2023–24 Liga Portugal 2

Liga Portugal 2
Season	2023–24
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

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

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

Santa Clara

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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	6,912	4th
AVS	Vila das Aves	Estádio do CD Aves	8,560	7th*
Belenenses	Lisbon	Estádio do Restelo	19,856	2nd (L3)
Benfica B	Seixal	Benfica Campus	2,644	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	9,821	15th
Mafra	Mafra	Estádio Municipal de Mafra	1,257	6th
Marítimo	Funchal	Estádio do Marítimo	10,600	16th (PL)
Nacional	Funchal	Estádio da Madeira	5,200	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 Luís Filipe Menezes	3,800	5th
Santa Clara	Ponta Delgada	Estádio de São Miguel	12,500	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	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	Promotion to Liga Portugal
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	Relegation to Liga 3

Updated to match(es) played on 19 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.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Ranked on head-to-head: AVS 3–2 Marítimo, Marítimo 0–1 AVS
^ ^a ^b Ranked on head-to-head: Mafra 2–1 Porto B, Porto B 1–1 Mafra
^ Länk Vilaverdense were deducted 1 point for financial irregularities.^[5]

Relegation play-offs

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.

All times are WEST (UTC+1).

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Feirense	3–1	Lusitânia Lourosa	0–1	3–0

26 May 2024

11:00

Lusitânia Lourosa	1–0	Feirense
Jefferson Nem 70'	Report

Campo do Lusitânia, Lourosa

Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

2 June 2024

17:00

Feirense	3–0	Lusitânia Lourosa
Sérgio Conceição 15', 82' (p) Henrique Martins 89' (o.g.)	Report

Estádio Marcolino de Castro, Santa Maria da Feira

Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

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	2–2	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	0–1	0–0	2–1
Belenenses	1–0	1–3	—	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	5–2	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–1
Feirense	0–3	1–2	1–0	1–2	—	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–3	3–1	1–0
Länk Vilaverdense	0–2	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	0–2	1–3	2–1	3–0
Marítimo	1–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	3–2	4–0	0–0	1–2	—	3–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–2	2–0
Nacional	1–1	2–1	5–0	3–1	1–0	3–2	3–1	2–0	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	1–3	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	2–1	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	1–1	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	1–3	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	2–0
Tondela	2–2	3–2	0–1	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	3–0	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 19 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	34
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	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	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	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	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	5	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	7	6
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	6	7
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	12	8
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	8	9
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	9	10
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	11	11
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	10	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	13
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	15	14
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	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	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	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	18

	Leader and promotion to Primeira Liga
	Promotion to Primeira Liga
	Qualification for promotion play-offs
	Qualification for relegation play-offs
	Relegation to Liga 3

Updated to match(es) played on 19 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.

[table_hth_AVS0.525990713167-5] Ranked on head-to-head: AVS 3–2 Marítimo, Marítimo 0–1 AVS

[table_hth_MAF0.525990713167-6] Ranked on head-to-head: Mafra 2–1 Porto B, Porto B 1–1 Mafra

[table_note_LAN0.525990713167-8] Länk Vilaverdense were deducted 1 point for financial irregularities.^[5]

[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.

[:0-4] "AFS Vila das Aves: Comunicado Oficial". Liga Portugal (in Portuguese). 29 April 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

[7] "Lank Vilaverdense deducted one point for failure to pay wages". sapo.pt. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.

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