2023–24 Liga Portugal 2

Liga Portugal 2
Season	2023–24
Dates	12 August 2023 – May 2024
Promoted	Nacional
Relegated	Länk Vilaverdense Belenenses
Matches played	306
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 12 February 2024.

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.

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Teams

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

Relegated from 2022–23 Primeira Liga

Promoted from 2022–23 Liga 3

Promoted to 2023–24 Primeira Liga

Relegated to 2023–24 Liga 3

Stadiums and Locations

Location of teams in 2023–24 Liga Portugal 2 (Mainland)

Marítimo

Nacional

Location of teams in 2023–24 Liga Portugal 2 (Madeira)

Santa Clara

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

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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Nacional (P)	33	20	8	5	64	35	+29	68	Promotion to Liga Portugal
2	Santa Clara (P)	32	19	10	3	44	19	+25	67	Promotion to Liga Portugal
3	AVS	33	20	4	9	47	30	+17	64	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
4	Marítimo	32	17	9	6	48	26	+22	60
5	Torreense	33	13	8	12	39	36	+3	47
6	Paços de Ferreira	32	12	10	10	37	33	+4	46^[a]
7	Tondela	33	11	13	9	45	43	+2	46^[a]
8	Mafra	32	11	11	10	37	35	+2	44^[b]	Ineligible for promotion
9	Porto B	32	12	8	12	48	43	+5	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	33	11	5	17	30	38	−8	38
14	Oliveirense	32	8	10	14	35	49	−14	34^[d]
15	Leixões	33	6	16	11	26	37	−11	34^[d]
16	Feirense (Q)	33	8	6	19	30	48	−18	30	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
17	Länk Vilaverdense^[e] (R)	33	8	3	22	29	58	−29	26^[f]	Relegation to Liga 3
18	Belenenses (R)	33	6	8	19	27	57	−30	26^[f]	Relegation to Liga 3

Updated to match(es) played on 12 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.
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Paços de Ferreira are ahead of Tondela on head-to-head points: Paços de Ferreira 5–1 Tondela, Tondela 1–1 Paços de Ferreira
^ ^a ^b Mafra are ahead of Porto B on head-to-head points: Mafra 2–1 Porto B, Porto B 1–1 Mafra
^ ^a ^b Académico de Viseu are ahead of Benfica B on head-to-head points: Benfica B 1–1 Académico de Viseu, Académico de Viseu 1–0 Benfica B
^ ^a ^b Oliveirense are ahead of Leixões on head-to-head points: Oliveirense 0–2 Leixões
^ Länk Vilaverdense were deducted 1 point for financial irregularities.^[5]
^ ^a ^b Länk Vilaverdense are ahead of Belenenses on head-to-head points: Länk Vilaverdense 1–1 Belenenses, Belenenses 0–2 Länk Vilaverdense

Results

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	2–1	0–5	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–0
Leixões	1–2	0–0	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	2–3	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–3	—	1–2	1–1
Torreense	1–2	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	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 12 May 2024. Source: Liga Portugal 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

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 ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Team ╲ Round
Santa Clara	3	4	2	1	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Nacional	14	18	12	8	6	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
AVS	6	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	2	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
Marítimo	5	9	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Paços de Ferreira	11	15	7	11	15	17	12	10	9	9	11	12	10	10	11	9	8	10	10	10	11	10	10	9	6	7	6	6	6	5	6	5
Tondela	7	11	16	16	12	13	9	11	13	11	8	7	7	8	6	6	6	5	5	7	7	7	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	6	5	6
Mafra	13	7	10	6	9	7	5	5	10	10	7	8	8	5	7	7	7	9	6	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	9	10	9	8	8	7
Porto B	7	13	6	9	11	8	8	6	5	6	6	4	5	7	8	10	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	7	8	7	7	8
Torreense	17	5	9	5	4	5	6	7	6	5	4	5	6	6	5	5	5	6	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	8	7	9	10	9
Académico de Viseu	7	11	5	7	8	10	13	13	15	13	15	13	13	11	10	8	9	7	8	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	10	11	9	10
União de Leiria	11	3	8	12	7	9	11	8	7	8	10	10	9	9	9	13	14	15	13	13	13	9	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	11
Benfica B	4	10	12	14	16	11	14	14	11	14	12	15	14	14	13	12	10	8	9	9	9	11	9	10	10	9	10	11	11	12	12	12
Penafiel	1	5	11	13	10	15	16	15	16	15	16	16	17	15	15	14	15	14	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Oliveirense	2	1	1	3	5	6	7	9	8	7	9	9	11	12	14	16	12	12	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14
Leixões	18	17	18	17	13	16	17	16	12	16	14	14	15	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	15
Feirense	16	8	14	15	17	12	10	12	14	12	13	11	12	13	12	11	13	13	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16
Länk Vilaverdense	7	14	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	17	18	18	18	18	17
Belenenses	15	15	15	10	14	14	15	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	17	17	17	17	18

	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 11 May 2024. Source: Liga Portugal 2

Number of teams by district

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

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

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Segunda Divisão	1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
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2023–24 in Portuguese football

Men's

League competitions	Primeira Liga (level 1) Liga Portugal 2 (level 2) Liga 3 (level 3) Campeonato de Portugal (level 4)
Cup competitions	Taça de Portugal Final Taça da Liga Final Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Europa Conference League Youth League
National teams	Senior UEFA Euro 2024 - qualifying (Group J) U21 UEFA Euro 2023 finals U19 UEFA Euro 2023 - qualifying U17 UEFA Euro 2023 - qualifying

Women's

League competitions	Campeonato Nacional (level 1) Campeonato Nacional II Divisão (level 2) Campeonato Nacional III Divisão (level 3)
Cup competitions	Taça de Portugal Final Taça da Liga Final Supertaça de Portugal
European competitions	Champions League
National teams	Senior 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup - qualifying Group H U19 UEFA Euro 2022 – qualifying U17 UEFA Euro 2022 - qualifying

Club seasons
Primeira Liga	Arouca Benfica Boavista Braga Casa Pia Chaves Estoril Estrela da Amadora Famalicão Farense Gil Vicente Moreirense Portimonense Porto Rio Ave Sporting CP Vitória de Guimarães Vizela
Liga Portugal 2	Académico de Viseu AVS Belenenses Benfica B Feirense Länk Vilaverdense Leixões Mafra Marítimo Nacional Oliveirense Paços de Ferreira Penafiel Porto B Santa Clara Tondela Torreense União de Leiria

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