2016–17 LigaPro

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

LigaPro

Season	2016–17
Champions	Portimonense 1st title
Promoted	Portimonense Desportivo das Aves
Relegated	Vizela Fafe Freamunde Olhanense
Matches played	253
Goals scored	576 (2.28 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jorge Pires (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Vitória de Guimarães B 5–0 Santa Clara (15 January 2017)
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	19 matches Desportivo das Aves
Longest winless run	13 matches Olhanense
Longest losing run	9 matches Olhanense
Highest attendance	4,164[1] Famalicão 3–1 Fafe (6 November 2016)
Lowest attendance	0[2][3] Leixões 0–0 Famalicão[4] (6 August 2016) Leixões 1–2 Porto B[4] (20 August 2016)
Total attendance	246,899
Average attendance	976
← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 23 January 2017.

Porto B were 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 2017–18 Campeonato de Portugal, and two teams (instead of three) will be promoted directly from the Campeonato de Portugal 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 União da Madeira Académica

Promoted to 2016–17 Primeira Liga Chaves Feirense Relegated to 2016–17 Campeonato de Portugal Farense Mafra Atlético CP Oriental Oliveirense

Stadia and locations

Benfica B
Sporting CP B

Académica

Ac. Viseu

Braga B

C. Piedade

Desp. Aves

Fafe

Famalicão

Freamunde

Gil Vicente

Leixões

Olhanense

Penafiel

Portimonense

Porto B

Sp. Covilhã

Varzim

V. Guimarães B

Vizela

Location of teams in 2016–17 LigaPro (Mainland)

Santa Clara

Location of teams in 2016–17 LigaPro (Azores)

União

Location of teams in 2016–17 LigaPro (Madeira)

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2015–16 finish
Académica	Coimbra	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra	29,622	18th (PL)
Académico de Viseu	Viseu	Estádio do Fontelo	7,744	17th
Benfica B	Lisbon	Caixa Futebol Campus	2,720	19th
Braga B	Braga	Estádio 1º de Maio	28,000	15th
Cova da Piedade	Cova da Piedade	Estádio Municipal José Martins Vieira[A]	3,000	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	5,300	6th
Freamunde	Freamunde	Campo do SC Freamunde	3,919	5th
Gil Vicente	Barcelos	Estádio Cidade de Barcelos	12,046	11th
Leixões	Matosinhos	Estádio do Mar	9,766	18th
Olhanense	Olhão	Estádio José Arcanjo	5,661	7th
Penafiel	Penafiel	Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril	5,320	12th
Portimonense	Portimão	Estádio Municipal de Portimão	5,950	4th
Porto B	Porto	Estádio Municipal Jorge Sampaio	8,270	1st
Santa Clara	Ponta Delgada	Estádio de São Miguel	13,277	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	2,300	17th (PL)
Varzim	Póvoa de Varzim	Estádio do Varzim SC	7,280	9th
Vitória de Guimarães B	Guimarães	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques	30,000	13th
Vizela	Vizela	Estádio do FC Vizela	6,000	2nd (CP)

1. Cova da Piedade played one home match at Caixa Futebol Campus, Seixal, due to renovations at their own stadium.^[6][7]
2. Fafe will play some home matches at Estádio Dr. Machado de Matos, Felgueiras and at Estádio Municipal de Amarante, Amarante, due to renovations at their own stadium.^{[6][8][9][10][11]}

Personnel and sponsors

Team	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors
Académica	Costinha	Nike	EFAPEL
Académico de Viseu	Francisco Chaló	Macron	Palácio do Gelo
Benfica B	Hélder Cristóvão	Adidas	Emirates
Braga B	João Aroso	Lacatoni
Cova da Piedade	João Barbosa	Adidas	Servintegra
Desportivo das Aves	José Mota	Nike	WoWalBo
Fafe	Manuel Monteiro	Gsports	Faftir
Famalicão	Dito	Lacatoni	Amob
Freamunde	Daniel Barbosa	Adidas	LGSP Sports
Gil Vicente	Álvaro Magalhães	Macron	Barcelos / Crédito Agrícola
Leixões	Daniel Kenedy	Adidas	Mar à Mesa
Olhanense	Bruno Saraiva	Macron	OLX
Penafiel	Paulo Alves	Macron	Restradas
Portimonense	Vítor Oliveira	Mizuno	McDonald's Portimão
Porto B	António Folha	New Balance
Santa Clara	Carlos Pinto	Nike	Açoreana Seguros
Sporting CP B	Luís Martins	Macron
Sporting da Covilhã	Filipe Gouveia	Lacatoni	Natura / MB Hotels
União da Madeira	Jorge Casquilha	Lacatoni	Museu CR7
Varzim	João Eusébio	Stadio	Carnes São José
Vitória de Guimarães B	Vítor Campelos	Macron	Banco BIC
Vizela	Carlos Cunha	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[12]	Pre-season	Álvaro Magalhães	18 May 2016[13]
Desportivo das Aves	Ulisses Morais	Sacked	17 May 2016[14]		Ivo Vieira	27 May 2016[15]
União da Madeira	Luís Norton de Matos	Contract expired	17 May 2016[16]		Filó	21 June 2016[17]
Sporting da Covilhã	Francisco Chaló	Mutual consent	18 May 2016[18]		Filipe Gouveia	2 June 2016[19]
Famalicão	Daniel Ramos	Resigned	18 May 2016[20]		Ulisses Morais	27 May 2016[21]
Varzim	Capucho	Signed by Rio Ave	21 May 2016[22]		Armando Evangelista	25 May 2016[23]
Santa Clara	Carlos Pinto	Signed by Paços de Ferreira	24 May 2016[24]		Daniel Ramos	3 June 2016[25]
Académico de Viseu	Jorge Casquilha	Contract expired	31 May 2016[26]		André David	31 May 2016[27]
Académica	Filipe Gouveia				Costinha	20 June 2016[28]
Leixões	Pedro Miguel				Filipe Coelho	22 June 2016[29]
Portimonense	José Augusto	Promoted to manager	26 June 2016[30]		Vítor Oliveira	29 June 2016[31]
Santa Clara	Daniel Ramos	Signed by Marítimo	21 September 2016[32]	2nd	Hugo Relvas (caretaker)	21 September 2016[33]
Santa Clara	Hugo Relvas (caretaker)	Ended caretaking role	26 September 2016[34]	2nd	Quim Machado	26 September 2016[34]
Santa Clara	Quim Machado	Resigned	3 October 2016[35]	2nd	Rui Amorim	5 October 2016[36]
Famalicão	Ulisses Morais	Resigned	11 October 2016[37]	18th	Rui Silva (caretaker)	12 October 2016[38]
Varzim	Armando Evangelista	Mutual consent	13 October 2016[39]	13th	João Eusébio	13 October 2016 (as caretaker)[40] 31 October 2016 (confirmed)[41]
Famalicão	Rui Silva (caretaker)	Ended caretaking role	17 October 2016[42]	18th	Nandinho	17 October 2016[42]
Freamunde	Carlos Brito	Mutual consent	25 October 2016[43]	21st	Ricardo Chéu	27 October 2016[44]
Olhanense	Cristiano Bacci	Mutual consent	27 October 2016[45]	22nd	Bruno Baltazar	28 October 2016[46]
Leixões	Filipe Coelho	Mutual consent	2 November 2016[47]	20th	Daniel Kenedy	2 November 2016[47]
Porto B	Luís Castro	Signed by Rio Ave	12 November 2016[48]	10th	José Tavares	14 November 2016[49]
Académico de Viseu	André David	Mutual consent	29 November 2016[50]	19th	Octávio Moreira (caretaker)	29 November 2016[50]
Académico de Viseu	Octávio Moreira (caretaker)	Ended caretaking role	5 December 2016[51]	19th	Francisco Chaló	5 December 2016[51]
Santa Clara	Rui Amorim	Sacked	5 December 2016[52]	4th	Carlos Pinto	6 December 2016[52]
Fafe	Agostinho Bento	Mutual consent	12 December 2016[53]	18th	Tonau	15 December 2016[54]
Vizela	Ricardo Soares	Signed by Chaves	18 December 2016[55]	8th	Bruno Pinto (caretaker)	19 December 2016[56]
União da Madeira	Filó	Sacked	22 December 2016[57]	17th	José Viterbo (caretaker)	22 December 2016[57]
Vizela	Bruno Pinto (caretaker)	Ended caretaking role	26 December 2016[58]	11th	Rui Quinta	26 December 2016[58]
Porto B	José Tavares	Moved to a different department	29 December 2016[59]	15th	António Folha	29 December 2016[59]
União da Madeira	José Viterbo (caretaker)	Ended caretaking role	9 January 2017[60]	14th	Jorge Casquilha	9 January 2017[60]
Olhanense	Bruno Baltazar	Resigned	7 February 2017[61]	22nd	Bruno Saraiva	7 February 2017[62]
Cova da Piedade	Sérgio Boris	Sacked	12 February 2017[63]	13th	João Barbosa	12 February 2017
Desportivo das Aves	Ivo Vieira	Sacked	15 February 2017[64]	2nd	José Mota	18 February 2017[65]
Sporting CP B	João de Deus	Mutual consent	17 February 2017[66]	12th	Luís Martins[67]	17 February 2017
Vizela	Rui Quinta	Sacked	13 March 2017[68]	19th	Carlos Cunha	14 March 2017[69]
Freamunde	Ricardo Chéu	Resigned	1 April 2017[70]	21st	Daniel Barbosa	5 April 2017[71]
Famalicão	Nandinho	Resigned	2 April 2017[72]	17th	Dito	5 April 2017[73]
Fafe	Tonau	Mutual consent	10 April 2017[74]	20th	Manuel Monteiro	11 April 2017[75]
Braga B	Abel Ferreira	Moved to the main Braga squad	24 April 2017	5th	João Aroso[76]	2 May 2017

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
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
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
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.)^[77]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Positions by round

Team ╲ 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	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Portimonense	3	1	1	1	2	1	2	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	1	1	1	1	1
Desportivo das Aves	2	4	7	10	8	9	4	8	5	6	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
União da Madeira	7	8	13	13	16	12	13	9	7	10	12	13	12	11	11	13	10	12	15	17	14	11	13	12	14	12	11	12	10	8	8	8	7	4	5	9	11	10	11	9	6	3
Benfica B	9	19	17	12	10	6	7	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	6	7	7	6	6	7	6	7	7	7	4	6	4	3	3	4	5	6	7	10	6	5	4	4	3	4	4
Penafiel	6	10	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	8	5	8	5	7	6	5	5	6	7	7	6	5	5	6	5	6	7	8	8	11	9	10	10	11	9	5	4	3	3	4	3	5
Académica	1	12	14	16	12	15	9	11	11	5	7	6	7	6	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	5	3	4	5	4	8	10	11	13	12	11	6
Braga B	10	15	16	9	7	8	8	10	10	12	14	14	14	12	12	14	17	13	11	8	8	9	8	8	8	10	8	7	7	7	7	7	9	8	11	7	6	5	5	7	5	7
Sporting da Covilhã	21	20	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	17	17	18	16	17	18	16	13	11	9	12	10	14	11	11	9	8	9	9	9	10	11	11	12	14	14	14	14	13	10	8	10	8
Varzim	22	9	11	14	20	14	15	12	12	13	15	15	17	14	14	15	18	16	12	9	9	8	6	5	6	5	4	5	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	6	6	5	7	9
Santa Clara	4	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	7	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	10	8	8	9	6	9	10
Vitória de Guimarães B	18	17	12	15	11	16	11	14	15	16	19	19	19	19	16	17	14	17	14	10	11	10	10	9	10	11	12	10	14	9	10	9	8	9	7	11	9	9	7	10	12	11
Porto B	16	13	5	3	6	7	12	7	9	11	10	11	9	10	10	12	12	9	13	15	12	12	15	17	18	18	17	18	17	15	15	13	14	13	12	13	12	14	12	11	8	12
Gil Vicente	5	5	9	6	13	13	14	15	14	9	9	10	11	13	13	10	15	14	17	14	17	15	12	14	12	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	10	8	4	7	7	8	13	13	13
Sporting CP B	17	11	15	17	19	20	20	20	17	15	13	9	10	8	7	8	8	10	10	13	15	18	18	20	20	21	21	21	21	19	16	14	13	12	13	12	13	12	14	14	14	14
Famalicão	13	3	10	8	15	11	16	16	16	18	18	16	18	15	15	11	11	15	18	16	16	17	14	16	17	15	16	13	12	13	13	15	16	18	17	18	17	18	17	17	17	15
Cova da Piedade	11	7	3	4	5	5	6	6	8	4	6	5	6	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	7	9	10	11	13	13	14	13	14	14	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16
Académico de Viseu	19	21	18	18	14	18	19	19	20	21	16	17	15	16	17	19	19	19	19	19	18	19	17	18	19	20	19	15	15	17	18	17	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	17
Leixões	14	18	20	20	17	17	17	17	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	16	17	20	19	20	21	21	20	21	19	19	17	19	17	18	18	18	18
Vizela	8	6	8	11	3	3	3	5	6	7	8	7	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	11	13	13	16	13	15	14	14	16	16	18	19	18	18	17	18	19	18	19	19	20	20	19
Fafe	12	14	6	7	9	10	10	13	13	14	11	12	13	18	19	18	16	18	16	18	19	16	19	15	13	16	15	17	18	20	20	21	20	21	20	21	21	21	21	19	19	20
Freamunde	20	16	19	19	18	19	18	18	19	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	19	18	20	19	16	17	19	19	20	21	20	20	20	20	21	21	21
Olhanense	15	22	22	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2017. Source: Liga Portugal

Results

Home \ Away	ACA	ACV	BEN	BRA	CVP	DAV	FAF	FAM	FRM	GVI	LEI	OLH	PEN	PTM	POR	STC	SCP	SCO	UNI	VAR	VGU	VIZ
Académica			2–1	1–0				3–0		0–0	1–0	2–0	3–2	0–0		0–1	1–0		1–0	3–2		0–1
Académico de Viseu	0–0			1–1			1–0	1–1				0–1			2–1		0–1	0–1		2–2	2–1	0–1
Benfica B		2–1			1–1		0–1			1–1	1–0		2–0			3–1	0–0	2–2		1–2	3–2
Braga B			2–1		0–1	2–2	1–1	3–0				2–2	2–1			1–2			3–1	1–1	2–0
Cova da Piedade	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–1				1–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–2			1–0	1–1					2–0	0–0
Desportivo das Aves	2–0	3–2	1–2		1–0				2–1		1–1			1–0	2–1		2–0		3–1		1–0	2–2
Fafe	1–2			4–1	1–3	1–2			2–2	2–1	0–0			0–2		0–2	2–0	1–1				1–1
Famalicão			0–0			0–0	3–1		3–2	1–0	0–2	4–2	0–0	2–3		0–1	1–1		2–0	0–2
Freamunde	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0			1–0				0–1	1–1			3–1		2–3		0–1		0–1	1–0
Gil Vicente		0–0	1–1	2–1		0–0			0–0			2–1		0–1	1–0			0–0	2–1	1–0		1–0
Leixões		0–1		2–2	4–0			0–0		0–0			2–1	0–0	1–2	1–1				3–0		0–0
Olhanense	1–2		1–2			1–2	2–3	0–1			3–1			0–1		1–2	2–2	0–0			0–3	1–0
Penafiel	1–0	2–1			2–1	1–3	1–1		0–2	1–0		4–0		2–2				1–0		2–1	1–0
Portimonense		3–0	3–0	1–0	1–1				3–0				3–2		3–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	2–0			2–1
Porto B	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–3		0–0	4–0	1–1			1–2	2–1	2–2					1–0	0–0	1–1
Santa Clara	1–1	1–2				0–2		2–1	0–0	1–0			2–1		2–0			1–1		2–1	2–1
Sporting CP B				1–2	5–1		2–4			2–2	2–1		1–2	1–2	1–2	3–1		1–1				1–2
Sporting da Covilhã	0–0			1–3	1–0	0–2		2–1	1–1		1–0	3–0	2–3				1–2		1–1	2–0		1–1
União da Madeira		2–2	1–0	1–1	0–1		0–0		2–1		2–0	3–2	0–0	3–1		1–0	0–1
Varzim		1–1	2–0		2–1	0–2	2–1		0–0	1–1		1–0		2–2			3–0		2–1		1–1
Vitória de Guimarães B	2–1					1–1	1–3	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–1			1–5	3–0	5–0	2–0	1–2	0–2
Vizela		1–1	1–2	0–0		3–1		3–2		2–2			1–0		1–1	0–0			1–1	1–2	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2017. Source: Liga Portugal
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Académico de Viseu	2–0	Merelinense
Lima 41' Stéphane 71'	Report

27 May 2017

17:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)

Estádio do Fontelo, Viseu

Attendance: 3,100

Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

Merelinense	0–1	Académico de Viseu
	Report	Bura 78'

3 June 2017

17:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)

Estádio João Soares Vieira, São Pedro de Merelim

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Bruno Paixão

Académico de Viseu won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Praiense	0–1	Leixões
	Report	Salvador 84'

27 May 2017

17:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)

Estádio Municipal da Praia da Vitória, Praia da Vitória, Azores

Attendance: 600

Referee: Tiago Martins

Leixões	1–1	Praiense
Lamas 70'	Report	Arruda 29'

3 June 2017

15:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)

Estádio do Mar, Matosinhos

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Nuno Almeida

Leixões won 2–1 on aggregate.

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 23 January 2017^[78][79]

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Jorge Pires	Portimonense	15
2	Luís Barry	Desportivo das Aves	9
3	Rui Costa	Varzim	8
	Paulo Clemente	Santa Clara
	Alan Júnior	Fafe
6	Xadas	Braga B	7
	Evandro Brandão	Fafe
	Tyler Boyd	Vitória de Guimarães B
	Diego Medeiros	Famalicão
	Paulinho	Portimonense

Monthly awards

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

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Académica	30,962	3,542	1,737	2,580	−51.8%1
2	Famalicão	29,712	4,164	1,681	2,476	−11.8%†
3	Vitória de Guimarães B	22,215	3,201	1,058	1,851	+43.6%†
4	Portimonense	18,516	2,674	696	1,543	+27.9%†
5	Varzim	13,300	2,158	746	1,209	−4.4%†
6	Vizela	12,547	1,890	790	1,141	n/a2
7	Santa Clara	11,748	2,060	572	1,068	+91.1%†
8	Desportivo das Aves	11,597	1,700	606	966	+25.5%†
9	Fafe	10,502	1,698	504	955	n/a2,3
10	Cova da Piedade	10,710	1,613	372	893	n/a2,4
11	Gil Vicente	9,441	1,527	442	858	−12.3%†
12	Benfica B	8,533	1,331	483	776	+11.5%†
13	Leixões	7,560	1,111	0	687	−43.9%5
14	Académico de Viseu	6,817	847	527	620	−12.8%†
15	Freamunde	7,276	890	418	606	−34.8%†
16	Porto B	7,085	1,148	259	590	−18.8%†
17	Penafiel	6,847	766	393	571	−0.7%†
18	União da Madeira	6,225	854	352	566	−74.9%1
19	Braga B	5,145	740	250	468	+2.4%†
20	Olhanense	4,160	821	201	347	−34.2%†
21	Sporting da Covilhã	3,583	637	137	299	−6.0%†
22	Sporting CP B	2,418	338	94	220	−31.0%†
	League total	246,899	4,164	0	976	+8.3%†

Updated to games played on 23 January 2017
Source: Liga Portugal
Notes:
1. Played last season in Primeira Liga.
2. Played last season in Campeonato de Portugal.
3. Fafe played nine matches at Estádio Dr. Machado de Matos, with attendances of 1,698 (Freamunde), 1,470 (Santa Clara), 823 (Leixões), 751 (Portimonense), 962 (Académica), 564 (Sporting da Covilhã), 504 (Cova da Piedade), 1,075 (Vizela) and 613 (Gil Vicente) spectators; and played two matches at Estádio Municipal de Amarante, with attendances of 1,386 (Desportivo das Aves) and 656 (Braga B) spectators.
4. Cova da Piedade played one match at Caixa Futebol Campus, with an attendance of 372 (Leixões) spectators.
5. Leixões played two matches behind closed doors, against Famalicão and Porto B.