Season 2016–17 Dates 7 Aug 2016 – 28 May 2017 Goals scored 576 | Top goalscorer Jorge Pires (15 goals) Location Portugal Matches played 253 | |
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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 matchesDesportivo das Aves Similar 2016–17 Primeira Liga, 2010–11 Liga de Honra, 2014–15 Primeira Liga, 2010–11 Primeira Liga, 2015–16 Taça de Portugal | ||
The 2016–17 LigaPro (also known as Ledman LigaPro for sponsorship reasons) is the 27th season of Portuguese football's second-tier league, and the second season under the current LigaPro title. A total of 22 teams compete in this division, including reserve sides from top-flight Primeira Liga teams.
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Porto B are 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).
Positions by round
Last updated: 23 January 2017
Source: Liga Portugal
Results
Updated to games played on 23 January 2017.
Source: Liga Portugal
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top scorers
As of 23 January 2017Attendances
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.