The 2009–10
Liga de Honra
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season (also known as Liga Vitalis due to sponsorship reasons) is the 20th season of the second-tier football in
Portugal
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. It began on 13 August 2009 and will end on 9 May 2010.
Olhanense
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Its football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Algarve Football Association First Division, the fifth tier of ...
are the defending champions.
Teams
Trofense were relegated to the
Liga de Honra
The Liga Portugal 2 (), also known as Liga Portugal Meu Super for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division of the Portuguese football league system. At the end of each season, the two top-finishing teams are promoted to the top-tier ...
after finishing 16th and last in the
Portuguese Liga 2008–09 season. Trofense were to be accompanied by
Belenenses, who finished in 15th place. Belenenses were ending a ten-year stretch in the Portuguese top-level league, while Trofense returned to the Liga da Honra after just one year in the top flight.
However,
Estrela de Amadora, who finished in 11th place, were instead relegated to the Liga Vitalis for economic problems.
The club was eventually relegated to the
Second Division, the third-tier of Portuguese football due to the same problems, alongside
Vizela
Vizela () is a municipality in the Braga District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 23,736, in an area of 24.70 km².
The present mayor is Vitor Hugo Salgado, elected as an independent. The municipal holiday is March 19.
History
In Au ...
, who had finished 10th last season but were relegated due to the ''
Apito Dourado'' scandal.
Due to those relegations,
Boavista and
Gondomar, the 15th and 16th teams, respectively, should have remained in the Liga de Honra but both were still relegated due to economic difficulties for Boavista and involvement in the ''Apito Dourado'' case for Gondomar. To make up for the loss of four teams (instead of the regular two),
Penafiel
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and
Carregado, losers of the previous year's Second Division promotion play-offs, were invited to the Liga de Honra.
Stadia and locations
League table
Results
Top goalscorers
Updated to games played on 2 May 2010
Source
Liga Vitalis – Match Statistics
References
External links
Official webpageOfficial regulationOfficial Statistics
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Liga Portugal 2 seasons
Port
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2009–10 in Portuguese football leagues