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

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 March 2023

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
42 DF Portugal POR Guilherme
47 DF Portugal POR Diogo Fonseca
51 MF Portugal POR David Veiga
53 GK Portugal POR Rui Ribeiro
58 DF Portugal POR Miguel Vilela
59 FW Portugal POR Yan Said
61 MF Portugal POR António Eirô
62 FW Equatorial Guinea EQG Luís Asué
63 DF Portugal POR Rodrigo Beirão
65 DF Portugal POR Leandro Dias
66 MF Portugal POR Vasco Moreira
68 MF Portugal POR Nuno Cunha
72 DF Portugal POR André Ferreira
No. Pos. Nation Player
73 DF Portugal POR Zé Pedro
75 FW Portugal POR Mathys
76 DF Portugal POR Dinis Pinto
77 FW Portugal POR Costinha
79 MF Portugal POR Berna
81 FW Portugal POR Eduardo Ribeiro
82 DF Portugal POR Diogo Casimiro
85 FW Portugal POR André Lacximicant
89 MF Portugal POR Pedro Santos
94 GK Portugal POR Gonçalo Machado
95 DF Portugal POR Gonçalo Pereira
96 FW Portugal POR Miguel Falé
97 GK Portugal POR Bruno Carvalho

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

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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