2016–17 LigaPro

LigaPro
Season	2016–17
Matches played	178
Goals scored	398 (2.24 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jorge Pires (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Sporting CP B 5–1 Cova da Piedade; (28 September 2016); Porto B 4–0 Fafe; (28 October 2016)
Biggest away win	Vitória de Guimarães B 1–5 Portimonense; (11 September 2016)
Highest scoring	Famalicão 4–2 Olhanense; (13 August 2016); Sporting CP B 2–4 Fafe; (20 August 2016); Vitória de Guimarães B 1–5 Portimonense; (11 September 2016); Sporting CP B 5–1 Cova da Piedade; (28 September 2016)
Longest winning run	7 matches; Desportivo das Aves
Longest unbeaten run	15 matches; Portimonense
Longest winless run	13 matches; Olhanense
Longest losing run	9 matches; Olhanense
Highest attendance	4,164; Famalicão 3–1 Fafe; (6 November 2016)
Lowest attendance	0; Leixões 0–0 Famalicão; (6 August 2016); Leixões 1–2 Porto B; (20 August 2016)
Total attendance	164,736
Average attendance	992
	← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 3 December 2016.

The 2016–17 LigaPro (also known as Ledman LigaPro for sponsorship reasons) is the 27th season of Portuguese football's second-tier league, and the second season under the current LigaPro title. A total of 22 teams compete in this division, including reserve sides from top-flight Primeira Liga teams.

Porto B are the defending champions, after winning their first title in the competition in the previous season.

Teams

A total of 22 teams contest the league, including 17 sides from the 2015–16 season, two teams relegated from the 2015–16 Primeira Liga (União da Madeira and Académica) and three promoted from the 2015–16 Campeonato de Portugal (Cova da Piedade, Vizela and Fafe).

Other team changes compared to the previous season included the promotion of Chaves and Feirense to the 2016–17 Primeira Liga, and the relegation of Farense, Mafra, Atlético CP, Oriental and Oliveirense to the 2016–17 Campeonato de Portugal.

On 15 March 2016, the LPFP announced that four teams (instead of three) will be relegated to the 2016–17 Campeonato de Portugal, and two teams (instead of three) will be promoted directly from the third division to reduce the number of LigaPro teams to 20 for the 2017–18 season. There will be also a two-legged promotion/relegation play-off involving the 17th- and 18th-placed teams of 2016–17 LigaPro and both second-placed teams of the Campeonato de Portugal promotion groups (North and South).^[5]

Team changes

Promoted from 2015–16 Campeonato de Portugal

Cova da Piedade (Champions, South zone promotion group winner)
Vizela (Runners-up, North zone promotion group winner)
Fafe (Promotion play-off winner)

Relegated from 2015–16 Primeira Liga

Promoted to 2016–17 Primeira Liga

Relegated to 2016–17 Campeonato de Portugal

Stadia and locations

Benfica B
Sporting CP B

Location of teams in 2016–17 LigaPro (Mainland)

Santa Clara

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Location of teams in 2016–17 LigaPro (Azores)

União

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Location of teams in 2016–17 LigaPro (Madeira)

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2015–16 finish
Académica	Coimbra	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra	29,744	18th (PL)
Académico de Viseu	Viseu	Estádio do Fontelo	8,046	17th
Benfica B	Lisbon	Caixa Futebol Campus	2,720	19th
Braga B	Braga	Estádio 1º de Maio	5,000	15th
Cova da Piedade	Cova da Piedade	Estádio Municipal José Martins Vieira^[A]	3,500	1st (CP)
Desportivo das Aves	Vila das Aves	Estádio do CD Aves	5,441	8th
Fafe	Fafe	Parque Municipal dos Desportos de Fafe^[B]	8,000	3rd (CP)
Famalicão	Vila Nova de Famalicão	Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho	5,037	6th
Freamunde	Freamunde	Campo do SC Freamunde	3,919	5th
Gil Vicente	Barcelos	Estádio Cidade de Barcelos	12,032	11th
Leixões	Matosinhos	Estádio do Mar	6,798	18th
Olhanense	Olhão	Estádio José Arcanjo	5,661	7th
Penafiel	Penafiel	Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril	5,230	12th
Portimonense	Portimão	Estádio Municipal de Portimão	6,000	4th
Porto B	Porto	Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio	8,272	1st
Santa Clara	Ponta Delgada	Estádio de São Miguel	12,500	16th
Sporting CP B	Lisbon	CGD Stadium Aurélio Pereira	1,180	10th
Sporting da Covilhã	Covilhã	Estádio Municipal José dos Santos Pinto	2,055	14th
União da Madeira	Funchal	Centro Desportivo da Madeira	2,500	17th (PL)
Varzim	Póvoa de Varzim	Estádio do Varzim SC	7,280	9th
Vitória de Guimarães B	Guimarães	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques	30,008	13th
Vizela	Vizela	Estádio do FC Vizela	6,000	2nd (CP)

^ Cova da Piedade played one home match at Caixa Futebol Campus, Seixal, due to renovations at their own stadium.^[6]^[7]
^ Fafe will play some home matches at Estádio Dr. Machado de Matos, Felgueiras, due to renovations at their own stadium.^[6]^[8]

Personnel and sponsors

Team	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors
Académica	Costinha	Nike	EFAPEL
Académico de Viseu	Octávio Moreira (caretaker)	Macron	Palácio do Gelo
Benfica B	Hélder Cristóvão	Adidas	Emirates
Braga B	Abel Ferreira	Lacatoni
Cova da Piedade	Sérgio Boris	Adidas	Servintegra
Desportivo das Aves	Ivo Vieira	Nike	WoWalBo
Fafe	Agostinho Bento	Gsports	Faftir
Famalicão	Nandinho	Lacatoni	Amob
Freamunde	Ricardo Chéu	Adidas	LGSP Sports
Gil Vicente	Álvaro Magalhães	Macron	Barcelos / Crédito Agrícola
Leixões	Filipe Coelho	Adidas	Mar à Mesa
Olhanense	Bruno Baltazar	Macron	OLX
Penafiel	Paulo Alves	Macron	Restradas
Portimonense	Vítor Oliveira	Mizuno	VisitPortimão.com
Porto B	José Tavares	New Balance
Santa Clara	Rui Amorim	Nike	Açoreana Seguros
Sporting CP B	João de Deus	Macron
Sporting da Covilhã	Filipe Gouveia	Lacatoni	Natura / MB Hotels
União da Madeira	Filó	Lacatoni	Museu CR7
Varzim	João Eusébio	Stadio	Carnes São José
Vitória de Guimarães B	Vítor Campelos	Macron	Banco BIC
Vizela	Ricardo Soares	CDT	Vizelpas

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Gil Vicente	Nandinho	Mutual consent	14 May 2016^[9]	Pre-season	Álvaro Magalhães	18 May 2016^[10]
Desportivo das Aves	Ulisses Morais	Sacked	17 May 2016^[11]		Ivo Vieira	27 May 2016^[12]
União da Madeira	Luís Norton de Matos	Contract expired	17 May 2016^[13]		Filó	21 June 2016^[14]
Sporting da Covilhã	Francisco Chaló	Mutual consent	18 May 2016^[15]		Filipe Gouveia	2 June 2016^[16]
Famalicão	Daniel Ramos	Resigned	18 May 2016^[17]		Ulisses Morais	27 May 2016^[18]
Varzim	Capucho	Signed by Rio Ave	21 May 2016^[19]		Armando Evangelista	25 May 2016^[20]
Santa Clara	Carlos Pinto	Signed by Paços de Ferreira	24 May 2016^[21]		Daniel Ramos	3 June 2016^[22]
Académico de Viseu	Jorge Casquilha	Contract expired	31 May 2016^[23]		André David	31 May 2016^[24]
Académica	Filipe Gouveia				Costinha	20 June 2016^[25]
Leixões	Pedro Miguel				Filipe Coelho	22 June 2016^[26]
Portimonense	José Augusto	Promoted to manager	26 June 2016^[27]		Vítor Oliveira	29 June 2016^[28]
Santa Clara	Daniel Ramos	Signed by Marítimo	21 September 2016^[29]	2nd	Hugo Relvas (caretaker)	21 September 2016^[30]
Santa Clara	Hugo Relvas (caretaker)	Ended caretaking role	26 September 2016^[31]	2nd	Quim Machado	26 September 2016^[31]
Santa Clara	Quim Machado	Resigned	3 October 2016^[32]	2nd	Rui Amorim	5 October 2016^[33]
Famalicão	Ulisses Morais	Resigned	11 October 2016^[34]	18th	Rui Silva (caretaker)	12 October 2016^[35]
Varzim	Armando Evangelista	Mutual consent	13 October 2016^[36]	13th	João Eusébio	13 October 2016 (as caretaker)^[37] 31 October 2016 (confirmed)^[38]
Famalicão	Rui Silva (caretaker)	Ended caretaking role	17 October 2016^[39]	18th	Nandinho	17 October 2016^[39]
Freamunde	Carlos Brito	Mutual consent	25 October 2016^[40]	21st	Ricardo Chéu	27 October 2016^[41]
Olhanense	Cristiano Bacci	Mutual consent	27 October 2016^[42]	22nd	Bruno Baltazar	28 October 2016^[43]
Porto B	Luís Castro	Signed by Rio Ave	12 November 2016^[44]	10th	José Tavares	14 November 2016^[45]
Académico de Viseu	André David	Mutual consent	29 November 2016^[46]	19th	Octávio Moreira (caretaker)	29 November 2016^[46]

Season summary

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Portimonense (C, P)	42	25	8	9	70	39	+31	83	Promotion to the Primeira Liga
2	Desportivo das Aves (P)	42	23	12	7	63	38	+25	81	Promotion to the Primeira Liga
3	União da Madeira	42	17	13	12	52	43	+9	64
4	Benfica B	42	18	9	15	56	58	−2	63	Ineligible for promotion
5	Penafiel	42	18	9	15	56	55	+1	63
6	Académica	42	17	11	14	42	35	+7	62
7	Braga B	42	16	14	12	64	50	+14	62	Ineligible for promotion
8	Sporting da Covilhã	42	15	17	10	51	41	+10	62
9	Varzim	42	17	10	15	45	48	−3	61
10	Santa Clara	42	16	12	14	44	42	+2	60
11	Vitória de Guimarães B	42	18	6	18	54	50	+4	60	Ineligible for promotion
12	Porto B	42	16	12	14	52	49	+3	60	Ineligible for promotion
13	Gil Vicente	42	13	17	12	47	49	−2	56
14	Sporting CP B	42	15	10	17	64	62	+2	55	Ineligible for promotion
15	Famalicão	42	14	11	17	47	50	−3	53
16	Cova da Piedade	42	14	11	17	45	60	−15	53
17	Académico de Viseu (O)	42	13	13	16	49	54	−5	52	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
18	Leixões (O)	42	10	16	16	44	48	−4	46	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
19	Vizela (R)	42	9	19	14	39	49	−10	46	Relegation to the Campeonato de Portugal
20	Fafe (R)	42	11	12	19	52	65	−13	45
21	Freamunde (R)	42	9	13	20	39	52	−13	40
22	Olhanense (R)	42	7	7	28	45	83	−38	28

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.)^[47]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Positions by round

Month	Young Player of the Month	Club
August	Diogo Gonçalves	Benfica B
September	Diogo Gonçalves	Benfica B
October
November
December
January
February
March
April

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Famalicão	20,600	4,164	1,681	2,575	−8.3%^†
2	Académica	19,549	3,003	2,007	2,444	−54.4%¹
3	Vitória de Guimarães B	16,494	3,201	1,058	2,062	+60.0%^†
4	Portimonense	11,921	2,213	1,110	1,490	+23.5%^†
5	Varzim	9,174	2,158	746	1,311	+3.6%^†
6	Vizela	8,350	1,890	828	1,193	n/a²
7	Santa Clara	8,748	2,060	572	1,094	+95.7%^†
8	Gil Vicente	6,864	1,527	523	981	+0.3%^†
9	Desportivo das Aves	7,815	1,700	606	977	+26.9%^†
10	Fafe	6,772	1,698	564	967	n/a^2,4
11	Cova da Piedade	6,073	1,224	372	868	n/a^2,3
12	Benfica B	5,975	1,331	574	854	+22.7%^†
13	Académico de Viseu	4,564	847	544	652	−8.3%^†
14	Leixões	3,990	1,072	0	570	−53.5%⁵
15	Freamunde	4,488	759	418	561	−39.7%^†
16	Penafiel	4,363	766	393	545	−5.2%^†
17	União da Madeira	4,328	854	352	541	−76.0%¹
18	Porto B	4,039	690	350	505	−30.5%^†
19	Braga B	3,425	740	250	489	+7.0%^†
20	Olhanense	3,056	821	217	382	−27.5%^†
21	Sporting da Covilhã	2,571	637	137	321	+0.9%^†
22	Sporting CP B	1,577	317	149	225	−29.5%^†
	League total	164,736	4,164	0	992	+10.1%^†

Teams

Team changes

Stadia and locations

Personnel and sponsors

Coaching changes

Season summary

League table

Positions by round

Results

Statistics

Top scorers

Monthly awards

Attendances

References