The Liga Portugal 2 (), currently known as Liga Portugal Meu Super for sponsorship reasons, or colloquially still as the Segunda Liga (Second League), is the second-highest division of the Portuguese football league system. At the end of each season, the two top-finishing teams are promoted to the top-tier Liga Portugal and the two lowest-ranked teams are relegated to the third-tier Liga 3. Prior to the 2021–22 season, relegated teams moved to the Campeonato de Portugal, which shifted from the third tier to the fourth tier.
The division began in 1990 as the Segunda Divisão de Honra (Second Division of Honour), a unified national tier, superseding the regionalized 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 the Segunda Liga (Second League), a name that was kept until 2016, except between 2005 and 2012, when it was known as the Liga de Honra (League of Honour). Rebranded as LigaPro in 2016, the competition assumed its current naming in the early stages of the 2020–21 season.
As of the 2018–19 season, it is contested nationwide by 18 teams, including the reserve sides (B teams) of several top-flight clubs. Twenty different teams have won the division title; the most successful is Paços de Ferreira, with four wins, including the inaugural season and the most recently concluded 2018–19 season.
History Before 1990, there was only one professional nationwide football league in Portugal, the first-tier Primeira Divisão (First Division). Its lower placed teams were relegated to the Segunda Divisão (Second Division), a regionally-divided league, whose top teams were promoted to the first level. From the 1990–91 season onward, the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) created a new second-tier professional league, taking the name Segunda Divisão de Honra. Similarly to what would happen in other countries in Europe in the 1990s, the moniker of the previous Segunda Divisão passed down to the level below, making it the third-tier league and was renamed Segunda Divisão B. While statistically,
In 1999, the Portuguese League for Professional Football (LPFP, Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional) 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.
+ Identity of the Portuguese second tierPeriodNameNotes1934-1936Campeonato da Liga - Segunda Divisão"Old" Tier 21936-1990(Campeonato Nacional da)Segunda Divisão"Old" Tier 21990-1999Segunda Divisão de Honra1999-2006Liga de Honra(Segunda Liga)2006-2010Liga VitalisSponsored2010-2012 Liga OranginaSponsored2012-13Segunda Liga2013-14Liga2 CabovisãoSponsored2014-15Segunda Liga2015-2019 Ledman LigaProSponsored2019-20LigaPro2020-2024Liga Portugal 2 SABSEGSponsored2024-presentLiga Portugal MeuSuperSponsored
Format During the course of a season, each club plays every other team twice — once at their home stadium and once at their opponent's — for a total of 34 games. At the end of each season, the two top teams are promoted to the Liga Portugal and the two lowest ranked teams will be relegated to the new Liga 3 (previously they were relegated to Campeonato de Portugal). There will be also a two-legged promotion/relegation play-off involving the 16th placed teams of Primeira Liga and 3rd placed team from Liga Portugal 2., There is also a play-off in the same style between the 16th-placed Liga Portugal 2 team and the third-placed team of the lower Liga 3. The B teams cannot be promoted to Liga Portugal but can be demoted if they end the season in one of the relegation positions or if the main team is also relegated.
Format history
In the 1990-91 season, the new second division kicked-off as a 20-team round-robin league. This was in contrast to the 54-club 1989–90 Segunda Divisão, divided regionally into three groups of eighteen (North, Centre, South). The winner of each group (série) and Famalicão were promoted to the First Division due to a judicial decision forcing a temporary expansion to 20 sides and the new Divisão de Honra was thus composed of two relegated teams from the upper tier (Portimonense and Feirense), six teams from each of the three groups and Leixões, the winner of a play-off called the "Liguilha". Seven teams would be relegated at the end of the season to reduce the championship to 18 for 1991-92.
During this period, three teams would be promoted and relegated on either side of the table, before being reduced again in 2006-07 to 16 teams, forcing a promotion of only two to the Primeira Liga and a relegation of six to the Segunda Divisão «B», the season prior. From that season onwards, only two would be promoted or relegated from the second tier. In 2011-12 and in 2013-14 the league would be increased to 22 and 24 teams, respectively. The initial expansion to 22 would not be done through the lower division however, as the new format allowed the entry of six "B" teams representing Benfica, Braga, Porto, Sporting and Vitória SC into the pyramid as well as the promotion of Marítimo B. At time of approval in December 2011, the Primeira Liga was also meant to increase to 18 sides, allowing two teams to be promoted from the Segunda B. However, three teams (Nacional, Porto and Sporting) impugned the League General Assembly. FPF's Justice Council agreed - expansion without relegation would hurt sporting merit and the decision would therefore be void. Simultaneously, União de Leiria's double relegation (one on sporting merit, one by administration) and third-tier champions Varzim's financial crisis impeded their presence in the league. Aside the fifteen teams and six B teams, the final slot was filled by the lower level runners-up Tondela. Later, in 2013-14 and announced beforehand, relegation was in fact suspended allowing for the enlargement to 24. The latter season also experimented with a promotion playoff with the upper tier due to the administrative reintroduction of Boavista in the top tier, but was not repeated in the seasons directly after.
The excessive number of matches among other factors led the increase to be shortlived. Consequently, the number of teams was reduced every season until it reached 18 teams in the 2018–19 season. In 2016–17, four teams were directly relegated with two others going into a play-off with two of the Campeonato Nacional de Séniores and the following season four more with relegated to reach the intended eighteen-club league. The most recent change is the introduction of play-offs in the 2020-21, in which Liga Portugal created a play-offs between divisions. Broadcasting Since 2018–19, all the matches are broadcast by Sport TV, though some of them are only broadcast through online streaming due to timetables. The exceptions are Benfica B, Porto B and Sporting B home games, broadcast by Benfica TV, Porto Canal and Sporting TV, respectively.
Clubs Stadia and locations For 2026–27 season. Team Location Stadium Capacity2025–26finish Académica Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 29,622 2nd (L3) Amarante Amarante Estádio Municipal de Amarante 5,000 1st (L3) AVS Vila das Avese Estádio do Clube Desportivo das Aves 6,230 18th (PL) Benfica B Seixal Benfica Campus 2,644 10th Chaves Chaves Estádio Municipal Eng.º Manuel Branco Teixeira 8,400 9th Farense Faro Estádio de São Luís 7,000 16th Feirense Santa Maria da Feira Estádio Marcolino de Castro 5,401 8th Felgueiras Felgueiras Estádio Dr. Machado de Matos [pt] 7,540 11th Leixões Matosinhos Estádio do Mar 6,000 7th Lusitânia Lourosa Lourosa Estádio do Lusitânia de Lourosa FC 4,900 12th Penafiel Penafiel Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril 5,230 14th Portimonense Portimão Estádio Municipal de Portimão 4,961 15th Porto B Vila Nova de Gaia Estádio Luís Filipe de Menezes 3,800 5th Sporting CP B Alcochete Estádio Aurélio Pereira 1,180 13th Tondela Tondela Estádio João Cardoso 5,000 17th (PL) Torreense Torres Vedras Estádio Manuel Marques 2,431 3rd União de Leiria Leiria Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 23,888 6th Vizela Vizela Estádio do FC Vizela 6,000 4th
Champions
SeasonChampionPointsRunner-upPointsThird placePointsTeamsTop scorerClubGoals 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 FC (Setúbal) 22 1992–93 Estrela da Amadora 48 União da Madeira 47 Vitória de Setúbal 47 18 Rashidi Yekini Vitória FC (Setúbal) 34 1993–94 Tirsense 46 União de Leiria 45 Chaves 45 18 EdinhoPortimonense 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 21 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 SerginhoChavesPaços de FerreiraNacionalNacional 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/ChavesGondomar 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 TondelaSporting da Covilhã 23 2015–16 Porto B 86 Chaves 81 Feirense 78 24 Simy Gil Vicente 20 2016–17 Portimonense 83 Desportivo das Aves 81 União da Madeira 64 22 Pires Portimonense 23 2017–18 Nacional 71 Santa Clara 66 Académico de Viseu 64 20 Ricardo GomesNacional21 2018–19 Paços de Ferreira (4) 74 Famalicão 69 Estoril 54 18 PiresPenafiel16 2019–20 Abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic (Nacional and Farense promoted in first and second place with 10 rounds left to play) 18 Agdon MenezesOliveirense13 2020–21 Estoril (3) 70 Vizela 66 Arouca 65 18 Cassiano Vizela16 2021–22 Rio Ave (3) 70 Casa Pia 68 Chaves 64 18 João Carlos Académica de Coimbra17 2022–23 Moreirense (3) 79 Farense 69 Estrela da Amadora 63 18 André Clóvis Académico de Viseu28 2023–24 Santa Clara (2) 73 Nacional 71 AVS 64 18 Nenê AVS23 2024–25 Tondela (2) 64 Alverca 63 Vizela 62 18 Anthony Carter Juan Muñoz AlvercaUnião de Leiria15 2025–26 Marítimo 66 Académico de Viseu 59 Torreense 59 18 André Clóvis Académico de Viseu23
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