1997–98 Terceira Divisão

Terceira Divisão
Season	1997–98
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Terceira Divisão season was the 48th season of the competition and the 8th season of recognised fourth-tier football in Portugal.^[1]

Overview

The league was contested by 120 teams in 7 divisions of 10 to 20 teams.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	AD Fafe	34	20	11	3	78	29	49	71	Promotion to Segunda Divisão
2	Caçadores das Taipas	34	20	6	8	70	41	29	66	Promotion to Segunda Divisão
3	GD Bragança	34	19	9	6	56	39	17	66
4	GD Pevidém	34	16	9	9	52	34	18	57
5	ADC Montalegre	34	15	7	12	57	50	7	52
6	FC Amares	34	13	13	8	61	39	22	52
7	Neves FC	34	14	7	13	54	50	4	49
8	GD Serzedelo	34	13	8	13	49	54	−5	47
9	Vieira SC	34	12	10	12	55	44	11	46
10	GD Joane	34	10	15	9	48	42	6	45
11	Juventude Ronfe	34	12	7	15	52	55	−3	43
12	SC Vila Pouca de Aguiar	34	11	10	13	50	46	4	43
13	Águias Graça	34	11	9	14	39	46	−7	42
14	CA Macedo de Cavaleiros	34	11	8	15	37	48	−11	41
15	CD Maximinense	34	10	9	15	45	48	−3	39	Relegation to Distritais
16	Âncora Praia FC	34	10	9	15	45	59	−14	39
17	SC Maria da Fonte	34	8	8	18	37	57	−20	32
18	SC Mirandela	34	2	3	29	18	122	−104	9

Source: ^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	SC Freamunde	34	27	4	3	88	26	62	85	Promotion to Segunda Divisão
2	Ermesinde SC	34	19	9	6	44	25	19	66	Promotion to Segunda Divisão
3	Dragões Sandinenses	34	18	10	6	63	33	30	64
4	SC Lamego	34	17	8	9	50	31	19	59
5	SC Rio Tinto	34	14	8	12	43	39	4	50
6	Pedrouços AC	34	13	11	10	49	46	3	50
7	Canelas Gaia FC	34	14	8	12	50	46	4	50
8	União Paredes	34	14	7	13	61	52	9	49
9	ADC Santa Marta de Penaguião	34	11	14	9	36	45	−9	47
10	Fiães SC	34	12	7	15	41	45	−4	43
11	Vilanovense FC	34	9	13	12	34	41	−7	40
12	AD São Pedro da Cova	34	9	13	12	40	47	−7	40
13	SC Castêlo da Maia	34	10	9	15	40	39	1	39
14	UD Valonguense	34	10	9	15	29	44	−15	39
15	FC Alpendorada	34	8	12	14	32	41	−9	36	Relegation to Distritais
16	CD Cinfães	34	7	10	17	26	53	−27	31
17	CD Favaios	34	5	9	20	25	59	−34	24
18	SC Senhora da Hora	34	5	7	22	29	68	−39	22

Source: ^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	CD Arrifanense	34	22	6	6	84	38	46	72	Promotion to Segunda Divisão
2	SC São João de Ver	34	20	7	7	59	29	30	67	Promotion to Segunda Divisão
3	RD Águeda	34	17	8	9	70	38	32	59
4	Oliveira do Hospital	34	15	10	9	61	41	20	55
5	Anadia FC	34	15	10	9	69	48	21	55
6	AD Fornos de Algodres	34	14	9	11	53	45	8	51
7	Os Marialvas	34	15	5	14	67	47	20	50
8	AA Avanca	34	13	8	13	41	44	−3	47
9	SC Penalva do Castelo	34	12	10	12	50	50	0	46
10	FC Cesarense	34	13	7	14	40	46	−6	46
11	Oliveira do Bairro	34	13	6	15	48	49	−1	45
12	GD São Roque	34	13	6	15	33	45	−12	45
13	CD Estarreja	34	12	7	15	46	46	0	43
14	GD Mealhada	34	13	4	17	52	64	−12	43
15	CD Tondela	34	12	5	17	35	59	−24	41	Relegation to Distritais
16	AD Nogueirense	34	9	5	20	44	82	−38	32
17	ADC Lobão	34	7	9	18	30	67	−37	30
18	UD Pinhelenses	34	8	4	22	49	93	−44	28

Source: ^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	GD Peniche	38	23	10	5	78	31	47	79	Promotion to Segunda Divisão
2	CD Fátima	38	22	12	4	69	23	46	78	Promotion to Segunda Divisão
3	AC Alcanenense	38	22	5	11	74	47	27	71
4	GD Sourense	38	20	8	10	71	45	26	68
5	SC Pombal	38	19	8	11	65	37	28	65
6	AD Fazendense	38	19	8	11	53	41	12	65
7	CA Riachense	38	19	7	12	67	41	26	64
8	Sertanense FC	38	17	9	12	52	57	−5	60
9	GD Benavente	38	17	8	13	56	39	17	59
10	AC Marinhense	38	17	7	14	56	42	14	58
11	GDR Bidoeirense	38	14	11	13	50	47	3	53
12	UD Santarém	38	15	7	16	56	52	4	52
13	AD Portomosense	38	11	17	10	53	50	3	50
14	GD Coruchense	38	13	7	18	47	53	−6	46
15	UD Rio Maior	38	11	11	16	56	63	−7	44	Relegation to Distritais
16	CA Mirandense	38	11	8	19	39	57	−18	41
17	Escolar Bombarralense	38	7	9	22	39	88	−49	30
18	AD Castelo de Vide	38	7	4	27	40	86	−46	25
19	GD Nazarenos	38	6	7	25	32	96	−64	25
20	RC Orvalho	38	5	7	26	30	88	−58	22

Source: ^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	UD Vilafranquense	34	22	8	4	73	31	42	74	Promotion to Segunda Divisão
2	SU Sintrense	34	20	10	4	71	23	48	70	Promotion to Segunda Divisão
3	Odivelas FC	34	15	6	13	59	50	9	51
4	GD Samora Correia	34	13	12	9	53	40	13	51
5	SL Olivais	34	12	12	10	42	30	12	48
6	GD Vialonga	34	14	6	14	50	43	7	48
7	GS Loures	34	11	14	9	47	42	5	47
8	CD Portosantense	34	14	5	15	35	37	−2	47
9	Águias Camarate	34	12	11	11	45	46	−1	47
10	1º Maio Sarilhense	34	13	6	15	42	63	−21	45
11	CD Olivais e Moscavide	34	12	9	13	36	35	1	45
12	SG Sacavenense	34	10	15	9	43	47	−4	45
13	CF Benfica	34	12	7	15	41	54	−13	43
14	CD São Vicente	34	10	11	13	37	40	−3	41
15	SC Santacruzense	34	10	9	15	36	59	−23	39	Relegation to Distritais
16	AC Malveira	34	7	14	13	36	50	−14	35
17	RSC Queluz	34	7	12	15	24	46	−22	33
18	CF Caniçal	34	4	9	21	29	63	−34	21

Source: ^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Louletano DC	34	19	12	3	66	17	49	69	Promotion to Segunda Divisão
2	Amora FC	34	19	6	9	54	32	22	63	Promotion to Segunda Divisão
3	GD Pescadores	34	18	8	8	66	42	24	62
4	Vasco da Gama AC Sines	34	18	4	12	57	40	17	58
5	GD Lagoa	34	16	6	12	52	49	3	54
6	Padernense Clube	34	15	9	10	61	52	9	54
7	FC Castrense	34	14	10	10	54	41	13	52
8	Esperança Lagos	34	14	8	12	54	51	3	50
9	Lusitano Évora	34	14	6	14	49	40	9	48
10	Almada AC	34	11	13	10	46	46	0	46
11	Ourique DC	34	12	9	13	40	41	−1	45
12	Palmelense FC	34	10	9	15	42	48	−6	39
13	Lusitano VRSA	34	9	11	14	36	47	−11	38
14	CD Montijo	34	8	13	13	38	49	−11	37
15	CRD Santaluziense	34	9	9	16	37	56	−19	36	Relegation to Distritais
16	União Santiago	34	8	9	17	34	60	−26	33
17	UFCI Setúbal	34	8	7	19	40	55	−15	31
18	SC Bencatelense	34	5	9	20	30	90	−60	24

Source: ^[1]

Source: ^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Promotion
1	CD Operário	8	5	3	0	10	4	6	21	39	Promotion to Segunda Divisão
2	União Micaelense	8	6	2	0	22	7	15	18	38
3	CD Vila Franca	8	2	1	5	9	12	−3	18	25
4	Praiense SC	8	2	1	5	10	16	−6	15	22
5	JD Lajense	8	1	1	6	10	22	−12	12	16

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Relegation
1	Águia DC	8	4	3	1	8	4	4	11	26
2	SC Ideal	8	3	4	1	5	2	3	10	23
3	Fayal SC	8	4	2	2	9	5	4	8	22	Relegation to Distritais
4	Os Marítimos	8	2	0	6	6	13	−7	8	14
5	Mira Mar SC	8	2	1	5	6	10	−4	2	9

Source: ^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Portugal – Table of Honor – soccerlibrary.free.fr" (PDF). Soccer Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-10-10. Retrieved 2012-05-10.

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v t e 1997–98 in Portuguese football
Domestic leagues	Primeira Divisão Segunda Divisão de Honra Segunda Divisão B Terceira Divisão
Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal (Final) Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
European competitions	Champions League Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
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