Primeira Liga 2015/16

Primeira Liga 2015/16
master	Benfica Lisbon
Champions League	Benfica Lisbon Sporting Lisbon
Champions League qualification	FC Porto
Europe League	Sporting Braga
Europa League qualification	FC Arouca Rio Ave FC
Cup winners	Sporting Braga
Relegated	União Madeira Académica de Coimbra
Teams	18th
Games	306
Gates	814  (ø 2.66 per game)
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The 2015/16 Primeira Liga was the 82nd season of the top Portuguese league in men's football . The season began on August 14, 2015 and ended in May 2016 with the 34th matchday.

Coimbra Benfica Braga Arouca Paços de Ferreira Tondela postage Boavista Rio Ave Sporting Setubal Guimarães Estoril Belenenses Moreirense

Participant of the Primeira Liga 2015/16

Nacional Marítimo União

Participants of the Primeira Liga 2015/16 from Madeira Island

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Benfica Lisbon (M, LP)	34	29	1	4th	088:220	+66	88
2.	Sporting Lisbon (P)	34	27	5	2	079:210	+58	86
3.	FC Porto	34	23	4th	7th	067:300	+37	73
4th	Sporting Braga	34	16	10	8th	054:350	+19	58
5.	FC Arouca	34	13	15th	6th	047:380	+9	54
6th	Rio Ave FC	34	14th	8th	12	044:440	± 0	50
7th	FC Paços de Ferreira	34	13	10	11	043:420	+1	49
8th.	DG Estoril Praia	34	13	8th	13	040:410	−1	47
9.	Belenenses Lisbon	34	10	11	13	044:660	−22	41
10.	Vitória Guimarães	34	9	13	12	045:530	−8	40
11.	Nacional Funchal	34	10	8th	16	040:560	−16	38
12.	Moreirense FC	34	9	9	16	039:550	−16	36
13.	Marítimo Funchal	34	10	5	19th	045:630	−18	35
14th	Boavista Porto	34	8th	9	17th	024:410	−17	33
15th	Vitória Setúbal	34	6th	12	16	040:610	−21	30th
16.	CD Tondela (N)	34	8th	6th	20th	034:540	−20	30th
17th	União Madeira (N)	34	7th	8th	19th	028:510	−23	29
18th	Académica de Coimbra	34	5	10	19th	032:600	−28	25th

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored

Portuguese champions and participation in the group stage of the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the group stage of the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the play-off round of the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the group stage of the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League

Participation in the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League play-off round

Participation in the third qualifying round for the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League

Relegated to the Segunda League

(M)	reigning Portuguese champion
(P)	reigning Portuguese cup winner
(LP)	reigning league cup winner
(N)	Newcomers

Championship team Benfica Lisbon

35th title

Benfica Lisbon

Goal: Júlio César (24 / -); Ederson (10 / -); Paulo Lopes (1 / -) Defense: Eliseu (31 / -); Jardel (30/3); André Almeida (26 / -); Victor Lindelof (15/1); Lisandro Lopez (14/1); Nélson Semedo (12/1); Luisão (9 / -); Sílvio (4 / -); Alejandro Grimaldo (2 / -) Midfield: Pizzi (31/7); Andreas Samaris (27/2); Nicolás Gaitán (25/4); Renato Sanches (24/2); Talisca (21/3); Mehdi Carcela- Gonzalez (20/2); Ljubomir Fejsa (19 / -); Eduardo Salvio (8 / -); Bryan Cristante (2 / -) Storm: Jonas (34/32); Kostas Mitroglou (32/20); Raúl Jiménez (28/5); Gonçalo Guedes (18/3); Luka Jović (1 / -); Nuno Santos (1 / -) Coach: Rui Vitória

* Victor Andrade (3 / -), Ola John (2 / -) and Filip Đuričić (1 / -) left the club during the season.

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
01.	Jonas	Benfica Lisbon	32
02.	Islam Slimani	Sporting Lisbon	27
03.	Kostas Mitroglou	Benfica Lisbon	20th
04th	Léo Bonatini	DG Estoril Praia	17th
05.	Rafael	Moreirense FC	16

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.weltfussball.de/team_einsaetze/sl-benfica/por-primeira-liga-2015-2016/
2. ↑ http://www.weltfussball.de/torjaeger/por-primeira-liga-2015-2016/