Sporting CP B
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| Full name | Sporting Clube de Portugal B | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Sportinguistas Leões (Lions) Verde-e-Brancos (Green and White) | |||
| Short name | Sporting B | |||
| Founded | 2000–2004, 2012– | |||
| Ground | Complexo Desportivo de Rio Maior | |||
| Capacity | 2000 | |||
| President | Luís Godinho Lopes | |||
| Manager | Manuel Fernandes | |||
| Coach | José Dominguez | |||
| League | Segunda Liga | |||
| Website | http://www.sporting.pt | |||
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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 2003/04 season, and refounded it in 2012/13, when a new set of rules regarding B teams was introduced in Portuguese football system. For 2012/13 season, another five B Teams, alongside Sporting B, where refounded and established themselves in Segunda Liga.
The club currently plays at the Complexo Desportivo de Rio Maior which holds a seating capacity of 2000.[1]
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.[2] 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.[3]
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 €.[4] 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 3 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 thirty games to forty two games.[5]
In 2012 Sporting CP B signed Indian captain Sunil Chhetri on a 2 year deal
Current Squad
As of 2 February 2013. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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(a) Also registered for U19 team
Registered players from U19 team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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See also Sporting C.P. Youth and Academy.
Notable former players
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References
- ^ "Complexo Desportivo de Rio Maior". ZeroZero.
- ^ "Sete clubes interessados nas seis vagas para equipas B". Relvado. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Equipas B de FC Porto, Benfica e Sporting confirmadas". Relvado. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Equipas B custam 50 mil euros de inscrição". O Jogo. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Liga: seis clubes inscreveram a equipa "B"". Mais Futebol. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
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João Moutinho
External links
- Official club website Template:Pt icon
- Club Profile at ForaDeJogo Template:Pt icon
- Club Profile at LPFP Template:Pt icon
- Club Profile at ZeroZero Template:Pt icon
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