2016–17 Primeira Liga

Primeira Liga
Season	2016–17
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga NOS for sponsorship reasons) will be the 83rd season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs.

Teams

For the third consecutive season, the league will be contested by a total of 18 teams, including the best 16 sides from the 2015–16 season and two sides promoted from the 2015–16 LigaPro.

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

As of 30 April 2016, the following teams have mathematically achieved qualification for the 2016–17 season. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

Stadia and locations

Belenenses
Benfica
Sporting CP

Location of teams in 2016–17 Liga NOS (Mainland)

Marítimo
Nacional

Location of teams in 2016–17 Liga NOS (Madeira)

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Arouca	Arouca	Estádio Municipal de Arouca	5,000
Belenenses	Lisbon	Estádio do Restelo	19,300
Benfica	Lisbon	Estádio da Luz	65,647
Boavista	Porto	Estádio do Bessa	28,263
Braga	Braga	Estádio Municipal de Braga	30,154
Estoril	Estoril	Estádio António Coimbra da Mota	8,000
Marítimo	Funchal	Estádio dos Barreiros	7,200
Moreirense	Moreira de Cónegos	Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas	6,100
Nacional	Funchal	Estádio da Madeira	5,142
Paços de Ferreira	Paços de Ferreira	Estádio Capital do Móvel	5,250
Porto	Porto	Estádio do Dragão	52,002
Rio Ave	Vila do Conde	Estádio do Rio Ave FC	12,820
Sporting CP	Lisbon	Estádio José Alvalade	52,466
Vitória de Guimarães	Guimarães	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques	30,146

Personnel and sponsors

Team	Manufacturer	Sponsors
Arouca
Belenenses
Benfica	Adidas	Emirates
Boavista
Braga	Lacatoni
Estoril
Marítimo
Moreirense
Nacional
Paços de Ferreira
Porto	New Balance	MEO
Rio Ave		MEO
Sporting CP	Macron	NOS
Vitória de Guimarães

References

Top-level football seasons in Portugal

Experimental Primeira Liga	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38

Primeira Divisão	1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99

Primeira Liga	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

2016–17 in European football (UEFA)

« 2015–16 2017–18 »

Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '16 '17 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '16 '17 Faroe Islands '16 '17 Finland '16 '17 France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '16 '17 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '16 '17 Kosovo Latvia '16 '17 Lithuania '16 '17 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '16 '17 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '16 '17 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '16 '17 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '16 '17 Finland '16 '17 France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '16 '17 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '16 '17 Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania '16 '17 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '16 '17 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '16 '17 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

League cups	England Estonia Finland '16 '17 France Gibraltar Iceland '16 '17 Israel Latvia Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '16 '17 Romania Scotland Wales

Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic England Estonia Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Lithuania Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '16 '17 Romania Russia San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Turkey Ukraine

UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Super Cup Youth League UEFA Champions League Path Domestic Champions Path knockout phase Women's Champions League qualifying round knockout phase Final

International competitions	2017 FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 Euro Under-21 qualification 2017 Euro Under-19 qualification 2017 Euro Under-17 qualification 2017 Women's Euro qualification 2017 Women's Euro Under-19 qualification 2017 Women's Euro Under-17 qualification

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