S.C. Braga B

Braga B
Full name Sporting Clube de Braga B
Nickname(s) Os Arcebispos (The Archbishops)
Os Arsenalistas (The Arsenalists)
Minhotos (Those from Minho)
Os Guerreiros do Minho (The Minho Warriors)
Short name Braga B
Founded 1999–2006, 2012–
Ground Estádio Primeiro de Maio
Capacity 28,800 (limited to 5,000 in Segunda Liga)[1]
President António Salvador
Manager João Aroso
League LigaPro
2014–15 21st
Website Club website

Sporting Clube de Braga B, commonly known as Sporting de Braga B or just Braga B, is a Portuguese football team. It is the reserve team of S.C. Braga. Reserve teams in Portugal play in the same league system as the senior team, rather than in a reserve team league. However, they cannot play in the same division as their senior team, therefore Braga B is ineligible for promotion to the Primeira Liga and also cannot play in the Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga.

SC Braga had a B team until the 2005–06 season where it played in the Portuguese Second Division.[2] Prior to the end of the 2005–06 season, it was announced that Braga B would fold from the Portuguese league system along with the B teams of Benfica, Porto and Sporting.[3][4] The club refounded itself in the 2012–13 season, when a new set of rules regarding B teams was introduced in Portuguese football system. For 2012–13 season, another five B Teams, alongside Braga B, where refounded and established themselves in Segunda Liga.

Braga B plays its home games at the Estádio Primeiro de Maio, which holds a capacity of 30,000.[5] It inherited the stadium from the senior team who left there in 2003 following the construction of the Estádio Municipal de Braga.

History

Revival

Prior to the end of the 2011–12 football season in Portugal, seven clubs in the Primeira Liga announced there interest in constructing a B team to fill the six vacant places available to compete in the Segunda Liga for the 2012–13 season.[6] Of those seven, the six clubs which were selected to take part in the competition were the B teams of Benfica, Porto, Sporting CP, Braga, Marítimo and Vitória de Guimarães.[7]

The Portuguese League for Professional Football (LPFP), which organizes the professional football tiers in Portugal, announced that for the clubs to compete in the 2012–13 Segunda Liga, they would have to pay a €50,000 fee.[8] In addition, the LPFP would also require the clubs to follow new rules regarding player selection in which each 'B' team must have a squad of a minimum of ten players who were developed at the club's academy. The LPFP also went on to say that the clubs are unable to compete in cup competitions as well as gaining promotion due to the possibility of playing the senior team. Each 'B' team may have three players above 23 years old.

In late May 2012, it was officially announced that the six Primeira Liga clubs' B teams would compete in the 2012–13 Segunda Liga which would increase the number of teams in the league from 16 to 22 as well as increasing the number of games needed to play in one season from 30 games to 42 games.[9]

Players

Current squad

As of 14 February 2018[10][11]

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

No. Position Player
42 Portugal DF Inácio Miguel
43 Portugal DF Bruno Wilson
45 Nigeria FW Ogana Louis
46 Senegal MF Mamadou Loum
50 Portugal MF Miguel Crespo
55 South Africa FW Luther Singh
59 Portugal DF Rui Silva
62 Portugal DF Dinis Almeida
66 Portugal MF Afonso Caetano
70 Portugal DF Simãozinho
72 Brazil DF Thales
73 Portugal GK Ricardo Velho
75 Portugal GK Filipe Ferreira
77 Portugal FW Francisco Trincão
No. Position Player
71 Cape Verde MF Eynel Soares
78 Chile MF Felipe Villagrán
80 Brazil MF Denisson Silva
81 Portugal DF Pedro Amador
85 Portugal MF Reko
89 Brazil FW Jonata
90 Portugal FW André Ribeiro
91 Portugal FW Leandro Antunes
92 Portugal DF David Carmo
93 Portugal GK Rogério Santos
96 Portugal FW Kiki Silva
97 Brazil DF Lucas Cunha
98 Portugal MF Midana Sambú
— Iran DF Iman Salimi

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
— Portugal DF Núrio Fortuna (at AEL Limassol)
— Russia FW Maksim Zhestkov (at KamAZ)
— Nigeria MF Chidi Osuchukwu (at Dinamo Brest)
— Ghana MF Emmanuel Oti (at Esbjerg fB)

Results history

Notable former players

Managerial history

  • Portugal Toni (1999–2001)
  • Portugal António Caldas (2001 – October 2005)
  • Portugal Micael Sequeira (October 2005 – June 2006)
  • Portugal Artur Jorge (May 2012 – October 2012)
  • Portugal Toni (October 2012 – May 2013)
  • Portugal José Alberto Costa (June 2013 – February 2014)
  • Portugal Bruno Pereira (February 2014 – June 2014)
  • Portugal Fernando Pereira (June 2014 – February 2015)
  • Portugal Abel Ferreira (February 2015– April 2017)
  • Portugal João Aroso (April 2017– )

References

  1. ↑ Liga Portugal
  2. ↑ "II Divisão Série A". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "O fim das equipas B" [The end of the B teams]. Record (in Portuguese). 19 May 2006. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  4. ↑ "Fim da equipa B exige redefinição estrutural" [End of the B team requires redefining its structure]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 June 2006. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "Estádio 1º Maio". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "Equipas B custam 50 mil euros de inscrição" [B Team's registration costs 50,000 €]. O Jogo. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  9. ↑ "Liga: seis clubes inscreveram a equipa "B"" [League: six clubs register for a B team]. Mais Futebol. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  10. ↑ Squad
  11. ↑ "Squad". Zeozero.
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