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| Competition: | Liga 3 |
| Season: | 2022–23 |
| Dates: | 21 August 2022 – 21 May 2023 |
| Winners: | União de Leiria |
| Promoted: | União de Leiria Belenenses Länk Vilaverdense |
| Relegated: | São João de Ver Montalegre Paredes Vitória deGuimarães B Vitória de Setúbal Real SC Fontinhas Moncarapachense |
| Prevseason: | 2021–22 |
| Nextseason: | 2023–24 |
The 2022–23 Liga 3 is second season of Portuguese football's third-tier league, following the reorganization which saw the Campeonato de Portugal moving one level down in the Portuguese football league system. Second season, a total of 24 teams compete in this division for the final time, and reduced to 20 teams for next season.[1]
This competition consists of a first stage with all the teams then proceed to a promotion or relegation series depending on their performance.[2]
First Stage
In the first stage, the 24 clubs are divided in two series (Série A and B) of 12 teams, according to geographic criteria. In each series, teams play against each other in a home-and-away double round-robin system. The four best-placed teams of the two series will advance to the promotion series and bottom 8 teams will proceed to the relegation series.
Promotion Stage
The eight qualified teams are divided in two series of 4 teams, playing against each other in a home-and-away double round-robin system. The winners of each series will be automatically promoted to Liga Portugal 2 and will face each other in a neutral venue to determine the champion. The second best placed teams will face each other in a playoff, whose winner will face the 16th placed of Liga Portugal 2 for the last spot in Liga Portugal 2. On this stage teams will be divided as follows.
| Serie 1 | Serie 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st A | 1st B | |
| 2nd B | 2nd A | |
| 3rd B | 3rd A | |
| 4th A | 4th B |
Relegation Stage
The bottom 8 teams are divided in four series of 4 teams, playing against each other in a home-and-away double round-robin system. To account for their performance in the first stage, teams will start with bonification points, with 5th placed teams starting with 8 points and 12th placed teams starting with 1. The two bottom teams of each series will be relegated to Campeonato de Portugal for this season.
| Serie 1 | Serie 2 | Serie 3 | Serie 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th A | 6th A | 5th B | 6th B | |
| 7th A | 8th A | 7th B | 8th B | |
| 9th A | 10th A | 9th B | 10th B | |
| 11th A | 12th A | 11th B | 12th B |
A total of 24 teams contested the league, including 2 teams relegated from the 2021–22 Liga Portugal 2, 17 teams that have been in 2021–22 Liga 3 (Portugal) and 5 teams promoted from the 2021–22 Campeonato de Portugal.
Cova da Piedade failed to produce valid licensing documentation to compete in the 2022–23 season of the Liga 3, so they had been relegated by the Portuguese Football Federation to District Championships.[3] As a result, an additional team of (2021–22 Campeonato de Portugal) will be promoted to Liga 3 for the 2022–23 season.
| data-sort-type=text | Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | 2021–22 finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varzim | Póvoa de Varzim | Estádio do Varzim SC | 7,280 | 17th (LP2) | |
| Académica | Coimbra | Estádio Cidade de Coimbra | 29,744 | 18th (LP2) | |
| Alverca | Vila Franca de Xira | Complexo Desportivo do FC Alverca | 7,705 | 2nd Promotion S1 | |
| União de Leiria | Leiria | Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa | 23,888 | 2nd Promotion S2 | |
| Felgueiras 1932 | Felgueiras | Estádio Dr. Machado de Matos | 7,540 | 3rd Promotion S1 | |
| Braga B | Braga | Complexo Desportivo de Fão | 724 | 3rd Promotion S2 | |
| Vitória de Guimarães B | Guimarães | Pista de Atletismo Gémeos Castro | 1,200 | 4th Promotion S1 | |
| Vitória de Setúbal | Setúbal | Estádio do Bonfim | 15,497 | 4th Promotion S2 | |
| Fafe | Fafe | Parque Municipal dos Desportos de Fafe | 8,000 | 1st Relegation S3 | |
| Sanjoanense | São João da Madeira | Estádio Conde Dias Garcia | 15,000 | 1st Relegation S4 | |
| Amora | Seixal | Estádio da Medideira | 5,000 | 1st Relegation S5 | |
| Oliveira do Hospital | Oliveira do Hospital | Estádio Municipal de Oliveira do Hospital | 5,000 | 1st Relegation S6 | |
| Anadia | Anadia | Estádio Municipal Eng.º Sílvio Henriques Cerveira | 6,500 | 2nd Relegation S3 | |
| São João de Ver | Santa Maria da Feira | Estádio SC São João de Ver | 5,000 | 2nd Relegation S4 | |
| Real SC | Sintra | Estádio do Real SC | 3,600 | 2nd Relegation S6 | |
| Canelas 2010 | Vila Nova de Gaia | Estádio do Canelas Gaia Futebol Clube | 10,800 | 3rd Relegation S3 | |
| Montalegre | Montalegre | Estádio Dr. Diogo Alves Vaz Pereira | 5,000 | 3rd Relegation S4 | |
| Caldas | Caldas da Rainha | Campo da Mata | 13,000 | 3rd Relegation S5 | |
| Sporting B | Alcochete | Estádio Aurélio Pereira | 1,180 | 3rd Relegation S6 | |
| Paredes | Paredes | Cidade Desportiva de Paredes | 3,000 | CP Champions 1st CP Promotion North Serie | |
| Fontinhas | Praia da Vitória | Campo Municipal Dr. Durval Monteiro | 1,000 | 1st CP Promotion South Serie | |
| Länk Vilaverdense | Vila Verde | Campo Cruz do Reguengo | 1,000 | 2nd CP Promotion North Serie | |
| Moncarapachense | Olhão | Estádio Dr. António João Eusébio | 1,000 | 2nd CP Promotion South Serie | |
| Belenenses | Lisbon | Estádio do Restelo | 19,856 | 3rd CP Promotion South Serie[4] | |
In the first stage, the 24 clubs will be divided in two series (Série A and B) of 12 teams, according to geographic criteria.
In the second stage, the 24 clubs were divided in 2 promotion series (Serie 1 and 2) of 4 teams and 4 relegation series (Serie 1, 2, 3 and 4) of 4 teams.
Länk Vilaverdense advances to Promotion play-offs.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zequinha | Vitória de Setúbal | 15 |
| 2 |  Edmilson | Länk Vilaverdense | 12 |
| Jair | União de Leiria | ||
| Fausto Lourenço | Anadia | ||
| 4 | Rui Batalha | Oliveira do Hospital | 11 |
| Gonçalo Gregório | União de Leiria | ||
| 7 | Paulo Marcelo | Amora | 10 |
| Adilson Silva | Real SC | ||
| Rui Areias | Varzim | ||
| 10 | João Costa | Belenenses | 9 |
 Clé | Belenenses | ||
| André Lacximicant | Braga B | ||
| Patrick | Vitória de Guimarães BOliveira do Hospital | ||
| Bruninho | Montalegre | ||
| Joel Silva | Sanjoanense | ||