🚨 Disaster in Portugal: former champions drop from top flight to fifth tier | OneFootball

For the 2001 Portuguese champion, Boavista Porto, the sporting relegation in the past season has now turned into a disaster. The financial crisis of the club is so devastating that no license could be obtained even for Liga Portugal 2, Liga 3, and the so-called Campeonato Portugal Ap. Campeão (4th division).

This was confirmed by the licensing commission of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) on Friday evening. Boavista Porto will thus be directly relegated from the first league to the district league. The club now has three working days to appeal against the verdict. However, the chances of success are very low due to the financial situation, according to consistent media reports from Portugal.

The historic downfall of the 2001 surprise champion followed the rejection of the special revitalization program (PER) submitted by the SAD and the subsequent filing of an insolvency petition as part of an attempt at economic and financial restructuring. Since Boavista did not meet the financial requirements for national competition licensing, they had to be relegated to the district championships.

The club is one of only five different Portuguese clubs to have won the national championship title.

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