Vitória S.C. B

Vitória Guimarães B
Full name Vitória de Guimarães B
Nickname(s) Os Vimaranenses (The ones from Guimarães)
Os Branquinhos (The Little Whites)
Os Afonsinos (Afonso's ones)
Short name Vitória B
Founded May 28, 2012 (2012-05-28)
Ground Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
Capacity 30,165
Chairman Júlio Mendes
Manager Vitor Camperos
League LigaPro
2016–17 11th
Website Club website

Vitória Guimarães B is a Portuguese football team founded in 2012. They are the reserve team of Vitória Guimarães. 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, so Vitória B is ineligible for promotion to the Primeira Liga and cannot play in the Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga.

History

Prior to the end of the 2011–12 football season in Portugal, seven clubs in the Primeira Liga announced their interest in constructing a B team to fill the six vacant places available to compete in the Segunda Liga for the 2012–13 season.[1] Of those seven, five clubs were selected to take part in the competition considering their position on 2011-12 Primeira Liga, as well as Marítimo, since they had already a B team competing.[2]

The LPFP who 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 50,000 €.[3] 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 formed at the club's academy as well as having an age requirement between 15 and 21 years old. The LPFP also went on to saw 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 3 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 thirty games to forty two games.[4]

Players

Current squad

As of 6 September 2017

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

No. Position Player
17 Mali DF Falaye Sacko
24 Portugal GK Daniel Figueira
28 Portugal MF Rúben Oliveira
29 Brazil FW Pedro Raul
31 South Africa MF Haashim Domingo
36 Portugal GK Miguel Oliveira
39 Portugal DF Ricardo Carvalho
43 Ghana MF Joseph Amoah
44 Portugal DF Nuno Goncalves
47 Portugal MF Tiago Castro
54 Luxembourg MF Artur Abreu
55 Portugal GK André Costa
61 Portugal MF João Bruno
62 Portugal MF Miguel Reisinho
No. Position Player
64 Portugal GK Tiago Martins
65 Portugal DF Romain Correia
66 Brazil DF David Luis
67 Libya DF Ali Elmusrati
68 Portugal DF Maga
70 Portugal MF André Almeida
74 Hungary FW Bence Bíró
75 Portugal DF Jorge Sampaio
76 Brazil FW Gabriel Justino
77 Portugal FW João Correia
88 Portugal MF Mimito Biai
94 South Africa MF Thibang Phete
95 Portugal FW Rui Gomes
96 Tunisia DF Marouane Sahraoui

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
— New Zealand FW Tyler Boyd (at Tondela)

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "Equipas B custam 50 mil euros de inscrição" [B Team's registration costs 50,000 €]. O Jogo. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "Liga: seis clubes inscreveram a equipa "B"" [League: six clubs register for a B team]. Mais Futebol. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
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