S.C. Braga B

Portuguese association football reserve team

Football club
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
ManagerCustódio Castro
LeagueLiga 3
2021–22Liga 3 Serie North, 3rd (First stage)
Promotion series Serie 2, 3rd (Second stage)
WebsiteClub website
Home colours
Away colours

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 30 January, 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW Guinea-Bissau GNB Roger
31 GK Brazil BRA Bernardo
43 DF Portugal POR Marco Torres
45 FW Senegal SEN Fabrice Tamba
46 DF Portugal POR Mário Junior
50 MF Portugal POR Diego Rodrigues
52 FW Portugal POR Idalécio
55 DF Portugal POR Chissumba
58 DF Portugal POR Miguel Vilela
59 FW Portugal POR Yan Said
60 GK Portugal POR Gonçalo Dias
61 MF Portugal POR António Eirô
63 DF Portugal POR Rodrigo Beirão
No. Pos. Nation Player
64 MF Brazil BRA D'Ávila Borges
66 MF Portugal POR Vasco Moreira
68 MF Portugal POR Nuno Cunha
72 DF Portugal POR André Ferreira
73 DF Portugal POR Zé Pedro
75 FW France FRA Mathys Jean-Marie
80 MF Portugal POR Vasconcelos
84 GK Slovenia SVN Tai Znuderl
85 FW Portugal POR André Lacximicant
90 MF Senegal SEN Djibril Soumaré
98 GK Portugal POR Gonçalo Machado
99 MF Brazil BRA Kauan Kelvin

Other players under contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Results history

Season II 2ª B LI Pts G W D L GF GA +/-
2014/15 21 49 46 12 15 19 48 62 −14
2013/14 20 44 42 12 8 22 47 60 −13
2012/13 16 47 42 12 13 17 39 51 −12
2009/10 11 20 14 6 1 7 25 31 −6
2007/08 2 - 20 9 3 8 32 29 +3
2005/06 9 34 26 9 7 10 24 23 −1
2004/05 7 62 38 18 8 12 68 48 +20
2003/04 6 52 36 15 7 14 49 48 +1
2002/03 6 57 38 16 9 13 57 41 +16
2001/02 8 51 38 13 12 13 46 46 0
2000/01 7 54 38 14 12 12 45 48 −3
1999/00 11 43 34 11 10 13 40 46 −6
II – II Liga; 2ª B – 2nd Division B/Campeonato Nacional; LI – Liga Intercalar;

Notable former players

Managerial history

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.
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