S.C. Braga B

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Braga B
Braga logo.png
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–
Ground Estádio Primeiro de Maio
Capacity28,800 (limited to 5,000 in Segunda Liga) [1]
PresidentAntónio Salvador
Manager Simão Freitas
League Liga 3
2025–26 Liga 3 Serie A, 5th (First stage)
Relegation series, 1st (Second stage)
Website www.scbraga.pt

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.

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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 August 2025

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
40 DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA João Matos
41 MF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Yanis da Rocha
42 MF Flag of Senegal.svg  SEN Modou Seye
44 MF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Dinis Gama
47 DF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Diogo Fonseca
48 DF Flag of Senegal.svg  SEN Samba Diatara
51 DF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Samu Sousa
52 FW Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Idalécio
53 DF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Jonatás Noro
54 MF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Gui Barbosa
58 FW Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  GNB Flinto Costa
59 FW Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Yan Said
60 MF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR João Lomba
61 MF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Tiago Ferreira
62 DF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Nuno Matos
66 GK Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Gonçalo Dias
No.Pos.NationPlayer
70 FW Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Mordomo
71 MF Flag of Senegal.svg  SEN Mamadou Diop
72 FW Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR João Aragão
76 DF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Tomás Marques
78 GK Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR João Carvalho
79 FW Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Rúben Furtado
80 MF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR João Vasconcelos
81 DF Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  GNB Fodé Pascoal
82 DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Gui Costa
85 MF Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  GNB Edgar Nanque
86 FW Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Francisco França
89 FW Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Afonso Duarte
96 DF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Afonso Sousa
99 FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Kauan Kelvin
DF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR André Ferreira
FW Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Kyanno Silva


|- class="vcard agent" | style="text-align: center" | 63 | style="text-align: center" | DF | style="padding-right:15px;" | Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR | style="padding-right:15px;" | Rodrigo Beirão |- class="vcard agent" | style="text-align: center" | 65 | style="text-align: center" | DF | style="padding-right:15px;" | Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR | style="padding-right:15px;" | Leandro Dias

Results history

Notable former players

Managerial history

References

  1. "Liga Portugal". Archived from the original on 13 June 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  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. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. 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. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.