S.C. Braga B
| Full name | Sporting Clube de Braga B |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) |
Os Arcebispos (The Archbishops) Os Arsenalistas (The Arsenalists) Minhotos (Those from Minho) Os Guerreiros do Minho (The Minho Warriors) |
| Short name | Braga B |
| Founded | 1999–2006, 2012– |
| Ground | Estádio Primeiro de Maio |
| Capacity | 28,800 (limited to 5,000 in Segunda Liga) |
| President | António Salvador |
| Manager | Abel Ferreira |
| League | LigaPro |
| 2014–15 | 21st |
| Website | Club home page |
Sporting Clube de Braga B, commonly known as Sporting de Braga B or just Braga B, is a Portuguese football team. It is the reserve team of S.C. Braga. 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, therefore Braga B is ineligible for promotion to the Primeira Liga and also cannot play in the Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga.
SC Braga had a B team until the 2005–06 season where it played in the Portuguese Second Division. Prior to the end of the 2005–06 season, it was announced that Braga B would fold from the Portuguese league system along with the B teams of Benfica, Porto and Sporting. The club refounded itself in the 2012–13 season, when a new set of rules regarding B teams was introduced in Portuguese football system. For 2012–13 season, another five B Teams, alongside Braga B, where refounded and established themselves in Segunda Liga.
Braga B plays its home games at the Estádio Primeiro de Maio, which holds a capacity of 30,000. It inherited the stadium from the senior team who left there in 2003 following the construction of the Estádio Municipal de Braga.
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. Of those seven, the six clubs which were selected to take part in the competition were the B teams of Benfica, Porto, Sporting CP, Braga, Marítimo and Vitória de Guimarães.
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