2016–17 Primeira Liga

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.

Primeira Liga

Season	2016–17
Dates	12 August 2016 – 21 May 2017
Champions	Benfica 36th title
Relegated	Arouca Nacional
Champions League	Benfica Porto Sporting CP
Europa League	Vitória de Guimarães Braga Marítimo
Matches played	306
Goals scored	728 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bas Dost (34 goals)
Biggest home win	Porto 7–0 Nacional (4 March 2017)
Biggest away win	Nacional 0–4 Porto (1 October 2016) Feirense 0–4 Porto (11 December 2016)
Highest scoring	Vitória de Guimarães 5–3 Paços de Ferreira (26 August 2016) Braga 6–2 Feirense (28 November 2016)
Longest winning run	9 matches Porto
Longest unbeaten run	30 matches Porto
Longest winless run	9 matches Feirense
Longest losing run	6 matches Estoril
Highest attendance	64,591^[1] Benfica 5–0 Vitória de Guimarães (13 May 2017)
Lowest attendance	640^[1] Moreirense 1–0 Belenenses (9 January 2017)
Total attendance	3,622,372
Average attendance	11,838
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

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

 

 

Belenenses
Benfica
Sporting CP

 

Boavista
Porto

 

Arouca

 

Braga

 

Chaves

 

Estoril

 

Feirense

 

Moreirense

 

P. Ferreira

 

Rio Ave

 

Tondela

 

V. Guimarães

 

V. Setúbal

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

 

 

Marítimo
Nacional

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

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2015–16 finish
Arouca	Arouca	Estádio Municipal de Arouca	5,000	5th
Belenenses	Lisbon	Estádio do Restelo	19,856	9th
Benfica	Lisbon	Estádio da Luz	64,642	1st
Boavista	Porto	Estádio do Bessa	30,000	14th
Braga	Braga	Estádio Municipal de Braga	30,286	4th
Chaves	Chaves	Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira	8,000	2nd (LP)
Estoril	Estoril	Estádio António Coimbra da Mota	8,000	8th
Feirense	Santa Maria da Feira	Estádio Marcolino de Castro	5,401	3rd (LP)
Marítimo	Funchal	Estádio do Marítimo	10,600	13th
Moreirense	Moreira de Cónegos	Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas	6,153	12th
Nacional	Funchal	Estádio da Madeira	5,586	11th
Paços de Ferreira	Paços de Ferreira	Estádio Capital do Móvel	6,404	7th
Porto	Porto	Estádio do Dragão	50,035	3rd
Rio Ave	Vila do Conde	Estádio dos Arcos	9,065	6th
Sporting CP	Lisbon	Estádio José Alvalade	50,044	2nd
Tondela	Tondela	Estádio João Cardoso	5,000	16th
Vitória de Guimarães	Guimarães	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques	30,008	10th
Vitória de Setúbal	Setúbal	Estádio do Bonfim	13,468	15th

Personnel and sponsors

^{[citation needed]}

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit Manufacturer	Sponsors
Arouca	Jorge Leitão	Nuno Coelho	Joma	Banco BIC
Belenenses	Domingos Paciência	Gonçalo Brandão	Lacatoni	Kia Motors
Benfica	Rui Vitória	Luisão	Adidas	Emirates
Boavista	Miguel Leal	Idris	Lacatoni	Mestre da Cor
Braga	Jorge Simão	Alan	Lacatoni	Visit Braga
Chaves	Ricardo Soares	Nélson Lenho	Lacatoni	Chaves - Capital Termal
Estoril	Pedro Emanuel	Diogo Amado	Nike	Banco BIC
Feirense	Nuno Manta	Cris	Legea	Mestre da Cor
Marítimo	Daniel Ramos	Fransérgio	Nike	Santander Totta
Moreirense	Petit	André Micael	CDT	—
Nacional	João de Deus	Rui Correia	Hummel	Santander Totta
Paços de Ferreira	Vasco Seabra	Ricardo	Lacatoni	Fixpaços
Porto	Nuno Espírito Santo	Héctor Herrera	New Balance	MEO
Rio Ave	Luís Castro	Tarantini	Adidas	MEO
Sporting CP	Jorge Jesus	Adrien Silva	Macron	NOS
Tondela	Pepa	Kaká	CDT	Laboratórios BASI
Vitória de Guimarães	Pedro Martins	Josué Sá	Macron	Shirt sponsor varies from match to match
Vitória de Setúbal	José Couceiro	Frederico Venâncio	Hummel	Kia Motors

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Chaves	Vítor Oliveira	Mutual consent	10 May 2016^[5]	Pre-season	Jorge Simão	21 May 2016^[6]
Rio Ave	Pedro Martins	Mutual consent	17 May 2016^[7]		Capucho	20 May 2016^[8]
Vitória de Setúbal	Quim Machado	Mutual consent	18 May 2016^[9]		José Couceiro	25 May 2016^[10]
Vitória de Guimarães	Sérgio Conceição	Mutual consent	18 May 2016^[11]		Pedro Martins	25 May 2016^[12]
Moreirense	Miguel Leal	Contract expired	19 May 2016^[13]		Pepa	20 May 2016^[14]
Paços de Ferreira	Jorge Simão	Mutual consent	21 May 2016^[15]		Carlos Pinto	25 May 2016^[16]
Marítimo	Nelo Vingada	Contract expired	23 May 2016^[17]		Paulo César Gusmão	1 June 2016^[18]
Porto	José Peseiro	Sacked	30 May 2016^[19]		Nuno Espírito Santo	1 June 2016^[20]
Braga	Paulo Fonseca	Signed by Shakhtar Donetsk	31 May 2016^[21]		José Peseiro	6 June 2016^[22]
Marítimo	Paulo César Gusmão	Mutual consent	19 September 2016^[23]	17th	Daniel Ramos	22 September 2016^[24]
Belenenses	Julio Velázquez	Mutual consent	5 October 2016^[25]	8th	Quim Machado	6 October 2016^[26]
Boavista	Erwin Sánchez	Sacked	10 October 2016^[27]	13th	Miguel Leal	11 October 2016^[28]
Rio Ave	Capucho	Sacked	10 November 2016^[29]	13th	Luís Castro	14 November 2016^[30]
Moreirense	Pepa	Sacked	21 November 2016^[31]	16th	Leandro Mendes (caretaker)	22 November 2016^[32]
Moreirense	Leandro Mendes (caretaker)	Ended caretaking role	28 November 2016^[33]	18th	Augusto Inácio	28 November 2016^[33]
Paços de Ferreira	Carlos Pinto	Sacked	28 November 2016^[34]	15th	Vasco Seabra	28 November 2016 (as caretaker)^[34] 13 December 2016 (confirmed)^[35]
Estoril	Fabiano	Sacked	11 December 2016^[36]	11th	Filipe Pedro (caretaker)	11 December 2016^[36]
Braga	José Peseiro	Sacked	15 December 2016^[37]	4th	Abel Ferreira (caretaker)	15 December 2016^[38]
Estoril	Filipe Pedro (caretaker)	Ended caretaking role	15 December 2016^[39]	11th	Pedro Gómez Carmona	15 December 2016^[39]
Chaves	Jorge Simão	Signed by Braga	19 December 2016^[40]	7th	Carlos Pires (caretaker)	19 December 2016^[40]
Braga	Abel Ferreira (caretaker)	Ended caretaking role	19 December 2016^[40]	3rd	Jorge Simão	19 December 2016^[40]
Feirense	José Mota	Sacked	20 December 2016^[41]	17th	Nuno Manta (caretaker)	20 December 2016 (as caretaker)^[41] 30 December 2016 (confirmed)^[42]
Chaves	Carlos Pires (caretaker)	Ended caretaking role	20 December 2016^[43]	8th	Ricardo Soares	20 December 2016^[43]
Nacional	Manuel Machado	Mutual consent	28 December 2016^[44]	16th	Predrag Jokanović	30 December 2016^[45]
Tondela	Petit	Resigned	9 January 2017^[46]	18th	Pepa	10 January 2017^[47]
Estoril	Pedro Gómez Carmona	Resigned	8 March 2017^[48]	15th	Pedro Emanuel	8 March 2017^[49]
Moreirense	Augusto Inácio	Mutual consent	20 March 2017^[50]	16th	Petit	20 March 2017
Nacional	Predrag Jokanović	Mutual consent	21 March 2017^[51]	18th	João de Deus	21 March 2017^[52]
Arouca	Manuel Machado	Mutual consent	21 March 2017^[53]	14th	Jorge Leitão	21 March 2017^[54]
Belenenses	Quim Machado	Sacked	18 April 2017^[55]	12th	Domingos Paciência	18 April 2017
Braga	Jorge Simão	Mutual consent	23 April 2017^[56]	5th	Abel Ferreira	26 April 2017^[57]

Season summary

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

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) Champion; (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

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Benfica	2	4	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Porto	1	1	6	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Sporting CP	5	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Vitória de Guimarães	12	8	5	9	10	5	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Braga	7	7	4	2	4	4	4	4	3	5	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
Marítimo	17	18	14	14	17	13	9	8	11	9	9	7	9	7	8	8	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Rio Ave	13	13	10	6	5	6	7	7	7	11	7	6	6	6	6	6	8	10	9	9	9	10	10	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feirense	4	10	13	10	7	9	10	9	8	13	14	16	17	17	15	16	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	9	10	11	9	8	8	8	8
Boavista	3	6	7	11	12	14	13	12	10	8	11	13	13	14	10	9	11	9	10	11	11	9	9	10	10	8	10	11	10	10	9	9	9	9
Estoril	16	17	17	17	14	17	14	15	16	12	8	9	11	13	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	12	10
Chaves	10	11	8	8	6	8	5	6	6	6	6	8	7	8	7	7	7	6	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	11
Vitória de Setúbal	6	5	3	5	8	11	12	11	9	7	10	14	10	11	9	11	10	8	6	8	8	8	8	11	11	12	11	9	9	11	12	11	13	12
Paços de Ferreira	9	12	15	15	11	10	11	10	12	14	15	12	14	12	13	13	13	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	12	11	12	14	13
Belenenses	15	15	11	7	9	7	8	13	13	10	12	10	8	9	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	9	9	10	12	12	12	13	13	13	11	14
Moreirense	8	3	9	12	13	16	18	17	15	16	18	15	16	16	17	15	16	15	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Tondela	18	14	16	16	18	18	17	16	18	18	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16
Arouca	14	9	12	13	16	15	16	18	17	17	13	11	12	10	12	10	9	11	11	10	10	11	12	12	14	14	14	14	13	15	14	15	15	17
Nacional	11	16	18	18	15	12	15	14	14	15	17	18	15	15	16	17	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18

	Leader
	Relegation to 2017–18 LigaPro

Source: Liga Portugal

Results

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	—

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

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Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Bas Dost	Sporting CP	34
2	Soares	Porto	19
3	Kostas Mitroglou	Benfica	16
	André Silva	Porto
5	Jonas	Benfica	13
	Moussa Marega	Vitória de Guimarães
7	Welthon	Paços de Ferreira	11
	Rui Fonte	Braga
9	Pizzi	Benfica	10
10	Hernâni	Vitória de Guimarães	8

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Primeira Liga hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Okacha Hamzaoui	Nacional	Feirense	0–3^[61]	24 September 2016
Diogo Jota	Porto	Nacional	0–4^[62]	1 October 2016
Moussa Marega	Vitória de Guimarães	Rio Ave	0–3^[63]	30 October 2016
Jorginho	Arouca	Moreirense	1–4^[64]	17 December 2016
Bas Dost^4	Sporting CP	Tondela	1–4^[65]	11 March 2017
Bas Dost	Sporting CP	Boavista	4–0^[66]	8 April 2017
Bas Dost	Sporting CP	Braga	3–2^[67]	30 April 2017
Bas Dost	Sporting CP	Chaves	4–1 ^[68]	21 May 2017

Top assists

^[69]

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Gelson Martins	Sporting CP	8
	Pizzi	Benfica
	Alex Telles	Porto
	Wilson Eduardo	Braga
5	Pedro Santos	Braga	7
	Iuri Medeiros	Boavista
7	Nélson Semedo	Benfica	6
	Moussa Marega	Vitória de Guimarães
	Otávio	Porto
	Mateus	Arouca
	Raphinha	Vitória de Guimarães
	Eduardo Salvio	Benfica
	Patrick	Marítimo

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Marcelo, for Rio Ave vs Porto (12 August 2016)
• Latest goal of the season: Bas Dost, for Sporting CP vs Chaves (21 May 2017)
• Biggest home win:
  • Porto 7–0 Nacional (4 March 2017)
• Biggest away win:
  • Nacional 0–4 Porto (1 October 2016)
  • Feirense 0–4 Porto (11 December 2016)
• Highest scoring match: 8 goals
  • Vitória de Guimarães 5–3 Paços de Ferreira (26 August 2016)
  • Braga 6–2 Feirense (28 November 2016)
• Biggest winning margin: 7 goals
  • Porto 7–0 Nacional (4 March 2017)
• Most goals scored in a match by a team: 7 goals
  • Porto 7–0 Nacional (4 March 2017)

Match streaks

^[70]

• 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

^[71][72][73]

Club

• Most yellow cards: 100
  • Feirense
• Most red cards: 9
  • Tondela

Player

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

Awards

Monthly awards

SJPF Young Player of the Month

Month	Player	Club	Vote percentage
August/September^[74]	Gelson Martins	Sporting CP	19.23%
October/November^[75]	Gonçalo Guedes	Benfica	15.75%
December^[76]	Gelson Martins	Sporting CP	16.34%
January^[77]	André Silva	Porto	14.26%
February^[78]	Nélson Semedo	Benfica	25.11%
March^[79]	João Carvalho	Vitória de Setúbal	19.97%
April^[80]	João Carvalho	Vitória de Setúbal	20.08%

Goal of the month

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Date	Vote percentage
August^[81]	Pedro Santos	Braga	Vitória de Guimarães	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques	14 August 2016	43.56%
September^[82]	Salvador Agra	Nacional	Marítimo	Estádio da Madeira	16 September 2016	55.56%
October^[83]	Yacine Brahimi	Porto	Arouca	Estádio do Dragão	22 October 2016	40.74%
November^[84]	Renato Santos	Boavista	Rio Ave	Estádio dos Arcos	5 November 2016	37.04%
December^[85]	Bruno César	Sporting CP	Vitória de Setúbal	Estádio José Alvalade	3 December 2016	31.75%
January^[86]	Roberto Rodrigo	Moreirense	Feirense	Parque Joaquim de Almeida Freitas	2 February 2017^[a]	50.55%
February^[87]	Hernâni	Vitória de Guimarães	Belenenses	Estádio do Restelo	19 February 2017	30.56%
March^[88]	Zainadine Júnior	Marítimo	Arouca	Estádio do Marítimo	19 March 2017	55.56%
April^[89]	Victor Lindelöf	Benfica	Sporting CP	Estádio José Alvalade	22 April 2017	27.77%
May^[90]	Nildo Petrolina	Moreirense	Braga	Parque Joaquim Almeida Freitas	5 May 2017	51.70%

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   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

Patrício Felipe Semedo Coates Telles Pereira Pizzi Carvalho Martins Jonas Brahimi Team of the Year^[91]

• Goalkeeper:   Rui Patrício (Sporting CP)

• Defenders:   Nélson Semedo (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 (Benfica),   Yacine Brahimi (Porto)

Goal of the season

The goal of the season was disputed by all the previous winners of the monthly polls.^[92]

Rank	Scorer	Vote percentage
1st	Hernâni	33.55%
2nd	Roberto Rodrigo	13.56%
3rd	Salvador Agra	9.78%

Attendances

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%^†

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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