2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby Divisão de Honra
| 2025–26 TOP 12 | |
|---|---|
| Countries | Portugal |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Official website | |
| www | |
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] 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 championship is divided into two phases:
- Regular season
- Final season
Regular season
The Divisão de Honra will be disputed by 12 (twelve) teams:[3]
- 11 teams from the Divisão de Honra of the time 2024/2025;
- 1 team promoted from the national championship of the 1st division.
The Regular season of Divisão de Honra will be played by three groups of four (4) teams (Group A, Group B and Group C), which play in the system of all against all. At the end of the 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.
| Group A | Group B | Group C |
|---|---|---|
| Belenenses | Cascais | Direito |
| Benfica | CDUL | São Miguel |
| Agronomia | CDUP | Técnico |
| RC Santarém | RC Montemor | Académica |
Final season
The final season will be disputed by two groups:[3]
- Title Group - integrated by the first two classified teams of each group of the regular season.
- Plate Cup - integrated by teams classified in 3rd and 4th places of each group of the regular season.
The final classification of each group will define the champions and the final positions at the time 2025/26. The national champion of the 2025/2026 Divisão de Honra will be the first classified of the title group. The bottom team of "Plate Cup" group will be relegated to the lower division.
Teams
| Team | Manager | Captain | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Académica | Lodie Van Staden | Matheus Wolf | Estádio Municipal Sérgio Conceição | 2500 |
| Agronomia | Luís Pissarra | Francisco Cabral | Tapada da Ajuda | 500 |
| Belenenses | João Mirra | Tomás Sequeira | Belém Rugby Park | 500 |
| Benfica | António Aguilar | Hayden Hann | Campo nº2 - Lisbon University | 1500 |
| Cascais | Gabriel Ascárate | António Vidinha | Campo da Guia | 1000 |
| CDUL | Kane Hancy | Tomás Appleton | Estádio Universitário de Lisboa | 8000 |
| CDUP | Francisco Vareta | Tomás Marrana | Estádio Universitário do Porto | 1500 |
| Direito | Gonçalo Malheiro | João Granate | Complexo Desportivo Miguel Nobre Ferreira | 2500 |
| RC Montemor | Rodrigo Costa Pereira | José Pinto Gouveia | Parque Desportivo Municipal | 500 |
| RC Santarém | Escola Prática de Cavalaria | 500 | ||
| São Miguel | João Uva | Bader Pretorius | Bulldog Rugby Park | 800 |
| C. R. Técnico | Marco Caputo | Rodrigo Bento | Campo das Olaias | 800 |
Squads 2025/26
Squads are ordered by the last classification of the league. According to Portuguese Rugby Federation[4]
| The Belenenses squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season | ||
|---|---|---|
| Props
Hookers Locks
|
Backrow
Scrum-halves Fly-halves |
Three-quarters
Fullbacks |
(c) denotes the team captain
| ||
| The Cascais squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season | ||
|---|---|---|
| Props
Hookers Locks |
Backrow
Scrum-halves Fly-halves |
Three-quarters
Fullbacks |
(c) denotes the team captain
| ||
| The São Miguel squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season | ||
|---|---|---|
Props
Hookers Locks |
Backrow
Scrum-halves Fly-halves
|
Three-quarters
Fullbacks |
(c) denotes the team captain
| ||
| The Direito squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season | ||
|---|---|---|
Props
Hookers Locks |
Backrow
Scrum-halves Fly-halves |
Three-quarters
Fullbacks |
(c) denotes the team captain
| ||
| The CDUL squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season | ||
|---|---|---|
Props
Hookers Locks |
Backrow
Scrum-halves
Fly-halves |
Three-quarters
Fullbacks |
(c) denotes the team captain
| ||
| The Benfica squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season | ||
|---|---|---|
Props
Hookers Locks
|
Backrow
Scrum-halves Fly-halves |
Three-quarters
Fullbacks |
(c) denotes the team captain
| ||
| The Agronomia squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season | ||
|---|---|---|
Props
Hookers Locks |
Backrow
Scrum-halves Fly-halves |
Three-quarters
Full-back |
(c) denotes the team captain
| ||
| The CDUP squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season | ||
|---|---|---|
Props
Hookers Locks |
Backrow
Scrum-halves Fly-halves |
Three-quarters
Fullbacks
|
(c) denotes the team captain
| ||
| The Académica squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season | ||
|---|---|---|
Props
Hookers Locks |
Backrow
Scrum-halves Fly-halves |
Three-quarters
Fullbacks |
(c) denotes the team captain
| ||
| The CR Técnico squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season | ||
|---|---|---|
Props
Hookers Locks |
Backrow
Scrum-halves
Fly-halves |
Three-quarters
Fullbacks |
(c) denotes the team captain
| ||
| The RC Montemor squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season | ||
|---|---|---|
| Props
Hookers Locks |
Backrow
Scrum-halves Fly-halves |
Three-quarters
Fullbacks |
(c) denotes the team captain
| ||
| The RC Santarém squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season | ||
|---|---|---|
Props
Hookers Locks |
Backrow
Scrum-halves Fly-halves |
Three-quarters
Fullbacks |
(c) denotes the team captain
| ||
See also
- 2025–26 Rugby Europe Super Cup
- 2025–26 Premiership Rugby
- 2025–26 Top 14 season
- 2025–26 Rugby Pro D2 season
- 2025–26 European Rugby Champions Cup
- 2025–26 EPCR Challenge Cup
- 2025–26 Premiership Rugby Cup
- 2025–26 RFU Championship
- 2025–26 United Rugby Championship
References
- ^ "PORTUGAL RUGBY". PORTUGAL RUGBY.
- ^ "COMUNICADO OFICIAL N.º 1 - ÉPOCA DESPORTIVA 2025/2026". PORTUGAL RUGBY.
- ^ a b "Comunicado Oficial Nº1 25/26" (PDF).
- ^ "PORTUGAL RUGBY". PORTUGAL RUGBY.