The 1996–97 Segunda Divisão de Honra season was the seventh season of the competition and the 63rd season of recognised second-tier

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Overview

The league was contested by 18 teams with SC Campomaiorense winning the championship and gaining promotion to the

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along with

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and Académica Coimbra. At the other end of the table

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, CD Beja and

FC Tirsense Futebol Clube Tirsense, commonly known as just Tirsense, is a Portuguese football club from Santo Tirso, founded on 5 January 1938. They currently play in the Divisão de Elite of AF Porto. They currently play their home games in Abel Alves de F ...

were relegated to the

Segunda Divisão : : The Segunda Divisão Portuguesa ( English: ''Portuguese Second Division'') was a football league situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system. The division had previously been the second level of the Portuguese pyrami ...

League standings

Footnotes

External links

Portugal 1996/97 - RSSSF (Jorge Santos, Jan Schoenmakers and Daniel Dalence)

Portuguese II Liga 1996/1997 - footballzz.co.uk
{{DEFAULTSORT:1996-97 Segunda Divisao de Honra Portuguese Second Division seasons

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