2025–26 Liga Portugal 2

The 2025–26 Liga Portugal 2 will be 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 [2024–25 2024–25 Liga 3 (Portugal)|Liga 3 (Portugal)|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.

Location and stadiums

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2024–25 season
			6,912
			2,644
			8,400
^↓			7,000
			5,401
			7,540
			6,000
^↑			4,900
			10,600
			1,750
			9,076
		Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril	5,230
Portimonense		Estádio Municipal de Portimão	4,961
			3,800
^↑	Alcochete		1,180
			2,431
		Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa	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
	Sérgio Fonseca	André Almeida	Joma
			Adidas
	Filipe Martins	Carraça	Lacatoni
		Marco Matias	Lacatoni
	Ricardo Costa	Leandro Antunes	Kelme
	Agostinho Bento	Feliz	G Sport
	Carlos Fangueiro	Igor Stefanovic	Lacatoni
	Pedro Miguel	Silvério	Adidas
	Miguel Moita	Romain Correia	Puma
	Jorge Pinto	Filipe Alves	Kelme
	Nuno Braga	Tiago Ferreira	Joma
	José Manuel Aira	João Miguel	Macron
		Tamble Monteiro	Mizuno
		Gabriel Brás	New Balance
		Manuel Mendonça	Nike
		Stopira	Umbro
	Fábio Pereira	Diogo Amado	CDT
	Nuno Silva	Jota Gonçalves	Kappa

Standings

League table

Results

Results by round

Notes:

Relegation play-off

The 16th-placed teams of the Liga Portugal 2 faces the 3rd-placed team of the Liga 3.