2017–18 LigaPro

The 2017–18 LigaPro was the 28th season of Portuguese football's second-tier league, and the fourth season under the current LigaPro title. A total of 20 teams competed in this division, including reserve sides from top-flight Primeira Liga teams.

Teams

A total of 20 teams contested 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

Relegated from 2016–17 Primeira Liga

Promoted to 2017–18 Primeira Liga

Relegated to 2017–18 Campeonato de Portugal

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2016–17 finish
Académica	Coimbra	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra	29,622	6th
Académico de Viseu	Viseu	Estádio do Fontelo	7,744	17th
Arouca	Arouca	Estádio Municipal de Arouca	5,000	17th
Benfica B	Seixal	Caixa Futebol Campus	2,720	4th
Braga B	Braga	Estádio 1º de Maio	28,000	7th
Cova da Piedade	Cova da Piedade	Estádio Municipal José Martins Vieira	3,000	16th
Famalicão	Vila Nova de Famalicão	Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho	5,300	15th
Gil Vicente	Barcelos	Estádio Cidade de Barcelos	12,046	13th
Leixões	Matosinhos	Estádio do Mar	9,766	18th
Nacional	Funchal	Estádio da Madeira	5,200	18th
Oliveirense	Oliveira de Azeméis	Estádio Municipal de Aveiro	32,830	2nd
Penafiel	Penafiel	Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril	5,320	5th
Porto B	Vila Nova de Gaia	Estádio Municipal Jorge Sampaio	8,270	12th
Real	Queluz	Complexo Desportivo do Real SC	2,415	1st
Santa Clara	Ponta Delgada	Estádio de São Miguel	13,277	10th
Sporting CP B	Alcochete	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	2,300	3rd
Varzim	Póvoa de Varzim	Estádio do Varzim SC	7,280	9th
Vitória de Guimarães B	Guimarães	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques	30,000	11th

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank

Player

Club

Goals

Hat-tricks

Player

For

Against

Result

Date

Ref

Scoring

First goal of the season:
* Bilel Aouacheria, for Sporting da Covilhã vs Sporting B
Biggest home win:
*Famalicão 6–0 Sporting B
*Nacional 6–0 Porto B
Biggest away win:
*Nacional 0–4 Real
*Benfica B 1–5 Académico Viseu
*Benfica B 0–4 Académica
*União da Madeira 0–4 Benfica B
*Porto B 0–4 Braga B
Highest scoring match: 9 goals
*Braga B 5–4 Nacional
Biggest winning margin: 6 goals
*Famalicão 6–0 Sporting B
*Nacional 6–0 Porto B
Most goals scored in a match by a team: 6 goals
*Famalicão 6–0 Sporting B
*Nacional 6–0 Porto B

Awards

Annual awards

Liga Portugal

Player of the Season

The Player of the Season was awarded to Ricardo Gomes.

Manager of the Season

The Manager of the Season was awarded to Costinha.

Goalkeeper of the Season

The Goalkeeper of the Season was awarded to Ricardo Ribeiro.

Young Player of the Year

The Young Player of the Year was awarded to Artur Abreu.

Club Fair-Play Prize

The Club Fair-Play Prize was awarded to Benfica B.

Player Fair-Play Prize

The Player Fair-Play Prize was awarded to Casillas.