2016–17 S.L. Benfica season explained

Club:	Benfica
Season:	2016–17
Chrtitle:	President
Chairman:	Luís Filipe Vieira
Manager:	Rui Vitória
Stadium:	Estádio da Luz
League:	Primeira Liga
League Result:	1st
Cup1:	Taça de Portugal
Cup1 Result:	Winners
Cup2:	Taça da Liga
Cup2 Result:	Semi-finals
Cup3:	Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
Cup3 Result:	Winners
Cup4:	UEFA Champions League
Cup4 Result:	Round of 16
League Topscorer:	Kostas Mitroglou (16)
Season Topscorer:	Kostas Mitroglou (27)
Highest Attendance:	64,591 (stadium's record) v Vitória de Guimarães^[1] ^[2] (13 May 2017)
Lowest Attendance:	18,472 v Vizela^[3] (3 January 2017)
Average Attendance:	52,768^[4] ^[5]
Largest Win:	(19 November 2016)
Largest Loss:	(8 March 2017)
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Prevseason:	2015–16
Nextseason:	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

New contracts

		Player	Contract length	Contract end	Date	Source
21						Benfica
1						Benfica
10						Benfica
2						Relatório e Contas
14						Relatório e Contas
4						Benfica

Transfers

Out

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 OliveiraTerminated his contract with Benfica. Signed with Hull City on 5 January.

Competitions

Overall record

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

Competition!scope=col
	scope=col	scope=col	scope=col	scope=col	scope=col	scope=col	scope=col
scope=row align=left	Primeira Liga
scope=row align=left	Taça de Portugal
scope=row align=left	Taça da Liga
scope=row align=left	Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
scope=row align=left	UEFA Champions League
scope=row	Total

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

See main article: article and 2016 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.

Primeira Liga

See main article: article and 2016–17 Primeira Liga.

Matches

Semi-finals

UEFA Champions League

See main article: article and 2016–17 UEFA Champions League.

Group stage

See main article: article.

Round of 16

See main article: article.

Statistics

Squad statistics

Players transferred out during the season

(B) – Benfica B player

Includes Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Goalscorers

		Player	League	Cup	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