S.L. Benfica B

Benfica B
Full name Sport Lisboa e Benfica "B"
Founded 1999
Ground Caixa Futebol Campus
Capacity 2,720
President Luís Filipe Vieira
Manager Bruno Lage
League LigaPro
2017–18 13th
Website Club website

Sport Lisboa e Benfica "B", commonly known as Benfica B, is a Portuguese professional football team based in Seixal. Founded in 1999, dissolved in 2006, and restarted in 2012, it is the reserve team of Portuguese club S.L. Benfica. They play in the LigaPro, holding home matches at the Caixa Futebol Campus.

During the 2012–13 season, Benfica B played home matches at the Estádio da Luz until February, when they moved to Estádio da Tapadinha to prevent excessive wear of the stadium's grass.[1] In 2013–14, they moved permanently to their own training ground, now capable of receiving professional league matches. As a reserve team they cannot play in the same division as the main team, thus being ineligible for promotion. They are also not permitted to enter cup competitions such as the Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga.

History

As Benfica sought a way to provide playing time for their youth and reserve players, they created a B team in 1999. The team officially started competing in the 1999–2000 season, with their first match played away against Portimonense S.C. (2–2) in late August.[2] After three seasons in the Portuguese Second Division, they suffered relegation to the Portuguese Third Division, where they would spend three years,[3] before achieving promotion to the Portuguese Second Division in 2005. In May of the following year, the board of directors extinguished the side, which returned to activity shortly after as part of the Liga Intercalar. As part of this competition, the team's best league finish was a second place, behind Estoril B, in the South Zone of the 2010–11 season.

Before the end of the 2011–12 football season in Portugal, seven Primeira Liga clubs announced their interest in creating a reserve team to fill the six vacancies available in the Segunda Liga (now LigaPro) for the 2012–13 campaign.[4] Of those seven clubs, six were selected to take part in the competition: Benfica, Braga, Marítimo, Porto, Sporting CP and Vitória de Guimarães.[5]

LPFP, who organize the professional football tiers in Portugal, announced that the clubs would have to pay €50,000 to register themselves at the league in order to compete in the upcoming season.[6] In addition, LPFP also required them to follow new rules regarding player selection, in which each B team must have a squad with a minimum of ten players formed at the club's academy and with an age between 15 and 21 years, and a maximum of three players above 23 years old. LPFP also decided that reserve teams are unable to compete in cup competitions and to gain promotion to the Primeira Liga due to the possibility of playing against their club's first team.

In late May 2012, it was officially announced that the B teams of six Primeira Liga clubs would compete in the 2012–13 Segunda Liga, a decision that increased the number of teams from 16 to 22 and the number of matches from 30 to 42.[7]

Starting line-up of Benfica B for a friendly match against F.C. United of Manchester in May 2015

In 2014, Benfica B were invited to play in the first Premier League International Cup. On 29 May 2015, they played a friendly against F.C. United of Manchester in Broadhurst Park's official opening match.[8][9]

Season to season record

Season Div Pos Pld W D L GF GA Pts Top scorer Goals Refs
1999–2000 III 13th 38 14 6 18 53 49 48 Portugal Cláudio Oeiras 11 [10][11]
2000–2001 III 9th 38 14 11 13 58 57 57 Portugal Jorge Cordeiro 16 [12][13]
2001–2002 III 18th 38 11 11 16 35 42 44 Portugal Jorge Ribeiro 5 [14]
2002–2003 IV 3rd 34 14 14 6 47 25 56 [15]
2003–2004 IV 5th 34 15 8 11 63 48 53 [15]
2004–2005 IV 1st 34 21 9 4 71 29 72 [15]
2005–2006 III 11th 30 11 8 11 40 40 41 Portugal Vasco Firmino 5 [16][17]
2012–2013 II 7th 42 15 17 10 71 54 62 Portugal Miguel Rosa 17 [18][19]
2013–2014 II 5th 42 20 10 12 77 56 70 Argentina Funes Mori 13 [20][21]
2014–2015 II 6th 46 22 11 13 81 60 77 Portugal Rui Fonte 17 [22][23]
2015–2016 II 19th 46 15 10 21 59 64 55 Portugal Sancidino Silva 6 [24][25]
2016–2017 II 4th 42 18 9 15 56 58 63 Portugal Heriberto Tavares 11 [26][27]
2017–2018 II 13th 38 14 7 17 54 60 49 Portugal Heriberto Tavares 14 [28]
Champions Relegated

Managerial statistics

As of match played 6 October 2018. Only competitive matches are counted.

Name Nat From To P W D L GF GA Win % Honours Refs
Alan Murray England 1999 November 1999 9 4 0 5 13 12 044.44 [29][30]
José Morais Portugal November 1999 2001 67 24 17 26 98 94 035.82 [31][32]
António Veloso Portugal 9 June 2001 2002 38 11 11 16 35 42 028.95 [33][34]
Carlos Gomes Portugal 2002 July 2004 68 28 24 16 107 72 041.18 [35][36]
João Santos Portugal 2004 2006 64 32 17 15 111 69 050.00 2004–05 Terceira Divisão [37][38]
Luís Norton de Matos Portugal 4 May 2012 30 May 2013 42 15 17 10 71 54 035.71 [39][40]
Hélder Cristóvão Portugal 3 July 2013[41] 12 May 2018 224 93 49 82 340 309 041.52 [42][43]
Bruno Lage Portugal 1 July 2018[44] Present 7 4 2 1 7 5 057.14 [45][46]

Players

Current squad

As of 11 October 2018[47][48]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
24 England FW Chris Willock
55 United States MF Keaton Parks
58 Portugal GK Daniel Azevedo
60 Portugal DF Pedro Amaral
61 Portugal MF Florentino Luís
62 Chile DF Simón Ramírez
66 Serbia FW Ivan Šaponjić
67 Portugal MF Bernardo Dias
68 Portugal MF Gonçalo Rodrigues
69 Portugal FW Mésaque Djú
70 Portugal FW José Gomes
71 Portugal DF Nuno Tavares
72 Russia GK Ivan Zlobin
73 Portugal FW João Filipe
75 Croatia DF Branimir Kalaica
76 Portugal DF Ricardo Araújo
No. Position Player
77 Portugal FW Nuno Santos
78 Portugal DF Alex Pinto
80 Brazil FW Daniel dos Anjos
81 Montenegro MF Ilija Vukotić
84 Portugal DF Tomás Tavares
85 Portugal FW Umaro Embaló
86 Portugal MF Tiago Dantas
87 Portugal MF Diogo Mendes
89 Portugal DF Pedro Álvaro
90 Slovenia DF David Zec
92 Portugal MF David Tavares
94 Australia FW Anthony Carter
95 Russia DF Vitali Lystsov
97 Portugal DF Francisco Ferreira (captain)
98 Portugal GK Fábio Duarte

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
13 Portugal GK André Ferreira (at Aves until 30 June 2019)
35 Serbia FW Luka Jović (at Eintracht Frankfurt until 30 June 2019)
38 Brazil DF Marcelo Hermes (at Cruzeiro until 31 December 2018)
42 Slovakia MF Martin Chrien (at Santa Clara until 30 June 2019)
— Poland MF Paweł Dawidowicz (at Verona until 30 June 2019)
No. Position Player
— Portugal MF Pedro Rodrigues (at Vitória de Guimarães until 30 June 2019)
— Brazil FW Alan Júnior (at Farense until 30 June 2019)
— Portugal FW Dálcio (at Belenenses until 30 June 2019)
— Portugal FW Diogo Gonçalves (at Nottingham Forest until 30 June 2019)
— Portugal FW Heriberto Tavares (at Moreirense until 30 June 2019)

Personnel

Technical staff

Position Staff
Head coach Bruno Lage
Assistant coach Nélson Veríssimo
Alexandre Silva
Match analyst Jhony Conceição
Goalkeeping coach Fernando Ferreira

Last updated: 29 August 2018
Source: zerozero (in Portuguese)

Honours

Winners: 2004–05

References

  1. ↑ "Benfica B muda-se para a Tapadinha". Maisfutebol.
  2. ↑ "Despertador encarnado tocou tarde" A Bola, 30 August 1999 (in Portuguese)
  3. ↑ "II Divisão Série D". zerozero. 9 June 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "Sete clubes interessados nas seis vagas para equipas B" [Seven clubs interested for the six vacancies for the B teams]. Relvado. 17 February 2012. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "Equipas B de FC Porto, Benfica e Sporting confirmadas" [B teams of FC Porto, Benfica and Sporting have been confirmed]. Relvado. 28 May 2012. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  6. ↑ "Equipas B custam 50 mil euros de inscrição" [B teams' registration costs €50,000]. O Jogo. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  7. ↑ "Liga: seis clubes inscreveram a equipa "B"" [League: six clubs register for a B team]. Maisfutebol. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  8. ↑ Aaron Flanagan. "FC United of Manchester open new stadium against Benfica". Mirror Online. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  9. ↑ Ben Collins (29 May 2015). "FC United 0 Benfica 1: Match report of official opening of new Broadhurst Park stadium". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
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  11. ↑ "Squad 1999–2000". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  12. ↑ "Fixtures". thefinalball. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  13. ↑ "Squad 2000–2001". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  14. ↑ "Fixtures". thefinalball. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  15. 1 2 3 "Portugal - Table of Honor" (PDF). Soccer Library. pp. 28, 30, 32. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
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  18. ↑ "Fixtures". thefinalball. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  19. ↑ "Segunda Liga 2012–2013". thefinalball. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  20. ↑ "Fixtures". thefinalball. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  21. ↑ "Liga2 Cabovisão 2013–2014". thefinalball. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  22. ↑ "Fixtures". thefinalball. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
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  28. ↑ Melhores Marcadores Liga Portugal (in Portuguese)
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  31. ↑ "José Morais". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  32. ↑ "José Morais". thefinalball. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  33. ↑ "António Veloso". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  34. ↑ "António Veloso". thefinalball. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  35. ↑ "Carlos Gomes". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  36. ↑ "Carlos Gomes". thefinalball. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  37. ↑ "João Santos". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  38. ↑ "João Santos". thefinalball. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  39. ↑ "Norton de Matos". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  40. ↑ "Luís Norton de Matos". thefinalball. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  41. ↑ "Equipa entra hoje em cena" [Team gets going today]. Record (in Portuguese). 3 July 2013. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  42. ↑ "Hélder Cristóvão". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  43. ↑ "Hélder Cristóvão". thefinalball. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  44. ↑ "Bruno Lage is the new coach of Benfica B". S.L. Benfica. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  45. ↑ "Bruno Lage". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  46. ↑ "Bruno Lage". thefinalball. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
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  48. ↑ "Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Futebol, SAD B". Liga Portugal. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
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