Liga 3 Participants Confirmed

The teams that will participate in Liga 3, the new third tier in Portuguese football, are now known!

We recently published a piece on Liga 3, giving you everything you need to know about this new division and the wider repercussions it will have on the structure of Portuguese football, you can read this here.

The division, which sits below Liga SABSEG (second division) and above Campeonato de Portugal (the former third and now fourth tier).

24 teams will compete in Liga 3 next season, full list of teams below.

Relegated from Liga SABSEG

Vilafranquense 

Oliveirense

Promoted from Campeonato de Portugal [Drop outs from failed Liga 2 qualification]

Anadia

Pevidém

SC Braga B

Torreense

Vitória FC

U. Leiria

Promoted from Campeonato de Portugal

Montalegre

Felgueiras

Vitória SC B

Fafe

São João de Ver

Leça

Canelas

Lourosa

Oliveira do Hospital

Caldas

Alverca

U. Santarém

Oriental Dragon

Sporting B

Amora

Real

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