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, Belenenses (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. However, it is not a fusion, as Aves will have no participation in the SAD or in running the team. 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 Marítimo Paços de Ferreira Santa Clara Promoted from 2022–23 Liga 3 União de Leiria Belenenses Länk Vilaverdense
Promoted to 2023–24 Primeira Liga Moreirense Farense Estrela da Amadora Relegated to 2023–24 Liga 3 Trofense Sp. Covilhã B-SAD
Stadiums and Locations
Club Location Stadium CapacityFinal league position in 2022-23 Académico de Viseu Viseu Estádio do Fontelo 6,912 4th AVS Vila das Aves Estádio do CD Aves 6,230 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 2,431 9th União de Leiria Leiria Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 23,888 1st (L3)
Personnel and sponsors Team Manager Captain KitManufacturer 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
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 which finished 3rd in Liga 3.
All times are WEST (UTC+1).
Results
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.
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Number of teams by district RankDistrict Football AssociationsNumber Teams1 Porto5AVS, Leixões, Paços de Ferreira, Penafiel and Porto B2 Lisbon4Belenenses, Benfica B, Mafra and Torreense3 Aveiro2Feirense and Oliveirense FunchalMarítimo and Nacional ViseuAcadémico de Viseu and Tondela6 Braga1Länk Vilaverdense LeiriaUnião de Leiria Ponta DelgadaSanta Clara
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Marítimo 7,320 2 Leiria 5,771 3 Paços 2,144 4 Santa Clara 2,131 5 Nacional 2,086 6 Feirense 1,817 7 Os Belenenses 1,799 8 Leixões 1,790 9 Viseu 1,449 10 Tondela 1,142 11 Torreense 942 12 AVS 934 13 Penafiel 791 14 Mafra 769 15 Oliveirense 607 16 Porto B 497 17 Benfica B 493 18 Vilaverdense 240
Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/prt/aveprt24.htm
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