Campeonato de Portugal (league)


The Campeonato de Portugal is the third-level football league in Portugal. It is the only semi-professional national league that is organized by the Portuguese Football Federation.
The competition was created in 2013 as Campeonato Nacional de Seniores to replace the Portuguese Second and Third Divisions for the 2013–14 season. On 22 October 2015, the competition was renamed Campeonato de Portugal, its current designation.
The FPF announced the creation of the Terceira Liga as the new third level that will play in 2021–22, relegating the Campeonato de Portugal one level lower.

Format

The first season was contested by a total of 80 clubs, which included 19 teams from the District Championships, 39 from the Portuguese Second Division, 19 from the Portuguese Third Division 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 and from the Azores. The competition played with four groups of 18 teams in 2018–19 and the curtailed 2019–20 season. It will be played with eight groups of 12 in 2020–21, then reduced to four of 15 next season.

Seasons - League Tables

List of champions

Performance by club