2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby Divisão de Honra explained
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 organized by the Federação Portuguesa de Rugby (Portuguese Rugby Federation)[1] and currently consists of 12 teams.[2] [3] 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 promoted to the Divisão de Honra.
Format
The Divisão de Honra will be divided by two tournaments:
- Torneio de Abertura
- Divisão de Honra
- Regular season
- Final season
The Torneio de Abertura will be played for an initial tournament consisting of two groups of 6 teams, played for one return, a 1/2 between 1st and 2nd classifieds and the final.[4] The Torneio de Abertura is expected to be played from September 22 to November 28.
The Regular season of Divisão de Honra will be played by three groups of four (4) teams, which play in the system of all against all. At the end of regular season, the top 2 teams of each group will take part in the championship group that will determine the champion while the bottom 2 teams will play in "Plate Cup" group.The Divisão de Honra is expected to be played from December 7 and ends on May 25.
Points are awarded according to the following:[5]
- 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, while scoring at least 3 more tries than the opponent.
- 1 bonus point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer
Promotion and relegation
Following the extension of the number of teams from 10 to 12, the same 10 teams that played last season will remain and compete again in the championship. The newcomers are the lower division champion Técnico and runner-up RC Montemor.
The bottom team of "Plate Cup" group will be relegated to the lower division.
Teams
Torneio de Abertura
The teams are distributed by two groups of six teams, in which they play with each other once:[6]
The Torneio de Abertura is expected to be played from September 22 to November 28.
Regular season
The teams are distributed by three groups of four teams, in which they play between themselves in home and away matches for the regular season:[7]
The Divisão de Honra is expected to be played from December 7 and ends on May 25.
Squads 2024/25
Squads are ordered by the last classification of the league.According to Portuguese Rugby Federation[8]
The Belenenses squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby seasonProps- Anthony Kent
- Joaquin Dominguez
- Lucas Bordigoni
- Manuel Worm
- Frederico Simões
- Pedro Braga
- Bernardo Veiga
Hookers
- Guillermo Lawrie
- Miguel Nunes
Locks
- Salvador da Cunha
- Manuel Lima
- José Moreira
- Francisco Simões
- António Andrade
- Tomás da Cunha
- Martim Ferreira
| Backrow- Rafael Simões
- David Wallis
- André Cunha
- Manuel Pinto
- Pedro Cunha
- Tomás Sequeira
- Sebastião da Cunha
- Diogo Raposo
Scrum-halves
- Duarte Azevedo
- Francisco Macedo
Fly-halves
- Francisco Menéres
- Manuel Menéres
| Centres- Rodrigo Fruedenthal
- Alex Thrupp
- Lourenço Pedras
- António Cunha
- António Claro
- Gonçalo Santos
- Tomás Monteiro
Wingers
- José Paiva dos Santos
- Duarte Moreira
- Owen Jenkins
- Diogo Rodrigues
- Francisco Galveias
- Lourenço Pedras
- Tomás Reis
Fullbacks
- Francisco Murta
- Salvador da Cunha Jr.
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(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. - denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.
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The Agronomia squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby seasonProps- Abel da Cunha
- Estéfano Aranda Cáceres
- Rodrigo Correa
- Abraão Ambrósio*
- Francisco Domingues
- Afonso Carreira
- Nicolau Turabelidze
- António Quiroga
Hookers
- Pedro Vicente
- Frederico Tenório
- Francisco Cabral
- Diogo Carvalho
- Hugo Oliveira
- Joaquim Raimundo
- Bernardo Cardoso
Locks
- José Rebelo de Andrade
- António Rebelo de Andrade
- Pedro Herédia
- Bernardo B. Cardoso
- Simão Salgueiro
- Manuel Bação
- Luís Rodolfo
- António Maria Andrade
| Backrow- Francisco Cabral
- Manuel Navalhinhas
- João P. Fernandes
- Francisco Uva
- Diogo Sarmento
- Vicente Guerra Pinto
- Duarte Vasco Costa
- João Louro
- Francisco Piano Gonçalves
- José Ramalho
Scrum-halves
- Nicolas Herreros
- João Bandeiras
- Tomás Amado
- Duarte Alves
Fly-halves
- Hugo de Franq
- Domingos Cabral
- Simão Sousa
| Centres- João Lima
- Vasco Ribeiro
- Vasco Leite
- Armand Patricio
- Sebastião Cardoso
- José do Carmo Câmara
- Bernardo Valente
- Manuel Ramalho
Wingers
- José Cortes Pena Monteiro
- José Carmo Câmara
- Vasco Câmara
- António Pena Monteiro
- Pedro Ribeiro
- Rodrigo Castanheira
- Eduardo Leite
- Salvador Botelho
- João Castro
Fullbacks
- Manuel Cardoso Pinto
- Gonçalo Vasco Costa
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(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. - denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.
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The Benfica squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby seasonProps- João Nobre
- Márcio Pinheiro
- André Antunes
- Isaías Camará
Hookers
- Luan Almeida
- Jason Cornelius
- Pedro Gouveia
Locks
- Volodymyr Grikh
- Lorenzo Palacio*
- Philippe Couto*
- Eurico Chichorro
| Backrow- Frederico Couto
- Giuseppe Piacenza
- Manuel Fati
- Frederico Silva
- Tomás Picado
- Pedro Ismael Tavares
- Rui Duarte
Scrum-halves
- Elliott Ryan
- Tomás Boavida
- Francisco Russo
Fly-halves
- António Campos
- Reymond Dorian
| Centres- José Lima
- Hayden Hann
- Guilherme Vasconcelos
- Francisco Bessa
- Diogo Salgado
- Rodrigo Urzay Soares
Wingers
- Edgar Monteiro
- José Miguel Carvalho
- Harrison Stock
- Diego Caeiro
- Diogo Custódio
- Felisbelo Vieira*
- Zyad Al Achouni*
Fullbacks
- José Rodrigues
- Rodrigo Sampaio
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(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. - denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.
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The Direito squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby seasonProps- David Costa
- António Prim
- José Lupi
- Giovanni Ramallo
- Luis Lopes
- Afonso Tapadinhas
- Lourenço Moita
- João Pissarra
- Leandro Nunes
Hookers
- Duarte Diniz
- Afonso Bento
Locks
- Duarte Torgal
- João Vital
- António Peixoto
- Guilherme Valente
- Pedro Ferreira
- Luis Semedo
- Henrique Cortes
- Duarte Pedro Nunes
- Guilherme Spratley
| Backrow- Manuel Picão
- João Granate
- Pedro Afra Rosa
- Nuno Peixoto
- Mateus Ferreira
- Sebastião Silva
- Diogo Matos
- Miguel Romero Rodrigues
- Luis Pina
- António Mello
- Frederico Castello Branco
Scrum-halves
- João Dias
- Rafael Iriarte
- António Amaral
- Duarte Cortes
Fly-halves
- Tomás Redondo
- Francisco Teixeira
- Nuno Rocha
| Centres- José Maria Vareta
- Francisco Nobre
- João Afra Rosa
- Manuel Reis
Wingers
- Caetano Castelo Branco
- José Ferreira
- Francisco Afra Rosa
- Duarte Portela
- Duarte Matos
- João Burnay
- Ricardo Mieiro
- Francisco Pinto
- Martim Dias
Fullbacks
- Manuel Vareiro
- João Vaz Antunes
- Frederico Roquette
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(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. - denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.
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The Cascais squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby seasonProps- Nuno Mascarenhas
- Santiago Gramajo
- Ignácio Urueña
- Nicolas Griffiths
- José Lavos
- Duarte Conde
- Pedro Lopes
Hookers
- Santiago Lopes
- José Martinez
- Bernardo Gomes
- Alexander Vieira
- Gonçalo Marques
Locks
- Martim Belo
- Israel Parnas
- Alexandre Fonseca Rodrigues
- Manuel Barros
- António Carvalho Martins
- Luis Graça
- João Cabaço
| Backrow- Salvador Vassalo
- Francisco Sousa
- Sebastião Petronilho
- Gonçalo Carvalho
- Francisco Martins
- Lourenço Durão
- Dinis Pitta
Scrum-halves
- Noah Nash
- Duarte Cardoso
- João Consciência
- Francisco Carmona e Costa
Fly-halves
| Centres- Gabriel Pop*
- António Vidinha
- Francisco Vassalo
- Francisco C. Campos
Wingers
- Vasco Durão
- José Villar Gomes
- António Sousa
- Luis Ferros
- Duarte Tavares
Fullbacks
- Vasco Correia
- Alfredo Almeida
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(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. - denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.
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The CDUL squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby seasonProps- Matheus Rocha
- Miguel Vilaça
- António Maltez
- José Almeida
- Gonçalo Madaleno
- Gonçalo Alves
- Manuel Magriço
Hookers
- Duarte Foro
- Francisco Pedro
- Samuel Marques
Locks
- Duarte Gil
- Francisco Almeida
- Rui Amador
- Raul Conceição
- Diogo D'Almeida
- Domingos Gonçalves
| Backrow- Vasco Baptista
- José Roque
- Ben Grant
- Eduardo Queiroz
- Afonso Sousa
- Rodrigo Oliveira
- Francisco Figueiredo
- José Libano Monteiro
- David Gracioso
- Nuno Macedo
- Eduardo Queiroz
- Francisco Tavares
Scrum-halves
- Francisco Magalhães
- Vasco Félix António
- Martim Domingues
Fly-halves
- Nuno Penha Costa
- Pedro Neiva Correia
- António Nuncio
- Faustino Gama
- Pedro Anahory
- Lourenço Cardoso
- José Cerejo
| Centres- Tomás Appleton
- Francisco Appleton
- Ignacio Albornoz
- Nuno Macedo
- Bernardo Matos
- Martim Faro
- Afonso Alvarez
- Tomé Lobo
Wingers
- Fabio Conceiçao
- Tomás Noronha
- Duarte Duarte
- Bernardo Matos
- João Cardoso
- Hussein Sacoor
- Guilherme Oliveira
Fullbacks
- Jorge Abecasis
- Shane Van Rooyen
- Josh Honey
- José Valadas
- Pedro Roldão
- Sebastião Stilwell
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(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. - denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.
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The Académica squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby seasonProps- Alexandre Alves
- Niko Manaena
- Afonso Machado
- João Claúdio Dos Santos
Hookers
- João Mateus
- Ignacio Failla
- João Aguiar
Locks
- Sérgio Duarte Franco
- Matheus Wolf
- Diogo Paixão Santos
- Jacques Van Aardt
- Artur Lima
- Gonçalo Costa
- Daniel Almeida
- Francisco Teles
| Backrow- Francisco Silva
- Eurico Leitão
- Miguel André
- Francisco Rovira
- Miguel Prata
- Lourenço Freitas
- Afonso Cabral
Scrum-halves
- Silvio Costa
- José Fernandes
Fly-halves
- Ceiza James
- Nuno Cardoso
- Tiago Girão
| Centres- Moisés Duque
- Marcus Arrindell
- Francisco Migueis
- Gonçalo Ramos
- Nuno Fernandes
Wingers
- João Diogo Silva
- João Dinis
- Edson Paulino
- Afonso Monteiro
- João Cunha
- António Pinto Costa
- Miguel Cristóvão
- David Tender Gomes
Fullbacks
- Nicolas Vega
- Joaquim Couto
- Tiago Pintão
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(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. - denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.
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The São Miguel squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby seasonProps- Robert Delai
- Thomas Goyochea
- Juninho Patricio
- Pedro Botelho
- Tiago Quitério
Hookers
Locks
- Felipe Rosa
- Pedro Oliveira
- Miguel Máximo
- Simão Medeiro
| Backrow- Sabata Mokhachane
- Gonçalo Melo Ribeiro
- Manuel de Almeida
- Sebastião Petronilho
Scrum-halves
Fly-halves
- Bader Pretorius
- Agustin Altamirano
- Francisco Teixeira
| Centres- Ignácio Vega
- Bright Matimba
- Tomás Morais
- Lourenço Chambel
Wingers
- Allistair Mumba
- Duarte Branquinho
- Ricardo Rosa
- Rivaldo Pinto
- Leandro Ceita
- Francisco Cardoso
- Francisco Reis
- João Ruivo
- Jorge Anjinho
Fullbacks
- Hugo Ruelle
- Andrea Ragno
- Miguel Martins
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(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. - denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.
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The RC Lousã squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby seasonProps- Yeray Pastoriza Carrasco
- Nika Beroshvili
- Mark Mammen
- Paulo Marques
- Bruno Pereira
Hookers
- Scott Cunnigham
- Rafael Pacurar
Locks
- Ricardo Reis
- Bruno Santos
- Bruno Pinheiro
- Diogo Forte
| Backrow- Gonzalo Poblete
- Augusto Andrade
- José Caetano
- Henrique Batista
- Eduardo Heredia
- João Barreto
- Diogo Graça
- Leonardo Pinto
Scrum-halves
- Cirian Roberts
- Pedro Dias dos Santos
- Tomás Batista
Fly-halves
| Centres- Mika Zetzema
- Agustín Alabos
Wingers
- João Campos
- Francisco Caetano
- Gonçalo Graça
- Diogo Santos
Fullbacks
- Manuel Nogueira
- Guilherme Costa
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(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. - denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.
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The CDUP squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby seasonProps- Tom Kaijaks
- Ricardo Husgen Lanhoso
- Bernardo Coelho
- Diogo Amaro
- Henrique Freitas
Hookers
- Nuno Figueiredo
- António Terroso
Locks
- Gonçalo Seruca
- Tiago Albuquerque
- Rodrigo Mateus
- Luis Moreira
- Henrique Vieira
- Gonçalo Santos
- Afonso Santos
| Backrow- Facundo Ojeda
- Julien Adamski
- João Duarte
- António Pires
- Henrique Santos
- Vasco Sarmento
Scrum-halves
- João Belo
- Manuel Mendonça
Fly-halves
- Tiago Rocha
- Luis Agrelos
- Bernardo Nogueira
| Centres- Tomás Marrana
- Miguel Trepa
- Guilherme Brandão
- Eduardo Moreira
Wingers
- Rodrigo Gauna
- Ihor Lutsenko
- Salvador Cardoso
- Lucas Velo
- Afonso Aguiar
- José Diogo
Fullbacks
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(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. - denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.
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The CR Técnico squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby seasonProps- André Arrojado
- Diogo Teixeira
- Gonçalo Costa
- Vasco Tavares
- João Lobo
Hookers
- Rodrigo Bento
- Afonso Cirilo
- Manuel Barral
Locks
- Guilherme Costa
- Estevão Baltazar
- Alexandre Rosário Silva
| Backrow- José Guillen
- Tomas Suárez
- Agustin Arburua
- Caio Almeida
- Léon L'Huillier
- Francisco Silva
- João D'Orey
- Pedro Nunes
- Diogo Teixeira
Scrum-halves
- Pedro Lucas
- Francisco Pedro
Fly-halves
- Conor Van Eden
- Hugo Trigueiro
| Centres- Alexis Delprat
- Miguel Rosa
- António Cardoso
Wingers
- Rodrigo Henriques
- Francisco Lacerda
- Henrique Lacerda
Fullbacks
- Manuel Vallêra
- Francisco Vallêra
- Nuno Fradinho
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(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. - denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.
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The RC Montemor squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby seasonProps- Franco Dellamea
- Gerônimo Gomez
- António Mendes
- António Veiga Malta
Hookers
- Fabian Contreras
- Giorgi Tsverava
Locks
- João Barbado
- Manuel Marques dos Santos
- António Mendes
- João Potier
| Backrow- José Pinto Gouveia
- João Camelo
- Luis Marques dos Santos
- Pedro Silva Borges
- Manuel Silva Borges
- Miguel Cecilio
- João Redondo
Scrum-halves
- Afonso Antunes
- Augusto Mira
Fly-halves
| Centres- Pedro Silva Borges
- Miguel Rosa
- António Redondo
Wingers
- Francisco Mira
- Luis Santos Jorge
- Gonçalo Silva
- Pedro Tigre
Fullbacks
- Agustín Iza
- José Vacas de Carvalho
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(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. - denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.
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See also
Notes and References
- News: Regulations of FPR.
- News: Format of Championship.
- News: Format of Championship.
- Web site: Regulamento Torneio Abertura 24/25 .
- Web site: Regulamento Geral 24/25 .
- Web site: Regulamento Torneio Abertura 24/25 .
- Web site: Regulamento CN Divisão de Honra 24/25 .
- News: Registered players on FPR.