2025–26 Liga 3 (Portugal)

The 2025–26 Liga 3 is the fifth season of Portuguese football's third-tier league, following the reorganization which saw the Campeonato de Portugal moving one level down in the Portuguese football league system.

Format

This competition consists of a first stage with all the teams then proceed to a promotion or relegation series depending on their performance.^[1]

A total of 20 teams will contest the league, including 2 teams relegated from the 2023–24 Liga Portugal 2, 14 teams from the 2023–24 Liga 3 and 4 teams promoted from the 2023–24 Campeonato de Portugal.

Lisbon

Lisbon teams:
Belenenses
Atlético CP

Location of teams in 2024-25 Liga 3 (Mainland).

Yellow: Serie A;

Blue: Serie B.

Location of teams in 2024-25 Liga 3 (Azores).

Blue: Serie B.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2023–24 finish
Vilaverdense	Vila Verde	Campo da Cruz do Reguengo	1,000	17h LP2
Belenenses	Lisbon	Estádio do Restelo	19,856	18th LP2
Lusitânia Lourosa	Santa Maria da Feira	Estádio do Lusitânia de Lourosa FC	8,000	3rd Promotion
Braga B	Braga	Estádio Municipal 1° de Maio	28,000	4th Promotion
Académica	Coimbra	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra	29,622	5th Promotion
Varzim	Póvoa de Varzim	Estádio do Varzim Sport Club	6,441	6th Promotion
Atlético CP	Lisbon	Estádio da Tapadinha	4,000	7th Promotion
Sp. Covilhã	Covilhã	Estádio Municipal José dos Santos Pinto	3,500	8th Promotion
Fafe	Fafe	Estádio Municipal de Fafe	4,000	1st Relegation S1
Sporting B	Alcochete	Estádio Aurélio Pereira	1,180	1st Relegation S2
Trofense	Trofa	Estádio Clube Desportivo Trofense	5,017	2nd Relegation S1
Caldas	Caldas da Rainha	Campo da Mata	5,800	2nd Relegation S2
Sanjoanense	São João da Madeira	Estádio Conde Dias Garcia	8,500	3rd Relegation S1
Oliveira do Hospital	Oliveira do Hospital	Estádio Municipal de Tábua	3,500	3rd Relegation S2
Anadia	Anadia	Estádio Municipal Eng.º Sílvio Henriques Cerveira	6,500	4th Relegation S1
1.º Dezembro	Sintra	Complexo Desportivo do Real SC	1,200	4th Relegation S2
Amarante	Amarante	Estádio Municipal de Amarante	5,000	1st CP Promotion Serie 1
São João de Ver	Santa Maria da Feira	Estádio Sporting Clube São João de Ver	5,000	2nd CP Promotion Serie 1
Lusitânia	Angra do Heroísmo	Estádio João Paulo II	7,000	2nd CP Promotion Serie 2
União de Santarém	Santarém	Campo Chã das Padeiras	5,000	3rd CP Promotion Serie 2

Third level football seasons in Portugal
Terceira Divisão	1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
Segunda Divisão B	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05
Segunda Divisão	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
Campeonato de Portugal	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
Liga 3	2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25