# 2010–11 Liga de Honra

The 2010–11 Liga de Honra season was the 21st season of the second-tier football in Portugal. A total of 16 teams will contest the league, 12 of which already contested in the 2009–10, and two of which were promoted from the Portuguese Second Division, and two of which were relegated from 2009–10. The official ball is Adidas Jabulani.

## Changes in 2010–11
### Team changes

Teams relegated from 2009–10 Primeira Liga
* 15th Place: Belenenses
* 16th Place: Leixões
Teams promoted to 2010–11 Portuguese Liga
* Champions: Beira-Mar
* Runners-up: Portimonense
Teams promoted from 2009–10 Segunda Divisão
* Champions: Arouca
* Runners-up: Moreirense
Teams relegated to 2010–11 Segunda Divisão
* 15th Place: Chaves
* 16th Place: Carregado
| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Arouca | Arouca | Estádio Municipal de Arouca | 2,500 |
| Belenenses | Lisbon | Estádio do Restelo | 32,500 |
| Covilhã | Covilhã | Complexo Desportivo da Covilhã | 3,000 |
| Desportivo das Aves | Vila das Aves | Estádio do CD das Aves | 10,250 |
| Estoril Praia | Estoril | Estádio António Coimbra da Mota | 8,000 |
| Fátima | Fátima | Estádio Municipal de Fátima | 1,545 |
| Feirense | Santa Maria da Feira | Estádio Marcolino de Castro | 4,667 |
| Freamunde | Freamunde | Campo Sport Clube Freamunde | 5,000 |
| Gil Vicente | Barcelos | Estádio Cidade de Barcelos | 12,374 |
| Moreirense | Moreira de Cónegos | Comendador Joaquim De Almeida Freitas | 9,000 |
| Leixões | Matosinhos | Estádio do Mar | 16,035 |
| Oliveirense | Oliveira de Azeméis | Estádio Carlos Osório | 9,100 |
| Penafiel | Penafiel | Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril | 7,000 |
| Santa Clara | Ponta Delgada | Estádio de São Miguel | 15,277 |
| Trofense | Trofa | Estádio do Clube Desportivo Trofense | 3,164 |
| Varzim | Póvoa de Varzim | Estádio do Varzim SC | 11,000 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Head Coach | Captain | Kit Manufacturer | Shirt Sponsor |
| Arouca | Henrique Nunes | Jorge Leitão | Lacatoni | Estabelecimentos Cavadinha |
| Belenenses | José Mota | | Macron | MetLife |
| Sporting da Covilhã | João Pinto | | Desportreino | Natura IMB Hotels |
| Desportivo das Aves | Micael Sequeira | | Alitecno | Transportes Freitas |
| Estoril Praia | Vinícius Eutrópio | | Nike | Casino Estoril |
| Fátima | Diamantino Miranda | | Lacatoni | Lena Construções |
| Feirense | Quim Machado | | Hummel | Patrícios |
| Freamunde | Nicolau Vaqueiro | | Lacatoni | Capital do Móvel |
| Gil Vicente | Paulo Alves | | MadSport | GIVEC |
| Moreirense | Jorge Casquilha | | Lacatoni | |
| Leixões | Litos | | SportZone | CEPSA |
| Oliveirense | Pedro Miguel | | Macron | Grupo Simoldes |
| Penafiel | Lázaro Oliveira | | Desportreino | RESTRADAS |
| Santa Clara | Bruno Moura | | Lacatoni | Açoreana Seguros |
| Trofense | Porfírio Amorim | | Lacatoni | Ricon |
| Varzim | Eduardo Esteves | | Lacatoni | |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
| Estoril | Professor Neca | Contract expired | 8 May 2010 | Pre-season | Vinícius Eutrópio | 14 May 2010 |
| Freamunde | Jorge Regadas | Contract expired | 8 May 2010 | Pre-season | Nicolau Vaqueiro | 10 June 2010 |
| Fátima | Rui Vitória | Resigned | 2 June 2010 | Pre-season | Diamantino Miranda | 22 June 2010 |
| Belenenses | Baltemar Brito | Sacked | 6 July 2010 | Pre-season | Rui Gregório | 10 July 2010 |
| Belenenses | Rui Gregório | Sacked | 26 October 2010 | 6th | José Mota | 28 October 2010 |
| Fátima | Diamantino Miranda | Resigned | 20 November 2010 | 14th | João Sousa | 20 November 2010 |
| Fátima | João Sousa | Resigned | 9 February 2011 | 16th | Ricardo Moura | 9 February 2011 |
| Sporting da Covilhã | João Pinto | Resigned | 15 February 2011 | 15th | Tulipa | 22 February 2011 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Gil Vicente (C, P) | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 55 | Promotion to Primeira Liga |
| 2 | Feirense (P) | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 55 | Promotion to Primeira Liga |
| 3 | Trofense | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 41 | 27 | +14 | 54 | |
| 4 | Oliveirense | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 45 | |
| 5 | Arouca | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 43 | |
| 6 | Leixões | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 42 | |
| 7 | Moreirense | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 40 | |
| 8 | Desportivo das Aves | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 40 | |
| 9 | Santa Clara | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 38 | |
| 10 | Estoril | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 38 | |
| 11 | Freamunde | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 37 | |
| 12 | Penafiel | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 36 | |
| 13 | Belenenses | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 35 | |
| 14 | Sporting da Covilhã | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 48 | −16 | 32 | |
| 15 | Varzim (R) | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 31 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão |
| 16 | Fátima (R) | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 49 | −20 | 23 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão |
* 1 2 GVI 3–2 FEI; FEI 0–1 GIV
* 1 2 MFC 1–0 DAV; DAV 2–2 MFC
* 1 2 STC 1–0 ESP; ESP 0–2 STC

### 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 |
| Gil Vicente | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Feirense | 10 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Trofense | 13 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Oliveirense | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Arouca | 6 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
| Leixões | 13 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Moreirense | 4 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 7 |
| Desportivo das Aves | 6 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Santa Clara | 6 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Estoril Praia | 15 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 |
| Freamunde | 10 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 |
| Penafiel | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 |
| Belenenses | 6 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Sporting da Covilhã | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Varzim | 12 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Fátima | 15 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ARO | BEL | DAV | ESP | FAT | FEI | FRM | GVI | LEI | MOR | OLI | PEN | STC | SCO | TRO | VAR |
| Arouca | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 6–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 |
| Belenenses | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 4–2 |
| Desportivo das Aves | 3–2 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Estoril Praia | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Fátima | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Feirense | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Freamunde | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Gil Vicente | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Leixões | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–4 |
| Moreirense | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 3–2 |
| Oliveirense | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Penafiel | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Santa Clara | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Sporting da Covilhã | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Trofense | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | | 2–1 |
| Varzim | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | |

## Stats
### Top goalscorers

| Position | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Bock | Freamunde | 15 |
| 2 | Henry Antchouet | Moreirense | 12 |
| 3 | Kiko | Arouca | 11 |
| 3 | Jérémie N'Jock | Arouca | 11 |
| 3 | Miguel Rosa | Belenenses | 11 |
| 6 | Alex Afonso | Estoril | 10 |
| 6 | Rafael Lopes | Varzim | 10 |
| 6 | Zé Luís | Gil Vicente | 10 |
| 6 | Michel | Penafiel | 10 |
| 10 | Abdoulaye Ba | Covilhã | 9 |
| 10 | Luis Carlos | Gil Vicente | 9 |
| 10 | Hugo Moreira | Santa Clara | 9 |
| 10 | Oliveira | Leixões | 9 |
| 10 | Roberto | Feirense | 9 |