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2023-24 Liga Portugal 2

Liga Portugal 2

Season	2023-24
Dates	August 2023 – May 2024
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

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 third season under the current Liga Portugal 2 title. A total of 18 teams are competing in this division, including reserve sides from top-flight Primeira Liga teams.

Teams

A total of 18 teams contest the league, including 13 sides from the 2022–23 season, 3 teams relegated from the 2022–23 Primeira Liga and 2 promoted from the 2022-23 Liga 3.

Paços de Ferreira and Santa Clara were relegated to 2023–24 Liga Portugal 2 after finishing in 17th and 18th placed teams in 2022–23 Primeira Liga.

União de Leiria (promoted after a 11-year absence) and Belenenses (promoted after a 11-year absence) were promoted from the 2022–23 Liga 3, replacing Sp. Covilhã.

Team changes

Relegated from 2022-23 Primeira Liga

• Paços de Ferreira
• Santa Clara

Promoted to 2023–24 Primeira Liga

• Moreirense
• Farense

Promoted from 2022–23 Liga 3

• União de Leiria
• Belenenses

Relegated to 2023–24 Liga 3

• Sp. Covilhã

Stadium and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2022-23 finish
Académico de Viseu	Viseu	Estádio do Fontelo	7,744	4th
Benfica B	Seixal	Benfica Campus	2,720	13th
Belenenses	Lisbon	Estádio do Restelo	19,856	2nd (L3)
B-SAD	Santa Maria da Feira	Estádio Marcolino de Castro	5,401	8th
Estrela da Amadora	Matosinhos	Estádio do Mar	9,766	3rd
Feirense	Santa Maria da Feira	Estádio Marcolino de Castro	5,401	8th
Leixões	Matosinhos	Estádio do Mar	9,766	14th
Mafra	Mafra	Estádio Municipal de Mafra	1,257	7th
Nacional	Funchal	Estádio da Madeira	5,132	15th
Oliveirense	Oliveira de Azeméis	Estádio Carlos Osório	1,750	11th
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	6th
Santa Clara	Ponta Delgada	Estádio de São Miguel	13,277	18th (PL)
Tondela	Tondela	Estádio João Cardoso	5,000	10th
Torreense	Torres Vedras	Estádio Manuel Marques	12,000	9th
Trofense	Trofa	Estádio do CD Trofense	5,074	17th
União de Leiria	Leiria	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa	23,888	1st (L3)
Vilafranquense	Vila Franca de Xira	Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior	6,500	5th

Personnel and sponsors

Team	Manager	Capitain	Kit Manufacturer	Main Sponsor
Académico de Viseu	Pedro Bessa	Paná	Joma	Palácio do Gelo
Benfica B	Luís Castro	Diogo Capitão	Adidas	Emirates
Belenenses	Bruno Dias	Alex Figueiredo	Joma	HERÓIS BETANO
B-SAD	Zé Pedro	Nuno Tomás	Kelme	Betway
Estrela da Amadora	Sérgio Vieira	Miguel Lopes	Lacatoni	My Football Club
Feirense	Rui Ferreira	Washington	Kelme
Leixões	Vítor Martins	Fabinho	AM	Matosinhos
Mafra	Rui Borges	Gui Ferreira	Lacatoni	Placard
Nacional	Filipe Cândido	Rafael Vieira	Hummel	Solverde
Oliveirense	Fábio Pereira	Filipe Alves	Kelme	Onodera Group
Paços de Ferreira	César Peixoto	Antunes	Joma	Solverde
Penafiel	Hélder Cristóvão	Roberto	Macron	EDIRCOP
Porto B	António Folha	Zé Pedro	New Balance	AMCO
Santa Clara	Danildo Accioly	Pierre Sagna	Kelme	Solverde
Tondela	Tozé Marreco	Ricardo Alves	CDT	Cabriz
Torreense	Pedro Moreira	João Pereira	Kappa	Agriloja
Trofense	Rui Sacramento	Vasco Rocha	Lacatoni	Mercainox
União de Leiria	Vasco Botelho da Costa	Diogo Amado	CDT	PORTA10
Vilafranquense	Ricardo Chéu	André Ceitil	Adidas

Season summary

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Académico de Viseu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Promotion to Primeira Liga
2	Benfica B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Belenenses	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
3	B-SAD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Estrela da Amadora	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Feirense	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Leixões	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Mafra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Nacional	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Oliveirense	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Paços de Ferreira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Penafiel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Porto B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Santa Clara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Tondela	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Torreense	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Trofense	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
17	União de Leiria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to Liga 3
18	Vilafranquense	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Liga Portugal 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) Champion; (I) Ineligible for promotion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs took place on 21 and 29 May 2022.

All times are WEST (UTC+1).

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
TBD	TBD-TBD	TBD	TBD-TBD	TBD

TBD

TBD	TBD–TBD	TBD

TBD, TBD

Referee: TBD

TBD

TBD	TBD–TBD	TBD

TBD, TBD

Referee: TBD

Results

Home \ Away	ACV	BEN	BEL	BSA	EST	FEI	LEI	MAF	MOR	NAC	OLI	PEN	POR	SCO	TON	TOR	TRO	UNI	VIL
Académico de Viseu	-
Benfica B		-
Belenenses			-
B-SAD				-
Estrela da Amadora					-
Feirense						-
Leixões							-
Mafra								-
Nacional									-
Oliveirense										-
Paços de Ferreira											-
Penafiel												-
Porto B													-
Santa Clara														-
Tondela															-
Torreense																-
Trofense																	-
União de Leiria																		-
Vilafranquense																			-

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
Académico de Viseu
Benfica B
Belenenses
B-SAD
Estrela da Amadora
Farense
Feirense
Leixões
Mafra
Nacional
Oliveirense
Paços de Ferreira
Penafiel
Porto B
Santa Clara
Tondela
Torreense
Trofense
União de Leiria
Vilafranquense

Number of teams by district

Rank	District Football Associations	Number	Teams
1	Lisbon	6	B-SAD, Benfica B, Belenenses, Estrela da Amadora, Mafra, Torreense and Vilafranquense
2	Porto	4	Leixões, Penafiel, Porto B and Trofense
3	Aveiro	2	Feirense and Oliveirense
	Viseu		Académico de Viseu and Tondela
5	Braga	1	Moreirense
	Faro		Farense
	Funchal		Nacional
	Leiria		União de Leiria