Portugal save ideas
Football Manager save ideas in Portugal. 10 save ideas, difficulty from 4 to 7 out of 10. 9 are playable in the base game. Easiest: Académica de Coimbra (4/10). Hardest: Vitória de Setúbal (7/10).
- Académica de Coimbra
Liga Portugal 2Académica are inseparable from the University of Coimbra and won the inaugural Taça de Portugal in 1939. After dropping into Liga 3 they finally earned promotion back to…
- LeixõesLiga Portugal 2
Leixões won the Portuguese Cup in 1961 and then reached the European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals despite coming from Matosinhos rather than one of Portugal's…
- Santa ClaraLiga Portugal
Santa Clara are a Portuguese top-flight club from the Azores, roughly 1,450 km from Lisbon in the middle of the Atlantic. Every domestic away day is effectively…
- TorreenseLiga Portugal 2
Torreense won the Portuguese Cup while playing in the second tier and qualified for the 2026/27 Europa League league phase. You are balancing two completely different…
- BoavistaLiga Portugal
Boavista remain the only club outside Benfica, Porto and Sporting to win the Portuguese league since 1946, doing it in 2000/01. They are the obvious 'fourth giant'…
- MarítimoPrimeira Liga
Marítimo spent 38 consecutive seasons in Portugal's top flight before relegation in 2023. In 2026 they won promotion back, restoring Madeira to the Primeira Liga. Stay…
- União de LeiriaLiga Portugal 2
José Mourinho managed União de Leiria before Porto, and the club was a regular top-flight and European name during the early 2000s. Financial collapse eventually sent…
- VarzimLiga 3
Varzim have spent more than 20 seasons in Portugal's top flight but have not been there since the early 2000s. The Póvoa de Varzim club now sit in Liga 3, squeezed…
- SalgueirosCampeonato de Portugal
Salgueiros finished sixth in Portugal in 1990/91 and played in the UEFA Cup the following season, giving Porto a third top-flight club alongside FC Porto and Boavista…
- Vitória de SetúbalCampeonato de Portugal
Vitória have played more than 70 seasons in Portugal's top flight and won three Portuguese Cups, but financial problems eventually cost them their national-league place…