Pacos Ferreira also play then ..... they are the third team involved with the scrap at the bottom.

From those three one will stay up, one will go down and one will face a playoff.

The relegation issues will go down to the last game!

Felgueiras 1 - 1 Portimonense att. 1325

Farense 1 - 1 Paços de Ferreira att. 4071 (their biggest crowd of the season!)

The bottom four now looks like this, with one game remaining :

15th Farense 40 points

16th Portimonense 37 points

17th Paços de Ferreira 36 points

18th Oliveirense 34 points

Remember that the team finishing 16th goes into a playoff with the team finishing third in Liga 3 to determine relegation / promotion. The bottom two are automatically relegated.

Next weekend's matches for these four, date and time not yet announced :

Portimonense v Farense

Paços de Ferreira v Penafiel (12th)

Oliveirense v Felgueiras (14th)

A draw for Farense will be enough to ensure their safety. Portimonense need to win. Should they draw or lose and Paços de Ferreira or Oliveirense win, relegation would follow. I will add date and time once announced.

Championship group south

Louletano 1 - 2 Vítoria Sernache

Louletano lose ground in this four team playoff series and need to win next week. Next Sunday they will be at home to bottom side Malveira, ko 1700hrs at the Algarve Stadium.

Championship Group

Silves 1 - 2 Imortal Albufeira

Ferreiras 2 - 2 Lagos

Quarteirense 3 - 0 Olhanense

Imortal are top with 69 points, Ferreiras second on 61 and Quarteirense third on 60. Those three, mathematically at least, have a chance of the title with three games remaining. Next Saturday Imortal visit Quarteirense, knowing that a win would be enough for the title. Ferreiras visit Olhanense, while in the other fairly meaningless game Lagos will be at home to Silves. All games will kickoff at 1700hrs / 5pm.

Relegation Group

Culatrense 0 - 1 FC Os 11 Esperanças

FC Os Armacanenses 0 - 4 Odiáxere

Louletano B 2 - 3 Messinense

Culatrense are definitely relegated. Messinenses and FC Os 11 Esperanças may be joining them in the Second Division depending on how the leagues may be set out next season, allowing for withdrawals and new teams coming in. Louletano B need to win one of their last three matches to stay safe.

Next Saturday, all at 1700hrs / 5pm

Odiáxere v FC 11 Esperanças

Messinense v FC Os Armacanenses

Louletano B v Culatrense

Promotion Group

Lusitano VRSA 1 - 1 Sambrasense

Sport Faro e Benfica 2 - 2 Guia

Portimonense SC 1 - 1 Carvoeiro United

Lagoa B 0 - 3 Quarteira SC

Internacional Almancil 1 - 1 Alvor

Three games remain. Carvoeiro United are five points clear at the top of the table and need just one more point to guarantee promotion. Second are Lusitano VRSA then come a clutch of teams with only a mathematical chance of making the top two slots and promotion. 

Next Saturday's games

Alvor v Lagoa B ko 1700hrs

Sambransense v Guia ko 1800hrs

Carvoeiro United v Sport Faro e Benfica ko 1900hrs

Quarteira SC v Portimonense SC ko 1900hrs

Internacional Almancil v Lusitano VRSA ko 1900hrs

The lower group staggers towards its end. Only one game last weekend, Monchique 7 - 2 FC 4 ao Cubo. The final game is next Saturday at 1900hrs when FC 4 ao Cubo will be at home to Campinense.

National League Division Two second phase

Relegation Group

Tirsense 2 - 2 Guia

Guia finished 5th of 8 teams. What that may mean in terms of relegation I don't know for sure, but I suspect they will go down into Division 3.

Championship Group south

Ferreiras 3 - 0 Leões Porto Salvo

Ferreiras finished third, just missing out on promotion and the chance to enter the final championship round.

Algarve Cup update

Reason for delay in announcing the final! The semi-final between Olhanense and Portimonense, played way back when, was abandoned with two and half minutes to go. There was some kind of fight and the referee considered it not safe to continue, despite the presence of six armed police officers as Olhanense put it. After much debate, the FA ordered a replay to be held on 22nd April. Portimonense refused the offer. Confirmed by theFA this week that Portimonense have been fined a token €100 and Olhanense go through to the final against Imortal on a date and at a venue yet to be determined.

Championship Group

Seems there was a bit of a to-do at the Lagoa v Lusitano VRSA Second Division match on March 21st. Two Lusitano players were sent off during the match. The Algarve FA later reported in their weekly crimesheet that they dished out suspensions of 5 matches to one player, six months to another, another received a month's ban (goalkeeper Nélio Pereira, who played for Imortal Albufeira for several seasons just past), one of the coaching staff and the assistant coach each got a month. Offences were generally recorded as threatening behaviour, disrespect towards the match officials, the one who got six months for assaulting the referee and Sr. Pereira for disrespect and threats towards 'local officials'.

And several fines were levied against those concerned.