Competition: | Liga Portugal 2 |
Season: | 2022–23 |
Winners: | Moreirense |
Promoted: | Moreirense Farense Estrela da Amadora |
Relegated: | B-SAD Trofense Sporting Covilhã |
Dates: | August 2022 – May 2023 |
Biggest Home Win: | Benfica B 5–1 Mafra (19 October 2022) |
Biggest Away Win: | Benfica B 3–6 Farense (8 January 2023) |
Highest Scoring: | Moreirense 7–4 Benfica B (16 April 2023) |
Matches: | 306 |
Prevseason: | 2021–22 |
Nextseason: | 2023–24 |
Updated: | 18 May 2022 |
The 2022–23 Liga Portugal 2, also known as Liga Portugal SABSEG for sponsorship reasons, is the 33rd season of Portuguese football's second-tier league, and the third season under the current Liga Portugal 2 title. A total of 18 teams are competing in this division, including reserve sides from top-flight Primeira Liga teams.
A total of 18 teams contest the league, including 13 sides from the 2021–22 season, 3 teams relegated from the 2021–22 Primeira Liga and 2 promoted from the 2021–22 Liga 3.
Moreirense, Tondela and B-SAD were relegated to 2021–22 Liga Portugal 2 after finishing in 16th, 17th and 18th placed teams in 2021–22 Primeira Liga.
Torreense[1] (promoted after a 24-year absence) and Oliveirense[2] (promoted after a one-year absence) were promoted from the 2021–22 Liga 3, replacing Varzim and Académica.
Relegated from 2021–22 Primeira Liga
Promoted from 2021–22 Liga 3
Promoted to 2022–23 Primeira Liga
Relegated to 2022–23 Liga 3
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit Manufacturer | Main Sponsor | |
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Académico de Viseu | Pedro Bessa | Paná | Joma | Palácio do Gelo | |
Benfica B | Luís Castro | Diogo Capitão | Adidas | Emirates | |
B-SAD | Zé Pedro | Nuno Tomás | Kelme | Betway | |
Estrela da Amadora | Sérgio Vieira | Miguel Lopes | Lacatoni | My Football Club | |
Farense | José Mota | Fabrício Isidoro | Lacatoni | Couteiro-Mor | |
Feirense | Rui Ferreira | Washington | Kelme | ||
Leixões | Vítor Martins | Fabinho | AM | Matosinhos | |
Mafra | Rui Borges | Gui Ferreira | Lacatoni | Placard | |
Moreirense | Paulo Alves | Luís Rocha | CDT | Placard | |
Nacional | Filipe Cândido | Rafael Vieira | Hummel | Solverde | |
Oliveirense | Fábio Pereira | Filipe Alves | Kelme | Onodera Group | |
Penafiel | Hélder Cristóvão | Roberto | Macron | EDIRCOP | |
Porto B | António Folha | Zé Pedro | New Balance | AMCO | |
Sp. Covilhã | Alex Costa | Gilberto Silva | Lacatoni | Municipio da Covilhã | |
Tondela | Tozé Marreco | Ricardo Alves | CDT | Cabriz | |
Torreense | Pedro Moreira | João Pereira | Kappa | Agriloja | |
Trofense | Rui Sacramento | Vasco Rocha | Lacatoni | Mercainox | |
Vilafranquense | Ricardo Chéu | André Ceitil | Adidas |
The relegation play-offs will take place on 3 and 11 June 2023 between B-SAD who finished 16th in the Liga 2 and Länk Vilaverdense who finished 3rd in Liga 3.
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.
Rank | District Football Associations | Number | Teams |
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1 | Lisbon | 6 | B-SAD, Benfica B, Estrela da Amadora, Mafra, Torreense and Vilafranquense |
2 | Porto | 4 | Leixões, Penafiel, Porto B and Trofense |
3 | Aveiro | 2 | Feirense and Oliveirense |
Viseu | Académico de Viseu and Tondela | ||
5 | Braga | 1 | Moreirense |
Sp. Covilhã | |||
Farense | |||
Funchal | Nacional |