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Overview

The league was contested by 18 teams with

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winning the championship and gaining promotion to the

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along with Académica Coimbra and Nacional Funchal. At the other end of the table

SC Espinho Sporting Clube de Espinho, also known as Sporting de Espinho, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Espinho in the Aveiro district. Besides football, the club has volleyball and handball departments that usually compete in the major Portu ...

and

UD Oliveirense União Desportiva Oliveirense (UDO), commonly known as Oliveirense, is a Portugal, Portuguese sports club from the city of Oliveira de Azeméis, in Aveiro District. The club was founded on 25 October 1922. The main football (soccer), football te ...

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 ...

and SC Campomaiorense abandoned professional football.

League standings

Footnotes

External links

Portugal 2001/02 - RSSSF (Jorge Santos, Jan Schoenmakers and Daniel Dalence)

Portuguese II Liga 2001/2002 - footballzz.co.uk
{{DEFAULTSORT:2001-02 Segunda Liga Liga Portugal 2 seasons

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2001–02 in Portuguese football leagues