2020/21 · League · Double Round Robin

Next Gen League

ChampionSL Benfica

This Edition

14Teams

169/170Played

522Goals

3.09Per Game

Standings

Competition Table

Second Phase15

Group A																							Summary
#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	+/-	Pts ↓	Pld	W	D	L	GF	+/-	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	+/-	Pts	Form / Next
1	SC Braga U23	12	7	2	3	19-11	+8	23	6	3	1	2	7-6	+1	10	6	4	1	1	12-5	+7	13	WDLWD – LWWLD – WLWDW –
2	Leixões U23	12	7	2	3	23-16	+7	23	6	1	2	3	9-9	0	5	6	6	0	0	14-7	+7	18	WWLWD – LDWLD – WWWWW –
3	FC Famalicão U23	12	5	3	4	18-16	+2	18	6	2	1	3	10-10	0	7	6	3	2	1	8-6	+2	11	LDDLD – WLLDL – WWLDD –
4	Rio Ave U23	12	5	2	5	16-17	-1	17	6	1	1	4	5-11	-6	4	6	4	1	1	11-6	+5	13	LWLDW – LDLLW – LWWWD –
5	Vitória SC U23	12	4	3	5	15-19	-4	15	6	3	0	3	9-9	0	9	6	1	3	2	6-10	-4	6	WLLDW – LWWLW – DDWLD –
6	Académica OAF U23	12	4	2	6	18-22	-4	14	6	1	2	3	8-11	-3	5	6	3	0	3	10-11	-1	9	WDWDL – LLLDD – LWWWL –
7	Boavista FC U23	12	2	2	8	14-22	-8	8	6	0	1	5	5-14	-9	1	6	2	1	3	9-8	+1	7	LLWLL – LLDLL – LDLWL –

Group B																							Summary
#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	+/-	Pts ↓	Pld	W	D	L	GF	+/-	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	+/-	Pts	Form / Next
1	Estoril Praia U23	12	7	4	1	25-14	+11	25	6	4	2	0	13-5	+8	14	6	3	2	1	12-9	+3	11	WDWWD – DWWWD – WDLDW –
2	Marítimo U23	12	6	5	1	30-20	+10	23	6	3	3	0	16-10	+6	12	6	3	2	1	14-10	+4	11	DDWWD – DWDWD – WLWDW –
3	SL Benfica U23	12	6	3	3	24-14	+10	21	6	3	2	1	13-9	+4	11	6	3	1	2	11-5	+6	10	WWDWL – WWWDL – DLLWW –
4	B SAD U23	11	6	2	3	22-19	+3	20	5	4	0	1	12-7	+5	12	6	2	2	2	10-12	-2	8	WWLWD – LWWWW – LWLWD –
5	Sporting CP U23	12	4	2	6	18-23	-5	14	6	3	1	2	8-10	-2	10	6	1	1	4	10-13	-3	4	LLLDD – WWWLD – LWLLD –
6	Portimonense U23	11	1	3	7	9-16	-7	6	6	0	2	4	5-10	-5	2	5	1	1	3	4-6	-2	4	DLDLW – LDDLL – LLLDW –
7	CD Cova Piedade U23	12	1	1	10	11-33	-22	4	6	1	0	5	5-16	-11	3	6	0	1	5	6-17	-11	1	DLLLL – LLLLL – LLLDL –

Title Group																							Summary
#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	+/-	Pts ↓	Pld	W	D	L	GF	+/-	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	+/-	Pts	Form / Next
1	Leixões U23	10	6	2	2	14-8	+6	20	5	5	0	0	11-2	+9	15	5	1	2	2	3-6	-3	5	DWWLL – WWWWW – DWDLL –
2	Estoril Praia U23	10	6	1	3	18-8	+10	19	5	4	1	0	12-2	+10	13	5	2	0	3	6-6	0	6	WWDLW – WWWDW – WWLLL –
3	SC Braga U23	10	4	5	1	13-7	+6	17	5	3	2	0	8-3	+5	11	5	1	3	1	5-4	+1	6	WDDWD – DWWDW – WLDDD –
4	FC Famalicão U23	10	4	3	3	10-10	0	15	5	3	2	0	7-3	+4	11	5	1	1	3	3-7	-4	4	LWWWL – DWDWW – DLLWL –
5	B SAD U23	10	1	4	5	13-25	-12	7	5	1	2	2	6-7	-1	5	5	0	2	3	7-18	-11	2	LLLDD – LWDLD – DLLLD –
6	Marítimo U23	10	1	1	8	13-23	-10	4	5	1	1	3	8-12	-4	4	5	0	0	5	5-11	-6	0	LLLDW – LLLDW – LLLLL –

Placement Group																							Summary
#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	+/-	Pts ↓	Pld	W	D	L	GF	+/-	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	+/-	Pts	Form / Next
1	Portimonense U23	14	10	2	2	23-13	+10	32	7	4	2	1	12-7	+5	14	7	6	0	1	11-6	+5	18	WDWWW – LWDWW – LWWWW –
2	SL Benfica U23	14	8	4	2	27-14	+13	28	7	5	1	1	14-8	+6	16	7	3	3	1	13-6	+7	12	WDWLW – WWWWW – WDWLW –
3	Sporting CP U23	14	6	5	3	25-20	+5	23	7	2	3	2	12-12	0	9	7	4	2	1	13-8	+5	14	DDWWL – WDDWL – DLWDW –
4	Académica OAF U23	14	6	5	3	33-19	+14	23	7	4	2	1	21-8	+13	14	7	2	3	2	12-11	+1	9	WLWWW – DWWWW – WDLLW –
5	Boavista FC U23	14	3	5	6	20-21	-1	14	7	2	3	2	8-7	+1	9	7	1	2	4	12-14	-2	5	LLLWD – DWDLL – LLLWD –
6	Vitória SC U23	14	2	7	5	21-24	-3	13	7	2	3	2	12-10	+2	9	7	0	4	3	9-14	-5	4	DDWLD – LLDWD – DLLDL –
7	CD Cova Piedade U23	14	2	5	7	17-36	-19	11	7	2	2	3	10-16	-6	8	7	0	3	4	7-20	-13	3	DLWLL – WDWLL – DLLDL –
8	Rio Ave U23	14	1	3	10	13-32	-19	6	7	0	2	5	6-16	-10	2	7	1	1	5	7-16	-9	4	LLLLL – DLLLL – LLDLL –

Rules & Legend

Format & points

FormatGroup stage
PhaseGroup Phase
Teams14

3Win

1Draw

0Loss

Three points for a win

Extra timePenaltiesAway goalsTies decided on aggregate

Tie-break order

When teams are level on points, positions are decided by:

Head-to-head points
Head-to-head goal difference
Head-to-head goals scored
Overall goal difference
Overall goals scored

Zones

ChampionPosition 1Champion
NeutralPositions 2–3Safe Zone
RelegationPositions 4–6Lower Division

Competition FactsFacts

26 matches: 14W-7D-5L, 54% won.

Top scorer: Henrique Araújo with 8 goals.

Player of the season: Adrian Bajrami — 118 points from 19 matches (1 goal, 10 clean sheets).

Biggest win: 5-0 against CD Cova Piedade U23 on 11 Dec 2020.

Longest unbeaten run: 8 matches (Jan–Mar).

51 scored, 28 conceded — 1.96 a game.

12 clean sheets in 26 matches.

Won 4 times, most recently in 2026.

All-time in Next Gen League: 240 matches across 9 seasons — 118W-52D-70L.

Our leading scorer in the competition: Duk with 20 goals.

Biggest win in the competition: 7-0 against Est. Amadora U23 on 17 Dec 2024.

Our first match in the competition was on 18 Aug 2018.