# 2009–10 Liga de Honra

The 2009–10 Liga de Honra season (also known as Liga Vitalis due to sponsorship reasons) is the 20th season of the second-tier football in Portugal. It began on 13 August 2009 and will end on 9 May 2010. Olhanense are the defending champions.

## Teams

Trofense were relegated to the Liga de Honra after finishing 16th and last in the Portuguese Liga 2008–09 season. Trofense were to be accompanied by Belenenses, who finished in 15th place. Belenenses were ending a ten-year stretch in the Portuguese top-level league, while Trofense returned to the Liga da Honra after just one year in the top flight.
However, Estrela de Amadora, who finished in 11th place, were instead relegated to the Liga Vitalis for economic problems. The club was eventually relegated to the Second Division, the third-tier of Portuguese football due to the same problems, alongside Vizela, who had finished 10th last season but were relegated due to the Apito Dourado scandal.
Due to those relegations, Boavista and Gondomar, the 15th and 16th teams, respectively, should have remained in the Liga de Honra but both were still relegated due to economic difficulties for Boavista and involvement in the Apito Dourado case for Gondomar. To make up for the loss of four teams (instead of the regular two), Penafiel and Carregado, losers of the previous year's Second Division promotion play-offs, were invited to the Liga de Honra.

### Stadia and locations

| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity | 2008 Season |
| Beira-Mar | Aveiro | Estádio Municipal de Aveiro | 30,127 | 12th in Liga Vitalis |
| Carregado | Carregado | Campo Lacerda Pinto Barreiros | 1,000 | II Division runner-up |
| Chaves | Chaves | Estádio Municipal de Chaves | 22,000 | II Division playoff |
| Covilhã | Covilhã | Complexo Desportivo da Covilhã | 3,000 | 7th in Liga Vitalis |
| Desportivo das Aves | Vila das Aves | Estádio do CD das Aves | 10,250 | 11th in Liga Vitalis |
| Estoril Praia | Estoril | Estádio António Coimbra da Mota | 8,000 | 4th in Liga Vitalis |
| Fátima | Fátima | Estádio Municipal de Fátima | 1,545 | II Division champion |
| Feirense | Santa Maria da Feira | Estádio Marcolino de Castro | 4,667 | 5th in Liga Vitalis |
| Freamunde | Freamunde | Campo Sport Clube Freamunde | 5,000 | 6th in Liga Vitalis |
| Gil Vicente | Barcelos | Estádio Cidade de Barcelos | 12,374 | 9th in Liga Vitalis |
| Oliveirense | Oliveira de Azeméis | Estádio Carlos Osório | 9,100 | 14th in Liga Vitalis |
| Penafiel | Penafiel | Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril | 7,000 | II Division playoff |
| Portimonense | Portimão | Estádio Municipal de Portimão | 9,544 | 13th in Liga Vitalis |
| Santa Clara | Ponta Delgada | Estádio de São Miguel | 15,277 | 3rd in Liga Vitalis |
| Trofense | Trofa | Estádio do Clube Desportivo Trofense | 3,164 | 16th in Liga Sagres |
| Varzim | Póvoa de Varzim | Estádio do Varzim SC | 11,000 | 8th in Liga Vitalis |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Beira-Mar (C, P) | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 30 | +14 | 54 | Promotion to Primeira Liga |
| 2 | Portimonense (P) | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 54 | Promotion to Primeira Liga |
| 3 | Feirense | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 37 | 24 | +13 | 52 | |
| 4 | Santa Clara | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 51 | |
| 5 | Oliveirense | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 49 | |
| 6 | Trofense | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 45 | |
| 7 | Penafiel | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 41 | |
| 8 | Fátima | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 38 | |
| 9 | Desportivo das Aves | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 38 | |
| 10 | Gil Vicente | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 38 | |
| 11 | Estoril | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 35 | |
| 12 | Freamunde | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 35 | |
| 13 | Varzim | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 31 | |
| 14 | Sporting da Covilhã | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 30 | |
| 15 | Chaves (R) | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 28 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão |
| 16 | Carregado (R) | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 47 | −21 | 24 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão |
* 1 2 BEM 2–0 PRM; PRM 2–1 BEM
* 1 2 FRM 0–2 ESP; ESP 0–0 FRM

## Results

| Home \ Away | BEM | CAR | CHA | DAV | ESP | FAT | FEI | FRM | GVI | OLI | PEN | PTM | STC | SCO | TRO | VAR |
| Beira-Mar | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Carregado | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 |
| Chaves | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Desportivo das Aves | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Estoril Praia | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Fátima | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Feirense | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Freamunde | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Gil Vicente | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 |
| Oliveirense | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Penafiel | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Portimonense | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 |
| Santa Clara | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Sporting da Covilhã | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Trofense | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 5–2 | 2–2 | | 2–1 |
| Varzim | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Position | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Reguila | Trofense | 15 |
| 2 | João Silva | Desportivo das Aves | 14 |
| 3 | Leandro Tatu | Santa Clara | 13 |
| 4 | Michel | Penafiel | 11 |
| 5 | Cascavel | Freamunde | 10 |
| 5 | Carlos Pinto | Chaves | 10 |
| 5 | Roberto Alcântara | Feirense | 10 |
| 5 | Miguel Rosa | Carregado | 10 |
| 9 | Nuno Sousa | Fátima | 8 |
| 9 | Artur | Beira-Mar | 8 |
| 9 | Cícero | Oliveirense | 8 |
Updated to games played on 2 May 2010 Source: Liga Vitalis – Match Statistics (in Portuguese)