Liga Intercalar

Liga Intercalar

Founded	2007
Folded	2011
Country	Portugal
Confederation	UEFA
Most championships	Estoril Praia (2 Titles)

The Liga Intercalar or Reserves Championship was a competition that served mainly to rotate less used players, juniors and players returning from injury. The first edition (2007–2008) was organized by the

and the AF Porto, the competition was split into two leagues in 2010–2011 and altogether abolished by the end of that season.

Regulations and Structure

Every match was played every Wednesday afternoon, much like the older Reserve Leagues. It was organized into two leagues with two groups, the North Zone and South Zone with a Winter and Spring phase. Both winner and runners-up from both phases of both groups competed in a regional play-off after which each regional champion played in the national final.

This tournament also brought innovations. With regard to the score of the draws:

• Won = 3 points
• Drawn with goals = 2 points
• Goalless draw = 1 point
• Lost = 0 points

In the replacement rules, three substitution were allowed to be made during the game, plus two at half-time.

Champions

Season	Status	Winner	Score	Runner-up
2007–08	National	Varzim	2–1 ( aet )	Braga
2008–09	National	Porto	0–0 ( aet, 6–5p )	Mafra
2009–10	National	Estoril Praia	2–1	Paços de Ferreira
2010–11	South Zone	Estoril Praia (2)	2–0	Benfica
	North Zone	Vitória de Guimarães	2–1	Ribeirão

External links

• Official website:
  • AF Lisboa
  • AF Porto