Liga Portugal 2
Association football league
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February 28 2025 | Liga Portugal 2 is currently operating with 18 teams for the 2024-25 season, representing a second-tier professional football league in Portugal. |
2024 | Santa Clara won their second championship in the league. |
June 2 2024 | All-time table for Liga Portugal 2 was last updated, documenting historical performance of 80 participating clubs since the league's inception. |
2023 | Several clubs like AVS and Olhanense ended their football teams, with successor clubs being founded in the same year. |
2023 | Moreirense won their third championship in the league. |
2023 | Santa Clara wins the league title for the second time, securing promotion. |
2022 | Rio Ave won their third championship in the league. |
2022 | Moreirense wins the league title for the third time in their history. |
2021 | Estoril won their third championship in the league. |
2021 | Starting with the 2021–22 season, relegated teams began competing in the newly created third-level competition named Liga 3, instead of the Campeonato de Portugal. |
2021 | Rio Ave wins the league title for the third time, securing promotion. |
2020 | Estoril wins the Liga Portugal 2 title in the 2020-21 season. |
2020 | Estoril won their second championship in the league. |
2020 | The league assumed its current name, Liga Portugal 2, in the early stages of the 2020–21 season. |
2020 | Estoril wins the league title for the third time in their history. |
2019 | League season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Nacional and Farense promoted in first and second place with 10 rounds left to play. |
March 2019 | 2019-20 league season was abandoned due to extraordinary circumstances, with no standings officially attributed. |
2018 | League further reduced to 18 teams, completing the gradual reduction in club numbers that began in the 2016-17 season. |
August 2018 | Sport TV begins broadcasting all Liga Portugal 2 matches, with some matches available only through online streaming. Benfica B and Porto B home games are broadcast by their respective club channels (Benfica TV and Porto Canal). |
July 2018 | Liga Portugal 2 began a new broadcasting arrangement where all matches are broadcast by Sport TV, with some matches available through online streaming. Benfica B and Porto B home games are exceptions, being broadcast by their respective club channels (Benfica TV and Porto Canal). |
2016 | Liga Portugal 2 reduced the number of clubs from 24 to 22 teams in the league season, marking a significant restructuring of the league format. |
2016 | The league was rebranded as LigaPro. |
2015 | Tondela wins the Liga Portugal 2 title in the 2014-15 season. |
2012 | B-team leagues for Porto, Benfica, and Sporting were introduced, with Benfica B and Porto B first participating in Liga Portugal 2. |
2012 | The league reverted to its previous name, Segunda Liga. |
2011 | Estoril secures another Liga Portugal 2 title in the 2011-12 season. |
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