LigaPro

LigaPro

Country	Portugal
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1990 (as Segunda Divisão de Honra)
Number of teams	24
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Primeira Liga
Relegation to	Campeonato de Portugal
Domestic cup(s)	Taça de Portugal
League cup(s)	Taça da Liga
Current champions	Tondela (1st title) (2014–15)
Most championships	Paços de Ferreira (3 titles)
TV partners	Sport TV Benfica TV Porto Canal Sporting TV
Website	http://www.ligaportugal.pt/
2015–16 LigaPro

The LigaPro (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈliɣɐˈpɾɔ]; English: ProLeague), also called Ledman LigaPro for sponsorship reasons,^[1] is the second-highest division of the Portuguese football league system, after the Primeira Liga. At the end of each season, the top-finishing teams are promoted to the Primeira Liga, and the lowest-ranked teams are relegated to the third-tier Campeonato de Portugal.

The LigaPro was founded in 1990 as the Segunda Divisão de Honra (Second Division of Honour), superseding the now-folded Segunda Divisão (Second Division) as the second tier of Portuguese football. When the division came under the auspices of the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP) in 1999, it was renamed to Segunda Liga (Second League), a designation that was kept until 2016, with the exception of a period between 2005 and 2012, when it was known as Liga de Honra (League of Honour). The current branding and sponsorship were introduced during the 2015–16 season.^[2]

The division is contested nationwide by a total of 24 teams, including the reserve sides (B teams) of several top-flight clubs. This number will be reduced to 22 in the 2016–17 season, with a further reduction to 20 teams scheduled for the 2017–18 season.^[3]^[4]

Eighteen different clubs have won the division title. The most successful team at this level is Paços de Ferreira, with three wins, including the inaugural season. The current champions are Tondela, who won the title for the first time in the 2014–15 season.

History

Before 1990, there was only one professional nationwide football league in Portugal, the Primeira Divisão (First Division). Lower placed teams were relegated to the Segunda Divisão (Second Division), a regional league, while the top teams from that league would be promoted to the First Division. Starting with the 1990–91 season, a new second-tier professional league was created, taking the name Segunda Divisão de Honra, while the previous Segunda Divisão became the third-tier league and was renamed Segunda Divisão B.

In 1999, the Portuguese League for Professional Football (LPFP) took control of the two nationwide levels and renamed the league Segunda Liga (Second League), while in 2005 it was renamed Liga de Honra and the Segunda Divisão B reverted to its original name. In 2012, the second tier of Portuguese football was renamed again Segunda Liga and in 2016 it was renamed LigaPro.

Format

Between the 2014–15 season and 2015–16 season, there are 24 clubs in the Segunda Liga. For the 2016–17 season it is foreseen to reduce the number of teams from 24 to 22.^[5] During the course of a season, each club plays all teams twice — once at their home stadium and once at their opponent's — for a total of 46 games. At the end of each season, the two top teams are promoted to Primeira Liga and the five lowest placed teams are relegated to the Campeonato de Portugal. The B teams can't be promoted to Primeira Liga but can be demoted to the Campeonato de Portugal if they end the season in one of the relegation positions or if the main team is also relegated to the same league.

Broadcasting

Sport TV broadcasts two matches per week. Benfica TV broadcasts Benfica B and Farense home games, while Porto Canal broadcasts Porto B home games, and Sporting TV broadcasts Sporting B home games.

Clubs

Benfica B
Sporting CP B
Atlético CP
Oriental

Location of teams in 2015–16 LigaPro (Mainland)

Santa Clara

Location of teams in 2015–16 LigaPro (Azores)

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity	2014–15 finish
Académico de Viseu	Viseu	Estádio do Fontelo	8,046	12th
Atlético CP	Lisbon	Estádio da Tapadinha	2,500	22nd
Benfica B	Lisbon	Caixa Futebol Campus	2,720	6th
Braga B	Braga	Estádio 1º de Maio	5,000	21st
Chaves	Chaves	Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira	8,000	3rd
Desportivo das Aves	Vila das Aves	Estádio do CD Aves	5,441	18th
Famalicão	Vila Nova de Famalicão	Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho	10,000	312nd (CNS)
Farense	Faro	Estádio de São Luís	7,000	11th
Feirense	Santa Maria da Feira	Estádio Marcolino de Castro	5,401	7th
Freamunde	Freamunde	Campo do SC Freamunde	3,919	8th
Gil Vicente	Barcelos	Estádio Cidade de Barcelos	12,032	3117th (PL)
Leixões	Matosinhos	Estádio do Mar	6,798	20th
Mafra	Mafra	Parque Desportivo Municipal de Mafra	1,100	311st (CNS)
Olhanense	Olhão	Estádio José Arcanjo	5,661	16th
Oliveirense	Oliveira de Azeméis	Estádio Carlos Osório	1,435	17th
Oriental	Lisbon	Campo Eng. Carlos Salema	1,860	15th
Penafiel	Penafiel	Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril	5,230	3118th (PL)
Portimonense	Portimão	Estádio Municipal de Portimão	6,000	14th
Porto B	Porto	Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio	8,272	13th
Santa Clara	Ponta Delgada	Estádio de São Miguel	12,500	19th
Sporting CP B	Lisbon	CGD Stadium Aurélio Pereira	1,180	5th
Sporting da Covilhã	Covilhã	Estádio Municipal José dos Santos Pinto	2,055	4th
Varzim	Póvoa de Varzim	Estádio do Varzim SC	7,280	313rd (CNS)
Vitória de Guimarães B	Guimarães	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques	30,008	9th

Champions

For champions at this level before 1990, see Portuguese Second Division.

Season	Champion	Points	Runner-up	Points	Third place	Points	Teams	Top scorer	Club	Goals
1990–91	Paços de Ferreira	51	Estoril	46	Torreense	45	20	Eduard Eranosyan	Leixões	22
1991–92	Sporting de Espinho	50	Belenenses	48	Tirsense	45	18	Rashidi Yekini	Vitória de Setúbal	22
1992–93	Estrela da Amadora	48	União da Madeira	47	Vitória de Setúbal	47	18	Rashidi Yekini	Vitória de Setúbal	34
1993–94	Tirsense	46	União de Leiria	45	Chaves	45	18	Edinho	Portimonense	16
1994–95	Leça	46	Campomaiorense	46	Felgueiras	44	18	Tihomir Rudež	Campomaiorense	20
1995–96	Rio Ave	68	Vitória de Setúbal	62	Sporting de Espinho	62	18	Paulo Vida	Desportivo das Aves	22
1996–97	Campomaiorense	62	Varzim	59	Académica	58	18	Carlos Freitas	Desportivo de Beja	17
1997–98	União de Leiria	70	Beira-Mar	64	Alverca	62	18	Armando Santos	Moreirense	21
1998–99	Gil Vicente	68	Belenenses	61	Santa Clara	55	18	Marcão	Varzim	23
1999–2000	Paços de Ferreira (2)	65	Beira-Mar	65	Desportivo das Aves	61	18	Marcão	Varzim	27
2000–01	Santa Clara	67	Varzim	64	Vitória de Setúbal	64	18	Brandão	Santa Clara	24
2001–02	Moreirense	64	Académica	62	Nacional	62	18	Ibón Pérez Paulo Vida Rômulo Serginho	Chaves Paços de Ferreira Nacional Nacional	18
2002–03	Rio Ave (2)	63	Alverca	60	Estrela da Amadora	57	18	Igor	Maia	20
2003–04	Estoril	67	Vitória de Setúbal	64	Penafiel	61	18	Fábio Hempel	Salgueiros	25
2004–05	Paços de Ferreira (3)	69	Naval 1º de Maio	62	Estrela da Amadora	60	18	Rincón	Paços de Ferreira	18
2005–06	Beira-Mar	68	Desportivo das Aves	64	Leixões	62	18	Cássio Nuno Sousa	Maia/Chaves Gondomar	20
2006–07	Leixões	60	Vitória de Guimarães	55	Rio Ave	53	16	Roberto Alcântara	Leixões	17
2007–08	Trofense	52	Rio Ave	51	Vizela	50	16	Júlio César	Santa Clara	13
2008–09	Olhanense	58	União de Leiria	53	Santa Clara	52	16	Djalmir	Olhanense	20
2009–10	Beira-Mar (2)	54	Portimonense	54	Feirense	52	16	Reguila	Trofense	15
2010–11	Gil Vicente (2)	55	Feirense	55	Trofense	54	16	Bock	Freamunde	15
2011–12	Estoril (2)	57	Moreirense	52	Desportivo das Aves	50	16	Joeano	Arouca	19
2012–13	Belenenses	94	Arouca	73	Leixões	68	22	Joeano	Arouca	24
2013–14	Moreirense (2)	79	Porto B	77	Penafiel	73	22	Pires	Moreirense	22
2014–15	Tondela	81	União da Madeira	80	Chaves	80	24	Tozé Marreco Erivelto	Tondela Sporting da Covilhã	23

Statistics

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning seasons	Runner-up seasons
Paços de Ferreira	3	0	1990–91, 1999–2000, 2004–05	0 !–
Beira-Mar	2	2	2005–06, 2009–10	1997–98, 1999–2000
Rio Ave	2	1	1995–96, 2002–03	2007–08
Estoril	2	1	2003–04, 2011–12	1990–91
Moreirense	2	1	2003–02, 2013–14	2011–12
Gil Vicente	2	0	1998–99, 2010–11	0 !–
União de Leiria	1	2	1997–98	1993–94, 2008–09
Belenenses	1	2	2012–13	1991–92, 1998–99
Campomaiorense	1	1	1996–97	1994–95
Espinho	1	0	1991–92	0 !–
Estrela da Amadora	1	0	1992–93	0 !–
Tirsense	1	0	1993–94	0 !–
Leça	1	0	1994–95	0 !–
Santa Clara	1	0	2000–01	0 !–
Leixões	1	0	2006–07	0 !–
Trofense	1	0	2007–08	0 !–
Olhanense	1	0	2008–09	0 !–
Tondela	1	0	2014–15	0 !–
Varzim	0	2	0 !–	1996–97, 2000–01
Vitória de Setúbal	0	2	0 !–	1995–96, 2003–04
União da Madeira	0	2	0 !–	1992–93, 2014–15
Académica	0	1	0 !–	2001–02
Alverca	0	1	0 !–	2002–03
Naval 1º de Maio	0	1	0 !–	2004–05
Desportivo das Aves	0	1	0 !–	2005–06
Vitória de Guimarães	0	1	0 !–	2006–07
Portimonense	0	1	0 !–	2009–10
Feirense	0	1	0 !–	2010–11
Arouca	0	1	0 !–	2012–13
Porto B	0	1	0 !–	2013–14

All-time ranking

Last updated following the 2013–14 season

#	Club	Seasons	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Goal difference	First season	Last season	Best placing	Notes
1	Desportivo das Aves	23	794	302	221	271	1147	972	931	41	1991	2016	19 !2nd
2	Penafiel	20	630	242	182	206	908	735	701	34	1993	2016	18 !3rd
3	Feirense	20	668	235	188	245	893	803	798	5	1991	2016	19 !2nd
4	Portimonense	18	590	199	177	214	774	712	732	-20	1991	2016	19 !2nd
5	Santa Clara	15	460	178	140	162	674	574	544	30	1999	2016	20 !1st (1 title)
6	Estoril	14	456	171	136	149	648	556	487	69	1991	2012	21 !1st (2 titles)
7	Leixões	14	462	169	133	160	640	525	489	36	1991	2016	20 !1st (1 title)
8	Varzim	13	426	161	127	138	610	502	479	23	1991	2016	19 !2nd
9	Chaves	13	420	148	126	146	574	477	499	-22	1994	2016	18 !3rd
10	Rio Ave	10	342	157	83	92	554	478	349	129	1992	2008	21 !1st (2 titles)
11	Felgueiras	12	408	141	124	142	547	482	484	-2	1993	2005	18 !3rd	Folded in 2005.
12	Académica	10	344	134	82	108	544	457	368	89	1991	2002	19 !2nd
13	Beira-Mar	9	348	143	109	96	538	649	333	288	1996	2015	21 !1st (2 titles)
14	União da Madeira	12	398	133	124	141	523	484	476	8	1993	2015	19 !2nd
15	Sporting de Espinho	11	378	134	109	135	511	471	437	34	1991	2005	20 !1st (1 title)
16	Paços de Ferreira	8	274	132	87	67	483	368	289	79	1991	2005	22 !1st (3 titles)
17	Moreirense	10	310	127	95	118	476	440	413	27	1996	2014	21 !1st (2 titles)
18	Maia	9	344	125	80	139	455	477	496	19	1991	2006	17 !4th
19	Sporting da Covilhã	13	390	112	113	165	449	369	444	-73	1997	2016	17 !4th
20	Naval 1º de Maio	9	312	113	103	96	442	419	384	35	1999	2014	19 !2nd
21	Ovarense	11	374	130	104	163	431	445	581	-136	1992	2006	15 !6th
22	Freamunde	12	344	99	103	142	400	408	491	-83	1991	2016	15 !6th
23	Académico de Viseu	9	296	97	77	122	368	287	332	-45	1991	2016	17 !4th
24	União de Lamas	9	306	98	68	140	362	310	433	-123	1995	2003	15 !6th
25	Oliveirense	9	284	92	79	113	355	340	393	-53	2002	2016	17 !4th
26	Gil Vicente	7	218	93	75	50	354	299	215	84	1998	2016	21 !1st (2 titles)
27	Trofense	9	280	90	79	111	349	295	366	-72	2007	2015	20 !1st (1 title)
28	União de Leiria	6	204	94	56	54	337	280	184	94	1991	2009	20 !1st (1 title)
29	Nacional	8	272	86	76	110	334	322	351	-29	1992	2002	18 !3rd
30	Leça	7	238	92	55	91	331	290	317	-27	1994	2003	20 !1st (1 title)
31	Olhanense	8	198	83	73	82	322	258	256	2	1992	2016	20 !1st (1 title)
32	Vitória de Setúbal	5	170	89	43	38	310	302	169	133	1992	2004	19 !2nd
33	Belenenses	5	170	83	49	38	298	250	162	88	1992	2013	20 !1st (1 title)
34	Estrela da Amadora	5	170	75	57	48	282	222	163	59	1992	2005	20 !1st (1 title)	Folded in 2010.
35	Campomaiorense	5	170	73	34	63	253	240	208	32	1993	2002	20 !1st (1 title)	Ended football team in 2013.
36	Alverca	5	180	67	44	59	245	196	165	31	1996	2005	19 !2nd
37	Sporting B	4	130	59	37	34	214	186	155	31	2013	2016	17 !4th
38	Benfica B	4	130	57	38	35	209	229	170	59	2013	2016	16 !5th
39	Gondomar	5	158	52	41	65	201	191	186	5	2005	2009	16 !5th
40	Tondela	4	130	53	40	37	199	163	149	14	2013	2015	20 !1st (1 title)
41	Marco	5	170	51	45	74	197	209	274	-65	2001	2006	17 !4th
42	Torreense	5	174	48	48	78	192	188	255	-67	1991	1998	18 !3rd
43	Porto B	4	130	52	33	44	192	174	156	18	2013	2016	19 !2nd
44	Louletano	4	140	49	32	59	179	164	180	-16	1991	1994	12 !9th
45	Atlético CP	6	160	41	45	74	168	162	223	-62	2012	2016	10 !11th
46	Vizela	4	124	40	45	39	165	139	135	4	2006	2009	18 !3rd
47	Farense	4	122	42	37	43	163	128	130	-2	2003	2016	11 !10th
48	Tirsense	3	102	42	31	30	157	98	88	10	1992	1997	20 !1st (1 title)
49	Arouca	3	102	39	33	30	150	144	125	19	2011	2013	19 !2nd
50	Braga B	4	130	36	36	58	142	135	173	-38	2013	2016	05 !15th
51	Marítimo B	4	130	35	28	67	133	115	171	-56	2013	2015	06 !16th
52	Benfica Castelo Branco	3	106	29	31	46	118	90	140	-50	1991	1993	16 !5th
53	Vitória de Guimarães B	3	88	26	23	39	101	101	113	-12	2013	2016	12 !9th
54	Salgueiros	2	68	25	18	25	93	86	93	-7	2003	2004	16 !5th	Ended football team in 2005.
55	Fátima	3	90	18	32	40	86	85	131	-36	2008	2011	13 !8th
56	Famalicão	3	68	21	10	37	73	59	90	-31	1995	2016	09 !12th
57	Esposende	2	68	16	18	34	66	55	99	-44	1999	2000	07 !14th
58	Imortal	2	68	15	21	32	66	76	108	-32	2000	2001	06 !15th
59	Amora	2	68	14	23	31	65	57	95	-38	1993	1995	04 !17th
60	Barreirense	2	72	12	24	36	60	57	117	-60	1991	2006	06 !15th
61	Oriental	2	46	15	13	18	58	47	59	-12	2015	2016	06 !15th
62	Vitória de Guimarães	1	30	16	7	7	55	44	20	24	2007	2007	19 !2nd
63	O Elvas	1	38	14	10	14	52	45	45	0	1991	1991	07 !14th
64	Desportivo de Beja	1	34	9	10	15	37	44	55	-11	1997	1997	04 !17th
65	Recreio de Águeda	1	38	10	5	23	35	41	73	-32	1991	1991	03 !18th
66	Boavista	1	30	9	5	16	32	28	44	-16	2009	2009	06 !15th
67	Olivais e Moscavide	1	30	7	6	17	27	26	42	-16	2007	2007	06 !15th
68	Lusitano VRSA	1	38	4	13	21	25	16	45	-29	1991	1991	02 !19th
69	Carregado	1	30	6	6	18	24	26	47	-21	2010	2010	05 !16th
70	Mafra	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2016	2016	00 !none

Competing in Primeira Liga
Competing in Segunda Liga
Competing below Segunda Liga
Not competing (See Notes)

For standardization purposes, a win is worth three points for all clubs.

References

↑ "Quatro jogos televisionados da jornada 28 já com a presença do novo patrocinador" [Four televised matchday 28 games already featuring the new sponsor] (in Portuguese). Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP). Retrieved 6 February 2016.
↑ "Aí está a Liga Pro!" [Here is LigaPro!] (in Portuguese). LPFP. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
↑ "Conheça a nova competição construída pela Liga Portugal em conjunto com os Clubes" [Meet the new competition created by the Portuguese League together with the clubs] (in Portuguese). LPFP. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
↑ "Assembleia Geral Extraordinária da Liga" [League Extraordinary General Meeting] (in Portuguese). LPFP. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
↑ "Segunda Liga will have less teams in 2016/2017 season". Sapo Desporto (in Portuguese). Sapo Desporto. Retrieved 16 July 2015.

External links

Official webpage (Portuguese)

LigaPro · 2015–16

Académico de Viseu Atlético CP Benfica B Braga B Chaves Desportivo das Aves Famalicão Farense Feirense Freamunde Gil Vicente Leixões Mafra Olhanense Oliveirense Oriental Penafiel Portimonense Porto B Santa Clara Sporting CP B Sporting da Covilhã Varzim Vitória de Guimarães B

Second level football seasons in Portugal

Experimental Segunda Liga	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38

Segunda Divisão	1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

Segunda Divisão de Honra	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99

Segunda Liga	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05

Liga de Honra	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Segunda Liga	2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

LigaPro	2015–16 2016–17

Second level football leagues of Europe (UEFA)

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Football in Portugal

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National teams	Portugal captains hat-tricks Women's B U-23 U-21 U-20 U-19 U-18 U-17 U-16 U-15

League system	Primeira Liga (hat-tricks) LigaPro Campeonato de Portugal Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino

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Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira Taça de Portugal de Futebol Feminino Supertaça de Futebol Feminino

Defunct competitions	Segunda Divisão Terceira Divisão Taça Ribeiro dos Reis Taça Federação Portuguesa de Futebol Liga Intercalar

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