Campeonato Português de Rugby

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.

Campeonato Nacional de Rugby Divisão de Honra
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023–24 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby Divisão de Honra
FormerlyCampeonato SuperBock
SportRugby union
Founded1958 (1958)
Inaugural season1958
Owner(s)Federação Portuguesa de Rugby
No. of teams12
CountryPortugal
Most recent
champion(s)
Direito
Most titlesCDUL (20 titles)
TV partner(s)RugbyTV.pt (Live Streams)
Relegation toCampeonato 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 websitefpr.pt

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

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality

Team Manager Captain Stadium Capacity
Académica Portugal Rui Rodrigues Portugal António Salgueiro Estádio Municipal Sérgio Conceição 2500
Agronomia New Zealand Kane Hancy Portugal Vasco Ribeiro Tapada da Ajuda 500
Belenenses Portugal João Mirra Portugal Tomás Sequeira Belém Rugby Park 500
Benfica South Africa Len Olivier Portugal Francisco Bessa Estádio Nacional de Honra 5000
Cascais Portugal Frederico Sousa Portugal António Vidinha Estádio Municipal Dramático Cascais 1000
CDUL Argentina Julio Farías Portugal Tomás Appleton Estádio Universitário de Lisboa 8000
CDUP Portugal Francisco Vareta Portugal Lourenço Lopes Cardoso Estádio Universitário do Porto 1500
Direito Argentina Enrique Pichot Portugal Duarte Diniz Complexo Desportivo Miguel Nobre Ferreira 2500
Lousã Portugal Rui Carvoeira Portugal Paulo Marques Estádio Municipal de Rugby José Redondo 500
São Miguel Portugal Luís Supico Portugal André Lemos Bulldog Rugby Park 800

Portuguese rugby champions

Campeonato Nacional Honra

Season Champion Game Second Place Third Place Game Fourth Place
1992/93   Cascais #3 Benfica Belenenses CDUL
1993/94   Cascais #4 Direito Benfica CDUL
1994/95   Cascais #5 Belenenses Académica CDUL
1995/96   Cascais #6 CDUL Belenenses Lousã
1996/97   Académica #3 Cascais CDUL Técnico
1997/98   Técnico #2 Direito Académica Cascais
1998/99   Direito #1 Técnico Académica Cascais
1999/00   Direito #2 Agronomia Técnico CDUP
2000/01   Benfica #9 Direito Agronomia Belenenses
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 25-15 Benfica
2006/07   Agronomia #1 15-08 Direito CDUL 19-10 CDUP
2007/08   Belenenses #6 22-21 Agronomia CDUL 34-17 Benfica
2008/09   Direito #6 32-25 Agronomia CDUL 41-41 Belenenses
2009/10   Direito #7 22-12 Agronomia CDUL 28-19 Belenenses
2010/11   Direito #8 09-03 Belenenses Agronomia 23-17 CDUL
2011/12   CDUL #18 23-15 Agronomia Direito Académica
2012/13   Direito #9 17-09 CDUL Belenenses & Agronomia
2013/14   CDUL #19 19-15 Direito Técnico & Belenenses
2014/15   Direito #10 26-19 CDUL Técnico & Agronomia
2015/16   Direito #11 11-06 CDUL Cascais & Técnico
2016/17   CDUL #20 25-21 Agronomia Direito & Cascais
2017/18   Belenenses #7 17-09 Agronomia Cascais & Direito
2018/19   Agronomia #2 18-10 Belenenses Técnico CDUL
2019/20 Belenenses was in 1st Técnico was in 2nd Direito was in 3rd Agronomia was in 4th
2020/21   Técnico #3 15-11 Direito Belenenses & CDUL
2021/22   Belenenses #8 31-08 Direito Cascais & CDUL
2022/23   Direito #12 31-23 Cascais Agronomia & Benfica
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
Benfica 9 1960, 1961, 1962, 1970, 1976, 1986, 1988, 1991, 2001
Belenenses 8 1959, 1963, 1973, 1975, 2003, 2008, 2018, 2022
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


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