2020–21 Liga Portugal 2

Liga Portugal 2
Season	2020–21
Dates	10 September 2020 – 16 May 2021
Matches played	157
Goals scored	374 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mohamed Bouldini (10 goals)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 → All statistics correct as of 3 February 2021.

The 2020–21 Liga Portugal 2 is the 31st season of Portuguese football's second-tier league, and the first season under the current Liga Portugal 2 title. A total of 18 teams are competing in this division, including reserve sides from top-flight Primeira Liga teams.

Teams

A total of 18 teams contest the league, including 14 sides from the 2019–20 season, 2 teams relegated from the 2019–20 Primeira Liga and 2 promoted from the 2019–20 Campeonato de Portugal.

Vitória de Setúbal and Desportivo das Aves (16th and 18th placed teams in 2019–20 Primeira Liga) were punished by the Portuguese Professional Football League for failing to produce valid licensing documentation with direct relegation to 2020–21 Campeonato de Portugal and, because of that, Cova da Piedade and Casa Pia (17th and 18th placed teams in 2019–20 LigaPro) were not relegated.[1][2]

Team changes

Promoted from 2019–20 Campeonato de Portugal

Promoted to 2020–21 Primeira Liga

Stadium and locations

Location of teams in 2020–21 Liga Portugal 2

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2019–20 finish
Académica	Coimbra	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra	29,744	7th
Académico de Viseu	Viseu	Estádio do Fontelo	7,744	8th
Arouca	Arouca	Estádio Municipal de Arouca	5,000	(CP)
Benfica B	Seixal	Benfica Campus	2,720	14th
Casa Pia	Lisbon	Estádio Pina Manique	1,600	18th
Chaves	Chaves	Estádio Municipal Eng.º Manuel Branco Teixeira	8,400	12th
Cova da Piedade	Cova da Piedade	Estádio Municipal José Martins Vieira	2,230	17th
Estoril	Estoril	Estádio António Coimbra da Mota	8,015	5th
Feirense	Santa Maria da Feira	Estádio Marcolino de Castro	5,401	3rd
Leixões	Matosinhos	Estádio do Mar	9,766	9th
Mafra	Mafra	Estádio Municipal de Mafra	1,257	4th
Oliveirense	Oliveira de Azeméis	Estádio Carlos Osório	1,750	11th
Penafiel	Penafiel	Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril	5,230	15th
Porto B	Vila Nova de Gaia	Estádio Municipal Jorge Sampaio	8,272	13th
Sp. Covilhã	Covilhã	Estádio Municipal José dos Santos Pinto	3,500	10th
Varzim	Póvoa de Varzim	Estádio do Varzim SC	7,280	6th
Vilafranquense	Vila Franca de Xira	Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior	6,500	16th
Vizela	Vizela	Estádio do FC Vizela	6,000	(CP)

Personnel and sponsors

Team	Head coach	Kit manufacturer
Académica	Rui Borges	Playoff
Académico de Viseu	Sérgio Boris	Macron
Arouca	Armando Evangelista	Skita
Benfica B	Renato Paiva	Adidas
Casa Pia	Filipe Martins	Macron
Chaves	Carlos Pinto	Lacatoni
Cova da Piedade	Toni Pereira	Lacatoni
Estoril	Bruno Pinheiro	Capelli Sport
Feirense	Filipe Rocha	Legea
Leixões	Tiago Fernandes	Luanvi
Mafra	Filipe Cândido	Lacatoni
Oliveirense	Pedro Miguel	Rakso
Penafiel	Pedro Ribeiro	Macron
Porto B	Rui Barros	New Balance
Sp. Covilhã	Nuno Capucho	Lacatoni
Varzim	Miguel Leal	Stadio
Vilafranquense	Quim Machado	Adidas
Vizela	Álvaro Pacheco	Lacatoni

Season summary

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Estoril	18	11	5	2	28	11	+17	38	Promotion to Primeira Liga
2	Académica	18	10	6	2	24	12	+12	36	Promotion to Primeira Liga
3	Feirense	18	10	4	4	27	16	+11	34	Qualification to Promotion Play-off
4	Vizela	18	9	5	4	27	23	+4	32
5	Chaves	18	8	3	7	22	20	+2	27
6	Arouca	18	7	6	5	17	16	+1	27
7	Casa Pia	18	6	8	4	23	26	−3	26
8	Mafra	17	7	4	6	23	19	+4	25
9	Penafiel	17	7	4	6	26	25	+1	25
10	Leixões	18	5	7	6	19	21	−2	22
11	Benfica B	18	5	5	8	30	27	+3	20
12	Vilafranquense	17	3	9	5	17	22	−5	18
13	Oliveirense	18	4	6	8	16	26	−10	18
14	Sp. Covilhã	15	4	5	6	16	16	0	17
15	Cova da Piedade	17	4	5	8	19	26	−7	17
16	Académico de Viseu	17	3	7	7	13	19	−6	16
17	Varzim	18	3	5	10	11	23	−12	14	Relegation to Terceira Liga
18	Porto B	18	3	4	11	22	32	−10	13	Relegation to Terceira Liga

Updated to match(es) played on 2 January 2021. 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.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 3 January 2021.[3]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mohamed Bouldini	Académica	10
2	Abel Camará	Mafra	7
	Abraham Marcus	Feirense
	Nenê	Leixões
	Stevy Okitokandjo	Mafra
	Gonçalo Ramos	Benfica B
	Abdul-Aziz Yakubu	Estoril
8	Malik Abubakari	Casa Pia	6
	Cassiano	Vizela
	Namaso	Porto B
11	Gilberto Silva	Sp. Covilhã	5
	Fabrício Simões	Feirense
	Jorge Teixeira	Oliveirense
	João Vieira	Cova da Piedade

Number of teams by district

Rank	District Football Associations	Number	Teams
1	Lisbon	5	Benfica B, Casa Pia, Estoril, Mafra and Vilafranquense
2	Porto	4	Leixões, Penafiel, Porto B and Varzim
3	Aveiro	3	Arouca, Feirense and Oliveirense
4	Braga	1	Vizela
	Castelo Branco		Sp. Covilhã
	Coimbra		Académica
	Setúbal		Cova da Piedade
	Vila Real		Chaves
	Viseu		Académico de Viseu

References

"Cova da Piedade e Casa Pia admitidos na II Liga em 2020/21". A Bola (in Portuguese).
"Aves e V. Setúbal falham licenciamento e descem ao Campeonato de Portugal". O Jogo (in Portuguese).
"Liga Portugal". www.ligaportugal.pt. Retrieved 26 November 2020.

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[1] "Cova da Piedade e Casa Pia admitidos na II Liga em 2020/21". A Bola (in Portuguese).

[2] "Aves e V. Setúbal falham licenciamento e descem ao Campeonato de Portugal". O Jogo (in Portuguese).

[3] "Liga Portugal". www.ligaportugal.pt. Retrieved 26 November 2020.

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