2022–23 Liga Portugal 2

The 2022–23 Liga Portugal 2, also known as Liga Portugal SABSEG for sponsorship reasons, is the 33rd 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.

Liga Portugal 2

Season	2022–23
Dates	August 2022 – May 2023
Champions	Moreirense
Promoted	Moreirense Farense Estrela da Amadora
Relegated	B-SAD Trofense Sporting Covilhã
Matches played	306
Biggest home win	Benfica B 5–1 Mafra (19 October 2022)
Biggest away win	Benfica B 3–6 Farense (8 January 2023)
Highest scoring	Moreirense 7–4 Benfica B (16 April 2023)
← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 18 May 2022.

Teams

A total of 18 teams contest the league, including 13 sides from the 2021–22 season, 3 teams relegated from the 2021–22 Primeira Liga and 2 promoted from the 2021–22 Liga 3.

Moreirense, Tondela and B-SAD were relegated to 2021–22 Liga Portugal 2 after finishing in 16th, 17th and 18th placed teams in 2021–22 Primeira Liga.

Torreense^[1] (promoted after a 24-year absence) and Oliveirense^[2] (promoted after a one-year absence) were promoted from the 2021–22 Liga 3, replacing Varzim and Académica.

Team changes

Relegated from 2021–22 Primeira Liga Moreirense Tondela B-SAD Promoted from 2021–22 Liga 3 Torreense Oliveirense

Promoted to 2022–23 Primeira Liga Rio Ave[3] Casa Pia[4] Chaves[5] Relegated to 2022–23 Liga 3 Varzim Académica

Stadium and locations

Farense

Feirense

Benfica B

Ac. Viseu

Leixões

Penafiel

Porto B

Mafra

Vilafranquense

Trofense

Est. Amadora

Torreense

Oliveirense

B-SAD

Tondela

Sp. Covilhã

Moreirense

Location of teams in 2021–22 Liga Portugal 2

Nacional

Location of teams in 2021–22 Primeira Liga (Madeira)

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2021–22 finish
Académico de Viseu	Viseu	Estádio do Fontelo	6,912	15th
Benfica B	Seixal	Benfica Campus	2,644	5th
B-SAD	Oeiras	Estádio Nacional	37,593	18th (PL)
Estrela da Amadora	Amadora	Estádio José Gomes	9,288	14th
Farense	Faro	Estádio de São Luís	7,000	11th
Feirense	Santa Maria da Feira	Estádio Marcolino de Castro	5,401	4th
Leixões	Matosinhos	Estádio do Mar	9,821	8th
Mafra	Mafra	Estádio Municipal de Mafra	1,257	9th
Moreirense	Moreira de Cónegos	Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas	6,150	16th (PL)
Nacional	Funchal	Estádio da Madeira	5,200	6th
Oliveirense	Oliveira de Azeméis	Estádio Carlos Osório	1,750	2nd (L3)
Penafiel	Penafiel	Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril	5,230	7th
Porto B	Vila Nova de Gaia	Estádio Municipal Jorge Sampaio	8,272	10th
Sp. Covilhã	Covilhã	Estádio Municipal José dos Santos Pinto	3,500	16th
Tondela	Tondela	Estádio João Cardoso	5,000	17th (PL)
Torreense	Torres Vedras	Estádio Manuel Marques	12,000	1st (L3)
Trofense	Trofa	Estádio do CD Trofense	5,074	13th
Vilafranquense	Vila Franca de Xira	Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior	7,000	12th

Personnel and sponsors

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit Manufacturer	Main Sponsor
Académico de Viseu	Pedro Bessa	Paná	Joma	Palácio do Gelo
Benfica B	Luís Castro	Diogo Capitão	Adidas	Emirates
B-SAD	Zé Pedro	Nuno Tomás	Kelme	Betway
Estrela da Amadora	Sérgio Vieira	Miguel Lopes	Lacatoni	My Football Club
Farense	José Mota	Fabrício Isidoro	Lacatoni	Couteiro-Mor
Feirense	Rui Ferreira	Washington	Kelme
Leixões	Vítor Martins	Fabinho	AM	Matosinhos
Mafra	Rui Borges	Gui Ferreira	Lacatoni	Placard
Moreirense	Paulo Alves	Luís Rocha	CDT	Placard
Nacional	Filipe Cândido	Rafael Vieira	Hummel	Solverde
Oliveirense	Fábio Pereira	Filipe Alves	Kelme	Onodera Group
Penafiel	Hélder Cristóvão	Roberto	Macron	EDIRCOP
Porto B	António Folha	Zé Pedro	New Balance	AMCO
Sp. Covilhã	Alex Costa	Gilberto Silva	Lacatoni	Municipio da Covilhã
Tondela	Tozé Marreco	Ricardo Alves	CDT	Cabriz
Torreense	Pedro Moreira	João Pereira	Kappa	Agriloja
Trofense	Rui Sacramento	Vasco Rocha	Lacatoni	Mercainox
Vilafranquense	Ricardo Chéu	André Ceitil	Adidas

Season summary

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Moreirense (C, P)	34	24	7	3	77	38	+39	79	Promotion to Primeira Liga
2	Farense (P)	34	21	6	7	57	34	+23	69
3	Estrela da Amadora (O, P)	34	16	15	3	55	35	+20	63	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
4	Académico de Viseu	34	14	11	9	51	45	+6	53
5	Porto B (I)	34	14	9	11	48	40	+8	51
6	Mafra	34	12	11	11	46	49	−3	47
7	Vilafranquense	34	12	10	12	42	36	+6	46[lower-alpha 1]
8	Feirense	34	11	13	10	43	37	+6	46[lower-alpha 1]
9	Torreense	34	13	5	16	38	41	−3	44
10	Oliveirense	34	11	10	13	51	50	+1	43
11	Tondela	34	8	16	10	35	35	0	40
12	Penafiel	34	9	12	13	36	47	−11	39[lower-alpha 2]
13	Nacional	34	10	9	15	35	46	−11	39[lower-alpha 2]
14	Benfica B (I)	34	10	8	16	52	58	−6	38[lower-alpha 3]
15	Leixões	34	10	9	15	38	49	−11	38[lower-alpha 3]
16	B-SAD (R)	34	9	8	17	41	59	−18	35	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
17	Trofense (R)	34	8	8	18	31	51	−20	32	Relegation to Liga 3
18	Sp. Covilhã (R)	34	7	7	20	31	57	−26	28

Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2023. Source: Liga Portugal 2
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. Vilafranquense are ahead of Feirense on head-to-head points: Vilafranquense 1–0 Feirense, Feirense 1–2 Vilafranquense.
2. Penafiel are ahead of Nacional on head-to-head points: Penafiel 3–0 Nacional, Nacional 1–1 Pennafiel.
3. Benfica B are ahead of Leixões on head-to-head points: Benfica B 2–1 Leixões, Leixões 1–1 Benfica B. Leixões were deducted 1 point for financial irregularities.^[6]

Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs will take place on 3 and 11 June 2023 between B-SAD who finished 16th in the Liga 2 and Länk Vilaverdense who finished 3rd in Liga 3.

All times are WEST (UTC+1).

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Länk Vilaverdense	2–1	B-SAD	1–1	0–1

Länk Vilaverdense	1–1	B-SAD
Gonçalo Teixeira 30'	Report	João Lima 5'

3 June 2023

18:00

Campo Cruz do Reguengo, Vila Verde

Attendance: 215

Referee: Gustavo Correia (Portugal)

B-SAD	0–1	Länk Vilaverdense
	Report	João Batista 21'

11 June 2023

17:00

Estádio Municipal, Rio Maior

Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

Results

Home \ Away	ACV	BEN	BSA	EST	FAR	FEI	LEI	MAF	MOR	NAC	OLI	PEN	POR	SCO	TON	TOR	TRO	VIL
Académico de Viseu	—	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–4	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–2	3–1	2–0
Benfica B	1–1	—	0–1	1–2	0–1	3–6	2–1	5–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	2–2	4–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–2
B-SAD	1–1	0–2	—	1–3	2–3	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–3	0–1	2–1	2–2	2–3	0–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–3
Estrela da Amadora	2–1	2–1	2–0	—	1–1	4–1	2–2	2–2	2–4	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–1
Farense	2–2	5–2	4–0	2–2	—	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	2–1
Feirense	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–2	—	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	3–2	2–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–2
Leixões	2–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–1	—	0–2	0–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0
Mafra	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	—	0–2	3–3	2–3	3–0	0–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1
Moreirense	1–0	7–4	4–1	0–0	3–2	0–0	4–2	4–2	—	3–1	4–1	3–1	3–2	6–4	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0
Nacional	3–2	2–0	1–3	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	0–2	—	0–3	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–1	3–1	0–1	1–1
Oliveirense	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	4–3	3–1	2–2	0–0	—	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–2
Penafiel	1–2	0–3	3–3	2–4	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	—	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–1
Porto B	3–1	3–1	1–2	1–2	4–0	0–0	4–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	—	0–1	0–0	2–0	4–2	0–1
Sp. Covilhã	2–3	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	1–2	—	1–0	0–3	0–2	0–0
Tondela	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–3	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–3	0–1	0–1	1–1	—	1–1	0–0	1–0
Torreense	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	4–2	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	5–1	3–0	3–1	0–3	—	0–0	0–1
Trofense	1–0	1–2	3–2	2–2	2–1	0–3	1–2	1–2	0–3	2–2	2–1	1–2	0–3	2–0	1–2	0–1	—	1–3
Vilafranquense	1–3	3–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–3	1–2	4–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	—

First match(es) will be played: 28 May 2023. Source: Liga Portugal 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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	7	15	15	15	17	18	13	11	11	10	8	10	6	3	3	3	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Benfica B	7	13	14	14	11	11	9	9	8	4	3	3	3	5	8	8	9	10	8	10	13	12	14	14	11	11	13	14	14	12	13	13	13	14
B-SAD	13	17	17	17	13	13	15	17	13	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Estrela da Amadora	7	13	7	6	6	5	6	8	7	8	9	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Farense	3	3	6	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Feirense	7	2	5	9	10	9	8	6	9	5	5	6	7	8	5	6	6	8	11	8	9	10	10	8	7	7	7	6	5	7	6	8	9	8
Leixões	12	8	9	4	5	8	10	10	10	11	11	9	10	10	11	11	13	12	12	12	10	11	11	12	13	14	11	11	13	14	14	14	14	15
Mafra	18	5	2	8	9	10	11	12	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	14	13	11	9	7	7	8	6
Moreirense	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Nacional	15	7	12	16	18	12	14	16	15	16	15	14	13	13	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	13
Oliveirense	1	5	11	11	14	14	16	15	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	12	11	9	9	6	6	8	8	11	12	12	9	12	10	11	11	11	11	10
Penafiel	11	16	16	10	4	7	7	7	6	9	10	11	11	11	9	9	10	11	10	11	11	7	7	9	9	10	12	10	12	13	12	12	12	12
Porto B	15	9	3	5	6	6	5	5	4	3	4	4	8	6	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	6	6	7	6	6	6	7	7	6	8	6	5	5
Sp. Covilhã	4	12	10	13	12	15	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Tondela	4	4	8	7	6	4	4	4	5	7	7	8	9	9	10	10	8	7	7	9	8	9	9	6	8	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	11
Torreense	14	18	18	18	16	17	18	13	16	13	14	15	15	15	16	16	14	13	13	13	12	13	12	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	7	9
Trofense	2	9	13	12	15	16	12	14	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Vilafranquense	15	11	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	6	6	7	5	7	6	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	6	7

	Leader and promotion to Primeira Liga
	Promotion to Primeira Liga
	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
	Relegation to Liga 3

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2023. Source: Liga Portugal 2

Number of teams by district

Rank	District Football Associations	Number	Teams
1	Lisbon	6	B-SAD, Benfica B, 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
	Castelo Branco		Sp. Covilhã
	Faro		Farense
	Funchal		Nacional

References

1. "Liga Portugal welcomes SCU Torreense". Liga Portugal (in Portuguese). 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
2. "Liga Portugal congratulates UD Oliveirense for the promotion [to Liga Portugal 2]". Liga Portugal (in Portuguese). 15 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
3. "Rio Ave FC are the new Champions of the Liga Portugal SABSEG". Liga Portugal. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
4. "Liga Portugal congratulates Casa Pia AC for their return to the Liga Portugal bwin". Liga Portugal. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
5. "Liga Portugal congratulates GD Chaves for their return to the Liga Portugal bwin". Liga Portugal. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
6. "Académica and Leixões start championships with one point less for wage infringements". TSF. Retrieved 2 August 2022. (in Portuguese)