Campeonato Nacional de Juniores

Campeonato Nacional de Juniores

Founded	1938
Country	Portugal
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	24
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Campeonato Nacional Juniores A – 2ª Divisão
Current champions	Famalicão (1st title)
Most championships	Benfica (25 titles)
Website	fpf.pt

The Campeonato Nacional de Juniores is the top level of the Portuguese football league system for youth players (19-year-old and under). It is administrated by the Portuguese Football Federation. The league started in 1938 and has been historically dominated by the Big Three clubs, with Benfica having the most titles won (25).

Format

The Campeonato Nacional de Juniores begins in the first weekend of September and ends in June. The Nacional de Juniors season is similar to the senior players' Primeira Liga playing a double round-robin points based system. There are two groups composed of 12 teams, North and South. The top four teams with the most points in each group progress to the Apuramento de Campeão, where they face each other in a similar way to the first round, to determine the champion.

The bottom eight teams of each group, progress to the Apuramento de Manutenção, where they face each other. The bottom three of each group are relegated.

Winners

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Season	Champions
1938–39	Sporting CP
1939–40	Unidos Barreiro
1940–41	Not played
1941–42	Leixões
1942–43	Not played
1943–44	Benfica
1944–45	Benfica (2)
1945–46	Sporting CP (2)
1946–47	Belenenses
1947–48	Sporting CP (3)
1948–49	Benfica (3)
1949–50	Académica
1950–51	Benfica (4)
1951–52	Académica (2)
1952–53	Porto
1953–54	Académica (3)
1954–55	Benfica (5)
1955–56	Sporting CP (4)
1956–57	Benfica (6)
1957–58	Benfica (7)
1958–59	Benfica (8)
1959–60	Benfica (9)
1960–61	Sporting CP (5)
1961–62	Benfica (10)
1962–63	Benfica (11)
1963–64	Porto (2)
1964–65	Sporting CP (6)
1965–66	Porto (3)
1966–67	Not played
1967–68	Benfica (12)
1968–69	Porto (4)
1969–70	Benfica (13)
1970–71	Porto (5)
1971–72	Benfica (14)
1972–73	Porto (6)
1973–74	Sporting CP (7)
1974–75	Benfica (15)
1975–76	Benfica (16)
1976–77	Braga
1977–78	Benfica (17)
1978–79	Porto (7)
1979–80	Porto (8)
1980–81	Porto (9)
1981–82	Porto (10)
1982–83	Sporting CP (8)
1983–84	Porto (11)
1984–85	Benfica (18)
1985–86	Porto (12)
1986–87	Porto (13)
1987–88	Benfica (19)
1988–89	Benfica (20)
1989–90	Porto (14)
1990–91	Vitória Guimarães
1991–92	Sporting CP (9)
1992–93	Porto (15)
1993–94	Porto (16)
1994–95	Boavista
1995–96	Sporting CP (10)
1996–97	Boavista (2)
1997–98	Porto (17)
1998–99	Boavista (3)
1999–2000	Benfica (21)
2000–01	Porto (18)
2001–02	Alverca
2002–03	Boavista (4)
2003–04	Benfica (22)
2004–05	Sporting CP (11)
2005–06	Sporting CP (12)
2006–07	Porto (19)
2007–08	Sporting CP (13)
2008–09	Sporting CP (14)
2009–10	Sporting CP (15)
2010–11	Porto (20)
2011–12	Sporting CP (16)
2012–13	Benfica (23)
2013–14	Braga (2)
2014–15	Porto (21)
2015–16	Porto (22)
2016–17	Sporting CP (17)
2017–18	Benfica (24)
2018–19	Porto (23)
2019–20	Not awarded [lower-alpha 1]
2020–21	Not played [lower-alpha 2]
2021–22	Benfica (25)
2022–23	Famalicão

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Seasons
Benfica	25	1943–44, 1944–45, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1999–2000, 2003–04, 2012–13, 2017–18, 2021–22
Porto	23	1952–53, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1989–90, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2006–07, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19
Sporting CP	17	1938–39, 1945–46, 1947–48, 1955–56, 1960–61, 1964–65, 1973–74, 1982–83, 1991–92, 1995–96, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2016–17
Boavista	4	1994–95, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2002–03
Académica	3	1949–50, 1951–52, 1953–54
Braga	2	1976–77, 2013–14
Unidos Barreiro	1	1939–40
Leixões	1	1941–42
Belenenses	1	1946–47
Vitória Guimarães	1	1990–91
Alverca	1	2001–02
Famalicão	1	2022–23

Notes

1. Abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2. Not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic

References

1. "Vencedores - Campeonato Nacional da I Divisão de Sub 19" [Winners - U19 I Division National Championship]. FPF (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 September 2021.