2020–21 Liga Portugal 2

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.

Liga Portugal 2

Season	2020–21
Dates	10 September 2020 – 16 May 2021
Champions	Estoril
Promoted	Estoril Vizela Arouca
Relegated	Cova da Piedade Oliveirense
Matches played	306
Goals scored	741 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cassiano (16 goals)
Longest unbeaten run	Vizela (26 games)
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

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.^[1][2]

Team changes

Promoted from 2019–20 Campeonato de Portugal Arouca Vizela

Promoted to 2020–21 Primeira Liga Nacional Farense

Stadium and locations

Casa Pia

Feirense

Chaves

Benfica B

Académica

Ac. Viseu

Estoril

Leixões

Oliveirense

Penafiel

Porto B

Sp. Covilhã

Varzim

Mafra

Vilafranquense

Vizela

Arouca

C. Piedade

Location of teams in 2020–21 Liga Portugal 2

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2019–20 finish
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.º Manuel 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Estoril (C, P)	34	20	10	4	55	26	+29	70	Promotion to Primeira Liga
2	Vizela (P)	34	18	12	4	59	35	+24	66
3	Arouca (O, P)	34	19	8	7	45	25	+20	65	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
4	Académica	34	17	11	6	46	30	+16	62
5	Feirense	34	17	7	10	48	33	+15	58
6	Chaves	34	16	9	9	46	36	+10	57
7	Penafiel	34	12	10	12	42	42	0	46
8	Benfica B (I)	34	12	8	14	52	43	+9	44
9	Casa Pia	34	10	13	11	41	46	−5	43
10	Leixões	34	10	10	14	35	43	−8	40
11	Cova da Piedade (R)	34	8	13	13	39	48	−9	37[a]	Relegation to Liga 3[b]
12	Mafra	34	9	10	15	35	48	−13	37[a]
13	Sp. Covilhã	34	8	13	13	36	42	−6	37[a]
14	Académico de Viseu	34	9	9	16	32	45	−13	36
15	Varzim	34	9	6	19	26	44	−18	33
16	Porto B (I)	34	7	11	16	45	52	−7	32
17	Vilafranquense	34	5	16	13	34	54	−20	31[c]
18	Oliveirense (R)	34	7	10	17	25	49	−24	31[c]	Relegation to Liga 3[b]

Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2021. 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) Champions; (I) Ineligible for promotion; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Cova da Piedade 7, Mafra 6, Sporting Covilhã 2
2. Cova da Piedade failed to produce valid licensing documentation to compete in the 2021–22 season of the Liga Portugal 2, so they were punished by the Portuguese Professional Football League with direct relegation to the Liga 3. As a result, Vilafranquense (17th place) were invited to remain in the second tier for the 2021–22 season.^[3]
3. Vilafranquense are ranked ahead of Oliveirense on head-to-head away goals: Vilafranquense 0–0 Oliveirense, Oliveirense 2–2 Vilafranquense.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 22 May 2021.^[4]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Cassiano	Vizela	16
2	Mohamed Bouldini	Académica	13
3	João Vieira	Cova da Piedade	12
	Abdul-Aziz Yakubu	Estoril
5	Malik Abubakari	Casa Pia	11
	Henrique Araújo	Benfica B
	Abraham Marcus	Feirense
	Gonçalo Ramos	Benfica B
9	Nenê	Leixões	10
	Fabrício Simões	Feirense
	Ronaldo Tavares	Penafiel

Number of teams by district

Rank	District Football Associations	Number	Teams
1	Lisbon	5	Benfica B, Casa Pia, Estoril, Mafra and Vilafranquense
2	Porto	4	Leixões, Penafiel, Porto B and Varzim
3	Aveiro	3	Arouca, Feirense and Oliveirense
4	Braga	1	Vizela
	Castelo Branco		Sp. Covilhã
	Coimbra		Académica
	Setúbal		Cova da Piedade
	Vila Real		Chaves
	Viseu		Académico de Viseu

References

1. "Aves e Vitória de Setúbal descem ao Campeonato de Portugal". SAPO (in Portuguese). 29 July 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
2. "Cova da Piedade e Casa Pia admitidos na II Liga em 2020/21". O Jogo (in Portuguese). 20 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
3. "Inscrição do Cova da Piedade foi rejeitada pela Liga: Vilafranquense convidado para o seu lugar". zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). 21 June 2021.
4. "Estatísticas". Liga Portugal. Retrieved 26 November 2020.