The Liga Orangina logo (since 2010) |
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| Countries | Portugal |
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| Confederation | UEFA |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Levels on pyramid | 2 |
| Promotion to | Portuguese Liga |
| Relegation to | Portuguese Second Division |
| Domestic cup(s) | Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga |
| Current champions | Gil Vicente (2nd title) (2010-11) |
| Most championships | Paços de Ferreira (3 titles) |
| TV partners | SportTV |
| Website | LPFP.pt |
| 2011–12 Liga de Honra | |
The Liga de Honra (English: League of Honour), known for sponsorship reasons as the Liga Orangina, is the Portuguese second level football league. It was formerly called Segunda Divisão (Second Division) and Segunda Divisão de Honra (Second Division of Honour). When the LPFP took control of the two nationwide levels, it was renamed Segunda Liga, before renaming it Liga de Honra. The current champions are Gil Vicente.
Currently going into its 22nd edition, the Liga Orangina is presently contested by 16 clubs each season, with 16 different clubs having won the title.
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Before 1990, there was only one professional nationwide football league in Portugal the Primeira Divisão (First Division). Lower placed teams were relegated to the Segunda Divisão (Second Division), a regional league, while the top teams from that league would be promoted to the First Division. Starting with the 1990–91 season, a new second-tier professional league was created, taking the name Segunda Divisão, while the previous Segunda Divisão became the third-tier league and was renamed Segunda Divisão B.
In 1999, the Portuguese League for Professional Football (LPFP) took control of the two nationwide levels and renamed the league Segunda Liga (Second League), before eventually renaming it Liga de Honra (while the Segunda Divisão B reverted back to its original name).
From the 2006–07 season on, there are 16 clubs in the Portuguese Liga de Honra, down from 18 in the previous seasons. During the course of a season, each club plays all teams twice — once at their home stadium and once at their opponent's — for a total of 30 games. At the end of each season, the two top teams are promoted to Portuguese Liga, the two lowest placed teams are relegated to the Portuguese Second Division, and the top two teams from the Second Division are promoted to the Liga de Honra.
Names in bold are the colloquial names of the clubs.
Until the season 2004–05, SportTV and NTV (now RTPN, the news channel by Portuguese public broadcaster RTP) televised two games per week, one game broadcasted by SportTV and another game transmitted by NTV. Now only SportTV has the rights to broadcast Liga Orangina matches, showing two games a week.
| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Winning Years and Runner-Up Years |
| Paços de Ferreira | 3 | - | 1991, 2000, 2005 |
| Beira-Mar | 2 | 2 | 1998, 2000, 2006, 2010 |
| Rio Ave | 2 | 1 | 1996, 2003, 2008 |
| Gil Vicente | 2 | - | 1999, 2011 |
| União de Leiria | 1 | 2 | 1994, 1998, 2009 |
| Campomaiorense | 1 | 1 | 1995, 1997 |
| Estoril-Praia | 1 | 1 | 1991, 2004 |
| Espinho | 1 | - | 1992 |
| Estrela da Amadora | 1 | - | 1993 |
| Tirsense | 1 | - | 1994 |
| Leça | 1 | - | 1995 |
| Santa Clara | 1 | - | 2001 |
| Moreirense | 1 | - | 2002 |
| Leixões | 1 | - | 2007 |
| Trofense | 1 | - | 2008 |
| Olhanense | 1 | - | 2009 |
| Belenenses | – | 2 | 1992, 1999 |
| Varzim | – | 2 | 1997, 2001 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | – | 2 | 1996, 2004 |
| União da Madeira | – | 1 | 1993 |
| Académica | – | 1 | 2002 |
| Alverca | – | 1 | 2003 |
| Naval 1º de Maio | – | 1 | 2005 |
| Desportivo das Aves | – | 1 | 2006 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | – | 1 | 2007 |
| Portimonense | – | 1 | 2010 |
| Feirense | – | 1 | 2011 |
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