2021–22 Liga Portugal 2

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.

Liga Portugal 2

Season	2021–22
Dates	August 2021 – May 2022
Champions	Rio Ave
Promoted	Rio Ave Casa Pia Chaves
Relegated	Académica Varzim
Matches played	306
← 2020–21 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 (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

Relegated from 2020–21 Primeira Liga Farense Nacional Rio Ave Promoted from 2020–21 Campeonato de Portugal Estrela da Amadora Trofense

Promoted to 2021–22 Primeira Liga Estoril[4] Vizela[5] Arouca[6] Relegated to 2021–22 Liga 3 Oliveirense Cova da Piedade

Stadium and locations

Farense

Casa Pia

Feirense

Chaves

Benfica B

Académica

Ac. Viseu

Leixões

Penafiel

Porto B

Sp. Covilhã

Varzim

Mafra

Vilafranquense

Trofense

Estrela da Amadora

Rio Ave

Location of teams in 2021–22 Liga Portugal 2

Nacional

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

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2020–21 finish
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	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 (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[lower-alpha 1]
7	Penafiel	34	14	9	11	38	38	0	51[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2]
12	Vilafranquense	34	10	11	13	41	47	−6	41[lower-alpha 2]
13	Trofense	34	10	10	14	35	41	−6	40
14	Estrela da Amadora	34	9	10	15	42	55	−13	37[lower-alpha 3]
15	Académico de Viseu	34	10	7	17	30	48	−18	37[lower-alpha 3]
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. Nacional are ranked ahead of Penafiel on head-to-head away goals: Nacional 3–1 Penafiel, Penafiel 1–0 Nacional.
2. Farense are ranked ahead of Vilafranquense on head-to-head away goals: Farense 1–0 Vilafranquense, Vilafranquense 2–2 Farense.
3. 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

Alverca	0–0	Sp. Covilhã
	Report

21 May 2022

Complexo Desportivo do FC Alverca, Alverca

Sp. Covilhã	2–0	Alverca
Felipe Dini 1' Rui Gomes 29'	Report

29 May 2022

Estádio Municipal José dos Santos Pinto, Covilhã

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 ╲ 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
Académica	17	17	17	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Académico de Viseu	6	5	11	14	14	12	8	13	9	5	9	7	11	13	13	14	15	13	14	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	16	14	14	15	15	15
Benfica B	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	5	4	5	5	4	5	5
Casa Pia	13	7	10	8	9	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	3	2	2
Chaves	9	12	12	10	11	7	9	6	10	11	12	12	9	8	6	6	6	5	5	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3
Estrela da Amadora	16	16	8	11	13	15	13	10	5	6	7	9	12	10	9	10	8	9	7	7	9	10	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14
Farense	15	14	16	17	16	17	17	14	15	15	15	16	14	15	16	13	13	14	15	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	10	10	10	9	10	11	12	11
Feirense	12	6	5	4	2	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	5	4	4
Leixões	3	4	3	5	6	9	12	11	6	9	10	10	13	11	12	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	8
Mafra	4	8	3	4	4	5	7	9	12	12	5	5	7	6	7	8	9	10	11	10	11	9	7	8	10	8	8	8	9	10	11	9	9	9
Nacional	18	10	9	7	10	13	6	8	11	7	6	8	6	7	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Penafiel	7	9	6	9	5	6	5	5	7	8	8	6	5	5	8	9	10	8	9	9	8	8	9	10	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	8	7
Porto B	10	15	14	13	7	10	10	7	8	10	11	11	8	12	10	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	8	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	10
Rio Ave	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	5	5	5	3	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1
Sp. Covilhã	5	2	4	6	8	8	11	12	14	14	13	14	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	14	16	16	16	16	16
Trofense	11	13	13	11	12	11	14	15	13	13	14	13	10	9	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	15	14	14	14	14	15	17	15	14	13	13
Varzim	8	11	15	15	15	14	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	15	17	17	17	17
Vilafranquense	14	18	18	18	18	16	16	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	14	15	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	9	10	11	12

	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	Tiago Gouveia	Benfica B
April	Edson Farias	Penafiel	Caio Secco	Penafiel	Edson Farias	Penafiel	Guga	Rio Ave	Wellington Carvalho	Chaves	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.
6. "FC Arouca promoted to Liga NOS". Liga Portugal. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.