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Liga Portugal 2
Organising bodyLiga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP)
Founded1990; 36 years ago (1990) (as Segunda Divisão de Honra)
Country Portugal
ConfederationUEFA
Number of clubs18
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toLiga Portugal
Relegation toLiga 3
Domestic cupTaça de Portugal
League cupTaça da Liga
Current championsMarítimo
(2025–26)
Most championshipsPaços de Ferreira (4 titles)
Broadcaster(s)Sport TV
Benfica TV
Porto Canal
Sponsor(s)Meu Super
Websitewww.ligaportugal.pt
Current: 2026–27 Liga Portugal 2

The Liga Portugal 2 (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈliɣɐ puɾtuˈɣal dojʃ]), currently known as Liga Portugal Meu Super for sponsorship reasons,[1] or colloquially still as the Segunda Liga (Second League), 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 Liga 3. Prior to the 2021–22 season, relegated teams moved to the Campeonato de Portugal, which shifted from the third tier to the fourth tier.[2]

The division began in 1990 as the Segunda Divisão de Honra (Second Division of Honour), a unified national tier, superseding the regionalized Segunda Divisão (Second Division) 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

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Before 1990, there was only one professional nationwide football league in Portugal, the first-tier Primeira Divisão (First Division). Its lower placed teams were relegated to the Segunda Divisão (Second Division), a regionally-divided league, whose top teams were promoted to the first level. From the 1990–91 season onward, the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) created a new second-tier professional league, taking the name Segunda Divisão de Honra. Similarly to what would happen in other countries in Europe in the 1990s, the moniker of the previous Segunda Divisão passed down to the level below, making it the third-tier league and was renamed Segunda Divisão B. While statistically,

In 1999, the Portuguese League for Professional Football (LPFP, Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional) 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.

The Segunda Liga trophy, since 2011
Identity of the Portuguese second tier
Period Name Notes
1934-1936 Campeonato da Liga - Segunda Divisão "Old" Tier 2
1936-1990 (Campeonato Nacional da)
Segunda Divisão
"Old" Tier 2
1990-1999 Segunda Divisão de Honra
1999-2006 Liga de Honra
(Segunda Liga)
2006-2010 Liga Vitalis Sponsored
2010-2012 Liga Orangina Sponsored
2012-13 Segunda Liga
2013-14 Liga2 Cabovisão Sponsored
2014-15 Segunda Liga
2015-2019 Ledman LigaPro Sponsored
2019-20 LigaPro
2020-2024 Liga Portugal 2 SABSEG Sponsored
2024-present Liga Portugal MeuSuper Sponsored

Format

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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][4] (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.[5], There is also a play-off in the same style between the 16th-placed Liga Portugal 2 team and the third-placed team of the lower Liga 3. 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.

Format history

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In the 1990-91 season, the new second division kicked-off as a 20-team round-robin league. This was in contrast to the 54-club 1989–90 Segunda Divisão, divided regionally into three groups of eighteen (North, Centre, South). The winner of each group (série) and Famalicão were promoted to the First Division due to a judicial decision forcing a temporary expansion to 20 sides and the new Divisão de Honra was thus composed of two relegated teams from the upper tier (Portimonense and Feirense), six teams from each of the three groups and Leixões, the winner of a play-off called the "Liguilha". Seven teams would be relegated at the end of the season to reduce the championship to 18 for 1991-92.

During this period, three teams would be promoted and relegated on either side of the table, before being reduced again in 2006-07 to 16 teams, forcing a promotion of only two to the Primeira Liga and a relegation of six to the Segunda Divisão «B», the season prior. From that season onwards, only two would be promoted or relegated from the second tier. In 2011-12 and in 2013-14 the league would be increased to 22 and 24 teams, respectively. The initial expansion to 22 would not be done through the lower division however, as the new format allowed the entry of six "B" teams representing Benfica, Braga, Porto, Sporting and Vitória SC into the pyramid as well as the promotion of Marítimo B. At time of approval in December 2011, the Primeira Liga was also meant to increase to 18 sides[6], allowing two teams to be promoted from the Segunda B. However, three teams (Nacional, Porto and Sporting) impugned the League General Assembly. FPF's Justice Council agreed - expansion without relegation would hurt sporting merit and the decision would therefore be void.[7] Simultaneously, União de Leiria's double relegation (one on sporting merit, one by administration) and third-tier champions Varzim's financial crisis impeded their presence in the league. Aside the fifteen teams and six B teams, the final slot was filled by the lower level runners-up Tondela. Later, in 2013-14 and announced beforehand, relegation was in fact suspended allowing for the enlargement to 24. The latter season also experimented with a promotion playoff with the upper tier due to the administrative reintroduction of Boavista in the top tier, but was not repeated in the seasons directly after.

The excessive number of matches among other factors led the increase to be shortlived. Consequently, the number of teams was reduced every season until it reached 18 teams in the 2018–19 season.[8] In 2016–17, four teams were directly relegated with two others going into a play-off with two of the Campeonato Nacional de Séniores and the following season four more with relegated to reach the intended eighteen-club league. The most recent change is the introduction of play-offs in the 2020-21, in which Liga Portugal created a play-offs between divisions.

Broadcasting

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Since 2018–19, all the matches are broadcast by Sport TV, though some of them are only broadcast through online streaming due to timetables. The exceptions are Benfica B, Porto B and Sporting B home games, broadcast by Benfica TV, Porto Canal and Sporting TV, respectively.[9]

Clubs

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Stadia and locations

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For 2026–27 season.

Team Location Stadium Capacity 2025–26
finish
Académica Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 29,622 2nd (L3)
Amarante Amarante Estádio Municipal de Amarante 5,000 1st (L3)
AVS Vila das Avese Estádio do Clube Desportivo das Aves 6,230 18th (PL)
Benfica B Seixal Benfica Campus 2,644 10th
Chaves Chaves Estádio Municipal Eng.º Manuel Branco Teixeira 8,400 9th
Farense Faro Estádio de São Luís 7,000 16th
Feirense Santa Maria da Feira Estádio Marcolino de Castro 5,401 8th
Felgueiras Felgueiras Estádio Dr. Machado de Matos [pt] 7,540 11th
Leixões Matosinhos Estádio do Mar 6,000 7th
Lusitânia Lourosa Lourosa Estádio do Lusitânia de Lourosa FC 4,900 12th
Penafiel Penafiel Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril 5,230 14th
Portimonense Portimão Estádio Municipal de Portimão 4,961 15th
Porto B Vila Nova de Gaia Estádio Luís Filipe de Menezes 3,800 5th
Sporting CP B Alcochete Estádio Aurélio Pereira 1,180 13th
Tondela Tondela Estádio João Cardoso 5,000 17th (PL)
Torreense Torres Vedras Estádio Manuel Marques 2,431 3rd
União de Leiria Leiria Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 23,888 6th
Vizela Vizela Estádio do FC Vizela 6,000 4th

Champions

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Season Champion Points Runner-up Points Third place Points Teams Top scorer Club Goals
1990–91 Paços de Ferreira51Estoril46Torreense4520Bulgaria Eduard EranosyanLeixões22
1991–92 Sporting de Espinho50Belenenses48Tirsense4518Nigeria Rashidi YekiniVitória FC (Setúbal)22
1992–93 Estrela da Amadora48União da Madeira47Vitória de Setúbal4718Nigeria Rashidi YekiniVitória FC (Setúbal)34
1993–94 Tirsense46União de Leiria45Chaves4518Brazil EdinhoPortimonense16
1994–95 Leça46Campomaiorense46Felgueiras4418Croatia Tihomir RudežCampomaiorense20
1995–96 Rio Ave68Vitória de Setúbal62Sporting de Espinho6218Portugal Paulo VidaDesportivo das Aves21
1996–97 Campomaiorense62Varzim59Académica5818Portugal Carlos FreitasDesportivo de Beja17
1997–98 União de Leiria70Beira-Mar64Alverca6218Portugal Armando SantosMoreirense21
1998–99 Gil Vicente68Belenenses61Santa Clara5518Brazil MarcãoVarzim23
1999–2000 Paços de Ferreira (2)65Beira-Mar65Desportivo das Aves6118Brazil MarcãoVarzim27
2000–01 Santa Clara67Varzim64Vitória de Setúbal6418Brazil BrandãoSanta Clara24
2001–02 Moreirense64Académica62Nacional6218Spain Ibón Pérez
Portugal Paulo Vida
Brazil Rômulo
Brazil Serginho
Chaves
Paços de Ferreira
Nacional
Nacional
18
2002–03 Rio Ave (2)63Alverca60Estrela da Amadora5718Brazil IgorMaia20
2003–04 Estoril67Vitória de Setúbal64Penafiel6118Brazil Fábio HempelSalgueiros25
2004–05 Paços de Ferreira (3)69Naval 1º de Maio62Estrela da Amadora6018Brazil RincónPaços de Ferreira18
2005–06 Beira-Mar68Desportivo das Aves64Leixões6218Brazil Cássio
Portugal Nuno Sousa
Maia/Chaves
Gondomar
20
2006–07 Leixões60Vitória de Guimarães55Rio Ave5316Brazil Roberto AlcântaraLeixões17
2007–08 Trofense52Rio Ave51Vizela5016Brazil Júlio CésarSanta Clara13
2008–09 Olhanense58União de Leiria53Santa Clara5216Brazil DjalmirOlhanense20
2009–10 Beira-Mar (2)54Portimonense54Feirense5216Portugal ReguilaTrofense15
2010–11 Gil Vicente (2)55Feirense55Trofense5416Portugal BockFreamunde15
2011–12 Estoril (2)57Moreirense52Desportivo das Aves5016Brazil JoeanoArouca19
2012–13 Belenenses94Arouca73Leixões6822Brazil JoeanoArouca24
2013–14 Moreirense (2)79Porto B77Penafiel7322Portugal PiresMoreirense22
2014–15 Tondela81União da Madeira80Chaves8024Portugal Tozé Marreco
Brazil Erivelto
Tondela
Sporting da Covilhã
23
2015–16 Porto B86Chaves81Feirense7824Nigeria SimyGil Vicente20
2016–17 Portimonense83Desportivo das Aves81União da Madeira6422Portugal PiresPortimonense23
2017–18 Nacional71Santa Clara66Académico de Viseu6420Cape Verde Ricardo Gomes Nacional 21
2018–19 Paços de Ferreira (4)74Famalicão69Estoril5418Portugal 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)[10]18Brazil Agdon Menezes Oliveirense 13
2020–21 Estoril (3)70Vizela66Arouca6518Brazil Cassiano Vizela 16
2021–22 Rio Ave (3)70Casa Pia68Chaves6418Brazil João Carlos Académica de Coimbra 17
2022–23 Moreirense (3)79Farense69Estrela da Amadora6318Brazil André Clóvis Académico de Viseu 28
2023–24 Santa Clara (2)73Nacional71AVS6418Brazil Nenê AVS 23
2024–25 Tondela (2)64Alverca63Vizela6218Australia Anthony Carter
Brazil Juan Muñoz
Alverca
União de Leiria
15
2025–26 Marítimo66Académico de Viseu59Torreense59

Statistics

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Performance by club

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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
Tondela 2 0 2014–15, 2024–25
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
Marítimo 1 0 2025–26
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
Alverca 0 2 2002–03, 2024–25
Académica 0 1 2001–02
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

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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 as a professional division in 1990. The table is accurate as of the end of the 2025–26 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
1Penafiel3014181030378294358124912034625281992–932015–163
2Feirense27130193234526632111251083421212281990–912019–202
3Desportivo das Aves25127588234424329510931026672132191990–912016–172[A]
4Leixões241127*850292254304949961-1212251990–912010–111[B]
5Portimonense211009746264217265914919-51111261990–912024–251
6Varzim19932678246194238802837-352351990–912021–222
7Santa Clara18930640249183208770698722122181998–992023–241
8Chaves1890462623918320476370954131161993–942024–252
9Académico de Viseu19890694231197256752814-6211241990–912025–262
10Académica1683456023512918670959811111333111990–912026–272
11Sporting da Covilhã21828716204216286742871-1291121996–972022–234
12Estoril178125482191551816935811123111171990–912020–211
13Benfica B147395182031301857857048132162012–132012–134
14Porto B147245181971331887026703211242012–132012–131
15Oliveirense17679596172163261684875-19111132001–022025–264
16Paços de Ferreira126514121771201155294438641271990–912023–241
17União da Madeira1363347816314417158057282131992–932017–182[C]
18Rio Ave1162136617790965283791493112291991–922021–221
19Nacional1361643616412414858353746111141991–922023–241
20Moreirense11555374151102121517451663141995–962022–231
21Felgueiras12547408141124143482482011131992–932004–053[D]
22Beira-Mar10538348143109964183338522151995–962014–151
23Freamunde12514432128130174499578-791121990–912016–175
24Sporting de Espinho11511378134109135471437341121990–912004–051
25Gil Vicente9499*34413011896433356772241997–982017–181[E]
26União de Leiria9482306133839042530711812251990–912023–241
27Farense9458*3281248811638935633112002–032025–262[H]
28Maia1045734412679139477496-191121990–912005–064[F]
29Ovarense11431374110101163446582-136111991–922005–066
30Trofense1042134810897143358459-1011122006–072021–221
31Naval 1º de Maio10419*31011110396420384361231998–992013–142[G]
32Olhanense941932610992125345379-341121991–922016–171
33Sporting B7418290116701044013732811132012–132025–264
34Torreense939731010776127361408-472131990–912022–233
35Vizela83902689896743262893712142005–062024–252
36Estrela da Amadora738223810082563192536613151991–922022–231
37União de Lamas93623069868140310433-123221994–952002–036
38Tondela6352232908260302262402132012–132026–271
39Mafra73422748189104294340-46112015–162024–256
40Braga B7337*2908880122328370-422012–132018–197[I]
41Leça7331238925591290317-271121993–942002–031
42Belenenses63262049056582802206012141991–922023–241
43Famalicão6315228875487273274-11121994–952018–192
44Arouca631420884626229123259111142010–112020–212
45Vitória de Setúbal531017089433830216913322151991–922003–042
46Alverca6308204845664256201552131995–962024–252
47Vitória de Guimarães B63022488062106300336-362012–132018–199
48Campomaiorense5253170733463240208321121992–932001–021[J]
49Atlético CP5219206536093211279-682011–122015–1611
50Gondomar52001585341641931885112004–052008–095
51Marco5200170524474210272-62112000–012005–064[K]
52Cova da Piedade5200172514774171237-662016–172020–219
53Louletano4179140493259164180-161990–911993–9410
54Marítimo3173102482925144106381122023–242025–261
55Tirsense31541024131309888101121991–921996–971
56Vilafranquense4142126334350144182-382019–202022–237
57Marítimo B3130*130352768115172-572012–132014–1516[L]
58Casa Pia312292332336110115-5112019–202019–202
59Benfica Castelo Branco311810629314690140-50111990–911992–935
60Oriental2999224274194126-322014–152015–1615
61Salgueiros293682518258693-7112002–032003–046
62Felgueiras (2006)29068222422777612024–252024–259
63Fátima3869018324085121-362007–082010–118
64Esposende266681618345599-441998–991999–200014
65Imortal2666815213276108-321999–20002000–0115
66Amora265681423315795-381992–931994–9517
67AVS1643420410473116112023–242026–273
68Barreirense2607212243657117-601990–912005–0615
69Vitória de Guimarães155301677442024112006–072006–072
70O Elvas15238141014454501990–911990–9114
71Fafe145421112195265-132016–172016–1720
72Lusitânia Lourosa143341110134452-82025–262025–2612
73Desportivo de Beja13734910154455-111996–971996–9717[M]
74B-SAD1353498174159-182022–232022–2316[N]
75Águeda13538105234173-321990–911990–9118
76Boavista1323095162844-162008–092008–0915
77Real1323888224761-142017–182017–1820
78Olivais e Moscavide1273076172642-162006–072006–0715
79Vilaverdense127*3484223059-292023–242023–2417[O]
80Lusitano VRSA12538413211645-291990–911990–9119
81Carregado1243066182647-212009–102009–1016
82Amarante0000000002026–272026–27TBD
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. Successor club União da Bola was founded in 2022.
D. ^ Club folded in 2005. Successor club Felgueiras (2006) was founded in 2006.
E. ^ Was deducted 9 points in the 2006–07 season for fielding ineligible players.
F. ^ Club folded in 2011. Successor club Maia Lidador was founded in 2009.
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. ^ Was deducted 2 points in the 2015–16 season for fielding ineligible players.
I. ^ Was deducted 2 points in the 2012–13 season and 5 points in the 2014–15 season for fielding ineligible players.
J. ^ Club ended football team in 2013.
K. ^ Club folded in 2007. Successor club Marco 09 was founded in 2009.
L. ^ Was deducted 3 points in the 2012–13 season for fielding ineligible players.
M. ^ Club ended football team in 2018.
N. ^ Merged with Portalegrense in 2024.
O. ^ Was deducted 1 point in the 2023–24 season for financial irregularities.
Last updated: 17 May 2024
Primeira Liga
Liga Portugal 2
Liga 3
Campeonato de Portugal
Portuguese District Championships
Clubs no longer in competition

References

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