2021–22 Liga Portugal 2

The 2021–22 Liga Portugal 2, also known as Liga Portugal SABSEG for sponsorship reasons, is 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 are competing in this division, including reserve sides from top-flight Primeira Liga teams.

Liga Portugal 2
Season2021–22
DatesAugust 2021 – May 2022
RelegatedAcadémica
Matches played306
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 30 May 2021.

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[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
Location of teams in 2021–22 Liga Portugal 2
Location of teams in 2021–22 Primeira Liga (Madeira)
Team Location Stadium Capacity 2020–21
finish
Académica Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 29,744 4th
Académico de Viseu Viseu Estádio do Fontelo 7,744 14th
Benfica B Seixal Benfica Campus 2,720 8th
Casa Pia Lisbon Estádio Pina Manique 1,600 9th
Chaves Chaves Estádio Municipal Eng.º
Manuel Branco Teixeira		 8,400 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 9,766 10th
Mafra Mafra Estádio Municipal de Mafra 1,257 12th
Nacional Funchal Estádio da Madeira 5,132 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 9,065 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 6,500 17th

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

Season summary

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Rio Ave (T) 32 19 7 6 48 31 +17 64 Promotion to Primeira Liga
2 Chaves (T) 32 18 9 5 52 30 +22 63
3 Casa Pia (T) 32 19 5 8 43 20 +23 62 Qualification to Promotion play-offs
4 Benfica B (I) 32 16 6 10 57 40 +17 54
5 Feirense 32 15 7 10 44 35 +9 52
6 Nacional 32 14 9 9 50 38 +12 51
7 Penafiel 32 13 9 10 35 35 0 48
8 Leixões 32 12 9 11 39 35 +4 45
9 Mafra 32 11 10 11 37 38 −1 43
10 Vilafranquense 32 10 11 11 38 41 −3 41
11 Farense 32 10 10 12 40 41 −1 40
12 Porto B (I) 32 9 12 11 41 45 −4 39
13 Estrela da Amadora 32 9 9 14 40 52 −12 36
14 Trofense 32 8 10 14 29 38 −9 34
15 Académico de Viseu 32 9 7 16 27 45 −18 34
16 Sp. Covilhã 32 7 12 13 29 42 −13 33 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
17 Varzim 32 6 11 15 22 39 −17 29 Relegation to Liga 3
18 Académica (R) 32 3 7 22 34 60 −26 16
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2022. 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.
(I) Ineligible for promotion; (R) Relegated; (T) Qualified, but not yet to the particular phase indicated

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 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 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0
Benfica B 3–1 1–2 — 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 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
Chaves 3–2 3–0 1–1 4–1 — 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 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 1–0
Feirense 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 4–1 — 0–1 1–0 1–2 3–2 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–1
Leixões 2–1 1–4 1–2 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 — 3–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0
Nacional 3–1 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 — 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 4–3
Porto B 3–3 1–0 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 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 — 2–0 1–0 1–1
Trofense 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 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 0–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2022. 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 Viseu651114141281395971113131415131415151515141515151516141415
Benfica B11123332111111111112221233354554
Casa Pia1371089444433322332221112111221213
Chaves9121210117961011121298666554333444433332
Estrela da Amadora16168111315131056791210910897791011111111121313131313
Farense151416171617171415151516141516131314151314141413131210101091011
Feirense126542111322233223445444555545445
Leixões34356912116910101311121111111011101110777777778
Mafra48344579121255767891011101197810888910119
Nacional1810971013681176867555666666666666666
Penafiel7969565578865589108998891089998887
Porto B10151413710107810111181210777887789910111111111212
Rio Ave23211223244444444333555322112121
Sp. Covilhã5246881112141413141616151616161616161616161616161714161616
Trofense111313111211141513131413109111212121212131313151414141415171514
Varzim811151515141516161717171717181818181717181817171717171617151717
Vilafranquense141818181816161717161615151414151415131412121212121313121212910
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 Guga Rio Ave Jhonatan Rio Ave Aderllan Santos Rio Ave Guga Rio Ave Saviour Godwin Casa Pia Luís Freire Rio Ave
September Heliardo Varzim Caio Secco Penafiel Ícaro Silva Feirense Samba Koné Porto B Heliardo Varzim Rui Ferreira Feirense
October/November Jota Casa Pia Ricardo Batista Casa Pia Vasco Fernandes Casa Pia Paulo Bernardo Benfica B Jota Casa Pia Nélson Veríssimo Benfica B Fábio Fortes Académica
December Bryan Róchez Nacional Tomás Araújo Benfica B João Teixeira Chaves Bryan Róchez Nacional Vítor Campelos Chaves Umaro Embaló Benfica B
January João Teixeira Chaves Alexsandro Chaves Wellington Carvalho Chaves Diogo Pinto Estrela da Amadora
February João Carlos Académica Vasco Fernandes Casa Pia João Carlos Académica Filipe Martins Casa Pia Traquina Académica
March Zé Tiago Varzim Jhonatan Rio Ave André Almeida Sp. Covilhã Zé Tiago Varzim José Mota Leixões

Number of teams by district
Rank District Football Associations Number Teams
1 Porto6Leixões, Penafiel, Porto B, Rio Ave, Trofense and Varzim
2 Lisbon5Benfica B, Casa Pia, Estrela da Amadora, Mafra and Vilafranquense
3 Aveiro1Feirense
Castelo BrancoSp. Covilhã
CoimbraAcadémica
FaroFarense
FunchalNacional
Vila RealChaves
ViseuAcadémico 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.
  6. "FC Arouca promoted to Liga NOS". Liga Portugal. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
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