Portuguese League (3rd tier) Country Portugal Founded 1947 Number of teams 20 (2025–26 season) Current champions Amarante (2025–26) Most successful club(s) Ovarense, Vizela, Sporting da Covilhã, Oliveirense, Varzim, Freamunde, and Cova da Piedade(3 titles each)

A national third tier of Portuguese league football was established in 1947–48 as the Terceira Divisão.

Starting with the 1990–91 season, a new second-tier professional league, initially named Segunda Divisão de Honra, was established. This moved the Terceira Divisão to the fourth tier of Portuguese league football, and Segunda Divisão B was established as the new third-tier league. It was renamed Segunda Divisão in 2005, returning to its previous name from when it was the second tier.

The Campeonato Nacional de Seniores was introduced in 2013 as the new third-level championship, replacing both Segunda Divisão and Terceira Divisão. On 22 October 2015, it was renamed Campeonato de Portugal. The current Liga 3 was created as the new third tier from the 2021–22 season onwards, and the Campeonato de Portugal was demoted one tier.

Cova da Piedade was the first club to be crowned champions, and the competition's record title holders are Ovarense, Vizela, Sporting da Covilhã, Oliveirense, Varzim, Freamunde, and Cova da Piedade with 3 championships each. Almada, Seixal, União de Lamas, Cova da Piedade, Vizela, União de Santarém, Bragança, Portalegrense, and Montijo won the most titles (2) in the Terceira Divisão era, Sporting da Covilhã holds the record with 3 titles in the Segunda Divisão era, while Mafra was the only repeat winner with 2 titles in the Campeonato de Portugal era. As of the 2025–26 season, no team has yet won more than one Liga 3 title.

The current champions of the league are Amarante, having clinched their 1st title in the 2025–26 season.

List of champions by season Teams marked with an asterisk (*) were not promoted

SeasonChampions (number of titles)Runners-up (number of times)Third placeTerceira Divisão (1947–1990) 1947–48Cova da Piedade Académico de Viseu 1948–49Almada Tirsense 1949–50Ovarense Operário Vilafranquense 1950–51Juventude de Évora Sanjoanense 1951–52Lusitano VRSA Caldas 1952–53Vila Real Farense 1953–54Coruchense Académico do Porto* 1954–55O Elvas Chaves 1955–56Almada Marinhense 1956–57Serpa Vila Real 1957–58Oliveirense Sacavenense 1958–59Beira-Mar Olivais 1959–60Benfica e Castelo Branco Sacavenense 1960–61Seixal Vila Real 1961–62Varzim Luso 1962–63Os Leões Famalicão 1963–64União de Lamas Almada 1964–65União de Tomar Ovarense 1965–66Montijo Tirsense 1966–67Vizela Tramagal 1967–68Seixal Boavista 1968–69União de Lamas Farense 1969–70Olhanense União de Coimbra 1970–71Cova da Piedade Gil Vicente 1971–72Caldas Oliveirense 1972–73Lusitânia Lourosa Lusitano de Évora 1973–74Paços de Ferreira Estrela de Portalegre 1974–75União de Santarém Sporting da Covilhã 1975–76Portalegrense União de Coimbra 1976–77Rio Ave Cova da Piedade 1977–78Sacavenense Desportivo das Aves 1978–79Bragança Oriental 1979–80Vasco da Gama Sanjoanense 1980–81União de Coimbra O Elvas 1981–82Vizela Atlético CP 1982–83Esperança de Lagos Guarda 1983–84Championship play-off was canceled 1984–85União de Santarém Académico de Viseu 1985–86Bragança União de Santiago 1986–87Louletano Marco 1987–88Portalegrense Luso 1988–89Mirense Famalicão 1989–90Montijo Lousada Segunda Divisão B (1990–2005) 1990–91Ovarense Rio Ave Olhanense 1991–92Campomaiorense Felgueiras Amora 1992–93Leça Portimonense Académico de Viseu 1993–94Amora Feirense União de Lamas 1994–95Moreirense Alverca Académico de Viseu 1995–96Varzim Sporting da Covilhã Beja 1996–97Maia Torreense Nacional da Madeira 1997–98Santa Clara Esposende Naval 1º Maio 1998–99Freamunde No championship play-off took place, with each season's 3 regional winners being recognized joint league champions.Sporting da Covilhã Imortal 1999–2000Marco Ovarense Nacional da Madeira 2000–01Moreirense Oliveirense Portimonense 2001–02Marco Sporting da Covilhã União da Madeira 2002–03Leixões Feirense Estoril Praia 2003–04Gondomar Sporting de Espinho Olhanense 2004–05Vizela Sporting da Covilhã Barreirense Segunda Divisão (2005–2013) 2005–06Olivais e Moscavide Trofense 2006–07Freamunde Fátima 2007–08Oliveirense Sporting da Covilhã 2008–09Fátima Chaves 2009–10Arouca Moreirense União da Madeira* 2010–11União da Madeira Atlético CP Padroense* 2011–12Varzim* Tondela Fátima* 2012–13Chaves Farense Académico de ViseuCampeonato Nacional de Seniores (2013–2015) 2013–14Freamunde Oriental 2014–15Mafra Famalicão Campeonato de Portugal (2015–2021) 2015–16Cova da Piedade Vizela 2016–17Real Oliveirense 2017–18Mafra Farense 2018–19Casa Pia Vilafranquense 2019–20 Abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic (Vizela and Arouca were promoted for being the two teams with the most points at the time of the suspension) 2020–21Trofense Estrela da Amadora Liga 3 (2021–present) 2021–22Torreense Oliveirense 2022–23União de Leiria Belenenses 2023–24Alverca Felgueiras (2006) Lusitânia Lourosa* 2024–25Lusitânia Lourosa Sporting B Belenenses* 2025–26Amarante Académica de Coimbra Belenenses*

List of champion clubs by titles won 64 clubs have won the third-tier title, including 38 which have won since professional leagues were introduced (1990–). The most recent to join the list were Amarante (2025–26).

19 teams have at some point held first or joint first place in the number of titles won: Cova da Piedade (1948–1955, 2016–), Almada (1949–1999), Ovarense (1950–1955, 1991–), Juventude de Évora (1951–1955), Lusitano VRSA (1952–1955), Vila Real (1953–1955), Coruchense (1954–1955), O Elvas (1955), Seixal (1968–1999), União de Lamas (1969–1999), Vizela (1982–1999, 2005–), União de Santarém (1985–1999), Bragança (1986–1999), Portalegrense (1988–1999), Montijo (1990–1999), Varzim (1996–1999, 2012–), Sporting da Covilhã (2005–), Oliveirense (2008–), and Freamunde (2014–).

Where teams in the table are tied for championship wins, they are ordered by earliest title won and then number of runner-up seasons. 

RankClubWinnersWinning seasons1Sporting da Covilhã331998–99, 2001–02, 2004–05Oliveirense331957–58, 2000–01, 2007–083Ovarense311949–50, 1990–91, 1999–2000Vizela311966–67, 1981–82, 2004–05Cova da Piedade311947–48, 1970–71, 2015–166Varzim301961–62, 1995–96, 2011–12Freamunde301998–99, 2006–07, 2013–148Almada211948–49, 1955–56Moreirense211994–95, 2000–01Marco211999–2000, 2001–0211Seixal201960–61, 1967–68União de Lamas201963–64, 1968–69União de Santarém201974–75, 1984–85Bragança201978–79, 1985–86Portalegrense201975–76, 1987–88Montijo201965–66, 1989–90Olhanense201969–70, 2003–04União da Madeira202001–02, 2010–11Mafra202014–15, 2017–18Lusitânia Lourosa201972–73, 2024–2521Vila Real121952–53Sacavenense121977–78União de Coimbra121980–81Chaves122012–1325O Elvas111954–55Caldas111971–72Rio Ave111976–77Portimonense112000–01Feirense112002–03Fátima112008–09Trofense112020–21Torreense112021–22Alverca112023–2434Juventude de Évora101950–51Lusitano VRSA101951–52Coruchense101953–54Serpa101956–57Beira-Mar101958–59Benfica e Castelo Branco101959–60Os Leões101962–63União de Tomar101964–65Paços de Ferreira101973–74Vasco da Gama101979–80Esperança de Lagos101982–83Louletano101986–87Mirense101988–89Campomaiorense101991–92Leça101992–93Amora101993–94Maia101996–97Santa Clara101997–98Imortal101998–99Nacional da Madeira101999–2000Leixões102002–03Estoril Praia102002–03Gondomar102003–04Sporting de Espinho102003–04Barreirense102004–05Olivais e Moscavide102005–06Arouca102009–10Real102016–17Casa Pia102018–19União de Leiria102022–23Amarante102025–26

Performance by district Clubs from a total of 18 districts have won the second-tier title.

RankDistrict Football AssociationsTitlesTeams1 Porto16Varzim (3), Freamunde (3), Marco (2), Paços de Ferreira (1), Rio Ave (1), Leça (1), Maia (1), Leixões (1), Gondomar (1), Trofense (1), Amarante (1)2 Aveiro14Ovarense (3), Oliveirense (3), União de Lamas (2), Lusitânia Lourosa (2), Beira-Mar (1), Feirense (1), Sporting de Espinho (1), Arouca (1)3 Setúbal12Cova da Piedade (3), Almada (2), Seixal (2), Montijo (2), Vasco da Gama (1), Amora (1), Barreirense (1)4 Lisbon9Mafra (2), Sacavenense (1), Estoril Praia (1), Olivais e Moscavide (1), Real (1), Casa Pia (1), Torreense (1), Alverca (1)5 Faro7Olhanense (2), Lusitano VRSA (1), Esperança de Lagos (1), Louletano (1), Imortal (1), Portimonense (1)6 Braga5Vizela (3), Moreirense (2) Santarém5União de Santarém (2), Coruchense (1), União de Tomar (1), Fátima (1)8 Portalegre4Portalegrense (2), O Elvas (1), Campomaiorense (1) Castelo Branco4Sporting da Covilhã (3), Benfica e Castelo Branco (1)10 Madeira3União da Madeira (2), Nacional da Madeira (1) Leiria3Caldas (1), Mirense (1), União de Leiria (1)12 Bragança2Bragança (2) Vila Real2Vila Real (1), Chaves (1)14 Évora1Juventude de Évora (1) Beja1Serpa (1) Angra do Heroísmo1Os Leões (1) Coimbra1União de Coimbra (1) Ponta Delgada1Santa Clara (1)

See also List of football clubs in Portugal by major honours won List of winners of the Liga Portugal 2 and predecessors

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