# 2016–17 S.L. Benfica season

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
### Squad information

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Ederson M. | 31 | 2015 | 58 | 0 | 2023 | Undisclosed | Originally from youth system |
| 2 | CB | Lisandro | 35 | 2014 | 46 | 5 | 2021 | Undisclosed | |
| 3 | LB | Grimaldo | 29 | 2016 (Winter) | 26 | 2 | 2021 | €2.12M | |
| 4 | CB | Luisão (captain) | 43 | 2003 | 514 | 45 | 2018 | Undisclosed | |
| 5 | DM | Fejsa | 36 | 2013 | 96 | 2 | 2019 | Undisclosed | |
| 6 | MF | F. Augusto | 31 | 2017 (Winter) | 13 | 0 | 2022 | Undisclosed | |
| 7 | CM | Samaris | 35 | 2014 | 110 | 2 | 2019 | €10M | |
| 8 | MF | André Horta | 28 | 2016 | 16 | 1 | 2021 | Free | Originally from youth system |
| 9 | ST | Raúl | 33 | 2015 | 77 | 23 | 2020 | €21.8M | Club record signing |
| 10 | ST | Jonas | 40 | 2014 | 111 | 85 | 2019 | Free | |
| 11 | ST | Mitroglou | 36 | 2015 | 89 | 52 | 2020 | €7.47M | |
| 12 | GK | Júlio César | 45 | 2014 | 79 | 0 | 2018 | Free | |
| 13 | GK | Paulo Lopes | 46 | 2012 | 11 | 0 | 2018 | Free | Originally from youth system |
| 14 | CB | V. Lindelöf | 30 | 2014 | 72 | 2 | 2021 | Youth system | Promoted from Benfica B |
| 15 | RW | Carrillo D. | 33 | 2016 | 32 | 3 | 2021 | €6.61M | |
| 17 | MF | Živković | 28 | 2016 | 24 | 1 | 2021 | €6M | |
| 18 | RW | Salvio | 34 | 2012 | 204 | 47 | 2019 | €13.5M | Played on loan in the 2010–11 season |
| 19 | LB | Eliseu | 41 | 2014 | 97 | 4 | 2017 | Undisclosed | |
| 21 | CM | Pizzi | 35 | 2014 | 130 | 25 | 2022 | €14M | |
| 22 | MF | F. Cervi | 30 | 2016 | 41 | 7 | 2022 | €5.74M | |
| 23 | RB | P. Pereira | 26 | 2017 (Winter) | 1 | 0 | 2022 | Undisclosed | Originally from youth system |
| 27 | MF | Silva | 31 | 2016 | 31 | 2 | 2021 | €16.4M | |
| 33 | CB | Jardel (VC) | 38 | 2011 (Winter) | 177 | 11 | 2020 | Undisclosed | |
| 34 | RB | A. Almeida | 34 | 2012 | 156 | 2 | 2018 | Undisclosed | |
| 38 | LB | M. Hermes | 29 | 2017 (Winter) | 1 | 0 | 2021 | Free | |
| 50 | RB | N. Semedo | 31 | 2015 | 65 | 3 | 2021 | Undisclosed | Promoted from Benfica B |
* Last updated: 28 May 2017
* Source:
* Ordered by squad number.

### New contracts

| No. | Pos | Player | Contract length | Contract end | Date | Source |
| 21 | CM | Pizzi | 3 years | 2022 | 21 January 2017 | Benfica |
| 1 | GK | Ederson | 3 years | 2023 | 21 January 2017 | Benfica |
| 10 | ST | Jonas | 1 year | 2019 | 1 March 2017 | Benfica |
| 2 | CB | Lisandro López | 3 years | 2021 | 5 March 2017 | Relatório e Contas |
| 14 | CB | Victor Lindelöf | 1 year | 2021 | 5 March 2017 | Relatório e Contas |
| 4 | CB | Luisão | 1 year | 2018 | 8 April 2017 | Benfica |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 22 | MF | Franco Cervi | 21 | Rosario Central | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | €5.74M | Benfica NaM |
| 11 | FW | Kostas Mitroglou | 28 | Fulham | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | €7.47M | Benfica NaM |
| 8 | MF | André Horta | 19 | Vitória de Setúbal | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | Undisclosed | Benfica |
| 16 | DF | Branimir Kalaica | 18 | Unattached | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free | Benfica |
| 15 | MF | André Carrillo | 25 | Unattached | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | €6.61M | Benfica NaM |
| 28 | MF | Guillermo Celis | 23 | Junior | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | €2.28M | Benfica NaM |
| 17 | MF | Andrija Živković | 19 | Unattached | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | €6.3M | Benfica A Bola |
| — | MF | Óscar Benítez | 23 | Lanús | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | €4.4M | Benfica DNA Bola |
| 37 | MF | Danilo | 20 | Braga | Loan | Summer | 2017 | Free | Benfica |
| 27 | MF | Rafa Silva | 23 | Braga | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | €16.4M | Benfica |
| — | MF | Pedro Nuno | 21 | Académica | Transfer | Winter | 2020 | Undisclosed | O Jogo |
| 38 | DF | Marcelo Hermes | 21 | Unattached | Transfer | Winter | 2021 | €2.9M | Benfica O Jogo |
| 23 | DF | Pedro Pereira | 19 | Sampdoria | Transfer | Winter | 2022 | €2.6M | Benfica Sampdoria |
| 6 | MF | Filipe Augusto | 23 | Rio Ave | Transfer | Winter | 2022 | Undisclosed | Benfica |

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 85 | MF | Renato Sanches | 18 | Bayern Munich | Transfer | Summer | €35M+€45M variables | Bayern Munich Benfica |
| — | FW | Jonathan Rodríguez | 22 | Santos Laguna | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Santos Laguna |
| 24 | MF | Bryan Cristante | 21 | Pescara | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | Pescara |
| 28 | DF | Sílvio | 28 | Atlético Madrid | Loan return | Summer | — | Atlético Madrid |
| — | FW | Daniel Candeias | 28 | Alanyaspor | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | Alanyaspor |
| — | FW | Nuno Santos | 21 | Vitória de Setúbal | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | Vitória de Setúbal |
| — | DF | Luís Felipe | 25 | Oeste | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | FPF |
| — | FW | Derley | 28 | Chiapas | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | Maisfutebol |
| 32 | FW | Bebé | 26 | Eibar | Transfer | Summer | €0.75M | Eibar Record |
| — | DF | César | 23 | Nacional | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | Nacional |
| 10 | MF | Nicolás Gaitán | 28 | Atlético Madrid | Transfer | Summer | €25M | Atlético Madrid |
| — | MF | Diego Lopes | 22 | América | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | globoesporte |
| — | MF | Hany Mukhtar | 21 | Brøndby | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | Brøndby |
| 31 | FW | Victor Andrade | 20 | TSV 1860 Munich | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | TSV 1860 Munich |
| — | MF | Filip Đuričić | 24 | Sampdoria | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | Sampdoria |
| — | FW | Kevin Friesenbichler | 22 | Austria Wien | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | Austria Wien |
| — | MF | Jhon Murillo | 20 | Tondela | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | Tondela |
| — | MF | Hélder Costa | 22 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | Wolverhampton |
| 40 | MF | João Teixeira | 22 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | Wolverhampton |
| — | MF | Luis Fariña | 25 | Asteras Tripolis | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | Asteras Tripolis |
| — | DF | Steven Vitória | 29 | Lechia Gdańsk | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Benfica Lechia Gdańsk |
| 27 | DF | Marçal | 27 | Guingamp | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | Guingamp |
| — | MF | Ola John | 24 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | Wolverhampton |
| 30 | MF | Talisca | 22 | Beşiktaş | Loan | Summer | €2M | Beşiktaş zerozero |
| — | FW | Nélson Oliveira | 25 | Norwich City | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Norwich City |
| 39 | MF | Mehdi Carcela | 27 | Granada | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Granada |
| 25 | FW | Rui Fonte | 26 | Braga | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Braga |
| — | MF | Óscar Benítez | 23 | Braga | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | Braga |
| — | MF | Pedro Nuno | 21 | Tondela | Loan | Winter | Undisclosed | Tondela |
| — | MF | Diego Lopes | 22 | Panetolikos | Loan | Winter | Undisclosed | Panetolikos |
| — | MF | Ola John | 24 | Deportivo La Coruña | Loan | Winter | Undisclosed | Deportivo La Coruña |
| 37 | MF | Danilo | 19 | Braga | Loan return | Winter | — | Standard Liége |
| 20 | MF | Gonçalo Guedes | 20 | Paris Saint-Germain | Transfer | Winter | €30M+€7M additional bonus | Benfica |
| 24 | MF | Bryan Cristante | 21 | Atalanta | Loan | Winter | Undisclosed | Benfica |
| 40 | MF | João Teixeira | 22 | Nottingham Forest | Loan | Winter | Undisclosed | Benfica |
| — | MF | Hélder Costa | 23 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Transfer | Winter | €15M | Benfica Wolverhampton |
| — | MF | Filip Đuričić | 25 | Sampdoria | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | Sampdoria |
| 23 | MF | Óscar Benítez | 23 | Boca Juniors | Loan | Winter | Undisclosed | Benfica |
| 28 | MF | Guillermo Celis | 23 | Vitória de Guimarães | Loan | Winter | Undisclosed | zerozero |
| — | MF | Hany Mukhtar | 22 | Brøndby | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Brøndby |
* ↑ On 27 January 2017, Cristante's season-long loan at Pescara was terminated.
* ↑ On 18 October 2016, Diego Lopes' season-long loan at América was terminated.
* ↑ On 30 January 2017, Đuričić signed with Sampdoria.
* ↑ On 30 January 2017, Costa signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with Wolverhampton.
* ↑ On 27 January 2017, João Teixeira's season-long loan at Wolverhampton was terminated.
* ↑ On 11 January 2017, Ola John's season-long loan at Wolverhampton was terminated.
* ↑ On 30 January 2017, Óscar Benítez's season-long loan at Braga was terminated.

## 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 Oliveira |
Last updated: 5 January 2017 Source:
^ Terminated his contract with Benfica. Signed with Hull City on 5 January.

## Pre-season friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

Performance by competition :
| Competition | Starting round | Final position/round | First match | Last match |
| Primeira Liga | — | 1st | 13 August 2016 | 20 May 2017 |
| Taça de Portugal | Third round | Winners | 14 October 2016 | 28 May 2017 |
| Taça da Liga | Third round | Semi-finals | 29 December 2016 | 26 January 2017 |
| Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira | — | Winners | 7 August 2016 | 7 August 2016 |
| UEFA Champions League | Group stage | Round of 16 | 13 September 2016 | 8 March 2017 |
Statistics by competition :
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
| Primeira Liga | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 72 | 18 | +54 | 073.53 |
| Taça de Portugal | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 8 | +16 | 085.71 |
| Taça da Liga | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 075.00 |
| Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 037.50 |
| Total | 54 | 38 | 10 | 6 | 118 | 43 | +75 | 070.37 |

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Benfica (C) | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 72 | 18 | +54 | 82 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Porto | 34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 71 | 19 | +52 | 76 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 68 | 36 | +32 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Braga | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
* 1 2 Since Benfica won the 2016–17 Taça de Portugal, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot originally meant for the fourth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was given to the sixth-placed team.

#### Results by round

| 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 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 |

#### Matches
### Taça da Liga
#### Third round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BEN | VGU | PAÇ | VIZ |
| 1 | Benfica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | — | — | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Vitória de Guimarães | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | | 0–2 | — | 2–2 | — |
| 3 | Paços de Ferreira | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | | — | — | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | Vizela | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 | | — | 1–2 | — | — |
* 1 2 3 The matches were originally to be played on 30 November, 29 December and 4 January respectively, but were postponed because of Benfica's tight schedule around the original date of matchday 1.

#### Semi-finals
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NAP | BEN | BES | DKV |
| 1 | Napoli | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 4–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Benfica | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–1 | 3–3 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Dynamo Kyiv | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 5 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 6–0 | — |

#### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Primeira Liga | Primeira Liga | Taça de Portugal | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | Taça da Liga | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Ederson | 40 | -27 | 27 | -12 | 3 | -2 | 3 | -3 | 7 | -10 |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Lisandro López | 17 | 4 | 6+2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Álex Grimaldo | 21 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Luisão | 39 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | SRB | Ljubomir Fejsa | 35 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Filipe Augusto | 13 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GRE | Andreas Samaris | 32 | 0 | 9+9 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | POR | André Horta | 16 | 1 | 7+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | MEX | Raúl Jiménez | 32 | 11 | 6+13 | 7 | 1+4 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+5 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Jonas | 28 | 18 | 15+4 | 13 | 3+1 | 3 | 2+2 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GRE | Kostas Mitroglou | 43 | 27 | 26+2 | 16 | 5+1 | 9 | 1+1 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Júlio César | 15 | -14 | 7+1 | -4 | 5 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 |
| 13 | GK | POR | Paulo Lopes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | SWE | Victor Lindelöf | 47 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | PER | André Carrillo | 32 | 3 | 3+17 | 2 | 5+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | CRO | Branimir Kalaica (B) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SRB | Andrija Živković | 24 | 1 | 10+5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Eduardo Salvio | 42 | 9 | 26+3 | 4 | 2+2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7+1 | 3 |
| 19 | DF | POR | Eliseu | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | POR | Pizzi | 52 | 13 | 33 | 10 | 4+4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ARG | Franco Cervi | 41 | 7 | 16+10 | 2 | 6+1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6+1 | 2 |
| 23 | DF | POR | Pedro Pereira | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | POR | Rafa Silva | 31 | 2 | 12+8 | 2 | 2+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Jardel | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | POR | André Almeida | 25 | 2 | 10+4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | SRB | Luka Jović (B) | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | BRA | Marcelo Hermes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | POR | Nélson Semedo | 47 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 70 | FW | POR | José Gomes (B) | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 95 | DF | POR | Yuri Ribeiro (B) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 20 | FW | POR | Gonçalo Guedes | 28 | 7 | 14+2 | 2 | 1+3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 28 | MF | COL | Guillermo Celis | 7 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | BRA | Danilo | 5 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
(B) – Benfica B player
^ Includes Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

### Goalscorers

| Rnk | Pos | 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 |
| 10 | DF | Nélson Semedo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | Rafa Silva | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | André Almeida | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | André Horta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Danilo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | Luisão | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Ljubomir Fejsa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Andrija Živković | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | Victor Lindelöf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | Branimir Kalaica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 72 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 118 |
^ Includes Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| Kostas Mitroglou | Leixões | 6–2 (H) | 18 January 2017 | Taça de Portugal |
(H) – Home; (A) – Away

### Clean sheets

Number of appearances inside brackets.
| Rnk | Player | League | Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | Ederson | 18* (27) | 1 (3) | 2 (3) | 3 (7) | 24 (40) |
| 2 | Júlio César | 3* (8**) | 2 (5) | 1 | 0 | 6 (15) |
| 3 | Paulo Lopes | 1 (**) | — | — | — | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | 20 (34) | 3 (8) | 3 (4) | 3 (8) | 29 (54) |
* Shared clean sheet on Round 21 against Arouca

### Disciplinary record

| N | P | Name | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Total | Total | Total | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Ederson | 4 | | 1 | 1 | | | 5 | | 1 | ForaDeJogo data |
| 21 | MF | Pizzi | 4 | 1 | | | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | | ForaDeJogo data |
| 7 | MF | Andreas Samaris | 5 | | 1 | | 2 | 3 | 11 | | | Includes a yellow card while on the bench - ForaDeJogo data |
| 2 | DF | Lisandro López | 4 | | 2 | | 1 | 1 | 8 | | | ForaDeJogo data |
| 50 | DF | Nélson Semedo | 6 | | 1 | | 1 | | 8 | | | Cup includes Super Cup - ForaDeJogo data |
| 4 | DF | Luisão | 4 | | | | | 1 | 5 | | | ForaDeJogo data |
| 5 | MF | Ljubomir Fejsa | 3 | | | | | 2 | 5 | | | ForaDeJogo data |
| 15 | MF | André Carrillo | 4 | | | | | 1 | 5 | | | ForaDeJogo data |
| 9 | FW | Raúl Jiménez | 3 | | 1 | | | | 4 | | | ForaDeJogo data |
| 10 | FW | Jonas | 2 | | 1 | | 1 | | 4 | | | ForaDeJogo data |
| 3 | DF | Álex Grimaldo | 1 | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | Cup includes Super Cup - ForaDeJogo data |
| 11 | FW | Kostas Mitroglou | 2 | | | | | 1 | 3 | | | ForaDeJogo data |
| 19 | DF | Eliseu | 2 | | | | 1 | | 3 | | | ForaDeJogo data |
| 22 | MF | Franco Cervi | 2 | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | ForaDeJogo data |
| 33 | DF | Jardel | 2 | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | Includes an after-match yellow card - ForaDeJogo data |
| 8 | MF | André Horta | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | | ForaDeJogo data |
| 12 | GK | Júlio César | | | 1 | | | 1 | 2 | | | ForaDeJogo data |
| 18 | MF | Eduardo Salvio | 1 | | | | | 1 | 2 | | | ForaDeJogo data |
| 37 | MF | Danilo | 1 | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | ForaDeJogo data |
| 6 | MF | Filipe Augusto | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | ForaDeJogo data |
| 14 | DF | Victor Lindelöf | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | ForaDeJogo data |
| 20 | FW | Gonçalo Guedes | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | ForaDeJogo data |
| 34 | DF | André Almeida | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | ForaDeJogo data |
Source: LPFP and links in notes. Ordered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

## Awards
### Player

| No. | Pos | Name | Award | Month/Year |
| 21 | MF | Pizzi | Liga Portugal/Samsung Best Player | October/November |
| 21 | MF | Pizzi | Liga Portugal/Samsung Best Player | December |
| 21 | MF | Pizzi | SJPF Primeira Liga Team of the Year | 2016 |
| 21 | MF | Pizzi | LPFP Primeira Liga Best Player | 2017 |
| 20 | FW | Gonçalo Guedes | SJPF Young Player of the Month | October/November |
| 27 | MF | Rafa Silva | Samsung Goal of the Month | January |
| 50 | DF | Nélson Semedo | SJPF Young Player of the Month | February |
| 50 | DF | Nélson Semedo | SJPF Primeira Liga Team of the Year | 2016 |
| 50 | DF | Nélson Semedo | LPFP Primeira Liga Breakthrough Player | 2017 |
| 1 | GK | Ederson | SJPF Primeira Liga Team of the Year | 2016 |
| 1 | GK | Ederson | LPFP Primeira Liga Best Goalkeeper | 2017 |
| 11 | FW | Kostas Mitroglou | SJPF Primeira Liga Team of the Year | 2016 |
| 14 | DF | Victor Lindelöf | SJPF Primeira Liga Team of the Year | 2016 |
| 14 | DF | Victor Lindelöf | Cosme Damião Award – Revelation of the Year | 2016 |
| 14 | DF | Victor Lindelöf | SJPF Goal of the Month | April |
| 10 | FW | Jonas | SJPF Primeira Liga Team of the Year | 2016 |
| 10 | FW | Jonas | Cosme Damião Award – Footballer of the Year | 2016 |
| 10 | FW | Jonas | Liga Portugal/Samsung Best Player | April |
| 10 | FW | Jonas | Samsung Goal of the Month | April |

### Manager

| Name | Award | Year | Ref |
| Rui Vitória | Cosme Damião Award – Manager of the Year | 2016 | |
| Rui Vitória | LPFP Primeira Liga Best Coach | 2017 | |