Liga Portugal 2 Explained

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Confed:UEFA
Founded: (as Segunda Divisão de Honra)
Teams:18
Organiser:Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP)
Promotion:Liga Portugal
Levels:2
Domest Cup:Taça de Portugal
League Cup:Taça da Liga
Champions:Santa Clara (2nd title)
Season:2023–24
Most Successful Club:Paços de Ferreira (4 titles)
Tv:Sport TV
Benfica TV
Porto Canal
Current:2024–25 Liga Portugal 2

The Liga Portugal 2 (pronounced as /pt/), also known as Liga Portugal Meu Super for sponsorship reasons,[1] 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).[2]

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,[3] 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.[4] 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[2] [5] (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.[6] 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.[7]

Clubs

Stadia and locations

For 2023–24 season.

TeamLocationStadiumCapacitydata-sort-type="number"2022–23
finish
Académico de ViseuViseuEstádio do Fontelo7,7444th
AVSVila das AvesEstádio do CD Aves5,4417th*
BelenensesLisboaEstádio do Restelo19,8562nd (L3)
Benfica BSeixalBenfica Campus2,72014th
FeirenseSanta Maria da FeiraEstádio Marcolino de Castro5,4018th
Länk VilaverdenseVila VerdeCampo Cruz do Reguengo1,000 3rd (L3)
LeixõesMatosinhosEstádio do Mar9,76615th
MafraMafraEstádio Municipal de Mafra1,2576th
Marítimo FunchalEstádio do Marítimo10,93216th (PL)
Nacional FunchalEstádio da Madeira5,13213th
OliveirenseOliveira de AzeméisEstádio Carlos Osório1,75010th
Paços de FerreiraPaços de FerreiraEstádio Capital do Móvel9,07617th (PL)
PenafielPenafielEstádio Municipal 25 de Abril5,23012th
Porto BVila Nova de GaiaEstádio Municipal Jorge Sampaio8,2725th
Santa Clara Ponta DelgadaEstádio de São Miguel13,27718th (PL)
TondelaTondelaEstádio João Cardoso5,00011th
TorreenseTorres VedrasEstádio Manuel Marques12,0009th
União de LeiriaLeiriaEstádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa23,8881st (L3)

Champions

SeasonChampionPointsRunner-upPointsThird placePointsTeamsTop scorerClubGoals
1990–9151 46 45 20 22
1991–9250 48 45 18 22
1992–9348 47 47 18 34
1993–9446 45 45 18 Edinho16
1994–9546 46 44 18 20
1995–9668 62 62 18 21
1996–9762 59 58 18 17
1997–9870 64 62 18 21
1998–9968 61 55 18 23
1999–2000Paços de Ferreira (2) 65 65 61 18 27
2000–0167 64 64 18 24
2001–0264 62 62 18 Ibón Pérez
Paulo Vida
Rômulo
Serginho		18
2002–03Rio Ave (2) 63 60 57 18 20
2003–0467 64 61 18 25
2004–05Paços de Ferreira (3) 69 62 60 18 18
68 64 62 18 20
60 55 53 16 17
2007–0852 51 50 16 13
58 53 52 16 20
Beira-Mar (2) 54 54 52 16 15
Gil Vicente (2) 55 55 54 16 15
Estoril (2) 57 52 50 16 19
94 73 68 22 24
Moreirense (2) 79 77 73 22 22
81 80 80 24 23
86 81 7824 20
83 81 64 22 23
71 66 64 20 Ricardo GomesNacional21
Paços de Ferreira (4) 74 69 54 18 PiresPenafiel16
Abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic (Nacional and Farense promoted in first and second place with 10 rounds left to play)[8] 18 Agdon MenezesOliveirense13
Estoril (3) 70 66 65 18 CassianoVizela16
Rio Ave (3) 70 68 64 18 João CarlosAcadémica de Coimbra17
Moreirense (3) 79 69 63 18 André ClóvisAcadémico de Viseu28
Santa Clara (2) 73 71 64 18 NenêAVS23

Statistics

Performance by club

ClubWinnersRunners-upWinning seasonsRunner-up seasons
Paços de Ferreiraalign=center 4align=center 01990–91, 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2018–19
Estorilalign=center 3align=center 12003–04, 2011–12, 2020–211990–91
Rio Avealign=center 3align=center 11995–96, 2002–03, 2021–222007–08
Moreirensealign=center 3align=center 12001–02, 2013–14, 2022–232011–12
Beira-Maralign=center 2align=center 22005–06, 2009–101997–98, 1999–2000
Santa Claraalign=center 2align=center 12000–01, 2023–242017–18
Gil Vicentealign=center 2align=center 01998–99, 2010–11
União de Leiriaalign=center 1align=center 21997–981993–94, 2008–09
Belenensesalign=center 1align=center 22012–131991–92, 1998–99
Campomaiorensealign=center 1align=center 11996–971994–95
Porto Balign=center 1align=center 1 2015–162013–14
Portimonensealign=center 1align=center 1 2016–172009–10
Nacionalalign=center 1align=center 12017–182023–24
Espinhoalign=center 1align=center 01991–92
Estrela da Amadoraalign=center 1align=center 01992–93
Tirsensealign=center 1align=center 01993–94
Leçaalign=center 1align=center 01994–95
Leixõesalign=center 1align=center 02006–07
Trofensealign=center 1align=center 02007–08
Olhanensealign=center 1align=center 02008–09
Tondelaalign=center 1align=center 02014–15
Varzimalign=center 0align=center 21996–97, 2000–01
Vitória de Setúbalalign=center 0align=center 21995–96, 2003–04
União da Madeiraalign=center 0align=center 21992–93, 2014–15
Desportivo das Avesalign=center 0align=center 22005–06, 2016–17
Académicaalign=center 0align=center 1 2001–02
Alvercaalign=center 0align=center 1 2002–03
Naval 1º de Maioalign=center 0align=center 1 2004–05
Vitória de Guimarãesalign=center 0align=center 1 2006–07
Feirensealign=center 0align=center 1 2010–11
Aroucaalign=center 0align=center 1 2012–13
Chavesalign=center 0align=center 1 2015–16
Famalicãoalign=center 0align=center 1 2018–19
Vizelaalign=center 0align=center 1 2020–21
Casa Piaalign=center 0align=center 1 2021–22
Farensealign=center 0align=center 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.

1 Penafiel 28 1342 962 355 277 330 1167 1117 50 – – 2 – 5 2 8 1992–93 3
2 25 1275 882 344 243 295 1093 1026 67 – 2 1 3 2 1 9 1990–91 2
3 Feirense 25 1206 864 320 246 298 1053 1009 46 – 1 2 1 2 2 8 1990–91 2
4 Leixões 22 1036* 782 267 238 277 866 864 2 1 – 2 – – 2 5 1990–91 1
5 Portimonense 19 935 678 244 203 231 837 816 21 1 1 – 1 1 2 6 1990–91 1
6 19 932 678 246 194 238 802 837 -35 – 2 – 3 – – 5 1990–91 2
7 18 930 640 249 183 208 770 698 72 2 1 2 2 – 1 8 1998–99 1
8 16 834 560 235 129 186 709 598 111 – 1 1 3 3 3 11 1990–91 2
9 21 828 716 204 216 286 742 871 -129 – – – 1 – 1 2 1996–97 4
10 17 812 548 219 155 181 693 581 112 3 1 1 1 1 – 7 1990–91 1
11 Chaves 16 808 558 212 168 178 681 635 46 – 1 3 – 1 1 6 1993–94 2
12 Académico de Viseu 17 786 626 203 177 236 651 740 -89 – – 1 2 – – 3 1990–91 3
13 Benfica B 12 640 450 177 109 164 689 622 67 – – – 2 2 1 5 2012–13 4
14 Porto B 12 638 450 174 116 160 625 581 44 1 1 – – 1 – 3 2012–13 1
15 13 633 478 163 144 171 580 572 8 – 2 1 – – – 3 1992–93 2
16 11 621 366 177 90 96 528 379 149 3 1 1 2 2 – 9 1991–92 1
17 13 616 436 164 124 148 583 537 46 1 1 1 – – 1 4 1991–92 1
18 Oliveirense 15 616 528 157 145 226 620 762 -142 – – – 1 1 1 3 2001–02 4
19 Paços de Ferreira 10 579 344 159 102 83 461 345 116 4 – – 1 2 – 7 1990–91 1
20 11 555 374 151 102 121 517 451 66 3 1 – – – – 4 1995–96 1
21 12 547 408 141 124 143 482 482 0 – – 1 1 – 1 3 1992–93 3
22 10 538 348 143 109 96 418 333 85 2 2 – – – 1 5 1995–96 1
23 12 514 432 128 130 174 499 578 -79 – – – – 1 1 2 1990–91 5
24 11 511 378 134 109 135 471 437 34 1 – 1 – – – 2 1990–91 1
25 9 499* 344 130 118 96 433 356 77 2 – – 2 – – 4 1997–98 1
26 10 457 344 126 79 139 477 496 -19 – – – 1 1 – 2 1990–91 4
27 11 431 374 110 101 163 446 582 -136 – – – – – 1 1 1991–92 6
28 10 421 348 108 97 143 358 459 -101 1 – 1 – – – 2 2006–07 1
29 10 419* 310 111 103 96 420 384 36 – 1 – 2 – – 3 1998–99 2
309 419 326 109 92 125 345 379 -34 1 – – – 1 – 2 1991–92 1
31 8 418* 294 114 78 102 358 319 39 – 1 – – – – 1 2002–03 2
32 7 382 238 100 82 56 319 253 66 1 – 3 1 – – 5 1991–92 1
33 União de Leiria 7 380 238 105 65 68 324 224 100 1 2 – – – – 3 1990–91 1
34 6 376 256 103 67 86 360 339 21 – – – 1 1 1 3 2012–13 4
35 9 362 306 98 68 140 310 433 -123 – – – – – 2 2 1994–95 6
36 7 337* 290 88 80 122 328 370 -42 – – – – – – – 2012–13 7
37 7 331 238 92 55 91 290 317 -27 1 – – – – 1 2 1993–94 1
38 6 326 204 90 56 58 280 220 60 1 2 – – 1 – 4 1991–92 1
39 6 315 228 87 54 87 273 274 -1 – 1 – – – 1 2 1994–95 2
40 Mafra 7 315 240 75 80 85 265 286 -21 – – – – – 1 1 2015–16 6
41 6 314 208 84 62 62 291 232 59 – 1 1 – 1 1 4 2010–11 2
42 5 310 170 89 43 38 302 169 133 – 2 2 – 1 – 5 1991–92 2
43 6 302 248 80 62 106 300 336 -36 – – – – – – – 2012–13 9
44 Tondela 5 288 198 73 69 56 244 227 17 1 – – – – 1 2 2012–13 1
45 Torreense 7 284 242 74 62 106 266 333 -67 – – 1 – – – 1 1990–91 3
46 Vizela 6 277 200 67 76 57 237 219 18 – 1 1 – – – 2 2005–06 2
47 5 253 170 73 34 63 240 208 32 1 1 – – – – 2 1992–93 1
48 Alverca 5 245 170 67 44 59 198 167 31 – 1 1 – – – 2 1995–96 2
49 5 219 206 53 60 93 211 279 -68 – – – – – – – 2011–12 11
50 5 200 158 53 41 64 193 188 5 – – – – 1 – 1 2004–05 5
51 5 200 170 52 44 74 210 272 -62 – – – 1 – – 1 2000–01 4
52 5 200 172 51 47 74 171 237 -66 – – – – – – – 2016–17 9
53 4 179 140 49 32 59 164 180 -16 – – – – – – – 1990–91 10
54 3 154 102 41 31 30 98 88 10 1 – 1 – – – 2 1991–92 1
55 4 142 126 33 43 50 144 182 -38 – – – – – – – 2019–20 7
56 3 130* 130 35 27 68 115 172 -57 – – – – – – – 2012–13 16
57 3 122 92 33 23 36 110 115 -5 – 1 – – – – 1 2019–20 2
58 3 118 106 29 31 46 90 140 -50 – – – – 1 – 1 1990–91 5
59 2 99 92 24 27 41 94 126 -32 – – – – – – – 2014–15 15
60 2 93 68 25 18 25 86 93 -7 – – – – – 1 1 2002–03 6
61 3 86 90 18 32 40 85 121 -36 – – – – – – – 2007–08 8
62 2 66 68 16 18 34 55 99 -44 – – – – – – – 1998–99 14
63 2 66 68 15 21 32 76 108 -32 – – – – – – – 1999–2000 15
64 2 65 68 14 23 31 57 95 -38 – – – – – – – 1992–93 17
65 1 64 34 20 4 10 47 31 16 – – 1 – – – 1 2023–24 3
66 Marítimo 1 64 34 18 10 6 52 29 23 – – – 1 – – 1 2023–24 4
67 2 60 72 12 24 36 57 117 -60 – – – – – – – 1990–91 15
68 1 55 30 16 7 7 44 20 24 – 1 – – – – 1 2006–07 2
69 1 52 38 14 10 14 45 45 0 – – – – – – – 1990–91 14
70 1 45 42 11 12 19 52 65 -13 – – – – – – – 2016–17 20
71 1 37 34 9 10 15 44 55 -11 – – – – – – – 1996–97 17
72 1 35 34 9 8 17 41 59 -18 – – – – – – – 2022–23 16
73 1 35 38 10 5 23 41 73 -32 – – – – – – – 1990–91 18
74 1 32 30 9 5 16 28 44 -16 – – – – – – – 2008–09 15
75 1 3238 8 8 22 47 61 -14 – – – – – – – 2017–18 20
76 1 2730 7 6 17 26 42 -16 – – – – – – – 2006–07 15
77 1 27* 34 8 4 22 30 59 -29 – – – – – – – 2023–24 17
78 1 25 38 4 13 21 16 45 -29 – – – – – – – 1990–91 19
79 1 24 30 6 6 18 26 47 -21 – – – – – – – 2009–10 16
80 Felgueiras 1932 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – – – – – 2024–25 TBD
Primeira Liga
Liga Portugal 2
Campeonato de Portugal
Portuguese District Championships
Clubs no longer in competition

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Liga Portugal Meu Super confirmada em assinatura de protocolo . ligaportugal.pt . Liga Portugal . 16 October 2020 . 16 October 2020. pt-pt.
  2. Web site: Conhecido o formato da Liga 3. 14 April 2021. FPF. pt-PT. 8 April 2021.
  3. News: Aí está a Liga Pro!. Here is LigaPro!. 11 February 2016. LPFP. 18 January 2016. pt.
  4. Web site: Segunda Liga will have less teams in 2016/2017 season. Sapo Desporto. Sapo Desporto. 16 July 2015. pt.
  5. News: FPF avança com 3.ª Liga em 2021/22 e cria megaplano para o Campeonato de Portugal . Record.pt . FPF advances with 3rd League in 2021–22 and creates megaplan for the Championship of Portugal . 22 May 2020 . pt . 6 May 2020.
  6. News: Aprovadas todas as propostas da Direção. Board's proposals all approved. LPFP. pt. 15 March 2016. 1 May 2016.
  7. Web site: Veja os jogos da LEDMAN LigaPro em live streaming. Liga Portugal. 19 January 2019. 10 August 2018.
  8. News: Flood . George . Primeira Liga promotion confirmed for C.D. Nacional and Farense after second-tier season ended in Portugal . 18 June 2020 . Evening Standard . 6 May 2020.

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