FC Porto B

FC Porto B

Full name	Futebol Clube do Porto B
Nickname(s)	Dragões (Dragons) Azuis e Brancos (Blue-and-whites)
Founded	1999 (revived in 2012)
Ground	Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio Pedroso, Vila Nova de Gaia
Capacity	8,500[1]
President	Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
Head coach	José Tavares
League	LigaPro
2015–16	LigaPro, 1st
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 (reserve team)	Football (youth teams)	Handball
Roller hockey	Swimming

Futebol Clube do Porto B is a Portuguese professional football team, which acts as the reserve side of FC Porto. First established in 1999, they compete in the LigaPro, the second division of Portuguese football, and play their home matches at the Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio in Pedroso, Vila Nova de Gaia.

As a reserve team, Porto B cannot compete in the same division as their senior team, and are thus ineligible for promotion to the top-tier Primeira Liga. In addition, they cannot take part in other domestic competitions, such as the Taça de Portugal and Taça da 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 31 August 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 24 GK João Costa 33 DF Chidozie Awaziem 37 FW Joris Kayembe 42 DF Rodrigo 44 DF Erik Palmer-Brown (on loan from Sporting Kansas City) 45 DF Inácio 47 FW Ismael Díaz 48 MF Francisco Ramos 49 FW Rui Areias (on loan from Vitória Guimarães) 50 MF João Graça 52 DF Fernando Fonseca 51 GK Mouhamed Mbaye 55 DF Luís Mata 56 MF Tomás Podstawski 57 MF Haykeul Chikhaoui 58 FW Raúl Soares (on loan from Paços de Ferreira) 59 FW Rui Pedro

No. Position Player 60 MF Rui Moreira 64 DF Jorge Fernandes 66 MF Omar Govea 67 FW Cláudio Ribeiro (on loan from Vitória Guimarães) 68 MF Fede Varela 70 FW Sérgio Ribeiro 71 GK Raúl Gudiño 73 DF Diogo Verdasca 76 MF Rui Pires 77 FW Rúben Macedo 78 MF João Cardoso 87 MF Bruno Costa 88 FW Musa Yahaya (on loan from Portimonense) 89 FW Tony Djim 90 FW Wenderson Galeno (on loan from Grêmio Anápolis) 91 GK Diogo Costa — FW Célestin Djim

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 — DF David Bruno (at Tondela until 30 June 2017) — DF Pité (at Tondela until 30 June 2017) — DF Rafa Soares (at Rio Ave until 30 June 2017) — DF Víctor Garcia (at Nacional until 30 june 2017) — MF Leandro Silva (at Paços de Ferreira until 30 June 2017) — MF Mikel Agu (at Vitória Setúbal until 30 June 2017)

No. Position Player — MF Fidelis Irhene (at Portimonense until 30 June 2017) — FW Gleison (at Paços de Ferreira until 30 June 2017) — FW Gonçalo Paciência (at Olympiacos until 30 June 2017) — FW Ivo Rodrigues (at Paços de Ferreira until 30 June 2017) — FW André Mesquita (at Fafe until 30 June 2017) — FW Mauro Caballero (at Olimpia until 30 June 2017)

Honours

Domestic

• Segunda Liga / LigaPro

Winners (1): 2015–16

Runners-up (1): 2013–14

European

• Premier League International Cup

Runners-up (1): 2014–15

Others

• VFF Cup

Winner (1): 2004

League history

Season	Div	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	Pts
1999–00	2D	3	34	14	10	10	53	43	52
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
2015–16	2L	1	46	26	8	12	84	52	86

Last updated: 13 May 2016
Div = Division; 2L = Segunda Liga / LigaPro; 2D = Portuguese Second Division
Pos = Position; Pld = Match played; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; GS = Goals scored; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points

List of managers

Information correct as of the match played on 23 November 2016. Only competitive matches are counted.

Name	Nat	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win %	Honours	Refs
Fernando Bandeirinha		June 1999	July 2000	34	14	10	10	53	43	41.18		[7][8]
Ilídio Vale		July 2000	July 2004	150	73	42	35	267	157	48.67		[9][10]
Domingos Paciência		July 2004	June 2005	38	20	6	12	63	33	52.63		[11][12]
Aloísio		June 2005	May 2006	26	10	8	8	28	27	38.46		[13][14]
Rui Gomes		June 2012	May 2013	42	13	15	14	49	50	30.95		[15][16]
Luís Castro		July 2013	March 2014	32	18	6	8	39	26	56.25		[17][18]
José Guilherme		March 2014	May 2014	10	5	2	3	20	16	50.00		[19][20]
Luís Castro		May 2014	November 2016	118	54	24	40	184	150	45.76	2015–16 Segunda Liga	[21]
José Tavares		November 2016	Present	2	1	1	0	3	1	50.00		[22]

References

1. "Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio". Mais Futebol. Media Capital. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
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
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12. "Domingos Paciência". thefinalball. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
13. "Aloísio". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
14. "Aloísio". thefinalball. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
15. "Rui Gomes". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
16. "Rui Gomes". thefinalball. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
17. "Luís Castro". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
18. "Luís Castro :: FC Porto B :: 2013/2014 Statistics". thefinalball. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
19. "José Guilherme". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
20. "José Guilherme". thefinalball. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
21. "Luís Castro :: FC Porto B :: 2014/2016 Statistics". thefinalball. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
22. "José Tavares". thefinalball. Retrieved 17 November 2016.

External links

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