Campeonato de Futebol de Praia

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Campeonato de Futebol de Praia
Campeonato de Futebol de Praia Elite Division logo.png
Founded2012;11 years ago (2012)
Country Portugal
Confederation UEFA
DivisionsCampeonato Elite
Campeonato Nacional
Number of teams8 (Elite)
26 (National)
Level on pyramid1–2
Domestic cup(s)Taça de Portugal Futebol Praia
International cup(s) Euro Winners Cup
Euro Winners Challenge
Current champions Braga
Most championships Braga (9 titles)
Website Official website

The FPF Campeonato de Futebol de Praia ( English: FPF Beach Soccer Championship) is a league competition for beach soccer clubs in Portugal. Organised by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) who also established the championship in 2012, [1] [2] it is the country's primary beach soccer club competition. The national league replaced a previous championship run by district associations as Portugal's paramount club tournament. [1]

Contents

Held between May and September, the season is divided into two parts: the regular season followed by the post-season, with matches taking place across Portugal. [1] Many of the world's best players compete in the championship.

Currently, the competition consists of two divisions: the Elite Championship, the top tier, disputed by the eight best teams who compete for the title – the winners are crowned league champions – and the National Championship, the second tier, open to all other clubs who compete for two promotion spots to the top division. [1]

The top three teams qualify for the upcoming edition of the Euro Winners Cup (EWC); as of 2020, the league is ranked as the strongest in Europe by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). [3]

Braga are the most successful club with eight titles and are the current champions.

Previous national championships

The first incarnation of a national championship for Portuguese beach soccer clubs with recognition was originally known as the Liga de Clubes de Futebol de Praia [4] and later the Campeonato Elite de Futebol de Praia, [5] which ran from 2005–2011. [1] [6] [7] However, it was not arranged by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF); the league was established as a result of cooperation between a number of District Football Associations (that of Viana do Castelo, Braga, Porto, Aveiro, Coimbra, Leiria, Santarém, Lisbon, Setúbal and Algarve). [1] [8]

In 2010, a second national league competition was also established which ran for two seasons, known as the Circuito Nacional de Futebol de Praia; unlike the former, this championship received the "institutional support" of the FPF however was still not organised by them – it was run by an independent event organiser. [9] [10]

Results table
YearWinnersRunners-upRef.YearWinnersRunners-upRef.
Campeonato Elite de Futebol de PraiaCircuito Nacional de Futebol de Praia
2005PortoSporting CP
2006BenficaSporting CP
2007BenficaUnião de Leiria
2008Vitória de SetúbalUnião de Leiria
2009União de LeiriaRio Ave
2010Vitória de SetúbalPorto 2010Sporting CPBenfica
2011Sporting CPVitória de Guimarães 2011Vitória de GuimarãesSporting CP
Note: The 2010 Elite tournament was still considered the primary national event at the time [6] as it took place before the inaugural Circutio season later in 2010;
so both are considered national championship results. [11] In 2011, with the Circutio now established, it was viewed as the main national championship, with the 2011 Elite tournament losing its prestige and
being seen as simply a warm up event for the upcoming Circutio league season. [12]

During this time, there were calls for the FPF to establish their own, official championship. [13] The FPF ultimately started the Campeonato Nacional de Futebol de Praia as the first official national league (that is to say, run by the country's national association) in 2012, superseding the above two de facto national championships which ceased. [1]

Format

As of 2019; current format introduced in 2015 (with minor revisions since). [1] [14] [15] [16]

Overview

The championship consists of two championships/divisions; clubs can move between the divisions through a system of promotion and relegation:

  1. Campeonato Elite (Elite Championship): the top tier, containing the eight best clubs. The teams in this division aim to win the title and avoid relegation.
  2. Campeonato Nacional (National Championship): the lower tier, containing all other clubs of lesser quality that choose to enter the competition that season (26 teams in 2019), split into three geographical conferences (north, central and south zones) with approximately ten clubs in each. The teams in this division aim to be promoted to the Elite Championship.

Both championships are played in two phases; a regular season (May through August) and a post-season (August/September).

Elite Championship

At the end of the regular season, the top four teams, those occupying positions 1–4 in the table with the most points, advance to the Finals. The bottom four teams, those occupying positions 5–8 in the table with the least points, proceed to the relegation play-offs.
Finals: The four clubs play each other in a round robin format (playing a total of three matches each). The club with the most points at the completion of all fixtures are crowned league champions.
Relegation play-offs: The four clubs play each other in a round robin format (playing a total of three matches each). The two clubs with the most points at the completion of all fixtures retain their place in the Elite Championship for next season. The two clubs with the least points at the completion of all fixtures will be relegated to the National Championship for next season.

National Championship

Clubs

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CB Loures
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Alfarim
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GR Amigos Paz
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Leixões
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Sesimbra
Locations of where the 2019 Elite Division clubs originate ( Red pog.svg ) and the host venues ( Yellow pog.svg ).
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Nacional
Madeira based Elite clubs

As of 2019 [17]

Key
– promoted at the end of 2019
– relegated at the end of 2019

Venues

Scheduled for use during the 2019 season for the Elite Division: [18]

Results

Elite Championship

The following lists the winners and runners-up of the top tier; the former are crowned Portuguese league champions.

SeasonWinnersRunners-upRef.
2012 Belenenses ACD O Sótão
2013 Braga Estoril Praia
2014 Braga Sporting CP
2015 Braga Sporting CP
2016 Sporting CP Braga
2017 Braga Sporting CP
2018 Braga Sporting CP
2019 Braga Sporting CP
2020 Sporting CP Braga
2021 Braga Casa Benfica de Loures
2022 Braga Casa Benfica de Loures
2023 Braga ACD O Sótão

Note: From 2010–2014 there was only one division comprising the league. Those results have been included as de facto Elite Division results.

Performance by club

TeamTitlesRunners-upYears wonYears runner-up
Braga 922013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 20232016, 2020
Sporting CP 252016, 20202014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
Belenenses 102012
Casa Benfica de Loures022021, 2022
ACD O Sótão022012, 2023
Estoril Praia 012013

National Championship

The second tier was introduced in 2015; [1] the following lists the winners and runners-up. Both are promoted to the top tier.

SeasonWinnersRunners-upRef.
2015 Varzim Casa Benfica de Loures
2016NacionalVila Franca Rosario
2017 Leixões Varzim
2018AlfarimSesimbra
2019ACD O Sótão GD Chaves
2020 Varzim Buarcos 2017
2021 Leixões São Domingos de Setúbal
2022GD ChavesBelenenses
2023AD Nazaré 2022Vila Flor SC

Performance by club

TeamTitlesRunners-upYears wonYears runner-up
Varzim 212015, 20202017
Leixões 202017, 2021
GD Chaves 1120222019
Nacional 102016
Alfarim102018
ACD O Sótão102019
AD Nazaré 2022102023
Casa Benfica de Loures012015
Vila Franca Rosario012016
Sesimbra012018
Buarcos 2017012020
São Domingos de Setúbal012021
Belenenses012022
Vilar Flor SC012023

Performance at the Euro Winners Cup

The Euro Winners Cup (EWC), held every May/June since 2013, is a competition contested by the best teams from Europe's domestic beach soccer leagues to determine a European club champion.

A club's final league position determines their qualification route to the EWC. [19] The following table shows the history of qualification opportunities for Portuguese clubs:

Qualification history
YearFinal league positionTotal clubs
qualified
1st2nd3rd4th & below
2013–16An/a1
2017–18APR1+
2019–APR3+

Key: Qualification is...

A Green check.svgY Automatic.
PR  Orange question mark.svg Possible; club eligible to enter the preliminary round.
n/a Red x.svgN Not possible.

(Host club also qualifies automatically; From 2013–18,
host country's league runners-up also qualified automatically.)

The following documents the performances of Portuguese clubs that have qualified for the EWC:

Key
CChampionsRound of 16
2ndRunners-upR32Round of 32
3rdThird placeGSGroup stage
4thFourth PlaceDid not participate
Quarter-finalsHost club / country
Team \ Years 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Total
ACD O Sótão15thGSGS7th7thGS3rd7
ACD O Sótão NorteGSR322
AlfarimGS1
BelenensesGSGS2
Braga3rd5th3rdCCC2nd2nd2nd6th10
Buarcos 2017GSR32GSR324
CaxinasGS1
CB LouresGSR3215thC4
CB Caldas da Rainha16th1
ChavesGS1
Costa CaparicaGS1
GR Amigos PazGSGS12thGSGS5
NacionalGSGSGSR324
Os Nazarenos11thGS2
Porto MendoGS1
São DomingosGS1
SesimbraGSGSGS3
Sporting CP7th5th11th9thR3211th6
VarzimR32GS2
Vila FlorGS1
Portuguese teams111145961795

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