S.C. Braga B

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.

Braga B
Full nameSporting 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 nameBraga B
Founded1999–2006, 2012–
GroundEstádio Primeiro de Maio
Capacity28,800 (limited to 5,000 in Segunda Liga)[1]
PresidentAntónio Salvador
ManagerVasco Faísca
LeagueLigaPro
2014–1521st
WebsiteClub website

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 11 July 2019[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
43 DF Bruno Wilson
45 FW Ogana Louis
50 MF Miguel Crespo
52 FW Elias
65 DF Rodrigo Borges
66 MF Afonso Caetano
70 DF Simãozinho
71 MF Eynel Soares
73 GK Ricardo Velho
74 DF Francisco Moura
75 GK Filipe Ferreira
No. Position Player
77 FW Francisco Trincão
78 MF Felipe Villagrán
79 MF Tiago Dias
80 MF Denisson Silva
81 DF Pedro Amador
82 DF Diogo Casimiro
90 FW André Ribeiro
91 FW Leandro Antunes
92 DF David Carmo
94 GK Tiago Pereira

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

Results history

Notable former players

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