The 2016–17 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga NOS for sponsorship reasons) was the 83rd season of the

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

, the top Portuguese professional league for

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clubs. 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

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. Porto B won the 2015–16 LigaPro title on 8 May 2016, but as the

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of Primeira Liga side

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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

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. Académica confirmed their relegation on 7 May 2016 after a run of 14 consecutive seasons in the Primeira Liga, following a goalless draw against

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. 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

Personnel and sponsors

Managerial changes

Season summary

League table

Positions by round

Results

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Hat-tricks

Top assists

Scoring

*First goal of the season:

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, for Rio Ave vs

(12 August 2016) *Latest goal of the season: Bas Dost, for

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vs Chaves (21 May 2017) *Biggest home win: **

7–0

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(4 March 2017) *Biggest away win: **

0–4

(1 October 2016) ** Feirense 0–4

(11 December 2016) *Highest scoring match: 8 goals ** Vitória de Guimarães 5–3

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(26 August 2016) **

6–2 Feirense (28 November 2016) *Biggest winning margin: 7 goals **

7–0

(4 March 2017) *Most goals scored in a match by a team: 7 goals **

7–0

(4 March 2017)

Match streaks

*Longest winning run: 9 matches **

, from matchday 17 (15 January 2017) to matchday 25 (10 March 2016) *Longest unbeaten run: 30 matches **

, 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 **

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, 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) **

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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) **

from matchday 23 (25 February 2017) to matchday 26 (18 March 2017)

Discipline

Club

*Most yellow cards: 100 ** Feirense *Most red cards: 9 **

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Player

*Most yellow cards: 14 ** Vítor Bruno (Feirense) *Most red cards: 3 ** Tobias Figueiredo (

)

Awards

Monthly awards

SJPF Young Player of the Month

Goal of the month

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

*Goalkeeper:

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(Sporting CP) *Defenders:

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(Benfica), Felipe (Porto),

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(Sporting CP),

Alex Telles Alex Nicolao Telles (; born 15 December 1992) is a Brazilian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a left-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, Botafogo. Telles started his career at Br ...

(Porto) *Midfielders: Danilo Pereira (Porto),

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(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.

Attendances

References

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