Liga Portugal 2

Liga Portugal 2
Country	Portugal
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1990 (as Segunda Divisão de Honra)
Number of teams	18
Promotion to	Primeira Liga
Relegation to	Liga 3 (from 2021)
Levels on pyramid	2
Domestic cup(s)	Taça de Portugal
UEFA cup(s)	Taça da Liga
Current champions	Estoril (3rd title) (2020–21)
Most successful club	Paços de Ferreira (3 titles)
TV	Sport TV Benfica TV Porto Canal Sporting TV
Website	Official website
2021–22 Liga Portugal 2

The Liga Portugal 2, also known as Liga Portugal 2 SABSEG for sponsorship reasons, 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 Primeira Liga 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).

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, 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.

Clubs 2021–22 season

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2018–19 finish
Académica	Coimbra	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra	29,750	5th
Académico de Viseu	Viseu	Estádio do Fontelo	4,090	11th
Benfica B	Seixal	Benfica Campus	2,720	4th
Casa Pia	Lisbon	Estádio Pina Manique	1,500	311st (CP)
Chaves	Chaves	Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira	8,400	3116th (PL)
Cova da Piedade	Cova da Piedade	Estádio Municipal José Martins Vieira	2,230	13th
Estoril	Estoril	Estádio António Coimbra da Mota	7,400	3rd
Farense	Faro	Estádio de São Luís	6,650	10th
Feirense	Santa Maria da Feira	Estádio Marcolino de Castro	5,450	3118th (PL)
Leixões	Matosinhos	Estádio do Mar	6,610	7th
Mafra	Mafra	Estádio Municipal de Mafra	1,250	14th
Nacional	Funchal	Estádio da Madeira	5,580	3117th (PL)
Oliveirense	Oliveira de Azeméis	Estádio Municipal de Aveiro	30,130	12th
Penafiel	Penafiel	Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril	5,330	8th
Porto B	Vila Nova de Gaia	Estádio Municipal Jorge Sampaio	8,280	9th
Sp. Covilhã	Covilhã	Estádio Municipal José dos Santos Pinto	3,500	6th
Varzim	Póvoa de Varzim	Estádio do Varzim SC	6,015	15th
Vilafranquense	Vila Franca de Xira	Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior	7,300	312nd (CP)

External links

• Official webpage (Portuguese)

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Football in Portugal

League competitions The FPF Cup competitions Primeira Liga Portugal Taça de Portugal Liga Portugal 2 (U-21) (U-20) (U-19) Taça da Liga Liga 3 (U-18) (U-17) (U-16) (U-15) Supertaça de Portugal Campeonato de Portugal List of clubs List of stadiums List of leagues