2016–17 FC Porto season for the 2016 edition by not winning either the 2015–16 Primeira Liga title (retained by Benfica) or the 2015–16 Taça de Portugal (final lost to Braga). Their 2016–17 Primeira Liga debut match was a 3–1 away win against Rio Ave, with Mexican winger Jesús Corona scoring the team's first league goal. Porto finished the league in second place with 76 points, 6 points behind four-time champions Benfica, thus failing to win the title for the fourth successive season, which had not happened since the 1982–83 season. Besides competing for the Primeira Liga title, Porto participated in other domestic competitions. In
1985–86 S.L. Benfica season match with Salgueiros, which had been postponed in February because of the pitch conditions. They drew 1–1 and lost points in title race. In April, Benfica received Sporting in what was labelled the D-Day for the league. Despite leading the league for most of second round, they lost 2–1, which allowed Porto to catch them in the first place, with a better head-to-head record. Mortimore said: "Sporting had two chances and converted them both, we had lost the league". On the last day of the campaign, Porto beat last classified, Sporting da Covilhã and won the league, while Benfica lost