2021–22 Liga Portugal 2

Liga Portugal 2
Season2021–22
DatesAugust 2021 – May 2022
ChampionsRio Ave
PromotedRio Ave
Casa Pia
Chaves
RelegatedAcadémica
Varzim
Matches played306
All statistics correct as of 30 May 2021.

The 2021–22 Liga Portugal 2, also known as Liga Portugal SABSEG for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd season of Portuguese football's second-tier league, and the second 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

GD Chaves - Rio Ave.

A total of 18 teams contest the league, including 13 sides from the 2020–21 season, 3 teams relegated from the 2020–21 Primeira Liga and 2 promoted from the 2020–21 Campeonato de Portugal.

Farense and Nacional were relegated to 2021–22 Liga Portugal 2 after finishing in 17th and 18th placed teams in 2020–21 Primeira Liga.

Rio Ave were relegated after finishing in 16th place in 2020–21 Primeira Liga and losing the Relegation play-offs against Arouca.

Trofense[1] (promoted after a six-year absence) and Estrela da Amadora (promoted for the first time)[2] were promoted from the 2020–21 Campeonato de Portugal, replacing Oliveirense and Cova da Piedade.

Cova da Piedade failed to produce valid licensing documentation to compete in the 2021–22 season of the Liga Portugal 2, so they have been relegated by the Portuguese Football Professional League to the Liga 3. As a result, Vilafranquense, that finished in 17th place in the 2020–21 Liga Portugal 2 were invited to play in the second tier for the 2021–22 season.[3]

Team changes

Stadium and locations

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Location of teams in 2021–22 Liga Portugal 2
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Location of teams in 2021–22 Primeira Liga (Madeira)
Team Location Stadium Capacity 2020–21
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Académica Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 29,622 4th
Académico de Viseu Viseu Estádio do Fontelo 6,912 14th
Benfica B Seixal Benfica Campus 2,644 8th
Casa Pia Lisbon Estádio Pina Manique 1,600 9th
Chaves Chaves Estádio Municipal Eng.º
Manuel Branco Teixeira 		8,396 6th
Estrela da Amadora Amadora Estádio José Gomes 9,288 2nd (CP)
Farense Faro Estádio de São Luís 7,000 17th (PL)
Feirense Santa Maria da Feira Estádio Marcolino de Castro 5,401 5th
Leixões Matosinhos Estádio do Mar 9,821 10th
Mafra Mafra Estádio Municipal de Mafra 1,257 12th
Nacional Funchal Estádio da Madeira 5,200 18th (PL)
Penafiel Penafiel Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril 5,230 7th
Porto B Vila Nova de Gaia Estádio Municipal Jorge Sampaio 8,272 16th
Rio Ave Vila do Conde Estádio dos Arcos 5,300 16th (PL)
Sp. Covilhã Covilhã Estádio Municipal
José dos Santos Pinto 		3,500 13th
Trofense Trofa Estádio do CD Trofense 5,074 1st (CP)
Varzim Póvoa de Varzim Estádio do Varzim SC 7,280 15th
Vilafranquense Vila Franca de Xira Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior 7,000 17th

Personnel and sponsors

Team Manager Captain Kit
Manufacturer 		Main Sponsor
Académica Portugal Rui Borges Portugal João Traquina Portugal Playoff Portugal Efapel
Académico de Viseu Portugal Zé Gomes Portugal João Pica Italy Macron Portugal Palácio
do Gelo
Benfica B Portugal Nélson Veríssimo Portugal Pedro Ganchas Germany Adidas United Arab Emirates Emirates
Casa Pia Portugal Filipe Martins Portugal Vasco Fernandes Italy Macron Portugal ESC Online
Chaves Portugal Vítor Campelos Portugal Luís Rocha Portugal Lacatoni Portugal Forte de São
Francisco Hotel
Estrela da Amadora Portugal Ricardo Chéu Portugal Sérgio Conceição Portugal Claw Portugal Remax
Farense Portugal Jorge Costa Brazil Fabrício Isidoro Portugal Lacatoni Portugal Couteiro-Mor
Feirense Portugal Rui Ferreira Portugal Fábio Espinho Italy Legea
Leixões Portugal José Mota Burundi Nduwarugira Portugal Zeus Portugal Matosinhos
Mafra Portugal Ricardo Sousa Portugal Guilherme Ferreira Portugal Lacatoni Portugal Moticristo
Nacional Portugal Costinha Portugal Vítor Gonçalves Denmark Hummel
Penafiel Portugal Pedro Ribeiro Portugal Aníbal Capela Italy Macron
Porto B Portugal António Folha Portugal Ricardo Silva United States New Balance Portugal AMCO
Rio Ave Portugal Luís Freire Portugal Vítor Gomes Germany Puma Portugal MEO
Sp. Covilhã Brazil Wender Portugal Gilberto Silva Portugal Lacatoni Portugal Sport Hotel
Trofense Portugal Rui Duarte Portugal Vasco Rocha Portugal Lacatoni Portugal Mercainox
Varzim Portugal António Barbosa Portugal André Micael Portugal Stadio Portugal Vendeiro
Vilafranquense Portugal Carlos Pinto Angola Evandro Brandão Germany Adidas

Season summary

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Rio Ave (C, P) 34 21 7 6 52 31 +21 70 Promotion to Primeira Liga
2 Casa Pia (P) 34 21 5 8 50 22 +28 68
3 Chaves (O, P) 34 18 10 6 54 35 +19 64 Qualification to Promotion play-offs
4 Feirense 34 17 7 10 50 37 +13 58
5 Benfica B (I) 34 17 6 11 61 44 +17 57
6 Nacional 34 14 9 11 52 44 +8 51[a]
7 Penafiel 34 14 9 11 38 38 0 51[a]
8 Leixões 34 13 9 12 42 40 +2 48
9 Mafra 34 11 10 13 37 42 −5 43
10 Porto B (I) 34 10 12 12 45 49 −4 42
11 Farense 34 10 11 13 40 42 −2 41[b]
12 Vilafranquense 34 10 11 13 41 47 −6 41[b]
13 Trofense 34 10 10 14 35 41 −6 40
14 Estrela da Amadora 34 9 10 15 42 55 −13 37[c]
15 Académico de Viseu 34 10 7 17 30 48 −18 37[c]
16 Sp. Covilhã (O) 34 8 12 14 30 43 −13 36 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
17 Varzim (R) 34 8 11 15 25 39 −14 35 Relegation to Liga 3
18 Académica (R) 34 3 8 23 35 62 −27 17
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. ^ a b Nacional are ranked ahead of Penafiel on head-to-head away goals: Nacional 3–1 Penafiel, Penafiel 1–0 Nacional.
  2. ^ a b Farense are ranked ahead of Vilafranquense on head-to-head away goals: Farense 1–0 Vilafranquense, Vilafranquense 2–2 Farense.
  3. ^ a b Estrela da Amadora are ranked ahead of Académico de Viseu on head-to-head away goals: Académico de Viseu 0–4 Estrela da Amadora, Estrela da Amadora 1–3 Académico de Viseu.

Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs took place on 21 and 29 May 2022.

All times are WEST (UTC+1).

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sp. Covilhã 2–0 Alverca 0–0 2–0
Alverca0–0Sp. Covilhã
Report
Sp. Covilhã2–0Alverca
Felipe Dini 1'
Rui Gomes 29'		 Report

Sporting Covilhã won 2–0 on aggregate and will play in the 2022–23 Liga Portugal 2; Alverca will play in the 2022–23 Liga 3.

Results

Home \ Away ACA ACV BEN CAS CHA EST FAR FEI LEI MAF NAC PEN POR RAV SCO TRO VAR VIL
Académica — 1–2 3–4 0–2 1–2 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–2
Académico de Viseu 1–0 — 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–4 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–3 1–4 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0
Benfica B 3–1 1–2 — 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–2 2–3 1–3 5–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–0
Casa Pia 2–0 0–1 4–2 — 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 2–1
Chaves 3–2 3–0 1–1 4–1 — 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 4–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0
Estrela da Amadora 1–3 4–0 3–6 1–0 1–3 — 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–5 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–1
Farense 3–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–2 3–0 — 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0
Feirense 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 4–1 — 0–1 1–0 4–1 1–2 3–2 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–1
Leixões 2–1 1–4 1–2 1–5 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–0 — 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1
Mafra 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–2 0–1 0–2 — 3–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0
Nacional 3–1 1–2 0–3 1–2 1–1 4–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 — 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 4–0
Penafiel 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–3 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 — 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 4–3
Porto B 3–3 1–0 2–3 0–3 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 — 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–2 0–1
Rio Ave 5–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–4 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 — 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–1
Sp. Covilhã 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–3 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 — 2–0 1–0 1–1
Trofense 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–3 0–3 2–1 2–2 0–1 3–0 — 1–0 1–3
Varzim 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–2 3–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–3 0–2 1–3 — 0–2
Vilafranquense 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–3 2–0 4–3 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–4 0–0 —
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 ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Académica17171716171818181818181818181717171718181717181818181818181818181818
Académico de Viseu6511141412813959711131314151314151515151415151515161414151515
Benfica B1112333211111111111222123335455455
Casa Pia137108944443332233222111211122121322
Chaves912121011796101112129866655433344443333233
Estrela da Amadora161681113151310567912109108977910111111111213131313131414
Farense1514161716171714151515161415161313141513141414131312101010910111211
Feirense12654211132223322344544455554544544
Leixões3435691211691010131112111111101110111077777777878
Mafra4834457912125576789101110119781088891011999
Nacional181097101368117686755566666666666666666
Penafiel796956557886558910899889108999888787
Porto B101514137101078101111812107778877899101111111112121010
Rio Ave2321122324444444433355532211212111
Sp. Covilhã52468811121414131416161516161616161616161616161617141616161616
Trofense1113131112111415131314131091112121212121313131514141414151715141313
Varzim8111515151415161617171717171818181817171818171717171716171517171717
Vilafranquense1418181818161617171616151514141514151314121212121213131212129101112
Leader and promotion to Primeira Liga
Promotion to Primeira Liga
Qualification to Promotion play-offs
Qualification to Relegation play-offs
Relegation to Liga 3
Source: Liga Portugal (in Portuguese)

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Player of the Month Goalkeeper of the Month Defender of the Month Midfielder of the Month Forward of the Month Manager of the Month Goal of the Month
Player Club Player Club Player Club Player Club Player Club Manager Club Player Club
August Portugal Guga Rio Ave Brazil Jhonatan Rio Ave Brazil Aderllan Santos Rio Ave Portugal Guga Rio Ave Nigeria Saviour Godwin Casa Pia Portugal Luís Freire Rio Ave
September Brazil Heliardo Varzim Brazil Caio Secco Penafiel Brazil Ícaro Silva Feirense Mali Samba Koné Porto B Brazil Heliardo Varzim Portugal Rui Ferreira Feirense
October/November Portugal Jota Casa Pia Portugal Ricardo Batista Casa Pia Portugal Vasco Fernandes Casa Pia Portugal Paulo Bernardo Benfica B Portugal Jota Casa Pia Portugal Nélson Veríssimo Benfica B Portugal Fábio Fortes Académica
December Honduras Bryan Róchez Nacional Portugal Tomás Araújo Benfica B Portugal João Teixeira Chaves Honduras Bryan Róchez Nacional Portugal Vítor Campelos Chaves Portugal Umaro Embaló Benfica B
January Portugal João Teixeira Chaves Brazil Alexsandro Chaves Brazil Wellington Carvalho Chaves Portugal Diogo Pinto Estrela da Amadora
February Brazil João Carlos Académica Portugal Vasco Fernandes Casa Pia Brazil João Carlos Académica Portugal Filipe Martins Casa Pia Portugal Traquina Académica
March Portugal Zé Tiago Varzim Brazil Jhonatan Rio Ave Portugal André Almeida Sp. Covilhã Portugal Zé Tiago Varzim Portugal José Mota Leixões Portugal Tiago Gouveia Benfica B
April Brazil Edson Farias Penafiel Brazil Caio Secco Penafiel Brazil Edson Farias Penafiel Portugal Guga Rio Ave Brazil Wellington Carvalho Chaves Portugal Vítor Campelos Chaves

Number of teams by district

Rank District Football Associations Number Teams
1 Porto 6 Leixões, Penafiel, Porto B, Rio Ave, Trofense and Varzim
2 Lisbon 5 Benfica B, Casa Pia, Estrela da Amadora, Mafra and Vilafranquense
3 Aveiro 1 Feirense
Castelo Branco Sp. Covilhã
Coimbra Académica
Faro Farense
Funchal Nacional
Vila Real Chaves
Viseu Académico de Viseu

References

  1. ^ "Liga Portugal welcomes CD Trofense". Liga Portugal (in Portuguese). 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Liga Portugal congratulates CF Estrela da Amadora for the promotion [to Liga Portugal 2]". Liga Portugal (in Portuguese). 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Inscrição do Cova da Piedade foi rejeitada pela Liga: Vilafranquense convidado para o seu lugar". zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). 21 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Estoril Praia are the new Champions of the Liga Portugal SABSEG". Liga Portugal. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  5. ^ "FC Vizela win and get promoted to the Liga NOS". Liga Portugal. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
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