2016–17 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica
2016–17 season
President	Luís Filipe Vieira
Manager	Rui Vitória
Stadium	Estádio da Luz
Primeira Liga	1st
Taça de Portugal	Winners
Taça da Liga	Semi-finals
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Kostas Mitroglou (16); All: Kostas Mitroglou (27)
Highest home attendance	64,591 (stadium's record) v Vitória de Guimarães (13 May 2017)
Lowest home attendance	18,472 v Vizela (3 January 2017)
Average home league attendance	52,768
Biggest win	Benfica 6–0 Marítimo; (19 November 2016)
Biggest defeat	Borussia Dortmund 4–0 Benfica; (8 March 2017)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 113th season in existence and the club's 83rd consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 7 August 2016 with the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira match and concluded on 28 May 2017 with the Taça de Portugal final.

Benfica played in the Primeira Liga as three-time defending champions, and were successful in defending their title, becoming a four-time champions (tetra) for the first time in their history; setting a new record of 36 league titles. In the Taça da Liga, Benfica, who also participated as the three-time defending holders, lost to eventual winners Moreirense in the semi-finals. It was Benfica's first defeat in the competition since 31 October 2007, which ended a 42-game unbeaten run. In the Taça de Portugal, Benfica beat Vitória de Guimarães to win their 26th trophy – a new record. With this victory, Benfica also achieved their 11th double (dobradinha) and second treble of league, cup and super cup, 36 years after the first one.

Internationally, Benfica played in the UEFA Champions League, where they reached the knockout phase for the first time in two consecutive years. They were eliminated from the competition in round of 16 by Borussia Dortmund on 4–1 aggregate.

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Ederson M.	31	2015	58	0	2023	Undisclosed	Originally from youth system
2	CB	Lisandro	35	2014	46	5	2021	Undisclosed
3	LB	Grimaldo	29	2016 (Winter)	26	2	2021	€2.12M
4	CB	Luisão (captain)	43	2003	514	45	2018	Undisclosed
5	DM	Fejsa	36	2013	96	2	2019	Undisclosed
6	MF	F. Augusto	31	2017 (Winter)	13	0	2022	Undisclosed
7	CM	Samaris	35	2014	110	2	2019	€10M
8	MF	André Horta	28	2016	16	1	2021	Free	Originally from youth system
9	ST	Raúl	33	2015	77	23	2020	€21.8M	Club record signing
10	ST	Jonas	40	2014	111	85	2019	Free
11	ST	Mitroglou	36	2015	89	52	2020	€7.47M
12	GK	Júlio César	45	2014	79	0	2018	Free
13	GK	Paulo Lopes	46	2012	11	0	2018	Free	Originally from youth system
14	CB	V. Lindelöf	30	2014	72	2	2021	Youth system	Promoted from Benfica B
15	RW	Carrillo D.	33	2016	32	3	2021	€6.61M
17	MF	Živković	28	2016	24	1	2021	€6M
18	RW	Salvio	34	2012	204	47	2019	€13.5M	Played on loan in the 2010–11 season
19	LB	Eliseu	41	2014	97	4	2017	Undisclosed
21	CM	Pizzi	35	2014	130	25	2022	€14M
22	MF	F. Cervi	30	2016	41	7	2022	€5.74M
23	RB	P. Pereira	26	2017 (Winter)	1	0	2022	Undisclosed	Originally from youth system
27	MF	Silva	31	2016	31	2	2021	€16.4M
33	CB	Jardel (VC)	38	2011 (Winter)	177	11	2020	Undisclosed
34	RB	A. Almeida	34	2012	156	2	2018	Undisclosed
38	LB	M. Hermes	29	2017 (Winter)	1	0	2021	Free
50	RB	N. Semedo	30	2015	65	3	2021	Undisclosed	Promoted from Benfica B

Last updated: 28 May 2017
Source: ^[6]^[7]
Ordered by squad number.

New contracts

No.	Pos	Player	Contract length	Contract end	Date	Source
21	CM	Pizzi	3 years	2022	21 January 2017	Benfica
1	GK	Ederson	3 years	2023	21 January 2017	Benfica
10	ST	Jonas	1 year	2019	1 March 2017	Benfica
2	CB	Lisandro López	3 years	2021	5 March 2017	Relatório e Contas
14	CB	Victor Lindelöf	1 year	2021	5 March 2017	Relatório e Contas
4	CB	Luisão	1 year	2018	8 April 2017	Benfica

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
22	MF	Franco Cervi	21	Rosario Central	Transfer	Summer	2022	€5.74M	Benfica NaM
11	FW	Kostas Mitroglou	28	Fulham	Transfer	Summer	2020	€7.47M	Benfica NaM
8	MF	André Horta	19	Vitória de Setúbal	Transfer	Summer	2021	Undisclosed	Benfica
16	DF	Branimir Kalaica	18	Unattached	Transfer	Summer	2021	Free	Benfica
15	MF	André Carrillo	25	Unattached	Transfer	Summer	2021	€6.61M	Benfica NaM
28	MF	Guillermo Celis	23	Junior	Transfer	Summer	2021	€2.28M	Benfica NaM
17	MF	Andrija Živković	19	Unattached	Transfer	Summer	2021	€6.3M	Benfica A Bola
—	MF	Óscar Benítez	23	Lanús	Transfer	Summer	2021	€4.4M	Benfica DN A Bola
37	MF	Danilo	20	Braga	Loan	Summer	2017	Free	Benfica
27	MF	Rafa Silva	23	Braga	Transfer	Summer	2021	€16.4M	Benfica
—	MF	Pedro Nuno	21	Académica	Transfer	Winter	2020	Undisclosed	O Jogo
38	DF	Marcelo Hermes	21	Unattached	Transfer	Winter	2021	€2.9M	Benfica O Jogo
23	DF	Pedro Pereira	19	Sampdoria	Transfer	Winter	2022	€2.6M	Benfica Sampdoria
6	MF	Filipe Augusto	23	Rio Ave	Transfer	Winter	2022	Undisclosed	Benfica

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
85	MF	Renato Sanches	18	Bayern Munich	Transfer	Summer	€35M+€45M variables	Bayern Munich Benfica
—	FW	Jonathan Rodríguez	22	Santos Laguna	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Santos Laguna
24	MF	Bryan Cristante	21	Pescara	Loan^[a]	Summer	Undisclosed	Pescara
28	DF	Sílvio	28	Atlético Madrid	Loan return	Summer	—	Atlético Madrid
—	FW	Daniel Candeias	28	Alanyaspor	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	Alanyaspor
—	FW	Nuno Santos	21	Vitória de Setúbal	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	Vitória de Setúbal
—	DF	Luís Felipe	25	Oeste	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	FPF
—	FW	Derley	28	Chiapas	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	Maisfutebol
32	FW	Bebé	26	Eibar	Transfer	Summer	€0.75M	Eibar Record
—	DF	César	23	Nacional	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	Nacional
10	MF	Nicolás Gaitán	28	Atlético Madrid	Transfer	Summer	€25M	Atlético Madrid
—	MF	Diego Lopes	22	América	Loan^[b]	Summer	Undisclosed	globoesporte
—	MF	Hany Mukhtar	21	Brøndby	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	Brøndby
31	FW	Victor Andrade	20	TSV 1860 Munich	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	TSV 1860 Munich
—	MF	Filip Đuričić	24	Sampdoria	Loan^[c]	Summer	Undisclosed	Sampdoria
—	FW	Kevin Friesenbichler	22	Austria Wien	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	Austria Wien
—	MF	Jhon Murillo	20	Tondela	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	Tondela
—	MF	Hélder Costa	22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loan^[d]	Summer	Undisclosed	Wolverhampton
40	MF	João Teixeira	22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loan^[e]	Summer	Undisclosed	Wolverhampton
—	MF	Luis Fariña	25	Asteras Tripolis	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	Asteras Tripolis
—	DF	Steven Vitória	29	Lechia Gdańsk	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Benfica Lechia Gdańsk
27	DF	Marçal	27	Guingamp	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	Guingamp
—	MF	Ola John	24	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loan^[f]	Summer	Undisclosed	Wolverhampton
30	MF	Talisca	22	Beşiktaş	Loan	Summer	€2M	Beşiktaş zerozero
—	FW	Nélson Oliveira	25	Norwich City	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Norwich City
39	MF	Mehdi Carcela	27	Granada	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Granada
25	FW	Rui Fonte	26	Braga	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Braga
—	MF	Óscar Benítez	23	Braga	Loan^[g]	Summer	Undisclosed	Braga
—	MF	Pedro Nuno	21	Tondela	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	Tondela
—	MF	Diego Lopes	22	Panetolikos	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	Panetolikos
—	MF	Ola John	24	Deportivo La Coruña	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	Deportivo La Coruña
37	MF	Danilo	19	Braga	Loan return	Winter	—	Standard Liége
20	MF	Gonçalo Guedes	20	Paris Saint-Germain	Transfer	Winter	€30M+€7M additional bonus	Benfica
24	MF	Bryan Cristante	21	Atalanta	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	Benfica
40	MF	João Teixeira	22	Nottingham Forest	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	Benfica
—	MF	Hélder Costa	23	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Transfer	Winter	€15M	Benfica Wolverhampton
—	MF	Filip Đuričić	25	Sampdoria	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	Sampdoria
23	MF	Óscar Benítez	23	Boca Juniors	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	Benfica
28	MF	Guillermo Celis	23	Vitória de Guimarães	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	zerozero
—	MF	Hany Mukhtar	22	Brøndby	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Brøndby

^ On 27 January 2017, Cristante's season-long loan at Pescara was terminated.
^ On 18 October 2016, Diego Lopes' season-long loan at América was terminated.
^ On 30 January 2017, Đuričić signed with Sampdoria.
^ On 30 January 2017, Costa signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with Wolverhampton.
^ On 27 January 2017, João Teixeira's season-long loan at Wolverhampton was terminated.
^ On 11 January 2017, Ola John's season-long loan at Wolverhampton was terminated.
^ On 30 January 2017, Óscar Benítez's season-long loan at Braga was terminated.^[8]

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Rui Vitória
Assistant coach	Arnaldo Teixeira Minervino Pietra Sérgio Botelho Marco Pedroso
Fitness coach	Paulo Morão
Goalkeeping coach	Luís Esteves
Benfica LAB coordinator	Bruno Mendes
Physiotherapist	Paulo Rebelo Carlos Costa Telmo Firmino
Scout	José Boto
Technical coordinator	Shéu
Doctor	Bento Leitão António Martins
Nurse	Duarte Pinto
Nutritionist	Diogo Ferreira
Goalkeeper training coordinator	Hugo Oliveira¹

Last updated: 5 January 2017
Source: ^[9]^[10]^[11]

^ Terminated his contract with Benfica. Signed with Hull City on 5 January.

Pre-season friendlies

Win Draw Loss

14 July 2016 Algarve Football Cup	Benfica	0–0 (3–3 p)	Vitória de Setúbal	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Issoko 71' Varela 73'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: Cristiano Pires (Portugal)
	Penalties
	López Salvio Almeida Cervi Kalaica		Nader Meyong Costa Ruca Issoko

16 July 2016 Algarve Football Cup	Benfica	4–0	Derby County	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Semedo 16' Fonte 54' Almeida 63' Salvio 90'	Report	Buxton 19'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: Pedro Oliveira (Portugal)

20 July 2016 Friendly	Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	Benfica	Sheffield, England
19:30 BST (UTC+01:00)	Forestieri 22' Semedo 78'	Report	Luisão 27'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 12,207 Referee: Andrew Madley (England)^[12]

24 July 2016 Friendly	Wolfsburg	0–2	Benfica	Altach, Austria
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Mitroglou 63' Jonas 90+1'	Stadium: Cashpoint Arena Attendance: 2,524 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

27 July 2016 Eusébio Cup	Benfica	1–1 (5–6 p)	Torino	Lisbon, Portugal
19:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Vives 11' (o.g.)	Report	Ljajić 32'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 45,818 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)
	Penalties
	Jiménez Jonas Grimaldo Samaris Pizzi Lindelöf		Baselli Aramu Boyé Martínez López Silva

31 July 2016 Friendly	Lyon	3–2	Benfica	Lyon, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fekir 18' Cornet 26' Lacazette 29' (pen.) 37' Gonalons 50' Gorgelin 52'	Report	Grimaldo 22' Almeida 52'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

8 October 2016 Friendly	Santos	1–1	Benfica	Santos, Brazil
16:15 BRT (UTC−03:00)	Luiz Filipe 30' Noguera 88'	Report	Cervi 27' Salvio 47' (pen.)	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 10,149^[13] Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

Competitions

Overall record

Performance by competition
Competition	Starting round	Final position/round	First match	Last match
Primeira Liga	—	1st	13 August 2016	20 May 2017
Taça de Portugal	Third round	Winners	14 October 2016	28 May 2017
Taça da Liga	Third round	Semi-finals	29 December 2016	26 January 2017
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	—	Winners	7 August 2016
UEFA Champions League	Group stage	Round of 16	13 September 2016	8 March 2017

Statistics by competition
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Primeira Liga	34	25	7	2	72	18	+54	073.53
Taça de Portugal	7	6	1	0	24	8	+16	085.71
Taça da Liga	4	3	0	1	8	3	+5	075.00
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
UEFA Champions League	8	3	2	3	11	14	−3	037.50
Total	54	38	10	6	118	43	+75	070.37

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

7 August 2016	Benfica	3–0	Braga	Aveiro
20:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Cervi 10' Semedo 31' Grimaldo 53' Jonas 75' Pizzi 90+2'	Report	Marcelo Goiano 6' Boly 72'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Aveiro Attendance: 28,796 Referee: João Capela (Lisbon) Man of the Match: Franco Cervi

Primeira Liga

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	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
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]

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.)^[14]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b 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.

Results by round

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
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D
Position	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

Source: thefinalball.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

13 August 2016 1	Tondela	0–2	Benfica	Tondela
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Cardoso 43' Wágner 45+1'	Report	López 39' Fejsa 68' Horta 90+2' 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio João Cardoso Attendance: 4,973 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

21 August 2016 2	Benfica	1–1	Vitória de Setúbal	Lisbon
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	López 72' Jiménez 82' (pen.) (Samaris 86')	Report	Costinha 32' Venâncio 66' Fernandes 86' Pacheco 89'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 56,351 Referee: Manuel Oliveira (Porto)

27 August 2016 3	Nacional	1–3	Benfica	Funchal
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Figueiredo 64' Gonçalves 85'	Report	Ghazal 17' (o.g.) Horta 31' Pizzi 62' Carrillo 70' Semedo 73' Salvio 90' Jiménez 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Attendance: 5,017 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

9 September 2016 4	Arouca	1–2	Benfica	Arouca
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Santos 37' Crivellaro 37' González 56' Gegé 64' () Zequinha 73' Coelho 86' Artur 90+1'	Report	Semedo 16' 76' López 51' 80' Jardel 57' Pizzi 63'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 5,351 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

19 September 2016 5	Benfica	3–1	Braga	Lisbon
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Mitroglou 27', 78' Pizzi 74'	Report	Baiano 45+2' Hassan 75' Marafona 75' Rosić 90' Eduardo 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 52,181 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto)

24 September 2016 6	Chaves	0–2	Benfica	Chaves
18:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Braga 50' Freire 83' Lenho 85'	Report	López 26' Mitroglou 69' Pizzi 84'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Tiago Martins (Lisbon)

2 October 2016 7	Benfica	4–0	Feirense	Lisbon
16:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Aurélio 35' (o.g.) Salvio 61' Cervi 70' Grimaldo 90+3'	Report	Dias 58' Semedo 90' Alcénat 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 58,637 Referee: Luís Ferreira (Braga)

23 October 2016 8	Belenenses	0–2	Benfica	Lisbon
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Sousa 37' Gerso 87' Palhinha 90+2'	Report	Mitroglou 10' Ederson 37' Grimaldo 65' Pizzi 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Attendance: 12,236 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

28 October 2016 9	Benfica	3–0	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Guedes 26' Salvio 64' Pizzi 87'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 52,731 Referee: Bruno Esteves (Setúbal)

6 November 2016 10	Porto	1–1	Benfica	Porto
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Corona 12' Jota 50'	Report	Ederson 49' Pizzi 63' Samaris 65' López 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 50,019 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

27 November 2016 11	Benfica	3–0	Moreirense	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Pizzi 32', 58' Fejsa 67' Jiménez 88'	Report	Cauê 33' Nildo Petrolina 37' Sagna 43' Jander 83'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 55,970 Referee: Luís Godinho (Évora)

2 December 2016 12	Marítimo	2–1	Benfica	Funchal
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Ghazaryan 4' Bessa 34' Silva 53' Costa 58' Antônio 68' Soares 90' Gottardi 90+1' Fransérgio 90+5'	Report	Guedes 27' Carrillo 86'	Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo Attendance: 10,320 Referee: Vasco Santos (Porto)

11 December 2016 13	Benfica	2–1	Sporting CP	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Salvio 25' Guedes 37' Jiménez 48' 73' Danilo 85'	Report	Bruno César 25' Dost 69' Zeegelaar 81' Coates 82'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 63,312 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto)

17 December 2016 14	Estoril	0–1	Benfica	Estoril
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Taira 30' Afonso 49' Ailton 59'	Report	Jiménez 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Attendance: 7,429 Referee: Bruno Paixão (Setúbal)

21 December 2016 15	Benfica	2–0	Rio Ave	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Mitroglou 14' Pizzi 41' 68' 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 51,566 Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

7 January 2017 16	Vitória de Guimarães	0–2	Benfica	Guimarães
18:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Gaspar 90'	Report	Jonas 19' Semedo 31' Mitroglou 42' Lindelöf 43'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 26,985 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

14 January 2017 17	Benfica	3–3	Boavista	Lisbon
16:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Luisão 38' Mitroglou 41' Jonas 53' (pen.) Espinho 68' (o.g.) Semedo 87' (Jardel )	Report	Medeiros 14' 77' Lucas 20' 68' Schembri 25' Espinho 69' Aghayev 75' ( ) Sampaio 89'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 57,480 Referee: Luís Ferreira (Braga)

22 January 2017 18	Benfica	4–0	Tondela	Lisbon
16:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Pizzi 58', 76' Silva 84' Jonas 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Pica 62' 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 56,053 Referee: Bruno Esteves (Setúbal)

30 January 2017 19	Vitória de Setúbal	1–0	Benfica	Setúbal
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Zé Manuel 21' Pinto 57' Fernandes 83'	Report	Cervi 11'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 10,109 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

5 February 2017 20	Benfica	3–0	Nacional	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Jonas 26', 35' 33' Ederson 59' Mitroglou 81'	Report	Washington 34' Mezga 43' Rodrigues 52' Zequinha 56' Correia 60'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 48,638 Referee: Luís Godinho (Évora)

10 February 2017 21	Benfica	3–0	Arouca	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Mitroglou 25', 35' Ederson 41' Carrillo 49'	Report	Adilson Goiano 40' Tomané 52'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 46,256 Referee: Manuel Mota (Braga)

19 February 2017 22	Braga	0–1	Benfica	Braga
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Santos 42' Artur Jorge 52' Cartabia 86'	Report	Eliseu 69' Jiménez 77' Mitroglou 79' Carrillo 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 24,836 Referee: Tiago Martins (Lisbon)

24 February 2017 23	Benfica	3–1	Chaves	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Mitroglou 17', 89' Silva 50' Semedo 68'	Report	Bressan 44' Davidson 70' Tiba 75'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 53,810 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

4 March 2017 24	Feirense	0–1	Benfica	Santa Maria da Feira
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Machado 11' Cris 28' Etebo 32' Babanco 48'	Report	Carrillo 38' Pizzi 41' Samaris 86'	Stadium: Estádio Marcolino de Castro Attendance: 5,449 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

13 March 2017 25	Benfica	4–0	Belenenses	Lisbon
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Almeida 12' Mitroglou 51' Salvio 60' Carrillo 70' Luisão 84' Jonas 90'	Report	Camará 60' João Diogo 89'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 53,897 Referee: Bruno Esteves (Setúbal)

18 March 2017 26	Paços de Ferreira	0–0	Benfica	Paços de Ferreira
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Santos 47' Valente 76' Melo 90+1' Andrezinho 90+3'	Report	Eliseu 77'	Stadium: Estádio Capital do Móvel Attendance: 9,076 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

1 April 2017 27	Benfica	1–1	Porto	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Jonas 7' (pen.)	Report	M. Pereira 49' 87' Felipe 6' André 56' Marcano 71' Telles 77'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 63,323 Referee: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)

9 April 2017 28	Moreirense	0–1	Benfica	Moreira de Cónegos
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Ivo 36' Dramé 41' Saré 70'	Report	Luisão 30' Mitroglou 42' Ederson 45+2' Fejsa 87' Samaris 89'	Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 5,603 Referee: Tiago Martins (Lisbon)

14 April 2017 29	Benfica	3–0	Marítimo	Lisbon
18:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Martins 35' (o.g.) Jonas 36', 45'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 57,074 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

22 April 2017 30	Sporting CP	1–1	Benfica	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	A. Silva 5' (pen.) A. Ruiz 64'	Report	Lindelöf 66' Mitroglou 76' Jiménez 81' Luisão 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 48,765 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

29 April 2017 31	Benfica	2–1	Estoril	Lisbon
18:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Jonas 29' (pen.), 67' Semedo 34'	Report	Ailton 20' Kléber 63' Allano 64'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 59,314 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

7 May 2017 32	Rio Ave	0–1	Benfica	Vila do Conde
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Petrović 52' Roderick 56'	Report	Cervi 52' Jiménez 75'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 8,767 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

13 May 2017 33	Benfica	5–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
18:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Cervi 11' Jiménez 16' Pizzi 37' Jonas 43', 67' (pen.) 44' Carrillo 80' Grimaldo 85'	Report	Marega 45' Gaspar 54' Tozé 89'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 64,591 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto)

20 May 2017 34	Boavista	2–2	Benfica	Porto
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Santos 16' Schembri 52' Idris 74' Carvalho 90+3'	Report	Mitroglou 32' 71' Filipe Augusto 45' López 79' Samaris 86' Kalaica 90'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 16,157 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

Taça de Portugal

Third round

14 October 2016	1º de Dezembro	1–2	Benfica	Estoril
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Diatta 53' Águas 62' (pen.) Rosário 87' Carvalho 89' Mendes 90+4'	Report	Danilo 50' 90+2' López 55' Ederson 61' Luisão 90+6'	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Attendance: 5,349 Referee: Hélder Malheiro (Lisbon)

Fourth round

19 November 2016	Benfica	6–0	Marítimo	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Cervi 2' 14' Pizzi 38' Mitroglou 43', 53' Jiménez 69' (pen.) Júlio César 84' Guedes 88'	Report	Sousa 42' Santos 68' Deyvison 72' Antônio 77' Fransérgio 82'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 30,942 Referee: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)

Fifth round

14 December 2016	Real	0–3	Benfica	Lisbon
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Bernardo 70'	Report	Mitroglou 47', 81' (pen.) López 65' Jiménez 85'	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Jorge Ferreira (Braga)

Quarter-finals

18 January 2017	Benfica	6–2	Leixões	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Pizzi 21' Almeida 31' Jonas 38' 50' Jardel 48' Mitroglou 60' (pen.), 71', 90+1'	Report	Porcellis 44', 67' Wellington 50' Vumbi 59'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 19,048 Referee: Gonçalo Martins (Vila Real)

Semi-finals

28 February 2017 1st leg	Estoril	1–2	Benfica	Estoril
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Kléber 41' (pen.) 64' Mattheus 45' Yarchuk 80' (Licá 90+4')	Report	Mitroglou 36', 90'	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Attendance: 6,807 Referee: Jorge Ferreira (Braga)

5 April 2017 2nd leg	Benfica	3–3 (5–4 agg.)	Estoril	Lisbon
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Carrillo 33' Živković 54' Jonas 72'	Report	Gomes 31', 78' Carlinhos 46' 90+3' Allano 83'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 25,010 Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

Final

28 May 2017 Final	Benfica	2–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Oeiras
17:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Grimaldo 45+4' Jiménez 48' 48' Salvio 53' Samaris 69'	Report	Gaspar 19' Marega 21' Zungu 78' Sá 88'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 35,390^[15] Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon) Man of the Match: Eduardo Salvio

Taça da Liga

Third round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BEN	VGU	PAÇ	VIZ
1	Benfica	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Advance to knockout phase	—	—	1–0	4–0
2	Vitória de Guimarães	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4		0–2	—	2–2	—
3	Paços de Ferreira	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2		—	—	—	2–2
4	Vizela	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1		—	1–2	—	—

Source: LPFP
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

29 December 2016^[A] 1	Benfica	1–0	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Cervi 39'	Report	Rodrigues 10' Santos 75'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 32,945 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

3 January 2017^[A] 2	Benfica	4–0	Vizela	Lisbon
19:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Mitroglou 27' López 48' Jonas 57', 60'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 18,472 Referee: Manuel Oliveira (Porto)

10 January 2017^[A] 3	Vitória de Guimarães	0–2	Benfica	Guimarães
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Zungu 11' Ferreira 63' Gaspar 73' Gouano 78' Hurtado 83'	Report	Samaris 16' Guedes 34', 40' Semedo 41' Almeida 61' López 67'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 15,151 Referee: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)

^ ^a ^b ^c The matches were originally to be played on 30 November, 29 December and 4 January respectively, but were postponed because of Benfica's tight schedule around the original date of matchday 1.^[16]

Semi-finals

26 January 2017	Moreirense	3–1	Benfica	Faro/Loulé
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Almeida 23' Dramé 47' 78' Boateng 35' 55', 72' Podence 55' Makaridze 58'	Report	Salvio 7' Jonas 52' Samaris 52' Eliseu 56' Pizzi 77'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Attendance: 8,935 Referee: Tiago Martins (Lisbon)

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NAP	BEN	BES	DKV
1	Napoli	6	3	2	1	11	8	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–2	2–3	0–0
2	Benfica	6	2	2	2	10	10	0	8	Advance to knockout phase	1–2	—	1–1	1–0
3	Beşiktaş	6	1	4	1	9	14	−5	7	Transfer to Europa League	1–1	3–3	—	1–1
4	Dynamo Kyiv	6	1	2	3	8	6	+2	5		1–2	0–2	6–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

13 September 2016 1	Benfica	1–1	Beşiktaş	Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cervi 12' Samaris 78' Salvio 87'	Report	Erkin 87' Beck 88' Talisca 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 42,126 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

28 September 2016 2	Napoli	4–2	Benfica	Naples, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hamšík 20' Mertens 51', 58' Milik 54' (pen.) Reina 86'	Report	López 50' Júlio César 53' Carrillo 65' Guedes 70' Fejsa 76' Salvio 86'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 41,281 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

19 October 2016 3	Dynamo Kyiv	0–2	Benfica	Kyiv, Ukraine
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Korzun 34'	Report	Salvio 9' (pen.) Mitroglou 45' Cervi 55'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 25,991 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

1 November 2016 4	Benfica	1–0	Dynamo Kyiv	Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Salvio 45+2' (pen.) Samaris 79'	Report	González 11' Morozyuk 15' Makarenko 44' Vida 45' Rybalka 56' Khacheridi 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 51,641 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

23 November 2016 5	Beşiktaş	3–3	Benfica	Istanbul, Turkey
18:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Arslan 29' Tosun 58' Quaresma 83' (pen.) Aboubakar 89' 90'	Report	Guedes 10' Semedo 25' Fejsa 31' Pizzi 34' Luisão 76'	Stadium: Vodafone Park Attendance: 36,063 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

6 December 2016 6	Benfica	1–2	Napoli	Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jiménez 87' Pizzi 89'	Report	Koulibaly 15' Callejón 60' Mertens 79'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 55,634 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Round of 16

14 February 2017 1st leg	Benfica	1–0	Borussia Dortmund	Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mitroglou 48' Fejsa 63'	Report	Schmelzer 74' Pulisic 85' Bartra 90'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 55,124 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

8 March 2017 2nd leg	Borussia Dortmund	4–0 (1–4 agg.)	Benfica	Dortmund, Germany
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Aubameyang 4', 61', 85' Castro 31' Dembélé 38' Pulisic 59' Piszczek 65'	Report	Samaris 33'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 65,849 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal¹		Taça da Liga		UEFA Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	BRA	Ederson	40	-27	27	-12	3	-2	3	-3	7	-10
2	DF	ARG	Lisandro López	17	4	6+2	3	4	0	3	1	2	0
3	DF	ESP	Álex Grimaldo	21	2	14	2	3	0	0	0	4	0
4	DF	BRA	Luisão	39	1	28	0	4	1	1	0	6	0
5	MF	SRB	Ljubomir Fejsa	35	1	25	0	2	0	1	0	7	1
6	MF	BRA	Filipe Augusto	13	0	1+8	0	2+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
7	MF	GRE	Andreas Samaris	32	0	9+9	0	5+2	0	3	0	1+3	0
8	MF	POR	André Horta	16	1	7+3	1	1+1	0	0+2	0	2	0
9	FW	MEX	Raúl Jiménez	32	11	6+13	7	1+4	3	1+1	0	1+5	1
10	FW	BRA	Jonas	28	18	15+4	13	3+1	3	2+2	2	0+1	0
11	FW	GRE	Kostas Mitroglou	43	27	26+2	16	5+1	9	1+1	1	6+1	1
12	GK	BRA	Júlio César	15	-14	7+1	-4	5	-6	1	0	1	-4
13	GK	POR	Paulo Lopes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	SWE	Victor Lindelöf	47	1	32	1	5	0	0+2	0	8	0
15	MF	PER	André Carrillo	32	3	3+17	2	5+1	1	3	0	2+1	0
16	DF	CRO	Branimir Kalaica (B)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	SRB	Andrija Živković	24	1	10+5	0	5	1	2+1	0	0+1	0
18	MF	ARG	Eduardo Salvio	42	9	26+3	4	2+2	1	1	1	7+1	3
19	DF	POR	Eliseu	20	0	12	0	3	0	1	0	3+1	0
21	MF	POR	Pizzi	52	13	33	10	4+4	3	3	0	8	0
22	MF	ARG	Franco Cervi	41	7	16+10	2	6+1	2	1	1	6+1	2
23	DF	POR	Pedro Pereira	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	POR	Rafa Silva	31	2	12+8	2	2+2	0	3+1	0	1+2	0
33	DF	BRA	Jardel	8	0	1	0	3	0	4	0	0	0
34	DF	POR	André Almeida	25	2	10+4	1	3	1	4	0	3+1	0
35	FW	SRB	Luka Jović (B)	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
38	DF	BRA	Marcelo Hermes	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	DF	POR	Nélson Semedo	47	2	31	1	6	0	2	0	8	1
70	FW	POR	José Gomes (B)	5	0	0+3	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
95	DF	POR	Yuri Ribeiro (B)	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
20	FW	POR	Gonçalo Guedes	28	7	14+2	2	1+3	1	2	2	5+1	2
28	MF	COL	Guillermo Celis	7	0	0+3	0	1	0	1	0	0+2	0
37	MF	BRA	Danilo	5	1	0+2	0	2+1	1	0	0	0	0

(B) – Benfica B player

^ Includes Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Goalscorers

Rnk	Pos	Player	League	Cup¹	League Cup	Champions League	Total
1	FW	Kostas Mitroglou	16	9	1	1	27
2	FW	Jonas	13	3	2	0	18
3	MF	Pizzi	10	3	0	0	13
4	FW	Raúl Jiménez	7	3	0	1	11
4	MF	Eduardo Salvio	4	1	1	3	9
6	FW	Gonçalo Guedes	2	1	2	2	7
6	MF	Franco Cervi	2	2	1	2	7
8	DF	Lisandro López	3	0	1	0	4
9	MF	André Carrillo	2	1	0	0	3
10	DF	Álex Grimaldo	2	0	0	0	2
	DF	Nélson Semedo	1	0	0	1	2
	MF	Rafa Silva	2	0	0	0	2
	DF	André Almeida	1	1	0	0	2
14	MF	André Horta	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	Danilo	0	1	0	0	1
	DF	Luisão	0	1	0	0	1
	MF	Ljubomir Fejsa	0	0	0	1	1
	MF	Andrija Živković	0	1	0	0	1
	DF	Victor Lindelöf	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Branimir Kalaica	1	0	0	0	1
Own goals			4	0	0	0	4
Totals			72	27	8	11	118

^ Includes Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition
Kostas Mitroglou	Leixões	6–2 (H)	18 January 2017	Taça de Portugal

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Clean sheets

Number of appearances inside brackets.

Rnk	Player	League	Cup¹	League Cup	Champions League	Total
1	Ederson	18* (27)	1 (3)	2 (3)	3 (7)	24 (40)
2	Júlio César	3* (8**)	2 (5)	1	0	6 (15)
3	Paulo Lopes	1 (**)	—	—	—	1
Totals		20 (34)	3 (8)	3 (4)	3 (8)	29 (54)

^

Includes Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

* Shared clean sheet on Round 21 against Arouca

** Shared match on Round 34 against Boavista

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name										Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	League		Cup		League Cup	Champions League	Total			Notes
1	GK		Ederson	4		1	1			5		1	ForaDeJogo data
21	MF		Pizzi	4	1			1	2	7	1		ForaDeJogo data
7	MF		Andreas Samaris	5		1		2	3	11			Includes a yellow card while on the bench - ForaDeJogo data
2	DF		Lisandro López	4		2		1	1	8			ForaDeJogo data
50	DF		Nélson Semedo	6		1		1		8			Cup includes Super Cup - ForaDeJogo data
4	DF		Luisão	4					1	5			ForaDeJogo data
5	MF		Ljubomir Fejsa	3					2	5			ForaDeJogo data
15	MF		André Carrillo	4					1	5			ForaDeJogo data
9	FW		Raúl Jiménez	3		1				4			ForaDeJogo data
10	FW		Jonas	2		1		1		4			ForaDeJogo data
3	DF		Álex Grimaldo	1		2				3			Cup includes Super Cup - ForaDeJogo data
11	FW		Kostas Mitroglou	2					1	3			ForaDeJogo data
19	DF		Eliseu	2				1		3			ForaDeJogo data
22	MF		Franco Cervi	2		1				3			ForaDeJogo data
33	DF		Jardel	2		1				3			Includes an after-match yellow card - ForaDeJogo data
8	MF		André Horta	2						2			ForaDeJogo data
12	GK		Júlio César			1			1	2			ForaDeJogo data
18	MF		Eduardo Salvio	1					1	2			ForaDeJogo data
37	MF		Danilo	1		1				2			ForaDeJogo data
6	MF		Filipe Augusto	1						1			ForaDeJogo data
14	DF		Victor Lindelöf	1						1			ForaDeJogo data
20	FW		Gonçalo Guedes	1						1			ForaDeJogo data
34	DF		André Almeida					1		1			ForaDeJogo data

Source: LPFP and links in notes.
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Awards

Player

No.	Pos	Name	Award	Month/Year	Ref
21	MF	Pizzi	Liga Portugal/Samsung Best Player	October/November	^[17]
			Liga Portugal/Samsung Best Player	December	^[18]
			SJPF Primeira Liga Team of the Year	2016	^[19]
			LPFP Primeira Liga Best Player	2017	^[20]
20	FW	Gonçalo Guedes	SJPF Young Player of the Month	October/November	^[21]
27	MF	Rafa Silva	Samsung Goal of the Month	January	^[22]
50	DF	Nélson Semedo	SJPF Young Player of the Month	February	^[23]
			SJPF Primeira Liga Team of the Year	2016	^[19]
			LPFP Primeira Liga Breakthrough Player	2017	^[20]
1	GK	Ederson	SJPF Primeira Liga Team of the Year	2016	^[19]
1	GK	Ederson	LPFP Primeira Liga Best Goalkeeper	2017	^[20]
11	FW	Kostas Mitroglou	SJPF Primeira Liga Team of the Year	2016	^[19]
14	DF	Victor Lindelöf	SJPF Primeira Liga Team of the Year		^[19]
			Cosme Damião Award – Revelation of the Year		^[24]
			SJPF Goal of the Month	April	^[25]
10	FW	Jonas	SJPF Primeira Liga Team of the Year	2016	^[19]
			Cosme Damião Award – Footballer of the Year	2016	^[24]
			Liga Portugal/Samsung Best Player	April	^[26]
			Samsung Goal of the Month	April	^[26]

Manager

Name	Award	Year	Ref
Rui Vitória	Cosme Damião Award – Manager of the Year	2016	^[24]
Rui Vitória	LPFP Primeira Liga Best Coach	2017	^[20]

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^ "Pizzi (SL Benfica), Paulinho (Portimonense) e Bruno César(Sporting CP) vencedores em dezembro" [Pizzi (SL Benfica), Paulinho (Portimonense) and Bruno César (Sporting CP): winners in December]. Liga Portugal (in Portuguese). 12 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "SJPF revela os melhores 11 de 2016" [SJPF reveals best teams from 2016]. SJPF (in Portuguese). 20 January 2017. Archived from the original on 21 March 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Benfica domina os prémios da Liga" [Benfica dominates Liga's prizes]. zerozero (in Portuguese). 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2007.
^ "Guedes ultrapassa Gelson e é o melhor jogador jovem de outubro e novembro" [Guedes surpasses Gelson and is the best young player of October and November]. zerozero (in Portuguese). 23 December 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
^ "Prémio de Golo do Mês entregue a Rafa" [Goal of the Month awarded to Rafa]. zerozero (in Portuguese). 24 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
^ "Nélson Semedo é o Melhor Jovem do mês de fevereiro da I Liga" [Nélson Semedo is Primeira Liga's best Young Player of February]. SJPF (in Portuguese). 17 March 2017. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Os vencedores de uma noite de mística" [The winners of a night full of "mística"]. S.L.Benfica (in Portuguese). 22 March 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
^ "Golo de Lindelöf é o melhor de abril" [Lindelöf's goal is the best of April]. SJPF (in Portuguese). 16 May 2017. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Jonas (SL Benfica) e Paulinho (Gil Vicente FC) vencedores dos prémios mensais da Liga (abril)" [Jonas (SL Benfica) and Paulinho (Gil Vicente FC) are the winners of Liga's monthly awards (April)]. Liga Portugal (in Portuguese). 11 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.

[8] On 27 January 2017, Cristante's season-long loan at Pescara was terminated.

[9] On 18 October 2016, Diego Lopes' season-long loan at América was terminated.

[10] On 30 January 2017, Đuričić signed with Sampdoria.

[11] On 30 January 2017, Costa signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with Wolverhampton.

[12] On 27 January 2017, João Teixeira's season-long loan at Wolverhampton was terminated.

[13] On 11 January 2017, Ola John's season-long loan at Wolverhampton was terminated.

[15] On 30 January 2017, Óscar Benítez's season-long loan at Braga was terminated.^[8]

[table_note_res_ELGS0.45506255256713-21] 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.

[Taça_da_Liga-25] The matches were originally to be played on 30 November, 29 December and 4 January respectively, but were postponed because of Benfica's tight schedule around the original date of matchday 1.^[16]

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[2] "Fez-se história!" [History was made!]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 13 May 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[3] "Spectators". Liga Portugal. Retrieved 4 January 2017.

[Painel_de_Espectadores_Liga_NOS_por_clube-4] "Liga NOS attendance list by club". LPFP. Retrieved 7 August 2021.

[5] "Estádio da Luz em 9.º lugar no ranking das assistências na Europa" [Estádio da Luz places 9th in Europe's attendances ranking]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 27 May 2017. Archived from the original on 31 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

[6] "Plantel Principal" [Main squad]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2016.

[7] "Squad". Liga Portugal. Retrieved 18 January 2017.

[14] "Benítez e D. Coutinho rescindiram" [Benítez and D. Coutinho rescinded]. S.C. Braga (in Portuguese). 30 January 2017. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

[16] "Staff". S.L. Benfica. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.

[17] "Staff". thefinalball.com. Retrieved 5 January 2017.

[18] "Hugo Oliveira rescindiu com o Benfica para acompanhar Marco Silva" [Hugo Oliveira rescinded with Benfica to go with Marco Silva]. Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). 5 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[19] "Sheffield Wednesday vs Benfica". A Bola (in Portuguese). No. 15, 546. 21 July 2016. p. 4.

[20] Anjos, Vitor (8 October 2016). "Santos arranca empate com Benfica e garante festa para ídolos" [Santos get a draw against Benfica and guarantee party for idols]. Gazeta Esportiva (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 November 2016.

[22] "Regulamento das Competições Organizadas pela Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional" [Regulation for the competitions organised by the Portuguese Professional Football League] (PDF). LPFP (in Portuguese). 28 June 2016. p. 10. Retrieved 2 September 2016.

[23] "Benfica - V. Guimarães". A Bola (in Portuguese). 28 May 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[24] "Comunicado Oficial Nº 109" [Official Announcement No. 109] (PDF). Liga Portugal (in Portuguese). 4 November 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.

[26] "Pizzi (SL Benfica), Paulinho (Portimonense) e Brahimi (FC Porto) destacam-se em outubro/novembro" [Pizzi (SL Benfica), Paulinho (Portimonense) and Brahimi (FC Porto) stand out in October/November]. Liga Portugal (in Portuguese). 14 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.

[27] "Pizzi (SL Benfica), Paulinho (Portimonense) e Bruno César(Sporting CP) vencedores em dezembro" [Pizzi (SL Benfica), Paulinho (Portimonense) and Bruno César (Sporting CP): winners in December]. Liga Portugal (in Portuguese). 12 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.

[Best_11-28] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "SJPF revela os melhores 11 de 2016" [SJPF reveals best teams from 2016]. SJPF (in Portuguese). 20 January 2017. Archived from the original on 21 March 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.

[Prémios_2017-29] "Benfica domina os prémios da Liga" [Benfica dominates Liga's prizes]. zerozero (in Portuguese). 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2007.

[30] "Guedes ultrapassa Gelson e é o melhor jogador jovem de outubro e novembro" [Guedes surpasses Gelson and is the best young player of October and November]. zerozero (in Portuguese). 23 December 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.

[31] "Prémio de Golo do Mês entregue a Rafa" [Goal of the Month awarded to Rafa]. zerozero (in Portuguese). 24 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.

[32] "Nélson Semedo é o Melhor Jovem do mês de fevereiro da I Liga" [Nélson Semedo is Primeira Liga's best Young Player of February]. SJPF (in Portuguese). 17 March 2017. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.

[Damião-33] "Os vencedores de uma noite de mística" [The winners of a night full of "mística"]. S.L.Benfica (in Portuguese). 22 March 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2017.

[34] "Golo de Lindelöf é o melhor de abril" [Lindelöf's goal is the best of April]. SJPF (in Portuguese). 16 May 2017. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[April-35] "Jonas (SL Benfica) e Paulinho (Gil Vicente FC) vencedores dos prémios mensais da Liga (abril)" [Jonas (SL Benfica) and Paulinho (Gil Vicente FC) are the winners of Liga's monthly awards (April)]. Liga Portugal (in Portuguese). 11 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.

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