira 5,586 7th
Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira Estádio Capital do Móvel 6,404 8th
Porto Porto Estádio do Dragão 50,035 2nd
Rio Ave Vila do Conde Estádio dos Arcos 9,065 10th
Sporting CP Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 50,044 3rd
Tondela Tondela Estádio João Cardoso 5,000 1st (SL)
União da Madeira Funchal Centro Desportivo da Madeira[A] 2,500 2nd (SL)
Vitória de Guimarães Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 30,008 5th
Vitória de Setúbal Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 13,468 15th
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  1. [A]
    Due to lighting problems, União da Madeira played some TV broadcast home matches at Estádio da Madeira.

Personnel and sponsors

More information Team, Head manager ...
Team Head manager Manufacturer Sponsors
Académica Portugal Filipe Gouveia Nike EFAPEL
Arouca Angola Lito Vidigal Joma Banco BIC
Belenenses Spain Julio Velázquez Lacatoni Kia Motors
Benfica Portugal Rui Vitória Adidas Emirates
Boavista Bolivia Erwin Sánchez Erreà Mestre da Cor
Braga Portugal Paulo Fonseca Lacatoni —
Estoril Brazil Fabiano Nike Banco BIC
Marítimo Portugal Nelo Vingada Nike Santander Totta
Moreirense Portugal Miguel Leal cdt —
Nacional Portugal Manuel Machado Hummel Santander Totta
Paços de Ferreira Portugal Jorge Simão Lacatoni Banco BIC
Porto Portugal José Peseiro New Balance MEO
Rio Ave Portugal Pedro Martins Lacatoni MEO
Sporting CP Portugal Jorge Jesus Macron NOS
Tondela Portugal Petit cdt Laboratórios BASI
União da Madeira Portugal Luís Norton de Matos Lacatoni Museu CR7
Vitória de Guimarães Portugal Sérgio Conceição Nike Banco BIC
Vitória de Setúbal Portugal Quim Machado Hummel KIA
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Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
União da Madeira Portugal Vítor Oliveira Mutual consent 24 May 2015[7] Pre-season Portugal Luís Norton de Matos 9 June 2015[8]
Arouca Portugal Pedro Emanuel Contract expired 25 May 2015[9] Angola Lito Vidigal 1 June 2015[10]
Vitória de Setúbal Portugal Bruno Ribeiro 26 May 2015[11] Portugal Quim Machado 29 May 2015[12]
Tondela Portugal Quim Machado Resigned 27 May 2015[13] Portugal Vítor Paneira 30 May 2015[14]
Belenenses Portugal Jorge Simão Contract expired 3 June 2015[15] Portugal Ricardo Sá Pinto 9 June 2015[16]
Sporting CP Portugal Marco Silva Sacked 4 June 2015[17] Portugal Jorge Jesus 5 June 2015[18]
Benfica Portugal Jorge Jesus Contract expired 4 June 2015[19] Portugal Rui Vitória 15 June 2015[20]
Braga Portugal Sérgio Conceição Sacked 5 June 2015[21] Portugal Paulo Fonseca 11 June 2015[22]
Paços de Ferreira Portugal Paulo Fonseca Signed by Braga 11 June 2015[22] Portugal Jorge Simão 15 June 2015
Vitória de Guimarães Portugal Rui Vitória Signed by Benfica 15 June 2015[20] Portugal Armando Evangelista 20 June 2015
Académica Portugal José Viterbo Resigned 20 September 2015[23] 18th Portugal Filipe Gouveia 24 September 2015[24]
Vitória de Guimarães Portugal Armando Evangelista Resigned 21 September 2015[25] 13th Portugal Sérgio Conceição 23 September 2015[26]
Tondela Portugal Vítor Paneira Resigned 6 October 2015[27] 16th Portugal Rui Bento 6 October 2015[28]
Boavista Portugal Petit Resigned 28 November 2015[29] 14th Bolivia Erwin Sánchez 1 December 2015[30]
Tondela Portugal Rui Bento Resigned 8 December 2015[31] 18th Portugal Petit 9 December 2015[32]
Belenenses Portugal Ricardo Sá Pinto Resigned 15 December 2015[33] 13th Spain Julio Velázquez 16 December 2015[34]
Porto Spain Julen Lopetegui Sacked 8 January 2016[35] 3rd Portugal Rui Barros 8 January 2016[35]
Marítimo Portugal Ivo Vieira Resigned 18 January 2016[36] 10th Portugal Nelo Vingada 19 January 2016[37]
Porto Portugal Rui Barros Ended caretaking role 21 January 2016[38] 3rd Portugal José Peseiro 21 January 2016[38]
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Season summary

League table

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Benfica (C) 34 29 1 4 88 22 +66 88 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Sporting CP 34 27 5 2 79 21 +58 86
3 Porto 34 23 4 7 67 30 +37 73 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
4 Braga 34 16 10 8 54 35 +19 58 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
5 Arouca 34 13 15 6 47 38 +9 54 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
6 Rio Ave 34 14 8 12 44 44 0 50
7 Paços de Ferreira 34 13 10 11 43 42 +1 49
8 Estoril 34 13 8 13 40 41 −1 47
9 Belenenses 34 10 11 13 44 66 −22 41
10 Vitória de Guimarães 34 9 13 12 45 53 −8 40
11 Nacional 34 10 8 16 40 56 −16 38
12 Moreirense 34 9 9 16 38 54 −16 36
13 Marítimo 34 10 5 19 45 63 −18 35
14 Boavista 34 8 9 17 24 41 −17 33
15 Vitória de Setúbal 34 6 12 16 40 61 −21 30[b]
16 Tondela 34 8 6 20 34 54 −20 30[b]
17 União da Madeira (R) 34 7 8 19 27 50 −23 29 Relegation to LigaPro
18 Académica (R) 34 5 10 19 32 60 −28 25
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Source: Liga Portugal, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.
(Note: LPFP decided that only criteria 1, 5, 6 and 7 would be applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[39]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Braga qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Taça de Portugal.
  2. [b]
    Vitória de Setúbal ahead of Tondela on head-to-head record; Tondela–Vitória de Setúbal 1–3, Vitória de Setúbal–Tondela 0–1

Positions by round

More information Team ╲ Round, Benfica ...
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Benfica1843335854333332222212221111111111
Sporting CP5622222111111211111121112222222222
Porto2311111222222123333333333333333333
Braga4956444443444444444444444444444444
Arouca313577999111189886789887565555555555
Rio Ave94711663335565777677778656666666786
Paços de Ferreira77848107579676665555566889788777667
Estoril18121485567881011111112141112101111111198977888878
Belenenses81311161413131012101313131213111211121010910121110111110101010119
Vitória de Guimarães171516131315151411131291099986665577789911111111910
Nacional13101271112121214128101213141213151514151515131211101099991011
Moreirense16171717171717181815141414141113141314151212141514141414141413131412
Marítimo121415915810131079128101010101013131414121110121212121212121213
Boavista10510149911111314151616161717171717161616161617161616151514141314
Vitória de Setúbal11261010118666757558998991091013131313131315151515
Tondela14161315161616161618181818181818181818181818181818181818181818171716
União da Madeira611912121414151516161515151515151411121313131415151515161616161617
Académica15181818181818171717171717171616161616171717171716171717171717181818
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Leader
Relegation to 2016–17 LigaPro
Source: [citation needed]

Results

More information Home \ Away, ACA ...
Home \ Away ACA ARO BEL BEN BOA BRA EST MAR MOR NAC PAÇ POR RAV SCP TON UNI VGU VSE
Académica 1–1 4–3 1–2 0–2 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–3 2–1 3–1 2–0 0–4
Arouca 3–2 2–2 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–2 3–0 2–2 1–3 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–0
Belenenses 1–1 0–2 0–5 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–2 1–2 3–3 2–5 2–1 1–0 3–3 0–3
Benfica 3–0 3–1 6–0 2–0 5–1 4–0 6–0 3–2 4–1 3–0 1–2 3–1 0–3 4–1 2–0 1–0 2–1
Boavista 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–1 0–1 0–5 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 4–0
Braga 3–0 0–0 4–0 0–2 4–0 2–0 5–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 5–1 0–4 3–0 2–0 3–3 3–2
Estoril 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 3–0
Marítimo 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–2 0–3 1–3 1–1 5–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 5–2
Moreirense 2–2 0–2 2–3 1–4 1–1 0–0 1–3 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 3–4 0–2
Nacional 2–0 2–2 2–2 1–4 0–0 2–3 4–1 3–1 0–1 3–0 1–2 1–0 0–4 3–1 1–0 3–2 1–1
Paços de Ferreira 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–3 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–3 1–3 1–4 6–0 0–1 2–1
Porto 3–1 1–2 4–0 1–0 4–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 4–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 3–2 3–0 2–0
Rio Ave 1–0 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–2 2–3 1–0 2–0 2–1
Sporting CP 3–2 5–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–2 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 5–1 5–0
Tondela 2–0 0–1 2–2 0–4 1–2 0–1 0–1 3–4 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–3
União da Madeira 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 3–4 0–4 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–2
Vitória de Guimarães 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–4 4–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–2
Vitória de Setúbal 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–4 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 0–6 0–1 2–2 2–2
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Source: LPFP (in Portuguese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 15 May 2016[40][citation needed]
Benfica's Jonas was the top scorer with 32 goals, winning the Bola de Prata.
More information Rank, Player ...
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Brazil Jonas Benfica 32
2 Algeria Islam Slimani Sporting CP 27
3 Greece Kostas Mitroglou Benfica 20
4 Brazil Léo Bonatini Estoril 17
5 Brazil Rafael Martins Moreirense 16
6 Portugal Bruno Moreira Paços de Ferreira 14
7 Cameroon Vincent Aboubakar Porto 13
Brazil Nathan Júnior Tondela
9 Brazil Dyego Sousa Marítimo 12
Brazil Henrique Dourado Vitória de Guimarães
Portugal Diogo Jota Paços de Ferreira
Portugal André Claro Vitória de Setúbal
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Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Primeira Liga hat-tricks
As of 15 May 2016
More information Player, For ...
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Algeria Islam SlimaniSporting CPVitória de Guimarães5–1[citation needed]4 October 2015
Brazil JonasBenficaNacional1–4[citation needed]11 January 2016
Greece Kostas MitroglouBenficaBelenenses0–5[citation needed]5 February 2016
Brazil Léo BonatiniEstorilVitória de Setubal3–0[citation needed]27 February 2016
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Top assists

As of 15 May 2016[citation needed]
More information Rank, Player ...
RankPlayerClubAssists
1 Argentina Nicolás Gaitán Benfica 15
Mexico Miguel Layún Porto
3 Brazil Jonas Benfica 12
4 Costa Rica Bryan Ruiz Sporting CP 11
5 Portugal Iuri Medeiros Moreirense 10
Portugal João Mário Sporting CP
7 Portugal Carlos Martins Belenenses 9
Portugal Salvador Agra Nacional
Uruguay Maxi Pereira Porto
10 Brazil Otávio Vitória de Guimarães 8
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Scoring

As of 15 May 2016

Match streaks

As of 15 May 2016[citation needed]
  • Longest winning run: 12 matches
    • Benfica, from matchday 23 (20 February 2016) to matchday 34 (15 May 2016)
  • Longest unbeaten run: 14 matches
    • Benfica, from matchday 9 (30 October 2015) to matchday 21 (5 February 2016)
    • Porto, from matchday 1 (15 August 2015) to matchday 14 (20 December 2015)
  • Longest winless run: 15 matches
  • Longest losing run: 6 matches
    • Académica, from matchday 1 (17 August 2015) to matchday 6 (28 September 2015)
    • Tondela, from matchday 9 (30 October 2015) to matchday 14 (20 December 2015)
  • Most consecutive draws: 5 matches
    • Arouca, from matchday 5 (20 September 2015) to matchday 9 (1 November 2015)

Discipline

As of 15 May 2016[41][citation needed]

Club

Player

Awards

Monthly awards

More information Month, Player ...
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Goal of the month

More information Month, Scorer ...
Month Scorer For Against Stadium Date
August/September[56]  Suk Hyun-jun (KOR) Vitória de Setúbal AcadémicaEstádio Cidade de Coimbra 24 August 2015
October/November[57]  Yacine Brahimi (ALG) Porto TondelaEstádio Municipal de Aveiro 28 November 2015
December[58]  Renato Sanches (POR) Benfica AcadémicaEstádio da Luz 4 December 2015
January[59]  Hugo Seco (POR) Académica TondelaEstádio Cidade de Coimbra 10 January 2016
February[46]  Diogo Jota (POR) Paços de Ferreira BenficaEstádio Capital do Móvel 20 February 2016
March [60]  Miguel Rosa (POR) Belenenses BragaEstádio do Restelo 13 March 2016
April[61]  Edgar Costa (POR) Marítimo NacionalEstádio dos Barreiros 2 April 2016
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Attendances

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Benfica 855,474 64,235 31,590 50,322 +18.2%†
2 Sporting CP 679,790 49,699 30,057 39,988 +24.0%†
3 Porto 549,512 49,209 16,297 32,324 +8.2%†
4 Vitória de Guimarães 211,182 22,218 8,975 12,422 −15.9%†
5 Braga 189,862 19,428 4,169 11,168 +10.1%†
6 Marítimo 104,474 9,400 4,250 6,146 +36.2%†
7 Boavista 103,263 22,834 3,653 6,074 +42.3%†
8 Académica 91,012 26,444 2,170 5,354 +14.7%†
9 Belenenses 75,833 13,109 1,183 4,461 +46.8%†
10 Vitória de Setúbal 75,406 10,998 1,900 4,436 +40.7%†
11 Tondela 56,499 22,003 909 3,323 +336.7%1,3
12 Rio Ave 56,125 9,023 1,615 3,301 +16.7%†
13 Estoril 50,008 7,836 827 2,942 +53.4%†
14 Arouca 49,006 23,540 705 2,883 +82.2%2
15 Paços de Ferreira 47,625 6,433 1,208 2,801 −4.7%†
16 Nacional 42,327 4,753 1,318 2,490 +20.9%†
17 União da Madeira 38,292 5,095 1,077 2,252 +98.1%1,4
18 Moreirense 38,161 5,772 757 2,245 +10.7%†
League total 3,313,851 64,235 705 10,830 +7.2%†
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Source: LPFP[2]
Notes:
1. Team played last season in the Segunda Liga.
2. Arouca played one match at Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, with an attendance of 23,540 (Benfica) spectators.
3. Tondela played three matches at Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, with attendances of 22,003 (Sporting CP), 9,394 (Benfica) and 3,449 (Porto) spectators.
4. União da Madeira played five matches at Estádio da Madeira, with attendances of 1,408 (Vitória de Guimarães), 1,420 (Braga), 2,277 (Porto), 5,095 (Benfica) and 3,594 (Sporting CP) spectators.

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