Campeonato de Portugal (league)

The Campeonato de Portugal (Portuguese for 'Championship of Portugal') is the fourth level of the Portuguese football league system. Together with the third-tier Liga 3, it is organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF).

Campeonato de Portugal

Organising body	FPF
Founded	2013; 11 years ago (2013)
Country	Portugal
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	56
Level on pyramid	3 (2013–2021) 4 (2021–present)
Promotion to	Liga Portugal 2 (2013–2021) Liga 3 (2021–present)
Relegation to	Portuguese District Championships
Domestic cup(s)	Taça de Portugal
Current champions	Atlético (1st title) (2022–23)
Most championships	Mafra (2 titles)
TV partners	A Bola TV
Website	fpf.pt
Current: 2023–24 Campeonato de Portugal

The Campeonato de Portugal was introduced in 2013 as the new third-level championship, under the name Campeonato Nacional de Seniores (Seniors National Championship), replacing both the Segunda Divisão and Terceira Divisão (former third and fourth divisions, respectively). On 22 October 2015, it adopted its current naming. With the creation of the Liga 3 as the new third division from the 2021–22 season, the Campeonato de Portugal was demoted one level.^[1][2]

Format

The first season, 2013–14, was contested by a total of 80 clubs, which included 19 teams from the District Championships, 39 from the Segunda Divisão, 19 from the Terceira Divisão and three teams relegated from the Segunda Liga during the 2012–13 season. In 2017–18, the format consisted of five series of eighteen teams, arranged according to geographic criteria, with the exception of teams from Madeira (placed in the first series) and from the Azores (placed in the last two series).^[3][4] The competition played with four groups of 18 teams in 2018–19 and the curtailed 2019–20 season. It has been played with eight groups of 12 in 2020–21, then it was reduced to five of 10 and one group of 11 teams in 2021–22 season.^[2]

Seasons - league tables

Decade				1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
2010s:	—			2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20
2020s:	2020–21 (8th)	2021–22 (9th)	2022–23 (10th)	2023–24 (11th)

List of champions and promoted teams

Season	Championship Final				Promotion
	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Final venue
3rd tier
2013–14	Freamunde	3–2	Oriental	Estádio do Fontelo, Viseu	Freamunde, Oriental and Vitória S.C. B
2014–15	Mafra	1–1 (a.e.t.), (4–3 p)	Famalicão	Estádio Municipal, Marinha Grande	Mafra, Famalicão and Varzim
2015–16	Cova da Piedade	0–0 (a.e.t.), (2–0 p)	Vizela	Estádio Municipal, Abrantes	Cova da Piedade, Vizela and Fafe
2016–17	Real	2–0	Oliveirense	Estádio do Fontelo, Viseu	Real and Oliveirense
2017–18	Mafra	2–1	Farense	Estádio Nacional, Jamor	Mafra and Farense
2018–19	Casa Pia	2–2 (a.e.t.), (4–2 p)	Vilafranquense		Casa Pia and Vilafranquense
2019–20	Abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[a]				Vizela and Arouca
2020–21	Trofense	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Estrela da Amadora	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra	Trofense and Estrela da Amadora
4th tier
2021–22	Paredes	4–0	Fontinhas	Estádio Nacional, Jamor	Paredes, Fontinhas, Länk Vilaverdense, Moncarapachense and Belenenses
2022–23	Atlético	3–0	Vianense		Atlético, Vianense, Lusitânia de Lourosa, 1º Dezembro and Pêro Pinheiro
2023–24

1. Vizela and Arouca were promoted for being the two teams with the most points at the time of the suspension.

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning seasons	Runner-up seasons
Mafra	2	0	2014–15, 2017–18	–
Freamunde	1	0	2013–14	–
Cova da Piedade	1	0	2015–16	–
Real	1	0	2016–17	–
Casa Pia	1	0	2018–19	–
Trofense	1	0	2020–21	–
Paredes	1	0	2021–22	–
Atlético	1	0	2022–23	–
Oriental	0	1	–	2013–14
Famalicão	0	1	–	2014–15
Vizela	0	1	–	2015–16
Oliveirense	0	1	–	2016–17
Farense	0	1	–	2017–18
Vilafranquense	0	1	–	2018–19
Estrela da Amadora	0	1	–	2020–21
Fontinhas	0	1	–	2021–22
Vianense	0	1	–	2022–23

References

1. "Conhecido o formato da Liga 3" (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. 8 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
2. "FPF avança com 3.ª Liga em 2021/22 e cria megaplano para o Campeonato de Portugal" [FPF advances with 3rd League in 2021–22 and creates megaplan for the Championship of Portugal]. Record.pt (in Portuguese). 6 May 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
3. "FPF reformula quadro competitivo" [FPF reformulates competition system]. zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). ZOS, Lda. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
4. "Regulamento – Campeonato Nacional de Seniores" [Regulations – Campeonato Nacional de Seniores] (PDF) (in Portuguese). FPF. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.

External links

• Official webpage (in Portuguese)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Segunda Divisão	Third tier of Portuguese football 2013–2021	Succeeded by Liga 3