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2023–24 Liga Portugal 2

The 2023–24 Liga Portugal 2 (also known as Liga Portugal SABSEG for sponsorship reasons) is the 34th season of Portuguese football's second-tier league and the fourth season under the current Liga Portugal 2 title. A total of 18 teams are competing in this division, including reserve sides from top-flight Liga Portugal teams.

Liga Portugal 2
Season2023–24
Dates12 August 2023 – May 2024
Matches played306
All statistics correct as of 12 February 2024.

Teams edit

A total of 18 teams contest the league. Marítimo, Paços de Ferreira and Santa Clara were relegated to 2023–24 Liga Portugal 2 after finishing in 16th, 17th and 18th placed teams in 2022–23 Primeira Liga.

União de Leiria,[1] Belenenses[2] (promoted after an eleven and ten years absence, respectively) and Länk Vilaverdense (promoted for the first time in history) were promoted from the 2022–23 Liga 3, replacing B-SAD, Trofense and Sp. Covilhã (were relegated after one, two and fifteen years in the second tier, respectively).

Vilafranquense SAD, due to disputes with the club, relocated its team to the stadium of Desportivo das Aves 1930.[3] However, it is not a fusion, as Aves will have no participation in the SAD or in running the team.[4] Vilafranquense's SAD will change its name to match the new location, and the club (U.D. Vilafranquense) will form a new team in Lisbon's regional divisions.

Changes edit

Stadiums and Locations edit

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Location of teams in 2023–24 Liga Portugal 2 (Mainland)
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Location of teams in 2023–24 Liga Portugal 2 (Madeira)
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Location of teams in 2023–24 Liga Portugal 2 (Azores)
Club Location Stadium Capacity Final league position in 2022-23
Académico de Viseu Viseu Estádio do Fontelo 7,744 4th
AVS Vila das Aves Estádio do CD Aves 5,441 7th*
Belenenses Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 19,856 2nd (L3)
Benfica B Seixal Benfica Campus 2,720 14th
Feirense Santa Maria da Feira Estádio Marcolino de Castro 5,401 8th
Länk Vilaverdense Vila Verde Campo Cruz do Reguengo 1,000 3rd (L3)
Leixões Matosinhos Estádio do Mar 9,766 15th
Mafra Mafra Estádio Municipal de Mafra 1,257 6th
Marítimo   Funchal Estádio do Marítimo 10,932 16th (PL)
Nacional   Funchal Estádio da Madeira 5,132 13th
Oliveirense Oliveira de Azeméis Estádio Carlos Osório 1,750 10th
Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira Estádio Capital do Móvel 9,076 17th (PL)
Penafiel Penafiel Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril 5,230 12th
Porto B Vila Nova de Gaia Estádio Municipal Jorge Sampaio 8,272 5th
Santa Clara   Ponta Delgada Estádio de São Miguel 13,277 18th (PL)
Tondela Tondela Estádio João Cardoso 5,000 11th
Torreense Torres Vedras Estádio Manuel Marques 12,000 9th
União de Leiria Leiria Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 23,888 1st (L3)

Personnel and sponsors edit

Team Manager Captain Kit
Manufacturer 		Main Sponsor
Académico de Viseu   Gil Oliveira   André Almeida Joma Palácio do Gelo
AVS   Jorge Costa   Luís Silva Adidas Mercainos
Belenenses   Vasco Faísca   Duarte Valente Joma Novaverde
Benfica B   Nélson Veríssimo   Adrian Bajrami Adidas Emirates
Feirense   Ricardo Sousa   Cláudio Silva Kelme Esconline
Länk Vilaverdense   Sérgio Machado   André Soares Lacatoni Mebra
Leixões   Carlos Fangueiro   Igor Stefanovic AM Matosinhos
Mafra   Silas   Gui Ferreira Lacatoni Placard
Marítimo   Fábio Pereira   Edgar Costa Puma Coral Cerveja
Nacional   Tiago Margarido   João Aurélio Hummel Solverde
Oliveirense   Ricardo Chéu   Filipe Alves Kelme Onodera Group
Paços de Ferreira   Ricardo Silva   Antunes Joma Solverde
Penafiel   Hélder Cristóvão   João Miguel Macron EDIRCOP
Porto B   António Folha   Zé Pedro New Balance Betano
Santa Clara   Vasco Matos   Ricardinho Kelme Solverde
Tondela   Sérgio Gaminha   Ricardo Alves CDT Cabriz
Torreense   Tulipa   João Pereira Kappa Agriloja
União de Leiria   Vasco Botelho da Costa   Diogo Amado CDT Porta10

Season summary edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Santa Clara (X) 32 19 10 3 44 19 +25 67 Promotion to Liga Portugal
2 Nacional 32 19 8 5 61 33 +28 65
3 AVS 32 20 3 9 47 30 +17 63 Qualification to Promotion play-offs
4 Marítimo 32 17 9 6 48 26 +22 60
5 Paços de Ferreira 32 12 10 10 37 33 +4 46[a]
6 Tondela 32 11 13 8 43 40 +3 46[a]
7 Mafra 32 11 11 10 37 35 +2 44[b]
8 Porto B 32 12 8 12 48 43 +5 44[b] Ineligible for promotion
9 Torreense 32 12 8 12 37 35 +2 44[b]
10 Académico de Viseu 32 9 15 8 34 33 +1 42[c]
11 Benfica B 33 11 9 13 43 46 −3 42[c]
12 União de Leiria 32 10 9 13 41 38 +3 39 Ineligible for promotion
13 Penafiel 32 11 5 16 29 36 −7 38
14 Oliveirense 32 8 10 14 35 49 −14 34
15 Leixões 32 6 15 11 26 37 −11 33
16 Feirense 32 8 6 18 29 46 −17 30 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
17 Belenenses (R) 33 6 8 19 27 57 −30 26 Relegation to Liga 3
18 Länk Vilaverdense[d] (R) 32 7 3 22 27 57 −30 23
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2024. Source: Liga Portugal 2
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.
(R) Relegated; (X) Assured of the Promotion play-offs, but may still be promoted directly
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked on head-to-head: Paços de Ferreira 5–1 Tondela, Tondela 1–1 Paços de Ferreira
  2. ^ a b c Ranked on head-to-head points: Mafra: 8, Porto B: 5, Torreense: 2
  3. ^ a b Ranked on head-to-head: Benfica B 1–1 Académico de Viseu, Académico de Viseu 1–0 Benfica B
  4. ^ Länk Vilaverdense were deducted 1 point for financial irregularities.[5]

Results edit

Home \ Away ACV AVS BEL BEN FEI LAN LEX MAF MAR NAC OLI PAC PEN POR SAN TON TOR UNI
Académico de Viseu — 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 – 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0
AVS 2–0 — 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–3 3–3 3–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 – 0–0 2–1
Belenenses 1–0 – — 2–3 3–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–5
Benfica B 1–1 0–1 2–1 — 2–3 2–0 1–1 3–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 – 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–1
Feirense 0–3 1–2 1–0 1–2 — – 1–1 3–2 0–1 – 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–3 3–1 1–0
Länk Vilaverdense – 2–3 1–1 1–4 2–1 — 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 – 0–5 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–0
Leixões 1–2 – 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 — 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0
Mafra 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 — 0–0 0–0 3–3 2–1 0–1 2–1 – 1–3 2–1 3–0
Marítimo – 0–1 1–1 3–1 3–2 4–0 0–0 – — 3–1 – 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–2 2–0
Nacional 1–1 2–1 – 3–1 1–0 3–2 3–1 – 1–2 — 5–0 2–1 3–2 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0
Oliveirense 2–2 1–1 1–2 3–1 3–1 0–1 – 1–3 1–1 0–1 — 0–0 3–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–4
Paços de Ferreira 1–0 0–4 – 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 — 2–1 3–0 0–2 5–1 2–0 0–0
Penafiel 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–4 1–1 1–1 — 3–2 1–2 0–2 – 1–0
Porto B 3–0 2–3 3–0 0–3 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–3 0–1 – 3–1 — 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–1
Santa Clara 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 — 1–0 2–0 –
Tondela 2–2 3–2 – 1–1 2–0 1–0 4–2 2–1 0–3 – 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–3 — 1–2 1–1
Torreense 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–1 – 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 — 0–3
União de Leiria – 1–2 4–2 3–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–3 4–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2024. Source: Liga Portugal 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round edit

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Santa Clara34213233332211231111111111111111
Nacional14181286422221133322333333333333222
AVS62321111113322113222222222222333
Marítimo594423444456444444444444444444444
Paços de Ferreira11157111517121099111210101198101010111010967666565
Tondela7111616121391113118778666557776676555656
Mafra13710697551010788577796888889109109887
Porto B7136911886566457810111111111012121111111178778
Torreense1759545676545665556755555557879109
Académico de Viseu7115781013131513151313111089786667788891011910
União de Leiria11381279118781010999131415131313911121212121212101111
Benfica B410121416111414111412151414131210899911910109101111121212
Penafiel15111310151615161516161715151415141212121313131313141313131313
Oliveirense2113567987991112141612121414141515161616161515151514
Leixões1817181713161716121614141516161516161616161616141414131414141415
Feirense168141517121012141213111213121113131515151414151515151616161616
Belenenses1515151014141517171717171617171718181818181818181818171817171717
Länk Vilaverdense714171818181818181818181818181817171717171717171717181718181818
Leader and promotion to Primeira Liga
Promotion to Primeira Liga
Qualification to Promotion play-offs
Qualification to Relegation play-offs
Relegation to Liga 3
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2024. Source: Liga Portugal 2


Number of teams by district edit

Rank District Football Associations Number Teams
1   Porto 5 AVS, Leixões, Paços de Ferreira, Penafiel and Porto B
2   Lisbon 4 Belenenses, Benfica B, Mafra and Torreense
3   Aveiro 2 Feirense and Oliveirense
  Funchal Marítimo and Nacional
  Viseu Académico de Viseu and Tondela
6   Braga 1 Länk Vilaverdense
  Leiria União de Leiria
  Ponta Delgada Santa Clara

References edit

  1. ^ "UD Leiria wins SC Braga B and gets promoted [to Liga Portugal 2]". Público (in Portuguese). 29 April 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Belenenses gets promoted [to Liga Portugal 2]". Público (in Portuguese). 6 May 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  3. ^ "How Vilafranquense transformed into "AVS Futebol SAD" (AFS)". Liga Portugal (in Portuguese). 29 April 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  4. ^ "AFS Vila das Aves: Comunicado Oficial". Liga Portugal (in Portuguese). 29 April 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Lank Vilaverdense deducted one point for failure to pay wages". sapo.pt. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
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