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Ground Capacity
  
8,500

Founded
  
1999

Manager
  
António Folha

2015–16
  
LigaPro, 1st

League
  
Primeira Liga

Head coach
  
António Folha

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Full name
  
Futebol Clube do Porto B

Nickname(s)
  
Dragões (Dragons) Azuis e Brancos (Blue-and-whites)

Ground
  
Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio Pedroso, Vila Nova de Gaia

President
  
Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa

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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.

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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.

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. 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.

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. 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.

Current squad

As of 16 February 2017.

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

Out on loan

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

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

    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 22 December 2016. Only competitive matches are counted.

    References

    FC Porto B Wikipedia