The 2016-17 campaign was defined by one spectacular individual performance for Sporting CP as the Leões finished 3rd in the Primeira Liga, securing a spot in the Champions League play-off round. Spearheading the attack with phenomenal consistency was the newly-signed Dutch striker Bas Dost, whose incredible 34 league goals earned him the coveted Bola de Prata as the league's top scorer and established him as an immediate fan-favorite. Despite an otherwise turbulent year that saw the team fall short of a title challenge, the emergence of talent like Gelson Martins and Dost's relentless goalscoring cemented this season as a high point of pure attacking brilliance at Estádio José Alvalade.