2023–24 Liga Portugal 2
Season | 2023–24 |
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Dates | 12 August 2023 – May 2024 |
Champions | Santa Clara |
Promoted | Santa Clara Nacional AVS |
Relegated | Länk Vilaverdense Belenenses |
Matches played | 306 |
← 2022–23 2024–25 → |
The 2023–24 Liga Portugal 2 (also known as Liga Portugal SABSEG for sponsorship reasons) was 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 compete in this division, including reserve sides from top-flight Liga Portugal teams.
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
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Relegated from 2022–23 Primeira Liga Promoted from 2022–23 Liga 3 |
Promoted to 2023–24 Primeira Liga Relegated to 2023–24 Liga 3
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Stadiums and Locations
[edit]Personnel and sponsors
[edit]Season summary
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Santa Clara (C, P) | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 48 | 19 | +29 | 73 | Promotion to Liga Portugal |
2 | Nacional (P) | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 66 | 35 | +31 | 71 | |
3 | AVS (O, P) | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 47 | 31 | +16 | 64[a] | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
4 | Marítimo | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 64[a] | |
5 | Paços de Ferreira | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 35 | +7 | 52 | |
6 | Tondela | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 49 | |
7 | Torreense | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 48 | |
8 | Benfica B | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 45 | Ineligible for promotion |
9 | Mafra | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 44[b] | |
10 | Porto B | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 44[b] | Ineligible for promotion |
11 | Académico de Viseu | 34 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 43 | |
12 | União de Leiria | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 42 | |
13 | Penafiel | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 39 | |
14 | Leixões | 34 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 37 | |
15 | Oliveirense | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 34 | |
16 | Feirense (O) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 31 | 49 | −18 | 31 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
17 | Länk Vilaverdense[c] (R) | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 30 | 59 | −29 | 27 | Relegation to Liga 3 |
18 | Belenenses (R) | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 59 | −31 | 26 |
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.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Relegation play-offs
[edit]The relegation play-offs took place on 26 May and 2 June 2024 between Feirense which finished 16th in the Liga 2 and Lusitânia Lourosa whhich finished 3rd in Liga 3.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Feirense | 3–1 | Lusitânia Lourosa | 0–1 | 3–0 |
Lusitânia Lourosa | 1–0 | Feirense |
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Jefferson Nem ![]() |
Report |
Feirense | 3–0 | Lusitânia Lourosa |
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Sérgio Conceição ![]() Henrique Martins ![]() |
Report |
Results
[edit]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.
Leader and promotion to Primeira Liga | |
Promotion to Primeira Liga | |
Qualification for promotion play-offs | |
Qualification for relegation play-offs | |
Relegation to Liga 3 |
Number of teams by district
[edit]Rank | District Football Associations | Number | Teams |
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1 | ![]() |
5 | AVS, Leixões, Paços de Ferreira, Penafiel and Porto B |
2 | ![]() |
4 | Belenenses, Benfica B, Mafra and Torreense |
3 | ![]() |
2 | Feirense and Oliveirense |
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Marítimo and Nacional | ||
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Académico de Viseu and Tondela | ||
6 | ![]() |
1 | Länk Vilaverdense |
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União de Leiria | ||
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Santa Clara |
References
[edit]- ^ "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.