2017–18 LigaPro

LigaPro
Season	2017–18
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The 2017–18 LigaPro (also known as Ledman LigaPro for sponsorship reasons) will be the 28th season of Portuguese football's second-tier league, and the second season under the current LigaPro title. A total of 20 teams compete in this division, including reserve sides from top-flight Primeira Liga teams.

Teams

A total of 20 teams contest the league, including 16 sides from the 2016–17 season, two teams relegated from the 2016–17 Primeira Liga and two promoted from the 2016–17 Campeonato de Portugal.

Team changes

Promoted from 2016–17 Campeonato de Portugal

Oliveirense (North zone promotion group winner)
Real (South zone promotion group winner)

Relegated from 2016–17 Primeira Liga

Promoted to 2017–18 Primeira Liga

Relegated to 2017–18 Campeonato de Portugal

Stadia and locations

Benfica B
Sporting CP B

Location of teams in 2017–18 LigaPro (Mainland)

Nacional
União

Location of teams in 2017–18 LigaPro (Madeira)

Santa Clara

Location of teams in 2016–17 LigaPro (Azores)

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2016–17 finish
Académica	Coimbra	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra	29,744	6th
Académico de Viseu	Viseu	Estádio do Fontelo	8,046	17th
Arouca	Arouca	Estádio Municipal de Arouca	5,000	3117th (PL)
Benfica B	Lisbon	Caixa Futebol Campus	2,720	4th
Braga B	Braga	Estádio 1º de Maio	5,000	7th
Cova da Piedade	Cova da Piedade	Estádio Municipal José Martins Vieira	3,500	16th
Famalicão	Vila Nova de Famalicão	Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho	5,037	15th
Gil Vicente	Barcelos	Estádio Cidade de Barcelos	12,032	13th
Leixões	Matosinhos	Estádio do Mar	6,798	18th
Nacional	Funchal	Estádio da Madeira	5,586	3118th (PL)
Oliveirense	Oliveira de Azeméis	Estádio Carlos Osório	1,435	31 (CP)
Penafiel	Penafiel	Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril	5,230	5th
Porto B	Porto	Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio	8,272	12th
Real	Queluz	Complexo Desportivo do Real SC	3,600	31 (CP)
Santa Clara	Ponta Delgada	Estádio de São Miguel	4,000	10th
Sporting CP B	Lisbon	CGD Stadium Aurélio Pereira	1,180	14th
Sporting da Covilhã	Covilhã	Estádio Municipal José dos Santos Pinto	2,055	8th
União da Madeira	Funchal	Centro Desportivo da Madeira	2,500	3rd
Varzim	Póvoa de Varzim	Estádio do Varzim SC	7,280	9th
Vitória de Guimarães B	Guimarães	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques	30,008	11th

Personnel and sponsors

Team	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors
Académica	Ivo Vieira	Lacatoni	EFAPEL
Académico de Viseu	Francisco Chaló	Macron	Palácio do Gelo
Arouca	Jorge Costa	Joma	Construções Carlos Pinho
Benfica B	Hélder Cristóvão	Adidas	Emirates
Braga B	João Aroso	Lacatoni
Cova da Piedade	João Barbosa	Lacatoni
Famalicão	Dito	Lacatoni	Porminho
Gil Vicente	Álvaro Magalhães	Macron	Barcelos / Crédito Agrícola
Leixões	Kenedy	Luanvi	Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos
Nacional	Costinha	Hummel	Santander Totta
Oliveirense	Pedro Miguel	Rakso	Simoldes
Penafiel	António Conceição	Macron	Restradas
Porto B	José Tavares	New Balance
Real SC	Filipe Martins	Claw	Junta de Freguesia de Queluz
Santa Clara	Carlos Pinto	Nike	Açoreana Seguros
Sporting CP B	Luís Martins	Macron	NOS
Sporting da Covilhã	Filipe Gouveia	Lacatoni	Natura / MB Hotels
União da Madeira	Paulo Alves	Lacatoni	Museu CR7
Varzim	João Eusébio	Stadio	Carnes São José
Vitória de Guimarães B	Vítor Campelos	Macron

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment

Season summary

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Real	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	3	Promotion to the Primeira Liga
2	Varzim	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3	Promotion to the Primeira Liga
3	Famalicão	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3
4	Académico de Viseu	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
5	Oliveirense	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
6	Santa Clara	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
7	Sporting CP B	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3	Ineligible for promotion
8	Gil Vicente	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
9	Penafiel	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
10	União da Madeira	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
11	Braga B	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	Ineligible for promotion
12	Nacional	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
13	Porto B	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0	Ineligible for promotion
14	Sporting da Covilhã	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0
15	Benfica B	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0	Ineligible for promotion
16	Académica	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0
17	Cova da Piedade	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
18	Arouca	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
19	Leixões	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	0	Relegation to the Campeonato de Portugal
20	Vitória de Guimarães B	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0	Relegation to the Campeonato de Portugal

Updated to match(es) played on 8 August 2017. 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.
(Note: The LPFP decided that only criteria 1, 5, 6 and 7 would be applied to establish the classification during the competition.)^[1]

References

↑ "Regulamento das Competições Organizadas pela Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional" [Regulation for the competitions organised by the Portuguese Professional Football League] (PDF). LPFP (in Portuguese). 28 June 2016. p. 10. Retrieved 2 September 2016.

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2017–18 in Portuguese football
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League competitions	Primeira Liga (level 1) LigaPro (level 2) Campeonato de Portugal (level 3)
Cup competitions	Taça de Portugal (Final) Taça da Liga (Final) Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
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LigaPro	Académica Académico de Viseu Arouca Benfica B Braga B Cova da Piedade Famalicão Gil Vicente Leixões Nacional Oliveirense Penafiel Porto B Real Santa Clara Sporting CP B Sporting da Covilhã União da Madeira Varzim Vitória de Guimarães B
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