The Braga Football Association ( Associação de Futebol de Braga , abrv. AF Braga ) is the district governing body for the all football competitions in the Portuguese district of Braga since 1992. It is also the regulator of the clubs registered in the district.
5-570: Below the Campeonato Nacional de Seniores (Portuguese third level) the competitions are organised at a district level (known in Portuguese as Distritais ) with each District Association organising its competitions according to geographical and other factors. AF Braga runs a league competition with three divisions, at the fourth, fifth and sixth levels of the Portuguese football league system ,
10-473: A cup competition known as Taça AF Braga, and a Supercup. In more general terms the AF Braga currently organises District Championships for football and Futsal for men and women for all age groups including Senior, Junior, Youth, Beginners, Infants and Schools. The AF Braga runs the following divisions covering the fourth, fifth and sixth tiers of the Portuguese football league system . These are
15-493: The most successful Braga FA clubs in the history of Primeira Liga (as of 02/2021): Campeonato Nacional de Seniores The Campeonato de Portugal (Portuguese for "Championship of Portugal") is the fourth level of the Portuguese football league system . Together with the third-tier Liga 3 , it is organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The Campeonato de Portugal was introduced in 2013 as
20-599: The new third-level championship, under the name Campeonato Nacional de Seniores (Seniors National Championship), replacing both the Segunda Divisão and Terceira Divisão (former third and fourth divisions, respectively). On 22 October 2015, it adopted its current naming. With the creation of the Liga 3 as the new third division from the 2021–22 season, the Campeonato de Portugal was demoted one level. The first season, 2013–14,
25-575: Was contested by a total of 80 clubs, which included 19 teams from the District Championships , 39 from the Segunda Divisão , 19 from the Terceira Divisão and three teams relegated from the Segunda Liga during the 2012–13 season. In 2017–18, the format consisted of five series of eighteen teams, arranged according to geographic criteria, with the exception of teams from Madeira (placed in
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