Sporting Clube de Portugal B

Sporting Clube de Portugal B

Full name	Sporting Clube de Portugal B
Nickname(s)	Sportinguistas Leões (Lions) Verde-e-Brancos (Green and Whites)
Short name	Sporting B
Founded	2000–2004, 2012–
Ground	Academia Sporting
Capacity	12,000
President	Bruno de Carvalho
Manager	João de Deus
League	LigaPro
2014–15	5th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Sporting Clube de Portugal B is a Portuguese football team. They are the reserve team of Sporting Clube de Portugal. 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, so Sporting B is ineligible for promotion to the Primeira Liga and cannot play in the Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga.

Sporting had a B team until the 2003–04 season, and refounded it in 2012–13, when a new set of rules regarding B teams was introduced in Portuguese football system. In that season, another five B-teams were refounded and entered into Segunda Liga.

The club currently plays at the Academia Sporting which holds a seating capacity of 12,000.

History

Revival

Prior to the end of the 2011–12 football season in Portugal, seven clubs in the Primeira Liga announced their interest in constructing a B team to fill the six vacant places available to compete in the Segunda Liga for the 2012–13 season.^[1] Of those seven, five clubs were selected to take part in the competition considering their position on 2011–12 Primeira Liga, as well as Marítimo, since they had already a B team competing.^[2]

The LPFP who 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 50,000 €.^[3] 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 formed at the club's academy as well as having an age requirement between 15 and 21 years old. The LPFP also went on to saw 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.^[4]

Current squad

As of 23 January 2016. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 27 MF Ryan Gauld 30 MF Bruno Paulista 32 DF Tomas Rukas 37 MF Kikas 38 FW Cristian Ponde 43 MF Filipe Chaby 49 MF Francisco Geraldes 50 DF Mama Baldé 51 DF Rúben Ribeiro 56 FW Daniel Podence 57 DF Domingos Duarte 58 DF Mauro Riquicho 59 GK Guilherme Oliveira

No. Position Player 61 FW Luís Elói 63 DF Seejou King 64 DF Ivanildo Fernandes 65 MF Fabinho 71 MF Fabrice Fokobo 73 FW Matheus Pereira 78 DF Jorge Silva 80 MF Rafael Barbosa 87 FW Betinho 88 GK Vladimir Stojković 90 MF Zezinho 93 FW Ousmane Dramé 95 DF Mica Pinto

Registered players from the U19 team

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

No. Position Player 53 MF Paulo Lima 54 FW Sérgio Félix 62 DF Aya Diouf 66 MF Amânsio Canhembe 67 FW Bruno Fernandes 68 MF Bubacar Djaló 70 FW Ronaldo Tavares

No. Position Player 72 MF Francisco Sousa 74 DF Guilherme Ramos 75 DF Abdu Conté 76 DF Bruno Paz 77 FW Gil Santos 79 DF João Moutinho 82 GK Pedro Silva

See also Sporting C.P. Youth and Academy.

League history

Season	II	2ª B	Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-
2014–15	5		78	46	22	12	12	66	57	+9
2013–14	6		70	42	20	10	12	61	50	+11
2012–13	4		66	42	17	15	10	59	48	+11
2003–04		18	39	38	8	15	15	51	58	–7
2002–03		15	46	38	11	13	14	46	46	0
2001–02		2	72	38	21	9	8	65	36	+29
2000–01		14	52	38	13	13	12	61	42	+19
II – II Liga; 2ª B – 2nd Division B/Campeonato Nacional;

Managerial history

• Vítor Damas (2000–2001)
• Jean Paul Castro (2001–2002)
• Luís Alegria (2002–2003)
• Jean Paul Castro (2003–2004)
• Oceano da Cruz (July 2012–Oct 2012)
• José Dominguez (Oct 2012–June 2013)
• Abel Ferreira (July 2013–July 2014)
• Francisco Barão (July 2014–Oct 2014)
• João de Deus (Oct 2014– )

References

1. "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.
2. "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.
3. "Equipas B custam 50 mil euros de inscrição" [B Team's registration costs 50,000 €]. O Jogo. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
4. "Liga: seis clubes inscreveram a equipa "B"" [League: six clubs register for a B team]. Mais Futebol. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.

External links

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