Campeonato Português de Rugby

Campeonato Nacional de Rugby Divisão de Honra

Current season, competition or edition: 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby Divisão de Honra
Formerly	Campeonato SuperBock
Sport	Rugby union
Founded	1958; 67 years ago (1958)
First season	1958
Owner(s)	Federação Portuguesa de Rugby
No. of teams	12
Country	Portugal
Most recent champion(s)	Belenenses
Most titles	CDUL (20 titles)
TV partner(s)	RugbyTV.pt (Live Streams)
Relegation to	Campeonato Nacional de Rugby I Divisão
International cup(s)	European Rugby Challenge Cup European Rugby Continental Shield
Related competitions	Taça de Portugal de Rugby Supertaça de Portugal de Rugby
Official website	fpr.pt

The Campeonato Nacional de Rugby Divisão de Honra (more commonly known as the Divisão de Honra) is Portugal's top level professional men's rugby union competition. The Divisão de Honra Championships are organised by the Federação Portuguesa de Rugby (Portuguese Rugby Federation) and currently consists of 12 teams. The last placed team in the competition is relegated at the end of the season to the Campeonato Nacional de Rugby I Divisão (Portugal's second level of men's rugby union) with one team from the second-tier competition promoting to the Divisão de Honra.

Format

The Divisão de Honra season takes place between September and March, with three teams being randomly drawn into four groups, playing each other home and away twice for a total of 6 matches per group (24 matches in total). Points are awarded according to the following:

• 4 points for a win
• 2 points for a draw
• 1 bonus point is awarded to a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match
• 1 bonus point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer

The highest placed teams with the highest number of points within each group will meet each other in a round-robin play-off to determine the champions of the Divisão de Honra while to bottom placed teams in each group will play in a round-robin play-out to determine which team (that finishes last place) will be relegated in the respective season.

Promotion and relegation

The bottom team in the relegation play-out is relegated to the Campeonato Nacional de Rugby I Divisão, while the team that finishes 1st in the second tier of rugby union competitions in Portugal will replace the latter.

Current Teams

CDUP

Académica

Lousã

Belenenses
Agronomia
Benfica
Direito
CDUL
São Miguel
Técnico

Cascais

Montemor

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Location of the teams competing in the 2024-25 Season.

Stadia and locations

Team	Manager	Captain	Stadium	Capacity
Académica	Lodie Van Staden	António Salgueiro	Estádio Municipal Sérgio Conceição	2500
Agronomia	Luís Pissarra	João Lima	Tapada da Ajuda	500
Belenenses	João Mirra	Tomás Sequeira	Belém Rugby Park	500
Benfica	Martim Aguiar	Hayden Hann	Campo nº2 - Lisbon University	1500
Cascais	Gabriel Ascárate	António Vidinha	Estádio Municipal Dramático Cascais	1000
CDUL	Kane Hancy	Tomás Appleton	Estádio Universitário de Lisboa	8000
CDUP	Francisco Vareta	Tomás Marrana	Estádio Universitário do Porto	1500
Direito	Bernardo Mota	Duarte Diniz	Complexo Desportivo Miguel Nobre Ferreira	2500
Lousã	Claudio Venturino	Paulo Marques	Estádio Municipal de Rugby José Redondo	500
RC Montemor	João Baptista Malta		Parque Desportivo Municipal	500
São Miguel	João Uva	Robert Delai	Bulldog Rugby Park	800
C. R. Técnico	António Manzoni de Sequeira	Rodrigo Bento	Campo das Olaias	800

Champions

Season		Champion	Game	Second Place		Third Place	Fourth Place		1st before playoffs	Ref
1958/59		Belenenses #1								[1]
1959/60		Benfica #1
1960/61		Benfica #2
1961/62		Benfica #3
1962/63		Belenenses #2
1963/64		CDUL #1		Belenenses
1964/65		CDUL #2		Belenenses
1965/66		CDUL #3		Académica
1966/67		CDUL #4		Académica
1967/68		CDUL #5		Benfica
1968/69		CDUL #6		Académica
1969/70		Benfica #4		Técnico
1970/71		CDUL #7
1971/72		CDUL #8
1972/73		Belenenses #3
1973/74		CDUL #9
1974/75		Belenenses #4
1975/76		Benfica #5
1976/77		Académica #1
1977/78		CDUL #10
1978/79		Académica #2
1979/80		CDUL #11		Benfica		Direito	Académica			[2]
1980/81		Técnico #1		CDUL		Académica	CDUP			[3]
1981/82		CDUL #12		Académica		Benfica	Direito			[4]
1982/83		CDUL #13		Académica		Belenenses	Direito			[5]
1983/84		CDUL #14								[1]
1984/85		CDUL #15
1985/86		Benfica #6
1986/87		Cascais #1
1987/88		Benfica #7
1988/89		CDUL #16
1989/90		CDUL #17
1990/91		Benfica #8
1991/92		Cascais #2
1992/93		Cascais #3		Benfica		Belenenses	CDUL			[6]
1993/94		Cascais #4		Direito		Benfica	CDUL			[7]
1994/95		Cascais #5		Belenenses		Académica	CDUL			[8]
1995/96		Cascais #6		CDUL		Belenenses	Lousã			[9]
1996/97		Académica #3		Cascais		CDUL	Técnico
1997/98		Técnico #2		Direito		Académica	Cascais			[10]
1998/99		Direito #1		Académica		Técnico	CDUP			[11]
1999/00		Direito #2		Agronomia		Técnico	CDUP			[12]
2000/01		Benfica #9		Direito		Agronomia	Belenenses			[13]
2001/02		Direito #3		CDUP		Benfica	Académica
2002/03		Belenenses #5		Direito		CDUP	Agronomia
2003/04		Académica #4		Agronomia		Direito	Belenenses
2004/05		Direito #4		Agronomia		Belenenses	Benfica
2005/06		Direito #5	22-06	Belenenses		Agronomia	Benfica		Belenenses
2006/07		Agronomia #1	15-08	Direito		CDUL	CDUP		Agronomia
2007/08		Belenenses #6	22-21	Agronomia		CDUL	Benfica		Agronomia
2008/09		Direito #6	32-25	Agronomia		CDUL	Belenenses		Agronomia
2009/10		Direito #7	22-12	Agronomia		CDUL	Belenenses		Agronomia
2010/11		Direito #8	09-03	Belenenses		Agronomia	CDUL		CDUL
2011/12		CDUL #18	23-15	Agronomia		Direito	Académica		CDUL
2012/13		Direito #9	17-09	CDUL		Belenenses	Agronomia		CDUL
2013/14		CDUL #19	19-15	Direito		Técnico	Belenenses		Direito
2014/15		Direito #10	26-19	CDUL		Técnico	Agronomia		CDUL
2015/16		Direito #11	11-06	CDUL		Cascais	Técnico		CDUL
2016/17		CDUL #20	25-21	Agronomia		Direito	Cascais		Agronomia
2017/18		Belenenses #7	17-09	Agronomia		Cascais	Direito		Agronomia
2018/19		Agronomia #2	18-10	Belenenses		Técnico	CDUL		Belenenses
2019/20	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal								Belenenses
2020/21		Técnico #3	15-11	Direito		Belenenses	CDUL		Direito
2021/22		Belenenses #8	31-08	Direito		Cascais	CDUL		Belenenses
2022/23		Direito #12	31-23	Cascais		Agronomia	Benfica		Cascais
2023/24		Belenenses #9	19-18	Agronomia		Benfica	Direito		Belenenses
2024/25

Club	Titles	Years won
CDUL	20	1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 2012, 2014, 2017
Direito	12	1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2023
Belenenses	9	1959, 1963, 1973, 1975, 2003, 2008, 2018, 2022, 2024
Benfica	9	1960, 1961, 1962, 1970, 1976, 1986, 1988, 1991, 2001
Cascais	6	1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
Académica	4	1977, 1979, 1997, 2004
Técnico	3	1981, 1998, 2021
Agronomia	2	2007, 2019

See also

• Campeonato Nacional de Rugby I Divisão
• Campeonato Nacional de Rugby II Divisão
• Taça de Portugal de Rugby
• Supertaça de Portugal de Rugby
• Copa Ibérica de Rugby/Taça Iberica de Rugby
• Rugby union in Portugal

References

1. "RugbyArchive".
2. "Rugby Revista" (PDF). Rugby Revista (in Portuguese). No. 1. October 1980.
3. "Rugby Revista" (PDF). Rugby Revista (in Portuguese). No. 7. April 1981.
4. "Rugby Revista" (PDF). Rugby Revista (in Portuguese). No. 14. March 1982.
5. "Rugby Revista" (PDF). Rugby Revista (in Portuguese). No. 23. May 1983.
6. "Rugby Magazine" (PDF). Rugby Magazine (in Portuguese). No. 1. April 1993.
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8. "Rugby Magazine" (PDF). Rugby Magazine (in Portuguese). No. 9. April 1995.
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10. "Rugby Magazine" (PDF). Rugby Magazine (in Portuguese). No. 15. May 1998.
11. "Râguebi - Campeonato Nacional da 1a Divisão - Fase final - Serie A - Classificação" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2001-05-19. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
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13. "2000-2024 - Classificações".

External links

• Portuguese Rugby Federation Official Website