2015–16 LigaPro

The 2015–16 LigaPro (also known as Ledman LigaPro for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th season of Portuguese football's second-tier league, and the first season under the current LigaPro title. A total of 24 teams competed in this division, including five reserve sides from top-flight Primeira Liga teams. The season began on 7 August 2015 and concluded on 14 May 2016.

LigaPro

Season	2015–16
Champions	Porto B 1st title
Promoted	Chaves Feirense
Relegated	Farense Mafra Atlético CP Oriental Oliveirense
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,266 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Simy (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Sporting CP B 5–0 Oliveirense (20 March 2016) Benfica B 5–0 Freamunde (14 May 2016)
Biggest away win	Académico de Viseu 0–5 Feirense (30 April 2016)
Highest scoring	Oriental 4–4 Vitória de Guimarães B (15 August 2015)
Longest winning run	6 matches Desportivo das Aves Porto B
Longest unbeaten run	20 matches Penafiel
Longest winless run	14 matches Oriental
Longest losing run	8 matches Oliveirense
Highest attendance	7,900[1] Chaves 1–1 Farense (30 April 2016)
Lowest attendance	115[1] Sporting da Covilhã 0–3 Desportivo das Aves (10 January 2016)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Porto B were crowned champions, becoming the first reserve team to win the second-tier championship title in Portugal.[2] Chaves and Feirense finished in the second and third places, respectively, securing promotion to the 2016–17 Primeira Liga. Farense, Mafra, Atlético CP, Oriental and Oliveirense were relegated to the 2016–17 Campeonato de Portugal.

Teams

A total of 24 teams contested the league, including 19 sides from the 2014–15 season, two teams relegated from the 2014–15 Primeira Liga (Gil Vicente and Penafiel) and three promoted from the 2014–15 Campeonato Nacional de Seniores (Mafra, Famalicão and Varzim).

Other team changes compared to the previous season included the promotion of Tondela and União da Madeira to the 2015–16 Primeira Liga, and the relegation of Marítimo B, Trofense and Beira-Mar to the 2015–16 Campeonato de Portugal.

On 19 June 2015, the LPFP announced that five teams, instead of three, would be relegated to the third tier to reduce the number of teams in the 2016–17 LigaPro season to 22.[3]

Stadia and locations

Atlético CP
Benfica B
Oriental
Sporting CP B

Ac. Viseu

Braga B

Chaves

Desp. Aves

Famalicão

Farense

Feirense

Freamunde

Gil Vicente

Leixões

Mafra

Olhanense

Oliveirense

Portimonense

Penafiel

Porto B

Sp. Covilhã

Varzim

V. Guimarães B

Location of teams in 2015–16 LigaPro (Mainland)

Santa Clara

Location of teams in 2015–16 LigaPro (Azores)

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2014–15 finish
Académico de Viseu	Viseu	Estádio do Fontelo	7,744	12th
Atlético CP	Lisbon	Estádio da Tapadinha	2,500	22nd
Benfica B	Lisbon	Caixa Futebol Campus	2,720	6th
Braga B	Braga	Estádio 1º de Maio	28,000	21st
Chaves	Chaves	Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira	8,870	3rd
Desportivo das Aves	Vila das Aves	Estádio do CD Aves	5,441	18th
Famalicão	Vila Nova de Famalicão	Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho	5,300	2nd (CNS)
Farense	Faro	Estádio de São Luís	7,000	11th
Feirense	Santa Maria da Feira	Estádio Marcolino de Castro	5,600	7th
Freamunde	Freamunde	Campo do SC Freamunde	3,919	8th
Gil Vicente	Barcelos	Estádio Cidade de Barcelos	12,046	17th (PL)
Leixões	Matosinhos	Estádio do Mar	9,766	20th
Mafra	Mafra	Parque Desportivo Municipal de Mafra	1,200	1st (CNS)
Olhanense	Olhão	Estádio José Arcanjo	5,661	16th
Oliveirense	Oliveira de Azeméis	Estádio Carlos Osório	1,435	17th
Oriental	Lisbon	Campo Eng. Carlos Salema	1,860	15th
Penafiel	Penafiel	Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril	5,320	18th (PL)
Portimonense	Portimão	Estádio Municipal de Portimão	5,950	14th
Porto B	Porto	Estádio Municipal Jorge Sampaio	8,270	13th
Santa Clara	Ponta Delgada	Estádio de São Miguel	13,277	19th
Sporting CP B	Lisbon	CGD Stadium Aurélio Pereira	1,180	5th
Sporting da Covilhã	Covilhã	Estádio Municipal José dos Santos Pinto	2,055	4th
Varzim	Póvoa de Varzim	Estádio do Varzim SC	7,280	3rd (CNS)
Vitória de Guimarães B	Guimarães	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques	30,000	9th

Personnel and sponsors

Team	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors
Académico de Viseu	Jorge Casquilha	Macron	Palácio do Gelo
Atlético CP	Nilton Terroso	Givova
Benfica B	Hélder Cristóvão	adidas	Fly Emirates
Braga B	Abel Ferreira	Macron	AXA
Chaves	Vítor Oliveira	Lacatoni	Hotel Forte de São Francisco
Desportivo das Aves	Ulisses Morais	Lacatoni	WoWalBo
Famalicão	Daniel Ramos	Lacatoni	Amob
Farense	Antero Afonso (caretaker)	Macron	Couteiro Mor
Feirense	José Mota	adidas	Mestre da Cor
Freamunde	Carlos Brito	adidas	LGSP Sports
Gil Vicente	Nandinho	Macron	Barcelos / Crédito Agrícola
Leixões	Pedro Miguel	Luanvi	Mar à Mesa
Mafra	Jorge Paixão	Lacatoni	Moticristo
Olhanense	Cristiano Bacci	Macron	OLX
Oliveirense	Bruno Sousa (caretaker)	Macron	Grupo Simoldes
Oriental	Jorge Andrade	COL
Penafiel	Paulo Alves	Macron	Restradas
Portimonense	José Augusto	Mizuno	VisitPortimão.com
Porto B	Luís Castro	New Balance
Santa Clara	Carlos Pinto	Nike	Açoreana Seguros
Sporting CP B	João de Deus	Macron
Sporting da Covilhã	Francisco Chaló	Lacatoni	Natura / MB Hotels
Varzim	Quim Berto	Stadio	Carnes São José
Vitória de Guimarães B	Vítor Campelos	Nike	Banco BIC

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Leixões	Horácio Gonçalves	Mutual agreement	12 May 2015[4]	Pre-season	Manuel Monteiro	22 June 2015[5]
Chaves	Carlos Pinto	Contract expired	24 May 2015[6]		Vítor Oliveira	10 June 2015[7]
Desportivo das Aves	Emanuel Simões		24 May 2015[8]		Carlos Pinto	22 June 2015[9]
Santa Clara	Filipe Gouveia		24 May 2015[10]		Horácio Gonçalves	1 June 2015[11]
Gil Vicente	José Mota		26 May 2015[12]		Nandinho	28 May 2015[13]
Farense	Abel Xavier	Resigned	28 May 2015[14]		Jorge Paixão	4 June 2015[15]
Vitória de Guimarães B	Armando Evangelista	Took over Vitória's first team	15 June 2015[16]		Vítor Campelos	18 June 2015[17]
Santa Clara	Horácio Gonçalves		7 July 2015[18]		Filipe Gouveia[18]	7 July 2015[18][18]
Desportivo das Aves	Carlos Pinto	Mutual agreement	10 July 2015[19]		Abel Xavier	10 July 2015[19]
Freamunde	Filó	Resigned	16 August 2015[20]	18th	Carlos Pinto	16 August 2015[20]
Desportivo das Aves	Abel Xavier	Sacked	4 September 2015[21]	23rd	Ulisses Morais	5 September 2015[22]
Santa Clara	Filipe Gouveia	Signed for Académica	24 September 2015[23]	9th	Hugo Relvas (caretaker)	24 September 2015[23]
Oliveirense	Artur Marques	Resigned	29 September 2015[24]	24th	Bruno Sousa (caretaker)	29 September 2015[24]
Santa Clara	Hugo Relvas (caretaker)	Ended caretaking role	5 October 2015	13th	Fernando Valente	5 October 2015[25]
Varzim	Quim Berto	Mutual agreement	21 October 2015[26]	19th	Vitoriano Ramos (caretaker)	21 October 2015[27]
Varzim	Vitoriano Ramos (caretaker)	Ended caretaking role	25 October 2015[27]	14th	Capucho	25 October 2015[28]
Leixões	Manuel Monteiro	Mutual agreement	23 November 2015[29]	22nd	Pedro Miguel	25 November 2015[30]
Farense	Jorge Paixão	Mutual agreement	30 November 2015[31]	11th	Antero Afonso (caretaker)	30 November 2015[31]
Penafiel	Carlos Brito	Resigned	2 December 2015[32]	18th	Paulo Alves	3 December 2015[33]
Farense	Antero Afonso (caretaker)	Ended caretaking role	14 December 2015[34]	13th	Horácio Gonçalves	14 December 2015[34]
Mafra	Jorge Neves	Sacked	21 December 2015[35]	21st	Jorge Paixão	30 December 2015[36]
Oliveirense	Bruno Sousa (caretaker)	Ended caretaking role	18 January 2016[37]	24th	João Bastos	18 January 2016[37]
Académico de Viseu	Ricardo Chéu	Sacked	8 February 2016[38]	12th	Tony (caretaker)	8 February 2016[39]
Académico de Viseu	Tony (caretaker)	Ended caretaking role	15 February 2016[39]	13th	Bruno Ribeiro	15 February 2016[40]
Freamunde	Carlos Pinto	Sacked	17 February 2016[41]	6th	Carlos Brito	19 February 2016[42]
Oriental	João Barbosa	Mutual agreement	18 February 2016[43]	23rd	João Mendes (caretaker)	19 February 2016[44]
Oriental	João Mendes (caretaker)	Ended caretaking role	21 February 2016	23rd	Litos	21 February 2016[45]
Santa Clara	Fernando Valente	Mutual agreement	24 February 2016[46]	22nd	Carlos Pinto	24 February 2016[46]
Atlético CP	Pedro Hipólito	Sacked	25 February 2016[47]	15th	Carlos Pereira (caretaker)	25 February 2016[48]
Atlético CP	Carlos Pereira (caretaker)	Ended caretaking role	1 March 2016[49]	15th	Nilton Terroso	1 March 2016[49]
Académico de Viseu	Bruno Ribeiro	Resigned	10 March 2016[50]	17th	Tiago Castro (caretaker)	10 March 2016[51]
Académico de Viseu	Tiago Castro (caretaker)	Ended caretaking role	13 March 2016[51]	18th	Jorge Casquilha	13 March 2016[52]
Oriental	Litos	Resigned	16 March 2016[53]	23rd	João Mendes (caretaker)	18 March 2016[54]
Oriental	João Mendes (caretaker)	Ended caretaking role	21 March 2016	23rd	Jorge Andrade	21 March 2016[55]
Oliveirense	João Bastos	Mutual agreement	22 March 2016[56]	24th	Bruno Sousa (caretaker)	22 March 2016[24]
Feirense	Pepa	Sacked	24 March 2016[57]	5th	José Mota	25 March 2016[58]
Farense	Horácio Gonçalves	Mutual agreement	7 April 2016[59]	19th	Antero Afonso (caretaker)	7 April 2016[59]

Season summary

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Porto B (C)	46	26	8	12	84	52	+32	86	Ineligible for promotion
2	Chaves (P)	46	21	18	7	60	39	+21	81	Promotion to Primeira Liga
3	Feirense (P)	46	21	15	10	55	38	+17	78
4	Portimonense	46	20	18	8	57	45	+12	78
5	Freamunde	46	20	14	12	52	36	+16	74
6	Famalicão	46	18	18	10	64	51	+13	72
7	Olhanense	46	19	12	15	42	39	+3	69
8	Desportivo das Aves	46	19	10	17	58	48	+10	67
9	Varzim	46	17	14	15	51	48	+3	65
10	Sporting CP B	46	18	11	17	61	59	+2	65	Ineligible for promotion
11	Gil Vicente	46	16	14	16	58	56	+2	62
12	Penafiel	46	13	22	11	49	46	+3	61
13	Vitória de Guimarães B	46	16	12	18	60	67	−7	60	Ineligible for promotion
14	Sporting da Covilhã	46	13	19	14	45	48	−3	58
15	Braga B	46	15	12	19	47	54	−7	57	Ineligible for promotion
16	Santa Clara	46	15	12	19	49	52	−3	57
17	Académico de Viseu	46	13	17	16	46	60	−14	56
18	Leixões	46	14	13	19	45	56	−11	55
19	Benfica B	46	15	10	21	59	64	−5	55	Ineligible for promotion
20	Farense (R)	46	15	11	20	49	56	−7	54[lower-alpha 1]	Relegation to Campeonato de Portugal
21	Mafra (R)	46	12	18	16	37	40	−3	54
22	Atlético CP (R)	46	12	15	19	49	56	−7	51
23	Oriental (R)	46	9	14	23	47	67	−20	41
24	Oliveirense (R)	46	6	11	29	42	89	−47	29

Source: LPFP
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: LPFP decided that only criteria 1, 5, 6 and 7 would be applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[61]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Farense were deducted a total of 2 points for fielding an ineligible player.[60]

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Porto B	18	11	5	10	7	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Chaves	9	7	8	11	1	4	3	4	4	2	4	5	5	3	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Feirense	14	14	21	20	20	20	20	21	16	19	15	10	6	7	6	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	5	5	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	5	6	6	6	4	6	5	4	3	3
Portimonense	3	10	12	14	8	8	8	10	6	4	2	2	2	4	4	7	5	5	5	5	7	8	7	6	6	6	6	5	8	5	5	5	7	6	5	6	6	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
Freamunde	22	18	20	22	18	12	14	17	20	20	20	16	13	12	7	5	7	7	9	7	5	4	3	4	4	2	2	4	5	6	6	6	5	5	6	7	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5
Famalicão	2	2	4	2	5	10	11	13	15	18	17	12	8	13	11	8	6	8	6	9	6	9	9	11	9	8	8	8	7	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	3	3	3	5	6	5	6	6	6	6
Olhanense	13	20	13	7	15	15	18	12	8	14	11	11	19	19	17	14	15	10	7	6	10	11	12	9	11	11	14	10	12	11	11	10	11	11	9	10	10	10	10	11	12	11	11	9	8	7
Desportivo das Aves	20	16	19	23	23	23	21	16	18	8	9	7	10	5	3	6	8	9	13	14	16	14	13	10	8	7	7	6	4	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	7	8	7	7	7	8
Varzim	19	17	14	17	14	19	10	8	12	16	19	14	17	16	9	15	14	16	18	18	18	15	16	15	16	12	13	13	9	10	10	9	10	9	10	9	9	7	7	7	10	9	10	11	9	9
Sporting CP B	17	23	15	8	9	5	2	2	2	3	5	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	5	8	8	10	10	11	14	10	13	12	14	15	14	13	13	11	11	11	9	9	7	8	8	10	10
Gil Vicente	11	19	9	12	19	11	12	15	13	6	10	15	12	15	16	11	10	6	8	10	8	6	5	5	3	4	5	7	6	8	7	7	6	7	7	5	7	8	8	10	8	10	9	10	11	11
Penafiel	16	22	22	18	16	14	17	14	9	9	12	13	11	14	18	18	19	18	21	21	19	19	19	20	19	18	19	18	19	21	19	17	14	13	14	14	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Vitória de Guimarães B	23	15	18	19	17	17	15	19	21	22	21	19	16	10	14	16	17	17	20	17	14	13	14	17	15	17	20	21	17	18	20	21	21	19	19	17	20	17	18	16	17	15	15	16	15	13
Sporting da Covilhã	7	13	17	21	22	22	23	23	19	15	18	20	21	21	19	19	20	19	15	19	20	20	20	21	21	20	18	19	15	15	13	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	14
Braga B	8	6	7	3	2	1	4	3	5	7	8	6	9	9	13	17	16	12	11	8	9	7	6	7	7	9	9	9	11	9	9	11	9	10	11	11	12	13	13	12	11	13	13	13	16	15
Santa Clara	6	12	6	9	4	9	13	9	11	13	14	18	20	20	21	21	18	20	17	16	17	18	15	14	14	16	17	17	18	19	22	18	19	20	21	22	22	22	21	21	18	19	17	15	14	16
Académico de Viseu	4	1	3	5	3	7	6	5	10	10	6	8	7	11	15	10	9	13	12	11	12	12	10	13	13	15	12	12	13	12	14	13	17	17	18	19	16	18	17	19	21	16	16	20	18	17
Leixões	15	21	23	16	21	21	22	22	23	21	23	23	22	23	23	22	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	18	18	19	16	16	20	16	17	16	18	18	16	16	19	20	22	22	19	21	18	19	20	18
Benfica B	10	8	11	6	13	6	9	7	7	11	7	9	14	8	12	9	13	15	14	15	15	17	18	19	20	21	21	20	21	17	18	20	20	21	22	21	21	21	20	18	20	20	21	18	19	19
Farense	21	9	16	15	12	13	7	11	14	12	13	17	15	17	10	12	11	14	16	13	13	16	17	16	17	14	15	15	16	20	16	19	16	16	17	20	18	19	19	20	22	22	22	22	22	20
Mafra	12	5	2	4	11	16	19	18	17	17	16	21	18	18	20	20	21	21	19	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	22	22	22	20	18	17	16	16	17	16	18	20	17	17	21
Atlético CP	5	3	1	1	6	2	5	6	3	5	3	4	4	6	8	13	12	11	10	12	11	10	11	12	12	13	10	11	14	14	15	15	13	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	17	19	21	21	22
Oriental	1	4	10	13	10	18	16	20	22	23	22	22	23	22	22	23	22	23	23	23	23	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Oliveirense	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

Source: LPFP

Results

Home \ Away	ACV	ACP	BEN	BRA	CHA	DAV	FAM	FAR	FEI	FRM	GVI	LEI	MAF	OLH	OLI	ORI	PEN	PTM	POR	STC	SCP	SCO	VAR	VGU
Académico de Viseu		0–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	1–0	0–5	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–2	0–2	0–1	1–3	1–0	1–2	2–0	4–2	2–1
Atlético CP	1–1		3–2	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	4–1	2–3	1–2	2–2	2–3	0–1	1–3	1–1	3–1	3–3
Benfica B	2–0	1–1		1–1	0–1	2–1	1–3	3–0	1–2	5–0	1–0	0–2	1–2	2–3	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–2	0–3	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	3–3
Braga B	0–0	0–0	0–2		1–3	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	2–3	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–1
Chaves	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–2		2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1
Desportivo das Aves	1–2	2–0	3–2	2–0	2–1		2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	3–0	0–1	2–2	0–1
Famalicão	0–0	2–2	2–3	1–2	4–3	3–2		2–1	1–0	1–3	2–2	3–0	4–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–3
Farense	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–2	1–1	2–1	2–2		1–1	0–1	0–2	3–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	3–0	0–2	0–0	2–0
Feirense	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–0		0–2	3–2	2–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1
Freamunde	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–1		3–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	3–0
Gil Vicente	1–1	0–2	3–2	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–3	1–0	0–0		2–0	1–1	3–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–1
Leixões	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–3	1–2	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–1		1–1	0–2	3–1	3–3	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	0–4	1–1
Mafra	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–0		1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1
Olhanense	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	3–2	0–0	0–2	2–1		2–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–1
Oliveirense	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–3	2–4	2–2	3–1	3–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2		0–3	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–1
Oriental	1–1	2–1	1–3	0–0	1–2	0–2	0–1	1–3	0–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	5–2		0–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	0–4	0–0	0–2	4–4
Penafiel	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	4–2		1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	1–0	3–0
Portimonense	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–5	1–1	0–1	0–3	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1		2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1
Porto B	4–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	4–3	2–0	2–1	4–2	0–2	2–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–2		4–2	4–0	2–1	4–0	5–2
Santa Clara	0–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	3–2	1–1	1–2		2–3	2–2	2–0	2–0
Sporting CP B	4–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–3	5–0	3–0	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–1		1–3	0–0	2–4
Sporting da Covilhã	2–2	3–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–3	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1		2–1	0–1
Varzim	2–1	3–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	2–2	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–3	3–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–0		1–0
Vitória de Guimarães B	2–0	0–0	3–0	3–2	0–3	2–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	4–2	1–1	2–3	0–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1

Source: LPFP
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Simy	Gil Vicente	20
2	Platiny	Feirense	17
3	Leandro Souza	Famalicão	14
	André Silva	Porto B
	Stanley Awurum	Varzim
6	Alexandre Guedes	Desportivo das Aves	13
	Paulo Clemente	Santa Clara
	Ismael Díaz	Porto B
	Pedrinho	Freamunde
10	Luís Barry	Chaves	12
	Ricardo Barros	Leixões
	Jorge Pires	Portimonense

Sources: LPFP, Zerozero (in Portuguese)

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month	Club	Young Player of the Month	Club
August	André Silva[62]	Porto B	Domingos Duarte[63]	Sporting CP B
September
October	Francisco Geraldes[64]	Sporting CP B	Vítor Gonçalves[65]	Gil Vicente
November			Pedro Rebocho[66]	Benfica B
December	André Silva[67]	Porto B	Vítor São Bento[68]	Farense
January	Pedrinho[69]	Freamunde	Sandro Costa[70]	Gil Vicente
February	Platiny[71]	Feirense	Gil Dias[72]	Varzim
March	Pedrinho	Freamunde	Pedro Sá[73]	Varzim
April	Daniel Podence[74]	Sporting CP B	Carraça[75]	Santa Clara

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