The 2016 season was Sport Recife's 112th season in the club's history. Sport competed in the Campeonato Pernambucano, Copa do Nordeste, Copa Sudamericana, Série A and Copa do Brasil.
Final squad
Statistics
Overall
{ |class="wikitable" |- |Games played || 66 (14 Pernambucano, 10 Copa do Nordeste, 2 Copa do Brasil, 2 Copa Sudamericana, 38 Série A) |- |Games won || 24 (6 Pernambucano, 5 Copa do Nordeste, 0 Copa do Brasil, 0 Copa Sudamericana, 13 Série A) |- |Games drawn || 14 (3 Pernambucano, 2 Copa do Nordeste, 0 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa Sudamericana, 8 Série A) |- |Games lost || 28 (5 Pernambucano, 3 Copa do Nordeste, 2 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa Sudamericana, 17 Série A) |- |Goals scored || 82 |- |Goals conceded || 80 |- |Goal difference || +2 |- |Best results || 5–1 (H) v Chapecoense - Série A - 2016.06.26 |- |Worst result || 0–3 (A) v Botafogo - Série A - 2016.08.200–3 (A) v Corinthians - Série A - 2016.09.080–3 (A) v Chapecoense - Série A - 2016.10.12 |- |Top scorer || Diego Souza (15) |-