The 2020–21 Campeonato de Portugal was the eighth season of Portuguese football's renovated third-tier league, since the merging of the
Segunda Divisão
The Segunda Divisão Portuguesa (English language, English: ''Portuguese Second Division'') was a association football, football league situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system. The division had previously been the secon ...
and
Terceira Divisão
The Terceira Divisão Portuguesa (in English: ''Portuguese Third Division'') was a football league in Portugal, situated at the fourth level of the Portuguese football league system. The Third Division was initially the third level of the Portugue ...
in 2013, and the sixth season under the current
Campeonato de Portugal title. A total of 96 teams competed in this division.
Due to the cancellation of all non-professional competitions in the country due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
The COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal is part of the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). On 2 March 2020, the virus was confirmed to have reached the country when it was report ...
on the previous season, no teams were relegated, which lead to an additional team from each of the 20 district championships. The
Portuguese Football Federation
The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) ( pt, Federação Portuguesa de Futebol; ) is the governing body of football in Portugal. The federation was formed in 1914 as Portuguese Football Union (UPF) by the three existing regional associations ...
decided the creation of the
Liga 3, a new tier in the
Portuguese league system, beginning with the 2021–22 season, as well as a new format for Campeonato de Portugal, including the addition of four reserve teams invited from
Primeira Liga
The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...
clubs raising the total number of teams from 72 to 96. This new format will reduce the total number of teams to 56 on the next season.
Format
The new competition format consists of three stages. In the first stage, the 96 clubs were divided in eight series of 12 teams, according to geographic criteria, with a maximum of two reserve teams in each series. In each series, teams played against each other in a home-and-away
double round-robin system.
In the second stage, the best-placed teams of each of eight Series advanced to the promotion series, teams placed from second to fifth qualified for Liga 3 qualification Series, bottom 4 teams were relegated to the
District Championships and remaining teams stayed in Campeonato de Portugal. On the promotion series, the 8 teams were divided in two series of 4 teams, the winners of each series being promoted to
LigaPro, remaining teams qualified for
Liga 3. On the Liga 3 qualification Series, the 32 teams were divided in eight series of 4 teams, the two best-placed teams of each series qualified for Liga 3. In both promotion Series and Liga 3 qualification Series, teams played against each other in a home-and-away
double round-robin system.
In the third stage, the best-placed teams of the two promotion series faced each other on a neutral venue to decide the champion.
Teams
Relegated from
2019–20 Primeira Liga:
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Cova da Piedade
Cova da Piedade is a former civil parish in the municipality of Almada, Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Almada, Cova da Piedade, Pragal e Cacilhas. The population in 2011 was 19,904, in an area of ...
Vitória de Setúbal
Vitoria or Vitória may refer to :
People
* Francisco de Vitoria (c. 1483–1546), a Spanish Renaissance theologian
* Alberto Vitoria (1956–2010), Spanish footballer
* Rui Vitória (born 1970), Portuguese retired footballer
* Steven Vitória ...
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Casa Pia
:''This article refers to the institution. For the child abuse scandal, see Casa Pia child sexual abuse scandal.''
The Casa Pia is a Portuguese institution founded by Maria I, known as ''A Pia'' ("Mary the Pious"), and organized by Police Intendan ...
From Serie A:
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Fafe
Fafe () is a municipality in the northern Portuguese district of Braga. The population in 2021 was 48,502, in an area of approximately (. The city itself had a population of 14,144 in 2001. The present mayor is Antero Barbosa, elected by the Social ...
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Vitória SC B
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Braga B
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Merelinense
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São Martinho
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Maria da Fonte
The Revolution of Maria da Fonte, or Revolution of the Minho, is the name given to a popular revolt in the spring of 1846 against the Cartista government of Portugal (presided over by António Bernardo da Costa Cabral, 1st Marquess of Tomar). Th ...
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Marítimo B
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Montalegre
Montalegre () is a municipality in northern Portugal, located in the district of Vila Real, along the border with Spain. The population in 2011 was 10,537, in an area of 805.46 km².
History
Early construction in Montalegre date back 3500 ...
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Berço
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Chaves Satélite
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Mirandela
Mirandela () is a city and a municipality in northeastern Portugal. The city itself has a population of about 15,000. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 23,850, in an area of 658.96 km². Mirandela is famous for its cuisine, part ...
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União da Madeira União is the Portuguese word for Union. It may refer to:
*the Brazilian federal government
*União do Vegetal, a church known for its usage of Hoasca as tea
* Brazilian frigate ''União'' (F45), a general-purpose ''Niterói'' class frigate launc ...
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Pedras Salgadas
Pedras Salgadas () is a small spa town in the district of Vila Real, in Northern Portugal, located approximately 37 km north of the district capital of Vila Real. It is famous for its mineral waters. There are several small hotels in the area ...
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Cerveira
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Bragança
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AD Oliveirense
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Câmara de Lobos Câmara (meaning "chamber") is a common surname in the Portuguese language. It may also refer to:
People
* António de Vasconcelos e Sousa Câmara Caminha Faro e Veiga, 8th Count of Calheta, 4th Marquis of Castelo Melhor and Constable of Portugal ...
From Serie B:
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Lusitânia Lourosa Viriato may refer to:
* Lusitânia, Portuguese name of Lusitania, an ancient Iberian Roman province located where modern Portugal and part of western Spain lie.
* Lusitânia, proper name of star HD 45652
HD 45652 is a star with an exop ...
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Sp. Espinho
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Leça
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Castro Daire
Castro Daire () is a municipality in Viseu District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,339, in an area of 379.04 km2.
The present mayor is Paulo Almeida , elected by a coalition CDS-PP, PSD. The municipal holiday is June 29 (St Peter' ...
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Sanjoanense
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Felgueiras
Felgueiras () is a municipality in Porto District, Portugal. The current mayor is Nuno Fonseca. There are two cities located in the municipality: Felgueiras (city status received on 13 July 1990) and Lixa. The population in 2011 was 58,065, in a ...
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Paredes
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Canelas 2010
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Amarante
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Coimbrões
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Trofense
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Pedras Rubras
Pedras Rubras (Portuguese for ''Reddish stones'') is a Portuguese locality and suburb in the Moreira parish, in the Maia Municipality of the Greater Porto subregion. The Porto Airport (OPO) (Sá Carneiro International Airport
Francisco Sá Carn ...
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Gondomar
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Lusitano Vildemoinhos
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Valadares Gaia
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Vila Real
Vila Real () is the capital and largest city of the Vila Real District, in the North region. It is also the seat of the Douro intermunicipal community and of the Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro historical province. The Vila Real municipality cover ...
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Ginásio Figueirense
From Serie C:
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Praiense
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Benfica Castelo Branco
Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco, commonly referred to as Benfica e Castelo Branco is a semi-professional football club based in Castelo Branco.
Founded on 24 March 1924, the club has traditionally worn a red and white home kit since inception. ...
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Anadia
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Sertanense
Sertanense Futebol Clube (), formerly Sertanense Foot-ball Club, is a Portuguese football club based in Sertã. Founded in 1934, it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home games at ''Campo de Jogos Dr. Marques dos Santos''.
...
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Fátima
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Beira-Mar
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Caldas
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Condeixa
Condeixa-a-Nova (), also known as just Condeixa, is a town and a municipality in the district of Coimbra, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 17,078, in an area of 138.67 km². It is located 15 km south of Coimbra, and is part of the R ...
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Torreense
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Oleiros
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Marinhense
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União de Leiria
União Desportiva de Leiria, commonly known as União de Leiria (), is a Portuguese football club based in Leiria, central Portugal. Founded on 6 June 1966, it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home matches at Estádio Dr. ...
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Águeda
Águeda () is a city and a municipality in Portugal. According to the Portuguese 2011 census, the municipality of Águeda had 47,729 inhabitants, in an area of . The city proper had a population of 14,504 (2001 data), while the remainder is distri ...
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Oliveira do Hospital
Oliveira do Hospital () is a municipality in the district of Coimbra, in the central part of continental Portugal. The population in 2011 was 20,855, in an area of 234.52 km².
History
Inhabited by ancient civilizations, Oliveira do Hospita ...
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União de Santarém
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Sp. Ideal
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Vitória de Sernache
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Fontinhas
From Serie D:
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Olhanense
Sporting Clube Olhanense () is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve.
Its football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth tier of Portuguese football. It holds home matches at the ...
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Real
Real may refer to:
Currencies
* Brazilian real (R$)
* Central American Republic real
* Mexican real
* Portuguese real
* Spanish real
* Spanish colonial real
Music Albums
* ''Real'' (L'Arc-en-Ciel album) (2000)
* ''Real'' (Bright album) (2010) ...
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Alverca
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Louletano
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Sintrense
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Pinhalnovense
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Loures
Loures () is a city and a municipality in Portugal which is part of the District and Metropolitan area of Lisbon. It is the fifth most populous municipality in the country, with a total population of 201,632.
History
There was early human sett ...
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Oriental
The Orient is a term for the East in relation to Europe, traditionally comprising anything belonging to the Eastern world. It is the antonym of ''Occident'', the Western World. In English, it is largely a metonym for, and coterminous with, the ...
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1.º de Dezembro
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Amora
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Esperança de Lagos
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Armacenenses
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Olímpico Montijo
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Sacavenense
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Lusitano de Évora
Lusitano Ginásio Clube, MHC, also commonly known as Lusitano de Évora (abbrev. Lusit. Évora), is a Portuguese sports club based in Évora competing in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth-tier league in the Portuguese football system. F ...
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Fabril Barreiro
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Aljustrelense
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Sintra Football Estrela da Amadora
Club Football Estrela da Amadora (), sometimes just Estrela, is a Portuguese sports club (predominantly football) based in Amadora, northwest of Lisbon.
It's the successor of Clube de Futebol Estrela da Amadora, founded in 1932 and extinct in ...
Promoted from 2019 to 2020 District Championships:
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Algarve FA
The Associação de Futebol do Algarve ''(Algarve Football Association)'' is one of the 22 District Football Associations that are affiliated to the Portuguese Football Federation. The AF Algarve administers lower tier football in the distric ...
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Moncarapachense
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Aveiro FA
The Associação de Futebol de Aveiro ''(Aveiro Football Association)'' is one of the 22 District Football Associations that are affiliated to the Portuguese Football Federation. The AF Aveiro administers lower tier football in the district of ...
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São João de Ver
São João de Ver is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira. The population in 2011 was 10,579, in an area of 15.37 km2.
Landmarks
* Casa da Torre or Quinta da Torre
*Traces of the royal road linking Lisbon ...
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Azores Champ.:
Rabo de Peixe
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Beja FA:
Moura
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Braga FA
The Braga Football Association (''Associação de Futebol de Braga'', abrv. ''AF Braga'') is the district governing body for the all football competitions in the Portuguese district of Braga since 1992. It is also the regulator of the clubs regis ...
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Pevidém,
Brito and
Vilaverdense
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Bragança FA:
Águia Vimioso
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Castelo Branco FA:
Alcains
Alcains is a Portuguese civil parish in the municipality of Castelo Branco. The population in 2011 was 5,022, in an area of 36.94 km².
History
Remote history, indicated by diverse archaeological testaments, indicate a human presence in the ...
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Coimbra FA:
Carapinheirense
Clube Desportivo Carapinheirense is a Portuguese
Portuguese may refer to:
* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese d ...
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Évora FA
Évora ( , ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. It has 53,591 inhabitants (2021), in an area of 1307.08 km2. It is the historic capital of the Alentejo and serves as the seat of the Évora District.
Due to its well-preserved old t ...
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Juventude de Évora
Juventude Sport Clube, also commonly known as Juventude de Évora, (abbreviated Juv. Évora) is an amateur sports club based in Évora, Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a ...
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Guarda FA
The Guarda Football Association (''Associação de Futebol da Guarda'', abrv. ''AF Guarda'') is the district governing body for the all football competitions in the Portuguese district of Guarda. It is also the regulator of the clubs registered in ...
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Sp. Mêda Vila Cortês
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Leiria FA
The Leiria Football Association ( pt, Associação de Futebol de Leiria) is one of the 22 District Football Associations that are affiliated with the Portuguese Football Federation. The AF Leiria administers lower-tier football in the district ...
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GRAP
GRB2-related adapter protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''GRAP'' gene.
This gene encodes a member of the GRB2/Sem5 ('' C. elegans'' homolog)/Drk (''Drosophila'' homolog) family. This member functions as a cytoplasmic signalin ...
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Lisboa FA:
Pêro Pinheiro and
Lourinhanense
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Madeira FA
The Madeira Football Association (''Associação de Futebol da Madeira'', abrv. ''AF Madeira'') is the regional governing body for the all football competitions in the former Portuguese district of Funchal, including both Madeira Island and Port ...
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Camacha
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Portalegre FA:
Crato
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Porto FA
The Porto Football Association (Portuguese: Associação de Futebol do Porto; abbreviated as ''AF Porto'') is the district governing body for the all football and futsal competitions in the Portuguese district of Porto. It is also the regulator ...
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Salgueiros and
Tirsense
Futebol Clube Tirsense, commonly known as just Tirsense, is a Portuguese football club from Santo Tirso, founded on January 5, 1938. They currently play in the Divisão de Elite of AF Porto. They currently play their home games in Abel Alves de ...
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Santarém FA Santarém may refer to:
Places
* Santarém, Pará, Brazil
* Santarém District, a district in Portugal
* Santarém, Portugal, the seat of the above district
* Roman Catholic Diocese of Santarém, Portugal
Other
* Santarém cheese, a Portuguese g ...
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União Almeirim
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Setúbal FA
Setúbal (, , ; cel-x-proto, Caetobrix) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2014 was 118,166, occupying an area of . The city itself had 89,303 inhabitants in 2001. It lies within the Lisbon metropolitan area.
In the ti ...
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Oriental Dragon
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Viana do Castelo FA
The Viana do Castelo Football Association (''Associação de Futebol de Viana do Castelo'', frequently shortened to ''AF Viana do Castelo'') is the district governing body for the all football competitions in the Portuguese Viana do Castelo Distri ...
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Vianense
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Vila Real FA
The Vila Real Football Association (''Associação de Futebol de Vila Real'', abrv. ''AF Vila Real'') is the district governing body for all football competitions in the Portuguese district of Vila Real. It is also the regulator of the clubs reg ...
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Mondinense and
Vidago Vidago is a village and a former-civil parish in the municipality of Chaves, in the Portuguese district of Vila Real. Until its merger into the parish of Vidago, Arcossó, Selhariz e Vilarinho das Paranheiras., the civil parish administered an ar ...
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Viseu FA The Viseu Football Association (''Associação de Futebol de Viseu'', abrv. ''AF Viseu'') is the district governing body for the all football competitions in the Portuguese district of Viseu. It is also the regulator of the clubs registered in the ...
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Mortágua
Mortágua ( or ) is a municipality in the district of Viseu, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 9,607, in an area of 251.18 km2.
The present mayor is José Júlio Norte, elected in 2013 by the Social Democratic Party.
History
Legend sug ...
Invited reserve teams:
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Sporting 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 ...
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Rio Ave
Rio Ave Futebol Clube, commonly known as Rio Ave (), is a Football in Portugal, Portuguese professional Association football, football club based in Vila do Conde, that competes in the Primeira Liga. The club is named after the Ave River, which ...
B
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Belenenses SAD B
Notes
First stage
The first stage schedule was drawn on 4 September 2020 and were played from 20 September 2020 to 3 April 2021.
Serie A
Serie B
Serie C
Serie D
Serie E
Serie F
Serie G
Serie H
Second stage
Both promotion series and Terceira Liga qualification series were played from 18 April 2021 to 22 May 2021.
Promotion series
North Serie
South Serie
Liga 3 qualification Series
Serie 1
Serie 2
Serie 3
Serie 4
Serie 5
Serie 6
Serie 7
Serie 8
Final
References
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