FC Porto B

Porto B

Full name	Futebol Clube do Porto B
Nickname(s)	Dragões (Dragons) Azuis e Brancos (Blue-and-whites)
Founded	1999–2006, 2012–present
Ground	Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio Porto, Portugal
Capacity	8,500 [1]
President	Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
Head coach	Luís Castro
League	LigaPro
2014–15	Segunda Liga, 13th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Active sections of Futebol Clube do Porto
Adapted sport	Basketball	Billiards
Boxing	Cycling	Football
Football (reserves)	Football (youth)	Handball
Roller hockey	Swimming

Futebol Clube do Porto B is the reserve team of Portuguese football club FC Porto. In Portugal, reserve teams compete in the same league system as the senior team, rather than in a reserve team league. However, they cannot play in the same division, so Porto B is ineligible for promotion to the Primeira Liga and cannot enter the Taça de Portugal and the Taça da Liga.

Established in 1999, Porto B played competitive matches until the 2005–06 season, when reserve teams were discontinued in Portugal. It was reinstated in 2012, when new regulations regarding B teams were introduced in the Portuguese football system. For the 2012–13 season, together with Porto B, five other B teams were refounded and established themselves in the Segunda Liga.

History

Revival

Prior to the end of the 2011–12 season, seven Primeira Liga clubs announced their interest in creating a B team to fill the six vacancies available in for the 2012–13 Segunda Liga season.^[2] Six of these clubs were selected to have their B teams take part in the competition: Benfica, Braga, Marítimo, Porto, Sporting CP, and Vitória de Guimarães.^[3]

The LPFP, which governs professional football in Portugal, announced that for B teams to compete in the 2012–13 Segunda Liga they would have to pay a fee of €50,000.^[4] In addition, the LPFP would also require teams to follow new rules regarding player selection, such as having a minimum of ten players formed at the club's academy and with an age requirement of 15–21 years old, with a maximum of three players above 23 years old allowed. The LPFP also decided that B teams were ineligible to compete in cup competitions, as well as gaining promotion to the Primeira Liga due to the possibility of playing against the senior team.

In late May 2012, it was officially announced that the B teams of six Primeira Liga clubs would compete in the 2012–13 Segunda Liga. This decision resulted in an expansion of the number of teams from 16 to 22, and the number of matches from 30 to 42.^[5]

Current squad

As of 1 February 2016 ^[6]

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

No. Position Player 41 GK João Costa 42 DF Víctor Garcia 43 DF Erik Palmer-Brown 45 MF Pité 46 MF Nassim Zitouni 47 FW Ismael Díaz 48 MF Francisco Ramos 50 MF João Graça 52 DF Rodrigo Soares 56 MF Tomás Podstawski 57 FW Gleison 58 DF Ronan 59 FW Leonardo Acevedo

No. Position Player 60 MF Rui Moreira 63 DF Chidozie Awaziem 64 DF Jorge Fernandes 66 MF Omar Govea 67 FW Cláudio Ribeiro 68 MF Fede Varela 70 FW Sérgio Ribeiro 73 DF Diogo Verdasca 77 FW Rúben Macedo 88 MF Enrick Santos 91 GK André Caio 96 MF Haykeul Chikhaoui

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 — GK Kadú (at Varzim until 30 June 2016) — GK Raúl Gudiño (at União da Madeira until 30 June 2016) — DF Braima Candé (at Mirandela until 30 June 2016) — DF David Bruno (at Freamunde until 30 June 2016) — DF Rafa (at Académica until 30 June 2016) — DF Wellington (at Leixões until 30 June 2016) — MF Leandro Silva (at Académica until 30 June 2016)

No. Position Player — MF Mikel Agu (at Club Brugge until 30 June 2016) — FW Ivo Rodrigues (at Arouca until 30 June 2016) — FW Célestin Djim (at Metz until 30 June 2016) — FW Joris Kayembe (at Rio Ave until 30 June 2016) — FW Roniel Costa (at Paços de Ferreira until 30 June 2016) — FW Mauro Caballero (at Vaduz until 30 June 2016)

Managerial history

Fernando Bandeirinha (1999–22 July 2000) Ilídio Vale (22 July 2000–July, 2004) Domingos Paciência (July, 2004–June 2005) Aloísio (26 June 2005 – 7 May 2006)

Rui Gomes (6 June 2012 – 18 May 2013) Luís Castro (6 June 2013–5 Mar 2014) José Guilherme (6 Mar 2014–11 May 2014) Luís Castro (12 May 2014–)

League history

Season	Div	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	Pts
1999–2000	2D	3	34	15	9	10	55	43	54
2000–01	2D	3	38	18	10	10	74	52	64
2001–02	2D	3	38	19	13	6	67	33	70
2002–03	2D	3	38	20	9	9	70	39	69
2003–04	2D	4	36	16	10	10	56	33	58
2004–05	2D	5	38	20	6	12	63	33	66
2005–06	2D	6	26	10	8	8	28	27	38
2012–13	2L	14	42	13	15	14	49	50	54
2013–14	2L	2	42	23	8	11	59	42	77
2014–15	2L	13	46	17	10	19	66	64	61

Last updated: 24 May 2015
Div = Division; 2L = Segunda Liga; 2D = Portuguese Second Division
Pos = Position; Pld = Match played; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; GS = Goals scored; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points

Honours

Domestic

• Segunda Liga

Runners-up: 2013–14

European

• Premier League International Cup

Runners-up: 2014–15

References

1. "Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio". ZeroZero. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
2. "Sete clubes interessados nas seis vagas para equipas B" [Seven clubs interested for the six vacancies for the B teams]. Relvado. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
3. "Equipas B de FC Porto, Benfica e Sporting confirmadas" [B teams of FC Porto, Benfica and Sporting have been confirmed]. Relvado. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
4. "Equipas B custam 50 mil euros de inscrição" [B Team's registration costs 50,000 €]. O Jogo. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
5. "Liga: seis clubes inscreveram a equipa "B"" [League: six clubs registered their B team]. Mais Futebol. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
6. Portugal - Porto II - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway

External links

• Official club website (Portuguese)
• Club Profile at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
• Club Profile at LPFP (Portuguese)
• Club Profile at ZeroZero (Portuguese)