The 2025–26 Liga Portugal 2 (also known as Liga Portugal 2 Meu Super for sponsorship reasons) was the 36th season of Portuguese football's second-tier league and the sixth season under the current Liga Portugal 2 title.

Overview Promotion and relegation (pre-season) 18 teams are competing in this division, including three reserve sides from top-flight Primeira Liga teams – fifteen teams from previous season, one team relegated from Primeira Liga and two teams promoted from Liga 3.

Teams promoted to Primeira Liga Tondela and Alverca secure promotion to Primeira Liga following the results of their respective matches on 17 May 2025. Tondela beat União de Leiria and Alverca beat Portimonense. Tondela promoted after three seasons in second division while Alverca successfully achieved a second consecutive promotion after one season in the second division.

Teams relegated from Primeira Liga Farense were relegated on 17 May 2025 with suffered a defeat to Santa Clara and return to second division after spending two seasons in top division.

Teams promoted from Liga 3 Lusitânia Lourosa became the first team to be promoted on 3 May 2025 by defeating 1º Dezembro in matchweek 12 of the promotion phase. The result saw them play in the second division for the first time in their history.

Sporting CP B became the second team to be promoted on 17 May 2025 by defeating Amarante in matchweek 14 of the promotion phase. The result saw them return to the second division after a seven-season absence.

Teams relegated to Liga 3 Mafra were relegated on 3 May 2025 after suffering a defeat to Leixões and the result ended their time in the second division for five seasons.

Result from play-off Vizela failed to gain promotion to the Primeira Liga and remained in the second division for the season after losing 2-5 on aggregate to AVS and Paços de Ferreira managed to retain their place in the second division after beating Belenenses 3-2 on aggregate in a two-legged promotion and relegation play-off.

Reprived team Oliveirense, who finished 17th last season and should have been relegated managed to secure a place in the second division as a result of Boavista being demoted to the fifth division due to failing to register by the deadline set by the league operator.

Teams Changes The following teams changed division since the 2024–25 season. + To Liga Portugal 2 Relegated from Primeira Liga Farense Promoted from Liga 3 Lusitânia Lourosa Sporting CP B+ From Liga Portugal 2 Promoted to Primeira Liga Tondela Alverca Relegated to Liga 3 Mafra

Location and stadiums

Team Location Stadium Capacity 2024–25 season 6,912 2,644 8,400 ↓ 7,000 5,401 Estádio Dr. Machado de Matos7,540 6,000 ↑ Estádio do Lusitânia de Lourosa FC4,900 10,600 1,750 9,076 5,230 5,050 Estádio Luís Filipe Menezes3,800 ↑ Estádio Aurélio Pereira1,180 2,431 23,888 6,000

↓ Relegated from the Primeira Liga ↑ Promoted from the Liga 3

Personnel and kits Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and coaches may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Main kit sponsor Other kit sponsor(s) Joma Adidas Lacatoni Lacatoni Kelme G Sport Carlos Fangueiro Umbro Adidas Puma Lacatoni Joma Macron Umbro New Balance Nike Umbro CDT Kappa

Managerial changes Pre-season Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointmentMarítimo Ivo VieiraEnd of contract8 May 2025 Vítor Matos7 June 2025Farense Tozé MarrecoMutual termination29 May 2025 Silas18 June 2025Portimonense Ricardo PessoaEnd of contract30 June 2025 Tiago Fernandes1 July 2025Torreense Tiago Fernandes15 May 2025 Vítor Martins1 July 2025Oliveirense António Torres Campos30 June 2025 Jorge Pinto3 July 2025União de Leiria SilasSigned by Farense18 June 2025

During the season Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Week Position in table Replaced by Date of appointmentMarítimo Vítor MatosSigned by Swansea City 24 November 2025113rd Miguel Moita25 November 2025

Standings League table

Position by round

Results Fixtures and results

Results by round

Notes:

Relegation play-off The 16th-placed team (Farense) faces the 3rd-placed team of the Liga 3 (Belenenses) for the final place in the 2026–27 Liga Portugal 2.

Summary

Matches First leg

Second leg

Season statistics Top Goalscorers Top assists Hat-trick Clean sheets Discipline

Attendances Overall

Home match played

Team \ Match played1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Total 2,765 1,820 1,363 671 1,589 874 1,571 3,691 1,434 1,634 1,799 5,236 2,953 6,312 4,828 5,850 6,38450,774 852 1,020 569 522 351 763 683 1,259 1,280 980 395 817 456 994 890 2,231 1,66415,726 3,689 2,819 1,515 2,085 1,258 855 1,312 1,115 1,352 748 627 1,098 0 0 911 922 773 21,079 1,838 1,807 2,149 1,769 2,971 2,229 1,406 1,402 1,337 1,853 1,782 1,603 2,020 1,570 2,091 2,197 4,07134,095 1,422 2,329 3,503 1,477 890 1,091 1,168 1,133 1,345 1,561 1,062 1,114 1,617 1,623 1,464 1,191 1,52425,514 1,580 1,890 1,759 1,510 1,180 700 670 1,080 1,300 1,025 850 1,430 2,190 1,210 2,455 1,840 1,32523,994 3,152 3,114 2,557 3,212 2,987 2,987 1,675 1,432 1,765 1,876 1,853 1,852 1,832 2,517 2,031 1,182 4,21340,237 2,288 2,710 1,081 1,062 498 73 845 1,042 635 1,248 666 1,892 914 1,061 550 1,242 1,16518,972 8,148 7,483 7,504 6,726 6,210 7,308 5,989 7,655 5,114 8,728 7,298 9,034 9,255 7,817 8,827 10,023 7,058130,177 304 804 810 910 621 1,285 651 408 1,004 619 399 820 351 1,088 1,219 841 51912,653 2,755 1,873 1,606 1,353 1,477 2,988 1,989 2,071 892 1,246 1,329 2,579 2,132 2,216 1,952 1,833 4,12134,412 1,010 932 981 762 753 268 1,597 2,099 727 681 1,262 2,030 1,368 1,510 1,213 2,300 1,83721,330 1,807 1,995 1,489 1,232 747 680 644 548 848 696 677 1,075 691 775 911 1,246 3,65619,717 868 525 443 449 547 379 988 275 872 204 479 624 424 579 588 466 5499,259 625 433 515 410 296 506 424 574 315 272 486 461 388 350 237 684 4517,427 1,367 1,163 993 735 1,312 1,483 625 1,011 708 948 1,513 1,427 1,614 1,083 2,068 1,607 2,08821,745 7,138 8,320 5,127 2,124 4,320 10,738 1,109 1,109 1,612 375 1,168 1,782 782 434 5,247 6,346 1,27859,009 2,275 2,438 1,980 2,331 1,694 1,992 1,565 1,357 1,523 1,383 1,592 1,783 2,427 1,631 1,647 2,143 1,33231,093League total 577,213 Source: Liga Portugal 2

Number of teams by district RankDistrict Football AssociationsNumber Teams1 Porto5Felgueiras, Leixões, Paços de Ferreira, Penafiel and Porto B2 Aveiro3Feirense, Lusitânia Lourosa, and Oliveirense LisbonBenfica B, Sporting CP B and Torreense4 Algarve2Farense and Portimonense5 Braga1Vizela LeiriaUnião de Leiria MadeiraMarítimo Vila RealChaves ViseuAcadémico de Viseu

See also 2025–26 Primeira Liga 2025–26 Liga 3 2025–26 Campeonato de Portugal 2025–26 Taça da Liga 2025–26 Taça de Portugal

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