Current Divisions
- Professional (Portuguese League for Professional Football as the governing body)
- Liga / Liga Sagres) (formerly: First Division, Premier League, SuperLiga, BWINLIGA)
- Liga de Honra / League of Honour (Liga Vitalis) (former Second Division of Honour and Second League)
- Non-Professional
- Portuguese Football Federation as the governing body
- Second Division (North, Center and South Zones) (former Second Division B and Second League)
- Third Division (A, B, C, D, E, F and Azores Series)
- District Football Associations as the governing body in association with the Federation
- District Championships 1st level (different names)
- District Championships 2nd level (different names)
- Portuguese Football Federation as the governing body
Note: Portuguese Football Federation also rules the national teams, the Cup of Portugal, the Super Cup, the national youth championships, the women's football, the indoor-football (or Futsal) and the Beach Soccer national team. District Football Associations rule the Cups of the District Football Associations, the youth district championships, women's district football and district indoor football.
In 2007–08 it was also created the Portuguese League Cup or Carlsberg Cup, governed by the Professional League and played by those clubs, won firstly by Vitória de Setúbal on 22 March against Sporting Clube de Portugal.
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