Futebol Clube do Porto B, commonly known as Porto B, is a Portuguese professional

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team, which serves as the reserve side of

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...

. They compete in the

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, the second division of Portuguese football, and play their home matches at the

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in Pedroso,

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. Domestically, Porto B were the first and currently, the only Portuguese reserve side to have won the second division title after a successful campaign in the 2015–16 season. Internationally, the team is the record holder of the

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after two consecutive wins in the 2016–17 and 2017–18 editions. As a reserve team, the squad cannot compete in the same division as their senior team, thus being ineligible for promotion to the

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. In addition, they can't participate in other domestic cup competitions such as the

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and

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History

Revival

Prior to the end of the 2011–12 season, seven

clubs announced their interest in creating a B team to fill the six vacancies available in for the

2012–13 Segunda Liga The 2012–13 Segunda Liga was the 23rd season of the second-tier of football in Portugal. This season marked a series of changes in the league overall. The league's name was changed back to Segunda Liga from the previous Liga de Honra. A total o ...

season. Six of these clubs were selected to have their B teams take part in the competition: Benfica,

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, Marítimo, Porto,

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, and

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. The

LPFP The Liga Portugal (Portugal League), also known by its acronym LPFP, is a governing body that manages professional football club competitions in Portugal. It was founded in 1978 as Liga Portuguesa dos Clubes de Futebol Profissional and works as an ...

, 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. 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. In 2013–14 the side, led for most of the season by Luís Castro, finished as runners-up but were ineligible for promotion. Two years later, with Castro back in charge and André Silva scoring 14 times, the team won the league by five points.

Players

Current squad

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Seasons and managers statistics

League performance record

''Information correct as of end of the 2020–21 season. Only competitive league matches are counted.''

Managerial statistics

''Information correct as of the match played on 22 May 2021. Only competitive matches are counted.''

Honours

Domestic

* Segunda Liga :Winners (1): 2015–16 :Runners-up (1): 2013–14

European

:Winners (2): 2016–17, 2017–18 :Runners-up (1): 2014–15

Others

* VFF Cup :Winners (1):

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

References

External links

Official club website

Club Profile
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