The 2015–16 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga NOS for sponsorship reasons) was the 82nd season of the

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...

, the top professional league for Portuguese

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clubs. The fixtures were determined by draw on 4 July 2015. The season began on 14 August 2015 and concluded on 15 May 2016. Benfica won their third consecutive and 35th overall title, after beating

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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

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and

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entered the season as the two promoted teams from the

2014–15 Segunda Liga The 2014–15 Segunda Liga was the 25th season of the second-tier of football in Portugal. A total of 24 teams played in the league. Events Atlético CP stayed in the 2014–15 Segunda Liga after being invited by the Portuguese League for Profes ...

. 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.

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

made their debut in the top flight of Portuguese football, after winning the 2014–15 Segunda Liga title. while runners-up

returned for the first time since the 1994–95 season. These two clubs replaced

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, relegated after four seasons in the Primeira Liga, and

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, who returned to the second division one season after being promoted. For the first time since the 1990–91 season, the autonomous region of

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was again represented at the highest level of Portuguese football with three teams: União da Madeira, Marítimo and

, all set in

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making the ''madeirense'' capital the second town having three teams in Primeira Liga after Lisbon.

Stadia and locations

Personnel and sponsors

Managerial changes

Season summary

League table

Positions by round

Results

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Hat-tricks

Top assists

Scoring

*First goal: João Mário, for

(14 August 2015) *Last goal:

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, for

vs Benfica (15 May 2016) *Biggest home win: ** Benfica 6–0 Belenenses (11 September 2015) **

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6–0

(12 December 2015) ** Benfica 6–0 Marítimo (6 January 2016) *Biggest away win: **

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0–6

(6 January 2016) *Highest scoring match: 7 goals ** Marítimo 5–2

(13 September 2015) **

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3–4 Marítimo (12 December 2015) ** Académica 4–3 Belenenses (14 December 2015) **

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3–4

(6 January 2016) **

3–4 Marítimo (21 February 2016) ** Belenenses 2–5

(4 April 2016) **

3–4

(17 April 2016) *Biggest winning margin: 6 goals ** Benfica 6–0 Belenenses (11 September 2015) **

6–0

(12 December 2015) ** Benfica 6–0 Marítimo (6 January 2016) **

0–6

(6 January 2016) *Most goals scored in a match by a team: 6 goals ** Benfica 6–0 Belenenses (11 September 2015) **

6–0

(12 December 2015) ** Benfica 6–0 Marítimo (6 January 2016) **

0–6

(6 January 2016)

Match streaks

*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) **

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, from matchday 1 (15 August 2015) to matchday 14 (20 December 2015) *Longest winless run: 15 matches **

, from matchday 20 (31 January 2016) to matchday 34 (14 May 2016) *Longest losing run: 6 matches ** Académica, from matchday 1 (17 August 2015) to matchday 6 (28 September 2015) **

, 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

Club

*Most yellow cards: 113 ** Marítimo *Most red cards: 19 ** Marítimo

Player

*Most yellow cards: 14 ** Alhassan Wakaso (Rio Ave) ** Lucas Souza (Tondela) *Most red cards: 3 ** Diego Carlos (Estoril) ** Edgar Costa (Marítimo) **

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(Marítimo) ** Raul Silva (Marítimo)

Awards

Monthly awards

LPFP Player of the Month

SJPF Young Player of the Month

Goal of the month

Attendances

References

External links

Primeira Liga at UEFA.com
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