Vitória S.C. B

Portuguese association football reserve team

Football club

Vitória Guimarães BFull name| Vitória de Guimarães B

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Nickname(s)| Os Vimaranenses (The ones from Guimarães)
Os Branquinhos (The Little Whites)
Os Afonsinos (Afonso's ones)
Short name| Vitória B
Founded| May 28, 2012; 10 years ago (2012-05-28)
Ground| Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
Capacity| 30,165
Chairman| Miguel Pinto Lisboa
Manager| Moreno
League| Liga 3
2021–22| Liga 3 Serie North, 4th
Promotion series Serie 1, 4th (Second stage)
Website| Club website

Home colours

Away colours

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Vitória Guimarães B is a Portuguese football team founded in 2012. They are the reserve team of Vitória Guimarães. 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 Vitória B is ineligible for promotion to the Primeira Liga and cannot play in the Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga.

## History[edit]

### Establishment[edit]

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 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.[4]

### Start of play[edit]

Vitória B played their first game on 12 August 2012, a goalless home draw against S.C. Covilhã at the Estádio do Varzim SC in Póvoa de Varzim.[5] The team ended their debut season with relegation in second-last place.[6]

In 2013–14 under manager Armando Evangelista, Vitória B won instant promotion from the Campeonato Nacional de Seniores with a 2–0 aggregate win over Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco.[7] Five years later, the team slipped into the third tier again in rock-bottom place, after a 2–2 draw with fellow northern reserve team S.C. Braga B on 7 May 2019.[8]

### Season-to-season record[edit]

Season  | Div | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Top scorer  | Goals  | Refs

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2012–13 | II | 21st  | 42  | 5  | 15  | 20  | 30  | 56  | 36  |  Índio | 6  |
2013–14 | III | 1st  | 18  | 11  | 2  | 5  | 32  | 19  | 35  |  Rui Areias | 12  |
3rd  | 14  | 8  | 4  | 2  | 29  | 13  | 28
1st  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 0
2014–15 | II | 9th  | 46  | 19  | 8  | 19  | 71  | 57  | 65  |  Rui Areias | 14  |
2015–16 | II | 13th  | 46  | 16  | 12  | 18  | 60  | 67  | 60  |  Dénis Duarte | 11  |
2016–17 | II | 11th  | 42  | 18  | 6  | 18  | 54  | 50  | 60  |  Dénis Duarte | 9  |
2017–18 | II | 11th  | 38  | 14  | 8  | 16  | 44  | 49  | 58  |  Óscar Estupiñán | 10  |
2018–19 | II | 18th  | 34  | 6  | 13  | 15  | 41  | 57  | 31  |  Abdul-Aziz Yakubu | 12  |
2019–20 | III | 3rd  | 25  | 14  | 6  | 5  | 52  | 28  | 48  |  João Pedro | 10  |
Champions  | Relegated

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## Players[edit]

### Current squad[edit]

As of 13 February 2022

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

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13  | DF |  BRA | André Amaro
20  | FW |  ANG | Nelson
22  | MF |  POR | Gui Guedes
41  | MF |  CIV | Ibrahima Bamba
46  | MF |  POR | João Tomaz
47  | FW |  FRA | Jason Bahamboula
50  | DF |  GNB | João Ricciulli
58  | MF |  POR | Diogo Paulo
60  | DF |  CIV | Zié Ouattara
62  | DF |  POR | Miguel Maga
63  | GK |  POR | Celton Biai
66  | MF |  BRA | Welton (on loan from Berço SC)
67  | FW |  CPV | Hugo Cardoso
68  | DF |  POR | Maga
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71  | MF |  POR | Luís Esteves
72  | DF |  POR | Afonso Freitas
75  | FW |  POR | Iuri Tavares
78  | MF |  POR | Nuno Pereira
79  | FW |  POR | Herculano Nabian
80  | MF |  POR | Dani Silva
82  | DF |  POR | Rui Correia
83  | DF |  FRA | Mamadou Tounkara
87  | FW |  POR | João Pereira
89  | MF |  POR | Rafa Pereira
90  | FW |  POR | Pedro Soares
91  | DF |  POR | Hélder Sá
92  | GK |  POR | Sérgio Dutra
99  | GK |  CPV | Mário Évora

### Out on loan[edit]

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

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## References[edit]

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. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. 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. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. 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.
5. ^ "V. Guimarães B-Sp. Covilhã, 0-0: minhotos estreiam-se com nulo" [V. Guimarães B-Sp. Covilhã, 0-0: Minho Province team debut with goalless draw]. Record (in Portuguese). 12 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
6. ^ "II Liga: Arouca perto da subida, descem Freamunde e V. Guimarães B" [II Liga: Arouca near promotion, Freamunde and V. Guimarães B go down] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
7. ^ "Vitória B venceu Benfica e Castelo Branco (2-0) e volta à Segunda Liga" [Vitória B beat Benfica e Castelo Branco (2-0) and returns to the Segunda Liga] (in Portuguese). Guimarães Digital. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
8. ^ "Vitória de Guimarães B empata com Braga B e desce ao Campeonato de Portugal" [Vitória de Guimarães B draw with Braga B and go down to Campeonato de Portugal]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 6 May 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2020.

## External links[edit]

* Official homepage

* v
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Vitória Sport Clube

* Players
* Managers

Home stadium|

* D. Afonso Henriques (old) (1965–2003)
* D. Afonso Henriques (new) (2003–present)

Other teams|

Vitória de Guimarães B

Seasons|

* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23

Other sports|

* Basketball
* Volleyball

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Liga 3 teams for the 2022–23 season

Serie A|

* Anadia
* Braga B
* Canelas
* Fafe
* Felgueiras
* Montalegre
* Paredes
* Sanjoanense
* São João de Ver
* Varzim
* Vilaverdense
* Vitória Guimarães B

Serie B|

* Académica de Coimbra
* Alverca
* Amora
* Belenenses
* Caldas
* Fontinhas
* Moncarapachense
* Oliveira do Hospital
* Real
* Sporting B
* União de Leiria
* Vitória Setúbal

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*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[Pts]: Points
*[Refs]: References
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*[DF]: Defender
*[FW]: Forward
*[MF]: Midfielder
*[GK]: Goalkeeper
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