The 2016–17 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga NOS for sponsorship reasons) was the 83rd 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 Portuguese professional league for

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is t ...

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

2015–16 LigaPro The 2015–16 LigaPro (also known as Ledman LigaPro for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th season of Portuguese football's second-tier league, and the first season under the current LigaPro title. A total of 24 teams competed in this division, incl ...

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

reserve team In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players under contract to a club but who do not normally play in matches for the first team. Reserve teams often include back-up players from the first team, young players who need playing time to i ...

of Primeira Liga side

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropo ...

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 Portimonense Sporting Clube is a Portuguese sports club based in Portimão. Founded on 14 August 1914, it is most notable for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. It als ...

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 Braga ( , ; cel-x-proto, Bracara) is a city and a municipality, capital of the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality has a resident population of 193,333 inhabitants (i ...

. On the last matchday, União da Madeira's 2–1 defeat against

Rio Ave Rio Ave Futebol Clube, commonly known as Rio Ave (), is a Portuguese professional football club based in Vila do Conde, that competes in the Primeira Liga. The club is named after the Ave River, which flows through the town and into the Atla ...

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:

Marcelo Marcelo is a given name, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Marcellus. The Italian version of the name is Marcello, differing in having an additional "l". Marcelo may refer to: *Marcelo Costa de Andrade (born 1967), Brazilian serial killer, rapi ...

, for

(12 August 2016) *Latest goal of the season:

Bas Dost Bas Dost (; born 31 May 1989) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Eredivisie club FC Utrecht. Having begun his career at FC Emmen in the Eerste Divisie, Dost later played in the Eredivisie for Heracles Almelo and SC ...

, for Sporting CP vs Chaves (21 May 2017) *Biggest home win: **

7–0 Nacional (4 March 2017) *Biggest away win: ** Nacional 0–4

(1 October 2016) ** Feirense 0–4

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

Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira () is a city in the Porto District, in the north of Portugal. The population of the city in 2011 was 7491, while its municipality had 56,340 inhabitants, in an area of 70.99 km². Sometimes referred to as the ''Capital do ...

(26 August 2016) **

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

7–0 Nacional (4 March 2017) *Most goals scored in a match by a team: 7 goals **

7–0 Nacional (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 **

Estoril Estoril () is a town in the Municipality of Cascais, Portugal, on the Portuguese Riviera. It is a tourist destination, with luxury hotels, beaches, and the Casino Estoril. It has been home to numerous royal families and celebrities, and has ...

, 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 Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, commonly known as Os Belenenses (), is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 25,000-seat Estádio do Reste ...

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 ** Tondela

Player

*Most yellow cards: 14 **

Vítor Bruno Vítor Bruno Ramos Gonçalves (born 13 January 1990), known as Vítor Bruno, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga 3 club Alverca. Club career Born in Vila do Conde, Vítor Bruno began his youth career a ...

(Feirense) *Most red cards: 3 **

Tobias Figueiredo Tobias Pereira Figueiredo (born 2 February 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a central defender for EFL Championship club Hull City. Formed at Sporting CP, where he made 30 first-team appearances, he had loans in Spai ...

( Nacional)

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 Rui Carlos Pinho da Vitória (; born 16 April 1970) is a Portuguese football manager and a former player who played as a midfielder. He is the manager of the Egypt national football team. He most notably spent three and a half years with Ben ...

( Benfica)

Young Player of the Season

The Young Player of the Year was awarded to

Nelson Semedo Nelson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey * ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers * ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...

( Benfica)

Goalkeeper of the Season

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

Team of the Year

*Goalkeeper:

Rui Patrício Rui Pedro dos Santos Patrício (; born 15 February 1988) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A team Roma and the Portugal national team. He is often nicknamed "São Patrício" (''Saint Patrício'') for ...

(Sporting CP) *Defenders:

Nélson Semedo Nélson Cabral Semedo (born 16 November 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Portugal national team. Semedo began his career at Sintrense before joini ...

(Benfica), Felipe (Porto), Sebastián Coates (Sporting CP), Alex Telles (Porto) *Midfielders: Danilo Pereira (Porto), William Carvalho (Sporting CP), Pizzi (Benfica) *Forwards: Gelson Martins (Sporting CP),

Jonas Jonas may refer to: Geography * Jonas, Netherlands, Netherlands * Jonas, Pennsylvania, United States * Jonas Ridge, North Carolina, United States People with the name * Jonas (name), people with the given name or surname Jonas * Jonas, one of ...

(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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Primeira Liga, 2016-17 Primeira Liga seasons

Port A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as ...