2023–24 Liga Portugal 2

34th season of second-tier football league in Portugal
Football league season
Liga Portugal 2
Season2023–24
Dates12 August 2023 – May 2024
Matches played306
← 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.

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

Stadiums and Locations

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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

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

Season summary

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Santa Clara 27 17 8 2 39 16 +23 59 Promotion to Liga Portugal
2 AVS 27 18 2 7 41 26 +15 56
3 Nacional 27 15 7 5 48 29 +19 52 Qualification to Promotion play-offs
4 Marítimo 27 14 7 6 42 24 +18 49
5 Tondela 27 10 12 5 38 34 +4 42
6 Paços de Ferreira 27 11 7 9 32 25 +7 40
7 Torreense 27 11 6 10 34 29 +5 39
8 Académico de Viseu 27 8 14 5 31 27 +4 38[a]
9 Mafra 27 10 8 9 32 30 +2 38[a]
10 Benfica B 27 10 7 10 35 34 +1 37[b] Ineligible for promotion
11 Porto B 27 10 7 10 42 36 +6 37[b]
12 União de Leiria 27 8 8 11 35 34 +1 32
13 Leixões 27 6 11 10 22 31 −9 29
14 Penafiel 27 8 4 15 22 34 −12 28
15 Feirense 27 7 4 16 24 39 −15 25
16 Oliveirense 27 5 9 13 25 42 −17 24 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
17 Belenenses 27 4 8 15 21 45 −24 20 Relegation to Liga 3
18 Länk Vilaverdense[c] 27 5 3 19 21 49 −28 17
Updated to match(es) played on 1 April 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.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked on head-to-head away goals scored: Académico de Viseu 1, Mafra 0.
  2. ^ a b Ranked on head-to-head points: Benfica B 3, Porto B 0.
  3. ^ Länk Vilaverdense were deducted 1 point for financial irregularities.[5]

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 2–2 1–1 1–0 – 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0
AVS 2–0 — 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–3 – 3–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 – 1–2 – 0–0 2–1
Belenenses – – — – 3–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 – 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–5
Benfica B 1–1 1–3 2–1 — 2–3 2–0 1–1 3–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 – 1–0 – 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–1
Feirense 0–3 1–2 1–0 1–2 — – – 3–2 0–1 – 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 – 3–1 –
Länk Vilaverdense – 2–3 1–1 1–4 2–1 — 1–0 – – 1–2 1–2 0–1 – 0–5 1–1 1–2 – 1–0
Leixões 1–2 – 1–0 1–1 0–0 – — 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–0 1–1 – –
Mafra 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 – 1–0 0–1 — 0–0 0–0 – 2–1 0–1 2–1 – 1–3 2–1 3–0
Marítimo – 0–1 1–1 3–1 – 4–0 0–0 – — 3–1 – 2–0 0–0 1–0 – 2–2 1–2 2–0
Nacional 1–1 – – 5–0 1–0 3–2 3–1 – 1–2 — 5–0 2–1 3–2 – 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0
Oliveirense 2–2 1–1 – – 3–1 0–1 – 1–3 1–1 0–1 — 0–0 3–1 1–3 1–1 – 1–2 1–4
Paços de Ferreira 1–0 – – 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 – 2–0 — 2–1 3–0 0–2 5–1 2–0 0–0
Penafiel 0–0 0–1 – 0–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 – 1–4 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 – – 3–1 — – 1–1 2–2 2–1
Santa Clara 2–0 2–1 – 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 – 0–0 2–1 — – 2–0 –
Tondela 2–2 3–2 – 0–1 2–0 1–0 4–2 2–1 0–3 – 1–0 1–1 – 0–0 2–3 — 1–2 1–1
Torreense – 2–1 2–2 3–1 – 3–1 0–0 0–0 – 3–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 — –
União de Leiria – 1–2 4–2 3–1 1–1 – 0–0 2–3 4–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 – 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 1 April 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.

Updated to match(es) played on 1 April 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

  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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