2017–18 Campeonato de Portugal

The 2017–18 Campeonato de Portugal is the fifth season of Portuguese football's renovated third-tier league, since the merging of the Segunda Divisão and Terceira Divisão in 2013, and the third season under the current Campeonato de Portugal title. A total of 80 teams compete in this division, which began on 20 August 2017 and ended on 10 June 2018.

Campeonato de Portugal

Season	2017–18
Champions	Mafra (2nd title)
Promoted	Mafra Farense
Matches played	1,230
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Format

The competition format consists of two stages. In the first stage, the 80 clubs will be divided in five series of 16 teams, according to geographic criteria. In each series, teams play against each other in a home-and-away double round-robin system.

In the second stage, the five best-placed teams from each first-stage series and the best three runners-up will dispute a series of playoff matches to promote to the LigaPro. The two finalists will be promoted directly. The six bottom clubs of each series will be relegated.

Teams

Vizela

Vilaverdense

Fafe

Mirandela

Merelinense

S. Martinho

AD Oliveirense

P. Salgadas

Montalegre

Torcatense

Bragança

Atl. Arcos

Arões

Mondinense

M. Argozelo

Felgueiras 1932

Sp. Espinho

Gondomar

Cesarense

Cinfães

Amarante

Sanjoanense

P. Rubras

Trofense

Coimbrões

Canelas

Salgueiros

Al. Gandra

Freamunde

Sousense

Leiria

Lusitano V.

Benf. Castelo Branco

Sertanense

Águeda

Gafanha

Anadia

Nogueirense

Oleiros

Marinhense

Mortágua

Ferreira de Aves

Águias do Moradal

Sourense

Fornos de Algodres

Mafra

Vilafranquense

Torreense

Sacavenense

Fátima

Loures

Caldas

1.º Dezembro
Sintrense

P. Pinheiro

Coruchense

Alcanenense

Eléctrico

Farense

Olhanense

Moncarapachense

Lusitano VRSA

Louletano

Almancilense

Armacenenses

Castrense

Moura

Estrela VN

Pinhalnovense

Ol. Montijo

Casa Pia

Oriental

Location of teams of the 2017–18 Campeonato de Portugal(Mainland)

Brown: Serie A; Red: Serie B; Blue: Serie C;

Yellow: Serie D; Green: Serie E.

Câmara de Lobos

Camacha

Marítimo B

Location of teams of the 2017–18 Campeonato de Portugal (Madeira)
Brown: Serie A; Red: Serie B; Blue: Serie C.

Praiense

Lusitânia

Sp. Guadalupe

Operário

Sp. Ideal

Location of teams of the 2017–18 Campeonato de Portugal (Azores)
Yellow: Serie D; Green: Serie E.

Relegated from the 2016–17 LigaPro:

• Vizela
• Fafe
• Freamunde
• Olhanense

From the 2016–17 Campeonato de Portugal:

• AD Oliveirense
• Bragança
• Merelinense
• Mirandela
• Montalegre
• Pedras Salgadas
• Torcatense
• Vilaverdense
• Aliança de Gandra
• Amarante
• Camacha
• Felgueiras 1932
• Marítimo B
• Pedras Rubras
• São Martinho
• Trofense
• Cesarense
• Cinfães
• Coimbrões
• Gondomar
• Salgueiros
• Sanjoanense
• Sousense
• AD Nogueirense
• Anadia
• Gafanha
• Lusitano de Vildemoinhos
• Mortágua
• Recreio de Águeda
• Benfica de Castelo Branco
• Fátima
• Oleiros
• Operário
• Sertanense
• Sporting Ideal
• União de Leiria
• Alcanenense
• Caldas
• Lusitânia
• Mafra
• Praiense
• Torreense
• Vilafranquense
• 1º de Dezembro
• Casa Pia
• Loures
• Oriental
• Sacavenense
• Sintrense
• Almancilense
• Armacenenses
• Farense
• Louletano
• Lusitano VRSA
• Moura
• Pinhalnovense

Promoted from the 2016–17 District Championships:^[1]

• Algarve FA: Moncarapachense
• Aveiro FA: Espinho
• Beja FA: Castrense
• Braga FA: Arões
• Bragança FA: Argozelo
• Castelo Branco FA: Águias do Moradal
• Coimbra FA: Sourense
• Évora FA: Estrela de Vendas Novas
• Guarda FA: Fornos de Algodres
• Leiria FA: Marinhense
• Lisboa FA: Pêro Pinheiro
• Madeira FA: Câmara de Lobos
• Portalegre FA: Elétrico Ponte de Sôr
• Porto FA: Canelas 2010
• Santarém FA: Coruchense
• Setúbal FA: Olímpico do Montijo
• Viana do Castelo FA: Alt. Arcos Valdevez
• Vila Real FA: Mondinense
• Viseu FA: Ferreira de Aves
• Liga Meo Azores: Sporting de Guadalupe

Group stage

Serie A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vizela (Q)	30	22	7	1	53	11	+42	73	Qualification to promotion play-offs
2	Vilaverdense (Q)	30	19	7	4	65	29	+36	64
3	Fafe	30	18	6	6	42	19	+23	60
4	Mirandela	30	17	6	7	42	26	+16	57
5	Merelinense	30	15	8	7	60	29	+31	53
6	São Martinho	30	14	7	9	46	31	+15	49
7	AD Oliveirense	30	10	14	6	41	27	+14	44
8	Pedras Salgadas	30	10	8	12	32	35	−3	38
9	Montalegre	30	10	8	12	39	38	+1	38
10	Torcatense	30	10	8	12	28	36	−8	38
11	Bragança (R)	30	8	9	13	31	43	−12	33	Relegation to District Championship
12	Câmara de Lobos (R)	30	9	3	18	27	54	−27	30
13	Atlético dos Arcos (R)	30	5	11	14	28	55	−27	26
14	Arões (R)	30	5	9	16	25	41	−16	24
15	Mondinense (R)	30	6	5	19	27	68	−41	23
16	Minas de Argozelo (R)	30	3	2	25	24	68	−44	11

Source: FPF.pt, Zerozero.pt
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Head-to-head points, 3) Head-to-head goal difference, 4) Goal difference, 5) Matches won, 6) Goals scored
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Serie B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Felgueiras 1932 (Q)	30	16	8	6	53	28	+25	56	Qualification to promotion play-offs
2	Sp. Espinho	30	15	9	6	50	30	+20	54
3	Gondomar	30	13	10	7	43	29	+14	49
4	Cesarense	30	11	15	4	44	26	+18	48
5	Cinfães	30	13	6	11	39	40	−1	45
6	Amarante	30	12	9	9	42	33	+9	45
7	Sanjoanense	30	10	12	8	35	30	+5	42
8	Pedras Rubras	30	11	9	10	36	32	+4	42
9	Trofense	30	12	6	12	34	35	−1	42
10	Coimbrões	30	11	8	11	41	48	−7	41
11	Canelas 2010 (R)	30	11	8	11	45	44	+1	41	Relegation to District Championship
12	Salgueiros (R)	30	7	14	9	30	34	−4	35
13	Camacha (R)	30	10	4	16	35	48	−13	34
14	Aliança Gandra (R)	30	8	5	17	24	47	−23	29
15	Freamunde (R)	30	6	10	14	26	31	−5	28
16	Sousense (R)	30	6	3	21	19	61	−42	21

Source: FPF.pt, Zerozero.pt
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Head-to-head points, 3) Head-to-head goal difference, 4) Goal difference, 5) Matches won, 6) Goals scored
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Serie C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	U. Leiria (Q)	30	23	4	3	68	21	+47	73	Qualification to promotion play-offs
2	Lusitano Vildemoinhos (Q)	30	20	5	5	47	19	+28	65
3	Benfica Castelo Branco	30	17	8	5	48	23	+25	59
4	Sertanense	30	15	8	7	51	22	+29	53
5	Águeda	30	14	7	9	39	32	+7	49
6	Gafanha	30	13	9	8	36	23	+13	48
7	Anadia	30	12	10	8	39	28	+11	46
8	Marítimo B	30	14	3	13	44	30	+14	45
9	Nogueirense	30	11	9	10	37	38	−1	42
10	Oleiros	30	12	6	12	35	36	−1	42
11	Marinhense (R)	30	11	8	11	43	41	+2	41	Relegation to District Championship
12	Mortágua (R)	30	11	3	16	23	40	−17	36
13	Ferreira de Aves (R)	30	9	2	19	34	69	−35	29
14	Águias do Moradal (R)	30	5	6	19	29	54	−25	21
15	Sourense (R)	30	3	8	19	28	57	−29	17
16	Fornos de Algodres (R)	30	0	4	26	15	83	−68	4

Source: FPF.pt, Zerozero.pt
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Head-to-head points, 3) Head-to-head goal difference, 4) Goal difference, 5) Matches won, 6) Goals scored
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Serie D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mafra (Q)	30	21	6	3	61	21	+40	69	Qualification to promotion play-offs
2	Vilafranquense (Q)	30	18	9	3	53	20	+33	63
3	Praiense	30	16	5	9	45	29	+16	53
4	Torreense	30	13	9	8	48	33	+15	48
5	Sacavenense	30	13	8	9	36	23	+13	47
6	Fátima	30	12	9	9	49	38	+11	45
7	Loures	30	10	12	8	35	38	−3	42
8	Caldas[a]	30	12	8	10	34	37	−3	41
9	1º de Dezembro	30	9	11	10	35	36	−1	38
10	Sintrense	30	10	8	12	37	41	−4	38
11	Pêro Pinheiro (R)	30	8	10	12	23	44	−21	34	Relegation to District Championship
12	Coruchense (R)	30	9	7	14	27	44	−17	34
13	Lusitânia (R)	30	8	7	15	32	50	−18	31
14	Alcanenense (R)	30	8	5	17	32	46	−14	29
15	Eléctrico (R)	30	3	12	15	28	44	−16	21
16	Sp. de Guadalupe (R)	30	4	6	20	26	57	−31	18

Source: FPF.pt, Zerozero.pt
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Head-to-head points, 3) Head-to-head goal difference, 4) Goal difference, 5) Matches won, 6) Goals scored
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Caldas were deducted 3 points due to failing to appear to a match against Praiense.

Serie E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Farense (Q)	30	26	3	1	66	12	+54	81	Qualification to promotion play-offs
2	Oriental	30	19	6	5	40	19	+21	63
3	Olhanense	30	18	4	8	42	30	+12	58
4	Casa Pia	30	16	5	9	50	31	+19	53
5	Pinhalnovense	30	13	7	10	43	29	+14	46
6	Louletano	30	13	5	12	43	39	+4	44
7	Armacenenses	30	11	11	8	31	29	+2	44
8	Moura	30	12	5	13	41	38	+3	41
9	Olímpico do Montijo	30	9	10	11	40	44	−4	37
10	Sp. Ideal	30	10	5	15	29	38	−9	35
11	Estrela de Vendas Novas (R)	30	8	8	14	32	54	−22	32	Relegation to District Championship
12	Operário (R)	30	7	9	14	35	46	−11	30
13	Almancilense (R)	30	7	7	16	33	50	−17	28
14	Castrense (R)	30	5	11	14	32	47	−15	26
15	Lusitano VRSA (R)	30	6	7	17	24	49	−25	25
16	Moncarapachense (R)	30	6	5	19	27	53	−26	23

Source: FPF.pt, Zerozero.pt
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Head-to-head points, 3) Head-to-head goal difference, 4) Goal difference, 5) Matches won, 6) Goals scored
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos	Serie	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C	Lusitano Vildemoinhos (Q)	30	20	5	5	47	19	+28	65	Qualification to promotion play-offs
2	A	Vilaverdense (Q)	30	19	7	4	65	29	+36	64
3	D	Vilafranquense (Q)	30	18	9	3	53	20	+33	63
4	E	Oriental	30	19	6	5	40	19	+21	63
5	B	Sp. Espinho	30	15	9	6	50	30	+20	54

Source: FPF.pt, Zerozero.pt
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Matches won, 4) Goals scored
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Knockout stage

Farense

Vilafranquense

Mafra

Leiria

Lusitano V.

Felgueiras 1932

Vizela

Vilaverdense

Qualified Clubs to PlayOff

The 5 winners and the best 3 runners-up were qualified to the knockout stage, where the winning team and the runner-up were promoted to Segunda Liga.

Bracket

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	6/13 May 2018
	Mafra	2	4	6
							19/27 May 2018
	Vilaverdense	1	2	3
							Mafra (a)	0	1	1
	6/13 May 2018
							U. Leiria	0	1	1
	U. Leiria	3	1	4
													10 June 2018 – Estádio Nacional
	Lusitano Vildemoinhos	1	0	1
													Mafra			2
	6/13 May 2018
													Farense			1
	Felgueiras 1932	2	1	3
							19/27 May 2018
	Farense (a)	3	0	3
							Farense	3	1	4
	6/13 May 2018
							Vilafranquense	0	1	1
	Vilafranquense (a.e.t.)	0	2	2
	Vizela	1	0	1

Final

10 June 2018 (2018-06-10)

17:00 WEST

Mafra	2–1	Farense
Ricardo Rodrigues 71' Juary Soares 90'	Report	Fábio Gomes 6'

Estádio Nacional, Oeiras

Attendance: 10018

Referee: Hélder Lamas