Vitória Guimarães B
Full nameVitória de Guimarães B
Nickname(s)Os Vimaranenses (The ones from Guimarães)
Os Branquinhos (The Little Whites)
Os Afonsinos (Afonso's ones)
Short nameVitória B
FoundedMay 28, 2012 (2012-05-28)
GroundEstádio D. Afonso Henriques
Capacity30,165
ChairmanMiguel Pinto Lisboa
ManagerÁlvaro Madureira[1]
LeagueCampeonato de Portugal
2022–23Liga 3: Relegated
WebsiteClub website

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

Establishment

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.[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]

Start of play

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.[6] The team ended their debut season with relegation in second-last place.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9]

Vitória B won promotion in May 2021 to the new third tier, the Liga 3.[10] Two years later, the team were relegated.[11]

Season-to-season record

Season Div Pos Pld W D L GF GA Pts Top scorer Goals Refs
2012–13 II 21st 42 5 15 20 30 56 36 Brazil Índio 6
2013–14 III 1st 18 11 2 5 32 19 35 Portugal 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 Portugal Rui Areias 14
2015–16 II 13th 46 16 12 18 60 67 60 Portugal Dénis Duarte 11
2016–17 II 11th 42 18 6 18 54 50 60 Portugal Dénis Duarte 9
2017–18 II 11th 38 14 8 16 44 49 58 Colombia Óscar Estupiñán 10
2018–19 II 18th 34 6 13 15 41 57 31 Ghana Abdul-Aziz Yakubu 12
2019–20 III 3rd 25 14 6 5 52 28 48 Portugal João Pedro 10
Champions Relegated

Players

Current squad

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF Brazil BRA André Amaro
20 FW Angola ANG Nelson
22 MF Portugal POR Gui Guedes
41 MF Ivory Coast CIV Ibrahima Bamba
46 MF Portugal POR João Tomaz
47 FW France FRA Jason Bahamboula
50 DF Guinea-Bissau GNB João Ricciulli
58 MF Portugal POR Diogo Paulo
60 DF Ivory Coast CIV Zié Ouattara
62 DF Portugal POR Miguel Maga
63 GK Guinea-Bissau GNB Celton Biai
66 MF Brazil BRA Welton (on loan from Berço SC)
67 FW Cape Verde CPV Hugo Cardoso
68 DF Portugal POR Maga
No. Pos. Nation Player
71 MF Portugal POR Luís Esteves
72 DF Portugal POR Afonso Freitas
75 FW Portugal POR Iuri Tavares
78 MF Portugal POR Nuno Pereira
79 FW Portugal POR Herculano Nabian
80 MF Portugal POR Dani Silva
82 DF Portugal POR Rui Correia
83 DF France FRA Mamadou Tounkara
87 FW Portugal POR João Pereira
89 MF Portugal POR Rafa Pereira
90 FW Portugal POR Pedro Soares
91 DF Portugal POR Hélder Sá
92 GK Portugal POR Sérgio Dutra
99 GK Cape Verde CPV Mário Évora

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

References

  1. ↑ "V. Guimarães oficializa Álvaro Madureira como treinador da equipa B" [V. Guimarães confirm Álvaro Madureira as manager of the B-team]. Record (in Portuguese). 31 October 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  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. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. 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. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. 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 register for a B team]. Mais Futebol. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ "Vitória B com derrota na despedida" [Vitória B with defeat in final game] (in Portuguese). Mais Guimarães. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  11. ↑ "Vitória de Guimarães B desce de divisão" [Vitória de Guimarães go down a division]. Diário de Santo Tirso (in Portuguese). 23 April 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
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