Liga 3
Season2023–24
DatesAugust 2023 – May 2024

The 2023–24 Liga 3 is the third season of Portuguese football's third-tier league, following the reorganization which saw the Campeonato de Portugal moving one level down in the Portuguese football league system. First season with a total of 20 teams compete in this division, after the reduction in the previous edition.[1]

Format

This competition consists of a first stage with all the teams then proceed to a promotion or relegation series depending on their performance.[2]

Teams

A total of 20 teams contested the league, including 3 teams relegated from the 2022–23 Liga Portugal 2, 13 teams that have been in 2022–23 Liga 3 and 4 teams promoted from the 2022–23 Campeonato de Portugal.

B-SAD sports society's licence was relocated to Cova da Piedade,[3] as a result of a fusion. On 13 July 2023, the Portuguese Football Federation informed that Cova da Piedade failed to obtain a licence to play in Liga 3, being replaced by the best placed team in 2022–23 Campeonato de Portugal that wasn't promoted: Pêro Pinheiro.[4]

Team changes

Stadium and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity 2022–23 finish
Trofense Trofa Estádio do CD Trofense 5,074 17th LP2
Sp. Covilhã Covilhã Estádio Municipal
José dos Santos Pinto		 3,500 18th LP2
Braga B Braga Complexo Desportivo de Fão 724 2nd Promotion S1
Alverca Vila Franca de Xira Complexo Desportivo
do FC Alverca		 7,705 3rd Promotion S1
Sanjoanense São João da Madeira Estádio Conde Dias Garcia 15,000 3rd Promotion S2
Felgueiras Felgueiras Estádio Dr. Machado
de Matos		 7,540 4th Promotion S1
Amora Seixal Estádio da Medideira 5,000 4th Promotion S2
Varzim Póvoa de Varzim Estádio do Varzim SC 7,280 1st Relegation S1
Canelas Vila Nova de Gaia Estádio do Canelas
Gaia Futebol Clube		 10,800 1st Relegation S2
Sporting B Alcochete Estádio Aurélio Pereira 1,180 1st Relegation S3
Académica Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 29,744 1st Relegation S4
Fafe Fafe Parque Municipal dos
Desportos de Fafe		 8,000 2nd Relegation S1
Anadia Anadia Estádio Municipal Eng.º
Sílvio Henriques Cerveira		 6,500 2nd Relegation S2
Oliveira do
Hospital		 Oliveira do
Hospital		 Estádio Municipal de
Oliveira do Hospital		 5,000 2nd Relegation S3
Caldas Caldas da Rainha Campo da Mata 13,000 2nd Relegation S4
Atlético CP Lisbon Estádio da Tapadinha 4,000 CP Champions
1st CP Promotion S2
Vianense Viana do Castelo Estádio Dr. José de Matos 3,000 1st CP Promotion S1
Lusitânia Lourosa Santa Maria da Feira Estádio do Lusitânia FC Lourosa 8,000 2nd CP Promotion S1
1.º Dezembro Sintra Campo Conde de Sucena 1,000 2nd CP Promotion S2
Pêro Pinheiro Sintra Parque de Jogos Pardal Monteiro 3,000 3rd CP Promotion S2

First stage

In the first stage, the 20 clubs will be divided in two series (Série A and B) of 10 teams, according to geographic criteria.

Série A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FEL LUS BRA FAF VAR CAN ANA SAN TRO VIA
1 Felgueiras 1932 (Q) 16 12 2 2 33 10 +23 38 Advance to Promotion Series 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–3 3–0 1–0 –
2 Lusitânia Lourosa (Q) 16 8 5 3 31 14 +17 29 0–0 5–0 2–3 1–1 4–0 4–0 – 1–1 2–1
3 Braga B 16 7 2 7 24 22 +2 23 3–3 0–1 – 2–0 1–0 4–0 4–1 2–0 0–3
4 Fafe 16 6 4 6 13 18 −5 22[lower-alpha 1] 0–3 0–3 0–0 0–0 – 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–1
5 Varzim 16 6 4 6 15 17 −2 22[lower-alpha 1] Advance to Relegation Series – 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–0
6 Canelas 2010 16 6 3 7 20 28 −8 21 0–8 0–2 1–3 3–1 2–0 3–2 1–2 – 2–1
7 Anadia 16 6 1 9 24 31 −7 19 0–1 – 3–1 0–1 3–0 1–4 1–2 3–3 2–0
8 Sanjoanense 16 5 3 8 19 30 −11 18 0–3 1–1 2–4 1–1 – 0–3 2–1 3–2 2–1
9 Trofense 16 5 5 6 17 19 −2 17[lower-alpha 2] 2–0 1–3 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 – 1–0 1–1
10 Vianense (Q) 16 3 3 10 14 21 −7 12 1–2 1–1 – 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2024. Source: Liga 3
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
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Fafe are ranked ahead of Varzim on head-to-head: Varzim 0-1 Fafe, Fafe 0-0 Varzim.
  2. ↑ Trofense was deducted 3 points for financial irregularities.[5]

Série B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ACA SPO ATL ALV SPC CAL OLI AMO PER 1DE
1 Académica (Q) 16 9 4 3 23 12 +11 31 Advance to Promotion Series 0–0 – 2–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1
2 Sporting B 16 8 3 5 22 19 +3 27[lower-alpha 1] 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–3 2–0 1–0 – 2–0
3 Atlético CP 16 7 6 3 25 17 +8 27[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 0–2 3–1 1–1 0–2 – 1–0 2–0 3–0
4 Alverca 16 7 4 5 23 18 +5 25 1–2 – 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–0
5 Sp. Covilhã 15 6 6 3 26 17 +9 24 Advance to Relegation Series – 3–0 1–1 1–2 4–3 0–3 – 2–0 0–0
6 Caldas 16 6 5 5 27 24 +3 23 1–2 1–0 3–3 1–0 – 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–0
7 Oliveira do Hospital (Q) 16 5 4 7 14 19 −5 19 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–4 1–1 –
8 Amora 15 4 5 6 20 19 +1 17 0–2 3–2 1–1 – 1–1 2–2 0–1 3–0 0–2
9 Pêro Pinheiro (Q) 16 3 4 9 15 33 −18 13 1–4 3–3 1–1 1–2 0–4 – 1–0 2–3 2–0
10 1º Dezembro (Q) 16 2 3 11 10 27 −17 9 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–4 0–2 3–2 0–2 – 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 14 January 2024. Source: Liga 3
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
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Sporting B are ranked of Atlético de Portugal on head-to-head: Sporting B 2–1 Atlético de Portugal, Atlético de Portugal 0–2 Sporting B.

Please read the official rules of the Liga 3. I deleted the follow sentence because the format has changend to this year. "In the second stage, the 20 clubs will be divided in 2 promotion series (Serie 1 and 2) of 4 teams and 2 relegation series (Serie 1 and 2) of 6 teams." I readed this in the official rules of the Liga Portugal. After the normal first round the best 8 teams comes in one group and they aren't divided in two groups. The first and second one promote to the 2nd league and the 3nd one will play against the 16th of Liga Portugal 2. I don't know how I could change here that and I opened the last days a discussion about this, but I guess nobody read this, that's the reason that I changend this here.

Second stage

Promotion series

Serie 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification FEL SB2 SB3 SA4
1 Felgueiras 1932 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to Liga Portugal 2 – – –
2 Série B 2nd place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Playoff – – –
3 Série B 3rd place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – –
4 Série A 4th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – –
Updated to match(es) played on 5 January 2024. Source:
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

Serie 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification SB1 LUS SA3 SB4
1 Série B 1st place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to Liga Portugal 2 – – –
2 Lusitânia Lourosa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Playoff – – –
3 Série A 3rd place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – –
4 Série B 4th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – –
Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2024. Source:
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

Relegation series

Serie 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation SA5 SA6 SA7 SA8 SA9 VIA
1 Série A 5th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 – – – – –
2 Série A 6th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 – – – – –
3 Série A 7th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 – – – – –
4 Série A 8th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 – – – – –
5 Série A 9th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Relegation to Campeonato de Portugal – – – – –
6 Vianense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 – – – – –
Updated to match(es) played on 7 January 2024. Source:
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

Serie 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation SB5 SB6 SB7 OLI PER 1DE
1 Série B 5th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 – – – – –
2 Série B 6th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 – – – – –
3 Série B 7th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 – – – – –
4 Oliveira do Hospital 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 – – – – –
5 Pêro Pinheiro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Relegation to Campeonato de Portugal – – – – –
6 1º Dezembro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 – – – – –
Updated to match(es) played on 14 January 2024. Source:
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

Number of teams by district

Rank District Football Associations Number Teams
1 Lisbon51.º Dezembro, Atlético CP, Alverca, Pêro Pinheiro and Sporting B
2 Porto4Canelas, Felgueiras, Trofense and Varzim
3 Aveiro3Anadia, Lusitânia Lourosa and Sanjoanense
4 Braga2Braga B and Fafe
CoimbraAcadémica and Oliveira do Hospital
6 Castelo Branco1Sp. Covilhã
LeiriaCaldas
SetúbalAmora
Viana do CasteloVianense

References

  1. ↑ "Aí está a Liga 3". FPF (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  2. ↑ "Da subida à manutenção na Liga 3: todas as contas para a última jornada (Lembrando o formato para 2023/24)". Mais Futebol (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  3. ↑ "B-SAD finishes its fusion with Cova da Piedade SAD". A Bola (in Portuguese). 29 April 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Portuguese Football Federation excludes Cova da Piedade SAD and Pêro Pinheiro gets promoted to Liga 3". A Bola (in Portuguese). 13 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Trofense effectively docked 3 points". TSF. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
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