Pixels: | 200px |
Competition: | Liga 3 |
Season: | 2024–25 |
Dates: | 7 August 2023 – 18 May 2024 |
Prevseason: | 2023–24 |
Nextseason: | 2025–26 |
The 2024–25 Liga 3 is the fourth 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.
This competition consists of a first stage with all the teams then proceed to a promotion or relegation series depending on their performance.[1]
A total of 20 teams will contest the league, including 2 teams relegated from the 2023–24 Liga Portugal 2, 14 teams from the 2023–24 Liga 3 and 4 teams promoted from the 2023–24 Campeonato de Portugal.
Relegated from 2023–24 Liga Portugal 2
Promoted from 2023–24 Campeonato de Portugal
Promoted to 2024–25 Liga Portugal 2
Relegated to 2023–24 Campeonato de Portugal
data-sort-type=text | Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | 2023–24 finish |
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Länk Vilaverdense | Vila Verde | Campo Cruz do Reguengo | 1,000 | 17h LP2 | |
Belenenses | Lisbon | Estádio do Restelo | 19,856 | 18th LP2 | |
Lusitânia Lourosa | Santa Maria da Feira | Estádio do Lusitânia FC Lourosa | 8,000 | 3rd Promotion | |
Braga B | Braga | Complexo Desportivo de Fão | 724 | 4th Promotion | |
Académica | Coimbra | Estádio Cidade de Coimbra | 29,744 | 5th Promotion | |
Varzim | Póvoa de Varzim | Estádio do Varzim SC | 7,280 | 6th Promotion | |
Atlético CP | Lisbon | Estádio da Tapadinha | 4,000 | 7th Promotion | |
Sp. Covilhã | Covilhã | Estádio Municipal José dos Santos Pinto | 3,500 | 8th Promotion | |
Fafe | Fafe | Parque Municipal dos Desportos de Fafe | 8,000 | 1st Relegation S1 | |
Sporting B | Alcochete | Estádio Aurélio Pereira | 1,180 | 1st Relegation S2 | |
Trofense | Trofa | Estádio do CD Trofense | 5,074 | 2nd Relegation S1 | |
Caldas | Caldas da Rainha | Campo da Mata | 13,000 | 2nd Relegation S2 | |
Sanjoanense | São João da Madeira | Estádio Conde Dias Garcia | 15,000 | 3rd Relegation S1 | |
Oliveira do Hospital | Oliveira do Hospital | Estádio Municipal de Oliveira do Hospital | 5,000 | 3rd Relegation S2 | |
Anadia | Anadia | Estádio Municipal Eng.º Sílvio Henriques Cerveira | 6,500 | 4th Relegation S1 | |
1.º Dezembro | Sintra | Campo Conde de Sucena | 1,000 | 4th Relegation S2 | |
Amarante | Amarante | Municipal de Amarante | 16,800 | 1st CP Promotion Serie 1 | |
São João de Ver | Santa Maria da Feira | Estádio Clube São João de Ver | 5,000 | 2nd CP Promotion Serie 1 | |
Lusitânia | Angra do Heroísmo | Estádio João Paulo II, | 7,000 | 2nd CP Promotion Serie 2 | |
União de Santarém | Santarém | Campo Chã das Padeiras | 15,000 | 3rd CP Promotion Serie 2 | |
In the first stage, the 20 clubs will be divided in two series (Série A and B) of 10 teams, according to geographic criteria.
The eight qualified teams of each series will playing against each other in a home-and-away double round-robin system. The winners and runner-ups of the series will be automatically promoted to Liga Portugal 2. The third placed team will face face the 16th placed of Liga Portugal 2 for the last spot in Liga Portugal 2.
The bottom 12 teams are divided in two series of 6 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 6 points and 10th placed teams starting with 1. The bottom two teams of each series will be relegated to Campeonato de Portugal.