2015–16 S.L. Benfica 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[1]; Benfica 4–1 Nacional; (15 May 2016)
Lowest home attendance	20,107[2]; Benfica 1–0 Nacional; (29 December 2015)
Average home league attendance	50,322[3]
Home colours	Away colours

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	Ref
20 May 2015	MF	—	Jhon Murillo	19	Zamora FC	2020	Undisclosed	[4]
26 May 2015	MF	—	Diego Lopes	21	Rio Ave	2020	Undisclosed	[5]
26 May 2015	GK	1	Ederson	21	Rio Ave	2020	Undisclosed	[5]
27 May 2015	DF	3	Marçal	26	Nacional	2020	Undisclosed	[6]
27 May 2015	MF	—	Pelé	23	Unattached	2020	Undisclosed	[7]
12 June 2015	MF	23	Adel Taarabt	26	Queens Park Rangers	2020	€4,000,000	[8][9][10]
13 June 2015	MF	39	Mehdi Carcela	25	Standard Liège	2019	Undisclosed	[8][11]
13 August 2015	FW	9	Raúl Jiménez	24	Atlético Madrid	2020	Undisclosed	[12]
29 December 2015	DF	3	Álex Grimaldo	20	Barcelona	2021	€2,121,000	[13][14]
2 February 2016	FW	35	Luka Jović	18	Red Star Belgrade	2021	€6,583,000	[15][14]

Loan in

Date	Pos	No.	Player	Age	From	Ends	Fee	Ref
15 July 2015	DF	28	Sílvio	27	Atlético Madrid	30 June 2016	Free	[16]
6 August 2015	FW	11	Kostas Mitroglou	27	Fulham	30 June 2016	Undisclosed	[17]

Out

Date	Pos	No.	Player	Age	To	Fee	Ref
25 May 2015	DF	—	João Cancelo	20	Valencia	Undisclosed	[8][18]
9 June 2015	MF	8	Miralem Sulejmani	26	Young Boys	Undisclosed	[8][19]
12 June 2015	FW	—	Rogelio Funes Mori	24	Monterrey	Undisclosed	[8][20]
12 June 2015	MF	—	André Gomes	21	Valencia	End of contract	[8][21][22]
15 June 2015	FW	—	Rodrigo	24	Valencia	End of contract	[8][23][24]
23 June 2015	DF	23	Loris Benito	23	Young Boys	Undisclosed	[8][25]
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	[26]
24 July 2015	FW	11	Lima	32	Al Ahli Club	€7,000,000	[27][28]
2 February 2016	FW	—	Yannick Djaló	29	Ratchaburi	End of contract	[29]

Loan out

Date	Pos	No.	Player	Age	To	Ends	Ref
10 July 2015	FW	32	Bebé	24	Rayo Vallecano	30 June 2016	[30]
10 July 2015	MF	67	Hélder Costa	21	Monaco	30 June 2016	[31]
16 July 2015	MF	—	Jhon Murillo	19	Tondela	30 June 2016	[32]
18 July 2015	DF	37	César	22	Flamengo	30 June 2016	[33]
20 July 2015	FW	9	Derley	27	Kayserispor	30 June 2016	[34]
22 July 2015	MF	—	Diego Lopes	21	Kayserispor	30 June 2016	[35]
30 July 2015	FW	83	Rui Fonte	25	Braga	30 June 2016	[36]
1 August 2015	MF	—	Pelé	23	Paços de Ferreira	30 June 2016	[37]
7 August 2015	FW	—	Yannick Djaló	29	Mordovia Saransk	31 December 2015	[38]
14 August 2015	MF	6	Rúben Amorim	30	Al-Wakrah	30 June 2016	[39]
20 August 2015	DF	3	Marçal	26	Gaziantepspor	30 June 2016	[40]
28 August 2015	MF	27	Hany Mukhtar	20	Red Bull Salzburg	30 June 2016	[41]
31 August 2015	MF	—	Daniel Candeias	27	Metz	30 June 2016	[42]
1 September 2015	MF	15	Ola John	23	Reading	30 June 2016	[43]
1 September 2015	DF	—	Sidnei	26	Deportivo La Coruña	30 June 2016	[44]
4 September 2015	FW	16	Nélson Oliveira	24	Nottingham Forest	30 June 2016	[45]
8 January 2016	MF	24	Bryan Cristante	20	Palermo	30 June 2016	[46]
25 January 2016	MF	22	Filip Đuričić	23	Anderlecht	30 June 2016	[47]
1 February 2016	MF	31	Victor Andrade	20	Vitória de Guimarães	30 June 2016	[48]

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

18 July 2015 International Champions Cup	Benfica	2–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
20:30 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Talisca 34' Jonas 42' López 89'	Report	Kimpembe 23' Augustin 29' Lucas 60' 64' (pen.) Digne 79'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

24 July 2015 International Champions Cup	Benfica	0–0 (4–5 p)	Fiorentina	East Hartford, Connecticut, United States
20:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Luisão 29' 66'	Report	Basanta 15' Rodríguez 29' Alonso 35' Iličić 44' Hegazy 74' Badelj 90'	Stadium: Rentschler Field Attendance: 15,791 Referee: Sorin Stoica (United States)
	Penalties
	Almeida Pizzi Sílvio Oliveira Carcela		Pasqual Badelj Iličić Rebić Suárez

26 July 2015 International Champions Cup	New York Red Bulls	2–1	Benfica	Harrison, New Jersey, United States
19:30 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Wright-Phillips 33' Robles 45' Grella 56' Miller 85'	Report	Pizzi 7' 20'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Referee: Alex Chilowicz (United States)

28 July 2015 International Champions Cup	Club América	0–0 (3–4 p)	Benfica	Mexico City, Mexico
21:00 CDT (UTC−05:00)	Alvarado 15' Güémez 32' Arroyo 54' Burón 70'	Report	Marçal 85'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Jorge Castillo (Mexico)
	Penalties
	Martínez Zúñiga Marín Colula Rosel		Cristante Gaitán Santos Samaris Rodríguez

2 August 2015 Eusébio Cup	Monterrey	3–0	Benfica	Monterrey, Mexico
22:00 CDT (UTC−05:00)	Ramírez 49' Funes Mori 58' (pen.) Rivera 81'	Report		Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Francisco Chacón (Mexico)

Competitions

Overall record

Performance by competition
Competition	Starting round	Final position/round	First match	Last match
Primeira Liga	N/A	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	N/A	Runners-up	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

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

9 August 2015	Benfica	0–1	Sporting CP	Faro/Loulé
20:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Sílvio 38' Fejsa 50' Jonas 60' Gaitán 76'	Report	Slimani 16' Gutiérrez 53' Adrien 57' Pereira 58' Carrillo 63'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Attendance: 28,717[49] Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto) Man of the Match: André Carrillo

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team	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[lower-alpha 1]
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) Champion.
Notes:

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

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

16 August 2015 1	Benfica	4–0	Estoril	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	López 16' Mitroglou 73' Jonas 77' (pen.), 81' Semedo 89'	Report	Anderson Luís 48' Sebá 67' Gerso 70' Mattheus 77' Taira 80' Bruno César 84'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 53,285 Referee: Tiago Martins (Lisbon)

23 August 2015 2	Arouca	1–0	Benfica	Aveiro
19:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Roberto 2' 41' Simão 22' Lima 37' Jaílson 74' Bracalli 84'	Report	Andrade 80' Mitroglou 88'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Aveiro Attendance: 23,540 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

29 August 2015 3	Benfica	3–2	Moreirense	Lisbon
20:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Pizzi 40' Jiménez 75' Samaris 76' Jonas 87'	Report	Martins 30' Ohemeng 42' Gonçalves 50' Cardozo 84' 90' Boateng 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 43,417 Referee: Jorge Ferreira (Braga)

11 September 2015 4	Benfica	6–0	Belenenses	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Mitroglou 5', 53' Jonas 17', 40' Gaitán 60' Talisca 63' Luisão 86'	Report	Camará 70'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 42,454 Referee: Bruno Paixão (Setúbal)

20 September 2015 5	Porto	1–0	Benfica	Porto
19:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Pereira 35' Maicon 55' André 70' 86' Neves 71'	Report	Almeida 50' Semedo 80' Luisão 83' Mitroglou 84'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 49,209 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

26 September 2015 6	Benfica	3–0	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
18:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Jonas 34', 73' Guedes 67'	Report	Silva 41' Baixinho 79'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 45,276 Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

4 October 2015[upper-alpha 1] 7	União da Madeira	v	Benfica	Funchal
16:00 WET (UTC±00:00)				Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Referee: Cosme Machado (Braga)

25 October 2015 8	Benfica	0–3	Sporting CP	Lisbon
17:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Samaris 40' Gaitán 43' Fejsa 47' Jonas 50' Mitroglou 83'	Report	Gutiérrez 9' Slimani 21' 43' Ruiz 36' 44' Carvalho 50' Adrien 58'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 63,054 Referee: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)

30 October 2015 9	Tondela	0–4	Benfica	Aveiro
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Souza 24'	Report	Jonas 3' Talisca 5' Berger 11' (o.g.) Jardel 35' Luisão 39' Guedes 42' Samaris 68' Carcela 82'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Aveiro Attendance: 9,394 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

8 November 2015 10	Benfica	2–0	Boavista	Lisbon
16:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Guedes 39' Samaris 85' Carcela 88'	Report	Figueiredo 53' Carvalho 73' Idris 78' 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 46,362 Referee: Bruno Esteves (Setúbal)

30 November 2015 11	Braga	0–2	Benfica	Braga
21:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Hassan 68' Ferreira 72' Augusto 77'	Report	Pizzi 3' 73' López 11' Eliseu 67' Sanches 68'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 17,396 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

4 December 2015 12	Benfica	3–0	Académica	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Fejsa 18' Jonas 35' (pen.), 79' (pen.) Sanches 85'	Report	Trigueira 33' Aderlan 44' Ofori 68' Rabiola 79'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 34,752 Referee: Luís Ferreira (Braga)

12 December 2015 13	Vitória de Setúbal	2–4	Benfica	Setúbal
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Pinto 44' Costa 59' Suk 88'	Report	López 33' Pizzi 35' Jonas 39' Mitroglou 54', 79' Eliseu 60' Almeida 65' Samaris 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 9,323 Referee: Manuel Mota (Braga)

15 December 2015 7	União da Madeira	0–0	Benfica	Funchal
21:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Cádiz 42' Gian 45+1' Danilo 90+1' Fidalgo 90+4'	Report	Sanches 14' Eliseu 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Attendance: 5,095 Referee: Cosme Machado (Braga)

20 December 2015 14	Benfica	3–1	Rio Ave	Lisbon
16:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Jonas 4', 81' Samaris 8' Jiménez 84'	Report	Bressan 9' Wakaso 29'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 45,955 Referee: Manuel Oliveira (Porto)

2 January 2016 15	Vitória de Guimarães	0–1	Benfica	Guimarães
18:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Dourado 11' Otávio 20' Saré 28'	Report	López 38' Fejsa 39' Sanches 74' 75' Jardel 85'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 22,218 Referee: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)

6 January 2016 16	Benfica	6–0	Marítimo	Lisbon
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Pizzi 29', 34' Jiménez 35' 50' Jonas 52' (pen.), 54' (pen.) Talisca 69'	Report	Silva 10' Bessa 37' João Diogo 49' Sousa 50' F. Ferreira 52' Rodrigues 61'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 31,590 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

10 January 2016[upper-alpha 2] 17	Nacional	1–4	Benfica	Funchal
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Soares 50' Zainadine 81'	Report	Jonas 23', 56', 63' Eliseu 47' Mitroglou 89'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Attendance: 4,753 Referee: Tiago Martins (Lisbon)

16 January 2016 18	Estoril	1–2	Benfica	Estoril
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Bonatini 11' Tavares 74' Taira 86'	Report	Mitroglou 52' Pizzi 68' Júlio César 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Attendance: 7,836 Referee: Vasco Santos (Porto)

23 January 2016 19	Benfica	3–1	Arouca	Lisbon
18:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Pizzi 3' Almeida 6' Mitroglou 19' Jonas 68'	Report	Velázquez 77' 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 51,511 Referee: Manuel Mota (Braga)

31 January 2016 20	Moreirense	1–4	Benfica	Moreira de Cónegos
19:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Gomes 54' Palhinha 81' Medeiros 90+1'	Report	Jonas 16', 67' Mitroglou 43' Jardel 63' Lindelöf 63' Gaitán 75'	Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 5,772 Referee: Manuel Oliveira (Porto)

5 February 2016 21	Belenenses	0–5	Benfica	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Juanto 20' Pinto 27'	Report	Mitroglou 42', 57', 75' Jonas 53', 87' Sílvio 71' Samaris 81'	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Attendance: 13,109 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

12 February 2016 22	Benfica	1–2	Porto	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Mitroglou 18' Carcela 79' Sanches 85' Almeida 88'	Report	Herrera 28' 30' Aboubakar 65' Neves 75' Layún 88'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 61,536 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

20 February 2016 23	Paços de Ferreira	1–3	Benfica	Paços de Ferreira
18:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Jota 23' Moreira 28' Andrezinho 45' Farias 58' Martins 81'	Report	Mitroglou 13' Jonas 45+2' (pen.) Lindelöf 58' Jardel 73' Eliseu 82'	Stadium: Estádio Capital do Móvel Attendance: 6,433 Referee: Jorge Ferreira (Braga)

29 February 2016[upper-alpha 3] 24	Benfica	2–0	União da Madeira	Lisbon
19:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Jonas 4', 76' Lindelöf 78'	Report	Monteiro 70'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 44,485 Referee: Cosme Machado (Braga)

5 March 2016 25	Sporting CP	0–1	Benfica	Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Jefferson 70' (Adrien 86')	Report	Mitroglou 20' 67' Jonas 46' Gaitán 52' Sanches 86'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 49,699 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

14 March 2016 26	Benfica	4–1	Tondela	Lisbon
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Jardel 11' 12' Jonas 24', 69' Mitroglou 87' 87'	Report	Monteiro 51' Tikito 70' Nathan 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 51,314 Referee: Luís Ferreira (Braga)

20 March 2016 27	Boavista	0–1	Benfica	Porto
18:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Tahar 60'	Report	Samaris 10' Eliseu 45' Jiménez 59' Jonas 90+3' Ederson 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 22,834[54] Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

1 April 2016 28	Benfica	5–1	Braga	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Mitroglou 17', 71' Jonas 37' (pen.) Pizzi 39' 62' Samaris 75' Semedo 90+2'	Report	Santos 51' 90+3' (pen.) Stojiljković 72' Luíz Carlos 83' Goiano 89'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 61,042 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

9 April 2016 29	Académica	1–2	Benfica	Coimbra
18:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Pedro Nuno 17' 28' Nascimento 21' Santos 45' Plange 90+1'	Report	Mitroglou 39' Jiménez 84'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 26,444 Referee: João Capela (Lisbon)

18 April 2016 30	Benfica	2–1	Vitória de Setúbal	Lisbon
21:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Jonas 19' 90' Jardel 24'	Report	Claro 1' Lourenço 86'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 54,855 Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

24 April 2016 31	Rio Ave	0–1	Benfica	Vila do Conde
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Vilas Boas 18' 90+4' Héldon 66'	Report	Eliseu 29' Jardel 37' Fejsa 41' Jiménez 73' Ederson 87'	Stadium: Estádio do Rio Ave FC Attendance: 9,023 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

29 April 2016 32	Benfica	1–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Jardel 47' Eliseu 48' Almeida 54' 90+5'	Report	Pedro Henrique 7' Hurtado 13' Otávio 22' Licá 35' Josué 53' Xande 80' Vigário 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 60,351 Referee: Bruno Paixão (Setúbal)

8 May 2016 33	Marítimo	0–2	Benfica	Funchal
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Dirceu 11' Costa 65' João Diogo 73' Fransérgio 82' 89' Deyvison 87' Bessa 90+3' Patrick 90+7'	Report	Sanches 27' 37' Eliseu 30' Jardel 43' Mitroglou 48' Talisca 83'	Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Attendance: 9,400 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

15 May 2016 34	Benfica	4–1	Nacional	Lisbon
17:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Gaitán 24', 64' Talisca 28' Jonas 39' 39' Jardel 54' Pizzi 84'	Report	Agra 12' 90+1' Fofana 43'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 64,235 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

Match postponed due to heavy fog.[51]
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]
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]

Taça de Portugal

Third round

16 October 2015	Vianense	1–2	Benfica	Barcelos
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	R. Magalhães 20' Coulibaly 79'	Report	Fejsa 35' Carcela 38' Santos 72' Jardel 90'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 8,000 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

Fourth round

21 November 2015	Sporting CP	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Benfica	Lisbon
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Montero 43' Adrien 45+2' Oliveira 70' Slimani 84' 112'	Report	Mitroglou 6' Jardel 36' Talisca 40' Sílvio 45+3' Gaitán 63' (Ederson 64') Almeida 65' Samaris 111' 114' Jonas 120+1'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 41,244 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto)

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

Source: LPFP
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

29 December 2015 1	Benfica	1–0	Nacional	Lisbon
19:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Lindelöf 24' Eliseu 28' López 33' Jiménez 89' Sílvio 90+2'	Report	Campos 38' Sequeira 44'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 20,107 Referee: João Capela (Lisbon)

19 January 2016 2	Oriental	0–1	Benfica	Lisbon
15:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Tavares 51'	Report	Samaris 62' Talisca 74' Sanches 79'	Stadium: Campo Engenheiro Carlos Salema Attendance: 3,409 Referee: Tiago Antunes (Coimbra)

26 January 2016 3	Moreirense	1–6	Benfica	Moreira de Cónegos
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Patrick 11' Medeiros 25' Rafa 32' Micael 84' Schons 88'	Report	Talisca 11' (pen.), 14', 83' 36' Gaitán 19', 89' Semedo 23' Jiménez 36' Guedes 87'	Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 4,206 Referee: Sérgio Piscarreta (Algarve)

Semi-finals

2 May 2016[upper-alpha 1]	Benfica	2–1	Braga	Lisbon
19:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Jonas 58' Jiménez 71' Sílvio 79' Grimaldo 84'	Report	Silva 19' Mauro 44'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 24,933 Referee: Tiago Martins (Lisbon)

The match was originally to be played in February 2016 but was postponed because of both teams' tight schedule.[55]

Final

20 May 2016	Marítimo	2–6	Benfica	Coimbra
19:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	João Diogo 45+1' Fransérgio 83' (pen.)	Report	Jonas 11' Mitroglou 18', 38' Gaitán 77' Jardel 90+1' Jiménez 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 28,878 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria) Man of the Match: Nicolás Gaitán

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ATL	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	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

15 September 2015 1	Benfica	2–0	Astana	Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Samaris 40' Guedes 45+1' Gaitán 51' Mitroglou 62' Jardel 83'	Report	Aničić 21' Dzholchiyev 24' Zhukov 78'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 32,799 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

30 September 2015 2	Atlético Madrid	1–2	Benfica	Madrid, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Correa 23' Martínez 39' Ó. Torres 55'	Report	Eliseu 25' Luisão 28' Gaitán 36' Samaris 39' Guedes 51' Jardel 82'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 40,938 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

21 October 2015 3	Galatasaray	2–1	Benfica	Istanbul, Turkey
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	İnan 19' (pen.) 63' Podolski 33' Kısa 42' Balta 70' Yılmaz 90+5'	Report	Gaitán 2' Almeida 18' Samaris 73' Andrade 78' Luisão 87'	Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena Attendance: 33,615 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

3 November 2015 4	Benfica	2–1	Galatasaray	Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Almeida 31' Guedes 43' Gaitán 44' 85' Jonas 52' Sílvio 56' Luisão 67'	Report	Yılmaz 41' İnan 55' Podolski 58' Adın 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 35,726 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

25 November 2015 5	Astana	2–2	Benfica	Astana, Kazakhstan
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Twumasi 19' Aničić 31' Cañas 50' Shchotkin 90+4'	Report	Jiménez 23' 40', 72' López 44' Jonas 48'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 15,089 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

8 December 2015 6	Benfica	1–2	Atlético Madrid	Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mitroglou 75' Fejsa 77'	Report	Ñíguez 33' 70' Vietto 55' Godín 68' Ó. Torres 89'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 47,630 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Round of 16

16 February 2016 1st leg	Benfica	1–0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Almeida 16' Jardel 35' Pizzi 43' Jonas 90+1' 90+2'	Report	Witsel 32' García 59' Criscito 67' 90'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 48,615 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

9 March 2016 2nd leg	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–2 (1–3 agg.)	Benfica	Saint Petersburg, Russia
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hulk 69' 90+5'	Report	Mitroglou 36' Pizzi 49' Gaitán 85' Talisca 90+6'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,688 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Quarter-finals

5 April 2016 1st leg	Bayern Munich	1–0	Benfica	Munich, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vidal 2' Ribéry 22' Bernat 42'	Report	Jonas 58' Lindelöf 62'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

13 April 2016 2nd leg	Benfica	2–2 (2–3 agg.)	Bayern Munich	Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jiménez 27' Carcela 70' Talisca 76' Almeida 90+1'	Report	Vidal 38' Müller 52' Martínez 74'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 63,235 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal¹		Taça da Liga		UEFA Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Ederson	18	-12	10	-4	0	0	5	-4	3	-4
2	DF		Lisandro López	19	1	14	1	1	0	2	0	2	0
3	DF		Álex Grimaldo	5	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
4	DF		Luisão	17	1	9	0	2	0	2	0	4	1
5	MF		Ljubomir Fejsa	28	0	19	0	2	0	1	0	6	0
7	MF		Andreas Samaris	40	2	27	2	1	0	5	0	7	0
9	FW		Raúl Jiménez	45	12	28	5	2	0	5	4	10	3
10	MF		Nicolás Gaitán	37	11	25	4	2	0	2	3	8	4
11	FW		Kostas Mitroglou	45	25	32	20	3	1	3	2	7	2
12	GK		Júlio César	34	-29	24	-17	3	-4	0	0	7	-8
13	GK		Paulo Lopes	1	-1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF		Victor Lindelöf	23	1	15	1	0	0	4	0	4	0
15	MF		Ola John	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Jonas	48	36	34	32	2	0	3	2	9	2
18	MF		Eduardo Salvio	12	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
19	DF		Eliseu	44	0	31	0	2	0	1	0	10	0
20	FW		Gonçalo Guedes	32	4	18	3	2	0	5	0	7	1
21	MF		Pizzi	47	8	31	8	3	0	3	0	10	0
22	MF		Filip Đuričić	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
23	MF		Adel Taarabt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Bryan Cristante	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
28	DF		Sílvio	14	0	4	0	3	0	4	0	3	0
30	MF		Talisca	34	9	21	3	3	0	5	4	5	2
31	MF		Victor Andrade	5	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
33	DF		Jardel	44	5	30	3	3	1	2	1	9	0
34	MF		André Almeida	37	0	26	0	1	0	2	0	8	0
35	FW		Luka Jović	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
38	MF		Nuno Santos	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF		Mehdi Carcela	29	3	20	2	1	1	4	0	4	0
40	MF		João Teixeira (B)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
50	DF		Nélson Semedo	18	1	12	1	1	0	2	0	3	0
61	DF		Clésio Baúque (B)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
85	MF		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
	DF	Luisão	0	0	0	1	1
	DF	Lisandro	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Victor Lindelöf	1	0	0	0	1
Own goals			1	0	0	0	1
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

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

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
	MF	Andreas Samaris	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Luisão	0	0	0	1	1
	DF	Lisandro López	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	Talisca	0	0	1	0	1
	DF	Nélson Semedo	0	0	1	0	1
	MF	Renato Sanches	1	0	0	0	1
Totals			56	2	10	12	80

Clean sheets

Number of matches inside brackets.

Rnk	Player	League	Cup¹	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		17 (34)	0 (3)	2 (5)	2 (10)	22 (52)

¹Includes Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

* Shared match on Round 34 against Marítimo.

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name												Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	League		Cup			League Cup	Champions League		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	Ref
85	MF	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	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]

Manager

Name	Award	Month	Ref
Rui Vitória	LPFP Primeira Liga Best Coach	—	[76]

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"Partida prossegue no Estádio da Madeira às 12 horas de segunda-feira" [Match will resume at Estádio da Madeira at 12:00 on Monday] (in Portuguese). LPFP. 10 January 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
"Match postponed to Monday, 7.45pm". S.L. Benfica. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
"Encarnados ajudam a bater recorde de assistência no Bessa" [Reds help to break attendance record at Bessa] (in Portuguese). Maisfutebol. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
"Taça CTT: Marítimo M.-Portimonense a 10 de fevereiro". Liga Portugal (in Portuguese). 2 February 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
"2015–16 Primeira Liga – All Assists". Retrieved 15 January 2017.
"2015–16 Taça de Portugal – Assist 1". Retrieved 15 January 2017.
"2015–16 Taça de Portugal – Assist 2". Retrieved 15 January 2017.
"2015–16 Taça da Liga – Assist 1". Retrieved 15 January 2017.
"2015–16 Taça da Liga – Assists 2 to 4". Retrieved 15 January 2017.
"2015–16 Taça da Liga – Assists 5 & 6". Retrieved 15 January 2017.
"2015–16 Taça da Liga – Assists 7 to 10". Retrieved 15 January 2017.
"2015–16 Champions League – Jiménez & Gaitán Assists". Retrieved 22 January 2017.
"2015–16 Champions League – Eliseu Assists". Retrieved 22 January 2017.
"2015–16 Champions League – Luisão & Mitroglou Assists". Retrieved 22 January 2017.
"2015–16 Champions League – Almeida & Jonas Assists". Retrieved 22 January 2017.
"Renato Sanches eleito Melhor Jovem de dezembro" [Renato Sanches elected Best Youngster of December] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
"112th Anniversary Gala". S.L. Benfica. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
"Jonas eleito futebolista do ano e Renato Sanches a revelação nos prémios CNID" [Jonas elected as footballer of the year and Renato Sanches elected as revelation in the CNID awards]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 2 May 2016. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
""Aquele golo foi um momento marcante" - Renato Sanches" ["That goal was a remarkable moment" - Renato Sanches]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 15 July 2016. Archived from the original on 15 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
"Jonas eleito jogador do mês de janeiro" [Jonas elected [best] player of January]. Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). 16 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
"Jonas, Platiny e Diogo Jota vencedores de fevereiro" [Jonas, Platiny and Diogo Jota winners of February]. Liga Portugal (in Portuguese). 16 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
"Jonas, Pedrinho e Herrera vencedores de março" [Jonas, Pedrinho and Herrera winners of March]. Liga Portugal (in Portuguese). 13 April 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
"A Bola entregou 'A Bola de Prata' a Jonas" [A Bola delivered the Bola de Prata to Jonas]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 15 May 2016. Archived from the original on 16 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
"Jonas vence prémios de melhor marcador e melhor jogador da Liga" [Jonas wins awards for top goalscorer and best player in the league]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 15 July 2016. Archived from the original on 15 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
""Nós treinadores não vivemos de prémios individuais mas estou muito orgulhoso" - Rui Vitória" ["We coaches do not live off individual awards but I am very proud" - Rui Vitória]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 15 July 2016. Archived from the original on 15 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.

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[table_note_res_ELGS0.89661285742028-50] Braga qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Taça de Portugal.

[53] Match postponed due to heavy fog.[51]

[55] 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]

[57] 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]

[60] The match was originally to be played in February 2016 but was postponed because of both teams' tight schedule.[55]

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[2] "Painel de espectadores por jogo" [Attendance list by match]. Liga Portugal (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 December 2015.

[3] "Painel de espectadores por clube" [Attendance list by club] (in Portuguese). Liga Portugal. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

[4] "OFICIAL: Jhon Murillo a caminho do Benfica" [OFFICIAL: Jhon Murillo on the way to Benfica] (in Portuguese). Maisfutebol. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

[Rio_Ave-5] "Benfica: Ederson, Diego Lopes e Hassan já assinaram" [Benfica: Ederson, Diego Lopes and Hassan already signed] (in Portuguese). Maisfutebol. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

[6] "Benfica: Marçal assinou por cinco épocas e volta na pré-época" [Benfica: Marçal signed for 5 seasons and returns in the pre-season] (in Portuguese). Maisfutebol. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

[7] "Benfica: Pelé é reforço e deve ser oficializado na próxima semana" [Benfica: is reinforcing and should be made official next week] (in Portuguese). Maisfutebol. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

[ten_players-8] "Conheça os 10 novos reforços do Benfica" [Meet the 10 new Benfica players] (in Portuguese). Diário de Notícias. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.

[9] "Benfica sign Adel Taarabt for 5 seasons". S.L. Benfica. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.

[10] Quatro anos depois, a estreia de Taarabt A Bola (in Portuguese)

[11] "Mehdi Carcela: I'm honoured to play for a mythical club". S.L. Benfica. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.

[12] "Mostrar que posso ajudar a equipa" [Show that I can help the team] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.

[13] "Tenho muita ambição" [I have a lot of ambition] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.

[nam-14] ttp://www.noticiasaominuto.com/desporto/680108/carrillo-custou-ao-benfica-mais-de-seis-milhoes-de-euros

[15] "Aprender e melhorar todos os dias" [To learn and improve everyday]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 2 February 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.

[16] "Acuerdo con el Benfica para la cesión de Sílvio" [Agreement with Benfica for Sílvio loan] (in Spanish). Atlético de Madrid. 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

[17] "Nem pensei duas vezes" [I didn't think twice] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.

[18] "João Cancelo transferido para o Valência CF" [João Cancelo transferred to Valencia CF] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.

[19] "Sulejmani transferred to Young Boys". S.L. Benfica. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.

[20] "Conoce a Rogelio Funes Mori" [Meet Rogelio Funes Mori] (in Spanish). C.F. Monterrey. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.

[21] S.L. Benfica (12 June 2015). "Comunicado" [Announcement] (PDF) (in Portuguese). CMVM.

[22] "André Gomes joins Valencia CF on a permanent deal through to 2020". Valencia CF. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.

[23] S.L. Benfica (15 June 2015). "Comunicado" [Announcement] (PDF) (in Portuguese). CMVM.

[24] "Rodrigo Moreno joins Valencia CF on a permanent deal through to 2019". Valencia CF. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.

[25] "Loris Benito transferred to Young Boys". S.L. Benfica. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.

[26] "Ivan Cavaleiro no Mónaco até 2020" [Ivan Cavaleiro at Monaco until 2020] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.

[27] "Al Ahli anuncia contratação de Lima" [Al Ahli announce the signing of Lima] (in Portuguese). Maisfutebol. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.

[28] "Comunicado" [Announcement] (PDF). CMVM (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 30 July 2015.

[29] Pereira, Sérgio (2 February 2016). "Yannick Djaló rescinde com o Benfica e vai jogar na Tailândia" [Yannick Djaló rescinds with Benfica, and will play in Thailand]. Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 June 2016.

[30] "Bebé emprestado ao Rayo Vallecano" [Bebé loaned to Rayo Vallecano] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.

[31] "Hélder Costa cedido ao Mónaco" [Hélder Costa loaned to Monaco] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.

[32] "Benfica: Jhon Murillo emprestado ao Tondela" [Benfica: Jhon Murillo loaned to Tondela] (in Portuguese). Maisfutebol. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

[33] "Flamengo oficializa empréstimo de César" [Flamengo officialize César loan] (in Portuguese). A Bola. 18 July 2015. Archived from the original on 19 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.

[34] "Derley já assinou pelo Kayserispor" [Derley has already signed for Kayserispor] (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

[35] "Benfica: Kayserispor confirma Derley e Diego Lopes" [Benfica: Kayserispor confirms Derley and Diego Lopes] (in Portuguese). Maisfutebol. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

[36] "Rui Fonte reforça o plantel do SC Braga" [Rui Fonte joins SC Braga squad] (in Portuguese). SC Braga. 30 July 2015. Archived from the original on 30 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.

[37] "Pelé enprestado ao P. Ferreira" [Pelé loaned to P. Ferreira] (in Portuguese). Benfica. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

[38] Costa, Nuno Alexandre (7 August 2015). "Yannick Djaló continua no Mordóvia Saransk" [Yannick Djaló stays at Mordóvia Saransk] (in Portuguese). Relvado. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

[39] "Ruben Amorim emprestado ao Al-Wakrah" [Rúben Amorim loaned to Al-Wakrah] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.

[40] "Gaziantepspor anuncia chegada de Marçal" [Gaziantepspor announces Marçal's arrival] (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

[41] "Hany Mukhtar joins from Benfica on loan". Red Bull Salzburg. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

[42] "Un ailier prêté par Benfica!" [A winger on loan from Benfica] (in French). Metz. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

[43] "Ola John joins Reading on a season-long loan from Benfica, the 23-year-old Dutch international arriving from Benfica". Reading FC. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

[44] "Sidnei nuevo jugador del Dépor" [Sidnei new player of Dépor] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

[45] Richardson, Nick (4 September 2015). "Nottingham Forest have confirmed the signing of Benfica forward Nelson Oliveira". Nottingham Forest. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

[46] "Cristante è Rosanero" [Cristante is Rosanero]. U.S. Città di Palermo (in Italian). 8 January 2016. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.

[47] "Van Holsbeeck: "Djuricic is een absolute meerwaarde voor Anderlecht"" [Van Holsbeeck: "Djuricic is an absolute value for Anderlecht"]. Sporza (in Dutch). 25 January 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.

[48] "Oficial: Benfica empresta Victor Andrade ao Vitória Guimarães" [Official: Benfica loan out Victor Andrade to Vitória Guimarães]. Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). 1 February 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.

[Attendance-49] "Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira - 1/0.25Final" (in Portuguese). ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 23 August 2015.

[51] "Regulamento de Competições 2015-16" [Regulation of Competitions] (pdf) (in Portuguese). LPFP. p. 10. Retrieved 2 May 2016.

[52] "U. Madeira-Benfica: jogo adiado devido ao nevoeiro" [U. Madeira-Benfica: match postponed because of heavy fog] (in Portuguese). Maisfutebol. 4 October 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2016.

[54] "Partida prossegue no Estádio da Madeira às 12 horas de segunda-feira" [Match will resume at Estádio da Madeira at 12:00 on Monday] (in Portuguese). LPFP. 10 January 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.

[56] "Match postponed to Monday, 7.45pm". S.L. Benfica. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.

[Boavista_vs_Benfica's_attendance-58] "Encarnados ajudam a bater recorde de assistência no Bessa" [Reds help to break attendance record at Bessa] (in Portuguese). Maisfutebol. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

[59] "Taça CTT: Marítimo M.-Portimonense a 10 de fevereiro". Liga Portugal (in Portuguese). 2 February 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

[61] "2015–16 Primeira Liga – All Assists". Retrieved 15 January 2017.

[62] "2015–16 Taça de Portugal – Assist 1". Retrieved 15 January 2017.

[63] "2015–16 Taça de Portugal – Assist 2". Retrieved 15 January 2017.

[64] "2015–16 Taça da Liga – Assist 1". Retrieved 15 January 2017.

[65] "2015–16 Taça da Liga – Assists 2 to 4". Retrieved 15 January 2017.

[66] "2015–16 Taça da Liga – Assists 5 & 6". Retrieved 15 January 2017.

[67] "2015–16 Taça da Liga – Assists 7 to 10". Retrieved 15 January 2017.

[68] "2015–16 Champions League – Jiménez & Gaitán Assists". Retrieved 22 January 2017.

[69] "2015–16 Champions League – Eliseu Assists". Retrieved 22 January 2017.

[70] "2015–16 Champions League – Luisão & Mitroglou Assists". Retrieved 22 January 2017.

[71] "2015–16 Champions League – Almeida & Jonas Assists". Retrieved 22 January 2017.

[72] "Renato Sanches eleito Melhor Jovem de dezembro" [Renato Sanches elected Best Youngster of December] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

[Damião-73] "112th Anniversary Gala". S.L. Benfica. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2017.

[CNID-74] "Jonas eleito futebolista do ano e Renato Sanches a revelação nos prémios CNID" [Jonas elected as footballer of the year and Renato Sanches elected as revelation in the CNID awards]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 2 May 2016. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.

[renato-75] ""Aquele golo foi um momento marcante" - Renato Sanches" ["That goal was a remarkable moment" - Renato Sanches]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 15 July 2016. Archived from the original on 15 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.

[76] "Jonas eleito jogador do mês de janeiro" [Jonas elected [best] player of January]. Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). 16 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.

[77] "Jonas, Platiny e Diogo Jota vencedores de fevereiro" [Jonas, Platiny and Diogo Jota winners of February]. Liga Portugal (in Portuguese). 16 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.

[78] "Jonas, Pedrinho e Herrera vencedores de março" [Jonas, Pedrinho and Herrera winners of March]. Liga Portugal (in Portuguese). 13 April 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.

[79] "A Bola entregou 'A Bola de Prata' a Jonas" [A Bola delivered the Bola de Prata to Jonas]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 15 May 2016. Archived from the original on 16 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.

[80] "Jonas vence prémios de melhor marcador e melhor jogador da Liga" [Jonas wins awards for top goalscorer and best player in the league]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 15 July 2016. Archived from the original on 15 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.

[81] ""Nós treinadores não vivemos de prémios individuais mas estou muito orgulhoso" - Rui Vitória" ["We coaches do not live off individual awards but I am very proud" - Rui Vitória]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 15 July 2016. Archived from the original on 15 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.

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