S.C. Braga B

Braga B

Full name	Sporting 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 name	Braga B
Founded	1999–2006, 2012–
Ground	Estádio Primeiro de Maio
Capacity	28,800 (limited to 5,000 in Segunda Liga) [1]
President	António Salvador
Manager	Custódio Castro
League	Liga 3
2021–22	Liga 3 Serie North, 3rd (First stage) Promotion series Serie 2, 3rd (Second stage)
Website	Club 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   GNB Roger 31 GK   BRA Bernardo 43 DF   POR Marco Torres 45 FW   SEN Fabrice Tamba 46 DF   POR Mário Junior 50 MF   POR Diego Rodrigues 52 FW   POR Idalécio 55 DF   POR Chissumba 58 DF   POR Miguel Vilela 59 FW   POR Yan Said 60 GK   POR Gonçalo Dias 61 MF   POR António Eirô 63 DF   POR Rodrigo Beirão

No. Pos. Nation Player 64 MF   BRA D'Ávila Borges 66 MF   POR Vasco Moreira 68 MF   POR Nuno Cunha 72 DF   POR André Ferreira 73 DF   POR Zé Pedro 75 FW   FRA Mathys Jean-Marie 80 MF   POR Vasconcelos 84 GK   SVN Tai Znuderl 85 FW   POR André Lacximicant 90 MF   SEN Djibril Soumaré 98 GK   POR Gonçalo Machado 99 MF   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

• Eduardo
• Emídio Rafael
• Hélder Sousa
• Jorge Humberto
• Luisinho
• Marco Silva
• Nuno Fonseca
• Paulo Jorge
• Pedro Queirós
• Ricardo Rocha
• Zé Gomes
• Michael Curcija
• William Soares
• Manoel Lemes
• Narcisse Yameogo
• Jon Paul
• Puma
• Zé Luís
• Luís Asué
• Cícero Semedo
• Abiodun Agunbiade
• Elderson Echiéjilé

Managerial history

• Toni Conceição (July 1999– June 2002)
• António Caldas (June 2002– November 2002)
• Toni Conceição (November 2002– December 2002)
• António Caldas (December 2002– 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– January 2018)
• Wender Said (January 2018– February 2019)
• Rui Santos (February 2019– September 2019)
• Rúben Amorim (September 2019– December 2019)
• Vasco Faísca (December 2019– June 2021)
• Artur Jorge (June 2021– May 2022)
• Custódio Castro (May 2022– )

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.