# 2015–16 S.L. Benfica season

The 2015–16 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 112th season in existence and the club's 82nd consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 9 August 2015 and concluded on 20 May 2016.
Benfica played in the Primeira Liga as the two-time defending champions after being crowned for a record 34th time, in the previous campaign. On 15 May, Benfica won their third consecutive league title (for the sixth time in their history and first since 1977), and their 35th overall, with a Portuguese record of 88 points out of the possible maximum of 102 (34 matches). Five days later, Benfica won their third consecutive league cup title, their seventh overall in nine editions, beating Marítimo 6–2 in the final. Internationally, Benfica reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, where they were eliminated by Bayern Munich 2–3 on aggregate.

## Players
### Squad information

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Ederson M. | 22 | 2015 | 18 | 0 | 2020 | Undisclosed | Originally from youth system |
| 2 | CB | Lisandro | 26 | 2014 | 29 | 1 | 2018 | Undisclosed | |
| 3 | LB | Grimaldo | 20 | 2016 (Winter) | 5 | 0 | 2021 | €2,121,000 | |
| 4 | CB | Luisão (captain) | 35 | 2003 | 475 | 44 | 2017 | Undisclosed | |
| 5 | DM | Fejsa | 27 | 2013 | 61 | 1 | 2019 | Undisclosed | |
| 7 | CM | Samaris | 27 | 2014 | 78 | 2 | 2019 | €10,000,000 | |
| 9 | ST | Raúl | 25 | 2015 | 45 | 12 | 2020 | Undisclosed | |
| 10 | AM | Nico Gaitán (VC) | 28 | 2010 | 253 | 41 | 2019 | €8,400,000 | |
| 11 | ST | Mitroglou | 28 | 2015 | 45 | 25 | 2016 | Loan | |
| 12 | GK | Júlio César | 36 | 2014 | 64 | 0 | 2016 | Free | |
| 13 | GK | Paulo Lopes | 38 | 2012 | 10 | 0 | 2016 | Free | Originally from youth system |
| 14 | DF | V. Lindelöf | 21 | 2014 | 26 | 1 | 2020 | Youth system | Promoted from Benfica B |
| 17 | ST | Jonas | 32 | 2014 | 83 | 67 | 2018 | Free | |
| 18 | RW | Salvio | 25 | 2012 | 162 | 38 | 2017 | €13,500,000 | Played as a loanee in the 2010–11 season |
| 19 | LB | Eliseu | 32 | 2014 | 77 | 4 | 2016 | Undisclosed | |
| 20 | RW | G. Guedes | 19 | 2014 | 40 | 4 | 2021 | Youth system | Promoted from Benfica B |
| 21 | CM | Pizzi | 26 | 2014 | 78 | 12 | 2019 | €14,000,000 | |
| 28 | FB | Sílvio | 28 | 2013 | 39 | 0 | 2016 | Loan | Originally from youth system |
| 30 | AM | A. Talisca | 22 | 2014 | 78 | 20 | 2019 | €4,000,000 | |
| 33 | CB | Jardel | 30 | 2011 (Winter) | 166 | 11 | 2020 | Undisclosed | |
| 34 | DM | A. Almeida | 25 | 2012 | 132 | 0 | 2018 | Undisclosed | |
| 35 | ST | Luka | 18 | 2016 (Winter) | 2 | 0 | 2021 | €6,583,000 | |
| 38 | LW | N. Santos | 21 | 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2021 | Youth system | Promoted from Benfica B |
| 39 | AM | Carcela G. | 26 | 2015 | 29 | 3 | 2019 | Free | |
| 50 | RB | N. Semedo | 22 | 2015 | 18 | 1 | 2021 | Undisclosed | Promoted from Benfica B |
| 85 | MF | R. Sanches | 18 | 2015 | 35 | 2 | 2021 | Youth system | Promoted from Benfica B |
* Source: Plantel Principal
* Ordered by squad number.

### Transfers
#### In

| Date | Pos | No. | Player | Age | From | Ends | Fee |
| 20 May 2015 | MF | — | Jhon Murillo | 19 | Zamora FC | 2020 | Undisclosed |
| 26 May 2015 | MF | — | Diego Lopes | 21 | Rio Ave | 2020 | €726,600 |
| 26 May 2015 | GK | 1 | Ederson | 21 | Rio Ave | 2020 | Undisclosed |
| 27 May 2015 | DF | 3 | Marçal | 26 | Nacional | 2020 | Undisclosed |
| 27 May 2015 | MF | — | Pelé | 23 | Unattached | 2020 | Undisclosed |
| 12 June 2015 | MF | 23 | Adel Taarabt | 26 | Queens Park Rangers | 2020 | €4,000,000 |
| 13 June 2015 | MF | 39 | Mehdi Carcela | 25 | Standard Liège | 2019 | Undisclosed |
| 13 August 2015 | FW | 9 | Raúl Jiménez | 24 | Atlético Madrid | 2020 | Undisclosed |
| 29 December 2015 | DF | 3 | Álex Grimaldo | 20 | Barcelona | 2021 | €2,121,000 |
| 2 February 2016 | FW | 35 | Luka Jović | 18 | Red Star Belgrade | 2021 | €6,583,000 |

#### Loan in

| Date | Pos | No. | Player | Age | From | Ends | Fee | Ref |
| 15 July 2015 | DF | 28 | Sílvio | 27 | Atlético Madrid | 30 June 2016 | Free | |
| 6 August 2015 | FW | 11 | Kostas Mitroglou | 27 | Fulham | 30 June 2016 | Undisclosed | |

#### Out

| Date | Pos | No. | Player | Age | To | Fee |
| 25 May 2015 | DF | — | João Cancelo | 20 | Valencia | Undisclosed |
| 9 June 2015 | MF | 8 | Miralem Sulejmani | 26 | Young Boys | Undisclosed |
| 12 June 2015 | FW | — | Rogelio Funes Mori | 24 | Monterrey | Undisclosed |
| 12 June 2015 | MF | — | André Gomes | 21 | Valencia | End of contract |
| 15 June 2015 | FW | — | Rodrigo | 24 | Valencia | End of contract |
| 23 June 2015 | DF | 23 | Loris Benito | 23 | Young Boys | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2015 | MF | — | Airton | 25 | Unattached | End of contract |
| 30 June 2015 | GK | 1 | Artur | 34 | Unattached | End of contract |
| 30 June 2015 | DF | 14 | Maxi Pereira | 31 | Unattached | End of contract |
| 10 July 2015 | FW | 19 | Ivan Cavaleiro | 21 | Monaco | Undisclosed |
| 24 July 2015 | FW | 11 | Lima | 32 | Al Ahli Club | €7,000,000 |
| 2 February 2016 | FW | — | Yannick Djaló | 29 | Ratchaburi | End of contract |

#### Loan out

| Date | Pos | No. | Player | Age | To | Ends |
| 10 July 2015 | FW | 32 | Bebé | 24 | Rayo Vallecano | 30 June 2016 |
| 10 July 2015 | MF | 67 | Hélder Costa | 21 | Monaco | 30 June 2016 |
| 16 July 2015 | MF | — | Jhon Murillo | 19 | Tondela | 30 June 2016 |
| 18 July 2015 | DF | 37 | César | 22 | Flamengo | 30 June 2016 |
| 20 July 2015 | FW | 9 | Derley | 27 | Kayserispor | 30 June 2016 |
| 22 July 2015 | MF | — | Diego Lopes | 21 | Kayserispor | 30 June 2016 |
| 30 July 2015 | FW | 83 | Rui Fonte | 25 | Braga | 30 June 2016 |
| 1 August 2015 | MF | — | Pelé | 23 | Paços de Ferreira | 30 June 2016 |
| 7 August 2015 | FW | — | Yannick Djaló | 29 | Mordovia Saransk | 31 December 2015 |
| 14 August 2015 | MF | 6 | Ruben Amorim | 30 | Al-Wakrah | 30 June 2016 |
| 20 August 2015 | DF | 3 | Marçal | 26 | Gaziantepspor | 30 June 2016 |
| 28 August 2015 | MF | 27 | Hany Mukhtar | 20 | Red Bull Salzburg | 30 June 2016 |
| 31 August 2015 | MF | — | Daniel Candeias | 27 | Metz | 30 June 2016 |
| 1 September 2015 | MF | 15 | Ola John | 23 | Reading | 30 June 2016 |
| 1 September 2015 | DF | — | Sidnei | 26 | Deportivo La Coruña | 30 June 2016 |
| 4 September 2015 | FW | 16 | Nélson Oliveira | 24 | Nottingham Forest | 30 June 2016 |
| 8 January 2016 | MF | 24 | Bryan Cristante | 20 | Palermo | 30 June 2016 |
| 25 January 2016 | MF | 22 | Filip Đuričić | 23 | Anderlecht | 30 June 2016 |
| 1 February 2016 | MF | 31 | Victor Andrade | 20 | Vitória de Guimarães | 30 June 2016 |

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Rui Vitória |
| Assistant coach | Arnaldo Teixeira Sérgio Botelho Minervino Pietra Marco Pedroso |
| Fitness coach | Paulo Mourão |
| Goalkeeping coach | Hugo Oliveira |
| Benfica LAB coordinator | Bruno Mendes |
Source: Equipa Técnica

## 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 | 16 August 2015 | 15 May 2016 |
| Taça de Portugal | Third round | Fourth round | 16 October 2015 | 21 November 2015 |
| Taça da Liga | Third round | Winners | 29 December 2015 | 20 May 2016 |
| Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira | — | Runners-up | 9 August 2015 | 9 August 2015 |
| UEFA Champions League | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 15 September 2015 | 13 April 2016 |
Statistics by competition :
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
| Primeira Liga | 34 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 88 | 22 | +66 | 085.29 |
| Taça de Portugal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Taça da Liga | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 100.00 |
| Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Total | 52 | 40 | 3 | 9 | 122 | 42 | +80 | 076.92 |

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Benfica (C) | 34 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 88 | 22 | +66 | 88 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 34 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 79 | 21 | +58 | 86 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Porto | 34 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 67 | 30 | +37 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | Braga | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Arouca | 34 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 47 | 38 | +9 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
* ↑ Braga qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Taça de Portugal.

#### 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

* ↑ Match postponed due to heavy fog.
* ↑ The match was interrupted in the 8th minute because of heavy fog, and was resumed on 11 January 2016, 12:00, from the point of abandonment.
* ↑ The match was originally to be played on 28 February 2016, during Benfica's 112th anniversary, but was postponed because União da Madeira could not fly to Lisbon.

### Taça da Liga
#### Third round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Benfica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Nacional | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Moreirense | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Oriental | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | |

#### Semi-finals

* ↑ The match was originally to be played in February 2016 but was postponed because of both teams' tight schedule.

#### Final
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ATM | BEN | GAL | AST |
| 1 | Atlético Madrid | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Benfica | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Galatasaray | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 5 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Astana | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 4 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | — |

#### Quarter-finals
## 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 | 18 | -12 | 10 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 3 | -4 |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Lisandro López | 19 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Álex Grimaldo | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Luisão | 17 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | SRB | Ljubomir Fejsa | 28 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GRE | Andreas Samaris | 40 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | MEX | Raúl Jiménez | 45 | 12 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Nicolás Gaitán | 37 | 11 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| 11 | FW | GRE | Kostas Mitroglou | 45 | 25 | 32 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Júlio César | 34 | -29 | 24 | -17 | 3 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -8 |
| 13 | GK | POR | Paulo Lopes | 1 | -1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | SWE | Victor Lindelöf | 23 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | NED | Ola John | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Jonas | 48 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Eduardo Salvio | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | POR | Eliseu | 44 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | POR | Gonçalo Guedes | 32 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | POR | Pizzi | 47 | 8 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SRB | Filip Đuričić | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | MAR | Adel Taarabt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Bryan Cristante | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | POR | Sílvio | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Talisca | 34 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 31 | MF | BRA | Victor Andrade | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Jardel | 44 | 5 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | POR | André Almeida | 37 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | SRB | Luka Jović | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | POR | Nuno Santos | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | MAR | Mehdi Carcela | 29 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | POR | João Teixeira (B) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | POR | Nélson Semedo | 18 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 61 | DF | MOZ | Clésio Baúque (B) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | MF | POR | Renato Sanches | 35 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
(B) – Benfica B player
^ Includes Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

### Goalscorers

| Rnk | Pos | Player | League | Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | FW | Jonas | 32 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 36 |
| 2 | FW | Kostas Mitroglou | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 25 |
| 3 | FW | Raúl Jiménez | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | MF | Nicolás Gaitán | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | MF | Talisca | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | MF | Pizzi | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | DF | Jardel | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | FW | Gonçalo Guedes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | MF | Mehdi Carcela | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | Renato Sanches | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | Andreas Samaris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | Nélson Semedo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | Luisão | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | Lisandro López | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | Victor Lindelöf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 88 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 122 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| Jonas | Nacional | 4–1 (A) | 10 January 2016 | Primeira Liga |
| Talisca | Moreirense | 6–1 (A) | 26 January 2016 | Taça da Liga |
| Mitroglou | Belenenses | 5–0 (A) | 5 February 2016 | Primeira Liga |
(H) – Home; (A) – Away

### Assists

| Rnk | Pos | Player | League | Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | MF | Nicolás Gaitán | 15 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| 2 | FW | Jonas | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| 3 | MF | Pizzi | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | FW | Gonçalo Guedes | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | Mehdi Carcela | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | FW | Raúl Jiménez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | André Almeida | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | FW | Kostas Mitroglou | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | Eliseu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | DF | Jardel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | Victor Andrade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Andreas Samaris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | Luisão | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | Lisandro López | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Talisca | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | Nélson Semedo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Renato Sanches | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 56 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 80 |

### Clean sheets

Number of matches inside brackets.
| Rnk | Player | League | Cup$^1$ | League Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | Júlio César | 12 (24) | 0 (3) | — | 2 (7) | 14 (34) |
| 2 | Ederson | 6 (10) | — | 2 (5) | 0 (3) | 8 (18) |
| 3 | Paulo Lopes | 0* | — | — | — | 0* |
| Totals | Totals | 17 (34) | 0 (3) | 2 (5) | 2 (10) | 22 (52) |
$^1$Includes Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
* Shared match on Round 34 against Marítimo.

### Disciplinary record

| N | P | Name | League | League | Cup | Cup | Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total | Total | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Ederson | 2 | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | 1 | |
| 7 | MF | Andreas Samaris | 7 | | | 1 | | 1 | 3 | | 11 | 1 | | |
| 34 | MF | André Almeida | 4 | 1 | 1 | | | | 4 | | 9 | 1 | | |
| 85 | MF | Renato Sanches | 5 | 1 | | | | 1 | | | 6 | 1 | | |
| 10 | MF | Nicolás Gaitán | 2 | | 1 | | | | | 1 | 3 | 1 | | Cup includes Super Cup |
| 33 | DF | Jardel | 8 | | 1 | | | | 3 | | 12 | | | |
| 19 | DF | Eliseu | 9 | | | | | 1 | 1 | | 11 | | | |
| 17 | FW | Jonas | 4 | | 1 | | | | 4 | | 9 | | | Cup includes Super Cup |
| 5 | MF | Ljubomir Fejsa | 4 | | 1 | | | | 2 | | 7 | | | Cup includes Super Cup |
| 11 | FW | Kostas Mitroglou | 5 | | | | | | 1 | | 6 | | | |
| 28 | DF | Sílvio | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | 2 | | 6 | | | Cup includes Super Cup |
| 2 | DF | Lisandro López | 3 | | | | | 1 | 1 | | 5 | | | |
| 4 | DF | Luisão | 3 | | | | | | 2 | | 5 | | | |
| 14 | DF | Victor Lindelöf | 3 | | | | | 1 | 1 | | 5 | | | |
| 21 | MF | Pizzi | 3 | | | | | | 2 | | 5 | | | |
| 30 | MF | Talisca | 2 | | | | | 1 | 1 | | 4 | | | |
| 9 | FW | Raúl Jiménez | 2 | | | | | | 1 | | 3 | | | |
| 20 | FW | Gonçalo Guedes | | | | | | 1 | 2 | | 3 | | | |
| 34 | DF | Nélson Semedo | 2 | | | | | 1 | | | 3 | | | |
| 31 | MF | Victor Andrade | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | 2 | | | |
| 39 | MF | Mehdi Carcela | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | 2 | | | |
| 3 | DF | Álex Grimaldo | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | |
| 12 | GK | Júlio César | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 38 | MF | Nuno Santos | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | |
Source: LPFP and competitions above. 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 |
| 85 | MF | Renato Sanches | SJPF Young Player of the Month | December |
| 85 | MF | Renato Sanches | Cosme Damião Award – Revelation of the Year | 2015 |
| 85 | MF | Renato Sanches | CNID Revelation of the Year | — |
| 85 | MF | Renato Sanches | LPFP Primeira Liga Breakthrough Player | — |
| 85 | MF | Renato Sanches | LPFP Primeira Liga Best Goal | — |
| 17 | FW | Jonas | SJPF Player of the Month | January |
| 17 | FW | Jonas | SJPF Player of the Month | February |
| 17 | FW | Jonas | SJPF Player of the Month | March |
| 17 | FW | Jonas | Cosme Damião Award – Footballer of the Year | 2015 |
| 17 | FW | Jonas | CNID Footballer of the Year | — |
| 17 | FW | Jonas | Bola de Prata | — |
| 17 | FW | Jonas | LPFP Primeira Liga Best Player | — |

### Manager

| Name | Award | Month | Ref |
| Rui Vitória | LPFP Primeira Liga Best Coach | — | |