The 2021–22 Campeonato Nacional Feminino (also known as Liga BPI for

sponsorship Sponsoring something (or someone) is the act of supporting an event, activity, person, or organization financially or through the provision of products or services. The individual or group that provides the support, similar to a benefactor, is k ...

reasons) is the 37th edition of

Campeonato Nacional Feminino The Campeonato Nacional Feminino (English: Women's National Championship), also known as Liga BPI for sponsorship reasons, is the top-tier women's association football league in Portugal. It is run by the Portuguese Football Federation and began ...

. On 8 May 2022, Benfica beat

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional foot ...

at home by 3–1 and became champions for the second time in their history.

Teams

16 teams contested the Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino in 2021–22.

Team changes

;To Campeonato Nacional * Vilaverdense (runners-up) *

Atlético CP Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico * Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy * Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic ...

(semifinal loser to

Sporting CP B Sporting Clube de Portugal B is the reserve team of Portuguese football club Sporting CP, a team based in Lisbon. Reserve teams in Portugal play in the same league system as the senior team, rather than in a reserve team league. However, they cann ...

) ;From Campeonato Nacional * Cadima (North Serie 5th) * Fiães (North Serie 6th) * Futebol Benfica (South Serie 5th) * A-dos-Francos (South Serie 6th) * Ovarense (Play-off loser) * Damaiense (Play-off loser)

Format

The competition continued to be played in two stages, but the number of teams being reduced from 20 to 16. In the first stage, the 16 clubs will be divided in two series (North and South) of 8 teams, according to geographic criteria. In each series, teams play against each other once in a single round-robin system. In the second stage, the four best-placed teams of each of the Series advanced to the championship group and the remaining teams to the relegation series. On the championship group, all eight teams play against each other in a home-and-away double round-robin system, to decide the champions. On the relegation series (North and South) the competition work in the same way, with the first and second placed teams being granted a place in 2022–23 Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino. The eighth-placed team (last) was relegated while the teams place from third to seventh will play the relegation play-offs along with teams from Campeonato Nacional II Divisão placed second to fourth. Eight teams participate in the play-off, with the winner of each round advancing to the next one. Only the winner guarantees a place in 2022–23 Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino.

First stage

North Serie

South Serie

Second stage

Championship group

Relegation Phase

Relegation play-offs

The teams placed third to seventh in the relegation group and the teams placed second to four in the 2021-22 Second Division League played against each other in a play-off championship to define the last team to play the 2022–23 Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino.

=Quarter-finals

=Semi-finals

=Final

= Although Futebol Benfica won the play-off stage, they did not obtain the licensing required to participate in 2022–23 Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino. Thus,

Atlético Ouriense Atlético Ouriense is a women's football club from Ourém, Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern E ...

was invited instead.

References

External links

official website (fpf)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino, 2021-22 2021-22 Por

women's A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as "women's rights" to denote female humans regardl ...

Camp Camp may refer to: Outdoor accommodation and recreation * Campsite or campground, a recreational outdoor sleeping and eating site * a temporary settlement for nomads * Camp, a term used in New England, Northern Ontario and New Brunswick to descri ...