2018–19 LigaPro

LigaPro
Season	2018–19
Champions	Paços de Ferreira; 4th title
Promoted	Paços de Ferreira; Famalicão
Relegated	Arouca; Braga B; Vitória de Guimarães B
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 LigaPro (also known as Ledman LigaPro for sponsorship reasons) was the 29th season of Portuguese football's second-tier league, and the fifth season under the current LigaPro title. A total of 18 teams competed in this division, including reserve sides from top-flight Primeira Liga teams.

Teams

A total of 18 teams contested the league, including 14 sides from the 2017–18 season, 2 teams relegated from the 2017–18 Primeira Liga and 2 promoted from the 2017–18 Campeonato de Portugal.

Team changes

Relegated from 2017–18 Primeira Liga

Promoted from 2017–18 Campeonato de Portugal

Promoted to 2018–19 Primeira Liga

Relegated to 2018–19 Campeonato de Portugal

Stadium and locations

Location of teams in 2018–19 LigaPro

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2017–18 finish
Académica	Coimbra	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra	29,622	4th
Académico de Viseu	Viseu	Estádio do Fontelo	7,744	3rd
Arouca	Arouca	Estádio Municipal de Arouca	5,000	6th
Benfica B	Seixal	Caixa Futebol Campus	2,720	13th
Braga B	Braga	Estádio 1.º de Maio	28,000	16th
Cova da Piedade	Cova da Piedade	Estádio Municipal José Martins Vieira	3,000	9th
Estoril	Estoril	Estádio António Coimbra da Mota	8,000	18th (PL)
Famalicão	Vila Nova de Famalicão	Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho	5,186	14th
Farense	Faro	Estádio de São Luís	7,000	2nd (CP)
Leixões	Matosinhos	Estádio do Mar	9,766	8th
Mafra	Mafra	Estádio Municipal de Mafra	1,200	1st (CP)
Oliveirense	Oliveira de Azeméis	Estádio Municipal de Aveiro	30,127	12th
Paços de Ferreira	Paços de Ferreira	Estádio Capital do Móvel	9,076	17th (PL)
Penafiel	Penafiel	Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril	6,500	5th
Porto B	Vila Nova de Gaia	Estádio Municipal Jorge Sampaio	8,500	7th
Sp. Covilhã	Covilhã	Estádio Municipal José dos Santos Pinto	3,500	15th
Varzim	Póvoa de Varzim	Estádio do Varzim SC	7,280	10th
Vitória de Guimarães B	Guimarães	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques	30,000	11th

Personnel and sponsors

Team	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors
Académica	João Alves	Lacatoni	EFAPEL
Académico de Viseu	Manuel Cajuda	Macron	Palácio do Gelo
Arouca	Quim Machado	Joma	Construções Carlos Pinho
Benfica B	Bruno Lage	Adidas	Emirates
Braga B	Wender Said	Lacatoni
Cova da Piedade	Hugo Falcão	Lacatoni
Estoril	Luís Freire	Nike	EuroBic
Famalicão	Sergio Vieira	Lacatoni	Porminho
Farense	Rui Duarte	Patrick	MEO
Leixões	Filipe Gouveia	Luanvi	Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos
Mafra	Filipe Martins	Lacatoni
Oliveirense	Pedro Miguel	Rakso	Simoldes
Paços de Ferreira	Vítor Oliveira	Lacatoni	Aldro
Penafiel	Armando Evangelista	Macron	Restradas
Porto B	Rui Barros	New Balance
Sp. Covilhã	Filó	Lacatoni	Natura / MB Hotels
Varzim	Nuno Capucho	Stadio	Carnes São José
Vitória de Guimarães B	Alex Costa	Macron

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment

Season summary

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Paços de Ferreira (C, P)	34	23	5	6	50	21	+29	74	Promotion to Primeira Liga
2	Famalicão (P)	34	21	6	7	57	34	+23	69	Promotion to Primeira Liga
3	Estoril	34	16	6	12	49	42	+7	54
4	Benfica B	34	15	7	12	47	42	+5	52
5	Académica	34	15	6	13	36	37	−1	51
6	Sp. Covilhã	34	13	10	11	42	37	+5	49
7	Leixões	34	12	9	13	35	36	−1	45
8	Penafiel	34	13	6	15	49	48	+1	45
9	Porto B	34	11	11	12	41	42	−1	44
10	Farense	34	11	10	13	39	35	+4	43
11	Académico de Viseu	34	12	7	15	49	54	−5	43
12	Oliveirense	34	11	10	13	44	49	−5	43
13	Cova da Piedade	34	11	9	14	25	42	−17	42
14	Mafra	34	10	11	13	40	44	−4	41
15	Varzim	34	11	8	15	25	37	−12	41
16	Arouca (R)	34	10	10	14	40	45	−5	40	Relegation to Campeonato de Portugal
17	Braga B (R)	34	11	4	19	38	45	−7	37
18	Vitória de Guimarães B (R)	34	6	13	15	41	57	−16	31

Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.
(Note: The LPFP decided that only criteria 1, 5, 6 and 7 would be applied to establish the classification during the competition.)^[1]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

References

^ "Regulamento das Competições Organizadas pela Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional" [Regulation for the competitions organised by the Portuguese Professional Football League] (PDF). LPFP (in Portuguese). 28 June 2016. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.

[1] "Regulamento das Competições Organizadas pela Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional" [Regulation for the competitions organised by the Portuguese Professional Football League] (PDF). LPFP (in Portuguese). 28 June 2016. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.

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