Campeonato de Portugal (league)

Campeonato de Portugal
Country Portugal
Confederation UEFA
Founded 2013
Number of teams 80
Level on pyramid 3
Promotion to Segunda Liga
Relegation to Portuguese District Championships
Domestic cup(s) Taça de Portugal
Current champions Mafra (1st title)
Most championships Freamunde
Mafra
(1 title each)
Website fpf.pt
2015–16 Campeonato de Portugal

The Campeonato de Portugal (Portuguese for Championship of Portugal), officially known as Campeonato de Portugal Prio for sponsorship reasons, is the third-level football league in Portugal. It is the only non-professional national league that is organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF).

The competition was created in 2013 as Campeonato Nacional de Seniores (Seniors National Championship) to replace the Portuguese Second and Third Divisions (third and fourth tiers of the Portuguese football league system, respectively) for the 2013–14 season. On October 22, 2015, the competition was renamed to its current designation.

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. The current format consists of eight series of ten 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 series).[1][2]

Seasons - League Tables

Decade
2010s: — 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

List of champions

Season Champion Final Score Runner-up Third-place Final Score Fourth place
2013–14 Freamunde 3 – 2 Oriental Vitória de Guimarães B 0 – 0, 2 – 0 Benfica e Castelo Branco
2014–15 Mafra 1–1 (4–3, pso) Famalicão Varzim 2 – 0, 1 – 1 Casa Pia

Performance by club

Club Winners Runners-up Winning Years and Runner-Up Years
Freamunde 1 0 2014
Mafra 1 0 2015
Oriental 0 1 2014
Famalicão 0 1 2015

References

  1. ↑ "FPF reformula quadro competitivo" [FPF reformulates competition system]. zerozero.pt (in Portuguese) (ZOS, Lda). 19 March 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Regulamento – Campeonato Nacional de Seniores" [Regulations – Campeonato Nacional de Seniores] (PDF) (in Portuguese). FPF. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.

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