The 2020–21 Liga Portugal 2, also known as Liga Portugal SABSEG for sponsorship reasons, was the 31st season of Portuguese football's second-tier league, and the first season under the current Liga Portugal 2 title. A total of 18 teams were competing in this division, including reserve sides from top-flight Primeira Liga teams.
Teams A total of 18 teams contest the league, including 14 sides from the 2019–20 season, 2 teams relegated from the 2019–20 Primeira Liga and 2 promoted from the 2019–20 Campeonato de Portugal.
Vitória de Setúbal and Desportivo das Aves (16th and 18th placed teams in 2019–20 Primeira Liga) were punished by the Portuguese Professional Football League for failing to produce valid licensing documentation with direct relegation to 2020–21 Campeonato de Portugal and, because of that, Cova da Piedade and Casa Pia (17th and 18th placed teams in 2019–20 LigaPro) were not relegated.
Team changes
Promoted from 2019–20 Campeonato de Portugal Arouca Vizela
Promoted to 2020–21 Primeira Liga Nacional Farense
Stadium and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity2019–20finish Académica Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 29,622 7th Académico de Viseu Viseu Estádio do Fontelo 6,912 8th Arouca Arouca Estádio Municipal de Arouca 5,600 (CP) Benfica B Seixal Benfica Campus 2,644 14th Casa Pia Lisbon Estádio Pina Manique 1,600 18th Chaves Chaves Estádio Municipal Eng.ºManuel Branco Teixeira 8,396 12th Cova da Piedade Cova da Piedade Estádio Municipal José Martins Vieira 2,230 17th Estoril Estoril Estádio António Coimbra da Mota 8,015 5th Feirense Santa Maria da Feira Estádio Marcolino de Castro 5,401 3rd Leixões Matosinhos Estádio do Mar 9,821 9th Mafra Mafra Estádio Municipal de Mafra 1,257 4th Oliveirense Oliveira de Azeméis Estádio Carlos Osório 1,750 11th Penafiel Penafiel Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril 5,230 15th Porto B Vila Nova de Gaia Estádio Municipal Jorge Sampaio 8,272 13th Sp. Covilhã Covilhã Estádio Municipal José dos Santos Pinto 3,500 10th Varzim Póvoa de Varzim Estádio do Varzim SC 7,280 6th Vilafranquense Vila Franca de Xira Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior 7,000 16th Vizela Vizela Estádio do FC Vizela 6,000 (CP)
Personnel and sponsors Team Head coach Kit manufacturer Académica Rui Borges Playoff Académico de Viseu Zé Gomes Macron Arouca Armando Evangelista Skita Benfica B Nélson Veríssimo Adidas Casa Pia Filipe Martins Macron Chaves Vítor Campelos Lacatoni Cova da Piedade Miguel Leal Lacatoni Estoril Bruno Pinheiro Kappa Feirense Rui Ferreira Legea Leixões José Mota Luanvi Mafra Ricardo Sousa Lacatoni Oliveirense Raúl Oliveira Rakso Penafiel Pedro Ribeiro Macron Porto B António Folha New Balance Sp. Covilhã José Bizarro Lacatoni Varzim António Barbosa Stadio Vilafranquense Carlos Pinto Adidas Vizela Álvaro Pacheco Lacatoni
Season summary
League table
Season statistics Top goalscorers . RankPlayerClubGoals1 CassianoVizela162 Mohamed BouldiniAcadémica133 João VieiraCova da Piedade12 Abdul-Aziz YakubuEstoril5 Malik AbubakariCasa Pia11 Henrique AraújoBenfica B Abraham MarcusFeirense Gonçalo RamosBenfica B9 NenêLeixões10 Fabrício SimõesFeirense Ronaldo TavaresPenafiel
Number of teams by district RankDistrict Football AssociationsNumber Teams1 Lisbon5Benfica B, Casa Pia, Estoril, Mafra and Vilafranquense2 Porto4Leixões, Penafiel, Porto B and Varzim3 Aveiro 3Arouca, Feirense and Oliveirense4 Braga 1Vizela Castelo Branco Sp. Covilhã Coimbra Académica Setúbal Cova da Piedade Vila Real Chaves Viseu Académico de Viseu
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