2016–17 Primeira Liga

83rd season of top-tier Portuguese football From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

Season2016–17
Dates12 August 2016 – 21 May 2017
ChampionsBenfica
36th title
Quick facts Season, Dates ...
Primeira Liga
Season2016–17
Dates12 August 2016 – 21 May 2017
ChampionsBenfica
36th title
RelegatedArouca
Nacional
Champions LeagueBenfica
Porto
Sporting CP
Europa LeagueVitória de Guimarães
Braga
Marítimo
Matches306
Goals728 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorerBas Dost (34 goals)
Biggest home winPorto 7–0 Nacional
(4 March 2017)
Biggest away winNacional 0–4 Porto
(1 October 2016)
Feirense 0–4 Porto
(11 December 2016)
Highest scoringVitória de Guimarães 5–3 Paços de Ferreira
(26 August 2016)
Braga 6–2 Feirense
(28 November 2016)
Longest winning run9 matches
Porto
Longest unbeaten run30 matches
Porto
Longest winless run9 matches
Feirense
Longest losing run6 matches
Estoril
Highest attendance64,591[1]
Benfica 5–0 Vitória de Guimarães
(13 May 2017)
Lowest attendance640[1]
Moreirense 1–0 Belenenses
(9 January 2017)
Total attendance3,622,372
Average attendance11,838
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Benfica successfully defended their title, winning the league for a fourth consecutive season and record 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.[2] 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.[3]

The two promoted clubs replaced Académica and União da Madeira.[4] 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.[4]

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in 2016–17 Primeira Liga (Madeira)

Personnel and sponsors

[citation needed]

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Chaves Portugal Vítor Oliveira Mutual consent 10 May 2016[5] Pre-season Portugal Jorge Simão 21 May 2016[6]
Rio Ave Portugal Pedro Martins Mutual consent 17 May 2016[7] Portugal Capucho 20 May 2016[8]
Vitória de Setúbal Portugal Quim Machado Mutual consent 18 May 2016[9] Portugal José Couceiro 25 May 2016[10]
Vitória de Guimarães Portugal Sérgio Conceição Mutual consent 18 May 2016[11] Portugal Pedro Martins 25 May 2016[12]
Moreirense Portugal Miguel Leal Contract expired 19 May 2016[13] Portugal Pepa 20 May 2016[14]
Paços de Ferreira Portugal Jorge Simão Mutual consent 21 May 2016[15] Portugal Carlos Pinto 25 May 2016[16]
Marítimo Portugal Nelo Vingada Contract expired 23 May 2016[17] Brazil Paulo César Gusmão 1 June 2016[18]
Porto Portugal José Peseiro Sacked 30 May 2016[19] Portugal Nuno Espírito Santo 1 June 2016[20]
Braga Portugal Paulo Fonseca Signed by Shakhtar Donetsk 31 May 2016[21] Portugal José Peseiro 6 June 2016[22]
Marítimo Brazil Paulo César Gusmão Mutual consent 19 September 2016[23] 17th Portugal Daniel Ramos 22 September 2016[24]
Belenenses Spain Julio Velázquez Mutual consent 5 October 2016[25] 8th Portugal Quim Machado 6 October 2016[26]
Boavista Bolivia Erwin Sánchez Sacked 10 October 2016[27] 13th Portugal Miguel Leal 11 October 2016[28]
Rio Ave Portugal Capucho Sacked 10 November 2016[29] 13th Portugal Luís Castro 14 November 2016[30]
Moreirense Portugal Pepa Sacked 21 November 2016[31] 16th Portugal Leandro Mendes (caretaker) 22 November 2016[32]
Moreirense Portugal Leandro Mendes (caretaker) Ended caretaking role 28 November 2016[33] 18th Portugal Augusto Inácio 28 November 2016[33]
Paços de Ferreira Portugal Carlos Pinto Sacked 28 November 2016[34] 15th Portugal Vasco Seabra 28 November 2016
(as caretaker)[34]
13 December 2016
(confirmed)[35]
Estoril Brazil Fabiano Sacked 11 December 2016[36] 11th Portugal Filipe Pedro (caretaker) 11 December 2016[36]
Braga Portugal José Peseiro Sacked 15 December 2016[37] 4th Portugal Abel Ferreira (caretaker) 15 December 2016[38]
Estoril Portugal Filipe Pedro (caretaker) Ended caretaking role 15 December 2016[39] 11th Spain Pedro Gómez Carmona 15 December 2016[39]
Chaves Portugal Jorge Simão Signed by Braga 19 December 2016[40] 7th Portugal Carlos Pires (caretaker) 19 December 2016[40]
Braga Portugal Abel Ferreira (caretaker) Ended caretaking role 19 December 2016[40] 3rd Portugal Jorge Simão 19 December 2016[40]
Feirense Portugal José Mota Sacked 20 December 2016[41] 17th Portugal Nuno Manta (caretaker) 20 December 2016
(as caretaker)[41]
30 December 2016
(confirmed)[42]
Chaves Portugal Carlos Pires (caretaker) Ended caretaking role 20 December 2016[43] 8th Portugal Ricardo Soares 20 December 2016[43]
Nacional Portugal Manuel Machado Mutual consent 28 December 2016[44] 16th Serbia Predrag Jokanović 30 December 2016[45]
Tondela Portugal Petit Resigned 9 January 2017[46] 18th Portugal Pepa 10 January 2017[47]
Estoril Spain Pedro Gómez Carmona Resigned 8 March 2017[48] 15th Portugal Pedro Emanuel 8 March 2017[49]
Moreirense Portugal Augusto Inácio Mutual consent 20 March 2017[50] 16th Portugal Petit 20 March 2017
Nacional Serbia Predrag Jokanović Mutual consent 21 March 2017[51] 18th Portugal João de Deus 21 March 2017[52]
Arouca Portugal Manuel Machado Mutual consent 21 March 2017[53] 14th Portugal Jorge Leitão 21 March 2017[54]
Belenenses Portugal Quim Machado Sacked 18 April 2017[55] 12th Portugal Domingos Paciência 18 April 2017
Braga Portugal Jorge Simão Mutual consent 23 April 2017[56] 5th Portugal Abel Ferreira 26 April 2017[57]
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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 25 7 2 72 18 +54 82 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Porto 34 22 10 2 71 19 +52 76
3 Sporting CP 34 21 7 6 68 36 +32 70 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
4 Vitória de Guimarães 34 18 8 8 50 39 +11 62 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
5 Braga 34 15 9 10 51 36 +15 54 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
6 Marítimo 34 13 11 10 34 32 +2 50
7 Rio Ave 34 14 7 13 41 39 +2 49
8 Feirense 34 14 6 14 31 45 14 48
9 Boavista 34 10 13 11 33 36 3 43
10 Estoril 34 10 8 16 36 42 6 38[b]
11 Chaves 34 8 14 12 35 42 7 38[b]
12 Vitória de Setúbal 34 10 8 16 30 39 9 38[b]
13 Paços de Ferreira 34 8 12 14 32 45 13 36[c]
14 Belenenses 34 9 9 16 27 45 18 36[c]
15 Moreirense 34 8 9 17 33 48 15 33
16 Tondela 34 8 8 18 29 52 23 32[d]
17 Arouca (R) 34 9 5 20 33 57 24 32[d] Relegation to LigaPro
18 Nacional (R) 34 4 9 21 22 58 36 21
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Source: Liga Portugal
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: The LPFP decided that only criteria 1, 5, 6 and 7 would be applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[58]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Since Benfica won the 2016–17 Taça de Portugal, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot originally meant for the fourth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was given to the sixth-placed team.
  2. Estoril is ahead of Chaves and Vitória de Setúbal on head-to-head points: Estoril 6 pts, Chaves 5 pts, Vitória de Setúbal 5 pts. Chaves is ahead of Vitória de Setúbal on head-to-head goal difference.
  3. Paços de Ferreira is ahead of Belenenses on head-to-head points: Paços de Ferreira 1–0 Belenenses, Belenenses 1–2 Paços de Ferreira.
  4. Tondela is ahead of Arouca on overall goal difference.

Positions by round

More information Team ╲ Round, Benfica ...
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Benfica2423111111111111111111111111111111
Porto1164332222432222222222222222222222
Sporting CP5211223343223444443333333333333333
Vitória de Guimarães128591056554555555555555455555444444
Braga7742444435344333334444544444555555
Marítimo17181414171398119979788677666666666666666
Rio Ave13131065677711766666810999101087777777777
Feirense410131079109813141617171516151313131313131312119101198888
Boavista3671112141312108111313141091191011119910108101110109999
Estoril161717171417141516128911131414141616161615151515151515151415141210
Chaves1011886856666878777687777789888810101011
Vitória de Setúbal6535811121197101410119111086888811111211991112111312
Paços de Ferreira9121515111011101214151214121313131415141414141413131313141211121413
Belenenses151511797813131012108911121212121212121199101212121313131114
Moreirense83912131618171516181516161715161514151516161616161616161616161615
Tondela18141616181817161818161718181818181818171818181717171818181717171716
Arouca149121316151618171713111210121091111101011121214141414131514151517
Nacional11161818151215141415171815151617171717181717171818181717171818181818
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Leader
Relegation to 2017–18 LigaPro

Results

More information Home \ Away, ARO ...
Home \ Away ARO BEL BEN BOA BRA CHA EST FEI MAR MOR NAC PAÇ POR RAV SCP TON VGU VSE
Arouca 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–4 0–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–1
Belenenses 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–2
Benfica 3–0 4–0 3–3 3–1 3–1 2–1 4–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 4–0 5–0 1–1
Boavista 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0
Braga 3–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 6–2 3–3 2–1 4–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–2 2–1
Chaves 2–0 3–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–3 0–0
Estoril 4–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–3 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 3–0
Feirense 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 0–3 0–3 2–0 0–4 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1
Marítimo 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–2 1–0
Moreirense 1–4 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–3 1–1 0–1 1–2
Nacional 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–4 0–2 0–0 3–2 1–2 1–2
Paços de Ferreira 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–1
Porto 3–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 7–0 4–1 4–2 2–1 4–0 3–0 1–1
Rio Ave 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 3–2 2–1 0–0 1–3 3–1 3–1 0–3 0–0
Sporting CP 3–0 1–3 1–1 4–0 0–1 4–1 4–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 4–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0
Tondela 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–4 2–1 2–1
Vitória de Guimarães 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 3–3 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 5–3 0–2 3–0 3–3 2–1 3–1
Vitória de Setúbal 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–4 0–0 0–1 0–3 3–0 0–2
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Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2017. Source: Liga Portugal
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

[59][citation needed]

Hat-tricks

More information Player, For ...
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Top assists

[60]

Scoring

Match streaks

[citation needed]

  • 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

[61][citation needed]

Club

Player

Awards

Monthly awards

SJPF Young Player of the Month

More information Month, Player ...
MonthPlayerClubVote percentage
August/September[62]Portugal Gelson MartinsSporting CP19.23%
October/November[63]Portugal Gonçalo GuedesBenfica15.75%
December[64]Portugal Gelson MartinsSporting CP16.34%
January[65]Portugal André SilvaPorto14.26%
February[66]Portugal Nélson SemedoBenfica25.11%
March[67]Portugal João CarvalhoVitória de Setúbal19.97%
April[68]Portugal João CarvalhoVitória de Setúbal20.08%
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Goal of the month

More information Month, Scorer ...
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  1. Although the match between Moreirense and Feirense was played in February, since the majority of the games from the 19th round were disputed on 28 January, Roberto's goal is included in January's ballot.

Annual awards

Player of the Season

The Player of the Season was awarded to Portugal Pizzi (Benfica)

Manager of the Season

The Manager of the Season was awarded to Portugal Rui Vitória (Benfica)

Young Player of the Season

The Young Player of the Year was awarded to Portugal Nelson Semedo (Benfica)

Goalkeeper of the Season

The Goalkeeper of the Year was awarded to Brazil Ederson (Benfica)

Team of the Year



Goal of the season

The goal of the season was disputed by all the previous winners of the monthly polls.[80]

More information Rank, Scorer ...
Rank Scorer Vote percentage
1st Portugal Hernâni 33.55%
2nd Portugal Roberto Rodrigo 13.56%
3rd Portugal Salvador Agra 9.78%
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Attendances

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Benfica 951,184 64,591 46,256 55,952 +11.2%
2 Sporting CP 727,121 49,399 32,457 42,772 +7.0%
3 Porto 631,202 50,019 22,208 37,130 +14.9%
4 Vitória de Guimarães 318,856 26,985 12,953 18,756 +51.0%
5 Braga 195,366 24,836 5,545 11,492 +2.9%
6 Marítimo 132,909 10,454 4,150 7,818 +27.2%
7 Boavista 103,461 16,157 3,955 6,086 +6.0%
8 Belenenses 68,799 12,236 1,309 4,047 −9.3%
9 Rio Ave 67,215 8,767 1,508 3,954 +19.8%
10 Vitória de Setúbal 65,320 10,109 2,081 3,842 −13.4%
11 Chaves 61,551 8,000 1,730 3,496 +33.3%1
12 Paços de Ferreira 58,051 9,076 1,059 3,415 +21.9%
13 Feirense 50,517 5,449 1,099 2,972 +183.6%1
14 Nacional 46,500 5,017 1,126 2,735 +9.8%
15 Tondela 39,239 4,987 1,045 2,308 −30.5%2
16 Estoril 38,668 7,429 877 2,275 −22.7%
17 Moreirense 37,383 5,603 640 2,199 −2.0%
18 Arouca 29,030 5,351 658 1,708 −40.8%
League total 3,622,372 64,591 640 11,838 +9.3%
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Source: Liga Portugal
Notes:
1: Played last season in LigaPro.
2: Tondela managed to get the highest season attendance of 4,987 spectators in two matches (against Sporting CP and Braga).

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