2015–16 Primeira Liga

Primeira Liga
Season	2015–16
Dates	14 August 2015 – 15 May 2016
Champions	Benfica; 35th title
Relegated	União da Madeira; Académica
Champions League	Benfica; Sporting CP; Porto
Europa League	Braga; Arouca; Rio Ave
Matches played	306
Goals scored	831 (2.72 per match)
Best Player	Jonas
Top goalscorer	Jonas (32 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Rui Patrício
Biggest home win	Benfica 6–0 Belenenses; (11 September 2015); Paços de Ferreira 6–0 União da Madeira; (12 December 2015); Benfica 6–0 Marítimo; (6 January 2016)
Biggest away win	Vitória de Setúbal 0–6 Sporting CP; (6 January 2016)
Highest scoring	Marítimo 5–2 Vitória de Setúbal; (13 September 2015); Vitória de Guimarães 3–4 Marítimo; (12 December 2015); Académica 4–3 Belenenses; (14 December 2015); Moreirense 3–4 Vitória de Guimarães; (6 January 2016); Tondela 3–4 Marítimo; (21 February 2016); Belenenses 2–5 Sporting CP; (4 April 2016); União da Madeira 3–4 Paços de Ferreira; (17 April 2016)
Longest winning run	12 matches; Benfica
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches; Benfica; Porto
Longest winless run	15 matches; Vitória de Setúbal
Longest losing run	6 matches; Académica; Tondela
Highest attendance	64,235; Benfica 4–1 Nacional; (15 May 2016)
Lowest attendance	705; Arouca 1–0 Estoril; (6 January 2016)
Total attendance	3,313,851
Average attendance	10,830
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The 2015–16 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga NOS for sponsorship reasons) was the 82nd season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. The fixtures were determined by draw on 4 July 2015.^[3] The season began on 14 August 2015 and concluded on 15 May 2016.^[4]

Benfica won their third consecutive and 35th overall title, after beating Nacional 4–1 in their last match. They finished the league with a record 88 points in 34 matches (from 29 wins and one draw), two points more than runners-up Sporting CP.^[5]

Tondela and União da Madeira entered the season as the two promoted teams from the 2014–15 Segunda Liga. On the last matchday, both teams were at risk of returning to the second division, but the combination of their results dictated União da Madeira's relegation alongside Académica.^[5]

Teams

For the second consecutive season, the league was contested by a total of 18 teams, which included the best 16 sides from the 2014–15 season and two promoted from the 2014–15 Segunda Liga.

Tondela made their debut in the top flight of Portuguese football, after winning the 2014–15 Segunda Liga title. while runners-up União da Madeira returned for the first time since the 1994–95 season.^[6] These two clubs replaced Gil Vicente, relegated after four seasons in the Primeira Liga, and Penafiel, who returned to the second division one season after being promoted.

For the first time since the 1990–91 season, the autonomous region of Madeira was again represented at the highest level of Portuguese football with three teams: União da Madeira, Marítimo and Nacional, all set in Funchal making the madeirense capital the second town having three teams in Primeira Liga after Lisbon.

Stadia and locations

Belenenses
Benfica
Sporting CP

Location of teams in 2015–16 Primeira Liga (Mainland)

Marítimo
Nacional
União

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Location of teams in 2015–16 Primeira Liga (Madeira)

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2014–15 finish
Académica	Coimbra	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra	29,744	14th
Arouca	Arouca	Estádio Municipal de Arouca	5,000	16th
Belenenses	Lisbon	Estádio do Restelo	19,856	6th
Benfica	Lisbon	Estádio da Luz	64,642	1st
Boavista	Porto	Estádio do Bessa	30,000	13th
Braga	Braga	Estádio Municipal de Braga	30,286	4th
Estoril	Estoril	Estádio António Coimbra da Mota	8,000	12th
Marítimo	Funchal	Estádio dos Barreiros	7,200	9th
Moreirense	Moreira de Cónegos	Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas	6,153	11th
Nacional	Funchal	Estádio da Madeira	5,586	7th
Paços de Ferreira	Paços de Ferreira	Estádio Capital do Móvel	6,404	8th
Porto	Porto	Estádio do Dragão	50,035	2nd
Rio Ave	Vila do Conde	Estádio dos Arcos	9,065	10th
Sporting CP	Lisbon	Estádio José Alvalade	50,044	3rd
Tondela	Tondela	Estádio João Cardoso	5,000	1st (SL)
União da Madeira	Funchal	Centro Desportivo da Madeira^[A]	2,500	2nd (SL)
Vitória de Guimarães	Guimarães	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques	30,008	5th
Vitória de Setúbal	Setúbal	Estádio do Bonfim	13,468	15th

^ Due to lighting problems, União da Madeira played some TV broadcast home matches at Estádio da Madeira.

Personnel and sponsors

Team	Head manager	Manufacturer	Sponsors
Académica	Filipe Gouveia	Nike	EFAPEL
Arouca	Lito Vidigal	Joma	Banco BIC
Belenenses	Julio Velázquez	Lacatoni	Kia Motors
Benfica	Rui Vitória	Adidas	Emirates
Boavista	Erwin Sánchez	Erreà	Mestre da Cor
Braga	Paulo Fonseca	Lacatoni	—
Estoril	Fabiano	Nike	Banco BIC
Marítimo	Nelo Vingada	Nike	Santander Totta
Moreirense	Miguel Leal	cdt	—
Nacional	Manuel Machado	Hummel	Santander Totta
Paços de Ferreira	Jorge Simão	Lacatoni	Banco BIC
Porto	José Peseiro	New Balance	MEO
Rio Ave	Pedro Martins	Lacatoni	MEO
Sporting CP	Jorge Jesus	Macron	NOS
Tondela	Petit	cdt	Laboratórios BASI
União da Madeira	Luís Norton de Matos	Lacatoni	Museu CR7
Vitória de Guimarães	Sérgio Conceição	Nike	Banco BIC
Vitória de Setúbal	Quim Machado	Hummel	KIA

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
União da Madeira	Vítor Oliveira	Mutual consent	24 May 2015^[7]	Pre-season	Luís Norton de Matos	9 June 2015^[8]
Arouca	Pedro Emanuel	Contract expired	25 May 2015^[9]		Lito Vidigal	1 June 2015^[10]
Vitória de Setúbal	Bruno Ribeiro	Contract expired	26 May 2015^[11]		Quim Machado	29 May 2015^[12]
Tondela	Quim Machado	Resigned	27 May 2015^[13]		Vítor Paneira	30 May 2015^[14]
Belenenses	Jorge Simão	Contract expired	3 June 2015^[15]		Ricardo Sá Pinto	9 June 2015^[16]
Sporting CP	Marco Silva	Sacked	4 June 2015^[17]		Jorge Jesus	5 June 2015^[18]
Benfica	Jorge Jesus	Contract expired	4 June 2015^[19]		Rui Vitória	15 June 2015^[20]
Braga	Sérgio Conceição	Sacked	5 June 2015^[21]		Paulo Fonseca	11 June 2015^[22]
Paços de Ferreira	Paulo Fonseca	Signed by Braga	11 June 2015^[22]		Jorge Simão	15 June 2015
Vitória de Guimarães	Rui Vitória	Signed by Benfica	15 June 2015^[20]		Armando Evangelista	20 June 2015
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[7] Due to lighting problems, União da Madeira played some TV broadcast home matches at Estádio da Madeira.

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