The Liga Meo Açores is a
Portuguese
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non-professional league for
association football
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clubs from
Azores
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It belongs to the 5th tier of the
Portuguese football league system
The Portuguese football league system consists of several leagues bound together hierarchically by promotion and relegation. Reserve teams are allowed to compete in the main league system, as is the case with most of Europe. However, they are not ...
with the
Liga 3 creation,with promotion to the 4th Tier (
Campeonato de Portugal) and relegation to the 6th Tier (Regional championships from
Ponta Delgada FA,
Angra do Heroísmo FA
Angra may refer to:
Places
* Bay of Angra (Baía de Angra), within Angra do Heroísmo on the Portuguese island of Terceira in the archipelago of the Azores
* Angra do Heroísmo, a municipality in the Azores, Portugal
* Angra dos Reis, a municip ...
and
Horta FA).
Current format
The league consists in ten teams playing a round robin as a regular season. After that teams 1 to 5 play a championship group, teams 6 to 10 play a relegation group.
The points obtained in the regular season are added to those in the playoffs. The winner of the championship group is crowned the champion and qualifies for
Campeonato de Portugal.
The teams in the last three places of the relegation group get relegated to the
Ponta Delgada FA,
Angra do Heroísmo FA
Angra may refer to:
Places
* Bay of Angra (Baía de Angra), within Angra do Heroísmo on the Portuguese island of Terceira in the archipelago of the Azores
* Angra do Heroísmo, a municipality in the Azores, Portugal
* Angra dos Reis, a municip ...
and
Horta FA championships.
[ Ponta Delgada FA, ]Angra do Heroísmo FA
Angra may refer to:
Places
* Bay of Angra (Baía de Angra), within Angra do Heroísmo on the Portuguese island of Terceira in the archipelago of the Azores
* Angra do Heroísmo, a municipality in the Azores, Portugal
* Angra dos Reis, a municip ...
and Horta FA
Teams
For the 2016-2017 season:
List of champions
The following teams won the league:
*
2013–14 Angrense
*
2014–15 Sporting Ideal
*
2015–16 Rabo Peixe
*
2016–17 Sp. Guadalupe
*
2017–18 Angrense
References
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Football leagues in Portugal
Football in the Azores