The Liga Portugal 2 ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈliɣɐ puɾtuˈɣal dojʃ] ), also known as Liga Portugal Meu Super 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 Liga Portugal 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).
13-639: 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
26-615: A final. This last option was used once the Segunda Divisão was no longer the actual second tier. Campeonato Nacional de Seniores The Campeonato de Portugal (Portuguese for "Championship of Portugal") is the fourth level of the Portuguese football league system . Together with the third-tier Liga 3 , it is organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The Campeonato de Portugal
39-478: A new second-tier professional league was created, taking the name Segunda Divisão de Honra , while the previous Segunda Divisão became the third-tier league and was renamed Segunda Divisão B . In 1999, the Portuguese League for Professional Football (LPFP) 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
52-524: 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 (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. The B teams cannot be promoted to Liga Portugal but can be demoted if they end
65-471: Is accurate as of the end of the 2023–24 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. Segunda Divis%C3%A3o The Segunda Divisão Portuguesa ( English : Portuguese Second Division ) was a football league situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system . The division had previously been
78-564: 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 . In the 2016–17 season , there were 22 clubs in the Segunda Liga (24 in the seasons before). Then the number of teams was reduced every season until it reached 18 teams in the 2018–19 season . 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
91-653: The inaugural season and the most recently concluded 2018–19 season. Before 1990, there was only one professional nationwide football league in Portugal, the Primeira Divisão (First Division). Lower placed teams were relegated to the Segunda Divisão (Second Division), a regional league, while the top teams from that league were promoted to the First Division. Starting with the 1990–91 season,
104-517: The season in one of the relegation positions or if the main team is also relegated. Since 2018–19, all the matches are broadcast by Sport TV , though some of them are only broadcast through online streaming. The exceptions are Benfica B and Porto B home games, broadcast by Benfica TV and Porto Canal . For 2023–24 season. 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 in 1990. The table
117-613: The second level of the Portuguese pyramid but, with the creation of the Segunda Liga in 1990–91, it became the third level. The competition merged with the Terceira Divisão at the end of the 2012–13 to form a new enlarged third level league, the Campeonato Nacional de Seniores . In its last season, the league was split into three zonal divisions: Norte (North), Centro (Centre) and Sul (South). Each division
130-478: Was demoted one level. The first season, 2013–14, was contested by a total of 80 clubs, which included 19 teams from the District Championships , 39 from the Segunda Divisão , 19 from the Terceira Divisão and three teams relegated from the Segunda Liga during the 2012–13 season. In 2017–18, the format consisted of five series of eighteen teams, arranged according to geographic criteria, with
143-524: Was introduced in 2013 as the new third-level championship, under the name Campeonato Nacional de Seniores (Seniors National Championship), replacing both the Segunda Divisão and Terceira Divisão (former third and fourth divisions, respectively). On 22 October 2015, it adopted its current naming. With the creation of the Liga 3 as the new third division from the 2021–22 season, the Campeonato de Portugal
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#1732776707114156-481: 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
169-424: Was made up of 16 teams. The winners of each division were promoted. The three regional divisions were the usual format of the league, but definition of the tier championship varied: Sometimes it was an elimination tournament with a final, and other times a final round-robin of the regional division winners. Other times there would be no single champion, and all three regional winners would be promoted without playing
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