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Benfica 2015–16 football season

Benfica

2015–16 season
President Luís Filipe Vieira
Manager Rui Vitória
Stadium Estádio da Luz
Primeira Liga 1st
Taça de Portugal Fourth round
Taça da Liga Winners
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira Runners-up
UEFA Champions League Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer League: Jonas (32)All: Jonas (36)
Highest home attendance 64,235 v Nacional[1](15 May 2016)
Lowest home attendance 20,107 v Nacional[2](29 December 2015)
Average home league attendance 50,322[3]
Biggest win Benfica 6–0 Belenenses(11 September 2015)Benfica 6–0 Marítimo(6 January 2016)
Biggest defeat Benfica 0–3 Sporting CP(25 October 2015)
Home colours Away colours
← 2014–152016–17 →

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.

N Pos. Nat. Name Age Since App Goals Ends Transfer fee Notes
1 GK Brazil Ederson M. 22 2015 18 0 2020 Undisclosed Originally from youth system
2 CB Argentina Lisandro 26 2014 29 1 2018 Undisclosed
3 LB Spain Grimaldo 20 2016 (Winter) 5 0 2021 €2,121,000
4 CB Brazil Luisão (captain) 35 2003 475 44 2017 Undisclosed
5 DM Serbia Fejsa 27 2013 61 1 2019 Undisclosed
7 CM Greece Samaris 27 2014 78 2 2019 €10,000,000
9 ST Mexico Raúl 25 2015 45 12 2020 Undisclosed
10 AM Argentina Nico Gaitán (VC) 28 2010 253 41 2019 €8,400,000
11 ST Greece Mitroglou 28 2015 45 25 2016 Loan
12 GK Brazil Júlio César 36 2014 64 0 2016 Free
13 GK Portugal Paulo Lopes 38 2012 10 0 2016 Free Originally from youth system
14 DF Sweden V. Lindelöf 21 2014 26 1 2020 Youth system Promoted from Benfica B
17 ST Brazil Jonas 32 2014 83 67 2018 Free
18 RW Argentina Salvio 25 2012 162 38 2017 €13,500,000 Played as a loanee in the 2010–11 season
19 LB Portugal Eliseu 32 2014 77 4 2016 Undisclosed
20 RW Portugal G. Guedes 19 2014 40 4 2021 Youth system Promoted from Benfica B
21 CM Portugal Pizzi 26 2014 78 12 2019 €14,000,000
28 FB Portugal Sílvio 28 2013 39 0 2016 Loan Originally from youth system
30 AM Brazil A. Talisca 22 2014 78 20 2019 €4,000,000
33 CB Brazil Jardel 30 2011 (Winter) 166 11 2020 Undisclosed
34 DM Portugal A. Almeida 25 2012 132 0 2018 Undisclosed
35 ST Serbia Luka 18 2016 (Winter) 2 0 2021 €6,583,000
38 LW Portugal N. Santos 21 2015 2 0 2021 Youth system Promoted from Benfica B
39 AM Morocco Carcela G. 26 2015 29 3 2019 Free
50 RB Portugal N. Semedo 22 2015 18 1 2021 Undisclosed Promoted from Benfica B
85 MF Portugal R. Sanches 18 2015 35 2 2021 Youth system Promoted from Benfica B
Date Pos No. Player Age From Ends Fee Ref
20 May 2015 MF — Venezuela Jhon Murillo 19 Venezuela Zamora FC 2020 Undisclosed [4]
26 May 2015 MF — Brazil Diego Lopes 21 Portugal Rio Ave 2020 €726,600 [5]
26 May 2015 GK 1 Brazil Ederson 21 Portugal Rio Ave 2020 Undisclosed [5]
27 May 2015 DF 3 Brazil Marçal 26 Portugal Nacional 2020 Undisclosed [6]
27 May 2015 MF — Portugal Pelé 23 Unattached 2020 Undisclosed [7]
12 June 2015 MF 23 Morocco Adel Taarabt 26 England Queens Park Rangers 2020 €4,000,000 [8][9][10]
13 June 2015 MF 39 Morocco Mehdi Carcela 25 Belgium Standard Liège 2019 Undisclosed [8][11]
13 August 2015 FW 9 Mexico Raúl Jiménez 24 Spain Atlético Madrid 2020 Undisclosed [12]
29 December 2015 DF 3 Spain Álex Grimaldo 20 Spain Barcelona 2021 €2,121,000 [13][14]
2 February 2016 FW 35 Serbia Luka Jović 18 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 2021 €6,583,000 [15][14]
Date Pos No. Player Age From Ends Fee Ref
15 July 2015 DF 28 Portugal Sílvio 27 Spain Atlético Madrid 30 June 2016 Free [16]
6 August 2015 FW 11 Greece Kostas Mitroglou 27 England Fulham 30 June 2016 Undisclosed [17]
Date Pos No. Player Age To Fee Ref
25 May 2015 DF — Portugal João Cancelo 20 Spain Valencia Undisclosed [8][18]
9 June 2015 MF 8 Serbia Miralem Sulejmani 26 Switzerland Young Boys Undisclosed [8][19]
12 June 2015 FW — Argentina Rogelio Funes Mori 24 Mexico Monterrey Undisclosed [8][20]
12 June 2015 MF — Portugal André Gomes 21 Spain Valencia End of contract [8][21][22]
15 June 2015 FW — Spain Rodrigo 24 Spain Valencia End of contract [8][23][24]
23 June 2015 DF 23 Switzerland Loris Benito 23 Switzerland Young Boys Undisclosed [8][25]
30 June 2015 MF — Brazil Airton 25 Unattached End of contract
30 June 2015 GK 1 Brazil Artur 34 Unattached End of contract
30 June 2015 DF 14 Uruguay Maxi Pereira 31 Unattached End of contract
10 July 2015 FW 19 Portugal Ivan Cavaleiro 21 France Monaco Undisclosed [26]
24 July 2015 FW 11 Brazil Lima 32 United Arab Emirates Al Ahli Club €7,000,000 [27][28]
2 February 2016 FW — Portugal Yannick Djaló 29 Thailand Ratchaburi End of contract [29]
Date Pos No. Player Age To Ends Ref
10 July 2015 FW 32 Portugal Bebé 24 Spain Rayo Vallecano 30 June 2016 [30]
10 July 2015 MF 67 Portugal Hélder Costa 21 France Monaco 30 June 2016 [31]
16 July 2015 MF — Venezuela Jhon Murillo 19 Portugal Tondela 30 June 2016 [32]
18 July 2015 DF 37 Brazil César 22 Brazil Flamengo 30 June 2016 [33]
20 July 2015 FW 9 Brazil Derley 27 Turkey Kayserispor 30 June 2016 [34]
22 July 2015 MF — Brazil Diego Lopes 21 Turkey Kayserispor 30 June 2016 [35]
30 July 2015 FW 83 Portugal Rui Fonte 25 Portugal Braga 30 June 2016 [36]
1 August 2015 MF — Portugal Pelé 23 Portugal Paços de Ferreira 30 June 2016 [37]
7 August 2015 FW — Portugal Yannick Djaló 29 Russia Mordovia Saransk 31 December 2015 [38]
14 August 2015 MF 6 Portugal Rúben Amorim 30 Qatar Al-Wakrah 30 June 2016 [39]
20 August 2015 DF 3 Brazil Marçal 26 Turkey Gaziantepspor 30 June 2016 [40]
28 August 2015 MF 27 Germany Hany Mukhtar 20 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 30 June 2016 [41]
31 August 2015 MF — Portugal Daniel Candeias 27 France Metz 30 June 2016 [42]
1 September 2015 MF 15 Netherlands Ola John 23 England Reading 30 June 2016 [43]
1 September 2015 DF — Brazil Sidnei 26 Spain Deportivo La Coruña 30 June 2016 [44]
4 September 2015 FW 16 Portugal Nélson Oliveira 24 England Nottingham Forest 30 June 2016 [45]
8 January 2016 MF 24 Italy Bryan Cristante 20 Italy Palermo 30 June 2016 [46]
25 January 2016 MF 22 Serbia Filip Đuričić 23 Belgium Anderlecht 30 June 2016 [47]
1 February 2016 MF 31 Brazil Victor Andrade 20 Portugal Vitória de Guimarães 30 June 2016 [48]
Position Name
Head coach Rui Vitória
Assistant coach Arnaldo TeixeiraSérgio BotelhoMinervino PietraMarco Pedroso
Fitness coach Paulo Mourão
Goalkeeping coach Hugo Oliveira
Benfica LAB coordinator Bruno Mendes

Pre-season friendlies

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Win Draw Loss

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

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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
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[a]
5 Arouca 34 13 15 6 47 38 +9 54 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round

Source: Liga Portugal, Soccerway
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: LPFP decided that only criteria 1, 5, 6 and 7 would be applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[50]
(C) Champions
Notes:

  1. ^ Braga qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Taça de Portugal.
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

Source: [_citation needed_]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

  1. ^ Match postponed due to heavy fog.[51]
  2. ^ 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.[52]
  3. ^ 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.[53]
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
  1. ^ The match was originally to be played in February 2016 but was postponed because of both teams' tight schedule.[55]

UEFA Champions League

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Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ATM BEN GAL AST
1 Spain Atlético Madrid 6 4 1 1 11 3 +8 13 Advance to knockout phase — 1–2 2–0 4–0
2 Portugal Benfica 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10 1–2 — 2–1 2–0
3 Turkey Galatasaray 6 1 2 3 6 10 −4 5 Transfer to Europa League 0–2 2–1 — 1–1
4 Kazakhstan Astana 6 0 4 2 5 11 −6 4 0–0 2–2 2–2 —
No. Pos Nat Player Total Primeira Liga Taça de Portugal1 Taça da Liga UEFA Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Brazil BRA Ederson 18 -12 10 -4 0 0 5 -4 3 -4
2 DF Argentina ARG Lisandro López 19 1 14 1 1 0 2 0 2 0
3 DF Spain ESP Álex Grimaldo 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
4 DF Brazil BRA Luisão 17 1 9 0 2 0 2 0 4 1
5 MF Serbia SRB Ljubomir Fejsa 28 0 19 0 2 0 1 0 6 0
7 MF Greece GRE Andreas Samaris 40 2 27 2 1 0 5 0 7 0
9 FW Mexico MEX Raúl Jiménez 45 12 28 5 2 0 5 4 10 3
10 MF Argentina ARG Nicolás Gaitán 37 11 25 4 2 0 2 3 8 4
11 FW Greece GRE Kostas Mitroglou 45 25 32 20 3 1 3 2 7 2
12 GK Brazil BRA Júlio César 34 -29 24 -17 3 -4 0 0 7 -8
13 GK Portugal POR Paulo Lopes 1 -1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF Sweden SWE Victor Lindelöf 23 1 15 1 0 0 4 0 4 0
15 MF Netherlands NED Ola John 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW Brazil BRA Jonas 48 36 34 32 2 0 3 2 9 2
18 MF Argentina ARG Eduardo Salvio 12 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
19 DF Portugal POR Eliseu 44 0 31 0 2 0 1 0 10 0
20 FW Portugal POR Gonçalo Guedes 32 4 18 3 2 0 5 0 7 1
21 MF Portugal POR Pizzi 47 8 31 8 3 0 3 0 10 0
22 MF Serbia SRB Filip Đuričić 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
23 MF Morocco MAR Adel Taarabt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF Italy ITA Bryan Cristante 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
28 DF Portugal POR Sílvio 14 0 4 0 3 0 4 0 3 0
30 MF Brazil BRA Talisca 34 9 21 3 3 0 5 4 5 2
31 MF Brazil BRA Victor Andrade 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
33 DF Brazil BRA Jardel 44 5 30 3 3 1 2 1 9 0
34 MF Portugal POR André Almeida 37 0 26 0 1 0 2 0 8 0
35 FW Serbia SRB Luka Jović 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
38 MF Portugal POR Nuno Santos 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
39 MF Morocco MAR Mehdi Carcela 29 3 20 2 1 1 4 0 4 0
40 MF Portugal POR João Teixeira (B) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
50 DF Portugal POR Nélson Semedo 18 1 12 1 1 0 2 0 3 0
61 DF Mozambique MOZ Clésio Baúque (B) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
85 MF Portugal POR Renato Sanches 35 2 24 2 0 0 5 0 6 0

(B) – Benfica B player

^ Includes Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Rnk Pos Player League Cup League Cup Champions League Total
1 FW Brazil Jonas 32 0 2 2 36
2 FW Greece Kostas Mitroglou 20 1 2 2 25
3 FW Mexico Raúl Jiménez 5 0 4 3 12
4 MF Argentina Nicolás Gaitán 4 0 3 4 11
5 MF Brazil Talisca 3 0 4 2 9
6 MF Portugal Pizzi 8 0 0 0 8
7 DF Brazil Jardel 3 1 1 0 5
8 FW Portugal Gonçalo Guedes 3 0 0 1 4
9 MF Morocco Mehdi Carcela 2 1 0 0 3
10 MF Portugal Renato Sanches 2 0 0 0 2
MF Greece Andreas Samaris 2 0 0 0 2
12 DF Portugal Nélson Semedo 1 0 0 0 1
DF Brazil Luisão 0 0 0 1 1
DF Argentina Lisandro López 1 0 0 0 1
DF Sweden Victor Lindelöf 1 0 0 0 1
Own goals 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 88 3 16 15 122
Player Against Result Date Competition
Brazil Jonas Nacional 4–1 (A) 10 January 2016 Primeira Liga
Brazil Talisca Moreirense 6–1 (A) 26 January 2016 Taça da Liga
Greece Mitroglou Belenenses 5–0 (A) 5 February 2016 Primeira Liga

(H) – Home; (A) – Away

[56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66]

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

Number of matches inside brackets.

Rnk Player League Cup1 LeagueCup ChampionsLeague Total
1 Brazil Júlio César 12 (24) 0 (3) — 2 (7) 14 (34)
2 Brazil Ederson 6 (10) — 2 (5) 0 (3) 8 (18)
3 Portugal Paulo Lopes 0* — — — 0*
Totals 17 (34) 0 (3) 2 (5) 2 (10) 22 (52)

1Includes Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

* Shared match on Round 34 against Marítimo.

Disciplinary record

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| N | P | Nat. | Name | League | Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Total | Notes | | | | | | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | ------ | ----- | ----- | ---------------------- | | Yellow card | Second yellow card | Red card | Yellow card | Second yellow card | Red card | Yellow card | Second yellow card | Red card | Yellow card | Second yellow card | Red card | Yellow card | Second yellow card | Red card | | | | | | | 1 | GK | Brazil | Ederson | 2 | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | 1 | | | 7 | MF | Greece | Andreas Samaris | 7 | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | 3 | | | 11 | 1 | | | | 34 | MF | Portugal | André Almeida | 4 | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | 4 | | | 9 | 1 | | | | 85 | MF | Portugal | Renato Sanches | 5 | 1 | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 6 | 1 | | | | 10 | MF | Argentina | Nicolás Gaitán | 2 | | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | 3 | 1 | | Cup includes Super Cup | | 33 | DF | Brazil | Jardel | 8 | | | 1 | | | | | | 3 | | | 12 | | | | | 19 | DF | Portugal | Eliseu | 9 | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 11 | | | | | 17 | FW | Brazil | Jonas | 4 | | | 1 | | | | | | 4 | | | 9 | | | Cup includes Super Cup | | 5 | MF | Serbia | Ljubomir Fejsa | 4 | | | 1 | | | | | | 2 | | | 7 | | | Cup includes Super Cup | | 11 | FW | Greece | Kostas Mitroglou | 5 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 6 | | | | | 28 | DF | Portugal | Sílvio | 1 | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | 2 | | | 6 | | | Cup includes Super Cup | | 2 | DF | Argentina | Lisandro López | 3 | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 5 | | | | | 4 | DF | Brazil | Luisão | 3 | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | 5 | | | | | 14 | DF | Sweden | Victor Lindelöf | 3 | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 5 | | | | | 21 | MF | Portugal | Pizzi | 3 | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | 5 | | | | | 30 | MF | Brazil | Talisca | 2 | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 4 | | | | | 9 | FW | Mexico | Raúl Jiménez | 2 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 3 | | | | | 20 | FW | Portugal | Gonçalo Guedes | | | | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | 3 | | | | | 34 | DF | Portugal | Nélson Semedo | 2 | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 3 | | | | | 31 | MF | Brazil | Victor Andrade | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | | | 39 | MF | Morocco | Mehdi Carcela | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | | | 3 | DF | Spain | Álex Grimaldo | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | | | 12 | GK | Brazil | Júlio César | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | 38 | MF | Portugal | Nuno Santos | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |

Source: LPFP and competitions above.
Ordered by Red card, Second yellow card and Yellow card
Yellow card = Number of bookings; Second yellow card = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; Red card = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

No. Pos Name Award Month/Year Ref
85 MF Portugal Renato Sanches SJPF Young Player of the Month December [67]
Cosme Damião Award – Revelation of the Year 2015 [68]
CNID Revelation of the Year — [69]
LPFP Primeira Liga Breakthrough Player — [70]
LPFP Primeira Liga Best Goal — [70]
17 FW Brazil Jonas SJPF Player of the Month January [71]
February [72]
March [73]
Cosme Damião Award – Footballer of the Year 2015 [68]
CNID Footballer of the Year — [69]
Bola de Prata — [74]
LPFP Primeira Liga Best Player — [75]
Name Award Month Ref
Portugal Rui Vitória LPFP Primeira Liga Best Coach — [76]
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