League Position
3/18Portuguese League · 43 pts after matchday 21
3/18Portuguese League · 43 pts after matchday 21The Kit–No kit on file for 1996/97
Around the Date
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  FC Porto | 21 | 18 | 2 | 1 | +39 | 56 |
| 2 |  Sporting CP | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | +22 | 44 |
| 3 |  SL Benfica | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | +24 | 43 |
| 4 |  Vitória SC | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | +8 | 34 |
| 5 |  SC Braga | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | -3 | 34 |
| 6 |  Est. Amadora | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | +4 | 31 |
| 7 |  SC Salgueiros | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | -4 | 28 |
| 8 |  SC Espinho | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 28 |
| 9 |  GD Chaves | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | -8 | 27 |
| 10 |  Farense | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 26 |
| 11 |  Vitória FC | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 25 |
| 12 |  Belenenses | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | -9 | 25 |
| 13 |  Leça FC | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 24 |
| 14 |  Marítimo | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 24 |
| 15 |  Boavista FC | 21 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 23 |
| 16 |  UD Leiria | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -18 | 16 |
| 17 |  Rio Ave | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -13 | 14 |
| 18 |  Gil Vicente | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | -18 | 12 |
After matchday 21, the last one completed by this day.
Squad 25
1Michel Preud’homme12Fernando Brassard24Paulo Lopes2Tahar El-Khalej3Jorge Soares4Ronaldo5Jorge Bermúdez14Marinho17Pedro Henriques28Abdelkrim El-Hadrioui37Nélson Morais7Calado11Nica Panduru13Tiago15Paulão19Bruno Caires20Ilian Iliev29Glenn Helder30Amaral34Hugo Leal8João Vieira Pinto9Hassan Nader18Mauro Airez21Valdir Bigode25Martin Pringle
Already gone by then: Veiga, Hélder Cristóvão, Dimas, Veríssimo, Lúcio Wágner, Jamir, Valdo, Gustavo, Edgar, Ramires, Donizete, Akwá
The squad registered for the season, less the players who had not arrived yet or had already left by this day according to our transfer records. Appearances and goals count official matches only. Line-ups and goal records before 2016/17 are incomplete, so older numbers can be low.