Liga Portugal 2

Liga Portugal 2
Organising body	Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP)
Founded	1990; 34 years ago (as Segunda Divisão de Honra)
Country	Portugal
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	18
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Liga Portugal
Relegation to	Liga 3
Domestic cup(s)	Taça de Portugal
League cup(s)	Taça da Liga
Current champions	Santa Clara (2nd title) ; (2023–24)
Most championships	Paços de Ferreira (4 titles)
TV partners	Sport TV; Benfica TV; Porto Canal
Website	www.ligaportugal.pt
	Current: 2023–24 Liga Portugal 2

The Liga Portugal 2 (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈliɣɐ puɾtuˈɣal dojʃ]), also known as Liga Portugal SABSEG for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division of the Portuguese football league system. At the end of each season, the two top-finishing teams are promoted to the top-tier Liga Portugal and the two lowest-ranked teams are relegated to the third-tier league. Starting with the 2021–22 season, relegated teams will no longer compete in the Campeonato de Portugal, which will become the fourth tier, but in a newly created third-level competition named Liga 3 (League 3).

The division began in 1990 as the Segunda Divisão de Honra (Second Division of Honour), superseding the Segunda Divisão (Segunda Divisão) as the second tier of Portuguese football. When the division came under the auspices of the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP) in 1999, it was renamed the Segunda Liga (Second League), a name that was kept until 2016, except between 2005 and 2012, when it was known as the Liga de Honra (League of Honour). Rebranded as LigaPro in 2016, the competition assumed its current naming in the early stages of the 2020–21 season.

As of the 2018–19 season, it is contested nationwide by 18 teams, including the reserve sides (B teams) of several top-flight clubs. Twenty different teams have won the division title; the most successful is Paços de Ferreira, with four wins, including the inaugural season and the most recently concluded 2018–19 season.

History

Before 1990, there was only one professional nationwide football league in Portugal, the Primeira Divisão (First Division). Lower placed teams were relegated to the Segunda Divisão (Second Division), a regional league, while the top teams from that league were promoted to the First Division. Starting with the 1990–91 season, a new second-tier professional league was created, taking the name Segunda Divisão de Honra, while the previous Segunda Divisão became the third-tier league and was renamed Segunda Divisão B.

In 1999, the Portuguese League for Professional Football (LPFP) took control of the two nationwide levels and renamed the league Segunda Liga (Second League), while in 2005 it was renamed Liga de Honra and the Segunda Divisão B reverted to its original name. In 2012, the second tier of Portuguese football was renamed again Segunda Liga and in 2016 it was renamed LigaPro.

Format

In the 2016–17 season, there were 22 clubs in the Segunda Liga (24 in the seasons before). Then the number of teams was reduced every season until it reached 18 teams in the 2018–19 season. During the course of a season, each club plays every other team twice — once at their home stadium and once at their opponent's — for a total of 34 games. At the end of each season, the two top teams are promoted to the Liga Portugal and the two lowest ranked teams will be relegated to the new Liga 3 (previously they were relegated to Campeonato de Portugal). There will be also a two-legged promotion/relegation play-off involving the 16th placed teams of Primeira Liga and 3rd placed team from Liga Portugal 2. The B teams cannot be promoted to Liga Portugal but can be demoted if they end the season in one of the relegation positions or if the main team is also relegated.

Broadcasting

Since 2018–19, all the matches are broadcast by Sport TV, though some of them are only broadcast through online streaming. The exceptions are Benfica B and Porto B home games, broadcast by Benfica TV and Porto Canal.

Clubs

Stadia and locations

For 2023–24 season.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2022–23 finish
Académico de Viseu	Viseu	Estádio do Fontelo	7,744	4th
AVS	Vila das Aves	Estádio do CD Aves	5,441	7th*
Belenenses	Lisboa	Estádio do Restelo	19,856	2nd (L3)
Benfica B	Seixal	Benfica Campus	2,720	14th
Feirense	Santa Maria da Feira	Estádio Marcolino de Castro	5,401	8th
Länk Vilaverdense	Vila Verde	Campo Cruz do Reguengo	1,000	3rd (L3)
Leixões	Matosinhos	Estádio do Mar	9,766	15th
Mafra	Mafra	Estádio Municipal de Mafra	1,257	6th
Marítimo	Funchal	Estádio do Marítimo	10,932	16th (PL)
Nacional	Funchal	Estádio da Madeira	5,132	13th
Oliveirense	Oliveira de Azeméis	Estádio Carlos Osório	1,750	10th
Paços de Ferreira	Paços de Ferreira	Estádio Capital do Móvel	9,076	17th (PL)
Penafiel	Penafiel	Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril	5,230	12th
Porto B	Vila Nova de Gaia	Estádio Municipal Jorge Sampaio	8,272	5th
Santa Clara	Ponta Delgada	Estádio de São Miguel	13,277	18th (PL)
Tondela	Tondela	Estádio João Cardoso	5,000	11th
Torreense	Torres Vedras	Estádio Manuel Marques	12,000	9th
União de Leiria	Leiria	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa	23,888	1st (L3)

Champions

Season	Champion	Points	Runner-up	Points	Third place	Points	Teams	Top scorer	Club	Goals
1990–91	Paços de Ferreira	51	Estoril	46	Torreense	45	20	Eduard Eranosyan	Leixões	22
1991–92	Sporting de Espinho	50	Belenenses	48	Tirsense	45	18	Rashidi Yekini	Vitória de Setúbal	22
1992–93	Estrela da Amadora	48	União da Madeira	47	Vitória de Setúbal	47	18	Rashidi Yekini	Vitória de Setúbal	34
1993–94	Tirsense	46	União de Leiria	45	Chaves	45	18	Edinho	Portimonense	16
1994–95	Leça	46	Campomaiorense	46	Felgueiras	44	18	Tihomir Rudež	Campomaiorense	20
1995–96	Rio Ave	68	Vitória de Setúbal	62	Sporting de Espinho	62	18	Paulo Vida	Desportivo das Aves	21
1996–97	Campomaiorense	62	Varzim	59	Académica	58	18	Carlos Freitas	Desportivo de Beja	17
1997–98	União de Leiria	70	Beira-Mar	64	Alverca	62	18	Armando Santos	Moreirense	21
1998–99	Gil Vicente	68	Belenenses	61	Santa Clara	55	18	Marcão	Varzim	23
1999–2000	Paços de Ferreira (2)	65	Beira-Mar	65	Desportivo das Aves	61	18	Marcão	Varzim	27
2000–01	Santa Clara	67	Varzim	64	Vitória de Setúbal	64	18	Brandão	Santa Clara	24
2001–02	Moreirense	64	Académica	62	Nacional	62	18	Ibón Pérez Paulo Vida Rômulo Serginho	Chaves Paços de Ferreira Nacional Nacional	18
2002–03	Rio Ave (2)	63	Alverca	60	Estrela da Amadora	57	18	Igor	Maia	20
2003–04	Estoril	67	Vitória de Setúbal	64	Penafiel	61	18	Fábio Hempel	Salgueiros	25
2004–05	Paços de Ferreira (3)	69	Naval 1º de Maio	62	Estrela da Amadora	60	18	Rincón	Paços de Ferreira	18
2005–06	Beira-Mar	68	Desportivo das Aves	64	Leixões	62	18	Cássio Nuno Sousa	Maia/Chaves Gondomar	20
2006–07	Leixões	60	Vitória de Guimarães	55	Rio Ave	53	16	Roberto Alcântara	Leixões	17
2007–08	Trofense	52	Rio Ave	51	Vizela	50	16	Júlio César	Santa Clara	13
2008–09	Olhanense	58	União de Leiria	53	Santa Clara	52	16	Djalmir	Olhanense	20
2009–10	Beira-Mar (2)	54	Portimonense	54	Feirense	52	16	Reguila	Trofense	15
2010–11	Gil Vicente (2)	55	Feirense	55	Trofense	54	16	Bock	Freamunde	15
2011–12	Estoril (2)	57	Moreirense	52	Desportivo das Aves	50	16	Joeano	Arouca	19
2012–13	Belenenses	94	Arouca	73	Leixões	68	22	Joeano	Arouca	24
2013–14	Moreirense (2)	79	Porto B	77	Penafiel	73	22	Pires	Moreirense	22
2014–15	Tondela	81	União da Madeira	80	Chaves	80	24	Tozé Marreco Erivelto	Tondela Sporting da Covilhã	23
2015–16	Porto B	86	Chaves	81	Feirense	78	24	Simy	Gil Vicente	20
2016–17	Portimonense	83	Desportivo das Aves	81	União da Madeira	64	22	Pires	Portimonense	23
2017–18	Nacional	71	Santa Clara	66	Académico de Viseu	64	20	Ricardo Gomes	Nacional	21
2018–19	Paços de Ferreira (4)	74	Famalicão	69	Estoril	54	18	Pires	Penafiel	16
2019–20	Abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic (Nacional and Farense promoted in first and second place with 10 rounds left to play)						18	Agdon Menezes	Oliveirense	13
2020–21	Estoril (3)	70	Vizela	66	Arouca	65	18	Cassiano	Vizela	16
2021–22	Rio Ave (3)	70	Casa Pia	68	Chaves	64	18	João Carlos	Académica de Coimbra	17
2022–23	Moreirense (3)	79	Farense	69	Estrela da Amadora	63	18	André Clóvis	Académico de Viseu	28
2023–24	Santa Clara (2)	73	Nacional	71	AVS	64	18	Nenê	AVS	23

Statistics

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning seasons	Runner-up seasons
Paços de Ferreira	4	0	1990–91, 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2018–19	–
Estoril	3	1	2003–04, 2011–12, 2020–21	1990–91
Rio Ave	3	1	1995–96, 2002–03, 2021–22	2007–08
Moreirense	3	1	2001–02, 2013–14, 2022–23	2011–12
Beira-Mar	2	2	2005–06, 2009–10	1997–98, 1999–2000
Santa Clara	2	1	2000–01, 2023–24	2017–18
Gil Vicente	2	0	1998–99, 2010–11	–
União de Leiria	1	2	1997–98	1993–94, 2008–09
Belenenses	1	2	2012–13	1991–92, 1998–99
Campomaiorense	1	1	1996–97	1994–95
Porto B	1	1	2015–16	2013–14
Portimonense	1	1	2016–17	2009–10
Nacional	1	1	2017–18	2023–24
Espinho	1	0	1991–92	–
Estrela da Amadora	1	0	1992–93	–
Tirsense	1	0	1993–94	–
Leça	1	0	1994–95	–
Leixões	1	0	2006–07	–
Trofense	1	0	2007–08	–
Olhanense	1	0	2008–09	–
Tondela	1	0	2014–15	–
Varzim	0	2	–	1996–97, 2000–01
Vitória de Setúbal	0	2	–	1995–96, 2003–04
União da Madeira	0	2	–	1992–93, 2014–15
Desportivo das Aves	0	2	–	2005–06, 2016–17
Académica	0	1	–	2001–02
Alverca	0	1	–	2002–03
Naval 1º de Maio	0	1	–	2004–05
Vitória de Guimarães	0	1	–	2006–07
Feirense	0	1	–	2010–11
Arouca	0	1	–	2012–13
Chaves	0	1	–	2015–16
Famalicão	0	1	–	2018–19
Vizela	0	1	–	2020–21
Casa Pia	0	1	–	2021–22
Farense	0	1	–	2022–23

All-time table

The all-time Liga Portugal 2 table is an overall record of all match results, points, and goals of every team that has played in Liga Portugal 2 since its inception in 1990. The table is accurate as of the end of the 2022–23 season. 2019–20 league standings are not attributed due to the competition being abandoned. For comparison, older seasons have been calculated according to the three-points-per-win rule.

Pos	Team	S	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	T	Debut	Since/ Last App	Best	Notes
1	Penafiel	28	1342	962	355	277	330	1167	1117	50	–	–	2	–	5	2	8	1992–93	2015–16	3
2	Desportivo das Aves	25	1275	882	344	243	295	1093	1026	67	–	2	1	3	2	1	9	1990–91	2016–17	2	^[A]
3	Feirense	25	1206	864	320	246	298	1053	1009	46	–	1	2	1	2	2	8	1990–91	2019–20	2
4	Leixões	22	1036*	782	267	238	277	866	864	2	1	–	2	–	–	2	5	1990–91	2010–11	1	^[B]
5	Portimonense	19	935	678	244	203	231	837	816	21	1	1	–	1	1	2	6	1990–91	2016–17	1
6	Varzim	19	932	678	246	194	238	802	837	-35	–	2	–	3	–	–	5	1990–91	2021–22	2
7	Santa Clara	18	930	640	249	183	208	770	698	72	2	1	2	2	–	1	8	1998–99	2023–24	1
8	Académica	16	834	560	235	129	186	709	598	111	–	1	1	3	3	3	11	1990–91	2021–22	2
9	Sporting da Covilhã	21	828	716	204	216	286	742	871	-129	–	–	–	1	–	1	2	1996–97	2022–23	4
10	Estoril	17	812	548	219	155	181	693	581	112	3	1	1	1	1	–	7	1990–91	2020–21	1
11	Chaves	16	808	558	212	168	178	681	635	46	–	1	3	–	1	1	6	1993–94	2024–25	2
12	Académico de Viseu	17	786	626	203	177	236	651	740	-89	–	–	1	2	–	–	3	1990–91	2013–14	3
13	Benfica B	12	640	450	177	109	164	689	622	67	–	–	–	2	2	1	5	2012–13	2012–13	4
14	Porto B	12	638	450	174	116	160	625	581	44	1	1	–	–	1	–	3	2012–13	2012–13	1
15	União da Madeira	13	633	478	163	144	171	580	572	8	–	2	1	–	–	–	3	1992–93	2017–18	2	^[C]
16	Rio Ave	11	621	366	177	90	96	528	379	149	3	1	1	2	2	–	9	1991–92	2021–22	1
17	Nacional	13	616	436	164	124	148	583	537	46	1	1	1	–	–	1	4	1991–92	2023–24	1
18	Oliveirense	15	616	528	157	145	226	620	762	-142	–	–	–	1	1	1	3	2001–02	2022–23	4
19	Paços de Ferreira	10	579	344	159	102	83	461	345	116	4	–	–	1	2	–	7	1990–91	2023–24	1
20	Moreirense	11	555	374	151	102	121	517	451	66	3	1	–	–	–	–	4	1995–96	2022–23	1
21	Felgueiras	12	547	408	141	124	143	482	482	0	–	–	1	1	–	1	3	1992–93	2004–05	3	^[D]
22	Beira-Mar	10	538	348	143	109	96	418	333	85	2	2	–	–	–	1	5	1995–96	2014–15	1
23	Freamunde	12	514	432	128	130	174	499	578	-79	–	–	–	–	1	1	2	1990–91	2016–17	5
24	Sporting de Espinho	11	511	378	134	109	135	471	437	34	1	–	1	–	–	–	2	1990–91	2004–05	1
25	Gil Vicente	9	499*	344	130	118	96	433	356	77	2	–	–	2	–	–	4	1997–98	2017–18	1	^[E]
26	Maia	10	457	344	126	79	139	477	496	-19	–	–	–	1	1	–	2	1990–91	2005–06	4	^[F]
27	Ovarense	11	431	374	110	101	163	446	582	-136	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1991–92	2005–06	6
28	Trofense	10	421	348	108	97	143	358	459	-101	1	–	1	–	–	–	2	2006–07	2021–22	1
29	Naval 1º de Maio	10	419*	310	111	103	96	420	384	36	–	1	–	2	–	–	3	1998–99	2013–14	2	^[G]
30	Olhanense	9	419	326	109	92	125	345	379	-34	1	–	–	–	1	–	2	1991–92	2016–17	1	^[H]
31	Farense	8	418*	294	114	78	102	358	319	39	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	2002–03	2022–23	2	^[I]
32	Estrela da Amadora	7	382	238	100	82	56	319	253	66	1	–	3	1	–	–	5	1991–92	2022–23	1
33	União de Leiria	7	380	238	105	65	68	324	224	100	1	2	–	–	–	–	3	1990–91	2023–24	1
34	Sporting B	6	376	256	103	67	86	360	339	21	–	–	–	1	1	1	3	2012–13	2017–18	4
35	União de Lamas	9	362	306	98	68	140	310	433	-123	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	1994–95	2002–03	6
36	Braga B	7	337*	290	88	80	122	328	370	-42	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2012–13	2018–19	7	^[J]
37	Leça	7	331	238	92	55	91	290	317	-27	1	–	–	–	–	1	2	1993–94	2002–03	1
38	Belenenses	6	326	204	90	56	58	280	220	60	1	2	–	–	1	–	4	1991–92	2023–24	1
39	Famalicão	6	315	228	87	54	87	273	274	-1	–	1	–	–	–	1	2	1994–95	2018–19	2
40	Mafra	7	315	240	75	80	85	265	286	-21	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	2015–16	2018–19	6
41	Arouca	6	314	208	84	62	62	291	232	59	–	1	1	–	1	1	4	2010–11	2020–21	2
42	Vitória de Setúbal	5	310	170	89	43	38	302	169	133	–	2	2	–	1	–	5	1991–92	2003–04	2
43	Vitória de Guimarães B	6	302	248	80	62	106	300	336	-36	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2012–13	2018–19	9
44	Tondela	5	288	198	73	69	56	244	227	17	1	–	–	–	–	1	2	2012–13	2022–23	1
45	Torreense	7	284	242	74	62	106	266	333	-67	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	1990–91	2022–23	3
46	Vizela	6	277	200	67	76	57	237	219	18	–	1	1	–	–	–	2	2005–06	2024–25	2
47	Campomaiorense	5	253	170	73	34	63	240	208	32	1	1	–	–	–	–	2	1992–93	2001–02	1	^[K]
48	Alverca	5	245	170	67	44	59	198	167	31	–	1	1	–	–	–	2	1995–96	2024–25	2
49	Atlético CP	5	219	206	53	60	93	211	279	-68	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2011–12	2015–16	11
50	Gondomar	5	200	158	53	41	64	193	188	5	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	2004–05	2008–09	5
51	Marco	5	200	170	52	44	74	210	272	-62	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	2000–01	2005–06	4	^[L]
52	Cova da Piedade	5	200	172	51	47	74	171	237	-66	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2016–17	2020–21	9
53	Louletano	4	179	140	49	32	59	164	180	-16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1990–91	1993–94	10
54	Tirsense	3	154	102	41	31	30	98	88	10	1	–	1	–	–	–	2	1991–92	1996–97	1
55	Vilafranquense	4	142	126	33	43	50	144	182	-38	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2019–20	2022–23	7
56	Marítimo B	3	130*	130	35	27	68	115	172	-57	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2012–13	2014–15	16	^[M]
57	Casa Pia	3	122	92	33	23	36	110	115	-5	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	2019–20	2019–20	2
58	Benfica Castelo Branco	3	118	106	29	31	46	90	140	-50	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	1990–91	1992–93	5
59	Oriental	2	99	92	24	27	41	94	126	-32	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2014–15	2015–16	15
60	Salgueiros	2	93	68	25	18	25	86	93	-7	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	2002–03	2003–04	6
61	Fátima	3	86	90	18	32	40	85	121	-36	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2007–08	2010–11	8
62	Esposende	2	66	68	16	18	34	55	99	-44	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1998–99	1999–2000	14
63	Imortal	2	66	68	15	21	32	76	108	-32	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1999–2000	2000–01	15
64	Amora	2	65	68	14	23	31	57	95	-38	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1992–93	1994–95	17
65	AVS	1	64	34	20	4	10	47	31	16	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	2023–24	2023–24	3
66	Marítimo	1	64	34	18	10	6	52	29	23	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	2023–24	2023–24	4
67	Barreirense	2	60	72	12	24	36	57	117	-60	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1990–91	2005–06	15
68	Vitória de Guimarães	1	55	30	16	7	7	44	20	24	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	2006–07	2006–07	2
69	O Elvas	1	52	38	14	10	14	45	45	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1990–91	1990–91	14
70	Fafe	1	45	42	11	12	19	52	65	-13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2016–17	2016–17	20
71	Desportivo de Beja	1	37	34	9	10	15	44	55	-11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1996–97	1996–97	17	^[N]
72	B-SAD	1	35	34	9	8	17	41	59	-18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2022–23	2022–23	16
73	Águeda	1	35	38	10	5	23	41	73	-32	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1990–91	1990–91	18
74	Boavista	1	32	30	9	5	16	28	44	-16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2008–09	2008–09	15
75	Real	1	32	38	8	8	22	47	61	-14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2017–18	2017–18	20
76	Olivais e Moscavide	1	27	30	7	6	17	26	42	-16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2006–07	2006–07	15
77	Länk Vilaverdense	1	27*	34	8	4	22	30	59	-29	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2023–24	2023–24	17	^[O]
78	Lusitano VRSA	1	25	38	4	13	21	16	45	-29	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1990–91	1990–91	19
79	Carregado	1	24	30	6	6	18	26	47	-21	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2009–10	2009–10	16
80	F.C. Felgueiras	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2024–25	2024–25	TBD

A. ^ Club ended football team in 2020. Successor club AVS was founded in 2023.

B. ^ Was deducted 3 points in the 2011–12 season and 1 point in the 2022–23 season for financial irregularities.

C. ^ Club folded in 2021.

D. ^ Club folded in 2005. Successor club Felgueiras 1932 was founded in 2006.

E. ^ Was deducted 9 points in the 2006–07 season for fielding ineligible players.

F. ^ Club folded in 2011.

G. ^ Club folded in 2017. Successor club Naval 1893 was founded in 2017. Was deducted 17 points for financial irregularities in the 2012–13 season.

H. ^ Club ended football team in 2023. Successor club Olhanense 1912 was founded in 2023.

I. ^ Was deducted 2 points in the 2015–16 season for fielding ineligible players.

J. ^ Was deducted 2 points in the 2012–13 season and 5 points in the 2014–15 season for fielding ineligible players.

K. ^ Club ended football team in 2013.

L. ^ Club folded in 2007. Successor club Marco 09 was founded in 2009.

M. ^ Was deducted 3 points in the 2012–13 season for fielding ineligible players.

N. ^ Club ended football team in 2018.

O. ^ Was deducted 1 point in the 2023–24 season for financial irregularities.

Last updated: 20 May 2024

	Primeira Liga
	Liga Portugal 2
	Liga 3
	Campeonato de Portugal
	Portuguese District Championships
	Clubs no longer in competition

References

External links

Official webpage (in Portuguese)