1996–97 Terceira Divisão

Terceira Divisão
Season	1996–97
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 Terceira Divisão season was the 47th season of the competition and the 7th season of recognised fourth-tier football in Portugal.^[1]

Overview

The league was contested by 118 teams in 7 divisions of 10 to 18 teams.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Os Sandinenses	34	19	9	6	49	18	+31	66	Promotion to Segunda Divisão
2	SC Valenciano	34	16	12	6	59	31	+28	60	Promotion to Segunda Divisão
3	FC Amares	34	16	5	13	64	44	+20	53
4	GD Joane	34	13	12	9	40	32	+8	51
5	GD Bragança	34	14	7	13	53	57	−4	49
6	Caçadores das Taipas	34	13	9	12	48	34	+14	48
7	CA Macedo de Cavaleiros	34	10	17	7	38	30	+8	47
8	Águias Graça	34	13	8	13	38	38	0	47
9	Juventude Ronfe	34	12	10	12	51	50	+1	46
10	SC Vila Pouca de Aguiar	34	13	6	15	41	55	−14	45
11	Murça SC	34	13	6	15	42	47	−5	45
12	Âncora Praia FC	34	11	11	12	35	40	−5	44
13	Vieira SC	34	12	8	14	33	49	−16	44
14	GD Pevidém	34	10	13	11	45	48	−3	43
15	SC Maria da Fonte	34	12	7	15	37	54	−17	43	Relegation to Distritais
16	AD Limianos	34	12	6	16	40	45	−5	42
17	Merelinense FC	34	9	12	13	34	42	−8	39
18	Santa Maria FC	34	4	10	20	27	60	−33	22

Source: ^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	CD Trofense	34	21	8	5	81	30	+51	71	Promotion to Segunda Divisão
2	GD Ribeirão	34	20	6	8	55	33	+22	66	Promotion to Segunda Divisão
3	União Paredes	34	19	8	7	76	36	+40	65
4	Pedrouços AC	34	16	7	11	44	41	+3	55
5	AD São Pedro da Cova	34	15	6	13	49	46	+3	51
6	ADC Santa Marta de Penaguião	34	14	7	13	37	48	−11	49
7	SC Castêlo da Maia	34	12	13	9	42	33	+9	49
8	Dragões Sandinenses	34	13	9	12	47	39	+8	48
9	UD Valonguense	34	12	11	11	35	34	+1	47
10	FC Alpendorada	34	12	10	12	35	47	−12	46
11	Fiães SC	34	13	6	15	49	46	+3	45
12	SC Senhora da Hora	34	13	6	15	39	48	−9	45
13	Canelas Gaia FC	34	11	9	14	41	47	−6	42
14	Vilanovense FC	34	12	6	16	33	45	−12	42
15	SC Régua	34	11	8	15	42	47	−5	41	Relegation to Distritais
16	Rebordosa AC	34	10	8	16	31	36	−5	38
17	Amarante FC	34	8	9	17	45	56	−11	33
18	SC Celoricense	34	2	7	25	27	95	−68	13

Source: ^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	GD Mangualde	34	20	7	7	59	30	+29	67	Promotion to Segunda Divisão
2	SC Esmoriz	34	18	7	9	58	30	+28	61	Promotion to Segunda Divisão
3	Oliveira do Hospital	34	16	7	11	54	38	+16	55
4	SC Penalva do Castelo	34	15	8	11	52	38	+14	53
5	Os Marialvas	34	13	13	8	50	42	+8	52
6	SC São João de Ver	34	15	6	13	57	42	+15	51
7	Anadia FC	34	13	11	10	45	45	0	50
8	GD Mealhada	34	14	7	13	55	46	+9	49
9	AD Fornos de Algodres	34	13	8	13	37	45	−8	47
10	ADC Lobão	34	13	7	14	39	46	−7	46
11	AA Avanca	34	12	9	13	45	40	+5	45
12	GD São Roque	34	12	9	13	49	55	−6	45
13	Académico Paço	34	13	5	16	43	58	−15	44
14	CD Estarreja	34	12	8	14	34	51	−17	44
15	RD Águeda	34	10	12	12	43	39	+4	42	Relegation to Distritais
16	AD São Romão	34	11	7	16	46	58	−12	40
17	GD Tourizense	34	11	6	17	44	55	−11	39
18	GD Tabuense	34	4	5	25	23	75	−52	17

Source: ^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	SC Lourinhanense	34	25	7	2	80	18	+62	82	Promotion to Segunda Divisão
2	Estrela Portalegre	34	21	8	5	78	28	+50	71	Promotion to Segunda Divisão
3	AD Portomosense	34	18	9	7	59	33	+26	63
4	CD Fátima	34	17	8	9	–	–	—	59
5	CA Riachense	34	15	9	10	39	37	+2	54
6	SC Pombal	34	15	6	13	48	41	+7	51
7	UD Rio Maior	34	13	10	11	58	50	+8	49
8	Sertanense FC	34	13	9	12	39	34	+5	48
9	AC Marinhense	34	14	4	16	40	43	−3	46
10	UD Santarém	34	12	8	14	42	53	−11	44
11	GD Peniche	34	12	7	15	39	41	−2	43
12	CA Mirandense	34	12	6	16	39	62	−23	42
13	AD Fazendense	34	10	11	13	38	46	−8	41
14	GDR Bidoeirense	34	11	8	15	38	51	−13	41
15	Vitória Cernache	34	9	11	14	27	38	−11	38	Relegation to Distritais
16	GC Alcobaça	34	8	8	18	27	54	−27	32
17	CD Lousanense	34	6	9	19	27	61	−34	27
18	UFCI Tomar	34	3	6	25	29	75	−46	15

Source: ^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Estrela Vendas Novas	34	21	9	4	76	21	+55	72	Promotion to Segunda Divisão
2	O Elvas CAD	34	20	9	5	68	22	+46	69	Promotion to Segunda Divisão
3	1º Maio Sarilhense	34	20	6	8	54	30	+24	66
4	UD Vilafranquense	34	17	10	7	61	33	+28	61
5	SU Sintrense	34	17	8	9	59	40	+19	59
6	CD Portosantense	34	16	6	12	43	34	+9	54
7	GS Loures	34	14	11	9	53	33	+20	53
8	CD São Vicente	34	15	8	11	49	40	+9	53
9	RSC Queluz	34	15	6	13	36	42	−6	51
10	SG Sacavenense	34	14	9	11	51	42	+9	51
11	CF Benfica	34	10	14	10	42	36	+6	44
12	GD Benavente	34	12	7	15	43	40	+3	43
13	SC Santacruzense	34	11	9	14	51	41	+10	42
14	SL Olivais	34	10	10	14	40	45	−5	40
15	CD Mafra	34	10	6	18	38	50	−12	36	Relegation to Distritais
16	UD Santana	34	6	9	19	22	56	−34	27
17	Calipolense Vila Viçosa	34	4	9	21	23	64	−41	21
18	Os Elvenses	34	0	2	32	9	49	−40	2

Source: ^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	GD Sesimbra	34	16	14	4	61	37	+24	62	Promotion to Segunda Divisão
2	Seixal FC	34	16	12	6	59	38	+21	60	Promotion to Segunda Divisão
3	Amora FC	34	15	10	9	46	33	+13	55
4	FC Castrense	34	16	7	11	46	44	+2	55
5	Lusitano Évora	34	14	9	11	46	49	−3	51
6	Esperança Lagos	34	14	7	13	54	51	+3	49
7	GD Pescadores	34	13	9	12	41	38	+3	48
8	Padernense Clube	34	13	9	12	38	35	+3	48
9	Palmelense FC	34	14	5	15	38	40	−2	47
10	Vasco da Gama AC Sines	34	9	18	7	48	43	+5	45
11	GD Lagoa	34	11	11	12	35	43	−8	44
12	União Santiago	34	12	8	14	42	33	+9	44
13	Lusitano VRSA	34	9	16	9	40	36	+4	43
14	UFCI Setúbal	34	9	14	11	44	55	−11	41
15	CDR Quarteirense	34	10	7	17	31	47	−16	37	Relegation to Distritais
16	UDR Sambrasense	34	8	11	15	43	52	−9	35
17	CRD Cabeça Gorda	34	9	6	19	39	55	−16	33
18	Silves FC	34	6	11	17	28	50	−22	29

Source: ^[1]

Source: ^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Promotion
1	SC Lusitânia	8	7	1	0	19	4	+15	21	43	Promotion to Segunda Divisão
2	União Micaelense	8	3	2	3	16	12	+4	19	30
3	Praiense SC	8	3	2	3	11	13	−2	15	26
4	CD Vila Franca	8	2	1	5	12	15	−3	15	22
5	Mira Mar SC	8	2	0	6	12	26	−14	13	19

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Relegation
1	CD Operário	8	5	2	1	21	7	+14	12	29
2	SC Ideal	8	4	0	4	9	10	−1	9	21
3	Os Marítimos	8	2	3	3	10	14	−4	11	20	Relegation to Distritais
4	SC Horta	8	4	1	3	14	14	0	7	20
5	CD Lajense	8	1	2	5	6	15	−9	5	10

Source: ^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Portugal – Table of Honor – soccerlibrary.free.fr" (PDF). Soccer Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-10-10. Retrieved 2012-05-11.

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No national fourth tier, 2013–2021
Campeonato de Portugal	2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e 1996–97 in Portuguese football
Domestic leagues	Primeira Divisão Segunda Divisão de Honra Segunda Divisão B Terceira Divisão
Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal (Final) Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
European competitions	Champions League Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
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